Tuesday, June 17, 2008

LISTAMANIA X

It has come to my attention (ok, I noticed it myself) that I've done nine 'Listamania' posts in the past. Clearly, something must be done to celebrate the fact that the next Listamania endeavour will break into the double digits. Ergo, welcome to 10 different lists in a little extravaganza I like to call.....Listamania X.


BEST PLANETS
10. Eris
9. Mercury
8. Uranus
7. Jupiter
6. Pluto (it's still a planet to me, dammit)
5. Venus
4. Mars
3. Neptune
2. Saturn
1. Earth


BEST WORDS COINED BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
10. Eyeball
9. Moonbeam
8. Premeditated
7. Fashionable
6. Puking
5. Zany
4. Hint
3. Assassination
2. Anchovies
1. Perplex


BEST GOALIES
10. Ken Dryden
9. Glenn Hall
8. Eddie Belfour
7. Vladislav Tretiak
6. Georges Vezina
5. Martin Brodeur
4. Dominik Hasek
3. Jacques Plante
2. Patrick Roy
1. Terry Sawchuk


BEST DAILY SHOW CORRESPONDENTS
10. Nancy Walls
9. Vance Degeneres
8. Rob Corddry
7. Beth Littleford
6. Ed Helms
5. Larry Wilmore
4. John Hodgman
3. John Oliver
2. Steve Carell
1. Stephen Colbert


BEST FORGOTTEN 90's ONE-HIT WONDERS
10. In The Meantime, Spacehog
9. Way Down, Catherine Wheel
8. Nobody Knows, The Tony Rich Project
7. Naked Eye, Luscious Jackson
6. Breakfast at Tiffany's, Deep Blue Something
5. How Bizarre, OMC
4. A Girl Like You, Edwyn Collins
3. Mouth, Merril Bainbridge
2. Legend of a Cowgirl, Imani Coppola
1. Standing Outside A Broken Phonebooth With Money In My Hand, Primitive Radio Gods


BEST ACTORS WHO SHOULD BE BIGGER STARS THAN THEY ARE
10. Laura Dern
9. Judy Greer
8. Sam Rockwell
7. John Carroll Lynch
6. Harriet Sansom Harris
5. Thandie Newton
4. Chyler Leigh
3. Nathan Fillion
2. Chiwetel Ejiofor
1. Jeffrey Wright


BEST TERTIARY SEINFELD CHARACTERS
10. Milos
9. Bob and Cedric, the armoire thieves
8. George Steinbrenner
7. The Soup Nazi
6. The Mandelbaums
5. Lt. Bookman
4. Mr. Kruger
3. Jackie Chiles
2. Peterman
1. David Puddy


BEST FINGERS
10. Ring finger, non-dominant hand
9. Pinky, non-dominant hand
8. Pinky, dominant hand
7. Ring finger, dominant hand
6. Thumb, non-dominant hand
5. Index finger, non-dominant hand
4. Middle finger, dominant hand
3. Middle finger, non-dominant hand
2. Thumb, dominant hand
1. Index finger, dominant hand


BEST BASEBALL PLAYER NICKNAMES
T10. Doug "Eyechart" Gwosdz
T10. Bris "The Human Eyeball" Lord
9. Monte "Mr. Murder" Irvin
8. John "Phenomenal" Smith
7. Bob "Death To Flying Things" Ferguson
6. Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown...I love how blunt they were back in the day. in the modern era, Jim Abbott wasn't called "One Hand."
5. Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd
4. Red "The Nashville Narcissus" Lucas
3. Joe "The Gay Reliever" Page
2. Mike "The Human Rain Delay" Hargrove
1. Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy


BEST TALKING HEADS SONGS
10. Slippery People
9. Sax and Violins
8. And She Was
7. Girlfriend Is Better
6. Burning Down The House
5. Road To Nowhere
4. Psycho Killer
3. This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
2. (Nothing But) Flowers
1. Life During Wartime

1 comment:

Emmett Macfarlane said...

Pluto beats Uranus? That must hurt. Zing!

Hasek is way too high.

Nathon Fillion! Whoo!