The Greatest TV Episodes #51-60

51. Magnum P.I.: Limbo (1987): This was originally supposed to be the series finale, but people wanted Magnum back. In the episode, he is shot and ends up in limbo. Magnum tries to communicate with his friends to stop his ex-wife’s murder.

52. The Dick Cavett Show: John and Yoko (1971& 1972): John talks candidly about a whole range of subjects in these classic interviews. He even calls people randomly to tell them he loves them. Footage later appears in Forest Gump.

http://www.openculture.com/2009/10/john_lennon_and_yoko_ono_on_the_dick_cavett_show.html

53. Star Trek Deep Space Nine: In the Pale Moonlight (1998): Sisko and Garak engineer the assassination of a Romulan senator to get the Romulans to enter into the war against the Dominion. Some point to this as the beginning of the end of Star Trek as producers move away from Roddenberry's utopian vision.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTgGtJ-PisA


54. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Body (2001): Buffy arrives home to find her mom dead. The Scoobies have to deal with natural death as opposed to demons and vampires.

55. Friends: The One with the Prom Video (1996): The friends watch Rachel and Monica’s prom video. The gang look ridiculous in their 80s fashions. At the end, Rachel learns about Ross’ feelings ending almost two years of Ross-Rachel crap and launching another decade of it.

56. Rockford Files: So Help Me God (1974): Once again, Rockford has to dodge those that would do him ill. The episode is famous for its lesson in civil liberties as an innocent man is railroaded.

57. Star Trek: TNG: Tapestry (1993): Picard takes a knife through the heart and dies. In the afterlife, he meets Q. The two travel back to Picard’s graduation and events that led to his artificial heart which killed him. Picard changes the past and ends up a lowly junior officer. Q allows him to return to the past to put things right.

58. I Love Lucy: Lucy meets Harpo Marx (1955): This episodes includes the now famous mirror routine.

59. Twilight Zone: Back There (1961): Four braniacs are discussing time travel. Peter Corrigan, played by Russell Johnson (aka The Professor from Gilligan’s Island), leaves for the night. After leaving his snooty club and friends, he finds himself in April, 1865. Corrigan tries to warn the police about Lincoln's impending assassination, but no one will listen. John Wilkes Booth himself later drugs Corrigan who awakes in time to hear news of the assassination. He could not change history; or could he? When he returns to 1961, the club’s waiter was now a millionaire.

60. X-Files- Duane Berry/Ascension (1994): Scully is abducted in one of the iconic pop culture moments of the decade.

Best Guitar Riffs of the 1990s

These are not in any order.

Enter Sandman- Metallica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3LAFJbKyY

Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

Alive- Pearl Jam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM0zINtulhM

Outshined- Soundgarden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-psHdeMitqE

Symphony of Destruction- Megadeth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq8i2i2ZRHA

Man on a Mission- Van Halen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyzsKbd_PuE

Come As You Are- Nirvana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o

Man in the Box- Alice in Chains

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAqZb52sgpU

Smooth- Santana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z84CgD3o-xg

Plush- STP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5w0ierGzTM

When I Come Around- Green Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8dh9gDzmz8

The Greatest TV Episodes of All Time #61-70

61. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Passion (1998): Angelus continues to torment the Scoobies. He took his art to new levels by killing Ms. Calendar, who was close to restoring his soul, and leaving her body in Giles bed.


62. MASH: The Interview (1976): Famous newsman Clete Roberts (Walter Cronkite anyone?) visits the 4077th and interviews the gang. Filmed in black & white to approximate 1950s newsreels, the actors improvised their answers.

63. The Beverly Hillbillies: Duke Steals a Wife (1963): Mrs. Drysdale is going to wed her dog with a Parisian Poodle. The dog’s owner accidentally arrives at the Clampet’s house instead. The female poodle hooks up with Jed’s hound, Duke. The couple has puppies and Mrs. Drysdale has a coronary.

64. Cheers: Bad Neighbor Sam (1990): Melville’s is purchased by a famous restaurateur. Sam does not like the new owner and the new customers are yuppies. A feud breaks out. Sam’s new neighbor bricks up the bathrooms and pool room and refuses to take it down until Sam pays rent. Sam loses his mind.

65. Rome: Caesarian (2005): Caesar arrives in Egypt. Pullo and Vorenus save Cleopatra. Pullo impregnates Cleopatra. She later claims Caesar is the father. The end is classic. Caesar shows off his son in front of his men. Pullo and Vorenus exchange looks.

