The first one that came to mind was the donkey in Shrek, but I wasn't 100% sure, so I googled it. Good thing I did: that was Eddie Murphy. I thought of another role. Also EM. I concluded I wasn't going to say hi to Chris Rock, because I apparently didn't know who he was.

The Boomers are probably the first generation for which wide material prosperity was the norm. Collecting a lot of stuff has historically been difficult to achieve. Now, as they die, we have the problem of lots of folks leaving behind lots of stuff that's mostly worthless in our disposable economy.

Here's a friend I made in Singapore last year.

Gruber (1988)

Most viewed scenes from Gruber (1998)

Musically, the third and fourth lines just are set up to make me Feel Things.

finally, we've created a natural language interface that will make the awesome power of computers accessible to everyone, not just a highly trained caste. any problem we want them to solve in business, ordinary users will just be able to ask. pic unrelated

I don't know if this is quintessential one, but it's my favorite: National Funk Congress Deadlocked On Get Up/Get Down Issue - The Onion share.google/SUTrWkWu4oh8...

I worked with a guy named Michael Peterson. He said he would get some weird looks when he went to vote.

I feel like Calvin and a lot of the Reformation types were reacting to a culture that was focusing too much on deeds (like the prototypical indulgences) as a substitute for faith. But they swung the pendulum too far the other way, where now anti-deeds are what passes for faith. Balance is key.