Movies:
Waiting for Guffman, Fletch, Life of Brian, Raising Arizona, This is Spinal Tap, Shaun of the Dead, Anchorman, Barbarella, Harold and Maude
Books:
Atlas Shrugged, Cat's Cradle, Galapagos, Fountainhead, Life of Pi, The World is Flat, The Book of Tiki, Salt, World War Z
Heroes:
Ed Murrow, Kurt Vonnegut