Improv, theater, comedy, trivia, musical theater, religion, politics. Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom.
Strange visitors from other planets with powers far beyond those of mortal men. The man with the funny hat. All the crowned heads of Europe. Five guys named Moe. Four lads who shook the world. Pretty women, out walking with gorillas down my street.
Yes.
By which I mean "Yes, I listen to a wide variety of music but listing all of the various & sundry artists here would take up a lot of space." I do not mean that my favorite band is Yes. Because it isn't. Also, please listen to any of my friends' bands because, really, it's the sociable thing to do.
If Terry Gilliam directed it chances are I love it. All of Christopher Guest's films, including "The Big Picture" which nobody appears to have heard of but which you really should see. The Muppet Movie. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (the Wilder one, not the Depp one.) How much time have you got?
Battlestar Galactica. Heroes. 30 Rock. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. That's about all that's on my Tivo.
Nearly anything by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. The Tales of the City books by Armistead Maupin. Potter, natch. Brave New World, 1984, It Can't Happen Here and general dystopia.
“My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been here.†- Jim Henson
"God damn it, you've got to be kind." - Kurt Vonnegut, RIP
"Everybody has the mania to do the polka from Pennsylvania." - Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra