# List O' Favorites **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 1999, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166 "1999-08-24T06:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/1 "1999-08-24T06:33:00Z")
Well the one staple of MPSIMS is the “Whats your favorite…” type threads. I figger we could kill a dozen birds with one stone. Usually the fave threads get long and people list like 15 things and the entire thread becomes a big cluster fuck not worth reading. In that vein lets keep all the responses to a single choice. I know that will require some soul searching, but that makes it all worth while. Maybe I’m being an anal engineer here, but humor me. Lets see how many topics I can come up with. 1)Favorite Serious Movie? 2)Favorite Comedy? 3)Favorite TV Show of All-time? 4)Favorite Current Band? 5)Favorite Band Ever? 6)Favorite Book? 7)Favorite Sport? 8)Favorite Actor? 9)Favorite Actress? 10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)? 11)Favorite School Subject? 12)Favorite Type of Food? 13)Favorite Animal? 14)Favorite Cartoon? 15)Favorite Drink? 16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place? If I keep going it’ll probably get more ridiculous than it already has. Anways Here’s my faves. 1)Star Wars Trilogy (Am I breaking my rule already?) 2)Dazed and Confused 3)X-Files 4)Dave Matthews Band 5)Beatles 6)Beowulf (I’m not a big reader though) 7)College Football 8)Sean Connery 9)Cameron Diaz (I’m not real passionate about this one) 10)Tecmo Super Bowl (on the old Nintendo) 11)Classic Civilization (Roman and Greek history and mythology) 12)Italian (Americanized of course) 13)Cheetah (I’ll take a Tabby if its gonna be a pet though) 14)The Simpsons 15)Captain Morgan and Coke 16)Grand Canyon (Until I get to Hawaii) Give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/2 "1999-08-24T07:08:00Z")
My favorites are: 1. Serious Movie: Forrest Gump. 2. Comedy: Too hard to chose…I’ll say Grounhog Day. 3. All time TV: Seinfeld 4. Current Band: Secular band is the Corrs. Contemporary Christian (In case anybody cares) is DC Talk. 5. All time Band: DC Talk 6. Book: Bible? Other than that, I haven’t read anything. 7. Sport: Baseball, hockey almost equal to baseball 8. Actor: Tom Hanks 9. Actress: Meg ryan. I know what you’re thinking, but she’s still my favorite. 10. Old school video game: Mike Tyson’s Punch Out. New game: Turok: Dinosaur Hunter 11. School subject: Biology 12. Food: Lasagna 13. Animal: Perigrine Falcon 14. Cartoon: Simpsons 15. Drink: Milk, Coke a very close second 16. Place: Historic: The ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico. Scenic: Grand Canyon ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/3 "1999-08-24T07:16:00Z")
1)Favorite Serious Movie?-The Good, The Bad & the Ugly 2)Favorite Comedy?-Dr. Strangelove 3)Favorite TV Show of All-time?-Kids in the Hall 4)Favorite Current Band?-Man or Astroman? 5)Favorite Band Ever?-The Who 6)Favorite Book?-Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut) 7)Favorite Sport?-Surfing 8)Favorite Actor?-Peter Sellers 9)Favorite Actress?-Loren Bacall 10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)?-Tie Fighter 11)Favorite School Subject?-History 12)Favorite Type of Food?-Buffulo Wings 13)Favorite Animal?-Bears 14)Favorite Cartoon?-Anything by Chuck Jones 15)Favorite Drink?-Tequila 16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical places?-Sierra Mts/Portsmouth, England/Beaches ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/4 "1999-08-24T07:16:00Z")
I disagree, I like when people list 15 things, I don’t think there usually can be ONE favorite. But, its fun to try to pick out one so I am gonna give it a shot. But can I make one addendum? 1a) will be best action movie. 1)Taxi Driver 1a)Star Wars 2)Muppet Movie 3)Simpsons 4)G Love and Special Sauce/Cake/Sterolab 5)James Brown 6)This one breaks my heart, there are too many choice to take just one. okok… those are the rules, well I broke the rules once, ok Not this time. ummm. Razor’s Edge- Somerset Maugham 7)Baseball 8)Jimmy Stewart 9)Winona Ryder 10)Maniac Mansion- best game ever made, ever. 11)Creative Writing 12)pizza 13)monkey 14)Simpsons 15)kool aid 16)Reflecting pool at 3am well that was fun… thanks good idea. pat ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/5 "1999-08-24T07:22:00Z")
