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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 09:11 PM
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What are your faves?
Edited on Thu Sep-06-07 09:19 PM by MrScorpio
Favorite Song: (Fallin' Like) Dominoes - Donald Byrd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16_RNvYWogs

Favorite Movie: The Fifth Element

Favorite TV Show: The New Battlestar Galactica

Favorite Singer: Sade

Favorite Band: 4Hero

Favorite Actor/Actress: Al Pacino

Favorite City: Amsterdam

Favorite Snack: Fig Newtons

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Book: A Peoples' History Of The United States









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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 09:35 PM
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1. I'll give it a shot
Edited on Thu Sep-06-07 09:46 PM by Mojambo
Favorite Song: Aside by the Weakerthans

(all I could find was a cheesy fan video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A927zcSSw2s&mode=related&search=

Favorite TV Show: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Favorite Singer: Neko Case

Favorite Band: Weakerthans

Favorite Actor/Actress: Hmmm. Not sure.

Favorite City: Portland Oregon is pretty cool.

Favorite Snack: Corn Nuts

Favorite Color: Grey

Favorite Book: I can only go with an author here. Vonnegut
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 09:42 PM
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2. Here are mine:
Favorite Song: My Immortal (with the needed Arwin video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu8kyjtdbWM

Favorite Movie: "It's a wonderful life" and "The Straight Story"

Favorite TV Show: The porn channels and Twin Peaks (yeah, I know it is not on anymore)

Favorite Singer: too many think about it

Favorite Band: The Residents :rofl: (High school throw back....)

Favorite Actor/Actress: Jimmy Stewart

Favorite City: Chicago

Favorite Snack: My wife...err Pringles.

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Book: The Pet Goat and from when I was a young man "Follow my Leader" about a blind boy and his guide dog
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 09:46 PM
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3. My favorites:
Favorite song: Frank Zappa - Dumb All Over

Favorite Movie: The Big Lebowski

Favorite TV Show: Arrested Development

Favorite Singer: Dont really have one

Favorite band: The Mothers Of Invention

Favorite actor / actress - Will Ferrell, Sandra Bullock

Favorite city: San Diego

Favorite snack: Cheese, any kind

Favorite color: Red

Favorite book: Jon Stewart's America: The Book

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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 09:49 PM
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4. My faves:
Favorite Song: Right now, it's "Bed" by J. Holiday

Favorite Movie: Goodfellas

Favorite TV Show: CSI:Miami

Favorite Singer: Madonna

Favorite Band: No Doubt

Favorite Actor/Actress: Al Pacino

Favorite City: NYC

Favorite Snack: Popcorn

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Book: Frankenstein
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 10:03 PM
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5. My answers
Edited on Thu Sep-06-07 10:04 PM by mvd
Favorite song: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel

Favorite Movie: A Christmas Carol (Alastair Sim version)

Favorite TV Show: The Simpsons

Favorite singer: it changes. It could be Elvis, Kay Hanley, Paul Simon, Aretha, Bob Dylan, one of the two Beatles lead singers, Annie Lennox, Andrea Corr or others at any one time.

Favorite band: The Beatles

Favorite actor/actress: Eric Braeden and Meryl Streep are always fun to watch

Favorite city: Philly is the closest one; guess you have to have Philly pride

Favorite snack: popcorn

Favorite color: blue

Favorite book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows right now
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 10:31 PM
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6. These:
Favorite song: Land of 1,000 Dances....Chris Kenner
Favorite movie: James Jarmusch’s 1984 film...Stranger Than Paradise
Favorite TV show: Columbo
Favorite singer: Joey Ramone
Favorite band: X
Favorite Actor/Actress: Michael Caine
Favorite City: Los Angeles, CA
Favorite Snack: Veggies and dip
Favorite color: Emerald green
Favorite book: A Tale of Two Cities......Charles Dickens


Tikki
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 10:37 PM
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7. this is hard but, i'll give it my best shot ---
Favorite Song: ten dances~stir

Favorite Movie: gladiator

Favorite TV Show: the closer

Favorite Singer: john hiatt

Favorite Band: allman brothers

Favorite Actor/Actress: gregory peck/lucille ball

Favorite City: paris...can i go there now, please?

