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Dyn-O-Mite! TV Land lists catchphrases
NEW YORK – Sometimes it takes only a word, or just a few, to become immortalized in television history. The TV Land cable network has compiled a list of the 100 greatest catchphrases in TV, from the serious ó Walter Cronkite’s nightly signoff “And that’s the way it is” ó to the silly: “We are two wild and crazy guys!”
The network will air a countdown special, “The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catch Phrases,” over five days starting Dec. 11.
“We have found that television is such a huge part of baby boomers’ DNA that it makes sense that so much of America’s pop culture jargon has come from TV,” said Larry Jones, TV Land president.
The greatest number of moments, 26, come from the 1970s. TV Land identified nine moments from this decade. Ten are from commercials, and 28 from comedies, including six from “Saturday Night Live.”
In alphabetical order, TV Land’s list:
_”Aaay” (Fonzie, “Happy Days”)
_”And that’s the way it is” (Walter Cronkite, “CBS Evening News”)
_”Ask not what your country can do for you …” (John F. Kennedy)
_”Baby, you’re the greatest” (Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, “The Honeymooners”)
_”Bam!” (Emeril Lagasse, “Emeril Live”)
_”Book ’em, Danno” (Steve McGarrett, “Hawaii Five-O”)
_”Come on down!” (Johnny Olson, “The Price is Right”)
_”Danger, Will Robinson” (Robot, “Lost in Space”)
_”De plane! De plane!” (Tattoo, “Fantasy Island”)
_”Denny Crane” (Denny Crane, “Boston Legal”)
_”Do you believe in miracles?” (Al Michaels, 1980 Winter Olympics)
_”D’oh!” (Homer Simpson, “The Simpsons”)
_”Don’t make me angry …” (David Banner, “The Incredible Hulk”)
_”Dyn-o-mite” (J.J., “Good Times”)
_”Elizabeth, I’m coming!” (Fred Sanford, “Sanford and Son”)
_”Gee, Mrs. Cleaver …” (Eddie Haskell, “Leave it to Beaver”)
_”God’ll get you for that” (Maude, “Maude”)
_”Good grief” (Charlie Brown, “Peanuts” specials)
_”Good night, and good luck” (Edward R. Murrow, “See It Now”)
_”Good night, John Boy” (“The Waltons”)
_”Have you no sense of decency?” (Joseph Welch to Sen. McCarthy)
_”Heh heh” (Beavis and Butt-head, “Beavis and Butthead”)
_”Here it is, your moment of Zen” ( Jon Stewart, “The Daily Show”)
_”Here’s Johnny!” ( Ed McMahon, “The Tonight Show”)
_”Hey now!” (Hank Kingsley, “The Larry Sanders Show”)
_”Hey hey hey!” (Dwayne Nelson, “What’s Happening!!”)
