# What pop culture items would you add to the Smithsonian? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363 "2013-06-19T14:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/41 "2013-06-20T18:10:37Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > So instead, we’ve got any part of Macho Man Randy Savage’s outfit. Probably the hat. Ohhhh yeahhhhh. Or some Slim Jims the museum attendees can snap into! One of the raptor eggs from Jurassic Park. ---
**Author:** ![Tara57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Tara57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tara57)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/42 "2013-06-20T22:36:38Z")
The Batmobile ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/43 "2013-06-20T22:56:07Z")
Nobody has mentioned an _“Alien”_! An egg or the face-hugger would also be good, and Ripley’s loader was impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/44 "2013-06-20T23:14:30Z")
Pee Wee Herman’s Suit and those white platform shoes. The Dukes of Hazard Car. A recording or video of a Wolfman Jack show. Damn he was good. An episode of Elvira hosting a horror show. She is the Mistress of the Dark after all. By the way if you are Elvira email me your great and would love to hear from you. ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/45 "2013-06-20T23:23:48Z")
Tim curry’s corset ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/46 "2013-06-20T23:41:27Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] An episode of Elvira hosting a horror show. She is the Mistress of the Dark after all. By the way if you are Elvira email me your great and would love to hear from you. [/QUOTE] She was at Dragon-Con in Atlanta a couple of years ago and, I’m glad to say, had a really long line. So many of the autograph sellers in the room were sad: there would be a larger than life picture of them in their signature role from their heyday above and then their mummy underneath, unrecognizable due to age and physical condition and being in street clothes, pitifully signing autographs; Elvira was not only in her full drag but even up close she still looks damned good (some well concealed crow’s feet and that’s it). And very gracious to her fans to boot. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/47 "2013-06-21T00:08:08Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > She was at Dragon-Con in Atlanta a couple of years ago and, I’m glad to say, had a really long line. So many of the autograph sellers in the room were sad: there would be a larger than life picture of them in their signature role from their heyday above and then their mummy underneath, unrecognizable due to age and physical condition and being in street clothes, pitifully signing autographs; Elvira was not only in her full drag but even up close she still looks damned good (some well concealed crow’s feet and that’s it). And very gracious to her fans to boot. We all age. She’s still great. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/48 "2013-06-21T03:57:21Z")
Flavored condoms. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/49 "2013-06-21T05:10:23Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > It’s been in there for years. I saw it when I was 16. I was surprised that it’s brown because when I watched the show when I was little I always thought it was black. It was a standard USAF A-2 flight jacket. Winkler thought Fonzie would wear leather instead of a gray or red windbreaker like the network wanted and bought it himself. The network said Fonzie could only wear leather when he was on his bike, so for most of the first seasons, the only time you saw Fonzie was on his bike. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/50 "2013-06-21T05:11:23Z")
Another for the Automotive Wing: the Family Truckster. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/51 "2013-06-21T05:33:16Z")
The gaudiest Wurlitzer juke box from the '40s still in existence. Unless they have one. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/52 "2013-06-21T05:57:35Z")
One of Les Nessman’s band-aids. Bailey Quarters’ glasses. Johnny Fever’s coffee mug. Hm. I seem to be on a WKRP kick right now. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/53 "2013-06-21T14:16:12Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’d like to see the banana stand. Next to the stair car. You might get some hop-ons, though. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/54 "2013-06-21T18:29:22Z")
A lifesized Bender. (From Futurama) Sam and Deans’ Impala for the auto wing. (Supernatural) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/55 "2013-06-21T23:00:03Z")
Since the Liberace museum has closed they should have at least on of his more outlandish costumes on display, or maybe the rhinestone Rolls. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/56 "2013-06-22T00:27:58Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Why not the entire bridge from TOS? How much space have we got to work with here? If it’s a lot, how about the Field of Dreams? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/57 "2013-06-22T00:31:22Z")
Andy’s badge and Barney Fife’s gun (and one bullet). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/58 "2013-06-22T00:33:18Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Pee Wee Herman’s Suit and those white platform shoe. I can see the picket-line now . . . ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/59 "2013-06-22T00:34:54Z")
> [@adhemar](#): > > Tim curry’s corset And Riff Raff’s and Magenta’s space outfits and rayguns! ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363/60 "2013-06-22T01:04:48Z")
A few more: A black suit, black tie, black fedora, white shirt, black shoes and dark glasses from _The Blues Brothers_ A red, long sleeve polo shirt, white pants and sailor hat that Gilligan wore and maybe the Skipper’s outfit too A replica of Willie Nelson’s guitar, _Trigger_ Desi Arnaz’ drums from _I Love Lucy_ The piano from the living room of _Two and a Half Men_ An itsy, bitsy, teeny, weenie, yellow polka dot bikini Giant _Monopoly_ playing pieces [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pop-culture-items-would-you-add-to-the-smithsonian/661363.md?page=4)