Legacy in Popular Culture
He had a notable fan in the character of Gypsy from the cult cable television program Mystery Science Theater 3000. Basehart is mentioned in the song "The Radio Is Broken" on the 1983 Frank Zappa album The Man from Utopia.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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