In the spirit of your post, I can assume you want positive info.
so I will ignore "Oh yes and Casablanca sucks"
My vote for funny TV - Barney Miller
I would actually have to add Lentinman's Rockford as one of my runner ups, as a comedy/light drama, because Garner has a great sense of humor and timing. Really liked him in the original Maverick series. Also fondly remember that it was one of my Dad's favorites and we used to watch it together. Once he put a Met game on I would have to leaver the room.
Current favorite is Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on BBC America. It makes them look like a country of total idiots. I laugh my head off at the goings on inside the restaurant kitchens.
There is of course Top Chef with Salman Rushdie's fourth wife Padma as host. Ladies present on board, will say no more on that subject.
My watching line up because of the 5 & 11 year old kids, includes Lilo & Stitch to The Simpsons. Tough for me to sit through either of those, but at least they balance it out by watching Myth Busters, Dirty Jobs and various nature shows. It's good to have intellectually curious kids who don't play video games 24/7, I would have done myself in long ago if that were the case. LOL
As for current personality, it is the oddball team of Bob Shrum & Pat Buchanan when they debate the issues. They crack me up with the wit and total opposite sides of every issue. Yet they can agree once in awhile and seem to actually like each other. As much as I really like the Chris Matthews show, he can be frustrating to watch because he loves to talk and does not let people answer until he has talked himself out. Especially fun to watch when he has a time delayed satellite guest on the show.
Movies- Really don't care very much for the special effects based movies that have come into play since Star Wars got going. It's like Chinese food, an hour after you watch it you want to see a real movie. Recent exception, took the kids to see "The Last Mimzy", clever story and the special effects made it work, no shooting violence crap. It had a great message, you don't need to have kids with you to see it. Mostly like foreign movies now that rely on plot and acting. The British crime drama's are usually pretty good.
Almost any old movie with Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Errol Flynn or a combination of them is usually great for me. I will even watch some old John Wayne with Maureen O'Hara or Jane Russell.
Favorite movie would have to be the original Producers with Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Dick Shawn as Hilter (does not get better than that).
Runner up FATSO, with Dom Deluise ... finally was able to get a DVD version, however they edited out some things.
Signatures are so yesterday!
