Popular Culture
The British animated sketch show Monkey Dust features the recurring character Ivan 'The Meat-Safe Murderer' Dobsky, a man imprisoned in 1974 for a crime he didn't commit, being finally released in every episode with no possessions other than a variety of 70s clothing and a space hopper called Mr. Hoppy. Mr. Hoppy is eventually revealed to be both sentient and responsible for the Meat-Safe Murders himself (as well as the murder of Dobsky's wife of several hours).
The humorous science fiction novel and audio book Kangazang features Space Hoppers (referred to as 'Hoppas') who are depicted as an alien race living on the planet Profania Alpha. The space hopper character of Pon-Pon is instrumental in helping the two main characters save the universe.
In the episode of the television show South Park titled "Medicinal Fried Chicken", character Randy Marsh uses his scrotum and testicles as a hoppity hop to get around after his testes swell up in size after being diagnosed with testicular cancer.
Space Hoppers can be seen being used in the background of one scene in Episode 59 of Star Trek: The Original Series, "And the Children Shall Lead".
The space hopper lent its name and face to the Birmingham Psychedelic trance parties that ran from the mid-1990s to 2000, and also appeared at the Glastonbury festival.
In the Season 7 episode of Friends, "The One Where They All Turn Thirty", Phoebe bounced for one mile on a Hippity Hop, because it was on her list of Things to Do Before I Turn 30.
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“Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The poet will prevail to be popular in spite of his faults, and in spite of his beauties too. He will hit the nail on the head, and we shall not know the shape of his hammer. He makes us free of his hearth and heart, which is greater than to offer one the freedom of a city.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—C. John Sommerville (20th century)