10 Part VH-1 Series "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" July 21-25

[Pavan]

'I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman!'
'What's Up Doc?'
'DO I MAKE YOU HORNY, BABY?'
'Skipperrrrrrr!!!!!!!!'

VH1 Celebrates America's Pop Culture Icons In All-New, All-Star Special Premiering July 21-25 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT)

VH1's First-Ever '200 Greatest,' Hosted by 'Sex And The City's' Kristin Davis, Features All-New Interviews with 'A-List' Celebrities including Katie Couric, Jay Leno, Britney Spears, Hugh Hefner, The Osbourne Family and Many, Many, Many Others

Illustrations by Robert Risko

HOLLYWOOD, CA. -- 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 hits newsstands July 14. 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: Lucille Ball, 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, Gilligan, James Gandolfini (as Tony Soprano), The Simpsons, Joan Collins, Farrah, Mary Tyler Moore, The Beatles and ... 180 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.

The complete schedule for VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons:"

Monday, 7/21 9:00 pm #200-181
10:00 p.m. #180-161

Tuesday, 7/22 9:00 p.m. #160-141
10:00 p.m. #140-121

Wednesday, 7/23 9:00 p.m. #120-101
10:00 p.m. #100-81

Thursday, 7/24 9:00 p.m. #80-61
10:00 p.m. #60-41

Friday, 7/25 9:00 p.m. #40-21
10:00 p.m. #20-1


Viewers can go online to http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_gre.../episode.jhtml for more information.

VH1's "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons" is a production of VH1. Executive Producers, Robert Weiss and Michelle Mahoney.

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by pavanbadal
William Shatner,

Yeah! Thanks for the news, Pavanbadal.

[JT]

Originally posted by pavanbadal
Joan Collins


Susan Lucci

ALEXIS!!!!!!!!! I also believe that Erica Kane is on the list, because I took the quiz at VH1, and Susan Lucci was one of the wrong answers to one of the questions so.....you never know!

[Pavan]

The full 200 list in order is below.

If you do not want to know, do not read below.





























200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons

Ranked List

1) OPRAH WINFREY

2) SUPERMAN

3) ELVIS PRESLEY

4) LUCILLE BALL

5) TOM CRUISE

6) MARILYN MONROE

7) MADONNA

8) MICHAEL JORDAN

9) PRINCESS DIANA

10) MICHAEL JACKSON

11) FRIENDS CAST

12) THE BEATLES

13) JERRY SEINFELD

14) STEVEN SPIELBERG

15) JENNIFER LOPEZ

16) MUHAMMAD ALI

17) MICKEY MOUSE

18) BILL CLINTON

19) THE BRADY BUNCH

20) BRITNEY SPEARS

21) THE SIMPSONS

22) TOM HANKS

23) JULIA ROBERTS

24) JFK JR.

25) ROLLING STONES

26) JAMES DEAN

27) FRANK SINATRA

28) JOHN TRAVOLTA

29) MARY TYLER MOORE

30) BILL COSBY

31) EMINEM

32) JFK

33) GEORGE CLOONEY

34) AUDREY HEPBURN

35) P. DIDDY

36) JOHNNY CARSON

37) KURT COBAIN

38) BRAD PITT

39) KATIE COURIC

40) THE OSBOURNES

41) CHER

42) FRED FLINTSTONE

43) MARTHA STEWART

44) MICHAEL J. FOX

45) BEE GEES

46) HARRISON FORD

47) JACKIE O.

48) JIM CARREY

49) ELIZABETH TAYLOR

50) JAMES BROWN

51) TIGER WOODS

52) ROBERT DE NIRO

53) JERRY GARCIA

54) JOHN WAYNE

55) ELTON JOHN

56) CARROLL O'CONNOR (AS ARCHIE BUNKER)

57) NICOLE KIDMAN

58) MAGIC JOHNSON

59) LEONARDO DICAPRIO

60) KERMIT & MISS PIGGY

61) MIKE MYERS

62) ANDY WARHOL

63) MEL GIBSON

64) CELINE DION

65) JACKIE ROBINSON

66) BARBRA STREISAND

67) HOWARD STERN

68) BOB DYLAN

69) DENZEL WASHINGTON

70) CAROL BURNETT

71) RUN-D.M.C.

