| NEW YORK, N.Y. (Jul 21, 2003) -- You can quote them in an instant. You know them by name. Something they said or did not only changed your life, but affected American life as a whole. Who are they? They are VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons." They are the folks that have significantly inspired and impacted American society and VH1 is celebrating them in an all-star special event.
Too large to be a "100 Greatest" special, for the first-time ever, VH1 will expand its reach and will recognize 200 of America's most outstanding and outrageous personalities with "VH1's 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons," premiering on Monday, July 21st and airing through Friday, July 25th from 9:00-11:00 p.m. (ET/PT) each night. Each one hour episode is illustrated by Robert Risko, and will take a fun and lighthearted look at the individuals and moments that now live immortally in American pop culture.
Along with VH1, PEOPLE magazine has published a book celebrating the "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons." This special collector's edition, is on newsstands now. Filled with beautiful photos and intimate reporting, PEOPLE brings you the divas, the visionaries, the sex symbols and more. From Marilyn and Michael to Elvis and Eminem, you can find them all in PEOPLE's keepsake, available through Labor Day.
What makes an "Icon?" It's not enough to just be famous or have won a couple of awards. You have to pass one or more of the following criteria:
- Do they pass the one-name test?
- Can you dress up as them for Halloween?
- Did they blaze a trail in pop culture?
- Did they create a signature character in pop culture?
- Can you quote them (or their character) in 10 seconds or less? (Do they have a catch phrase?)
- Did society imitate their sense of fashion? Hairstyle?
- Did "SNL" create a sketch satirizing them?
- Did someone write a song about them?
- Was or is there merchandising/paraphernalia that bears their image?
- Can they be connected to Kevin Bacon?
An eclectic group, the list includes: Al Pacino, Bill Clinton, Bugs Bunny, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Liberace, Kermit/Miss Piggy, Katherine Hepburn, Oprah Winfrey, Sigmund Freud, Scooby Doo, Muhammad Ali, Wayne Gretsky, James Gandolfini (as Tony Soprano), Bill Clinton, The Simpsons, The Beatles and of course ... 184 others!!!!!
This special edition of VH1's popular "100 Greatest" franchise, "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" also features all-new interviews with Hollywood legends, sports figures, politicians and musical icons. All-star interviews include Katie Couric, Jay Leno, The Osbourne Family, Hugh Hefner, David Lee Roth, Denis Leary, Lisa Marie Presley, William Shatner, Susan Lucci, Britney Spears, Ringo Starr, Kevin Bacon, Penny Marshall and many more.
In a career that has spanned twenty years, Risko's work has been featured on the covers of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, InStyle, Time, Newsweek, The New Republic, and Interview magazines. Risko has drawn the likenesses of hundreds of notables from all walks of life-- film, television, politics and American culture. He is also the author of The Risko Book, and has illustrated numerous book jackets, video covers, movie posters and CD packages. VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" is his first-ever television endeavor.
VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" is a production of VH1. Executive Producers, Robert Weiss and Michelle Mahoney.
VH1 produces and programs a wide variety of music-based series, specials, live events and acquisition-based programming that keep viewers in touch with the music they love. VH1 is a registered trademark of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. MTV Networks owns and operates the cable television programming services MTV: Music Television, MTV 2: Music Television, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, TV Land and VH1 as well as The Suite from MTV Networks, a package of ten digital services, all of which are trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks also has joint ventures, licensing agreements and syndication deals whereby its programming can be seen worldwide.
200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons
Ranked List
- OPRAH WINFREY
- SUPERMAN
- ELVIS PRESLEY
- LUCILLE BALL
- TOM CRUISE
- MARILYN MONROE
- MADONNA
- MICHAEL JORDAN
- PRINCESS DIANA
- MICHAEL JACKSON
- FRIENDS CAST
- THE BEATLES
- JERRY SEINFELD
- STEVEN SPIELBERG
- JENNIFER LOPEZ
- MUHAMMAD ALI
- MICKEY MOUSE
- BILL CLINTON
- THE BRADY BUNCH
- BRITNEY SPEARS
- THE SIMPSONS
- TOM HANKS
- JULIA ROBERTS
- JFK JR.
- ROLLING STONES
- JAMES DEAN
- FRANK SINATRA
- JOHN TRAVOLTA
- MARY TYLER MOORE
- BILL COSBY
- EMINEM
- JFK
- GEORGE CLOONEY
- AUDREY HEPBURN
- P. DIDDY
- JOHNNY CARSON
- KURT COBAIN
- BRAD PITT
- KATIE COURIC
- THE OSBOURNES
- CHER
- FRED FLINTSTONE
- MARTHA STEWART
- MICHAEL J. FOX
- BEE GEES
- HARRISON FORD
- JACKIE O.
