101 most influential people - that never existed
How many kids has the Marlboro man inspired to sneak a 'taste of the ranch' behind the walls of the school shooting range?
How much in merchandise sales is Luke Skywalker worth?
What percentage of South Africa's annual GDP is Father Christmas responsible for?
These figments of our imagination command serious power - more than the UN and the South African police combined.
Wars have been fought because of Buck Rogers's apparent affair with Wilma.
Our shock is that the Easter Bunny didn't crack the list. No. 1 is the Marlboro man - no.2 Big Brother?????
Watch for Vodacom's meerkat and Robert Mugabe in next year's list.
Full list after the jump.....
101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived
1. The Marlboro Man
2. Big Brother
3. King Arthur
4. Santa Claus (St. Nick)
5. Hamlet
6. Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster
7. Siegfried
8. Sherlock Holmes
9. Romeo and Juliet
10. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
11. Uncle Tom
12. Robin Hood
13. Jim Crow
14. Oedipus
15. Lady Chatterly
16. Ebenezer Scrooge
17. Don Quixote
18. Mickey Mouse
19. The American Cowboy
20. Prince Charming
21. Smokey Bear
22. Robinson Crusoe
23. Apollo and Dionysus
24. Odysseus
25. Nora Helmer
26. Cinderella
27. Shylock
28. Rosie the Riveter
29. Midas
30. Hester Prynne
31. The Little Engine That Could
32. Archie Bunker
33. Dracula
34. Alice in Wonderland
35. Citizen Kane
36. Faust
37. Figaro
38. Godzilla
39. Mary Richards
40. Don Juan
41. Bambi
42. William Tell
43. Barbie
44. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
45. Venus and Cupid
46. Prometheus
47. Pandora
48. G.I. Joe
49. Tarzan
50. Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock
51. James Bond
52. Hansel and Gretel
53. Captain Ahab
54. Richard Blaine
55. The Ugly Duckling
56. Loch Ness Monster (Nessie)
57. Atticus Finch
58. Saint Valentine
59. Helen of Troy
60. Batman
61. Uncle Sam
62. Nancy Drew
63. J.R. Ewing
64. Superman
65. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
66. HAL 9000
67. Kermit the Frog
68. Sam Spade
69. The Pied Piper
70. Peter Pan
71. Hiawatha
72. Othello
73. The Little Tramp
74. King Kong
75. Norman Bates
76. Hercules (Herakles)
77. Dick Tracy
78. Joe Camel
79. The Cat in the Hat
80. Icarus
81. Mammy
82. Sindbad
83. Amos ‘n’ Andy
84. Buck Rogers
85. Luke Skywalker
86. Perry Mason
87. Dr. Strangelove
88. Pygmalion
89. Madame Butterfly
90. Hans Beckert
91. Dorothy Gale
92. The Wandering Jew
93. The Great Gatsby
94. Buck (Jack London, The Call of the Wild)
95. Willy Loman
96. Betty Boop
97. Ivanhoe
98. Elmer Gantry
99. Lilith
100. John Doe
101. Paul Bunyan
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Notice how they slipped God in there, too true, except there was no real need to put Zilla at the end of it.
Posted by: Dave | October 19, 2006 at 07:44 PM
The list doesn't have noteworthy mentionables such as:
The Golem of Prague
Borat
Die Swart Kat (local flava)
Knersus - The Pterodactyl (local flava)d
Debbie
The Gummi Bears
I think this is a bit of an injustice. I propose a South African list...
Posted by: Rocket | October 20, 2006 at 08:26 AM
Liewe Heksie
Zett
Noddy
Steve Hofmeyer
Yebo Gogo...
Posted by: Cherryflava | October 20, 2006 at 08:46 AM
Woofles!!
Posted by: coda | October 20, 2006 at 05:03 PM
wHAT ABOUT THE BOGEY MAN?
Posted by: Anne Carre | October 27, 2006 at 07:24 PM
Looking forward to being a Cherryflava supporter!!
Posted by: AnnieC | October 27, 2006 at 10:20 PM
Honestly, how is Homer Simpson not on this list?
Posted by: Jamie | October 19, 2008 at 04:28 AM