_”Hey hey hey!” (Fat Albert, “Fat Albert”)
_”Holy (whatever), Batman!” (Robin, “Batman”)
_”Holy crap!” (Frank Barone, “Everybody Loves Raymond”)
_”Homey don’t play that!” (Homey the Clown, “In Living Color”)
_”How sweet it is!” (Jackie Gleason, “The Jackie Gleason Show”)
_”How you doin’?” (Joey Tribbiani, “Friends”)
_”I can’t believe I ate the whole thing” (Alka Seltzer ad)
_”I know nothing!” (Sgt. Schultz, “Hogan’s Heroes”)
_”I love it when a plan comes together” (Hannibal, “The A-Team”)
_”I want my MTV!” (MTV ad)
_”I’m Larry, this is my brother Darryl …” (Larry, “Newhart”)
_”I’m not a crook …” ( Richard Nixon)
_”I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV” (Vicks Formula 44 ad)
_”I’m Rick James, bitch!” (Dave Chappelle as Rick James, “Chappelle’s Show”)
_”Is that your final answer?” ( Regis Philbin, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”)
_”It keeps going and going and going …” (Energizer Batteries ad)
_”It takes a licking …” (Timex ad)
_”Jane, you ignorant slut” ( Dan Aykroyd to Jane Curtin, “Saturday Night Live”)
_”Just one more thing …” (Columbo, “Columbo”)
_”Let’s be careful out there” (Sgt. Esterhaus, “Hill Street Blues”)
_”Let’s get ready to rumble!” (Michael Buffer, various sports events)
_”Live long and prosper” (Spock, “Star Trek”)
_”Makin’ whoopie” (Bob Eubanks, “The Newlywed Game”)
_”Mom always liked you best” (Tommy Smothers, “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”)
_”Never assume …” (Felix Unger, “The Odd Couple”)
_”Nip it!” (Barney Fife, “The Andy Griffith Show”)
_”No soup for you!” (The Soup Nazi, “Seinfeld”)
_”Norm!” (“Cheers”)
_”Now cut that out!” (Jack Benny, “The Jack Benny Program”)
_”Oh, my God! They killed Kenny!” (Stan and Kyle, “South Park”)
_”Oh, my nose!” (Marcia Brady, “The Brady Bunch”)
_”One small step for man …” (Neil Armstrong)
_”Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?” (Grey Poupon ad)
_”Read my lips: No new taxes!” (George H.W. Bush)
_”Resistance is futile” (Picard as Borg, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”)
_”Say good night, Gracie” (George Burns, “The Burns & Allen Show”)
_”Schwing!” ( Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth, “Saturday Night Live”)
_”Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy” (Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle)
_”Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids” (Trix cereal ad)
_”Smile, you’re on `Candid Camera'” (“Candid Camera”)
_”Sock it to me” (“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”)
_”Space, the final frontier …” (Capt. Kirk, “Star Trek”)
_”Stifle!” (Archie Bunker, “All in the Family”)
_”Suit up!” (Barney Stinson, “How I Met Your Mother”)
_”Tastes great! Less filling!” (Miller Lite beer ad)
_”Tell me what you don’t like about yourself” (Dr. McNamara and Dr. Troy, “Nip/Tuck”)
_”That’s hot” ( Paris Hilton, “The Simple Life”)
_”The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat” (Jim McKay, “ABC’s Wide World of Sports”)
_”The tribe has spoken” (Jeff Probst, “Survivor”)
_”The truth is out there” (Fox Mulder, “The X-Files”)
_”This is the city …” (Sgt. Joe Friday, “Dragnet”)
_”Time to make the donuts” (“Dunkin’ Donuts” ad)
_”Two thumbs up” (Siskel & Ebert, “Siskel & Ebert”)
_”Up your nose with a rubber hose” (Vinnie Barbarino, “Welcome Back, Kotter”)
_”We are two wild and crazy guys!” ( Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd as Czech playboys, “Saturday Night Live”)
_”Welcome to the O.C., bitch” (Luke, “The O.C.”)
_”Well, isn’t that special?” (Dana Carvey as the Church Lady, “Saturday Night Live”)
_”We’ve got a really big show!” (Ed Sullivan, “The Ed Sullivan Show”)
_”Whassup?” (Budweiser ad)
_”What you see is what you get!” (Geraldine, “The Flip Wilson Show”)
_”Whatchoo talkin’ ’bout, Willis?” (Arnold Drummond, “Diff’rent Strokes”)
_”Where’s the beef?” (Wendy’s ad)
_”Who loves you, baby?” (Kojak, “Kojak”)
_”Would you believe?” (Maxwell Smart, “Get Smart”)
_”Yabba dabba do!” (Fred Flintstone, “The Flintstones”)
_”Yada, yada, yada” (“Seinfeld”)
_”Yeah, that’s the ticket” ( Jon Lovitz as the pathological liar, “Saturday Night Live”)
_”You eeeediot!” (Ren, “Ren & Stimpy”)
_”You look mahvelous!” ( Billy Crystal as Fernando, “Saturday Night Live”)
_”You rang?” (Lurch, “The Addams Family”)
_”You’re fired!” (Donald Trump, “The Apprentice”)
_”You’ve got spunk …” (Lou Grant, “The Mary Taylor Moore Show”)

Queen reigns as best seller on U.K. top 100 chart
Queen’s Greatest Hits, a 1981 release from the British band fronted by Freddie Mercury, has been named Britain’s best-selling album of all time.
