I'd like to meet:
Jim Henson, Joss Whedon, Margaret Atwood, Betty White, Angela Carter, John Steinbeck, Joyce Carol Oates, Charlie Kaufman, Brian K Vaughn, Alan Moore, Orson Scott Card, Vincent VanGogh, Flannery O'Connor, Roald Dahl, Claude Monet, Edward Gorey, Boo Berry, Peter Shaffer, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Tim Burton, Ursula Le Guin, L. Frank Baum, Herman Miller, Nellie McKay, Kevin Smith, Rod Serling, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Maggie Smith, Rob Thomas, Nien Nunb, Ronald D. Moore, Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, David Auburn, Martin Starr, Walt Disney, and Charles Nelson Reily
Music:
TSTML
1. Yo La Tengo – My Little COrner of the World
2. Nat King Cole – You are My Sunshine
3. Starship – We Built this City
4. Gary Portnoy - Cheers
5. Paul Williams/Kermit the Frog – Rainbow Connection
6. John Williams – E.T. Main Title
7. Donald Hadley/William Luckey – The Alligator King
8. Simon and Garfunkle - Ceclia
9. Bach - Air
10. Limahl – The Neverending Story Theme
11. Malvina Reynolds – Little Boxes
12. Beach Boys - Kokomo
13. Jerry Goldsmith – Star Trek: The Motion Picture Main Theme
14. Leslie Bricusse – Somewhere In My Memory
15. Billy Joel – Piano Man
16. Bobby Vinton – She’s Too Fat For Me Polka
17. Alan Jackson - Chattahoochie
18. David Bowie – Magic Dance
19. Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman – Music of the Night
20. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Somewhere Over the Rainbow
21. Vince Guaraldi – Peanuts Theme
22. Jerry Goldsmith – Star Trek: First Contact Main Theme
23. Wicked – Defying Gravity
24. Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start The Fire
25. John Williams – Jurassic Park Theme
26. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
27. Blink 182 – Whats My Age
28. Ray Charles and Shirley Horn – It’s Not Easy Being Green
29. Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches
30. Thomas Newman – American Beauty
31. Bare Naked Ladies – Pinch Me
32. Ernie – I’d LIke to Visit the Moon
33. Everclear – Father of Mine
34. Hanson - MmmBop
35. Might Mighty Bosstones – The Impression That I Get
36. Danny Elfman – Jack’s Lament
37. Reggie and the Full Effect – Boot To The Moon
38. Louis Armstong – What A Wonderful World
39. Macy Gray – I Try
40. Fred Astaire – Dancing Cheek to Cheek
41. Moulin Rouge! – Your Song
42. Simon and Garfunkle – 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
43. Dashboard Confessional – The Sharp Hint of New Tears
44. Green Day – Good Riddance
45. New Found Glory – My Heart Will Go On
46. Reel Big Fish – I’ll Never Be
47. Natalie Cole – L.O.V.E.
48. Buggles – Video Killed the Radio Star
49. Sesamstrasse – Manah Manah
50.Aqua – Barbie Girl
51. Queen – Under Pressure
52. Nico – The Fairest of the Seasons
53. Peter, Paul, and Mary – Puff the Magic Dragon
54. Guys and Dolls – Adelaide’s Lament
55. MC Chris – Boba Fett
56. Johnny Cash - Hurt
57. New Found Glory – The Glory of Love
58. The Polyphonic Spree – Section 9
59. Gary Jules – Mad World
60. Joss Whedon – Drawn to the Fire
61. Phish - Weigh
62. TexWilliams – Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette
63. Andy Partridge – I Wonder Why the Wonder Falls
64. Nellie McKay – Ding Dong
65. Flaming Lips – Do You Realize
66. The Foo Fighters – Next Year
67. Snow White – Some Day My Prince Will Come
68. Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
69. Starland Vocal Band – Afternoon Delight
70. Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
71. Iron and Wine – Such Great Heights
72. Spice Girls - Wannabe
73. Coldplay – Don’t Panic
74. ELO – Mr. Blue Sky
75. Frou Frou – Let Go
76. Mitch and Mikey – The Ballad of Bobby and Jane
77. Harry Belafonte – Shake, Shake Senora
78. David Newman - Serenity
79. Nico – These Days
80. Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear the Reaper
81. Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle
82. Beatles - Yesterday
83. Avenue Q – What Do You Do With A B.A. in English
84. Golden Girls – Thank You For Being A Friend
85. Rent – One Song Glory
86. Jackson 5 - ABC
87. Devendra Banhart – Little Yellow Spider
88. Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’
