Pop culture often embraces low-brow entertainment over sophisticated, serious concepts. Those who understand the power of that distinction can lead lives of gloriously silly success. Rowan Atkinson, best known as Mr. Bean, has run with that idea most of his career, and for that, he is an inductee in the Pop Culture Hall of Fame […]
Who wants to play a game about real estate that takes hours, even days to finish? Turns out, a LOT of folks. Monopoly has been a powerhouse in the board game industry for so long, it almost feels like a rite of passage to learn about capitalism and taxes through the game. For such a […]
Robert Overstreet is of the biggest names in comics publishing, yet he has never written or drawn a comic story. Instead, he is the creator of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, the most popular and authoritative bible of comics trading. For his contributions to the business, Overstreet is a 2021 inductee of the Pop […]
In the late 1980s, David Baszucki created a computer game that was supposed to make education fun. Today, he runs an online world that makes fun educational. For his wildly popular Roblox game, Baszucki is now a member of the Pop Culture Hall of Fame as a Game Developer. Roblox combines the creative, world-building aspects […]
There’s a good chance cartoon fans in the United States aren’t familiar with Nu Pogodi, a cartoon that was produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 2017. As with many pop culture phenomena produced overseas, it was big everywhere else. And for that, this Wolf and Rabbit deserve a spot in the Pop Culture […]
In an era when it feels like orchestral movie soundtracks are a thing of the past, John Williams continues to remind the world otherwise. His staggeringly large history composing and directing bombastic, energetic, memorable scores is unmatched in music history. For his contributions to entertainment of all genres, John Williams enters the Pop Culture Hall […]
