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23 Annoying Toys That Prove Your Parents Loved You
Views: 12,804 Jun 19 2013In trite, cliched movies and sitcoms of the '70s, '80s and '90s, boisterous children are often gifted with drum sets by vengeful family members or ex-spouses. This, we learn, is really a punishment for the child's parents, who will now have to listening ...
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Most Anticipated 2012 Films
Views: 408,622 Jun 19 2013Movies coming out in 2012 that you, the Ranker Community, are most excited to see. This is an Open VoteRanked list, so you can add your own suggestions at the bottom of the page (please limit it to films coming out in 2012!) and vote for your favorites ...
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Greatest Living Rock Songwriters
Views: 41,227 Jun 19 2013Who is the best songwriter alive today? The musician responsible for the lyrics and music that's the most memorable, significant and lasting in all of rock history, who is still with us today. We're talking, over the course of an entire career, the ...
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Movies That Should Be Made Into Broadway Musicals
Views: 12,175 Jun 19 2013A list of movies that should be adapted for the Broadway stage. Each year, at least one or two popular Broadway shows are turned into films. 2012 alone saw the release of a film based on the stage show "Rock of Ages," along with plans to turn ...
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13 Inventors Foiled By Their Own Inventions
Views: 6,104 Jun 18 2013Inventors killed, ruined or devastated by the things, ideas and concepts they created. If there's one key lesson to take away from this list, it's "don't ever invent a way to punish or kill people, as it will likely be used against you, personally, ...
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The Best Movies Based on Stephen King Books
Views: 10,626 Jun 18 2013Horror writer Stephen King ranks among the most prolific of contemporary American authors. This is a complete list of feature films based on his writings, including work written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, and the sequels to films based on ...
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The Best God Games of All Time
Views: 59,606 Jun 14 2013Your votes determine the order of this list of the best all-time "god" simulation games. A so-called "god game" is a video game in which the player controls a large-scale simulation of life or communities. Frequently, gameplay ...
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The Top Fantasy Muppet Show Guest Stars
Views: 9,961 May 26 2013Following their brand-new big screen Disney adventure, "The Muppets," Jim Henson's stable of beloved felt characters are definitely back in the public eye. All of this newfound Muppet fever has sparked rumors (and even some actual exploration ...
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Summer 2011 Films I'm Most Excited To See
Views: 5,661 May 17 2013Was thinking about this earlier today while making up a Summer Movie calendar for work. Figured as long as it was in my head, I'd record it here and then check back at the end of the summer to see how well my expectations aligned with reality.
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The Very Best of Garfunkel and Oates
Views: 7,616 May 17 2013A collection of the 13 best music videos from comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates. Garfunkel and Oates aren't only the two greatest second bananas in rock history. They're also the musical comedy duo of Kate "Oates" Micucci and Riki ...
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The Funniest Internet Reactions to Kim Jong-Il's Death
Views: 99,714 May 17 2013North Korean dictator and all-around wacko Kim Jong-Il was reported dead by his home nation on Sunday, December 18th, 2011. According to official state reports, he died from fatigue - possibly relating to coronary issues - while riding on a train. The ...
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The 10 Most Memorable Simpsons Alter-Egos
Views: 45,423 May 17 2013After 20 seasons, there's not a whole lot about the residents of Springfield, USA, that we don't already know. Or so you'd think. But it turns out, a number of the town's most notable and famous residents are not entirely who they seem.Numerous ...
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The 10 Dumbest -Tober Themed Event Names
Views: 5,095 May 17 2013"Rocktober" concerts or radio station contests was one thing. Clear. Easy-to-understand. It passes the basic pun test - it rhymes and has at least a somewhat comprehensible meaning. Then "Shocktober" film festivals started happening, ...
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The Top 16 Photos of Celebrities with Pandas
Views: 6,048 May 15 2013Pandas. They're just friggin' lovable, okay? This space would normally be reserved for authors to explain why they've decided to make a list about a certain topic, or to describe that topic so it's perfectly clear what's being discussed. But you don't ...
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The Meanest Movie Mothers of All Time
Views: 50,724 May 15 2013List of bad, cruel, horrible, twisted, evil, terrible, horrible, no good, very bad mothers from a variety of movies, new and old. CAUTION: Some descriptions may contain spoilers, so if you haven't seen the movie in question, maybe skip that entry! (And ...
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The 10 Bands That Force Me to Turn Off the Radio
Views: 5,604 May 9 2013I have spent the better part of my life with Los Angeles' "modern rock" station KROQ-FM as the #1 pre-set on my radio dial. Back in the '90s, KROQ was pretty reliable for playing a lot of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, which was ...
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Which Show Should I Start Watching on a Long Flight?
Views: 4,728 May 9 2013There are a number of TV shows I have never seen (or seen some random episodes) that I would love to catch up on. I just rarely have the time or dedication to break in a long-running show and start watching from scratch. But in 2 weeks, I'll be taking a ...