66. Taxi: Cooking for Two (1982): Never invite Reverend Jim over. Jim destroys Louie’s apartment.

67. I, Claudius: Hail, Who? (1976): This episode of I, Claudius covers the exploits of Caligula. The Roman Emperor is living with a prostitute, murders those that annoy him, engages in orgies, has his soldiers collect seashells, and proclaims his victory over the god, Neptune. He is then assassinated.

68. Laugh-In: Nixon (1968): Before Clinton on Arsenio or Obama on Sportscenter, Nixon did Laugh-In. This was a major event as it set a precedent for other presidential candidates to follow. It allowed Nixon to soften his image, define himself, and go around the hostile press.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCp8Edp4pfo

69. Saturday Night Live: The Beatle reunion (1976): Lorne Michaels offers the Beatles $3000 to reunite. They have to sing three songs and can split the money anyway they want--even if that means less for Ringo. John and Paul almost showed that night. George did show up later to collect, but was told he could not collect without the other three.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZuk8N0TgU

70. Curb Your Enthusiasm: Seinfeld Reunion (2009): Larry brings back the Seinfeld gang and hopes to woo his ex. In the meantime, they film an episode. George loses millions to Bernie Madoff. MADOFF!

The Greatest TV Episodes of All Time #71-80

71. Mythbusters: Escape from Alcatraz (2003): The Mythbusters break out of Alcatraz proving that it was possible for Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers to escape. However, with the currents in San Francisco Bay, it is unlikely they survived.


http://www.metacafe.com/watch/196488/alcatraz_escape/

72. Bewitched: Little Pitchers Have Big Ears (1964): Samantha helps an insecure little boy make the neighborhood baseball team.

73. The Tonight Show: Carson’s Final Show (1992): Carson was the king of late night for 30 years. In 1992, he retired. His last show was an event.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z84F6t-26Y

74. Beavis and Butthead: No Laughing (1993): Principle McVicker decides to bust Beavis and Butthead. So, they are not allowed to laugh in school. Naturally, the faculty decide to hold Sex Education classes that day.

75. Boston Legal: Last Call (2008): Denny and Alan get married so Alan can inherit when Denny dies. Gay and Lesbian groups protest and file an injunction to stop the wedding. They lose and the two marry with Justice Scalia present.

76. The A-Team: The Big Squeeze (1985): The A-Team open their own Irish Pub, the Naked Lady, to take out a mobster demanding protection money from area businesses. Hannibal playing the pub owner, Sean O’Shay is killed, but comes back to life at the funeral home.

77. The Simpsons: The Springfield Files (1997): The Simpsons spoof the nineties sci-fi and paranormal craze. Leonard Nimoy, Chewbacca, David Duchovny, and Gillian Anderson guest star.

78. Married with Children: No Ma’am (1993): When the women get a bowling night and the strip club becomes a woman’s coffee house, someone must take a stand. Al forms the National Organization of Men Against Amazon Masterhood and takes on “the masculine feminist” Jerry Springer.

79. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: I, Done (1996): Uncle Phil puts the house up for sale and the Jeffersons and Arnold and Mr. Drummond come to look it over. George Jefferson ends up purchasing it.

80. South Park: Cartman Gets an Anal Probe (1997): The very first episode of South Park featured Cartman’s abduction by aliens. This episode drove people nuts for its crude imagery. Canada was particularly offended and cut out the “offensive” material. In the end, the aliens determine cows are the most intelligent species on Earth.

Movies of the Decade: The Aughts

Overall, a week decade for movies as Hollywood seems to have run out of ideas. Here is my list of best films for the decade...These are not in any order.

Frost-Nixon

Gran Torino

The Dark Knight

Gladiator

Cinderella Man

Star Trek

The Two Towers

Old School

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2

Letters From Iwo Jima

The Greatest TV Episodes of All Time #81-90

81. Flintstones: The Masquerade Party (1965): Fred hooks up with a new rock band, the Wayouts, whose promotional campaign panics Bedrock. Their getup combined with Fred’s space costume get the group tossed out of the Water Buffalo Lodge's Halloween Party as Barney mistakes them for alien invaders.

82. Dallas: Who Shot JR? (1980): Dallas ended Season Two by shooting J.R. CBS launched a highly successful campaign building up to the season premier. Who Shot J.R.? became a catch phrase and cultural milestone. At the time, it was the highest rated show of all time. It is now #2 on the list behind the M*A*S*H finale. 83 million watched the episode.

