The Mountain Goats, Lou Reed (Velvet Underground and solo), Jonathan Richman, Iggy Pop, Rolling Stones, Nick Cave, Magnetic Fields, Johnny Cash (American Recordings), Leonard Cohen, Elvis Costello, Cheap Trick, Pink Floyd, Elliott Smith, Dan Emery, Kinks, John Lennon, Io Perry, The Monkees, Proclaimers, Neil Diamond, Jonny Polonsky, Paul Simon, Cat Stevens, Tom Waits, Robbie Fulks, The Choir Practice, and Peter Blood's quieter songs.
Movies
Husbands, The 7 up Documentaries, The Celebration, Harold And Maude, My Life As A Dog, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, A Clockwork Orange, Crumb, Frankenstein (the 1931 version), Abbott and Costello Meets Frankenstein (the 1948 version), Salo
Television
Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, All In The Family, The Simpson's (first two seasons), Moral Orel (season three).
Books
Last Temptation of Christ, Of Mice and Men, Cassavetes on Cassavetes, Monty Python: The Case Against, a lot of Vonnegut, The Correct Sadist, Venus In Furs, Justine.
Heroes
John Cassavetes, Spaulding Gray, Alexander Supertramp, The Historical Jesus (whoever they were), Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Nikos Kazantzakis...
I just saw the "Orel's Movie Premire" episode. I didn't realize the first time around how many comment you made about the show in the episode. Like the Moral/Orel name confusion thing and the molestation one. Nice work! I loved it.
Just saw the "Grounded" episode in a suprise April Fool's Day airing! It was great! Can't wait until August! you going to do another Q&A with us at adultswim. com?
hello, mr. stamatopoulos. i've missed the moral orel christmas special two years in a row and i'm wondering if there is a place that i can watch it online. it's my second favorite christmas special ever, after garfield.
I just found out that Athens-born populist pundit Ariana Huffington's father's name was: Konstantinos Stassinopoulos. You totally have an inroad, I mean, if you want to fuck a populist pundit. Her voice is pretty sexy on NPR.
The photo and the headline is a very abstract combination. Sad and yet delicious? Does he refer to himself? Does he refer to life itself? Yes, he must! Ah! Brilliant!