A list of the top 100 best-sold albums in Britain released Thursday has two albums by Queen in the top 10. It was compiled by the Official U.K. Charts Co. and music channel VH1.
Queen’s Greatest Hits, with tracks of the ubiquitous Bohemian Rhapsody and We Will Rock You, sold 5.4 million albums.
Greatest Hits II is in seventh place with 3.6 million in sales.
The Queen musical We Will Rock You, scheduled to open in Toronto soon, is a long-running hit in London.
The Beatles 1967 release Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band came second, selling 4.8 million albums.
The list, compiled for the first time by totting up sales figures from the last 50 years, is surprisingly pop-oriented.
Albums by Dire Straits, ABBA, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson and Madonna are also in the top 10, but critically acclaimed and long-lasting musicians, including Bob Dylan, Sting and The Rolling Stones, have nothing in the top 100.
Canadian diva Celine Dion has three albums in the top 100, as do Oasis and Michael Jackson.
Jackson’s Thriller ranks as the biggest-selling album of all time, according to the Guinness Book of Records, but is eighth on the U.K. chart.
Pink Floyd, left off Time’s list of 100 greatest albums released this week, makes a respectable showing among the top sellers with 3.8 million copies of Dark Side of the Moon selling in the U.K.
Relative newcomers such as James Blunt, Eminem and Justin Timberlake make up a substantial chunk of the list. Boy band singer turned soloist Robbie Williams has six albums.
The top 10 best-selling albums in Britain:
Queen, Greatest Hits.
Beatles, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory.
Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms.
Abba Gold, Greatest Hits.
Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon.
Queen, Greatest Hits II.
Michael Jackson, Thriller.
Michael Jackson, Bad.
Madonna, The Immaculate Collection.

Time does the unthinkable: a top 100 albums list with no Pink Floyd
A list of the 100 greatest and most influential albums compiled by Time magazine has five Beatles selections, but nothing by Pink Floyd.
Sergeant Pepper, Abbey Road, The White Album, Revolver and Rubber Soul are all on the list, published in the current issue of Time.
The 1970 album John Lennon, by the Plastic Ono band also is included, with the comment that “Lennon’s writing was never sharper, and his still-underrated singing stands with rock’s finest.”
But Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, one of the bestselling albums of all time and one that continues to get airplay 33 years after it was recorded, didn’t make the cut.
“And that’s how it should be,” Time scribes write in their introduction to the list, which is categorized by decade rather than by degree of influence.
Other prominent no-shows ó The Doors, Elvis Costello and Jay-Z.
Each selection is accompanied by a written justification and a podcast that tells readers how the selection committee decided.
Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell has one album, Blue, and Canadian rocker Neil Young has After the Gold Rush.
The list covers a range of musical styles, from Delta blues and country, to rock and hip hop.
Thus The Clash’s London Calling appears in the same decade as Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors.
The 1950s has four selections, Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, Here’s Little Richard by Little Richard and two Frank Sinatra recordings, Songs for Swingin’ Lovers and In the Wee Small Hours.
But Hank Williams and Elvis Presley appear, inexplicably, in the 2000s, with Elvis at the Sun and Elvis 30 No. 1 Hits, recorded in the 1950s but released in 2004, and The Essential Hank Williams Collection, recorded before the advent of the long-playing album but released in 2005, both making the list.
Similarly, posthumous collections from Bob Marley and Muddy Waters are chosen ahead of albums they recorded in their lifetimes.
In more modern choices for the 2000s, Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP, Kanye West’s The College Dropout and Radiohead’s Kid A were also on Time’s list.
