Most Influential Man Of The Year
Who is the most influential man of the year? Askmen.com ranked the top 49 in this area. Lists may be a cheap way to throw together click-inducing articles, but recapping t
hose lists is even dirtier. Don’t worry, I’m not gonna do that. Much.
As you would expect, the opinion of whoever selected these names is a mess. Of course, it’s also meaningless, just good water cooler chat. So here’s a few thunderbolts from the list.
#38–Bear Grylls
My readers know how I feel about the star of Man Vs. Wild. I see quite a few men who shouldn’t have beat Bear Grylls. Some of the higher names include Renaldo, some other soccer loser at #22, the lead singer of Coldplay, and even a couple of fashion gurus! Internationally known fashion designers have about as much impact on society as Rupaul. Vince from Shamwow made a bigger impact than most of these fools.
#34–Sidney Crosby
Sid is at once the reason I heard of this list, wrote this article, and give the site’s authors zero credibility. Crosby at #34? I suppose they think he wasn’t the most important human on the planet in the past year.
#33–Kobe Bryant
I don’ know who is more annoying, Kobe or…
#26–Kanye West
You know what I think of the president’s favorite jackass. It’s kind of like when Time suggests Iranian tyrant Ahmadinejad for Man of the Year.
#23–Capt. Chesle
y Sullenberger, a.k.a. Sully.
The guy landed a commercial airliner on the Hudson and save hundreds of lives. You can’t do any better than #23?
#21–Brad Pitt
Yes. Have you seen Inglourious Basterds?
#20–George Clooney
Remember that time Clooney was so fresh, funny, and charming? What was that called again? Oh yeah, the 90s.
#16–Conan O’Brien
Bang on.
#15–Quentin Tarantino
I’ll say. Have you seen Inglourious Basterds?
#6–Michael Jackson
I guess no one told them MJ is dead. I’m surprised Teddy Kennedy didn’t make the list. Apparently you can be influential by simply dying. Well, anybody can do that.
#3–Barack Obama
I thought Saturday Night Live said Obama hasn’t accomplished anything?
#1 & #2–?
I won’t spoil the surprise of the top two picks, but I gotta ask where’s Big Ben? Patrick Swayze? The man made Point Break. Swayze, not Ben. Who would be on your list?
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Life as Pop Culture Professor Clay Morgan
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its a sad day when ryan seacrest outranks capt. sully. what “man” would commit such a horrible act to rank simon cowell in front of, wait a minute, simon cowell at all! what influence does he have, although i have witnessed the out of shape super tight sweater with a bad haircut man on the rise. due to the outrageous list that was put forth, i would like to add some names that i am surprised didn’t make the cut: b.a baracus, for obvious reasons;homer simpson for being charasmatic as ever;kermit the frog for being the originator of going green;bigfoot for staying elusive as ever;mr.clean for starting the skin boldy movement;and finally, the inventor of the crappy list, whoever you are, your dream lives on.
What a great way to undermine the list. Seacrest outranks Capt. Sully. I’m with you on B.A. Baracus, especially since the list writers change the rules at the last minute with fictional characters.