It's not an "unlikely quest."
It's a silly, ignorant, and ridiculous quest.
The man who is pursuing (named Dennis Danzik) is the personification of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
Maybe I should say he's "a personification of the Dunning-Kruger effect," because he's so totally not alone. We seem to be living in a world-wide Dunning-Kruger Overdrive culture.
Good name for a '70s tribute band that thinks they are good, but can't play a lick.