Pointed sticks. Bananas. Smart people. Non-PC jokes; I am a huge fan of the degrading woman joke. The symphony. Plagal cadences. Bad musical theory jokes. 'What's 8 + 2?' Ask me and I'll tell ya! Acting & singing.
I'd like to meet:
Anna Netrebko. Madeline Kahn. Julie Andrews. Dick Van Dyke. (I have the biggest crush on him!) Bing Crosby. Carol Burnett. Mel Brooks. Maria Callas. George Carlin. The. Funniest. Man. Ever. Kurt Vonnegut. Dory, the fish from Nemo, or Ellen DeGreneres. Groucho or Harpo Marx. Anybody from the SNL cast in the beginning (esp. Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroid, John Belishi, Bill Murray, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase).
Music:
Opera; classical, baroque, french, wagnerian, bel canto. Jazz. Some rock. I am very into world music, as well. Some of my favorite's are Anna Netrebko, Maria Callas, Vaselina Vaseleva, Natalie Merchant, Renee Fleming, Kirsten Flagstad, Birgit Nielsen, Ellen Greene, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Jack Johnson, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, AC/DC, Jim Morrison, Belle and Sebastian, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Aerosmith, Angelique Kidjo, James Taylor, Pearl Jam, Led Zepplin, and Janis Joplin. Composers: Mozart, Wagner, Verdi.
Movies:
Anything Monty Python or Mel Brooks/Gene Wilder. Breakfast at Tiffany's. The Wizard of Oz. The Way We Were. Steel Magnolias. Drowning Mona. Eternal Sumshine of the Spotless mind. Fried Green Tomatoes. The Goodbye Girl (& anything Neil Simon). NEMO. Corpse Bride. Kissing Jessica Stein. The First Wives Club. The Birdcage. Casablanca. Victor/Victoria. A Streetcar Named Desire (Opera movie version w. Renee Fleming). Mary Poppins. Rocky Horror Picture Show. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Beauty & the Beast. Princess Bride. Blazing Saddles.
Television:
SNL is my favorite show. The cast is okay now, but the best ones are all the old ones with John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Chevy Chase, and Gilda Radner. I heart the arts channel. Carol Burnett Show. David Letterman. Family Guy.
Books:
To Kill a Mockingbird. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. Night. The Red Tent. Bluebeard. Animal Farm. Galapagos. Slaughterhouse Five. 1984. Henry Poetry. Pride and Prejudice. How to Talk Dirty and Influence People. Opera For Dummies. The Year of Magical Thinking. The Dollmaker. My Sister's Keeper. Anything Fannie Flagg, Oscar Wilde, Kurt Vonnegut, Jane Austin or Graham Greene.
Heroes:
Any person who can say exactly what he is thinking. My voice teacher, Jenny Millsap. Julie Andrews. Peter Pan. Anna Netrebko. Roberta Guaspari. Strong women who are not feminists.
