In Popular Culture
- The TV series Simon & Simon featured the library in its opening credits.
- Geisel Library made an appearance as the exterior of a research lab in Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, the third movie in the cult film series Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
- The science fiction novel Rainbows End includes a major subplot focusing on the library.
- Referred to as the "Chatky Headquarters in Kyoto" in a Kohler commercial.
- The 2004 film Funky Monkey features several scenes filmed in and on the grounds of the library.
- Used in the film The Proud American (shooting date 2/17/08)
- The TV series Mission: Impossible featured the library in the last episode filmed ("The Pendulum") as the "World Resources Ltd." headquarters. (aired 2/23/73)
- Opening sequence of Veronica Mars episode from 11/29/06, filmed at the Warren Mall of UCSD and featuring shots of various landmarks, including Geisel Library.
- The 2010 film Inception has a snow fortress that is very similar in structure to Geisel.
- The 2010 film Kaboom features a shot of the library.
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Famous quotes containing the words popular culture, popular and/or culture:
“Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Vodka is our enemy, so let’s finish it off.”
—Russian saying popular in the Soviet period, trans. by Vladimir Ivanovich Shlyakov (1993)
“Both cultures encourage innovation and experimentation, but are likely to reject the innovator if his innovation is not accepted by audiences. High culture experiments that are rejected by audiences in the creator’s lifetime may, however, become classics in another era, whereas popular culture experiments are forgotten if not immediately successful. Even so, in both cultures innovation is rare, although in high culture it is celebrated and in popular culture it is taken for granted.”
—Herbert J. Gans (b. 1927)