83. WKRP: Turkey’s Away (1978): To celebrate Thanksgiving, WKRP decided to have throw a promotion. The station rented a helicopter and tossed turkeys out the window while in the air. Mr. Carlson did not realize turkeys could not fly. Happy Thanksgiving from WKRP!! Apparently this was based on a real incident.

84. The Night Stalker (1972): Before the X-Files, Kolchak investigated the paranormal. The investigative reporter found himself in Las Vegas hunting a serial killer. The killer turned out to be a vampire. Another TV movie and series followed.

85. Hawaii 5-0: V is for Vashon (1972): Steve McGarrett takes on an old crime family. He takes down the son, father, and patriarch. In the meantime, he has to avoid assassination attempts. The three part storyline centering around a crime family was unique for the time and a fave of 5-0 fans.

86. The Bernie Mac Show : Droobie or Not Droobie (2004): Bernie is the villain in a children’s movie. He battles Droobie (see Barney) in the film which freaks out young Bryana. To prove Bernie and Droobie are tight, the character visits Bryana at home. After the visit, she catches Bernie stuffing the Droobie costume in the car trunk and freaks.

87. The Doors on Ed Sullivan (1967): The show requested the band change the lyrics to “Light My Fire.” They did not like the line “girl we couldn’t get much higher” because of the alleged drug connotations. Jim Morrison sang the line anyway.

88. Unplugged- Clapton (1992): MTV launched the popular “Unplugged” series in the early 90s. Eric Clapton provided one of the series’ highlights. The performance included early versions of later songs as well as an extremely popular working of “Layla” and the song he wrote following the death of his son, “Tears in Heaven.”

89. The Bullwinkle Show (1961-64): Rather than picking one episode, why not a shout out to the entire series. The main show consisted of Rocky and Bullwinkle avoiding Boris and Natasha. However, it also included “Aesop and Son”, “Dudley Doright”, and “Peabody’s Improbable History.”

90. Bugs Bunny: “What’s Opera Doc?” (1957): KILL THE WABBIT!!

http://revver.com/video/109858/bugs-bunny-whats-opera-doc/

Top 10 Acts NOT in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame generally does a good job inducting acts. However, it does an even better job ignoring acts. Here are the Top 10 acts not already in the Hall of Fame:

The Clovers: They should have been inducted during the eighties. The Clovers formed in 1946 and were one of the first major vocal groups. They were the mold from which other groups modeled themselves. Their biggest hit, “Love Potion No. 9” came in 1959. It’s likely the voters don’t realize their history beyond that one song.

Your Cash Ain't Nothin' but Trash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnDuR8QG-s

Alice Cooper: Cooper was a diverse artist known for his stage shows. He was one of the first to create a rock n roll villain figure and his stage shows were adventures. Cooper’s theatrics and body of work deserve inclusion.

Welcome to My Nightmare:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQE0pfBAYQ8

Deep Purple: Deep Purple is one of the most influential groups ever. They broke with “Hush” which bordered on psychedelic and created perhaps the greatest riff of all time with “Smoke on the Water.” This is a seminal act. Perhaps the billion lineup changes have hurt the band because they did not evolve with a set lineup operating on a single trajectory ala the Rolling Stones or Metallica.

Smoke on the Water (Live with all their lead singers):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WX_4FNoto4


Emerson, Lake, and Palmer: They had a very short-lived mainstream period which undercuts their viability. Additionally, the voters don’t seem to know what to do with Prog rock. It took several tries for Pink Floyd and years for Genesis to make the hall. If the Hall decides to really look at the genre, then ELP (and Rush) will be quick inductees.

Lucky Man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRFpXPu_7wE

Darlene Love: I have written about her before. Love’s main work was not done under her own name. They need another category to get Darlene elected.

He's a Rebel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOU_uefqeXg

Red Hot Chili Peppers: They have not been eligible for long, so it should not be long before they make it. The early RHCP were innovative and different. They have several seminal albums and a large body of hits. On the other hand, many of their recent hits, all sound alike.

Under the Bridge:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwlogyj7nFE

Rush: Where to start? They are immensely popular, but the band’s personality (mostly) avoids conflict and publicity. So, people forget them. Their musicianship is second to none and Neil Peart is one of the top three drummers of all time (Moon and Bonham). It is a crime Rush is not in the Hall of Fame. Maybe they don’t like Canadians.

