The January 6 episode of "The Simpsons"featured none other than Tom Waits. The episode, called "Homer Goes to Prep School", starred Waits as a "prepper"-- a guru on survival tactics who counsels people on how to make it through any sort of natural/financial/governmental/political/social disaster threatening (or not threatening) civilization.
Hulu's got the entire episode; watch below, via Consequence of Sound.