backrubs
my ukulele
reading
writing
laughing
hugging
live music
animal rights
tree hugging
esoteric discussions about
politics, sex or religion
dancing with wild abandon
double-dog-dare karaoke
brunch
I'd like to meet:
You.
...and the person who can get me a job HERE:
("You know, it is possible to be too attractive." ~ Pepe LePew)
...and everyone involved with this piece of genius...
...and see my nephew, Mikey, at his games:
...and kiss these guys in 195 places. Each.
...and when I get to have that magical dinner party with ten people, living or dead, real or fictional, have this man and his uke seated next to me:
.. .. ..
Music:
Obsessions:
Beethoven
Elvis
The Beatles
Monty Python, The Rutles, Neil Innes
Crowded House, Split Enz, all things Finn
ELO, Jeff Lynne
Spinal Tap
Sting & The Police
Green Day
Weird Al Yankovic
Flight of the Conchords
The Dan Band
I like any music. Anything. Absolutely anything. Oldies. Newies. Classics. Novelties. Primus. Pink. Prince. I love it all.
Movies:
Everything!! My favorites, in no particular order:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Princess Bride
It's A Wonderful Life
A Hard Day's Night
Disney's Fantasia
Strictly Ballroom
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Gone With The Wind
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Shakespeare In Love
Blue Hawaii
Star Wars '77 (original and unchanged!!)
The Philadelphia Story
Monty Python's Life of Brian
A Christmas Story (filmed in Cleveland!)
Shawshank Redemption (filmed by Cleveland!)
Soapdish
Truly Madly Deeply
His Girl Friday
Shawn Of The Dead
Whale Rider
Cannibal! The Musical
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies
film adaptations of Broadway shows, like Guys & Dolls, Chicago, Grease, Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors
Once Upon A Time In The West
BASEketball
....... the list never ends
Television:
Flight of the Conchords!!! !
House
South Park
Lost
Smallville
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Pushing Daisies
Boston Legal
(DAVID KELLEY -- TV WARRIOR!)
Project Runway
Anything on The Weather Channel, AMC, TCM, Discovery, PBS, BBC-A, HGTV, Bravo, anything where they redecorate or renovate a house, anything that talks about the craft of acting or writing or music, anything that talks about nature or travel... anything silly or adventurous
Favorites of all time:
Bugs Bunny cartoons
The Muppets
Monty Python
Star Trek (original and Next Gen.)
The Carol Burnett Show
Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot
Blackadder
Max Headroom
AlienNation
The Young Ones
Absolutely Fabulous
M*A*S*H
Doctor Doctor
The X-Files
Northern Exposure
The Kids In the Hall
Arrested Development
Cheers
PeeWee's Playhouse
Probe (Did anyone besides me see that show??)
The Andy Griffith Show
The West Wing
Red Dwarf
Saturday Night Live
Studio 60
Quantum Leap
Who's Line Is It Anyway? (UK and US versions)
Coupling (UK version only!)
As Time Goes By
Slings And Arrows
The Red Skelton Show
(I loved Freddy the Freeloader when I was 4 years old)
...and dozens more, I'm sure.
Books:
Authors I love:
Shakespeare, Dickens, Steinbeck, Douglas Adams, Stephen King, Milan Kundera, Tom Robbins, Dr. Seuss, Tom Stoppard, anything my friends recommend to me
Books that changed my life:
A Christmas Carol
A Wrinkle In Time
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Catcher In The Rye
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Stand
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
Gone With The Wind
The Grapes of Wrath
The Giving Tree
Keith Johnstone's Impro
One Red Paperclip
Earth In The Balance
Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting
The New Yorker (a magazine that reads like a book)
...and on and on and on and on
Heroes:
teachers
protectors
megaphones
work horses
collaborators
craftsmen
philosophers
clowns
