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===Popular culture=== <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[File:GardenState-sc-columbiahighschool.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.35|A [[screenshot]] of [[Columbia High School (New Jersey)|Columbia High School]] in ''[[Garden State (film)|Garden State]]''.]] --> * [[Ultimate (sport)|Ultimate]] [[Frisbee]] (now called simply "Ultimate") was invented in Maplewood in 1968 by students at Columbia High School. A plaque commemorating the birthplace of Ultimate Frisbee is located in the student parking lot.<ref>Caldwell, Dave. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/nyregion/new-jersey/16frisbeenj.html "Still Competing at Ultimate Frisbee's Birthplace"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 13, 2008. Accessed August 5, 2013. "The lot is still there, its surface cracked and rutted with potholes. In the corner is a stone marker, erected in 1989, with a circular plaque carrying an inscription: 'Birthplace of Ultimate Frisbee, created by Columbia High School students in 1968.{{'"}}</ref> * Maplewood is the birthplace of the wooden [[golf tee]], invented by [[William Lowell]] at the Maplewood Golf Club in 1921.<ref>[http://www.scottishgolfhistory.net/tee_term.htm Scottish Golf History: Derivation of Golf Tee], accessed December 13, 2006.</ref> * Maplewood has been the site for several films, including ''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film)|I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]'', ''[[Garden State (film)|Garden State]]'', ''[[Gracie (film)|Gracie]]'', ''[[One True Thing]]'', ''[[Stepmom (1998 film)|Stepmom]]'', and ''[[A Good Person (2023 film)|A Good Person]]''. * [[Zach Braff]], a [[Columbia High School (New Jersey)|Columbia High School]] alumnus, filmed a scene in his 2004 film, ''[[Garden State (film)|Garden State]]'', where he and [[Natalie Portman]] drive by the front of Columbia High School. * In the 2007 film ''[[Gracie (film)|Gracie]]'', the plot is set in and partially filmed in Maplewood and Columbia High School. Producer [[Andrew Shue]] and actress [[Elisabeth Shue]] both attended Columbia, and the plot is loosely based on their lives during high school.<ref>Bandler, Michael J. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/best-of-Jersey/the_will_to_win.html "The Will to Win; Elisabeth Shue and her brother Andrew had a dream to honor their brother's memory with a film about family and soccer. They didn't trust Hollywood to get it right, so they financed and filmed it here at home."], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', December 20, 2007. Accessed September 22, 2013. "Every family has its hallowed memories and its what-ifs. But few get to turn them into a full-length feature film as the Shues have done with Gracie, which was released last month. They shot the movie in South Orange and Maplewood, where the story is set, even filming inside their alma mater, Columbia High School."</ref> * [[Bullet For My Valentine]] filmed their music video for "[[Waking the Demon]]" in Maplewood.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} * The main character of the [[Robert Sheckley]] novel ''[[Dimension of Miracles]]'', Thomas Carmody, is from Maplewood. He revisits the town, albeit one belonging in an alternate universe, late in the book.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} * Novelist [[Philip Roth]], who grew up in neighboring [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] refers to Maplewood in several of his novels, including ''[[Goodbye, Columbus]]''.<ref>Bulger, Adam. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/maplewood/blog-philip-roth-passes-through-maplewood "Blog: Philip Roth's Memories of Maplewood"], Maplewood, NJ Patch, February 12, 2009. Accessed November 5, 2019. "It shouldn't be a surprise that Philip Roth made a passing reference to Maplewood in his early novella, ''Goodbye Columbus''. The ''Portnoy's Complaint'' author is after all, from Newark, where GC is set."</ref> * [[StarFish (children's band)|StarFish]], a rock band for children.<ref>Graeber, Laurel. [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/arts/18kids.html "Spare Times: For Children"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 18, 2010. Accessed January 27, 2011.</ref>
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