72) JAY LENO

73) BONO

74) SUSAN LUCCI

75) JOHN BELUSHI

76) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

77) BUGS BUNNY

78) ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

79) ROBIN WILLIAMS

80) PAMELA ANDERSON

81) JACK NICHOLSON

82) BILL GATES

83) AEROSMITH

84) KATHARINE HEPBURN

85) EDDIE MURPHY

86) PAUL NEWMAN

87) GRACE KELLY

88) JOHNNY CASH

89) BARBARA WALTERS

90) CLINT EASTWOOD

91) MARVIN GAYE

92) AL PACINO

93) KISS

94) PENNY MARSHALL (AS LAVERNE DEFAZIO)

95) VIVIEN LEIGH & CLARK GABLE (AS SCARLETT O'HARA/RHETT BUTLER)

96) WAYNE GRETZKY

97) STEPHEN KING

98) SHANIA TWAIN

99) HENRY WINKLER (AS THE FONZ)

100) WILL SMITH

101) KEVIN BACON

102) DAVID LETTERMAN

103) ARETHA FRANKLIN

104) CHARLIE BROWN

105) RICHARD PRYOR

106) JOE DIMAGGIO

107) STING

108) ALBERT EINSTEIN

109) JIMI HENDRIX

110) BETTE DAVIS

111) RUDY GIULIANI

112) JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

113) ALFRED HITCHCOCK

114) CINDY CRAWFORD

115) SYLVESTER STALLONE

116) WHITNEY HOUSTON

117) WILLIAM SHATNER

118) E.T.

119) BEN AFFLECK

120) SARAH JESSICA PARKER

121) BRUCE WILLIS

122) BOB DENVER (AS GILLIGAN)

123) JANE FONDA

124) SIGMUND FREUD

125) STEVIE WONDER

126) CHARLIE CHAPLIN

127) TINA TURNER

128) JUDY GARLAND

129) DOROTHY HAMILL

130) DICK CLARK

131) CALVIN KLEIN

132) LED ZEPPELIN

133) JULIE ANDREWS

134) JANET JACKSON

135) WHOOPI GOLDBERG

136) BABE RUTH

137) PRINCE

138) HUGH HEFNER

139) MOLLY RINGWALD

140) JAMES GANDOLFINI (AS TONY SOPRANO)

141) BRUCE LEE

142) GWEN STEFANI

143) RON HOWARD

144) ELLEN DEGENERES

145) DICK VAN DYKE

146) NEIL ARMSTRONG

147) DAVID BOWIE

148) MISTER ROGERS

149) SALLY FIELD

150) GARTH BROOKS

151) SPIDER-MAN

152) BOB HOPE

153) BON JOVI

154) HARRY POTTER

155) CHRISTIE BRINKLEY

156) VENUS/SERENA WILLIAMS

157) BARBARA EDEN (AS JEANNIE)

158) BATMAN

159) RICKY MARTIN

160) FARRAH FAWCETT

161) MONICA LEWINSKY

162) LEONARD NIMOY (AS SPOCK)

163) LIBERACE

164) BURT REYNOLDS

165) DIANA ROSS

166) BETTY FORD

167) THE THREE STOOGES

168) ABBA

169) WOODY ALLEN

170) JIM MORRISON

171) SCOOBY-DOO

172) GIANNI VERSACE

173) ROSEANNE

174) TUPAC SHAKUR

175) JACKIE GLEASON

176) WONDER WOMAN

177) MARIAH CAREY

178) DREW BARRYMORE

179) CHRIS ROCK

180) LARRY HAGMAN (AS J.R. EWING)