Hey Papabear, You are a Man or Astroman? fan? Did you happen to catch them when they were in LA a few months ago? I went, it was an incredible show. The highlight would have to be the Tesla Coil. pat ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/6 "1999-08-24T07:40:00Z")
1)Favorite Serious Movie? ummm…only one, right? I’ll say Braveheart. 2)Favorite Comedy? Undercover Blues 3)Favorite TV Show of All-time? Of all time? Only one? Forever Knight 4)Favorite Current Band? Sawyer Brown 5)Favorite Band Ever? Beatles 6)Favorite Book? Here again, I have to deal with the Only One Syndrome…I’ll say…Agent of Change. I think that’s the one I’ve re-read the most, anyway. 7)Favorite Sport? To play or to watch? Going by “to watch”: Ice Skating 8)Favorite Actor? Harrison Ford 9)Favorite Actress? Jodie Foster 10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)? Tetris Attack 11)Favorite School Subject? History 12)Favorite Type of Food? Chinese 13)Favorite Animal? Wolf 14)Favorite Cartoon? Current or of all time? I’ll say…The Smurfs, no just kidding. Animaniacs 15)Favorite Drink? In general or alcoholic? Pepsi 16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place? Hannibal, MO. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/7 "1999-08-24T08:50:00Z")
I am adding an addendum to mine: favorite plant. 1)Favorite Serious Movie? Sunset Blvd. 2)Favorite Comedy? Nutty Professor (the remake) 3)Favorite TV Show of All-time? The Drew Carey Show 4)Favorite Current Band? I dont listen to “band” type music, but my Favorite DJ is: Armand Van Helden 5)Favorite Band Ever? Exposé 6)Favorite Book? Boring, but, “Sunset Western Garden Book” 7)Favorite Sport? Soccer 8)Favorite Actor? Harrison Ford 9)Favorite Actress? Cameron Diaz 10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)? Final Fantasy VII 11)Favorite School Subject? Spanish 12)Favorite Type of Food? Chinese 13)Favorite Animal? Siberian Tiger 14)Favorite Cartoon? Key The Metal Idol (Anime) 15)Favorite Drink? Barq’a root beer 16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place? Yosemite Valley 17)Favorite Plant(type)? Palms ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/8 "1999-08-24T13:35:00Z")
Good idea, Omniscient. 1)Favorite Serious Movie? Shawshank Redemption 2)Favorite Comedy? Airplane! 3)Favorite TV Show of All-time? Seinfeld 4)Favorite Current Band? Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 5)Favorite Band Ever? The Beatles 6)Favorite Book? Catch-22 7)Favorite Sport? arena football 8)Favorite Actor? Morgan Freeman 9)Favorite Actress? Helena Bonham-Carter 10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)? never play. Quake, I guess. 11)Favorite School Subject? Psychology 12)Favorite Type of Food? Seafood 13)Favorite Animal? any non-poisonous snake 14)Favorite Cartoon? Bugs Bunny 15)Favorite Drink? non-alcoholic - Sprite, alcoholic - Captain Morgan rum & Orange Soda 16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place? Denali State Park, Alaska ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/9 "1999-08-24T13:50:00Z")
1. Serious Movie : The Godfather 2. Comedy Movie: Blazing Saddles 3. TV show: The Simpsons 4. Current Band: Pretty much at a loss here because I don’t listen to much new music. I’m so ashamed. When did I become my parents??? Would They Might Be Giants count? 5. All time Band: either the Grateful Dead or The Mothers of Invention 6. Favorite Book: Way too many to list 7. Favorite Sport: College Basketball, followed closely by the NFL 8. Favorite Actor: DeNiro (Kevin Spacey’s pretty damn good, too) 9. Favorite Actress: Rosalind Russell in “His Girl Friday” 10. Favorite Video Game: DOOM II 11. Favorite School Subject: Elementary – Social Studies. High School – Geometry. College – Tranformational Grammar. Law School – UCC 12. Favorite Type of Food: Too many to list 13. Favorite Animal: Besides the wife and kids, I’d say my two boxers. 14. Favorite cartoon: Bugs Bunny, especially “The Rabbit of Seville” 15. Favorite Drink: 10 year old bourbon, especially Ancient Age or Blantons 16. Favorite Place: Whereever the people I love are. * * * “Owls will deafen us with their incessant hooting!” W. Smithers ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/10 "1999-08-24T14:01:00Z")
