VH1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons

Did anyone else happen to catch this ridiculous excuse for a credible list of the top pop culture icons?

I caught the very end, and I looked up the rest of the list.

The List:

200. The Rock
199. Queen Latifah
198. Cartman
197. Judge Judy
196. Axl Rose
195. Macaulay Culkin
194. Dr. Phil
193. Arsenio Hall
192. Beavis & Butthead
191. Regis Philbin
190. Russell Crowe
189. Dolly Parton
188. Joe Namath
187. Rock Hudson
186. Halle Berry
185. Rosie O'Donnell
184. Bob Marley
183. Winona Ryder
182. Telly Savalas (as Kojak)
181. Reese Witherspoon
180. Larry Hagman (as J.R. Ewing)
179. Chris Rock
178. Drew Barrymore
177. Mariah Carey
176. Wonder Woman
175. Jackie Gleason
174. Tupac Shakur
173. Roseanne
172. Gianni Versace
171. Scooby-Doo
170. Jim Morrison
169. Woody Allen
168. ABBA
167. The Three Stooges
166. Betty Ford
165. Diana Ross
164. Burt Reynolds
163. Liberace
162. Leonard Nimoy (as Spock)
161. Monica Lewinsky
160. Farrah Fawcett
159. Ricky Martin
158. Batman
157. Barbara Eden (as Jeannie)
156. Venus/Serena Williams
155. Christie Brinkley
154. Harry Potter
153. Bon Jovi
152. Bob Hope
151. Spider-Man
150. Garth Brooks
149. Sally Field
148. Mister Rogers
147. David Bowie
146. Neil Armstrong
145. Dick Van Dyke
144. Ellen DeGeneres
143. Ron Howard
142. Gwen Stefani
141. Bruce Lee
140. James Gandolfini (as Tony Soprano)
139. Molly Ringwald
138. Hugh Hefner
137. Prince
136. Babe Ruth
135. Whoopi Goldberg
134. Janet Jackson
133. Julie Andrews
132. Led Zeppelin
131. Calvin Klein
130. Dick Clark
129. Dorothy Hamill
128. Judy Garland
127. Tina Turner
126. Charlie Chaplin
125. Stevie Wonder
124. Sigmund Freud
123. Jane Fonda
122. Bob Denver (as Gilligan)
121. Bruce Willis
120. Sarah Jessica Parker
119. Ben Affleck
118. E.T.
117. William Shatner
116. Whitney Houston
115. Sylvester Stallone
114. Cindy Crawford
113. Alfred Hitchcock
112. Justin Timberlake
111. Rudy Giuliani
110. Bette Davis
109. Jimi Hendrix
108. Albert Einstein
107. Sting
106. Joe Dimaggio
105. Richard Pryor
104. Charlie Brown
103. Aretha Franklin
102. David Letterman
101. Kevin Bacon
100. Will Smith
99. Henry Winkler (as the Fonz)
98. Shania Twain
97. Stephen King
96. Wayne Gretzky
95. Vivien Leigh & Clark Gable (as Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler)
94. Penny Marshall (as Laverne DeFazio)
93. Kiss
92. Al Pacino
91. Marvin Gaye
90. Clint Eastwood
89. Barbara Walters
88. Johnny Cash
87. Grace Kelly
86. Paul Newman
85. Eddie Murphy
84. Katharine Hepburn
83. Aerosmith
82. Bill Gates
81. Jack Nicholson
80. Pamela Anderson
79. Robin Williams
78. Arnold Schwarzenegger
77. Bugs Bunny
76. Bruce Springsteen
75. John Belushi
74. Susan Lucci
73. Bono
72. Jay Leno
71. Run D.M.C.
70. Carol Burnett
69. Denzel Washington
68. Bob Dylan
67. Howard Stern
66. Barbra Streisand
65. Jackie Robinson
64. Celine Dion
63. Mel Gibson
62. Andy Warhol
61. Mike Myers
60. Kermit & Miss Piggy
59. Leonardo DiCaprio
58. Magic Johnson
57. Nicole Kidman
56. Carroll O'Connor (as Archie Bunker)
55. Elton John
54. John Wayne
53. Jerry Garcia
52. Robert DeNiro
51. Tiger Woods
50. James Brown
49. Elizabeth Taylor
48. Jim Carrey
47. Jackie O.
46. Harrison Ford
45. The Bee Gees
44. Michael J. Fox
43. Martha Stewart
42. Fred Flintstone
41. Cher
40. The Osbournes
39. Katie Couric
38. Brad Pitt
37. Kurt Cobain
36. Johnny Carson
35. P. Diddy
34. Audrey Hepburn
33. George Clooney
32. JFK
31. Eminem
30. Bill Cosby
29. Mary Tyler Moore
28. John Travolta
27. Frank Sinatra
26. James Dean
25. Rolling Stones
24. JFK Jr.
23. Julia Roberts
22. Tom Hanks
21. The Simpsons
20. Britney Spears
19. The Brady Bunch
18. Bill Clinton
17. Mickey Mouse
16. Muhammad Ali
15. Jennifer Lo

 

I scrolled down immediately to number one, saw Oprah, and then was discouraged from reading.

 

I posted about this days ago. I'm not about to hunt the thread down though, you do that.

 

Meh, I did. Didn't find it.

 

Who even put Macaulay Culkin on that list and not Vader?

And what is George Clooney doing at # 33?

 

Here

 

Why should we care about what VH1 thinks? They're the same morons that give convicted murderers the chance to play in their own rock bands

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I fail to understand how Oprah could be considered to have had more of an influence on pop culture than Elvis or Marilyn Monroe. I thought the measure of a person's influence on popular culture was how long their reputation has endured, good or bad. Oprah hasn't been around in the mass consciousness for more than 17 years. And who is to say she will even be around in another 10 years, unless she's doing some infomercial?

I remember when she was around here in Baltimore doing the "Dialing For Dollars" thing, for God's sake. That certainly shouldn't count as part of her influence. (Although knowing how this list was put together, it might...).

 

What an odd list.
Star Wars is only one of several glaring omissions.

Tom Cruise more influential than Kurt Cobain? JFK Jr. ranks above his father? I don't know what these guys were smoking, but I think they need a refund.

 

Oprah Winfrey represents and symbolizes everything that is wrong with America today.

 

Michael Jackson's number 10!

 

Mickey Mouse beaten by Michael Jackson.

 

This is a list that has Oprah Winfrey at number 1, superman at number 2, Tom Cruise at number 5 and Madonna at number 7.

Compare these with Bob Dylan at number 68 and Led Zeppelin at number 132 and then try and explain how this list has any value at all.