A largely undeveloped swath of pines and oaks, swamps and bogs, it covers more than a million acres at the bottom of the country's most densely populated state and has produced scores of legends and stories, though none as famous as that of the Jersey Devil.
Road House has since (and deservedly) become a cult classic and it's rather surprising, refreshingly shocking line ("I used to fu** guys like you in prison") spat to Swayze, is among Road House fanatics just as famous as that "Baby in the corner" business.
Perhaps the T-shirt that Loinaz Gonzalez wore was once as famous as the ones that featured Elian's face.
According to other previous winners, any Oscar-worthy Best Picture should have a man behind the camera that's as famous as those in front of it.
In Dessau they built, in the extraordinarily short time of one year, the Gropius-designed building that became as famous as the institution it served.
How much you see this as a problem, and how much you see it as an opportunity, will have some bearing on whether you're viewed as "famous", or as that more collusive, confected and shallow human commodity, "a celebrity".
She had about her the alcoholic's – and then the ex-alcoholic's – sense of exaggerated care, performing a version of herself which, as she grew older, became as famous as the songs that she sang.
"I like the fact that people don't think of me as famous, but that they know me," Matthews said.
"Additionally, we got several chances to tip our hat to many famous artistic icons of pop culture, as well as famous people that he's met, taken inspiration from or even inspired himself," Bassett added.
William's mother, Clare Heath told the Huffington Post that, "Knowing that he would struggle to grow his own mustache, [William] decided to disguise himself as famous people that sported a mustache to make people laugh".
While he never has brought in an act as famous as Ms. Franklin, he said that he hoped booking her twice would lessen the risk of overflow crowds.