181) REESE WITHERSPOON

182) TELLY SAVALAS (AS KOJAK)

183) WINONA RYDER

184) BOB MARLEY

185) ROSIE O'DONNELL

186) HALLE BERRY

187) ROCK HUDSON

188) JOE NAMATH

189) DOLLY PARTON

190) RUSSELL CROWE

191) REGIS PHILBIN

192) BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD

193) ARSENIO HALL

194) DR. PHIL

195) MACAULAY CULKIN

196) AXL ROSE

197) JUDGE JUDY

198) CARTMAN

199) QUEEN LATIFAH

200) THE ROCK

[Kristen]

Pavanbadal for posting that!! I've been dying to see the list and find out what night Mary's going to be on!

Kristen

[LucyCompanyPhan]

I really love the drawings they have for the icons. oh and the quotes before the list. I'm gonna try and watch all of them.

[The Gooch]

What a joke of a list. How can Oprah be number 1 ? What people don't realize is that Oprah is of the moment, not of all time. When her show goes off the air, it won't be airing in syndication for future generations to see and be influenced by. At least if you're a popular musician, people can buy, download, or hear your stuff on the radio for the rest of time. To rank Puff Daddy higher than Kurt Cobain is just idiotic. The only two musicians from the twentieth century who people will still respect fifty years from now are John Lennon and Kurt Cobain because they changed culture and brought music to the level of art.

[LucyCompanyPhan]

Originally posted by The Gooch
What a joke of a list. How can Oprah be number 1 ? What people don't realize is that Oprah is of the moment, not of all time. When her show goes off the air, it won't be airing in syndication for future generations to see and be influenced by. At least if you're a popular musician, people can buy, download, or hear your stuff on the radio for the rest of time. To rank Puff Daddy higher than Kurt Cobain is just idiotic. The only two musicians from the twentieth century who people will still respect fifty years from now are John Lennon and Kurt Cobain because they changed culture and brought music to the level of art.

I agree with you that Kurt Cobain and John Lennon are big music influences and they will always be remembered for how they changed the culture, but P.Diddy produces the biggest names in entertainment. Hes one of the most well known celebrity. I think thats more insane is that Jennifer Lopez is so high rated on the list. I guess cos of the hispanic culture & how she broke thru the barrier or something like that.

Oprah is a self made billionaire. She has a huge talk show and gives millions away to help people. I know shes not the biggest celebrity or the most famous but shes probably the nicest person for what she has done.

All I have to say now is :Yay Lucille Ball is rated #4

[musicradio77]

Originally posted by pavanbadal
200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons

Ranked List

1) OPRAH WINFREY

2) SUPERMAN

3) ELVIS PRESLEY

4) LUCILLE BALL

5) TOM CRUISE

6) MARILYN MONROE

7) MADONNA

8) MICHAEL JORDAN

9) PRINCESS DIANA

10) MICHAEL JACKSON

11) FRIENDS CAST

12) THE BEATLES

13) JERRY SEINFELD

14) STEVEN SPIELBERG

15) JENNIFER LOPEZ

16) MUHAMMAD ALI

17) MICKEY MOUSE

18) BILL CLINTON

19) THE BRADY BUNCH

20) BRITNEY SPEARS

21) THE SIMPSONS

22) TOM HANKS

23) JULIA ROBERTS

24) JFK JR.

25) ROLLING STONES

26) JAMES DEAN

27) FRANK SINATRA

28) JOHN TRAVOLTA

29) MARY TYLER MOORE

30) BILL COSBY

31) EMINEM

32) JFK

33) GEORGE CLOONEY

34) AUDREY HEPBURN

35) P. DIDDY

36) JOHNNY CARSON

37) KURT COBAIN

38) BRAD PITT

39) KATIE COURIC

40) THE OSBOURNES

41) CHER

42) FRED FLINTSTONE

43) MARTHA STEWART

44) MICHAEL J. FOX

45) BEE GEES

46) HARRISON FORD

47) JACKIE O.

