In Popular Culture
Edgar Guest is depicted on the badge worn by the crew of Count Olaf's submarine Carmelita in The Grim Grotto, the eleventh book in Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. In the book Guest is mocked as a "writer of limited skill, who wrote awkward, tedious poetry on hopelessly sentimental topics" (The Grim Grotto (2004) page 281).
A favorite poet of Edith Bunker from the TV show All In The Family. She quotes him on a few episodes including 'Prisoner In The House', first broadcast on January 4, 1975.
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