Ok, my Mt. Rushmore's for everything else but sports (has to be a personified):
TV Show Characters:
Archie Bunker, Sam Malone, Cliff Huxtable, Ray Barone
Tough to not have Sanford....or Cosmo Kramer.
Actors:
Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNiro, James Stewart (shout out to an old guy, if not I would have went with Pacino)
Actresses:
Katherine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner, Shirley MacLaine
This was tough because most of these women are dinosaurs, I mean today there isn't much as far as actresses. Julia Roberts? Charlize Theron? The Swank? Made me think a bit.
Movie Characters:
Hannibal Lecter, Regan Teresa MacNeil (Blair in Excorcist), Tony Montana, Vito Corleone
Honorable mentions: Norman Bates, James Bond, Indiana Jones, Scarlett O'Hara, Ellen Ripley, Travis Bickle, Henry Hill, Gordan Gekko, E.T (of course played by Sam Cassell).
Wrestlers:
Hulk Hogan, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Bret "The Hitman" Heart, Ric Flair
Music:
Ray Charles, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Micheal Jackson (I really almost didn't put him on because I believe he touches little boys but music is music and he's done some serious things in music)
Might I add this one was really hard, I mean leaving off guys/girls like Chubby Checker, Bing Crosby, Elton John, Barry White, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Mariah, Madonna, Clapton, BB King.
Cereal Creature:
Lucky Charm Leprechaun, Trix Rabbit, Tony The Tiger, Sugar Crisp Bear
Comedians:
George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock
Another tough omission for me was Robin Williams
Animated Characters:
Bugs Bunny, Homer Simpson, Fred Flinstone, Papa Smurf
Finance Moguls:
Warren Buffet, Donald Trump, Jack Welch, John D. Rockefeller
Reality TV Personality:
Richard Hatch (Survivor), Puck (Real World), Omarosa (Apprentice), Flava Flav
Hollywood Sluts:
Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson, Angelina Jolie, La Lohan?
First three are a lock, 4th one posed a problem for me.
I'll see if I can think of more.
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Damn! I can't answer all of these. I'll pick and choose.
TV Show characters...
Archie Bunker, Ralph Kramden, Lucille Ball, Hawkeye Pierce
(so many I left off and could have used)
Actors...
Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman
(I could have easily put Brando there)
Wrestlers...
Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Ric Flair, Jimmy Snuka
(those guys legitimately put asses in the seats just to see them)
Music...
BB King, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan
(acting on personal preferences there... I could have easily put Ray Charles or Sinatra or Elvis up there on sheer greatness alone)
Comedians...
Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Bill Cosby, Rodney Dangerfield
(hard to leave off Robin Williams, but how could any list not have Rodney)
Animated characters...
Bugs Bunny, Homer Simpson, Mickey Mouse, Fred Flintstone
(I don't lke Mickey much, but he had a whole tourist empire built around his likeness... that's power)
Forgot about Kramden, dammitt.
Take off Ray Barone and put Kramden.
Forgot about Rodney too. See, he's right about the No Repsect thing. I'd take off Rock and put Rodney.
Yeah, plus Mickey was created by a legend (Walt Disney, of course)
TV Show Characters
Wrestlers
Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Bret Hart (I left Hogan off, because he sucked as a wrestler).
Comedians
Bill Hicks, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor
Music
Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks,Van Halen
Animated Characters
Homer Simpson, Peter Griffin, Bugs Bunny, Goofy
Whoops - TV Show characters:
Sam Malone
George Costanza
Dwight Schrute
Mork
LOS:
Dude he bodyslammed Andre The Giant at Wrestlemania III.
93,000 at the silverdome...
took wrestling where no man ever thought it would go...BRUHTA!
I was not a Hulk Hogan fan, but I based my Mount Rushmore on wretlers who could put asses in seats, because that is what wrestling was about in the end. Hulk Hogan could really put asses in seats.
And I, for one, went to qa wrestling show once just to see Superfly Snuka. And he jumped the superfly off of Andre's shoulders in a tag match and landed on one of the Samoans. In the immortal words of Pat Patterson, I went BANANA!
crass with tha boxers...nice
ali, tyson (because he was so feared), Rocky, Sugar Ray
stevo:
Eddie Haskell. I'm still laughin at that...
nice!!!!!!
Boxers... Ali, Joe Frazier, Marciano, and Robinson (Hagler or Leonard are 5th and 6th).
Guitarists... BB King, Clapton, Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan (Buddy Guy narrowly misses the cut)
Basketball... Jordan, Magic, Bird, Dr J (Wilt and Bill Russell should be there too)
Baseball... Ruth, DiMaggio, Aaron, Mays (Mantle and at least one pitcher should be there, but those 4 are hard to argue)
Hockey... Gretzky, Orr, Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard (easily the 4 biggest names in history)
Football... Jim Brown, Montana, Jerry Rice, Dick Butkus (I anguished over Butkus, but he was a defensive legend too, and his face was made to be carved into the side of a mountain)
By the way...
Holyfield would have beaten Tyson any time they fought. He's the only boxer that really had Tyson's number.
Koufax or Ryan instead of Aaron.
Laf,
I'm pleasantly surprised at your willingness to acknowledge those that came before you were born, a rare quality.
Actresses: Bette Davis goes up there. An easy 'modern' pick would be Meryl Streep.
Music: Chuck Berry has to be at least in the running. He forms a direct line to the Beatles and the Stones.
Finance: There is no GE without J.P. Morgan. Also worth mentioning if not in the top 4 exactly, the ruthless Jay Gould, the first wizard of Wall Street, who caused one of the first market crashes (to his profit) and famously took Cornelius Vanderbilt out behind the woodshed over the Erie RR. In terms we can all appreciate and admire, Gould was the Florida Gators to Vanderbilt's Peyton Manning.
York: your right I blew the JP Morgan pick. I feel like the Atlanta Hawks.
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