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Film Scores (for writing), John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, Eric Wolfgang Korngold, Bruce Broughton, David Newman, Elmer Bernstein. Varied after that: Cheesy 70's Pop. Standards. Cole Porter. Irving Berlin. Rodgers and Hammerstien. Lerner and Lowe, Jerry Herman, The Sherman Brothers. Leslie Briccuse. Anthony Newley. Nelson Riddle. Sinatra. The Beatles. Many more. FAVORITE SONG: "Something In Your Smile"
GET COMFORTABLE:Raiders of the Lost Ark, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Original Star Wars Trilogy, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, E.T The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Empire of the Sun, It's A Wonderful Life, Singin' In The Rain, The Innocents (1961), The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm, Doctor Dolittle (1967), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Blue Velvet, The Sound Of Music, Morozko (U.S. Title - "Father Frost"), Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Caddyshack, Seems Like Old Times, The Duchess and The Dirtwater Fox, Scrooge (1970 Musical Version), Tom Sawyer (1973 Musical Version), Rollercoaster, The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Earthquake, What's Up, Tiger Lily?, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, The Big Picture, Sabrina (1995...Yes, 1995), Half A Sixpence, Flower Drum Song, The Little Prince, Hello, Dolly!, That's Entertainment!, 1776 (1972...hehehehe), Mary Poppins, Mad Monster Party. The Daydreamer, Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 Musical Version), Lost Horizon (1974 Musical Travesty), Finian's Rainbow, Bugsy Malone, West Side Story, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Back To The Future, Waiting For Guffman, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Vertigo, and more...
H.R. Pufnstuf, Here Comes The Grump, The DoubleDeckers, The Bugaloos, Lidsville, Sigmound and the Sea Monters, Zoom!, Winky Dink, The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Happy Days, When Things Where Rotten, Match Game, Tattle Tales, The Wonderful World of Color/Disney, annual "Wizard of Oz" showing, annual riding of the Norelco razor by Santa, all of the Rankin/Bass Christmas shows ("Rudolph's Shiny New Year"...totally underrated!), The Twilight Zone, Soap!, The Hilarious House of Frightenstein, Little Rascals/Our Gang, The Three Stooges (preferably with Curly), Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (especially their skewering of "Morozko/Father Frost"), Twin Peaks, The Larry Sanders Show, Dream On, The Golden Years of Saturday Night Live (1975-1981), SCTV, Late Night With David Letterman (1982-1992), The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Siskel and Ebert, Trilogy of Terror, Bad Ronald, The Oscars, The Golden Globes, Curb Your Enthusiasm, WonkaVision.
Biographies, Autobiographies and Non-Fiction, Easy Riders Raging Bulls, Skywalking; The Life and Films of George Lucas, Steven Spielberg by Joeseph McBride, Adventures In The Screen Trade, Hype And Glory, Which Lie Did I Tell?, 101 Habits of Successful Screenwriters by Karl Iglasias, The Craft of the Screenwriter by John Brady, anything by Dr. Denis Waitley, A Christmas Carol, Harry Potter and the Overlong Ripoff of Ten Other Authors,FROM CHILDHOOD: Charlie an the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Phantom Tollbooth, Me and Caleb, Me and Caleb Again, Encyclopedia Brown