Bats (one in particular), cats, guitars, tennis, philosophy
Eric Clapton, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs
Blues, bluegrass, old-time jazz
It's a Wonderful Life, All That Jazz, many others
Daily Show, Colbert Report, Arrested Development, 30 Rock
The Epic of Gilgamesh, A Confederacy of Dunces, Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me, many others
Eddie Lang, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Venuti, Django Reinhardt