89. B.J. Thomas – Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head
90. Rubettes – Sugar Baby Love
91. Kim Richey – A Place Called Home
92. Rick James - Superfreak
93. Pete Seeger - Turn! Turn! Turn!
94. Get Set Go – I Hate Everyone
95. Alanis Morisette - Ironic
96. Get Set Go - Wait
97. Regina Spektor - Fidelity
98.Rock Kills Kid – Hide Away
99. Craig Armstrong – Glasgow Love Theme
100. Billy Joel – Summer, Highland Falls
101. Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now
102. Peter Gabriel – Book of Love
103. Bright Eyes – Bowl of Oranges
104. Barefoot Music – Doggy Fun
105. Johnny Cash – We’ll Meet Again
Movies:
TOP 100
1. The Muppet Movie
2. Serenity
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
4. Moulin Rouge!
5. Babe
6. Love Actually
7. Return to Oz
8. The Royal Tennenebaums
9. The Nightmare Before Christmas
10. The Neverending Story
11. Little Miss Sunshine
12. To Kill A Mockingbird
13. Being John Malkovich
14. American Beauty
15. Chasing Amy
16. Edward Scissorhands
17. Dogma
18. Garden State
19. Pleasantville
20. Star Treks (I-X)
21. Star Wars (IV-VI)
22. Rushmore
23. X-Men (I&II)
24. Wet Hot American Summer
25. South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut
26. Far From Heaven
27. I Heart Huckabees
28. Young Frankenstein
29. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
30. Adaptation
31. A Mighty Wind
32. The Truman Show
33. Best in Show
34. Labyrinth
35. E.T.
36. The Muppets Take Manhattan
37. The Great Muppet Caper
38. Vanilla Sky
39. Harry Potter (I-IV)
40. A Muppet Christmas Carol
41. Man on the Moon
42. Lost in Translation
43. Beauty and the Beast
44. Brokeback Mountain
45. Batman Returns
46. V for Vendetta
47. Batman
48. A Prairie Home Companion
49. Spider-Man (I&II)
50. Indian Jones (I-III)
51. Batman Begins
52. Follow that Bird
53. Clerks (I&II)
54. The Dark Crystal
55. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
56. The Omen
57. Sleepy Hollow
58. RENT
59. Toy Story (I&II)
60. Gattaca
61. Waiting for Guffman
62. Finding Neverland
63. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
64. The Fugitive
65. Donnie Darko
66. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
67. Big Fish
68. Election
79. Sleeping Beauty
70. Othello
71. Elf
72. The Incredibles
73. Marry Poppins
74. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
75. The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
76. Rosemary’s Baby
77. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
78. Starship Troopers
79. Napoleon Dynamite
80. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
81. Fargo
82. Thank You for Smoking
83. Bowling for Columbine
84. Corpse Bride
85. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
86. The Hours
87. Romeo and Juliet
88. Short Circuit (I&II)
89. Kill Bill (I&II)
90. The Big Lebowski
91. American Splendor
92. Walk the Line
93. Ed Wood
94. Muppets from Space
95. Memento
96. Fightclub
97. Waking Life
98. West Side Story
99. Freddy Got Fingered
100. Muppet Treasure Island
Television:
TOP 100
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. The Muppet Show
3. Firefly
4. Angel
5. Veronica Mars
6. Boston Legal
7. Freaks and Geeks
8. Battlestar Galatica (the re-imagined version)
9. Everwood
10. The Office (both)
11. Wonderfalls
12. Star Trek: The Next Generation
13. Arrested Development
14. The Twilight Zone
15. Ed
16. Lost
17. Seinfeld
18. Gilmore Girls
19. Mary Tyler Moore
20. Dead Like Me
21. The Bob Newhart Show
22. Futurama
23. South Park
24. Star Trek
25. House MD
26. 24
27. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
28. Doctor Who
29. Project Runway
30. Curb Your Enthusiasm
31. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
32. Six Feet Under
33. Heroes
34. 30 Rock
35. Northern Exposure
36. Rescue Me
37. The Practice
38. Rocketman
39. Match Game
