Steve Bennett wrote:
On 6/10/06, Jesse W jessw@netwood.net wrote:
You would not see that in the Encyclopedia of Late 20th Century American Television? Really? Or do you mean in any "general" encyclopedia. Because certainly, Wikipedia reaches the level of a specialized encyclopedia in a number of areas, like television shows - but (I hope), we don't go too much beyond that.
I still find it hard to imagine a specialised encyclopaedia listing all the couch gags in Simpsons episodes, or detailed plot summaries with "quotes" for every episode of Futurama or "Clerks: The Animated Series" etc etc. If someone can prove me wrong, go for it.
Perhaps the proof lies in the simple fact that others DID imagine doing such things. :-)
Pop culture needs to be given credit for being popular.
Ec