1)Favorite Serious Movie? \*The Shawshank Redemption \* 2)Favorite Comedy? Possibly _The Graduate_ or possibly Branagh’s version of \* Much Ado About Nothing \* 3)Favorite TV Show of All-time? I don’t watch TV (very often, anyway), so I’ll have to skip this one … 4)Favorite Current Band? Oh, shoot, do I even _like_ any bands that still exist? Well, let’s say the Stones, for the sake of their old stuff. 5)Favorite Band Ever? The Byrds 6)Favorite Book? _Villette_, by Charlotte Bronte 7)Favorite Sport? Darts (the most unathletic sport I can think of). 8)Favorite Actor? Kenneth Branagh 9)Favorite Actress? Emma Thompson 10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)? Again, I’m not into computer games so I’ll have to pass on this one. 11)Favorite School Subject? English (shoot, I’m a grad student). Although if I had to do it over again, I might major in classics. 12)Favorite Type of Food? Any kind of seafood. 13)Favorite Animal? The echidna. 14)Favorite Cartoon? Bullwinkle. 15)Favorite Drink? Bass on tap. 16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place? The British Museum (does this count? I prefer indoor places, unless there’s a beach.) ---
**Author:** ![Holly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/48db29/32.png) [@Holly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Holly)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/11 "1999-08-24T14:18:00Z")
1.Serious movie: Braveheart 2.Comedy: There’s Something About Mary [3.TV](http://3.TV) show: MST3K 4.Current band: The Groobees. (Local; my brother-in-law is in it. The female lead singer, who has been to my house and has babysat my kids, wrote the song “Wide Open Spaces”. Is that cool or what?) 5.Favorite Band Ever: The Monkees. Okay, I’m weird, but I’m too old to care. 6.Book: Watership Down 7.Sport: horseback riding 8.Actor: Mel Gibson 9.Actress: Jodie Foster 10.Video Game: Tomb Raider 11.School subject: history 12.Food: gyros 13.Animal: loon (really!) 14.Cartoon: Rugrats 15.Drink: coffee 16.Place: Ted’s Sandy Beach, Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/12 "1999-08-24T15:06:00Z")
1)Lawrence of Arabia 2)A Night at the Opera 3)The Simpsons 4)Fishbone 5)Oingo Boingo 6)Atlas Shrugged 7)American football 8)Humphrey Bogart 9)Jodie Foster 10)Civilization 2 closely followed by Alpha Centauri 11)History 12)Mecixan tied with Cajun 13)Dog 14)Powerpuff girls/Simpsons 15)Gin (Bombay Sapphire) and Tonic 16)The Cascade Mountains in Washington * * * To deal with men by force is as impractical as to deal with nature by persuasion. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/13 "1999-08-24T15:20:00Z")
1.Serious movie: Cool Hand Luke 1a.Action: Terminator 2.Comedy: MP and the Holy Grail 3.Show: Late NIGHT w/Dave 4.Current band: The Other Ones 5.Favorite Band Ever: The Dead 6.Book: Killer Angels 7.Sport: Baseball 8.Actor: Bogie 9.Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis 10.Video Game: Centipede (Coin Op version) 11.School subject: Eng. Lit. 12.Food: Cheesesteaks 13.Animal: Penguin 14.Cartoon: Speed Racer 15.Drink: coffee 16.Place: Hunt’s Pier, Boardwalk, Wildwood, N.J. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/14 "1999-08-24T15:20:00Z")
