I like to do my little wrap-ups every
year, so here we go:
Movies
I saw 23 movies in the theater this year, 24 fewer than
last year (more and more at home).
My favorites (in the order I saw them).
Panic Room
Changing Lanes
Spider-Man
Red Dragon
The Ring
JACKASS!!!!
ADAPTATION
(Oh, and how terrible was Star Wars? Oh jiminy)
I put video, broadcast, DVD, TiVo, and lasers together.
I saw 76 video things (23 fewer than last year, but I
didn't write down all the Fernwoods and Perrys and "24"
only counted as one) - here's the ones I liked in the
order I saw them.
First of all EVERY Perry Mason. I watch about one a day
and I LOVE all of them and everything about them. I never
know what's going on, but I love every second. I love
Perry, Della, and Paul. I even like Ham. I LOVE this show.
And EVERY Fernwood 2Night. I don't know how Letterman is
considered hip after Martin Mull and Fred Williard. Wow.
This has to be the best comedy every put on TV. My mouth
hangs open from the brilliance. Wow.
Night Galleries (a bunch of them)
The Woman Chaser
Judas Kiss
Jaws
10 Rillington Place
32 Short Films About Glenn Gould
Sinatra: A Man, his Music +Ella +Jobim
Diamonds are Forever
Invasion of the Body Snatcher (Sutherland)
The Heist
State and Main
Ghost World
Kitten with a Whip
Oleanna
Robinson Caruso on Mars (for Mona, the monkey)
Scream Blackula Scream
American Buffalo
Clash, Westway to the World
The Grifters
LA Confidential
Wild in the Streets
Homicide
The Americanization of Emily
Mr. Sterling (pilot)
The Winslow Boy
The Ambushers
You Can Count on Me
Nigel's Wild Wild World, Honey Badgers
National Geographic, Honey Badgers, Snake Killers
True Romance (director's cut / unrated)
Kiss Me, Stupid
Airport
How to Save and Marriage and Ruin Your Life
Comedy Central - Gilbert Gottfried
Gorilla at Large
Die Hard 3, with a Vengeance
Alien
A Hard Day's Night
Last Tango in Paris
24
Off the Charts (song poems)
A Christmas Story
And let's not forget:
Perry Mason
Fernwood 2Night
Night Gallery.
I saw 17 bands (14 fewer than last year) in 2002 and my
favorites were:
Chic Corea
The Noel Freedlander Quintet
Monte Alexander Quartet
Molly Hatchet
Willie Nelson
Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Morrie Louden Quartet
Slayer
Blondie
Bob Dylan and his Band
Ricci Martin, a Tribute to Dean Martin
Tenor Madnes
I saw 7 comedy shows in 2002 (5 fewer than last year) and
my favorites were:
Smothers Brothers
Amazing Jonathan
Joe Rogan
Paul Provenza
Kinky Friedman
Two-Headed Dog
Rip Taylor Xmas Spectacular
I saw 6 magic shows in 2002 (2 fewer than last year) and my
favorites were:
Mike Close (over and over and always wonderful)
American Museum of Magic
Amazing Jonathan
Victor and Diamond
I saw 2 plays (6 fewer than last year) and I liked both:
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Fast and Loose
I saw 30 Vegas shows in 02 (two fewer than last year), my
favorites were:
Chick Corea
The Noel Freedlander Quintet
Paul Provenza
The Lon Bronson All-Stars
Monte Alexander Quartet
Smothers Brothers
Elvis Costello and the Imposters
Morrie Louden Quartet
Calder
Amazing Jonathan
Victor and Diamond
Slayer
Blondie
Kinky Friedman
Fetish and Fantasy Ball
Ricci Martin, a Tribute to Dean Martin
Tenor Madness
Rip Taylor Xmas Spectacular
My book list is less complete, but I like to write down a
few that I liked:
Eunoia - Christian Bok
Salt, A World History - Mark Kurlansky
Letters to a Young Contrarian - Christopher Hitchens
Paintings, Drawings, and Words - Martin Mull
The Road to En-Dor, Being the Account of How Two Prisoners
of War at Yozgad in Turkey Won their way to Freedom - E. H.
Jones, Lt. I.A.R.O. The Mile High Club - Kinky Friedman