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TWiST #207 News
Views: 2,456 May 9 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #207, airing on Friday, November 18th, will be posted here. This is an open list, so in addition to voting for the stories you want to hear about, now you can go to the bottom of the page and ...
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TWiST #158 News
Views: 5,323 May 9 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #158, airing on Friday, July 1st, will be posted here. Vote up the stories you most want to see discussed on the show. If you have suggestions for news topics that aren't listed here, leave ...
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Maxim's Greatest Guy Movies Ranked by Fans
Views: 10,878 May 8 2013This is Maxim's list of the greatest "guy" movies of all time. What makes a movie a guy movie, by Maxim standards? The magazine pointed out that it's a difficult term to define specifically, but suggested "sophomoric humor, cartoon ...
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10 Things That Irritate LA Residents I Follow on Twitter
Views: 3,108 May 8 2013This is a list of 10 things that, in my experience, seem to really aggravate certain residents of Los Angeles. Namely, the LA residents I follow on Twitter. (For the record, though there's obvious bias in my selection of the sample group, I do follow a ...
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The 13 Most Intense Movie Newsrooms
Views: 9,647 May 6 2013The newsroom is a natural setting for a movie. Films are largely about momentum and conflict, and what environment presents more opportunities for both than a buzzing media center where everyone is chasing down stories, making phone calls, having loud ...
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My Favorite Led Zeppelin Albums, In Order
Views: 2,362 May 6 2013By request of @jacobburch, here is a rundown of my favorite albums when I simply need to get the Led out. Disagree? Let me hear about it in the comments section!
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Test List 250
Views: 722 May 3 2013A test list that I'm using to test out things about these four websites, which I will not name because it might skew the results. I've chosen these four websites in a random fashion; it has nothing to do with them specifically. This is only a test, but I ...
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TWiST #188 News
Views: 1,524 May 3 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #188, airing on Friday, September 16th, will be posted here. This is an open list, so in addition to voting for the stories you want to hear about, now you can go to the bottom of the page and ...
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TWiST #186 News
Views: 2,103 May 3 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #186, airing on Friday, September 9th, will be posted here. This is an open list, so in addition to voting for the stories you want to hear about, now you can go to the bottom of the page and ...
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What Will Be 2012's Highest Grossing Movie?
Views: 12,752 May 2 2013List of predictions for the highest-grossing movies of 2012. In March of 2012, the film adaptation of the popular young adult novel "The Hunger Games" earned $152.5 million in its opening weekend. This was the third-highest opening weekend ...
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TWiST 240 News
Views: 2,110 Apr 12 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #240, airing on Friday, March 16th, will be posted here. This is an open list, so in addition to voting for the stories you want to hear about, now you can go to the bottom of the page and ...
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TWiST #223 News
Views: 3,339 Apr 12 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #223, airing on Friday, January 13th, will be posted here. Vote up the stories you most want to see discussed on the show. If you have suggestions for news topics that aren't listed here, ...
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TWiST #202 News
Views: 2,413 Apr 12 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #202, airing on Friday, November 4th, will be posted here. This is an open list, so in addition to voting for the stories you want to hear about, now you can go to the bottom of the page and ...
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TC Disrupt San Francisco 2011 Competing Companies
Views: 3,127 Apr 12 2013The 2011 TechCrunch Disrupt conference was held in San Francisco, California, from September 12th through the 14th. The conference, presented by the technology and startup-focused blog TechCrunch, featured pitches from 31 promising recent startups live ...
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TWiST #182 News
Views: 3,278 Apr 12 2013A list of news stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #182, airing live on Friday, August 19th 2011, will be posted here. This is an open list, so in addition to voting for the stories you want to hear about, now you can go to the ...
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TWiST #173 News
Views: 2,456 Apr 12 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #158, airing on Friday, August 5th, will be posted here. This is an open list, so in addition to voting for the stories you want to hear about, now you can go to the bottom of the page and ...
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TWiST #165 News
Views: 2,733 Apr 12 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #165, airing on Friday, July 22, will be posted here. Vote up the stories you most want to see discussed on the show. If you have suggestions for news topics that aren't listed here, leave ...
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TWiST #149 News Stories
Views: 1,903 Apr 12 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #149, airing on Friday, June 10th, will be posted here. Vote up the stories you most want to see discussed on the show. If you have suggestions for news topics that aren't listed here, leave ...
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TWiST #147 News Stories
Views: 4,201 Apr 12 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #147, airing on Friday, June 3rd, will be posted here. Vote up the stories you most want to see discussed on the show. If you have suggestions for news topics that aren't listed here, leave ...
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Most Anticipated 2011 Summer Films
Views: 11,583 Apr 12 2013Which big 2011 summer films are you most excited to see? Which ones bore you before they even hit theaters? Whether you're a fan of ensemble comedies, superheroes or sequels to ensemble comedies and movies about superheroes, this summer has everything ...