Tom Sawyer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7DFsBcVMDA

Ringo Starr: John, Paul, and George are all in as solo artists. Ringo had as many top 10 hits in the seventies as John and George combined. He's had as many #1 hits as John. Ringo probably suffers from his goofy personality and people don’t remember his resume.

It Don't Come Easy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUbntU2N7xY

Tina Turner: Tina is the Queen of Rock n Roll. She is in as part of Ike and Tina Turner, but belongs in as a solo artist which began in the seventies. Her story is compelling, her comeback is legendary, she is well respected and loved, and her hits are still played on the radio today. What gives?

We Don't Need Another Hero:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1FPK5-Rm38

Mary Wells: Wells was Motown’s first solo star. She helped break Motown nationally and crossed racial boundaries. Some consider Mary Wells the originator of the “Motown Sound.“ Her signature hit, “My Guy” is a classic. Unfortunately, she died of cancer in 1992. As a result, she has been forgotten.

My Guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ-qsGe96cw

Baseball 2010 Playoff and other misc. Predictions

ALDS: White Sox over Tampa and Yankees over Angels

NLDS: Cards over Braves and Giants over Phillies

ALCS: Yankees over Sox

NLCS: Cards over Giants

World Series: Cardinals over Yankees 4-2

AL MVP: Mark Teixeira

NL MVP: Pablo Sandoval

AL Cy Young: Jake Peavy

NL Cy Young: Roy Halladay

Batting Champs: Ichiro and Albert Pujols

HR Champs: Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder

RBI Champs: Miguel Cabrera and Albert Pujols

Most Wins: Peavy and Halladay

Most K’s: Justin Verlander and Johan Santana

ERA Champs: Felix Hernandez and Chris Carpenter

The Greatest NCAA Basketball Games by Decade

I only went back to the sixties for this.

1960s: Texas Western: 72 Kentucky: 65 (1966): Texas Western fielded an all black starting five and knocked off #1 Kentucky led by a guy named Adolph. It was the first time a major college program started five black players in a NCAA Championship Game. Texas Western was also the first team to start five blacks in any game earlier that year.

1970s: MSU: 75 Indiana State: 64 (1979): Before Magic and Bird, NBA games were shown on tape delay at midnight and there was no March Madness or Bracketology. Then came the 1979 Championship Game and the Laker-Celtic matchups of the 80s…

1980s: NC State: 54 Houston: 52 (1983): NC State had to run the table in the ACC Tournament to make the dance. In the Championship Game, they played the high flying Phi Slama Jama Houston Cougars. The game ended with Lorenzo Charles’ dunk off an air ball thrown up by Dereck Whittenburg.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH1Jt2XATgE

1990s: Duke: 104 Kentucky: 103 (1992) Elite 8: In the greatest basketball game of all time, Duke trailed Kentucky 103-102 when Christian Laettner threw up a prayer in overtime. With 2.1 seconds remaining, Grant Hill threw the ball the length of the court, Laettner caught it, pivoted, dribbled, and tossed up his shot. Duke wins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY-iq58_oz4

2000s: George Mason: 86 Uconn: 84 (2006) Elite 8: In an improbable upset, the Patriots stun the Huskies in overtime to make the Final Four. George Mason was an 11 seed. This was not only one of the great upsets, but also a portend of the trend of mid-majors beating the big boys in major collegiate sports.

The Greatest TV Episodes of All Time: #91-100

I thought it might be fun to develop a list of the 100 greatest TV shows ever. Some of these are incidents or events or skits on certain shows while others are full episodes. I wanted to mix it up. So, the top 100 TV Episodes include everything from late night to Geraldo to Monday Night Football to MASH...

91. John Lennon on MNF (1974): Monday Night Football was a major event during the seventies and eighties. One of the major events in the history of MNF occurred when Howard Cosell interviewed John Lennon on air. Below is the video of the interview:

http://tubevube.com/u/u/maccafixx/Ds82Id_GMe8&feature/john-lennon-on-monday-night-football-1974.html

92. Beavis and Butthead: True Crime (1993): The two find an ATM card and get some cash. They end up on America’s Most Wanted and Cops. Butthead recognizes his neighborhood on the TV as the police bust down the door to arrest the two.

