‘Mount Rushmore’ of anything

[davertfnewman]

Mount Rushmore of Nick Broomfield documentary participants:

1. Ivan Nagy

2. Dr Legal

3. El Duce

4. The Leader

[I Bent My Wookie]

Actually had a bit of a random discussion on this recently for children's television (admittedly American as its where most my knowledge lies) as it was where I always wanted to push my education further.

It ended up coming down to

Jim Henson (for both The Muppets and Sesame Street, making puppets a whole family affair but never shying away from the value they can teach people)

Mister Rogers (for multiple generations across the pond he was 'their neighbor' growing up and just everything you read or watch about him shows just how much he cared about improving the education of children through a media medium)

Spongebob (where its trivial fun, there are a lot of strong life lessons and its something that caught onto the mainstream enough to make it enjoyable through memes and Broadway shows and movies for adults as well as kids)

Mr Feeney (the teacher next door pretty much was there for an entire generation of kids in the 90s growing up with Boy Meets World and the life lessons he taught. And for anyone who's watched the show in full, I dare you to try and watch the final clip of him saying goodbye without becoming a blubbering mess as you feel hes breaking the fourth wall to the audience).

UK wise off the top of my head

John Hunter Blair (the creator of Blue Peter)

Phil Redmond (Grange Hill)

Joy Whitby (Jackanory)

Brian Jameson (Balamory)

[JoeManco7]

Mount Rushmore of The Beatles:

1. John Lennon

2. Paul McCartney

3. George Harrison

4. Pete Best

[d-d-d-dAz]

20 hours ago, Arch Stanton said:

What always annoys me with Mount Rushmore discussions, in particular in the context of wrestling, is that everyone interprets it simplistically as 'The Best Four', whereas that's not what Mount Rushmore represents. The presidents represented on the sculpture were each selected for their significant contribution to the Birth (Washington), Growth (Thomas Jefferson, Sucka!), Development (Roosevelt) and Preservation (Lincoln) of the United States.

I said this in the Hogan thread. It's not just a list of your favourite things of a given topic.

 

[hallicks]

9 hours ago, I Bent My Wookie said:

Actually had a bit of a random discussion on this recently for children's television (admittedly American as its where most my knowledge lies) as it was where I always wanted to push my education further.

It ended up coming down to

Jim Henson (for both The Muppets and Sesame Street, making puppets a whole family affair but never shying away from the value they can teach people)

Mister Rogers (for multiple generations across the pond he was 'their neighbor' growing up and just everything you read or watch about him shows just how much he cared about improving the education of children through a media medium)

Spongebob (where its trivial fun, there are a lot of strong life lessons and its something that caught onto the mainstream enough to make it enjoyable through memes and Broadway shows and movies for adults as well as kids)

Mr Feeney (the teacher next door pretty much was there for an entire generation of kids in the 90s growing up with Boy Meets World and the life lessons he taught. And for anyone who's watched the show in full, I dare you to try and watch the final clip of him saying goodbye without becoming a blubbering mess as you feel hes breaking the fourth wall to the audience).

UK wise off the top of my head

John Hunter Blair (the creator of Blue Peter)

Phil Redmond (Grange Hill)

Joy Whitby (Jackanory)

Brian Jameson (Balamory)

I’d probably have Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport in there.

[I Bent My Wookie]

1 hour ago, hallicks said:

I’d probably have Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport in there.

Probably more of a shout than Balamory and Jameson I'd guess? Just for the cultural impact 

[hallicks]

12 minutes ago, I Bent My Wookie said:

Probably more of a shout than Balamory and Jameson I'd guess? Just for the cultural impact 

Yeah. Nothing against Balamory, I’m still belting out “Follow the clue (Plum we need you)” on the regs, but either of the other two have had a bigger impact IMHO. 

[Jazzy G]

14 hours ago, JoeManco7 said:

Mount Rushmore of The Beatles:

1. John Lennon

2. Paul McCartney

3. George Harrison

4. Pete Best

That does Stuart Sutcliffe a massive disservice. 

[westlondonmist]

Mount Rushmore of Rik Mayall

1. Richard Richard

2. Lord Flashheart (Blackadder II version)

3. Rick

4. Kevin Turvey

[gmoney]

I'd rather listen to Ringo's songs than most of Lennon's. And his solo output is better.

[Jazzy G]

22 minutes ago, gmoney said:

I'd rather listen to Ringo's songs than most of Lennon's. And his solo output is better.

Don't Pass Me By is one of my favourite Beatles songs. George's songs in the Beatles creatively were streets ahead of the others' creatively. Paul will sell you a million records, but George will write a beautiful song. 

[JoeManco7]

15 hours ago, JoeManco7 said:

Mount Rushmore of The Beatles:

1. John Lennon

2. Paul McCartney

3. George Harrison

4. Pete Best

I will admit that was just an attempt at a stereotypical joke about the Beatles, but I do really rate Ringo Starr as being a legend. Octopus's Garden is a classic song to me even though I only first heard it when I was in my twenties! 

[westlondonmist]

For me Ringo isn't a legend because of The Beatles but because of Thomas the tank engine.

[Sphinx]

On 7/29/2025 at 2:07 PM, Jazzy G said:

Don't Pass Me By is one of my favourite Beatles songs. George's songs in the Beatles creatively were streets ahead of the others' creatively. Paul will sell you a million records, but George will write a beautiful song. 

Both can sell millions of records and write beautiful songs.

[The Gaffer]

George could write a tune, but the idea that his Beatles output was streets ahead of McCartney's creatively is mad to me. 

Nice fellow, though.