Photography, Macs, Cinematography, Science, House M.D., Comedy
Martin Gardner, Arthur C. Clarke, Neil Gaiman, Harlan Ellison, Henry Rollins, Jon Stewart, Ray Bradbury, Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie. Oh, and Kari Byron from Mythbusters.And those are just the ones that are alive. Here's a partial list of the dead ones: Isaac Asimov, Orson Welles, Marilyn Monroe, Nicola Tesla (the language barrier would be a problem...) Ben Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Hitler (past all the hatred and malice, you gotta admit, coffee with the man would be interesting), Bill Hicks, Jim Henson, Madam Curie, Ansel Adams (I would pay him to carry his camera), Shakespeare (Or Francis Bacon if you beleive that stuff), Samuel Clemens... Eventually, I'll make the list longer and alphabetize the damn thing.
Leonard Cohen, Oingo Boingo, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Solomon Burke, Michelle Cross, Warren Zevon, Sam Cooke, Hem
Touch of Evil, Brazil, The Last Temptation of Christ, Sin City, The Lord of the Rings (Actually, any Peter Jackson), Airplane! I have to add Grindhouse to this list. And thinking about that movie makes me want to go watch John Carpenter movies...
Mythbusters, House, The Daily Show, the Colbert Report, Good Eats!, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Wire in the Blood, Farscape, Invader Zim, Doctor Who
I'll read anything by: Martin Gardner, Harlan Ellison, Neil Gaiman, Steven Brust, Berkley Breathed, John Hodgman, Robert E. Howard and Jonathan CarrollAnd I'll take suggestions.
Carl Sagan, Jim Henson, Yousef Karsh, Martin Gardner, Richard Feynman