Imaginary Luminaries

[David Casseres]

Betty Boop is fictional? Shit.

On 10/22/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Seevral OFF-offlist (i.e., non P-List) friends
> mentioned God, Jesus Christ, The Virgin Mary, the
> Devil, et al., so ...
>
> --- robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:
>
> > If : 2. Big Brother isn't real . . .
> > 3. King Arthur is, most likely, a historical figure.
> > The legend of: 4. Santa Claus (St. Nick) is sourced
> > (outsourced?) from several legends, but also has
> > some basis in fact.
> > There's more historical proof of the existence of:
> > 12. Robin Hood then there is of Jesus Christ
> > (interestingly not on this list).
> > 33. Dracula is based on a historical figure, as is
> > the eternally popular:
> > 35. Citizen Kane, based on an admixture of Orson
> > Welles' Ego and the equally large ego of a newspaper
> > publisher with a taste for oversized residences.
> > 36. Faust and 40. Don Juan are based on historical
> > figures.
> > Peter Sellers rendition of: 87. Dr. Strangelove is
> > 90% Henry Kissinger and:
>
> But ...
>
> > 100. John Doe still plays with X from time to time.
> >
> >
> http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-10-16-influential-people-list_x.htm
>
> Fair enough, though I still don't believe there was
> ever anyone actually named Billy Zoom or DJ Bonebreak,
> and Exene Cervenka is unreal in her own way, so ...
>
>
>
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