Music, movies, military history, close-up magic, and finding the best restaurant to go to that Franklin and Brentwood don't know about.
Seth McFarlane, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Mike Myers, Gene Hackman, John Lithgow, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Famke Janssen and all the ENTOURAGE guys!!
Imogen Heap/FrouFrou, Jamiroquai, Chaka Khan,Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Elton John, Al Green, Ray Charles, Michael McDonald, the Beatles, Eagles, Randy Newman, Steely Dan, Seal, Toy Matinee, the Story, Billy Joel, Sting, Yellowjackets, Coldplay, AC/DC, EarthWind&Fire, Ohio Players, Rufus, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Diana Krall, Jamie Cullum, Jude Cole, Toto, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Yes, ZZ Top, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, D'Angelo, Prince, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, Al Jarreau, Chicago, the Tubes....
Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind (the holy canon of improv comedy) L.A. Story, Arthur, all the Austin Powers movies, Team America, anything by Tom Clancy although I reserve the right to remain indifferent about Clear and Present Danger (I'm sorry, but Willem Dafoe as Mr. Clark? C'mon....) original Star Wars trilogy, (sorry, I'm a geek) A Fish Called Wanda, The Princess Bride, Tombstone, Silverado, Diner, Raising Arizona, Indiana Jones series, the first Lethal Weapon, the Die Hard series, especially the first one, (are ya picking up on the theme here? guns-GOOOOD. sappy- BAAAAD.) The Long Kiss Goodnight (the most underrated action movie ever) Fletch, Blazing Saddles (shout-outs to Burton Gilliam) anything by Steve Martin (check out Spanish Prisoner...trust me) Tommy Boy, the Godfather trilogy, Almost Famous, and again....there will be more.
ENTOURAGE!!! Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke show, M.A.S.H., Frasier, Friends, Seinfeld, 24 (!!!!!), Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal, American Chopper, the Office.
Blue Like Jazz, Wild at Heart, Searching for God Knows What, Blink, the Tipping Point, Jitterbug Perfume, the Chronicles of Narnia, Treason, How to Talk to a Liberal if you must, Let Freedom Ring, Deliver Us From Evil, State of Fear (if you think our globe is warming...read this), anything by Tom Clancy (but my fave is Without Remorse) and I really love this new series by Dean Koontz, Frankenstein. Go figure....it's a really cool twist on the old story. Check it out. (there's only two out so far) A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice, and lately the new Donald Miller book, To Own a Dragon. Great for people with father issues. Donald if you're out there....you rock.
my Dad (he's just so darn good at EVERYTHING...sigh.) Ronald Reagan (truly a visionary) Quincy Jones (the only musician I know who has been MASSIVE in 6, count'em, 6 decades..reinventing himself in each one. wow...)