My hero, Mr. George Martin:
Local bands Griddle, 20 Minute Loop, Carneyball Johnson, the Cottontails; NRBQ, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Man, Love, XTC, Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Who, Small Faces, Ramones, Rezillos, Stranglers, Pere Ubu, Roxy Music, Richard Thompson, Gong, Soft Machine, Caravan, Robert Wyatt, Hatfield & The North, Yes, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Peter Gabriel -era Genesis, pre-Dark Side Pink Floyd, Harvey Sid Fisher, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, The Byrds, The Damned, Robyn Hitchcock, Squeeze, Los Lobos, White Stripes, Yo La Tengo, shoot- too much to list here! More, more, more!
Forbidden Planet, The Producers, LA Confidential, The Maltese Falcon, Duck Soup, 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Brazil, High Fidelity, Casablanca, The Third Man, Love & Death, Citizen Kane, Top Secret, the Frankenstiens (original, Bride, Son & Young), Plan Nine from Outer Space, Spinal Tap, too many more to list!!
Daily Show, Colbert Report, Sopranos, Simpsons (old ones, anyway), Six Feet Under, Deadwood, (notice how many of these are cancelled?), Mr. Show, South Park, Twenty Four, NYPD Blue, TV Funhouse, Seinfeld, Sky King, Colonel Bleep, Arrested Development, The Prisoner, Harvey Birdman:Attorney At Law, Curb Your Enthusiasm
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Ben Franklin (the only President of the United States who was never President of the United States)