Favorite Threes (right now)

[modUltralaser]

Fiction authors:
1. Andre Gide
2. Walt Whitman
3. Samuel Beckett

Video games:
1. Arcanum
2. Spycraft
3. Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Architecture:
1. Brutalism
2. Ottoman (Classical to Empire)
3. Arcology

[Drasko]

Fiction authors:
1. Anton Chekhov
2. Jorge Luis Borges
3. Marcel Proust

Video games:
1. Blue Max
2. Usagi Yojimbo
3. Worms World Party

Architecture:
1. Romanesque
2. French Colonial
3. Minimalistic

[North Star]

Fiction authors:
Camus
Poe
Frost

Video games:
NHL 2011
Donkey Kong Diddy's Kong Quest
Super Mario Bros. 3

Architecture:
Neoclassicism
Alvar Aalto
Eero Saarinen

[Sergeant Rock]

Fiction authors:
1. Vladimir Nabokov
2. J. P. Donleavy
3. Thomas Pynchon

Video games:
1. Wizardry (original Apple version...I'm old school  )
2. ....
3. ...

Architecture:
1. Tudor
2. Organic
3. Gothic


Sarge

[Brian]

Nonfiction authors:
1. David Foster Wallace
2. Samuel Clemens
3. Mary Roach

Breaking Bad supporting cast performers:
1. Dean Norris
2. Aaron Paul
3. Betsy Brandt

Words beginning with "three":
1. threesome
2. threepeat
3. threep

[dyn]

Lists in this post:

1. List #3
2. List #2
3. List #1

Items in list #3:

1. Item #2
2. Item #3
3. Item #1

Items in list #2:

1. Item #1
2. Item #2
3. Item #3

[modUltralaser]

Thanks for the posts. I love these kind of lists. Helps me add things to my ever-growing lists.

Nonfiction authors:
1. Lisa Mazzei
2. Friedrich Nietzsche
3. Halford Mackinder

Television show:
1. 24
2. The Unit
3. Flight of the Conchords

Art:
1. Abstract expressionism
2. Mannerism
3. Islamic tiling

[North Star]

Words beginning with "three":
1. threesome
2. threepeat
3. threep

Why, oh why couldn't this have been a whisky?

[Sergeant Rock]

2. threepeat

Why, oh why couldn't this have been a whisky?

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Nonfiction authors:
1. Harold Bloom
2. Camilla Paglia
3. Henry-Louis de La Grange

(Current) Television show:
1. Mad Men
2. Community
3. Archer

Art:
1. Photorealism
2. Pre-Raphaelite
3. Surrealism


Sarge

[Drasko]

I love these kind of lists.

I love all sorts of lists, just keep them coming.
You should really see this http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080715/ 

(Current) Nonfiction authors:
1. Georgy Ostrogorski
2. Michel Foucault
3. Ludwig Wittgenstein

(Current) Television show:
1. True Blood
2. Community
3. Californication

Art:
1. Suprematism
2. Rococo
3. Bauhaus

[Sergeant Rock]

(Current) Television show:
1. True Blood
2. Community
3. Californication

Sarge

[Drasko]

[DavidW]

I watched all of Community this summer, and have to agree that it is indeed awesome!

Top three ways to find relief from the heat (not counting a/c):
1. a gentle breeze
2. a cold pop
3. shade

Top three ways to feel happy about returning home:
1. someone to happily greet you, even if it's just your pet dog
2. a package waiting at your door
3. walking out of the heat into the a/c

Top three things I like about my new cd player:
1. It loads and starts playing a cd in roughly 10 seconds instead of a minute
2. Can quickly program tracks
3. Can see all relevant info without turning on the tv

[Sergeant Rock]

I watched all of Community this summer, and have to agree that it is indeed awesome!

Excellent 

Dan Harmon, the show's original creator, has been re-hired and will produce the fifth season. That should mean, I hope, better episodes than the somewhat disappointing fourth season. On the other hand, with Chevy Chase and Donald Glover gone, the show is going to have a different feel.


Sarge

[Brian]

Community episodes
1. The one where Annie loses her pen
2. The first paintball episode
3. Troy turns 21

Community cast members
1. Donald Glover
2. Danny Pudi
3. Gillian Jacobs call me (and bring Alison)

Problems I have with Community
1. Chevy Chase's character is so consistently poorly written that I feel sorry for him because the writers so obviously didn't care to make him more than a cartoon "grumpy old man" villain
2. A lot of humor is built on references I don't get. Some episodes are parodies of movies I haven't seen, and I'm annoyed to miss half the jokes.
3. The show often has an uneasy relationship between making fun of cliches, and indulging in them.

[Sergeant Rock]

Community episodes
1. A Fistfull of Paintballs (the spaghetti western/Sergio Leone parody)
2. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
3. Critical Film Studies (the homage to My Dinner with Andre)

Community cast members
1. Annie's Boobs (and no, I don't mean the monkey  )
2. Danny Pudi (Abed)
3. Jim Rash (the Dean)

Problems I don't have with Community
1. Chevy Chase's character is so consistently evil I can't believe he was permitted to be in the group.....but I don't care 
2. A lot of humor is built on references I do get. Some episodes are parodies of movies I have seen, and I'm pleased I get the jokes.
3. The show often exploits cliches in a way that makes them fresh and humorous.


sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Going off-topic for a moment:

Favorite Community Outtake

http://www.youtube.com/v/13mDq8i8reA


Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

3. Gillian Jacobs call me (and bring Alison)

  ...oh yes. One should always read the fine print.

Sarge

[Brian]

Community episodes
1. A Fistfull of Paintballs (the spaghetti western/Sergio Leone parody)
2. Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
3. Critical Film Studies (the homage to My Dinner with Andre)

Community cast members
1. Annie's Boobs (and no, I don't mean the monkey  )
2. Danny Pudi (Abed)
3. Jim Rash (the Dean)

Well, we at least have similar taste on the show - I seriously considered D&D and Film Studies for my top three. We're agreed on Annie's Boobs too.

Maybe it's a weird choice, but this is my favorite moment from the show.

http://www.youtube.com/v/vI2xWy9vI7o

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Do you listen to podcasts? Gillian Jacobs recently made a series of appearances on the improv podcast "Comedy Bang! Bang!" with comedian Paul F. Tompkins, who was impersonating Happy Days creator Garry Marshall. Over three or four episodes, "Gilly and Garry" fell in love, murdered Garry's wife, got married, and split up (all through improv). If you're interested I'll dig up the links.