Optimism and naivety

Sep

2011

From: Kick-Ass

Comic books had it wrong. It didn't take a trauma, or cosmic rays, or a power ring to make a superhero... Just the perfect combination of optimism and naivety.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass)

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Born Today

Anton Diffring • 20 Oct 1918

Margaret Dumont • 20 Oct 1882

Dan Fogler • 20 Oct 1976

Dolores Hart • 20 Oct 1938

Bela Lugosi • 20 Oct 1882

Viggo Mortensen • 20 Oct 1958

Barney Phillips • 20 Oct 1913

Sandra Dickinson • 20 Oct 1948

George Wyner • 20 Oct 1945

Died Today

Burt Lancaster • 20 Oct 1994

Jack Elam • 20 Oct 2003

Ann Sears • 20 Oct 1992

Died This Year

19 Jan 2017 • Miguel Ferrer

25 Jan 2017 • Mary Tyler Moore

27 Jan 2017 • John Hurt

07 Feb 2017 • Richard Hatch

26 Feb 2017 • Bill Paxton

06 Apr 2017 • Don Rickles

15 Apr 2017 • Clifton James

22 May 2017 • Dina Merrill

09 Jun 2017 • Adam West

16 Jun 2017 • Stephen Furst

26 Jul 2017 • June Foray

08 Aug 2017 • Glen Campbell

20 Aug 2017 • Jerry Lewis

15 Sep 2017 • Harry Dean Stanton

Top 25 Quotes - Today

Those wonderful toys, from: Batman (1989)
Views today: 7

Better than the truth, from: Animal House
Views today: 6

What a crock, from: 3rd Rock From The Sun
Views today: 5

SFX: a 5 o'clock time-to-leave-work whistle, from: Sound Effects
Views today: 5

Butcher of Bakersfield, from: The Running Man
Views today: 5

Exterminate! Annihilate! Destroy!, from: Doctor Who (I)
Views today: 4

Who the hell are you people, from: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Views today: 4

Dad's last words, from: Duckman: Private Dick / Family Man
Views today: 4

Make things right, from: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Views today: 4

Dippy enough, from: The Maltese Falcon
Views today: 4

Destroyed itself along with us, from: Land Of The Lost (original series)
Views today: 3

Something you'll really like, from: The Bullwinkle Show
Views today: 3

Is that what you want?, from: Archer
Views today: 3

The virgins option, from: Call For Help
Views today: 3

I'm an American!, from: The AbsentMinded Professor
Views today: 3

Go bullseye some womprats, from: Family Guy
Views today: 3

Broadsword calling Danny Boy, from: Where Eagles Dare
Views today: 3

The 20th Century Fox theme, from: Miscellaneous
Views today: 3

Prom Night, from: 3rd Rock From The Sun
Views today: 3

In the bathroom, from: Duck Dodgers
Views today: 3

It's alive!, from: Young Frankenstein
Views today: 3

Why the mumbo-jumbo?, from: Star Trek: The Original Series
Views today: 3

Believing is all we have, from: Team America: World Police
Views today: 3

Do I still have to go to jail?, from: Teen Titans
Views today: 3

Weird I have to ask twice, from: The Hangover
Views today: 3

Top 25 Shows (since 2012)

Archer / Total views: 61,250

Family Guy / Total views: 29,680

Doctor Who (II) / Total views: 25,150

Sound Effects / Total views: 23,667

The Big Bang Theory / Total views: 22,641

Looney Tunes / Total views: 21,113

Up / Total views: 20,433

Blazing Saddles / Total views: 15,836

Babylon 5 / Total views: 14,924

2001: A Space Odyssey / Total views: 14,108

The Jetsons / Total views: 13,478

South Park / Total views: 13,150

The Venture Bros. / Total views: 12,894

Star Trek: The Original Series / Total views: 12,857

Eight on the Lam / Total views: 11,958

The 6 Million Dollar Man / Total views: 11,278

Battlestar Galactica: The Original Series / Total views: 10,863

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (vinyl) / Total views: 10,773

The Bullwinkle Show / Total views: 9,941

3rd Rock From The Sun / Total views: 9,907

The 3 Stooges / Total views: 9,665

Daria / Total views: 9,502

Miscellaneous / Total views: 9,476

Duckman: Private Dick / Family Man / Total views: 9,172

Laugh-In / Total views: 8,580

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Optimism and naivety