MonsterQuest Impacts Pop Culture
Posted by: Loren Coleman on March 5th, 2009
The people at MonsterQuest have passed along a press release (“Monster Quest Goes Pop”) that points to their show’s growing popular cultural impact.
Here’s a reader-friendly edited version of their release:
MonsterQuest is slowly becoming part of our culture and even pop culture.
Billboards have popped up in downtown Manhattan New York and even along LA Freeways.
A new pop song called “Monsterquester” has been written and performed about the show. It is about to become a new music video.
Reviews are now popping up from celebrities. One such critique was written by Joe Rogan, past host of “Fear Factor,” and can be found on his blog. In October 2008, there was a full page review, “I Was A Monster Virgin,” in Entertainment Weekly by Diablo Cody, the screenwriter of Juno.
One man, Lawrence Friedman, suggests the word “MonsterQuest” be used in the future as a noun to describe a “condition not easily explained in the past.”
MonsterQuest has furthermore spawned a high-end videogame available online for download and at Best Buy stores.
What’s next for MonsterQuest? A new SUV named after the program?
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Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
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I thought the earlier version of Lawrence Friedman’s use of “Monsterquest” as a noun defined it a little differently than what is stated above. His original post said:
“Side note: I propose to start using “MonsterQuest” as a synonym for “inconclusive,” “unfinished,” or “impossible.” For example, “Mrs. Jones, the results of your pregnancy test were a MonsterQuest.” Or, “Don’t bother looking for that golf ball, its a MonsterQuest.”
That is a far cry from “condition not easily explained in the past”.
Anyway, I thought the original definition was more accurate and fitting.
“Inconclusive” and “not easily explained” aren’t really synonymous. Oh well, maybe MQ didn’t like Friedman’s version.
I like it! I’m going to have too use it sometime. For example, “A raise this year is a Monsterquest.” Works for me.
Hopefully what happens next is that this program will air in Canada!
We’re dying up here with little to no monster shows!
I just want to say now that I was into cryptozoology before it was cool.
I guess MonsterQuest sounds better in some circles than Fortean.
All they need to do now is find something conclusive.
I love the show, but that sort of fame should come after much more pain, and results (the pain is for ratings).