- August 1, 2010 and earlier: Lisa Simpson’s (almost) wedding from The Simpsons episode “Lisa’s Wedding” which premiered March 19, 1995
- 2005: The Death of Optimus Prime from “Transformers: the Movie” which premired August 8, 1986
- 1991: The Ape uprising from “Conquest of the Planet of The Apes” which premired June 29, 1972
- 2001: The voyage of the Discovery One in “2001: A Space Odyssey” originally published 1968
- 1984: The breaking of Winston Smith from “Nineteen Eighty Four” originall published June 8, 1949…of course Winston isn’t even sure if it actually was 1984 because that could have just been another one of The Party’s lies.
Of course, the greatest future is still to come: October 21, 2015 from Back to the Future, Part II.
- moe. -At the 2001 High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, CA
- Béla Fleck -At the 2001 High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, CA
- Mountain Heart -At the 2004 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, CA
- The Dodos -At The New Pornographers in Oakland, CA (July 18, 2010)
- The Balloon Guy -At The Plumas County Fair opening for The Marshall Tucker Band (August 11, 2001)
Whenever I go to a concert there is always more music than I planned to see. Mostly its “eh,” but these are the people/bands that were great surprises and a lot of fun. I’ve tried to continue following them afterwards.
- Al Bundy (from “Married….with Children”)
- Cotton Hill (from “King of the Hill”)
- Arlo Givens (from “Justified”)
- Frank Reynolds (from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”)
- Ben Linus (from “LOST”)
I thought this was an appropriate list what with the holiday this weekend and the fact that I just saw the finale of “Justified” as I’m catching up on the shows I missed while in Canada. Also while I went with Ben from LOST it’s worth noting that just about every male character on that show is a bad dad and while he’s not as awful as say Anthony Cooper, I enjoy him much more.