Your heroes?

phlounderphil · Post by **phlounderphil** » April 18th, 2006, 2:56 pm

On a more serious (and humble) note...

I'd like everyone to take this brief moment to inform us of who their heroes are. Improv heroes, life heroes, super heroes, whomever you look up to, post them here!

MY ONLY HERO IS JEREMY H. LAMB (the H is for Higgenbotham).

I love him with every improvised ounce of my being.

Then of course there's:
Eddie Izzard
Lenny Bruce
Senator McCarthy

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » April 18th, 2006, 3:05 pm

Most of my personal heroes have some sort of eccentricty that defines them. I basically define a hero as someone who, personally, or through their work, just completely dumbfounds and inspires me. Either that, or they're full of piss and vinegar and aren't afraid to let everyone know it (in the case of Mr. Lydon)

Johnny Cash
Johnny Rotten
Johnny Cleese
Johnny Lee Hooker
Tony "Johnny" Iommi
Ricky Gervais
Bill Hicks
Toshiro Mifune
Jorge Borges
Joseph Campbell
Neil Flynn
Stanley Kubrick
Winston Churchill
Tom Waits
Will Christopher Baer
Akira Kurosawa
Nikola Tesla
My grandmothers

I'm sure there are others. I just rattled this list of quickly.

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » April 18th, 2006, 3:09 pm

Bill Hicks
Richard Pryor
George Carlin
Glenn Danzig
Ronnie James Dio
Jello Biafra
Phil Anselmo
Bob Saget

sara farr · Post by **sara farr** » April 18th, 2006, 3:13 pm

(warning - spelling mistakes ahead)

*edit

Grandma Farr
Kip Childers
Katy Farr
Oskar Fischinger -- the man that inspired Fantasia and the reason I got into animation
Chuck Jones -- we have a lot in common: love of "opera", vaudville, "old films", cats (at least MY cat), smartalicks, visual gags & comedic timing
Matt Groening
Jim Henson -- muppet paster
John Lasseter
*Phil Tippet
Carol Burnett
Tracy Ullman
*Robert Altmam -- (fav/only?) cubist film-maker
Steven Speilberg -- fav action-movie director
George Lucas -- he really knows how to manage creative teams
Ron Howard -- "Willow" (with Lucas producing) is a big fav of mine
Edward Hopper
John Singer Sargent
Marc Chagall

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » April 18th, 2006, 3:19 pm

Ooh, John Lasetter. I totally forgot about my old special effects and computer animation geek heroes. shit.

All hail Dennis Muren and Phil Tippet!

Jastroch · Post by **Jastroch** » April 18th, 2006, 3:26 pm

Studs Terkel
The Mangia Pizza Dinosaur

Wesley · Post by **Wesley** » April 18th, 2006, 4:33 pm

Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Dolly Parton
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Sexy Bitches
Encyclopedia Brown

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » April 18th, 2006, 4:38 pm

Wesley wrote:Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Dolly Parton
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
Sexy Bitches
Encyclopedia Brown

this could be a johnny cash verse if brown is pronounced brone.

sincerely,
higgy

Brian Boyko · Post by **Brian Boyko** » April 18th, 2006, 4:40 pm

Albert Einstein
Rod Donald
Edward R. Murrow

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » April 18th, 2006, 4:48 pm

Fred A. Dawson

phlounderphil · Post by **phlounderphil** » April 18th, 2006, 5:05 pm

Bryan! I was going to say Edward R Murrow as well...but I love McCarthy more ;)!

HerrHerr · Post by **HerrHerr** » April 18th, 2006, 5:33 pm

Robert Altman
Thomas Pynchon
Kurt Vonnegut
Charlie Kaufman
Shirley Hemphill
Bill Hicks
David Lynch
FDR's wife
Jill Morris
Franz Kafka

DollarBill · Post by **DollarBill** » April 19th, 2006, 12:03 am

Tenacious D! I'm in awe of those dudes. And Jurassic Park. Can a story be a hero?

LuBu McJohnson · Post by **LuBu McJohnson** » April 19th, 2006, 11:20 am

The guy that invented the neon beer advertisement. What an awesome guy!

Evilpandabear · Post by **Evilpandabear** » April 19th, 2006, 11:31 am

Superman and the engineers behind the Bugatti Veyron.