The greatest number of albums was from the 1970s, with Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols bumping shoulders with Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours and Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road up against Black Sabbath’s Paranoid, which is honoured as “the birthplace of heavy metal.”

Country music fans vote for Faith Hill
NASHVILLE (AP) ó Country music fans apparently got Faith Hill’s joke.
Nearly 25,800, or 65%, of respondents to a new online poll by Country Weekly magazine said Hill was just joking when cameras showed her screaming “WHAT?” in apparent anger when she lost the female vocalist of the year award to newcomer Carrie Underwood at the Country Music Association Awards ceremony last week.
Her reaction was caught on camera and caused an uproar, with Hill releasing a statement afterward saying it was all a joke. She also called Underwood to clear up any misunderstanding.
“The idea that I would act disrespectful towards a fellow musician is unimaginable to me,” Hill said in her statement. “For this to become a focus of attention given the talent gathered is utterly ridiculous. Carrie is a talented and deserving female vocalist of the year.”
The poll, which was conducted on the magazine’s website from Wednesday through Sunday, drew 39,553 total responses to the question “What do you think of Faith Hill’s reaction to Carrie Underwood’s CMA victory?”
Nearly 13,000, or about 33%, said Hill was disrespectful, while a scant 842 (2 percent) said the incident was a big deal about nothing.
Country Weekly Editor in Chief Bill Gubbins said fans were very interested in the issue and were still trying to respond after the poll closed.
“Country music fans are very passionate about their stars and always like to participate in things going on in Nashville,” he said.

AFI Likes “Singin’ in the Rain”
Those list-loving folks at the American Film Institute are hap-hap-happy again.
Singin’ in the Rain, the 1952 MGM tuner codirected by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly and starring Kelly alongside Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds, tops the list of 25 greatest movie musicals unveiled by the AFI Sunday.
Although it wasn’t recognized as such at the time–it failed to snag an Oscar nomination for Best Picture or even the Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy– Singin’ in the Rain has become one of Hollywood’s most adored films. The behind-the-scenes story of the transition from silent pictures to talkies edged out the more-decorated West Side Story, which received the Oscar for Best Picture in 1961.
Rounding out the top 10: The Wizard of Oz (1939); The Sound of Music (1965); Cabaret (1972); Mary Poppins (1964); A Star Is Born (1954); My Fair Lady (1964); An American in Paris (1951); and Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).
Judy Garland was the most represented female star on the list, landing a trio of musicals in the top 10 (The Wizard of Oz, A Star Is Born and Meet Me in St. Louis) to edge out Julie Andrews (The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins).
Kelly had three films make the cut (Singin’, An American in Paris and On The Town), while hoofing rival Fred Astaire scored with Top Hat (1935) at 15 and The Band Wagon (1953) at 17. His Top Hat costar and frequent leading lady Ginger Rogers also had two films on the list–she was among the ensemble in 1933’s 42nd Street, which ranked at 13.
The movie musical has regularly been pronounced dead since its heyday in the ’50s and ’60s, but a half-dozen of AFI’s Top 25 were released after 1970.
Bob Fosse was responsible for three of them: Cabaret, 2002’s Oscar-winning Chicago (based on the Fosse-choreographed stage musical) and 1979’s All That Jazz.
Meanwhile, 1978’s Grease was the word at 20, while Beauty and the Beast was the only ‘toon to make the rundown. The Disney classic, which was later adapted into a hit Broadway show, is the only animated feature to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award; it ranked 22nd on the AFI list.
Finally, Baz Luhrmann’s epic 2001 tragicomedy Moulin Rouge! came in at 25. For better or worse, the musical, showcasing the vocal talents of Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, sparked a renewed interest in the musical genre, paving the way for the big-screen versions of Chicago, The Producers, Rent and the forthcoming Hairspray and Sweeney Todd, among others.