48) JIM CARREY

49) ELIZABETH TAYLOR

50) JAMES BROWN

51) TIGER WOODS

52) ROBERT DE NIRO

53) JERRY GARCIA

54) JOHN WAYNE

55) ELTON JOHN

56) CARROLL O'CONNOR (AS ARCHIE BUNKER)

57) NICOLE KIDMAN

58) MAGIC JOHNSON

59) LEONARDO DICAPRIO

60) KERMIT & MISS PIGGY

61) MIKE MYERS

62) ANDY WARHOL

63) MEL GIBSON

64) CELINE DION

65) JACKIE ROBINSON

66) BARBRA STREISAND

67) HOWARD STERN

68) BOB DYLAN

69) DENZEL WASHINGTON

70) CAROL BURNETT

71) RUN-D.M.C.

72) JAY LENO

73) BONO

74) SUSAN LUCCI

75) JOHN BELUSHI

76) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

77) BUGS BUNNY

78) ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

79) ROBIN WILLIAMS

80) PAMELA ANDERSON

81) JACK NICHOLSON

82) BILL GATES

83) AEROSMITH

84) KATHARINE HEPBURN

85) EDDIE MURPHY

86) PAUL NEWMAN

87) GRACE KELLY

88) JOHNNY CASH

89) BARBARA WALTERS

90) CLINT EASTWOOD

91) MARVIN GAYE

92) AL PACINO

93) KISS

94) PENNY MARSHALL (AS LAVERNE DEFAZIO)

95) VIVIEN LEIGH & CLARK GABLE (AS SCARLETT O'HARA/RHETT BUTLER)

96) WAYNE GRETZKY

97) STEPHEN KING

98) SHANIA TWAIN

99) HENRY WINKLER (AS THE FONZ)

100) WILL SMITH

101) KEVIN BACON

102) DAVID LETTERMAN

103) ARETHA FRANKLIN

104) CHARLIE BROWN

105) RICHARD PRYOR

106) JOE DIMAGGIO

107) STING

108) ALBERT EINSTEIN

109) JIMI HENDRIX

110) BETTE DAVIS

111) RUDY GIULIANI

112) JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

113) ALFRED HITCHCOCK

114) CINDY CRAWFORD

115) SYLVESTER STALLONE

116) WHITNEY HOUSTON

117) WILLIAM SHATNER

118) E.T.

119) BEN AFFLECK

120) SARAH JESSICA PARKER

121) BRUCE WILLIS

122) BOB DENVER (AS GILLIGAN)

123) JANE FONDA

124) SIGMUND FREUD

125) STEVIE WONDER

126) CHARLIE CHAPLIN

127) TINA TURNER

128) JUDY GARLAND

129) DOROTHY HAMILL

130) #### CLARK

131) CALVIN KLEIN

132) LED ZEPPELIN

133) JULIE ANDREWS

134) JANET JACKSON

135) WHOOPI GOLDBERG

136) BABE RUTH

137) PRINCE

138) HUGH HEFNER

139) MOLLY RINGWALD

140) JAMES GANDOLFINI (AS TONY SOPRANO)

141) BRUCE LEE

142) GWEN STEFANI

143) RON HOWARD

144) ELLEN DEGENERES

145) #### VAN ####

146) NEIL ARMSTRONG

147) DAVID BOWIE

148) MISTER ROGERS

149) SALLY FIELD

150) GARTH BROOKS

151) SPIDER-MAN

152) BOB HOPE

153) BON JOVI

154) HARRY POTTER

155) CHRISTIE BRINKLEY

156) VENUS/SERENA WILLIAMS

157) BARBARA EDEN (AS JEANNIE)

158) BATMAN

159) RICKY MARTIN

160) FARRAH FAWCETT

161) MONICA LEWINSKY

162) LEONARD NIMOY (AS SPOCK)