40. Tales of the Unexpected
41. My Name is Earl
42. 30 Days
43. The Boondocks
44. The Wonder Years
45. Sports Night
46. Sesame Street
47. Best Week Ever
48. The Soup
49. Talk Soup
50. Jim Henson’s The Storyteller
51. The Daily Show
52. The Colbert Report
53. Daria
54. The West Wing
55. Cupid
56. The X-Files
57. Da Ali G Show
58. Queer as Folk
59. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
60. Batman Beyond
61. The Simpsons
62. Cheers
63. Family Guy
64. The Outer Limits
65. The Fugitive
66. All in the Family
67. SNL
68. My So-Called Life
69. Friends
70. Grey’s Anatomy
71. Late Night with Conan O’Brien
72. Dawson’s Creek
73. Carol Burnett and Friends
74. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
75. Fraggle Rock
76. Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
77. Desperate Housewives
78. Twin Peaks
79. Smallville
80. Waiting For God
81. The Real World
82. Real World/Road Rules Challenge
83. Pee-Wee’s Playhouse
84. The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
85. Farscape
86. I Love Lucy
87. Stella
88. The Joe Schmoe Show
89. Scrubs
90. Reno 911
91. That ‘70s Show
92. Everybody Hates Chris
93. The Odd Couple
94. M*A*S*H
95. The Dick Van Dyke Show
96. Wonder Woman
97. St. Elsewhere
98. Entourage
99. Canivale
100. Alias
Books:
TOP 100
1. Cat's Eye
2. Burning Your Boats
3. The Bloody Chamber
4. The Pillowman
5. The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
6. Switch Bitch
7. The Neverending Story
8. Equus
9. Runaways
10. Travels with Charlie
11. Othello
12. Proof
13. The Giving Tree
14. The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
15. The Magic Toyshop
16. Surfacing
17. Ender's Game
18. The Handmaid’s Tale
19. Over to You
20. the first 14 Oz books
21. Waiting for Godot
22. A Good Man is Hard to Find
23. The Loathsome Couple
24. Someone Like You
25. The Wonder Story of Henry Sugar
26. Of Mice and Men
27. A Small Place
28. The Blind Assassin
29. Flowers for Algernon
30. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
31. Chronicles of Narnia
32. Kiss Kiss
33. Wicked
34. Ethan Frome
35. The Chrysanthemums
36. Everyday Use
37. Alice in Wonderland
38. Good Country People
39. To Kill A Mocking Bird
40. Timbuktu
41. the Harry Potters
42. The House on Mango Street
43. Nine Stories
44. Emma
45. Mrs. Dalloway
46. Y: The Last Man
47. A Raisin in the Sun
48. The Haunting of Hill House
49. Bless Me, Ultima
50. The Old Man and the Sea
51. The Grass Dancer
52. A Clean Well-Lighted Place
53. The Great Gatsbby
54. The Rocking-Horse Winner
55. Why I Live at the P.O.
56. The Screwtape Letters
57. Ghost World
58. The Storm
59. V for Vendetta
60. The Joy Luck Club
61. Where the Sidewalk Ends
62. A Light in the Attic
63. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
64. The Man to Send Rain Clouds
65. Things Fall Apart
66. The Lottery
67. Sonny's Blues
68. Barbie-Q
69. To the Lighthouse
70. Invisible Man
71. Watchmen
72. Everything Bad is Good for You
73. The Fountain Head
74. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
75. Why the Caged Bird Sings
76. Middle Age
77. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
78. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
79. Dracula
80. Eragon
81. Peyton Place
82. The Monk
83. Our Friend the Atom
84. Giraffes? Giraffes!
85. A Series of Unfortunate Events
86. Women in Love
87. Me Talk Pretty One Day
88. The Bell Jar
89. Being There
90. House of Leaves
91. The Pagemaster
92. Sin City
93. The White Hotel
94. The Lord of the Rings
95. Reservation Blues
96. Huckleberry Finn
97. Fahrenheit 451
98. Beloved
99. The Taming of the Shrew
100. Death of a Salesman
Heroes:
mostly myself, mostly. and deven miller. and the little tivo guy (let us henceforth refer to him as baxter). also bea arthur, jesus christ, and william shatner. hey - remember baxter?