Favorite Snack: reese's peanut buttercups

Favorite Color: green

Favorite Book: may i please say 'jane austen' and leave it at that?
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 10:45 PM
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8. Mine:
Favorite Song: Ruby by Ray Charles

Favorite Movie: Gone With the Wind

Favorite TV Show: CSI

Favorite Singer: Frank Sinatra

Favorite Band: Don't have one.

Favorite Actor/Actress: Don't have one.

Favorite City: Seattle.

Favorite Snack: Frozen fruit bars.

Favorite Color: Black.

Favorite Book: Goodness, too many favs to name.

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Lilith Velkor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 11:23 PM
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9. My faves!
Song - Imperial Death March

Movie - Waking Life

TV Show - The Colbert Report

Singer - Maynard Keenan

Band - VNV Nation

Actor - Anthony Hopkins

City - Rome

Snack - Hummus

Color - Green

Book - The Stand

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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-06-07 11:47 PM
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10. My favourites...
Favourite Song: I really can't decide.

Favourite Movie: Mulholland Drive

Favourite TV Show: Lost

Favourite Singer: Dallas Green

Favourite Band: Refused

Favourite Actor/Actress: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Favourite City: Don't have one.

Favourite Snack: Nachos

Favourite Color: Don't have one.

Favourite Book: "House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski
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HuskerDU Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 12:05 AM
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11. Faves:
Song- Rip This Joint- Rolling Stones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQSOYgHEfX4

Movie- Bound For Glory (Woody Guthrie Story)

TV Show- Daniel Boon

Singer- Otis Redding

Band- New York Dolls

Actor- John Belushi

City- Chicago

Snack- Generic Teddy Bear Chocolate Chip Cookies (always $1 for large bag)

Color- Blue

Book- Cannery Row- John Steinbeck
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 12:10 AM
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12. OK, though technically, I don't have "favorites" for many of them.
Edited on Fri Sep-07-07 12:26 AM by qnr
Favorite Song: Reflections Of My Life - The Marmalade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqVXSx8zODQ

Favorite Movie: Quest For Fire

Favorite TV Show: Cosmos

Favorite Singer: Sufjan Stevens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWnoKyXLmlw (this is just at video someone did that happens to use some of his music)

Favorite Band: Alan Parsons Project, Arctic Monkeys

Favorite Actor/Actress: Al Pacino

Favorite City: Hobart, Tasmania

Favorite Snack: Dried pineapple

Favorite Color: Brown

Favorite Book: The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher - Lewis Thomas
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Misabel Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:29 AM
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13. And mine.
Favorite Song: "Thirteen", Big Star

(I could only find a Harry Potter fanvid: http://youtube.com/watch?v=zKrk-ebQkac)

Favorite Movie: 2003's Pieces Of April (Katie Holmes, Oliver Platt, Patricia Clarkson, ...)

Favorite TV Show: Family Guy

Favorite Singer: Fiona Apple

Favorite Band: Queen

Favorite Actor/Actress: Javier Bardem/Kate Winslet

Favorite City: Berkley

Favorite Snack: Lemon Cookie Straws

Favorite Color: Brown

Favorite Book: 100 Love Sonnets, Pablo Neruda

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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:40 AM
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14. pieces of april is one of my favorite movies
i love patricia clarkson

and welcome to du! :hi:
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Misabel Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:54 AM
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19. Thanks, kagehime.
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qnr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:41 AM
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15. Welcome to DU :) n/t
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Misabel Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:54 AM
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20. Thanks, too, qnr.
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:43 AM
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16. Oh boy, it's no wonder I have trouble making decisions...
I could only give one answer for a few of these.

Favorite Song: "Walking on the Spot" by Crowded House

Favorite Movie: Way too hard. A few would be Amelie, Babe, Some Like it Hot, Big Night, Moonstruck

Favorite TV Show: Arrested Development, Six Feet Under, Northern Exposure

Favorite Singer: Neil Finn

Favorite Band: Crowded House, the Smiths, the Beatles

Favorite Actor/Actress: Ewan McGregor, Don Cheadle, Johnny Depp, Steve Buscemi, Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslett, Cate Blanchett, Maggie Gylennhaal (sp?)