93. Geraldo: Satanic Abuse Special (1987): It does not get much better than Geraldo, King Diamond, and Satanists. He even includes warning signs of Satanism for parents. The highlights are below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tpPDsx4Oac

94. Gilligan’s Island: So Sorry, My Island Now (1965): This episode would never be made today. A Japanese sailor does not realize World War II is over. Gilligan must defend the castaways from the confused sailor. The sailor is a pure Japanese stereotype and would send the PC police over the edge today.

95. Late Night with David Letterman: The Madonna interview (1994): For some strange reason, Madonna decided to attack Dave Letterman on air. She picked the wrong person to mess with. She came off poorly and got served. Letterman tore her apart and Madonna’s career suffered for a time because of the way she presented herself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRSP5ZUmxP8

96. Joe Thiesmann breaks a leg (November 18, 1985): Washington Redskins quarterback Joe Thiesmann met Lawrence Taylor on Monday Night Football. Joe’s leg cracked and slung over. Frantically, LT called for the trainers. Thiesmann never played football again. The video is not for the faint of heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ1iVRRu6w0

97. The Six Million Dollar Man: The Secret of Bigfoot (1976): Aliens and Bigfoot unite and encounter the Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman.

98. V Mini-Series (1983): To capitalize on Star Wars, NBC produced a two-part miniseries based on the premise of an alien invasion of Earth. In V, the aliens masquerade as friends as opposed to conquerors. The façade is eventually lifted and the visitors turn out to be Nazi reptiles bent on exploiting Earth’s resources and eating people. In the 2010 remake, the visitors are not Nazis from space, but rather friendly visitors bringing hope, change, and national health care.

99. MTV before the change (1981-1990s): Before the Jersey Shore and other assorted trash, MTV played music. MTV began as Music Television. Most of the early videos were cheesy, but fun. By the early 90s, acts spent millions on elaborate mini-movies. People talked about the videos and tried to figure out what some of them meant. Then came all the shows, MTV played fewer and fewer videos and now just stinks. How can they call themselves Music Television and not play music?

100. Keith Olbermann loses his mind (September 5, 2006): Olbermann rarely knows what he is talking about and often goes off the deep end. On September 5, 2006, he completely lost his mind. President Bush read a statement from Osama bin Laden on El Queda’s media strategy and Olbermann believed Bush was tying terrorists to the media. He screamed, “Have you no decency, sir?” Although he was wrong (as usual), the amusing tirade made for good television.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wJNpWgss8

Quotes of the Month: February 2010

Quote of the Month: "That girl, for me, is a drug. And drugs aren't good for you if you do lots of them. Yeah, that girl is like crack cocaine to me. Sexually it was crazy. That's all I'll say. It was like napalm, sexual napalm."


-John Mayer on Jessica Simpson

Stupid Quote of the Month: "These 'Snowpocalypses' that have been going through D.C. and other weather events are precisely what climate scientists have been predicting, fearing, and anticipating because of global warming ... In fact you could argue these storms are not evidence of a lack of global warming, but evidence of global warming."

-Dylan Ratigan on how colder weather is evidence of global warming.

And the rest:

“Fucking retarded.”

-Rahm Emmanuel after hearing that liberal special interests would target Democrats that opposed health care reform.

“I’m all for full disclosure, but not the full monty.”

-Evan Bayh on posing nude

“Remember the old song, ‘Mickey’s Monkey’? Well, this is Jimmy’s Johnson.”

-Tony Kornheiser on Jimmy Johnson becoming a pitch man for Extenze.

“She looks like a Holden Caulfield fantasy " when she wore a skirt he described as "way too short for somebody in her 40s or maybe early 50s by now. She looks like she has sausage casing wrapping around her upper body. I know she's very good, and I'm not supposed to be critical of ESPN... But Hannah Storm today? Come on now. Stop. What are you doing?"

-Tony Kornheiser (again) on Hannah Storm (who looks better at 47 than she did at 27)

“The boy himself is at once too simple and too complex for us to make any final comment about him or his story. Perhaps the safest thing we can say about Holden is that he was born in the world not just strongly attracted to beauty but, almost, hopelessly impaled on it.”

From The Catcher in the Rye (Holden Caulfield is the main character in the book)

“I am in control here.”

-Alexander Haig (1924-2010)

"I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving."

-Elton John

“We like Rich Rodriguez. Stay as long as you like.”

-MSU fan

"I was really disappointed that these guys came with their Eurotrash game."

