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Intriguing how much those 2 paintings just sold for (over half a million US$)! In preauction estimates, they were anticipated to bring $30,000-$50,000 each. Shows how important they are to our (alleged) culture! Elf | Talk 20:51, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I recently saw what I think was a Gary Larson cartoon showing a series of "prototypes" for the painting, involving snakes, chickens and cows. Can anyone confirm that I am not mistaken, I would like to add this to the popular culture section but I want to check my facts first.
It seems like, most of the time, when one of these paintings is seen in pop culture, it's A Friend In Need that they use. An example of this would be on the TV sitcom Roseanne. Perhaps this information should be included in the article.
Agreed -- Magallanes 01:18, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
There was a computer game based on the paintings.
Which one? 200.117.37.221 23:30, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I seem to remember an episode of Cheers when Sam was at Robin Colcord's house and saw one of the paintings. He laughed until Robin said it was an original. No idea what episode sorry - SimonLyall 05:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Are they all in private hands, or are any on exhibit anywhere? Шизомби ( talk) 23:54, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
I noticed that we only had one of the series up as a picture in the article and it is listed as PD if the rest are in the same time period and hopefully PD shouldn't we have thumbnails of the set up, obviously it's not necessary but considering that some are more famous than others (which ones are more famous is a judgment we shouldn't be making probably) encyclopedically we should show them all. Cat-five - talk 09:21, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
[1] in case anyone goes looking for it. I have mixed feelings about such sections. The more references there are or the more notable the things making the references, is noteworthy, though such things can start to dwarf the actual content of the article. References that are themselves notable (the references have been reported on) ought not to fall afoul of this, but may be harder to find. Шизомби ( talk) 01:15, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Well, it was still here when I visited the page and I'm glad it was. In fact I was more disturbed by the suggestion that it should be removed. An encyclopedia is a source of information, and covers (clearly) matters that are of interest to people ... a wide variety of people. Some of these matters are deep, serious stuff and some, like this article, refer to items that are amusing and whimsical. The guidelines for material in one area are surely not the same as those for other areas. Please: a little less of the starch collars in corners of the 'pedia like this. 24.87.154.112 ( talk) 22:18, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
I noticed that in the summary it says there are sixteen paintings in the series, but then in the titles list there are seventeen paintings listed. If I knew which was right I would edit the other! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.180.192.10 ( talk) 09:56, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Would it be good to have such a section? Please feel free to add a few and then put it in the article. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMsSIjQXxo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.83.229.66 ( talk) 19:51, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
There is a policy discussion in progress at the Manual of Style which affects this page, suggesting that the capitalization of "like" should be removed from the title of these paintings. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — LlywelynII 14:44, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
In the discussion above, there was no policy-based argument presented that justified keeping the "In popular culture" section. There were, however, a guideline MOS:TRIVIA and a well-regarded essay WP:POPCULTURE cited as justification for removal.
While I agree with Animalparty that popular culture sections are a blight on Wikipedia (having largely replaced trivia sections after a concerted effort by the community to banish them from articles), I don't agree that the section should be removed. Rather, it needs to be culled.
Recently, QuietCicada attempted to do just that, [2] removing some unsourced trivial entries as well as one cited to a primary source. Randy Kryn restored the material with an edit summary justification that amounts to hand-waving. I agreed with the removal, so I removed it again, because the WP:BURDEN for including these hadn't been met. Then Randy Kryn began edit-warring. For that material to be included, consensus needs to happen here first. The material shouldn't be restored without providing valid reasoning grounded in any policy or guideline. We don't need WP:INDISCRIMINATE lists of facts (and that is a policy). ~ Anachronist ( talk) 00:38, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
@ randy kryn: a mostly unsourced list of the paintings' appearances is not part of a good article. ltb d l ( talk) 12:19, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
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Intriguing how much those 2 paintings just sold for (over half a million US$)! In preauction estimates, they were anticipated to bring $30,000-$50,000 each. Shows how important they are to our (alleged) culture! Elf | Talk 20:51, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I recently saw what I think was a Gary Larson cartoon showing a series of "prototypes" for the painting, involving snakes, chickens and cows. Can anyone confirm that I am not mistaken, I would like to add this to the popular culture section but I want to check my facts first.
It seems like, most of the time, when one of these paintings is seen in pop culture, it's A Friend In Need that they use. An example of this would be on the TV sitcom Roseanne. Perhaps this information should be included in the article.
Agreed -- Magallanes 01:18, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
There was a computer game based on the paintings.
Which one? 200.117.37.221 23:30, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I seem to remember an episode of Cheers when Sam was at Robin Colcord's house and saw one of the paintings. He laughed until Robin said it was an original. No idea what episode sorry - SimonLyall 05:00, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Are they all in private hands, or are any on exhibit anywhere? Шизомби ( talk) 23:54, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
I noticed that we only had one of the series up as a picture in the article and it is listed as PD if the rest are in the same time period and hopefully PD shouldn't we have thumbnails of the set up, obviously it's not necessary but considering that some are more famous than others (which ones are more famous is a judgment we shouldn't be making probably) encyclopedically we should show them all. Cat-five - talk 09:21, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
[1] in case anyone goes looking for it. I have mixed feelings about such sections. The more references there are or the more notable the things making the references, is noteworthy, though such things can start to dwarf the actual content of the article. References that are themselves notable (the references have been reported on) ought not to fall afoul of this, but may be harder to find. Шизомби ( talk) 01:15, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Well, it was still here when I visited the page and I'm glad it was. In fact I was more disturbed by the suggestion that it should be removed. An encyclopedia is a source of information, and covers (clearly) matters that are of interest to people ... a wide variety of people. Some of these matters are deep, serious stuff and some, like this article, refer to items that are amusing and whimsical. The guidelines for material in one area are surely not the same as those for other areas. Please: a little less of the starch collars in corners of the 'pedia like this. 24.87.154.112 ( talk) 22:18, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
I noticed that in the summary it says there are sixteen paintings in the series, but then in the titles list there are seventeen paintings listed. If I knew which was right I would edit the other! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.180.192.10 ( talk) 09:56, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Would it be good to have such a section? Please feel free to add a few and then put it in the article. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkMsSIjQXxo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.83.229.66 ( talk) 19:51, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
There is a policy discussion in progress at the Manual of Style which affects this page, suggesting that the capitalization of "like" should be removed from the title of these paintings. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. — LlywelynII 14:44, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
In the discussion above, there was no policy-based argument presented that justified keeping the "In popular culture" section. There were, however, a guideline MOS:TRIVIA and a well-regarded essay WP:POPCULTURE cited as justification for removal.
While I agree with Animalparty that popular culture sections are a blight on Wikipedia (having largely replaced trivia sections after a concerted effort by the community to banish them from articles), I don't agree that the section should be removed. Rather, it needs to be culled.
Recently, QuietCicada attempted to do just that, [2] removing some unsourced trivial entries as well as one cited to a primary source. Randy Kryn restored the material with an edit summary justification that amounts to hand-waving. I agreed with the removal, so I removed it again, because the WP:BURDEN for including these hadn't been met. Then Randy Kryn began edit-warring. For that material to be included, consensus needs to happen here first. The material shouldn't be restored without providing valid reasoning grounded in any policy or guideline. We don't need WP:INDISCRIMINATE lists of facts (and that is a policy). ~ Anachronist ( talk) 00:38, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
@ randy kryn: a mostly unsourced list of the paintings' appearances is not part of a good article. ltb d l ( talk) 12:19, 16 February 2024 (UTC)