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Noted American painters

  1. Grant Wood
  2. Andrew Wyeth
  3. Mary Cassatt
  4. Gilbert Stuart
  5. Albert Bierstadt
  6. Georgia O’Keeffe
  7. Grandma Moses
  8. John Singer Sargent
  9. Winslow Homer
  10. Norman Rockwell
  11. Jackson Pollock
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Noted American painters

  1. Grant Wood
  2. Andrew Wyeth
  3. Mary Cassatt
  4. Gilbert Stuart
  5. Albert Bierstadt
  6. Georgia O’Keeffe
  7. Grandma Moses
  8. John Singer Sargent
  9. Winslow Homer
  10. Norman Rockwell
  11. Jackson Pollock
  12. Frank Gutierrez

(On Storage Wars, one of the contestants found $300k of his art in a storage locker that he paid $3,600 for.)

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Noted American painters

  1. Grant Wood

  2. Andrew Wyeth

  3. Mary Cassatt

  4. Gilbert Stuart

  5. Albert Bierstadt

  6. Georgia O’Keeffe

  7. Grandma Moses

  8. John Singer Sargent

  9. Winslow Homer

  10. Norman Rockwell

  11. Jackson Pollock

  12. Frank Gutierrez

  13. James McNeil Whistler
    Next: One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  14. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor

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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov

I love it because

The whole thing is a set up for one bad pun

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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov
  3. “The Kugelmass Episode” by Woody Allen
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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov
  3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen
  4. “Tobermory” by Saki

Or just about anything else he wrote.

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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov
  3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen
  4. “Tobermory” by Saki
  5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison
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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov
  3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen
  4. “Tobermory” by Saki
  5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison
  6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance

A wonderful tale of a masked, ritualistic, musical alien society and the difficulty an Earth diplomat has in figuring it all out.

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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov
  3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen
  4. “Tobermory” by Saki
  5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison
  6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance
  7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant
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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov
  3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen
  4. “Tobermory” by Saki
  5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison
  6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance
  7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant
  8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor
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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov
  3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen
  4. “Tobermory” by Saki
  5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison
  6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance
  7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant
  8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor
  9. “The Gift of the Magi” O Henry

(The classics are always the best.)

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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov
  3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen
  4. “Tobermory” by Saki
  5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison
  6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance
  7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant
  8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor
  9. “The Gift of the Magi” O Henry
  10. “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy
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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov
  3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen
  4. “Tobermory” by Saki
  5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison
  6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance
  7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant
  8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor
  9. “The Gift of the Magi” O Henry
  10. “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy
  11. “The Jaunt” by Stephen King
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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov
  3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen
  4. “Tobermory” by Saki
  5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison
  6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance
  7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant
  8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor
  9. “The Gift of the Magi” O Henry
  10. “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy
  11. “The Jaunt” by Stephen King
  12. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber

It’ll probably never work as a movie but it’s a great short story

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One of Your Favorite Short Stories:

  1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor
  2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov
  3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen
  4. “Tobermory” by Saki
  5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison
  6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance
  7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant
  8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor
  9. “The Gift of the Magi” O Henry
  10. “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy
  11. “The Jaunt” by Stephen King
  12. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber
  13. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs

(astorian–I was going to say “The Jaunt” but chickened out at the last second. Thank you for having guts.)

Next: John Williams scores

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John Williams scores

  1. Jaws

(I’ve been at this too long today :rolleyes:)

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John Williams scores

  1. Jaws
  2. Superman
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John Williams scores

  1. Jaws
  2. Superman
  3. Star Wars
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John Williams scores

  1. Jaws
  2. Superman
  3. Star Wars
  4. Lincoln

One of my favorites of his: - YouTube

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John Williams scores

  1. Jaws
  2. Superman
  3. Star Wars
  4. Lincoln
  5. Hook