Brian Funshine

Brian Funshine’s Favorites List

Let’s Face it, we are a product of our generation, culture, family, and media, so, here goes. This is my brainstorm on an odd Sunday night, of my favorites, which I will add to, as my brain remembers them…. Make a recommendation? I was born in 1972…

Movies: – My favorites are comedies and space/sci-fi movies, followed by action/adventure, followed by movies with beautiful natural scenes or amazing sets/props/backgrounds.

Star Wars (all of em!), Time Bandits, Hair, Red Dawn, Johnny Dangerously, Running Scared, The Blues Brothers, Seven Years in Tibet, Mary Poppins, Almost Famous, Anything with Jim Carrey, Airplane, Vacation, Trading Places, Waterworld (parts of it), Mad Max Movies,

TV Shows – Here’s a hodgepodge of favorites, across the board, I’d say, but honestly, I haven’t kept up with the last couple years of TV, so it’s a lot of older shows. And you?-

Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gilligan’s Island, Battlestar Galactica, The Flintstones, The Munsters, The Addams Family, The Brady Bunch, The Three Stooges, The Little Rascals (Our Gang), Transformers, Fantasy Island, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley

Actors: – Here’s a short list…

Jim Carey, Eddie Murphy, John Cleese, Brad Pitt, Micheal Keaton, Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler, Vin Diesel, Danny Devito

Bands/Musicians – I have a wide range of favorites, in many genres.
Rock – Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull, Yes, Janis Joplin
Jazz – Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval, Charlie Parker, Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, Weather Report, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Bobby McFerrin, Freddie Hubbard, Jon Faddis,
Classical – Smetnov, Bach, Rachmaninov, Vivaldi
Blues, Funk, R&B, etc – James Brown, Marvin Gaye,

Things I like to do for Fun – Hiking, Nature Exploring, Playing Guitar/Piano, Playing in a band, Writing Stories and songs, Singing, Watching Movies, Listening to Music, Studying Languages, 3-D art (ceramics, papier mache, candle making, etc), Traveling, Camping, Cooking, Swimming, Drum Circles, Surf the Net, Reading Books, Reading the Paper, Juggling, Playing Games, Acting/Improvisation, Having Deep Philisophical Conversations, Listening

Things I don’t like to do -
Chat in chatrooms/IM, Go to the doctor, Swim in water that is too cold, wait a long time, clean up, wash dishes, pay bills

Favorite Cartoon Characters/ Superheroes – Some say, you can say a lot about a person, if you know what cartoon characters he likes. Well, here’s my list. What do you think?

Speedy Gonzalez, Aqua Man, Wonder Twins (really), Spiderman, Peppe Le Pieu, Bugs Bunny, All the Flintstones Characters!!,

Secret Favorite Shows from Childhood – Well, here goes, these are the shows I would probably never admit to liking, or watching for that matter. Don’t tell anyone, OK?

Another World, All My Children (Somehow got hooked on these two soaps for one whole summer when I was a kid. Two hours a day!! Can you believe it?), The Brady Bunch, Fantasy Island, Family Ties, Assorted Game TV Game Shows (Not Jeopardy)
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