163) LIBERACE

164) BURT REYNOLDS

165) DIANA ROSS

166) BETTY FORD

167) THE THREE STOOGES

168) ABBA

169) WOODY ALLEN

170) JIM MORRISON

171) SCOOBY-DOO

172) GIANNI VERSACE

173) ROSEANNE

174) TUPAC SHAKUR

175) JACKIE GLEASON

176) WONDER WOMAN

177) MARIAH CAREY

178) DREW BARRYMORE

179) CHRIS ROCK

180) LARRY HAGMAN (AS J.R. EWING)

181) REESE WITHERSPOON

182) TELLY SAVALAS (AS KOJAK)

183) WINONA RYDER

184) BOB MARLEY

185) ROSIE O'DONNELL

186) HALLE BERRY

187) ROCK HUDSON

188) JOE NAMATH

189) DOLLY PARTON

190) RUSSELL CROWE

191) REGIS PHILBIN

192) BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD

193) ARSENIO HALL

194) DR. PHIL

195) MACAULAY CULKIN

196) AXL ROSE

197) JUDGE JUDY

198) CARTMAN

199) QUEEN LATIFAH

200) THE ROCK

I guess the Olsen Twins,



Bob Barker,



Gene Rayburn,



and Charles Nelson Reilly



didn't made it to the pop culture icons! What's wrong with that, anyway.

"YOU'RE IN BIG TROUBLE, MISTER!!!"

[I Dream of Jeannie]

That list is whacked, sorry to those that agree with it, though I'm happy that Larry and Barbara are both on it I'm not to happy about what number they got but at least they're on it. I'm a little upset about something else completely different dealing with a famous fan feud and it looks like the side I'm on got the short end of the stick, I could really say something about overrated actors but I best not for the sake of But I do say this WHERE THE HECK IS DEIDRE??????????? WHERE THE HECK IS ANY SUPERCOUPLE???? Ugh, these things always make me mad.

[JT]

Originally posted by I Dream of Jeannie
That list is whacked, sorry to those that agree with it, though I'm happy that Larry and Barbara are both on it I'm not to happy about what number they got but at least they're on it. I'm a little upset about something else completely different dealing with a famous fan feud and it looks like the side I'm on got the short end of the stick, I could really say something about overrated actors but I best not for the sake of But I do say this WHERE THE HECK IS DEIDRE??????????? WHERE THE HECK IS ANY SUPERCOUPLE???? Ugh, these things always make me mad.

Gawd, it's just common sense that Susan is known more than Deidre is. I have nothing against Deidre, but she just isn't someone who everyone knows. I didn't really know who she was either until I read one of your posts. I thought she was a singer. I think its shocking that even Susan made it to the list, and even at such a high number of 74. Way to go Susan!

There are three people whom I feel really DO NOT and I mean DO NOT deserve to be on that list. Gwen Stefani!? Higher than BATMAN?!?!?! RUSSELL FRIGGEN CROWE!??! KEVIN BACON!?!??! What the hell?!?!? All three of them are higher than BATMAN?! Batman has been around since 1939, but this Gwen Stefani gal has been famous since when....the 90s!? That makes absolutely NO sense! Icons have longevity! How can she have longevity if she isn't even much famous now!? Oh yeah, sure, 25 years from now people will be seeing Gwen Stefani as a diva.....PUH-LEASE!!!!!!! Some people don't even know who she is now...

[8SimpleRules]

sniff no john ritter?

[phoebe7165]

P. Diddy above Cher AND Johnny Carson?!!! Uh, hello?!!!! Betcha P. Diddy won't be known in 30 years, like Cher & Johnny.

[JACK The RIPPER]

How the hell is Jackie O higher on that list than Joe Namath and Tupac?

[dandelion wine]

Originally posted by Jen1982
It should be interesting what they say about Michael J. Fox (Family Ties).

It was great to see him on the list, but they could've said a lot more about him. That was a real disappointment.