Instead of going on Oprah or Jerry Springer to confess to the world all my odd sins and preferences for elements of popular culture, I'll be using my website. And I'll not be confessing my sins.

A few of my favorite things:

MOVIES -- Top 40 movies I like, in no particular order and certainly not all inclusive::

1. Wag The Dog
2. The Fabulous Baker Boys
3. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
4. Silverado
5. Patton
6. Monty Python's Holy Grail
7. All The President's Men
8. Rear Window
9. Maltese Falcon
10. True Grit
11. Blood Simple
12. Bound
13. Dr. Strangelove
14. Lonesome Dove (okay, it's a mini-series, shoot me)
15. Princess Bride
16. Don Juan de Marco
17. Casablanca
18. King Kong (the original)
19. The Full Monty
20. The Commitments
21. The African Queen
22. M*A*S*H
23. Alien
24. Fargo
25. Tootsie
26. The Wizard of Oz
27. Dances with Wolves
28. Citizen Kane
29. Double Indemnity
30. The Great Escape
31. Chinatown
32. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
33. Midnight Cowboy
34. Pope of Greenwich Village
35. Taxi Driver
36. Raiders of the Lost Ark
37. Network
38. Bull Durham
39. Field of Dreams
40. Pulp Fiction

FOREIGN FILMS I RECOMMEND

1. The Hairdresser's Husband (French)
2. My New Partner (French)
3. Life is Beautiful (Italian)
4. Cinema Paradiso (Italian/French)
5. Jean de Florette (French/Italian)
6. Manon of the Spring (French)
7. My Mother's Castle (French)
8. La Femme Nikita (French/Italian)
9. My Life As A Dog (Swedish)
10. Das Boot (German)
11. Il Postino (Italian)
12. The Professional (French/US)

BOOKS I've read, enjoyed, and which come to mind while I'm sitting here:

1. "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
2. "Bloodsucking Fiends" by Christopher Moore (and all his others too)
3. "The Sweet Potato Queen's Book of Love" by Jill Conner Browne
4. "Tourist Season" by Carl Hiaasen (and all his others too)
5. "bird by bird" by Anne Lamott
6. "You Got To Dance With Them What Brought You" by Molly Ivins
7. "Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman
8. "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser
9. "Demographic Vistas" by David Marc
10. "Fumblerules" by William Safire (not a "book" book, but fun tips on good writing)
11. "Broadsides from the Other Orders" by Sue Hubbell
12. "Naked" by David Sedaris
13. "Slaves of New York" by Tama Janowitz
14. "With All Disrespect" by Calvin Trillin (and his other books too)
15. "Like I Was Sayin'" by Mike Royko
16. "Jitterbug Perfume" by Tom Robbins (and his other books too)
17. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson (and "Generation of Swine")
18. "Drunk with Love" by Ellen Gilchrist
19. "Pure Drivel" by Steve Martin
20. "Thanatos Syndrome" by Walker Percy (and his other books too)
21. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. -- everything he wrote (except the last one, which I didn't read)

FAVORITE HUMORISTS THROUGH THE AGES...

H.L. Mencken........Woody Allen........Philip Roth........Graham Greene
E.B. White........S.J. Perelman........Calvin Trillin........Groucho Marx
P.G. Wodehouse........Terry Southern........Nora Ephron........Damon Runyon
Robert Benchley........Russel Baker........Roy Blount, Jr.........Ring Lardner
George Kaufman........Bruce Jay Friedman........Fran Lebowitz........G.B. Shaw

MUSIC:

Some old school favorites:
Paul Simon........Neil Young........Derek & the Dominos........James Taylor
Bob Dylan........Wilson Pickett........Grateful Dead........Yes
Steely Dan........Jethro Tull........Loggins & Messina........Van Morrison
Joni Mitchell........CSN&Y........Aretha Franklin........Steppenwolf
Al Green........Dave Mason........Taj Mahal........Little Feat
Allman Brothers........Traffic........Neville Brothers........Chicago
Rolling Stones........Four Tops........Beatles........Tempations
Joe Cocker........Guess Who........Hendrix........Rod Stewart
Leon Russell........J.J. Cale........The Band........Santana
Otis Redding........Carole King........Jim Croce........Elton John
Cat Stevens........Doobie Brothers........America........Led Zeppelin
David Bowie........Who........Moody Blues........Doors

More current:
REM........U2........Keb Mo........Oingo Boingo........Peter Gabriel
Counting Crows.....Big Head Todd & Monsters.....Hootie & Blowfish
Wallflowers........Sister Hazel........Sting........Concrete Blonde
Third Eye Blind........Belinda Carlisle........Dave Matthews........Annie Lennox
Elvis Costello........Cyndi Lauper........Chris Isaak........Don Henley
Los Lobos........Amanda Marshall........Joe Jackson........INXS

Nashville / Alternative Country:
Wynonna.....Robert Earl Keen.....Allison Kraus.....Mary Chapin Carpenter
Lyle Lovett.....Lucinda Williams.....Cowboy Junkies.....Blue Rodeo
John Hiatt.....Nanci Griffith.....Randy Scruggs.....Bonnie Raitt.....Carlene Carter
Dixie Chicks.....Willie Nelson.....James McMurtry.....Steve Earle.....Clay Walker
Linda Davis.....Emmylou Harris.....Jessica Andrews.....Radney Foster
Randy Travis.....Vince Gill

Jazz:
Zoot Sims........Johnny Hartman........Dave Brubeck........Joe Pass
Miles Davis........Sarah Vaughn........Charlie Parker........Dexter Gordon
Gerry Mulligan........Cyrus Chestnut........Wes Montgomery........Sonny Rollins
John Coltrane........Sonny Stitt........Bud Powell........Ben Webster
Clifford Brown........Count Basie........Ray Brown........Art Tatum
Oscar Petersen........Mary McPartland........Joshua Redman........Milt Jackson
Bill Evans........Benny Carter........Laurindo Almeida........Johnny Hodges

TV FAVORITES - OLD and NEW:
Law & Order........Monty Python's Flying Circus........Twilight Zone
Dragnet........Fawlty Towers........South Park
Drew Carey Show........Absolutely Fabulous........Simpsons
M*A*S*H*........Dharma & Greg........Carol Burnett Show
King of the Hill........Wild Wild West........Smothers Brothers
Outer Limits........Mission Impossible........Laugh In
Man from U.N.C.L.E.........Gilligan's Island........Julia
NCAA Hoops Tournament........Monday Night Football........Cheers
Gunsmoke........Chef du Jour (Food TV!)........Cracker (BBC version)
Ed Sullivan Show........Flip Wilson Show........Murphy Brown
Grace Under Fire........Red Skelton Hour........Bewitched
All in the Family........Hawaii Five-O........Sanford & Son
Candid Camera........Tonight Show (with Johnny)........David Letterman
BBC TV show on Bravo! Smack the Pony! Funny, original, and British!

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