Top 25 TV Characters
“Tell me what you don’t like about yourself.”
25. Dr. Christian Troy
Nip/Tuck
I’ve just recently finished the first four seasons of this show, and I’m hooked. Hooked enough for Dr. Christian Troy to sneak his way onto this list I’ve been working on for months. While the character starts out as a sex addicted misogynist and a bit of an asshole, his character definitely seems to grow and become less of an ass and more of a tragic character.
Also he is very pretty.
Best Moment: This whole show is filled with great moments. Best I’ve seen so far is when he confronts a priest that molested young boys after he conned the doctors into removing an incriminating birthmark.
Top 25 Comedy Films
25. I Heart Huckabees
While many people I’ve talked to have found this film to be either bizarre or just terrible, I found it to be both hilarious and charming. I’m sure there’s some message in the film that they were trying to get across to us all, but to be honest I didn’t catch it. I was enjoying the unique characters and interesting situations more than anything. Mark Wahlberg is actually bearable in this film and I found his character to be the most humorous.
Of course at times there seems to be scenes/ideas that push too hard and seem to be hitting you in the face with some kind of moral to the story, but I didn’t find it present enough to deter my enjoyment from the film. A pretty stellar cast too, with Jason Schwartzman, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Naomi Watts, Jude Law, and Wahlberg headlining.
Best Moment: During a dinner scene with devout Christians, Mark Wahlberg’s character berates them for using petroleum and ruining the world. The father angrily screams that ‘God gave us oil! He gave it to us! How can a gift from God be bad?’
Top 25 TV Shows – Version 3.0
25. Penn & Teller’s Bullshit!
Penn and Teller are mostly known for their Las Vegas magic act, and possibly from their guest appearances on various shows/movies etc. But they are also noted skeptics, and they made this show in order to debunk many supernatural myths and even just regular, everyday things such as recycling.
While it’s easy to see which position of any given argument Penn and Teller side with, they do try to present the information and let the viewer decide when it comes to a lot of the subjects. Things like “Talking to the Dead” and “Alien Abductions” will be easy to agree with, while others like “Second Hand Smoke” and “Recycling” may be harder to grasp. Nonetheless, Penn and Teller present their arguments in a well thought out manner, and more often than not in an entertaining, humorous way. The first two seasons are definite must watches for any skeptic.
Best Moment: During the ‘Profanity’ episode, they interview this woman who is anti-profanity to the extreme. They ask her if she knows George Carlin’s 7 Dirty Words routine, and begin to list them, all while she screams ‘You can’t say that! You can’t say that!’ Cue Penn’s voiceover: ‘We just did.’
