Favorite Things

Some of my favorite things. More favorite categories and additional entries will be forthcoming.
Favorite Movies
A Knight’s Tale
Amadeus
Angels in America
Barefoot in the Park
Billy Elliott
Bourne Identity
Bourne Supremacy
Brokeback Mountain
Das Boot
Dead Poets Society
Dream Team
Fiddler on the Roof
Gladiator
Hildalgo
Lord of the Rings
Mrs. Doubtfire
Murder by Death
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Mystery, Alaska
Philadelphia
Pirates of the Carribean - the Curse of the Black Pearl
Rent
Secondhand Lions
Sound of Music
Toy Tiger

Favorite Plays
Broadway
My Fair Lady
Plain and Fancy
Other
1984
A Doll’s House (Ibsen)
Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare)

Favorite Books
1984 (Orwell)
Brave New World (Huxley)
Canticle for Leibowitz (Miller)
Gulliver’s Travels (Swift)
Letters and Papers from the Earth (Twain)
Player Piano (Vonnegut)
Utopia (More)

Favorite Poets
Shakespeare
Emily Dickinson
Goethe
Heinrich Heine (Wo?)
Herman Hesse (Im Nebel)

Favorite Comedians
Jonathan Winters
Robin Williams
Bob Newhart
Danny Bhoy

Favorite Actors
Matt Damon
Jake Gyllenhaal
Tom Hanks
Heath Ledger
Viggo Mortensen
Paul Newman
Brad Pitt

Favorite Actresses
Julie Andrews
Julia Roberts

Favorite Musicians
[early] Beatles
Boston Pops Orchestra
Harry Chapin
July Collins
Jim Croce
Josh Groban
Kingston Trio
Mannheim Steamroller
Don McLean
Simon and Garfunkel
Mark Weigle

Favorite Classical Composers
Bach
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky

Favorite TV Shows
Bob Newhart (Chicago pyschologist)
Newhart (Vermont Innkeeper)
Queer as Folk

Favorite TV Characters
Larry, Darryl, and Darryl

Favorite Spectator Sport
Ice hockey

Favorite City
Boston, MA

Favorite State
Maine

Favorite Color
Blue

Least Favorite Composers
Gaithers
John Williams