The popGeezer Hall of Fame (As of July 9, 2010)
Enshrined in these hallowed, though digital, halls are individuals, works of popular art, and icons of the popular culture who have distinguished thmeselves in the opinion of the creators and readers of popGeezer.com. We welcome one and all to browse at your leisure through the wings of the…
popGeezer Hall of Fame
MOTION PICTURES
(March 8, 1922 – June 17, 2008)
Wing: Motion Pictures
Specialty: Dancer, Actress, Glamour Icon
Signature Work: Silk Stockings
Enshrinement Date: June 18, 2008
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(May 1, 1941)
Wing: Motion Pictures
Specialty: Drama, Pioneer
Signature Work: Itself
Enshrinement Date: July 9, 2010
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Dom DeLuise(August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009)
Wing: Motion Pictures
Specialty: Actor, Comedy
Signature Work: “The End” (1978)
Enshrinement Date: May 6, 2009
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(June 11, 1986)
Wing: Motion Pictures
Specialty: Comedy
Signature Work: Itself
Enshrinement Date: August 7, 2009
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(February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009)
Wing: Motion Pictures
Specialty: Writer, Producer, Director
Signature Work: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986)
Enshrinement Date: August 7, 2009
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(June 12, 1981)
Wing: Motion Pictures
Specialty: Action, Adventure
Signature Work: Itself
Enshrinement Date: June 12, 2009 **
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TELEVISION
(May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Actress, Comedy
Signature Works: “Maude“, “The Golden Girls“
Enshrinement Date: April 25, 2009
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(December 8, 2003 – March 20, 2009)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Program, Science-Fiction, Sociology
Signature Work: “Daybreak, Parts 1 & 2” (2009)
Enshrinement Date: March 20, 2009
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(October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Program, Comedy/Variety
Signature Work: “The Tonight Show” (1962 – 1992)
Enshrinement Date: June 23, 2009
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(December 10, 1919 – May 15, 2008)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Composer
Signature Work: “Theme From Star Trek”
Enshrinement Date: June 12, 2008
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(1963 – Present)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Program, Fantasy
Signature Works: “The Key To Time” (1978), “The Mr. Saxon Arc” (2007)
Enshrinement Date: July 12, 2008
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(July 9, 1919 – May 26, 2008)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Composer
Signature Work: “The Fishin’ Hole”, Theme from The Andy Griffith Show
Enshrinement Date: June 12, 2008
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(February 15, 1927 – May 29, 2008)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Actor, Second Banana
Signature Work: The Carol Burnett Show
Enshrinement Date: June 12, 2008
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“Lost“
(September 22, 2004 – May 23, 2010)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Science-Fiction, Drama
Signature Works: “Pilot” (2004), “The Constant” (2008), “The End” (2010)
Enshrinement Date: July 9, 2010**
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(March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Program, Comedy/Variety
Signature Work: “The Tonight Show” (1962 – 1992)
Enshrinement Date: June 23, 2009
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(September 15, 1911 – May 18, 2008)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Director
Signature Work: Star Trek “The Trouble With Tribbles”
Enshrinement Date: June 12, 2008
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“The Prisoner”, Created and Produced by Patrick McGoohan
(October 1, 1967 - Present)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Program, Fantasy, Action
Signature Work: “Fall Out” (Episode 17)
Enshrinement Date: January 15, 2009
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“Star Trek: The Original Series“
(September 8, 1966 – September 2, 1969)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Program, Drama, Sci-Fi
Signature Works: “Space Seed”, “The City on the Edge of Forever”, “Amok Time”, “The Trouble With Tribbles”, “Plato’s Stepchildren”
Enshrinement Date: June 12, 2009 **
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“The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson“
(October 1, 1962 – May 22, 1992)
Wing: Television
Specialty: Program, Comedy/Variety
Signature Work: Itself
Enshrinement Date: June 23, 2009
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POPULAR CULTURE
Batman(May, 1939)
Wing: Popular Culture
Specialty: Comic Books
Signature Works: Detective Comics #27 (1939), Detective Comics #471-476 (Aug. 1977 – April 1978), Batman: The Killing Joke (1988), Batman:The Movie (1989), Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008)
Enshrinement Date: July 9, 2010**
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(April 22, 1923 – December 11, 2008)
Wing: Popular Culture
Specialty: Pin-Up, Iconography, Comic Books
Signature Work: The Jungle Bettie Photos (1954)
Enshrinement Date: December 14, 2008
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(May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008)
Wing: Popular Culture
Specialty: Stand-Up Comedy, Recording Artist, Actor
Signature Work: Class Clown, “The Seven Words You Can Never Use on Television” (1972)
Enshrinement Date: June 23, 2008
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(February 2, 1947 - June 25, 2009)
Wing: Popular Culture
Specialty: Pin-Up, Iconography, Television
Signature Work: “Charlie’s Angels” (March 27, 1976 – May 7, 1980)
Enshrinement Date: June 25, 2009
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Bill Hicks(December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994)
Wing: Popular Culture
Specialty: Stand-Up Comedy, Recording Artist
Signature Work: “Relentless” (Montreal International Comedy Festival 1991)
Enshrinement Date: February 2, 2009
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“Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
(October 2, 1950 - February 13, 2000)
Wing: Popular Culture
Specialty: Comic Strips
Signature Work: Itself
Enshrinement Date: June 12, 2009 **
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MUSIC
“The Beatles (White Album)” by The Beatles
(November 22, 1968)
Wing: Music
Specialty: Records
Signature Work: Itself
Enshrinement Date: July 9 ,2010**
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Michael Jackson(August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)
Wing: Music
Specialty: Recording Artist, Global Icon
Signature Work: “Thriller” (1983)
Enshrinement Date: July 9, 2010 **
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(January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)
Wing: Music
Specialty: Recording Artist, Rock & Roll Icon
Signature Works: “Heartbreak Hotel”, “Hound Dog”, “Love Me Tender”
Enshrinement Date: June 12, 2009 **
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“Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by The Beatles
(June 1, 1967)
Wing: Music
Specialty: Records
Signature Work: Itself
Enshrinement Date: June 12, 2009 **
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“The Twist”, by Chubby Checker
(September 19, 1960)
Wing: Music
Specialty: Records
Signature Work: Itself
Enshrinement Date: September 11, 2008
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(January 10, 1917 – August 15, 2008)
Wing: Music
Specialty: Producer
Signature Work: “RESPECT”, by Aretha Franklin
Enshrinement Date: August 15, 2008
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HOME ENTERTAINMENT
“Nintendo Entertainment System“
(October 18, 1985)
Wing: Home Entertainment
Specialty: Video Games
Signature Work: Itself
Enshrinement Date: July 9, 2010 **
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“Pong“
(September 1972)
Wing: Home Entertainment
Specialty: Video Games
Signature Work: Pong Arcade Unit
Enshrinement Date: June 12, 2009 **
(** – Selected by Public Vote)