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Favorite Movies/Music/Comedians

posted 6 years ago by BillHicksFan (10374)
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1. Mort Sahl
2. Bill Hicks
3. George Carlin
4. Bill Burr
5. Dick Gregory

1. Harry and Tonto
2. La Strada
3. Nashville
4. They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
5. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
6. Network
7. The Battle of Algiers
8. A Woman Under The Influence
9. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
10. Buffalo '66

1. Pink Floyd
2. The Doors
3. Supertramp
4. Led Zeppelin
5. The Who
6. The Beatles
7. Steely Dan
8. ELO
9. America
10. Eagles

And I'm very curious to what your favorites are... I like lists because it's usually the most probably way of finding other interests. If you were to love 9 out of 10 of the movies I just listed, chances are you might like the 10th. And vice-versa.

[–] slimone (7996) 6 years ago

Comedian: Seinfeld
Movie: Some Like It Hot
Music: Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Big Brother & the Holding Company

[–] GlenEllyn (21381) 6 years ago

In no particular order:

Comedians:
1. Rodney Dangerfield
2. Phyllis Diller
3. Jonathan Winters
4. Bob Newhart
5. Robin Williams
6. Don Rickles
7. David Brenner
8. George Carlin
9. Steve Martin
10. Bill Engvall

Movies:
1. Singin’ in the Rain
2. The Sound of Music
3. Rear Window
4. It’s a Wonderful Life
5. The Best Years of Our Lives
6. The Wizard of Oz
7. The Unsinkable Molly Brown
8. North By Northwest
9. Gone With the Wind
10. The Grapes of Wrath

Music:
1. Willie Nelson
2. Straight No Chaser
3. Canadian Tenors
4. Michael Bublé
5. Dean Martin
6. High Kings
7. Norah Jones
8. Chris Isaak
9. Diana Krall
10. Billy Joel

I like seeing people's lists because as you said, it gives us a chance to check out something that might not have been on our radar.

[–] BillHicksFan (10374) 6 years ago

Exactly... It's even more difficult when 99% of what I love was made before I was born (music, movies, comedy).

[–] GlenEllyn (21381) 6 years ago

I'm in the same boat. I like old stuff, mostly. Yep, I'm an old fogy now... Heck, in some of these responses is stuff I've never heard of.

[–] BillHicksFan (10374) 6 years ago

I'm 36, so I wasn't able to even have the chance to see a lot of the great stuff.. And at least not at peak mode.. Half the band dead, etc., different lead singer.... I've never once in my life had the feeling of going to a theater for a movie I thought I'd like, or end up liking. It was just a way to kill time. I did see one good movie, "I, Daniel Blake" (Ken Loach, my favorite English director) but of course it was at a 30 seat art-house.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Comedians ⤵️

Billy Connolly
Richard Pryor
Steven Wright
Steve Coogan

Films ⤵️

First Blood
The Thing
The Wanderers
Platoon
Withnail & I
Rocky II
Return of the Living Dead
Day of the Dead (1985)
Taxi Driver
Stir Crazy
Midnight Run
Robocop (1987)
After Hours

Music ⤵️

The Stone Roses
New Order
The Smiths
Madonna
U2
Fleetwood Mac
Simple Minds

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Carlin
Murphy
Pryor
Foxx
Chapelle
O'Neal
Rogan
Oswalt

Empire strikes back
Raiders of the lost ark
The bad news bears
The sunshine boys
There will be blood
The big lebowski
Conan the barbarian
Kalifornia
The godfather
Apocalypse Now!

Beastie boys
NWA
Johnny cash
The rolling stones
Billy Joel
Van Halen
Guns 'n' roses
Wu tang clan

[–] CKid (3841) 6 years ago

My top fives ...

Comedians:
Jonathan Winters
Rodney Dangerfield
George Carlin
Steve Martin
Robin Williams

Films:
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Lord of the Rings (I'm lumping all three together since it's one continuous story -- if this breaks the rules, sue me!)
The Last of the Mohicans
The Last Samurai
Forbidden Planet

Music:
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Van Morrison
Neil Young
Steely Dan
The National
+ honorable mention to Scars on 45

[–] BillHicksFan (10374) 6 years ago

I'm not a stickler on rules, lol... I'd add other things, books, etc., if someone wants to list their top 25, even better actually! Maybe a better chance to overlap and possibly someone on here discovering it, or reminding them.

[–] StoneKeeper (24363) 6 years ago

Comedian:

Tom Green

Movies:

Requiem for a dream
Fight club
Friday
Scarface
Basketball diaries
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas
The Pianist
The house of flying daggers
I’m a cyborg but that’s OK
Red cliff
The raid 2
Sling blade
Goodfellas
Braveheart
Biodome
The never ending story
Homeward bound

Music:

The Doors
Placebo
Cypress hill
Eminem
Tupac
Styx
Supertramp
Queen
Nirvana
Silverchair
Tech nine
21 pilots
Hed PE

[–] BillHicksFan (10374) 6 years ago

Wow, a Supertramp fan!

Crisis? What Crisis? :)

[–] StoneKeeper (24363) 6 years ago

oh yeah!

[–] olioz (3519) 6 years ago

Comedians:

Marc Maron
Bill Burr
Louis C.K
David Cross
John Mulaney

Movies:

The Road Warrior
The Thin Red Line
Blue Valentine
Wolf of Wall Street
Black Hawk Down

Music:

Bruce Springsteen
Ryan Adams (and the Cardinals)
Bob Dylan
Lou Reed
Rush

[–] Wintermu7e (7) 6 years ago

Comedians:
1. Bill Burr
2. Dave Chappelle
3. George Carlin
4. Bernie Mac
5. Bill Hicks
6. Joey Diaz
7. Ron White
8. Richard Pryor
9. Mitch Hedberg
10. Patrice O'Neal

Movies:
1. Blade Runner
2. Lost in Translation
3. Goodfellas
4. Chungking Express
5. Raging Bull
6. Pulp Fiction
7. The Godfather
8. Hana-bi
9. Ex Machina
10. Harakiri

Music:
1. My Bloody Valentine
2. Big L
3. Kool G Rap
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers
5. Styles P
6. New Order
7. Nirvana
8. Wu-Tang Clan
9. The Grateful Dead
10. Lush