The latest AFI list was winnowed down by a jury of 500 directors, screenwriters, actors, editors, composers, critics and historians solicited by the prestigious nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating and preserving cinema. Voters were asked to submit their choices from a ballot of 250 nominated films and were allowed to write in any movies they felt had been slighted.
The honorees were revealed in a special presentation Sunday night at the Hollywood Bowl, during which director John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performed excerpts of the winning musicals accompanied by projections of scenes of some of those films’ most iconic moments.
The Greatest Movie Musicals list is considered a sidebar to AFI’s 100 Years. . . series. Launched eight years ago, it has included such programs as AFI’s 100 Stars, 100 Laughs, 100 Thrills, 100 Passions, and 100 Songs among others.
Here’s the complete list of the AFI’s Greatest Movie Musicals:
1. Singin’ in the Rain (1952), MGM
2. West Side Story (1961), United Artists
3. The Wizard of Oz (1939), MGM
4. The Sound of Music (1965), 20th Century Fox
5. Cabaret (1972) Allied Artists
6. Mary Poppins (1964), Disney
7. A Star Is Born (1954), Warner Bros.
8. My Fair Lady (1964), Warner Bros.
9. An American In Paris (1951), MGM
10. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), MGM
11. The King and I (1956), 20th Century Fox
12. Chicago (2002), Miramax
13. 42nd Street (1933), Warner Bros.
14. All That Jazz (2002), Miramax
15. Top Hat (1935), RKO
16. Funny Girl (1968), Columbia
17. The Band Wagon (1953), MGM
18. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Warner Bros.
19. On the Town (1949), MiraMGM
20. Grease (1978), Paramount
21. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), MGM
22. Beauty and the Beast (1991), Disney
23. Guys and Dolls (1955), MGM
24. Show Boat (1936), Universal
25. Moulin Rouge! (2001), 20th Century Fox

Internet a daily habit for most Canadians
Almost two-thirds of Canadians with home access to the internet use the web daily, according to a new report from Statistics Canada.
An estimated 7.9 million Canadian families, or 16.8 million adults, connect to the internet at home, says the Canadian Internet Use Survey released Tuesday.
The survey asked more than 30,000 Canadians aged 18 years and over about their internet use for 2005.
The internet has changed the way Canadians get their news and conduct their banking. It’s become a common source for travel information and occupies hours out of the week for millions of Canadians.
The survey found men and women use the internet in roughly equal numbers, a change from 2001, when more men than women were online.
But there are clear differences in the way men and women use the internet, with women more likely to seek out health or medical information and men more likely to access government websites.
Men spend more time online
About 56 per cent of men had used the internet to download government forms or file income taxes, compared to 48 per cent of women.
Men spend more time on the internet, with 43 per cent going online for more than 10 hours a week, compared to about 34 per cent of women.
The most common use of the internet by Canadians is e-mail, used by 91 per cent of households with home access, followed by general browsing (84 per cent), seeking information about weather or road conditions (67 per cent) and travel arrangements or bookings (63 per cent).
Six out of 10 users regularly seek out their news or sports information online and the same number pay their bills online.
Younger users, defined as those under 25, were more likely to report using the web for education, training or school work. Sixty-one per cent of young people used it to play games.
The majority of internet users reported having a high-speed connection, with half using cable and 59 per cent of those connecting via telephone having a high-speed service.
Rural use lags
There is still a digital divide, as Canadians with higher incomes, better education, children in the home or living in urban areas are more likely to have internet access.
Only 58 per cent of residents of small towns or rural areas accessed the worldwide web at home, well below the national average of 68 per cent of all Canadians.
Rates of internet use in cities were much higher, ranging from 68 per cent in Montreal to 77 per cent in Ottawa-Gatineau or Calgary.
About 81 per cent of households with children under age 18 had internet access, compared with 61 per cent of households without children.
About 85 per cent of Canadians between the ages of 18 and 44 used the internet, compared with only half of those 45 years of age and older.
