80's Sitcoms

No Madonna love I see so I figured I'd throw up a softball for today's topic.

If you had to sum up the 80's in a few hours all you'd really need to do is throw together some sitcoms and the decade would be well-described. Looking back there was a lot of crap on television in those days, but who knows good from bad when you're twelve years old?

My list:

1. Cheers-Consistent and funny writing, great characters, and great setting means one of the best shows of all time.
2. A Different World-Made me want to apply to Hillman College after high school.
3. ALF-Even though the puppet was the best actor in the cast, the show was flat-out funny.
4. The Cosby Show-I remember anxiously waiting for Thursday every week so I could watch the new Cosby Show. I watched a rerun a few years ago hoping to relive some childhood memories of my former favorite show. Instead I realized how bad it was.
5. Small Wonder-Speaking of bad, this show was so utterly wretched it was good. If a DVD ever comes out I'll be the first in line to get it.

What's your Top Five?

Madonna Songs

It seems like Madonna has been around since I first new what music was and she's still going strong. Not only is she a pop music icon but she went through her sexed-up, S&M phase while I was going through puberty. YOWZA!

Did I ever tell you about the time I met Madonna when we were opening for her when I was with Buble? Watch it! Don't trip over that name I just dropped.

Love her or hate her, you know all of her songs.

My list:

1. "Oh Father"-One of the most beautiful and haunting melodies in the history of pop music. I don't know why this song wasn't an enormous hit.
2. "Open Your Heart"-I always pretended I was the little boy at the end of the video who she kissed after leaving the peep show. Great song.
3. "Into the Groove"-Great 80s drum machines and keyboards on this one.
4. "La Isla Bonita"-Too sexy! Too sexy!
5. "Ray of Light"-I don't like a lot of her recent stuff but this is just a good song. The Pearl Jam version is just as good.

What's your top five?

Top Five--Gangster Movies

Welcome to the maiden voyage of my Top Five blog.

Today's topic: Top Five Gangster Movies, organized crime bosses kicking ass and taking names, one of the greatest film genres ever. My list:

1. Goodfellas-Better than The Godfather? Oh yeah.
2. The Godfather-"Leave the gun, take the canoli." One of the greatest lines in the history of cinema.
3. The Godfather Part 2-One of the most creatively told movies I've ever seen.
4. The Departed-Like Shakespere with Southie accents and machine guns.
5. Scarface-Not a great piece of cinema, but I don't think anyone will ever out-badass Tony Montana.

What's your top five?