Hoo boy…here goes. This is my list right now - I’m sure it’ll change in about 30 minutes… 1. Usual Suspects 2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 3. Homicide: Life on the Streets 4. Moxy Fruvous/Dave Matthews Band 5. Stevie Ray Vaughn 6. I can only pick one? Ack. Patriot Games, by Tom Clancy. 7. FOOTBALL! (Go Redksins! Go Penn State!) 8. Michael Biehn 9. Emma Thompson 10. Civilization: Call to Power 11. High school: Chemistry College: International Security 12. Mexican 13. Wolf (a Maine coon cat if it has to be a pet) 14. Animaniacs 15. Cape Cod (Vodka and cranberry juice) 16. Chimney Rock, North Carolina * * * “You have to laugh at yourself, because you’d cry your eyes out if you didn’t.” -Emily Saliers ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/15 "1999-08-24T15:50:00Z")
Great questions… 1. Silence of the Lambs 2. Slap Shot 3. Twin Peaks (first season only) 4. Alice in Chains 5. Talking Heads 6. Dune 7. Hockey 8. Chow Yun Fat 9. Gwenyth Paltrow 10. Civilization 11. Archaeology 12. I’ll eat anything 13. Giant River Otters 14. Pisco Sour 15. Easter Island. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/16 "1999-08-24T15:51:00Z")
1)Favorite Serious Movie–Now, Voyager 2)Favorite Comedy–Three-Cornered Moon (1933) 3)Favorite TV Show of All-time–The Simpsons 4)Favorite Current Band–Combustible Edison 5)Favorite Band Ever–Glenn Miller 6)Favorite Book–sorry, can’t choose one! 7)Favorite Sport–sarcasm 8)Favorite Actor–Ramon Novarro 9)Favorite Actress–Lillian Gish 10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)–huh? 11)Favorite School Subject–art 12)Favorite Type of Food–fattening 13)Favorite Animal–cat 14)Favorite Cartoon–see #3 15)Favorite Drink–tea 16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place–Portmeirion, Wales ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/17 "1999-08-24T15:53:00Z")
Whoops, my bad. I missed the real #14 and the last two are out of order. 1. Tie The Tick and The Simpsons 2. Pisco Sour 3. Easter Island. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/18 "1999-08-24T16:06:00Z")
1)Favorite Serious Movie–West Side Story 2)Favorite Comedy–Wayne’s World 3)Favorite TV Show of All-time–The Simpsons 4)Favorite Current Band–Cake 5)Favorite Band Ever–Faith No More 6)Favorite Book–“The Dead Zone,” Stephen King 7)Favorite Sport–N/A 8)Favorite Actor–William H. Macy 9)Favorite Actress–Geena Davis 10)Favorite Video Game (PC or system)–Tetris 11)Favorite School Subject–art 12)Favorite Type of Food–pizza 13)Favorite Animal–cat 14)Favorite Cartoon–3x3 Eyes (anime) 15)Favorite Drink–Coke 16)Favorite Scenic/Historic/Geograpical place–Never been there, but I have to say Egypt * * * “I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy ---
**Author:** ![kathmandu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kathmandu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kathmandu)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/19 "1999-08-24T16:09:00Z")
1. Favourite Serious Movie: Braveheart 2. Favourite Comedy: The Party 3. Favourite TV Show: The Practice (Dylan McDermott is SOOO yummy) 4. Favourite Current Band: The Watchmen 5. Favourite Band Ever: The Beatles 6. Favourite Book: Mila 18 7. Favourite Sport: Golf 8. Favourite Actor: Ed Harris 9. Favourite Actress: Vivian Leigh 10. Favourite Video Game: The last game I played was during the 80’s - Frogger(!) 11. Favourite School Subject: English 12. Favourite Type of Food: Seafood 13. Favourite Animal: Horse 14. Favourite Cartoon: Simpsons 15. Favourite Drink: Beer 16. Minster-Lovell (England) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 1999, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166/20 "1999-08-24T16:23:00Z")
1. Mr. Holland’s Opus 2. Life of Brian 3. The Simpsons 4. Chicago 5. Chicago 6. “G” is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton (I like all the Kinsey books; this one’s my fave) 7. Baseball 8. Robin Williams 9. Susan Sarandon 10. Ms. Pac-Man. Oldie but goodie. 11. Biology 12. Lamb chops 13. Duck-billed Platypus 14. Simpsons 15. Diet Coke 16. The Grand Canyon * * * Chaim Mattis Keller [ckeller@schicktech.com](mailto:ckeller@schicktech.com) “Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-o-favorites/7166.md?page=2)