Love, acting, comedy, misery, teaching, nostalgia, screenwriting, movies, hoops, collaborating, photography, producing shows/events, stand-up comedy, learning guitar, nostaglia, fitness, improv, sports memorabillia, hearing laughter from the audience, amusement parks (roller coasters), learning, dogs/cats, interest-free loans
Billy Wilder, John Lennon, Martin Luther King, Neil Armstrong, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lou Gehrig, Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin, Jim Thorpe, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, Jack Lemmon, Abe Lincoln, Walt Disney, Sammy Davis, Jr., Gilda Radner, Lucille Ball, Lenny Bruce, Sam Cooke, Mamma Cass
Beatles, Sam Cooke, U2, R.E.M., Rascals, Maria McKee, Greenday, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, Nick Lowe, Peter Yorn, Radiohead, Marvin Gaye, Matthew Sweet, Crowded House, Stevie Wonder, The Who
Amelie, Fearless (w/Jeff Bridges), Brazil, Frequency, Groundhog Day, It's a Wonderful Life, L.A. Confidential, Rocky, Shawn of the Dead, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, The Fisher King, The Matrix, The Rookie, Time After Time, True Romance, The Usual Suspects, Sounder, Hair, The Silent Partner, Young Frankenstein, Annie Hall, Pulp Fiction, An American Werewolf in London
The Twilight Zone, The Odd Couple, Six Feet Under, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Oz, Southpark, SCTV, In Living Color, SNL, Seinfeld, Dick Van Dyke Show, TV Funhouse, Monty Python, Car 54, Mr. Show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck. The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy. Nice Guys Finish Last by Leo Durocher. Black Boy by Richard A. Wright. Double Cross by Sam and Chuck Giancana. The Pitch That Killed by Mike Sowell. Life on the Run by Bill Bradley. Rat Pack Confidential by Shawn Levy. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.