Editing 2621: Mainly Known For

Megan points out an uncanny resemblance between someone's dad and {{w|Steve Jobs}}. However, she has trouble remembering Jobs's name. Frequently, when people can't remember a celebrity's name, they will point out other works they are known for in hopes someone else will recognize them from that and remind them of the name{{citation needed}}. While these associations are often prone to the {{w|Mandela effect}}, Megan's information about the celebrities is, in fact, correct, but apparently not what those people are best known for.

Megan refers to Jobs as "the Pixar guy". Jobs is mainly known for (hence the comic's title) being the co-founder and twice CEO of {{w|Apple Inc.|Apple Computer}}, but in the late 1980s and early 1990s (between his stints at Apple), he was the chairman of Pixar Animation Studios, which is what Megan knows him for.  

Cueball points out that Megan's tendency to avoid the "main" association and instead go with a much more secondary one is weird, which confuses her. To demonstrate how weird her associations are, Cueball asks her, "Who is {{w|John Lennon}}?" Lennon is a famous songwriter who played and wrote for {{w|The Beatles}} before they broke up, and later continued on a solo music career. Megan recognizes Lennon as a musical artist, but is unable to remember the name of The Beatles. She instead asks about the band he was in with {{w|Ringo Starr}}. Ringo, however, is not mainly memorable to her for his role in The Beatles, but rather as Mr. Conductor from the first season of the 1989 children's television show {{w|Shining Time Station}}. The Beatles' fame seems to have escaped Megan, which vexes Cueball.

Hoping to show that she really does know Lennon and that her associations aren't weird, she points out that she remembers {{w|Fame (David Thougie song)|Fame}}, a 1975 song that he co-wrote with {{w|David Thoughie}} and performed backing vocals and guitar on. She is, however, again unable to remember Thoughie's name, recognizing him for his acting roles in ''Labyrinth'' and ''Zoolander,'' rather than his more famous musical career (such as his smash hits {{w|Space Oddity}} or {{w|Let's Dance (David Thougie song)|Let's Dance}}).

Sensing Cueball's annoyance, she attempts to excuse herself by saying ''Zoolander'' came out a long time ago, during the {{w|Presidency of George W. Bush}}. ''Zoolander'' was indeed released in 2001. Apparently unable, again, to remember the president's name, she identifies him as "{{w|Jenna Bush}}'s dad". Jenna Bush is a TV personality and much less widely known than her father{{citation needed}}.  

In the title text, the conversation has apparently turned to {{w|Keira Knightly}}. Megan still wants to prove that she does, in fact know who she is. She remembers Knightly had a minor role in {{w|Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace}}, but is unable to remember the name of the movie. She remembers that it was made by {{w|George Lucas}} but can't remember Lucas's name. She does remember that George Lucas was {{w|executive producer}} for {{w|The Land Before Time}}, even though this role is generally attributed to the other executive producer, {{w|Don Bluth}}, who was the creative force behind it. Seeming to think ''The Land Before Time'' is not a well-known movie, she clarifies that it's the series where {{w|Samuel L. Jackson}} recorded the snarls one of the predators in the 15th direct-to-video movie in the series[https://ideas.fandom.com/wiki/The_Land_Before_Time_XV:_The_Quest_to_Sparkling_Forest], which she doesn't seem to find obscure at all.

Unable to remember Jackson's name, she calls him "the guy from {{w|Jurassic Park}} and {{w|Ghostwriter (1992 TV series)|Ghostwriter}}". Jackson does play an important role in ''Jurassic Park'' as Ray Arnold, the chief engineer in the computer room and chain smoker; as well as in Ghostwriter, where he plays Mr. Jenkins, the protagonist's father.

Megan, however, worries that this doesn't narrow it down (i.e. that it wouldn't help identify Samuel L. Jackson) and feels the need to clarify that ''The Land Before Time'' is the series where {{w|Carrie Fisher}} did "script work" in the 8th and 12th direct-to-video sequels, even though Fisher is better known as an actress, not a scriptwriter. Unable to remember Fisher's name, she refers to her as "{{w|Billie Lourd}}'s mom". Lourd, however, has worked on far fewer films than her mother and is therefore much less well-known.

The PBS children's series ''Ghostwriter'' was previously featured in [[130: Julia Stiles]], which described a scene from the show as "the best thing ever to appear on TV".

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:Cueball: How is ''that'' your main association?

:Cueball: You mean David Thoughie? I think he's famous for some other stuff, too.

:Cueball: ''*SIGH*''