100 Greatest Americans

ProfessorBainbridge.com has a post up knocking a planned Discovery Channel Series on the Greatest Americans. He seems to consider it an example of the reality genre, though I would class it with The Most Extreme Insects myself.

He rightly regards many of the choices as ridiculous, e.g., Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbara Bush, Condeleeza Rice, and Dr. Phil to name a few. His own suggested replacements include some bizarro choices (Milton Friedman, Julia Child, Robert Mondavi!) and he disses some genuinely good choices (Nikola Tesla, Harriet Tubman, Babe Ruth). The list essentially ignores the major American artists, scientists, and writers.

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