Among Canadians with a personal computer who did not use the internet from home, 29 per cent said they had no interest, 25 per cent said they had no need for it and 16 per cent said it cost too much.

Bryan Adams tops car song poll
MONTREAL (CP) – As the summer road trip season continues, Bryan Adams’ classic Summer of ’69 has topped the list of Canadians’ favourite driving songs, everywhere but in Ontario, suggests a new poll.
The mid-1980s tune topped the list of seven suggested songs among men and women, according to a Decima Research survey of 1,000 Canadians. The song was more popular in Quebec at 36 per cent, compared with a national average of 27 per cent.
The other songs in order of preference were:
2). Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen;
3). Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf;
4). It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But I Like It) – The Rolling Stones;
5). Drive My Car – The Beatles;
6). Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty;
7). Radar Love – Golden Earring.
Ontario was the only province not to pick the Adams tune as its favourite. Residents there preferred Bohemian Rhapsody.
British Columbians were divided between the song by Adams, a former Vancouver resident, and the Stones classic.
The order of preference of the seven songs was slightly different in each of the three provinces.
Adams said he appreciated topping the poll, especially in Quebec.
“I’ve always thought Quebecers had extremely good taste,” he said in an e-mail.
Montreal radio DJ Claudine Prevost pinned the Adams song’s popularity on its chorus and the memories it sparks among listeners.
“It’s a good song because it’s one that everyone knows,” the CKOI-FM personality said Tuesday as the poll results were made public.
“Each summer, it’s a song that people request.”
The 29-year-old said she loves the song even though she is too young to have any memories of her own about that summer 37 years ago.
The seven songs were selected by music journalists. No French selections were included because they wouldn’t be known across the country.
Danielle Martineau of Montreal said she prefers Bohemian Rhapsody but has great memories, nevertheless, of the summer when she was a freedom-loving teenager.
“In ’69, I was 19,” said Martineau, a Revenu-Quebec employee who attended the release of the results. “It was a great time in those years.”
The poll was conducted July 12-19 as part of a national telephone survey paid for by various corporations. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
The survey also found that two-thirds of Canadian drivers admitted to singing in the car.
Female singers outnumbered males 73 per cent to 58 per cent.
Ontario residents were the most likely to sing in the car, while Quebecers were the least likely. Almost half of Quebecers said they never sing in the car.
More than half of respondents across Canada said they preferred to sing along with songs on the radio, while 34 per cent selected songs on their CD, MP3 or cassette players.
B.C. drivers claimed they were most likely to get caught singing by other motorists. Some 64 per cent said they were spotted, compared with the national average of 50 per cent.
But Alberta drivers were the most confident, with 82 per cent saying they would continue to sing when spotted by other drivers.

Madonna tops MTV’s list of groundbreaking videos
The controversial 1989 video for Madonna’s hit song Like a Prayer, which drew criticism for its use of burning crosses and use of Catholic imagery, has topped MTV’s list of groundbreaking videos.
The U.S.-based youth culture and music network released a list Monday of the Top 10 “videos that broke the rules,” compiled in advance of the channel’s 25th anniversary celebrations set for August 1.
Madonna beat out her junior pop star collaborator Britney Spears, who placed second for her naughty school girl debut Baby One More Time.
Michael Jackson, the self-proclaimed King of Pop, placed third for his monster-movie video epic Thriller, which was directed by John Landis (director of An American Werewolf in London) and ó at a total length of 13 minutes ó currently holds the record for the longest music video.
Condemned by Vatican
“Featuring burning crosses, statues crying blood and Madonna seducing a black Jesus, [the Like a Prayer video] even brought condemnation from the Vatican for its use of religious imagery,” MTV said, according to Reuters.
The controversial video was directed by Mary Lambert, who also directed the videos for Madonna’s Borderline, Like a Virgin, Material Girl and La Isla Bonita.
