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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | "They are the champions, The trailblazers. The game changers. More than TV Stars, they are the legends. In partnership with Entertainment Weekly, TV Land has ranked the top 100 greatest TV icons."
1. Johnny Carson
2. Lucille Ball
3. Oprah Winfrey
4. Bill Cosby
5. Walter Cronkite
6. Carol Burnett
7. Mary Tyler Moore
8. Jerry Seinfeld
9. Homer Simpson
10. Dick Clark
11. Roseanne
12. Dick Van Dyke
13. Jackie Gleason
14. Ed Sullivan
15. "Not Ready for Primetime Players"
16. David Letterman
17. Bob Newhart
18. William Shatner
19. Andy Griffith
20. Carroll O'Connor
21. Kermit
22. Milton Berle
23. Barbara Walters
24. Michael Landon
25. Heather Locklear
26. Farrah Fawcett
27. Regis Philbin
28. Howard Cosell
29. John Ritter
30. Alan Alda
31. Sarah Jessica Parker
32. Henry Winkler
33. Ellen DeGeneres
34. Bob Barker
35. Michael J. Fox
36. Diahann Carroll
37. George Clooney
38. Bea Arthur
39. Jennifer Aniston
40. Sally Field
41. Jon Stewart
42. James Gandolfini
43. Flip Wilson
44. Susan Lucci
45. Sarah Michelle Gellar
46. Lassie
47. Simon Cowell
48. Jimmy Smits
49. Calista Flockhart
50. Larry Hagman
51. Bob Hope
52. Ron Howard
53. Ed McMahon
54. Florence Henderson
55. Fred Rogers
56. Betty White
57. Charlie Brown
58. Don Knotts
59. Ted Danson
60. Merv Griffin
61. Pee Wee Herman
62. Redd Foxx
63. Ed Asner
64. Phil Donahue
65. Pamela Anderson
66. Kelsey Grammer
67. Tom Selleck
68. Don Cornelius
69. Barbara Eden
70. Bob Denver
71. Rosie O'Donnell
72. Cher
73. Tony Danza
74. Joan Rivers
75. Peter Falk
76. Candice Bergen
77. James Garner
78. Art Carney
79. Angela Landsbury
80. Adam West
81. Dick Cavett
82. Ted Knight
83. Isabel Sanford
84. Cartman from "South Park"
85. Rod Serling
86. Jerry Mathers
87. Phil Hartman
88. Gavin MacLeod
89. Robert Guillaume
90. John Stamos
91. Dennis Franz
92. Judge Judy
93. Neil Patrick Harris
94. Melissa Gilbert
95. Richard Dawson
96. Shannen Doherty
97. In Living Color cast
98. Meredith Baxter
99. Delta Burke
100. Marcia Cross |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,493 |
| | Posted: | | | | No Jay Leno ?  | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 6,744 |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,917 |
| | Posted: | | | | Interesting that an animated character is in the Top 10.
And what is "Not Ready for Primetime Players"? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,005 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
And what is "Not Ready for Primetime Players"? The cast of the first five years of Saturday Night Live. Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner,... | | | 
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,005 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DJ Doena: Quote:
48 out of 100 I've never heard of. About 20 out of 100 I've never heard of. Not as bad as I would have thought. | | |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Shows you what a geezer TV geek I am: I knew all but one... #100. | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: May 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 3,475 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
Interesting that an animated character is in the Top 10.
And what is "Not Ready for Primetime Players"? The original cast of Saturday Night Live; John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Garret Morris, and Loraine Newman. Edit: Oops I didn't see your answer Tom. | | | | Last edited: by Kathy |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 2,692 |
| | Posted: | | | | Never heard of 35 of these American tv giants.  | | | | Paul |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | I was shocked to discover that I've heard off all but three of them. The ones that didn't ring any bells to me were #36, #68 and #83. | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 347 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting VibroCount: Quote:
Shows you what a geezer TV geek I am: I knew all but one... #100. You probably would not know her if you do not watch DESPERATE HOUSWIVES .... | | | | Antec Nine Hundred case, 4GB A-Data DDR2 800 RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz, ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP MB, XFX GeForce 8600GT XXX 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 video card, ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink, Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s HDD, Zerodba 620W PSU, LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD with LightScribe SATA, Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B SATA, Hanns-G HH281 28" monitor, Kodak ESP3250 printer, Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers, Windows 7 Professional |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 347 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Mark Harrison: Quote:
I was shocked to discover that I've heard off all but three of them. The ones that didn't ring any bells to me were #36, #68 and #83. 36. Diahann Carroll ... played a nurse (who I believe also played a single Mom in the show) in a TV show called JULIA 68. Don Cornelius ... was the emcee for SOUL TRAIN 83. Isabel Sanford ... played WEEZY on the JEFFERSONS | | | | Antec Nine Hundred case, 4GB A-Data DDR2 800 RAM, Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz, ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP MB, XFX GeForce 8600GT XXX 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 video card, ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink, Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s HDD, Zerodba 620W PSU, LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD with LightScribe SATA, Samsung CDDVDW SH-S203B SATA, Hanns-G HH281 28" monitor, Kodak ESP3250 printer, Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers, Windows 7 Professional |
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mwkirchner: Quote:
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Shows you what a geezer TV geek I am: I knew all but one... #100.
You probably would not know her if you do not watch DESPERATE HOUSWIVES .... Since I have never watch DH I know her much more for Melrose Place |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Pamela Anderson an Icon? Hardly. I bet all the horny guys voted for that one  . | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting AESP_pres: Quote:
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Shows you what a geezer TV geek I am: I knew all but one... #100.
You probably would not know her if you do not watch DESPERATE HOUSWIVES ....
Since I have never watch DH I know her much more for Melrose Place Aha! No wonder her name was unknown to me. | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,493 |
| | Posted: | | | | and no Rowan and Martin or Sammy Davis Jr.!! ............ The Courts' in Session 'cause Here Comes Da' Judge ... (Pontiac Named a car after that one!) .. And this isn't an Icon ?????? I don't put any more interest beyond tonight as this survey type of 100 Televsion Icons is full of holes and wrongs, ,,  | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry |
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