Lists
Introducing a new periodic feature..."Lists"Four major acts recently booked at the new Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines:
1. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers/Black Crowes, July 18
2. "American Idols Live," featuring Nikko Smith, Aug. 28
3. Green Day/Jimmy Eat World, Sept. 17
4. Paul McCartney, Oct. 27
Nine great TV series DVDs due this spring:
1. Cheers, Season 5, May 17
2. The Golden Girls, Season 2, May 17
3. M*A*S*H, Season 8, May 24
4. Chappelle's Show, Season 2, May 24
5. Newsradio, Seasons 1&2, May 24
6. Moonlighting, Seasons 1&2, May 31
7. The Sopranos, Season 5, June 7
8. Northern Exposure, Season 3, June 14
9. Oz, Season 5, June 21
Five couples who have a better shot than Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes of staying together until 'death do them part:'
1. Jennifer Wilbanks and John Mason
2. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
3. Flava Flav and Brigitte Nielsen
4. Chris Moeller and Sade
5. Jeff Gannon and Senator Rick Santorum
23 Major League baseball teams with a better winning percentage than the Yankees:
Baltimore, Toronto, Boston, Chicago (AL), Minnesota, Detroit, Los Angeles (AL), Oakland, Texas, Seattle, Florida, Atlanta, Washington, New York (NL), Philadelphia, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago (NL), Houston, Los Angeles (NL), Arizona, San Francisco, and San Diego.
Twelve celebrities who have torn off the numbers for the countdown of remaining games to be played at Busch Stadium, with corresponding number:
#81- Jackie Smith, former football Cardinals star
#80- Isaac Bruce, Rams WR
#79- Fredbird (born in 1979)
#78- Rick Hummel, St. Louis sportswriter
#77- Ken Griffey, Jr., Cincinnati outfielder who hit his 500th career home run at Busch
#76- Ted Simmons, former Cards All-Star catcher
#75- Jay Randolph, former Cards broadcaster
#74- Gary Gaetti, former Cards thirdbaseman
#73- Harry Keough, soccer Hall of Famer and former SLU soccer coach
#72- Walt Jocketty, Cards general manager
#71- Bob Uecker, former Cardinal and Mr. Baseball
#70- Ken Dayley, former Cards relief pitcher
Ten greatest TV characters of all-time in descending order:
10. George Oscar Bluth II ("GOB"), Arrested Development
9. Lisa Simpson, The Simpsons
8. Les Nessman, WKRP in Cincinnati
7. Calamity Jane, Deadwood
6. Ralph Kramden, The Honeymooners
5. Barney Fife, The Andy Griffith Show
4. David Addison, Moonlighting
3. Tony Soprano, The Sopranos
2. Carmela Soprano, The Sopranos
1. Louie DePalma, Taxi
posted by CM @ 10:44 PM
5 Comments:
Carmela? Tony Soprano is the greatest of all time!
I was hoping I'd get called out on that. Perhaps I find Carmela more intriguing because she's a woman, and, therefore, more mysterious. Also, the religious aspect of the show is the most interesting to me, and she's more intellectually curious about that than anyone else on the show.
Hey now, any list of great TV characters that doesn't include Hank Kingsley from The Larry Sanders Show is incomplete.
And I prefer Herb to Les.
Not that I disagree, but why Lisa?
Bart is the id of the show, and Homer is the ego, but Lisa is the conscience.
I should have turned this topic into an essay.
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