-Olympic Hockey Analyst Mike Milbury on the Russian team’s 7-3 loss to Canada.

"I have missed the Kentucky-South Carolina game that started at 9:00, and it's the only redeeming chance we had to beat South Carolina since they're the only team that has beat Kentucky this year,"

-Jim Bunning on why he refused unanimous consent to renew emergency unemployment

Greatest Games of the 1990s: #1-10

1. Red Wings: 6 Avalanche: 5 (OT) (March 26, 1997): During Game 6 of the 1996 Western Conference Finals, one of the universe’s greatest Assholes, Claude Lemieux, crosschecked Kris Draper into the boards. He broke Draper’s jaw. Almost a year later, the brawl. They played three times since the incident without any problems. On March 26, the Wings went on a vendetta ride. Darren McCartey beat the hell out of Lemieux, who turtled. Av goalie Patrick Roy skated down to help his teammate when he received a check from Brendan Shanahan. Adam Foote and Shanny fought it out while Roy was beaten to a pulp by Wings’ goalie Mike Vernon. Igor Larianov and Peter Forsberg paired up and Forsberg suffered an injury and did not return to the game. The game went into overtime and the Wings won on a goal from Darren McCarty. The two teams brawled again in April, 1998. In that contest, Patrick Roy was once again pummeled by a Red Wing Goalie. This time, it was Chris Osgood. Both were tossed from the game. The Wings won 2-0. However, the first brawl marked a turning point. It fueled the Wings and propelled them to two straight Stanley Cups.

2. Red Wings: 2 Flyers: 1 (June 7, 1997): The Red Wings swept Philadelphia’s Legion of Doom (renamed Legion of Broom) out of the finals. In Game 4, Darren McCarty scored the game winner in the second period. It was the first Stanley Cup for the Wings in 42 years. Unlike the 1984 Tiger celebration which turned into a riot, the Red Wing celebration was akin to the celebrations following the end of World War II. People poured into the streets and celebrated peacefully.

3. Red Wings: 1 Blues: 0 (2OT) (May 17, 1996): The Wings and Blues had gone to Game 7. Game 7 went to overtime. Yzerman vs. Gretzky. The Wings won 62 regular season games, but fell behind 3-2 in the series to Gretzky. They forced Game 7 and then neither team could score for 81 minutes. Yzerman scores and the Wings win. Nationally, this is probably the game of the decade for the NHL.

4. Pistons: 92 Trail Blazers: 90 (June 14, 1990): 007. The Pistons had not won in Portland in an eon and then swept three straight during the Finals. Vinnie Johnson capped off Game 5 with a 15 foot jumper that won the game and the World Title for the Pistons with 0.007 left on the clock.

5. Red Wings: 4 Capitals: 1 (June 16, 1998): The Red Wings won their second consecutive Stanley Cup, and 10th overall, over the Washington Capitals. The Wings celebrated with Vlad Kostantinov and Sergei Mnatsakanov who had been severely injured in a limo crash the year before.

6. Michigan: 21 Washington State: 16 (January 1, 1998): Michigan wins the Rose Bowl and their first National Title since 1948. WSU coach’s response after his team lost, “Michigan is #1. They’re getting my vote.”

7. Tigers: 8 Royals: 2 (September 27, 1999): Final Game at Tiger Stadium. Although they did not need a new park when Illitch acquired the Tigers, his neglect of the stadium made one a necessity. The Tigers beat the Royals 8-2 in the final game in which players donned the numbers of former Tiger greats. Following the game, former Tigers players, led by Mark Fidrych, marched to their former positions.

8. Lions: 21 Rams: 10 (November 17, 1991): The Lions were 6-4 going into the Rams game. During the game, right guard Mike Utley was paralyzed. As he was wheeled off the field, he gave the crowd a thumbs-up. The team did not lose another game until the NFC Championship Game against Dallas.

9. Michigan: 31 Ohio State: 3 (November 23, 1991): Michigan dominated Ohio State. The Des had 223 all-purpose yards and scored a TD on a 93 yard punt return. Howard clinched the Heisman and struck the pose. This is probably the most iconic moment in Detroit sports since Kirk Gibson rounded the bases in the 1984 World Series.

10. Michigan: 20 Ohio State: 14 (November 22, 1997): Michigan denied OSU undefeated seasons in 1993, 1995, and 1996. Ohio State looked for revenge. Instead, they got Charles Woodson.