Two other songs by the headline-grabbing Madonna also made it into the Top 10: the techno-influenced dance track Ray of Light placed fourth, while Vogue, in which Madonna brought the gay subculture dance form to the mainstream, placed fifth.
Considered among MTV’s early icons, Madonna has frequently courted controversy with her videos, including for her songs Justify My Love, Erotica and What It Feels Like For a Girl.
Robbie Williams, Spice Girls make list
Others who made the cut include:
– Robbie Williams’s Rock DJ, a special effects-laden video in which the Britpop singer begins peeling off his clothing and then continues by tearing off his flesh, muscles and organs.
– The Spice Girls hit Wannabe, which simulates one continuously shot video clip following the manic pop quintet as they cause mischief in a hotel.
The full list is as follows:
1) Madonna, Like a Prayer (1989)
2) Britney Spears, Baby One More Time (1999)
3) Michael Jackson, Thriller (1983)
4) Madonna, Ray of Light (1998)
5) Madonna, Vogue (1988)
6) Michael & Janet Jackson, Scream (1995)
7) Robbie Williams, Rock DJ (2000)
8) Eric Prydz, Call on Me (2004)
9) Jamiroquai, Virtual Insanity (1997)
10) Spice Girls, Wannabe (1996).
More than 10,000 viewers voted in the poll. As part of its anniversary broadcasts on Aug. 1, MTV will air its Top 100 videos as well as a new 20-minute video by British rapper Mike Skinner (also known as The Streets) that is poised to break Jackson’s Thriller record for video length.

Beatles play second fiddle on Brit hit list
Definitely Maybe, the debut album by Oasis, has been named greatest album of all time in a British music survey, pushing the Beatles into second place.
The poll of more than 40,000 music lovers from around the world was done for annual publication British Hit Singles & Albums.
The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band took second place and Revolver was in third, with three other Beatles albums in the top 100.
Definitely Maybe, which came out in 1994, featuring hits such as Live Forever and Supersonic, won the majority of votes in the poll. Another Oasis album came in at number five.
The publication’s editor, David Roberts, says voters could name as many as 10 albums.
About 95 per cent of the voters were British and the list was heavily skewed to favourite British bands, including Queen and Coldplay, and Irish favourites U2.
The biggest surprise was The Libertines’ debut album, Up the Bracket, at number 15, a showing Roberts attributes to singer Pete Doherty’s well-publicized drug arrests and involvement with supermodel Kate Moss.
The only Canadian entries were Joni Mitchell’s Blue, ranked number 73 and Alanis Morisette’s Jagged Little Pill, at number 93.
The top 10 on the list:
1 – Definitely Maybe, Oasis
2 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band, The Beatles
3- Revolver, The Beatles
4 – OK Computer, Radiohead
5 – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?,Oasis
6 – Nevermind, Nirvana
7 – The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
8 – Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd
9 – The Queen Is Dead, Smiths.
10 – The Bends, Radiohead

A NEW POLL REVEALS WHAT TURNS YOU ON
Fake breasts are a turnoff, men say, and wrinkles beat Botox. Lumberjacks are hot, women believe, but men who cry at the movies are not. Cooking, meanwhile, is sexier than fixing a transmission. These are among the findings of a new poll by Zogby International, which asked 1,000 men and an equal number of women what they find sexy. The poll was commissioned by NBC’s “Today” show, which will air the results tomorrow and Friday.
The news is bad for plastic surgeons – while Botox and silicone get pumped into female bodies by the tanker-load, it seems men prefer the natural look. Only 6 percent of men said they preferred Botox to wrinkles, while 69 percent deemed breast implants not sexy.
And only 30 percent of men prefer makeup on their mates; 50 percent would rather they ditch the lipstick and go unadorned.
The message for women: “From wearing makeup to Botox, it ain’t what you think it is,” said John Zogby, president of the polling firm.
Younger men are much more likely to find cosmetics a turn-off, and women who ask them out a turn-on – among a number of signs that definitions of what’s sexy are steadily changing, said Zogby.
