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OT - Speaking about the Beatles

PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:19 am
by SuiteMadameBlue
I put this Off-Topic.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051021/ap_ ... ment_icons

NEW YORK - Sorry Johnny, Oprah and Madonna — you just missed the cut. Variety ranks the top 10 entertainment icons of the century in a new commemorative issue marking the trade publication's 100th anniversary. The Beatles were dubbed the no. 1 icon in the issue, currently on newsstands.

Following the Fab Four, the top 10 is rounded out by Louis Armstrong, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse and Elvis Presley.

Variety also lists 90 more icons, though not ranked. It includes Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant, Bob Dylan, the Marx Brothers, Johnny Carson, Oprah Winfrey, Madonna and others.

Bugs Bunny did not make Variety's list, but Pac Man did. The most contemporary choices were Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur and Quentin Tarantino.

The lone animal named an icon? Lassie, much to Alf's dismay.

Re: OT - Speaking about the Beatles

PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:36 am
by NealIsGod
SuiteMadameBlue wrote:Bugs Bunny did not make Variety's list, but Pac Man did.


That blows the credibility of the rankings right there! :roll:

Re: OT - Speaking about the Beatles

PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:06 am
by sadie65
NealIsGod wrote:
SuiteMadameBlue wrote:Bugs Bunny did not make Variety's list, but Pac Man did.


That blows the credibility of the rankings right there! :roll:


Amen!

Who decides these lists? Don't answer, I'm just amused by some of the choices.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:59 pm
by bugsymalone
This one lost me at Tupac. :roll:

Bugsy

PostPosted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:01 am
by sadie65
bugsymalone wrote:This one lost me at Tupac. :roll:

Bugsy


You have a point.

PostPosted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:01 am
by LordofDaRing
Pac Man???? What else made the list...mood rings, pet rocks?? I had a mood ring, anybody else?

PostPosted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:04 am
by sadie65
LordofDaRing wrote:Pac Man???? What else made the list...mood rings, pet rocks?? I had a mood ring, anybody else?


Whistling....pleading the fifth...but I was also a ten year old. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :lol:

PostPosted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:13 am
by Rockindeano
How is Tupac in there, but NOT OJ?

I hope he doesn't get pissed!