Jacques-YvesCousteauBornin1910,wasaFrenchnavalofficer,explorer,ecologist,andfilmmaker,whostudiedthesea.Althoughheismostfamoustousfromhistelevisionprogrammes,healsoco-developedtheaqua-lung,andpioneeredmarineconservationasapoliticalandscientificpriority.IntheCalypso,anex-RoyalNavyminesweeper,Cousteauvisitedthemostinterestingwatersoftheplanet.Duringthesetripsheproducedmanybooksandfilms.HegainedthreeOscarsfor;TheSilentWorld,TheGoldenFish,andWorldWithoutSun,aswellasmanyothertopawardsincludingthePalmed'Orin1956attheCannesFilmFestival.Cousteaulikedtocallhimselfan"oceanographictechnician".Hewasinrealityasophisticatedloverofnaturewhofoundawayofcommunicatingcomplexscientificandbiologicalconceptstoordinarypeople.Whilehewascriticisedatthetimebysomeacademicsforfailingtoexpressscience'properly',hisworkpermittedmanypeopletoexploretheresourcesofthe"bluecontinent".Asanexampleofhisinfluence,in1975,folksingerJohnDenvercomposedthesong"Calypso"asatributetoCousteauandhisresearchshipCalypso.ThesongreachedthenumberonepositionontheBillboard100charts.Cousteau'sworkdidagreatdealtopopularizeknowledgeofunderwaterbiologyandwasfeaturedinthelong-liveddocumentarytelevisionseriesTheUnderseaWorldofJacquesCousteauwhichbeganin1968.OnJanuary11,1996,theCalypsosankinSingaporeharbour.CousteaudiedonJune25,1997-hisworkiscontinuedbyhissonJean-MichelandhisgrandsonFabien,whostudiessharksfromacustom-builtshark-shapedsubmarine.PopCultureTributesandReferencesInthe14May2007episodeofTNT'sInsidetheNBA,ShaquilleO'Nealrequestedthathebeaddressedfromthatpointonas"ShaqCousteau".The2004film,TheLifeAquaticwithSteveZissou,directedbyWesAnderson,isregardedasbothanhomageandsend-upofCousteau'scareer.Itincludesacreditandtheendthatreads"InmemoryofJacques-YvesCousteauandwithgratitudetotheCousteauSociety,whichwasnotinvolvedinthemakingofthisfilm."InanepisodeoftheTVshow"Friends",PhoebethinksshehassubconsciouslydevelopedacrushonJacquesCousteau.InthemovieAceVentura:PetDetective,CourtneyCox'charactercorrectsherboss'mistakeofcallingadolphinafishinsteadofamammal.Angry,heretorts,"Thankyou,MissJacquesCousteau".TheIncubussong"NicetoKnowYou"featuresthelyric"DeeperthanthedeepestCousteauwouldevergo".TheBlueÖysterCultsong"PerfectWater"featuresthelyric"DoyouknowJacquesCousteau,whentheysaidontheradiothathehearsbellsinrandomorder,deepbeneaththeperfectwate?"TheWu-TangClansong"DaMysteryofChessboxin'"featuresthelyric"JacquesCousteaucouldnevergetthislow,"sungbyOl'DirtyBastard.AJediMindTrickssong,"GetThisLow,"samplestheline.TheAndrewBirdsong"Lull"featuresthelyric"Beingalone/Itcanbequiteromantic/LikeJacquesCousteau/UnderneaththeAtlantic".TheUkrainianband5'nizzasong"Морячок"(lit.sailor)featuresthelyricinRussian"КакЖак-ИвКусто/Километровнасто/ВбатискафепьетНескафе..."(roughlytranslated,"LikeJacques-YvesCousteau/100kilometersbelow/InthebathyscaphehedrinksNescafe...") …