Tuesday, November 13, 2007

The 50 Greatest TV Icons

On Friday night, on TV Land, the "50 Greatest TV Icons" will be reveled. Pictured in the ad from Entertainment Weekly are:
  • Jerry Seinfeld
  • Ed Sullivan
  • Barbara Walters
  • Calista Flockhart
  • Jon Stewart
  • Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Bill Cosby
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • George Clooney
  • Heather Locklear
  • Lucille Ball
  • Jackie Gleason
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Johnny Carson
I'm going on record to say, I think Johnny should be number one, but my predictions are usually heart over head anyway.

On the EW site, you can see the runners-up, numbers 51-100. See what you think and tune in to see who makes the top 50! Here's the list:
100. Marcia Cross (for going crazy on Melrose Place, and keeping it going on Desperate Housewives)
99. Delta Burke
98. Merideth Baxter
97. In Living Color
96. Shannon Doherty
95. Richard Dawson (95? He was robbed!)
94. Melissa Gilbert (Half-pint!)
93. Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie!)
92. Judge Judy (?! - Wapner better make the top 50)
91. Dennis Franz
90. John Stamos
89. Robert Guillaume
88. Gavin Macleod ("The Love Boat . . . Soon will be making another run")
87. Phil Hartman (I think had he lived longer, he would be much higher on this list)
86. Jerry Mathers (The Beave!)
85. Rod Serling ("You've entered a new dimension . . .")
84. Cartman (he's from South Park, for those of us with brains)
83. Isabel Sanford (Weezy!)
82. Ted Knight (and yes, he is still dead)
81. Dick Cavett
80. Adam West (Batman!)
79. Angela Lansbury
78. Art Carney
77. James Garner ("You've reached Jim Rockford, I used to be Maverick")
76. Candice Bergen
75. Peter Falk (Columbo!)
74. Joan Rivers ("OH, PUHLEEEZE!")
73. Tony Danza (for me, only from Taxi)
72. Cher (does this mean the Osmonds will be on the list somewhere?)
71. Rosie O'Donnell
70. Bob Denver (Gilligan!)
69. Barbara Eden (Jeannie!)
68. Don Cornelius (of Soul Train)
67. Tom Selleck
66. Kelsey Grammer
65. Pamela Anderson (I always forget she was the first Tool Time Girl)
64. Phil Donahue (That's Mr. Marlo Thomas to you. And Mike Douglas better show up somewhere on the list, too.)
63. Ed Asner (he hates spunk)
62. Redd Foxx (he's comin', Elizabeth)
61. Paul Ruebens (Pee Wee!)
60. Merv Griffin (he should so be higher on this list, too)
59. Ted Danson (but what number is his hair?)
58. Don Knotts
57. Charlie Brown
56. Betty White
55. Fred Rogers
54. Florence Henderson
53. Ed McMahon
52. Ron Howard (Opie, but for me, always Richie Cunningham)
51. Bob Hope

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What...no Homer Simpson? I agree w/you on Phil Hartman (who also voiced Simpsons characters & was evidently born about an hour from where I lived in Canada.) What a talented guy...gone too soon & far too tragically.

Anonymous said...

I hate to tell you, but Wapner is not in the top 50. (The top 50 were printed in my local paper, so the secret's out. I will refrain from spoiling it for the rest of you.) The list is very unbalanced, in my opinion, in terms of real impact of these icons, and even the ones I do agree with would be ordered differently - FAR differently.