- JIM CARREY
- ELIZABETH TAYLOR
- JAMES BROWN
- TIGER WOODS
- ROBERT DE NIRO
- JERRY GARCIA
- JOHN WAYNE
- ELTON JOHN
- CARROLL O'CONNOR (AS ARCHIE BUNKER)
- NICOLE KIDMAN
- MAGIC JOHNSON
- LEONARDO DICAPRIO
- KERMIT & MISS PIGGY
- MIKE MYERS
- ANDY WARHOL
- MEL GIBSON
- CELINE DION
- JACKIE ROBINSON
- BARBRA STREISAND
- HOWARD STERN
- BOB DYLAN
- DENZEL WASHINGTON
- CAROL BURNETT
- RUN-D.M.C.
- JAY LENO
- BONO
- SUSAN LUCCI
- JOHN BELUSHI
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
- BUGS BUNNY
- ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
- ROBIN WILLIAMS
- PAMELA ANDERSON
- JACK NICHOLSON
- BILL GATES
- AEROSMITH
- KATHARINE HEPBURN
- EDDIE MURPHY
- PAUL NEWMAN
- GRACE KELLY
- JOHNNY CASH
- BARBARA WALTERS
- CLINT EASTWOOD
- MARVIN GAYE
- AL PACINO
- KISS
- PENNY MARSHALL (AS LAVERNE DEFAZIO)
- VIVIEN LEIGH & CLARK GABLE (AS SCARLETT O'HARA/RHETT BUTLER)
- WAYNE GRETZKY
- STEPHEN KING
- SHANIA TWAIN
- HENRY WINKLER (AS THE FONZ
- WILL SMITH
- KEVIN BACON
- DAVID LETTERMAN
- ARETHA FRANKLIN
- CHARLIE BROWN
- RICHARD PRYOR
- JOE DIMAGGIO
- STING
- ALBERT EINSTEIN
- JIMI HENDRIX
- BETTE DAVIS
- RUDY GIULIANI
- JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
- ALFRED HITCHCOCK
- CINDY CRAWFORD
- SYLVESTER STALLONE
- WHITNEY HOUSTON
- WILLIAM SHATNER
- E.T.
- BEN AFFLECK
- SARAH JESSICA PARKER
- BRUCE WILLIS
- BOB DENVER (AS GILLIGAN)
- JANE FONDA
- SIGMUND FREUD
- STEVIE WONDER
- CHARLIE CHAPLIN
- TINA TURNER
- JUDY GARLAND (played Dorothy in Wizard of Oz)
- DOROTHY HAMILL
- DICK CLARK
- CALVIN KLEIN
- LED ZEPPELIN
- JULIE ANDREWS (played Maria in Sound of Music)
- JANET JACKSON
- WHOOPI GOLDBERG
- BABE RUTH
- PRINCE
- HUGH HEFNER
- MOLLY RINGWALD
- JAMES GANDOLFINI (AS TONY SOPRANO)
- BRUCE LEE
- GWEN STEFANI (singer in No Doubt)
- RON HOWARD
- ELLEN DEGENERES
- DICK VAN DYKE
- NEIL ARMSTRONG
- DAVID BOWIE
- MISTER ROGERS
- SALLY FIELD
- GARTH BROOKS
- SPIDER-MAN
- BOB HOPE
- BON JOVI
- HARRY POTTER
- CHRISTIE BRINKLEY
- VENUS/SERENA WILLIAMS
- BARBARA EDEN (AS JEANNIE)
- BATMAN
- RICKY MARTIN
- FARRAH FAWCETT
- MONICA LEWINSKY
- LEONARD NIMOY (AS SPOCK)
- LIBERACE
- BURT REYNOLDS
- DIANA ROSS
- BETTY FORD
- THE THREE STOOGES
- ABBA
- WOODY ALLEN
- JIM MORRISON
- SCOOBY-DOO
- GIANNI VERSACE
- ROSEANNE
- TUPAC SHAKUR
- JACKIE GLEASON
- WONDER WOMAN
- MARIAH CAREY
- DREW BARRYMORE
- CHRIS ROCK
- LARRY HAGMAN (AS J.R. EWING)
- REESE WITHERSPOON
- TELLY SAVALAS (AS KOJAK)
- WINONA RYDER
- BOB MARLEY
- ROSIE O'DONNELL
- HALLE BERRY
- ROCK HUDSON
- JOE NAMATH
- DOLLY PARTON
- RUSSELL CROWE
- REGIS PHILBIN
- BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD
- ARSENIO HALL
- DR. PHIL
- MACAULAY CULKIN
- AXL ROSE
- JUDGE JUDY
- CARTMAN
- QUEEN LATIFAH
- THE ROCK
Source: VH1
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