
- Laurel & Hardy and their shorts and every second of Block Heads
- W.C.Fields and his sweet, surly hatefulness
- Alfred Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart
- Wes Anderson and Bill Murry and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Fawlty Towers and John Cleese and the fire drill and the Holy Grail
- Battlestar Galactica and Kara Thrace and Saul Tigh and Gaius Baltar and every second of every show
- J.R.R Tolkien and the Hobbit and “burrahobbits” and “lots and none at all”
- Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck and Carl Barks who invented them
- and Don Rosa who made them extra real

- Floyd Gottfredson and the very early Mickey Mouse (c. 1930s/40s)
- the early years of the Simpsons, before they lost it
- The Family Guy (esp. Peter shuffling across the floor to shock people)
- Sonic Youth and the Cure
- Dan Brown and the Dark Con Of Man
- The The and Matt Johnson and Johnny Marr and The Smiths and Hatfull of Hollow
- Wire and Colin Newman and Pink Flag and IBTABA and the Boiling Boy
- 80’s alternative punk stuff
- Joe Sacco and Dan Clowes and Chris Ware and Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog!
- Lost and X-Files and Northern Exposure
- Deadwood and Curb Your Enthusiasm and Larry David and Firefly !!!!
- Logan’s Run!! carousel is a lie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Peter Jackson and Mark Tilden and BEAM
- Pixar
- Coin magician Mickey Silver (look him up) and the Retention of Vision Vanish

February 29, 2008 at 7:46 am