“What we see is a slow and steady redefinition” of what’s sexy, he says. “The old stereotypes seem to be breaking down, and the definition of what guys look for is changing.”
Women are clinging a little more tightly to stereotype, however. For instance, the new paradigm of the sensitive man aside, breaking down during “The English Patient” is more likely to do you harm than good – women find men who cry at the movies unsexy by a two-to-one margin.
And when it comes to lumberjacks vs. metrosexuals, the message is: Put down the hair gel and pick up a chainsaw. Forty-four percent of women find the former sexier; only 21 percent disagreed.
On the other hand, facial hair is out – 51 percent of women judge it a turnoff, so the Paul Bunyan look should be approached with caution.
Speaking of hair, while bald may not necessarily be beautiful, it beats a toupee by a landslide. Only 2 percent of women deem fake hair an improvement over no hair at all. By a similar margin women agree that pec implants, liposuction and other surgical procedures are as hot as an ice-water bath.
Again, there’s an age divide among women that reveals a gradual shift in what’s perceived as sexy, Zogby notes. For example, younger women are much less likely than their forebears to take a dim view of cinematic sobbing. And while overall women agree that fixing a meal is sexier than fixing a car by more than two to one, older women are more inclined to be impressed by a man who’s handy with a spark-plug wrench.
Zogby’s conclusion: “Guys, if you want to appeal to women under 30, cry like a baby at a movie, and learn to cook.”
What is sexier … a size 2 or size 10?
* 43 percent of Asian men prefer size 2 while 29 percent of African-American do.
* 44 percent of libertarians like little ladies versus 26 percent of progressives.
* 42 percent of single men skew small.
What is sexier on a woman … great looks or a great personality?
* Asians were the group placing the most value on looks over personality, 34 percent.
* 26 percent of weekly Wal-Mart shoppers prefer a pretty face to personality.
* 67 percent of men who own a gun place a premium on personality, compared to 61 percent of gun-free men.
Do you find facial hair sexy?
* 41 percent of women under 30 liked a man with facial hair, while only 13 percent of 65-plus did.
* African-American women had the most facial hair fans, 50 percent.
* 39 percent of liberals like whiskers compared to 26 percent of conservatives.
Which outfit is sexier, a suit, a barely-there dress or jeans and a T-shirt?
* Asian men are most likely to prefer a barely there dress.
* Jeans and a T-shirt are sexiest among men who don’t hold a passport, 48 percent.
* Suits are sexiest among African-American men, 19 percent of whom prefer an ensemble.
Which is sexier … long hair or short hair?
* 53 percent of men over 65 like long locks compared to 66 percent of men under 30.
* 63 percent of men in the armed forces prefer long hair, while 60 percent of civilians do.
* 25 percent of Liberals say short hair is sexier, compared to 18 percent of Republicans.
Is wearing cologne sexy?
* 66 percent of mothers like a man to wear cologne, compared to 52 percent of childless women.
* 66 percent of women who shop at Wal-Mart are sweet on men with scent, versus 47 percent who never shop there.
* 67 percent of women NASCAR fans like perfumed men.
What is sexier on a man, a business suit, jeans and a T-shirt, or sweats and tank top?
* 33 percent of the highest and lowest earners think a suit is sexiest.
* 64 percent of women who never attend services prefer jeans and T-shirt, while just 40 percent of weekly worshipers do.
* The group with the greatest percentage rocking the sweat-and-tank outfit was NASCAR fans, 3.6 percent.
Which is sexier … a metrosexual or a lumberjack?
* 31 percent of single women liked a metrosexual; only 18 percent of wives did.
* Women earning less than $15,000 preferred metrosexuals to lumberjacks, 38 to 30 percent.
* Only 23 percent of women earning $75,000 preferred metrosexuals, while 43 percent liked lumberjacks.
“What’s Sexy Now” poll “Today,” NBC, Thursday and Friday, 7-10 a.m.