Favorite City: I love cities. San Francisco, NYC, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Paris, Barcelona, London, Tokyo

Favorite Snack: Trader Joe's pretzel thins with good cheese, or fresh fruit

Favorite Color: THIS ONE'S EASY! GREEN!

Favorite Book: This one's hard. Probably one of David Sedaris' books. Or the Chronicles of Narnia.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:45 AM
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17. I'll play in my buzzed goin to bed state :)
Favorite Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxXwIIBlSgw

Favorite Movie:
Mine changes often.. lately its "Oh Brother Where Art Though"

Favorite TV Show:
Currently Californication (Showtime)

Favorite Singer:
John Prine

Favorite Band:
Allison Krause and Union station (this changes hourly too)

Favorite Actor/Actress:
Johnny Depp/Kate Winslet

Favorite City:
Washington DC

Favorite Snack:
Triscuits and fancy cheese (Triscuit and type cheese varies- but I think i like cause there is wine involved)

Favorite Color:
This question always puzzles me, and I was told to just pick one. So I'll say.. Molting Cardinal Red

Favorite Book:
1984 and Dante's Inferno (only books I've really been interested enough in to read front-to-back)

Hows dat?

:hi:

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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 01:46 AM
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18. Enjoy!
Favorite Song: Heart Cooks Brain by Modest Mouse

Favorite Movie: Shallow Grave

Favorite TV Show: Ugly Betty

Favorite Singer: Tough call there...

Favorite Band: Today it's Modest Mouse

Favorite Actor/Actress: Another tough call...

Favorite City: Santa Barbara

Favorite Snack: I'm not much of a snacker, but those pepper Kettle Chips: aw yeah.

Favorite Color: Blue

Favorite Book: Harry Potter
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 06:54 AM
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21. My faves
Song: Sheep May Safely Graze, JS Bach, any performance will do

Movie: LOTR

TV: WKRP

Singer: Ella Fitzgerald

Band: Any of Artie Shaw's groups

Actor/Actress: Jeremy Irons and Helen Mirren

City: London

Snack: Anything chocolate

Color: Lavender

Book: Oxford History of English Poetry
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 07:08 AM
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22. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 10:04 AM
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23. Bright coppper kettles and warm woolen mittens
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 10:10 AM
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24. Well, this looks like fun
Favorite Song: Time - Pink Floyd

Favorite Movie: The Big Lebowski

Favorite TV Show: Arrested Development

Favorite Singer: not sure

Favorite Band: Pink Floyd

Favorite Actor/Actress: not sure on that either

Favorite City: New York

Favorite Snack: black Jelly Bellies

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Book: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn


Man, it's hard to choose just one of a lot of these - particularly songs and books. A lot depends on my mood at any given moment. :hi:
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 10:14 AM
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25. I can never pick a favorite
well, I guess not never

my favorite color is yellow

my favorite kid is my son Tim (I only have one kid, so that was easy)



other than that.... picking a favorite means ruling too many other things out. For me anyway.

Anyone else?
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jdlh8894 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 10:34 AM
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26.  "picking a favorite means ruling too many other things out"
Truth be told,my favorites change day to day.Don't want to lock myself in the past,and don't want to rule out the future.
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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:20 AM
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27. Any EdHeads here?
Favorite Song: When I Go (Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer)

Favorite Movie: Local Hero

Favorite TV Show: Adventure of Brisco County Jr.

Favorite Singer: Andy M. Stewart

Favorite Band: Eddie from Ohio

Favorite Actor: William Macy

Favorite City: New York City

Favorite Snack: Veggie corn dogs with Cheese Whiz

Favorite Color: Red

Favorite Book: Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 12:17 PM
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28. k
Favorite Song: I've been to town
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ikjx8VvITvQ
pay no attn: to the ugly guy in the video

Favorite Movie: Excalibur
Favorite TV Show: Heroes

Favorite Singer:Sinatra

Favorite Band: Green day

Favorite Actor/Actress: no one in particular

Favorite City: New Orleans

Favorite Snack: Nuts

Favorite Color: red

Favorite Book:lotr trilogy
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