New Brunswick, New Jersey - Popular Culture

Popular Culture

• New Brunswick is referenced in the movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension directed by W. D. Richter.
• On April 18, 1872, at New Brunswick, William Cameron Coup developed the system of loading circus equipment and animals on railroad cars from one end and through the train, rather than from the sides. This system would be adopted by other railroad circuses and used through the golden age of railroad circuses and even by the Ringling shows today.
• New Brunswick is the home of the fictional character Emily Pollifax from Dorothy Gilman's Mrs. Pollifax series.
• The 1980s sitcom, Charles in Charge, was set in New Brunswick.
• The 2004 movie Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle revolves around Harold and Kumar's attempt to get to a White Castle restaurant that ultimately winds up being in New Brunswick.