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TWiST #141 News Stories
Views: 7,270 Apr 12 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #141, airing on Friday, May 13th, will be posted here. Vote up the stories you most want to see discussed on the show. If you have suggestions for news topics that aren't listed here, leave ...
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15 Amazing Roles Almost Played by Nicolas Cage
Views: 242,961 Mar 25 2013Nicolas Cage has a rare combination of gifts among Hollywood stars. He's simultaneously a wonderful actor (consider Cage's award-winning performances) and, clearly, a totally crazy person. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. Because it means ...
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My 200 Favorite Films of All Time
Views: 5,140 Aug 29 2012The 200 films to which I return to the most often, or for which I have the greatest amount of personal affinity, ranked in order of their release year. This is not meant to be a list of the "Greatest" films of all time, or any sort of ...
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The Essential Silent Movies
Views: 6,966 Jul 10 2012A guide to the essential silent movies - currently available for free on YouTube - that every film fan should see. From the first development of cinema in the 19th Century, until the release of "The Jazz Singer" in 1927, filmmakers were unable ...
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30 Day Song Challenge
Views: 3,566 Oct 11 2012I'm doing the Facebook 30 Day Song Challenge, which is a great excuse to reminisce and post music videos to your Facebook wall. It's basically a list of 30 prompts - like "a song that makes you fall asleep" or "a song that reminds you of ...
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Great One Hit Wonder Artists of the '90s
Views: 40,682 Jun 8 2013Want to listen to all these songs as a playlist? Switch to "Info View" to get all the videos on one page for easily playability!Ranked in order of preference for their one big hit song. Clearly, there are going to be a lot of artists who had ...
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Greatest Unseen Television Characters
Views: 12,910 May 9 2013My favorite examples of characters you hear about in TV shows but never get a chance to see/hear. (In some cases, there are rare glimpses of the character, obscured or from afar, but I feel like each pick stays true to the spirit of the list.)
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The Top 10 Horror Directors of All Time
Views: 5,516 Apr 10 2013A while back, I ranked my Top Directors of All Time. This list digs even further, looking at my favorite directors in one of my favorite genres: horror! (NOTE: Want a more appropriate list of Halloween films for kids? Click here!
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Top 10 Kevin Pollak Movies
Views: 4,255 Apr 26 2013My favorite films featuring actor-comedian-bon vivant Kevin Pollak. NOTE: These are not necessarily ranked by Pollak's best PERFORMANCES in the films (a good secondary list), but just the overall top films.
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TWiST #139 News Stories
Views: 6,309 Apr 12 2013News stories we're covering for This Week in Startups Episode #139, airing on Friday, May 6th, will be posted here. Vote up the stories you most want to see discussed on the show. If you have suggestions for news topics that aren't listed here, leave ...
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Worst Movies of 2011
Views: 2,260 May 9 2013Here they are, my 10 least-favorite films of 2011. A few things to keep in mind: (1) I was working steadily on a film review podcast at the beginning of the year, but not the end, so I generally saw way more mainstream releases in January-April than I ...
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The Very Best of Premium Cable Original Programming
Views: 1,070 May 9 2013
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Most Anticipated 2013 Films
Views: 33,362 Apr 19 2013List of the most eagerly anticipated movies opening in 2013. Before the year gets going, it's interesting to take a look at what films people are most excited about seeing in the coming year. Will these movies live up to expectations? Will sleeper hits ...
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The Greatest Living American Directors
Views: 9,941 Apr 12 2013List of the best American filmmakers who are still alive (though not necessarily still actively making films.) When discussing the finest American filmmakers of all time, a few names immediately pop to mind. John Ford. John Huston. Frank Capra. But ...
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Best Albums of 2012
Views: 401 Jan 30 2013Limiting to just a Top 20 turned out kind of challenging this year, which either means I listened to a lot more music in 2012 or that it was just a far better year than most. Not sure which. Spotify certainly makes the former more likely, and also is the ...
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The Best Steven Spielberg Movies
Views: 6,852 Aug 29 2012Steven Spielberg has had a career spanning 6 decades, and a filmography that has, taken together, been nominated for more than 100 major awards. He is perhaps the defining director of his generation, and the man behind such classic, iconic films as ...
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Best to Worst Harry Potter Films - As Rated By Fans!
Views: 1,078 Aug 24 2012
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Dead Musicians You Most Want to See Perform as Holograms
Views: 1,199 Aug 24 2012
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Musicians Who Belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Views: 1,290 Aug 24 2012
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The Most Awesome Monsters & Creatures of All Time
Views: 1,081 Aug 24 2012
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Books That Changed My Life
Views: 8,868 Aug 24 2012The books that had the greatest impact on me, mostly in terms of my appreciation of literature or the world around me, listed in order of the greatest overall impact. I felt like, in fairness, I should probably include more children's and young adult ...
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