Social Science Creationism

[Marlowe]

Gandalf.

 

[I bleed Blue]

Jesus and Santa unfortunately don't count here (more tv, movie, novels, etc type of thing).

Come on. The bible is the greatest selling novel of all time. Surely Jesus gets a gig.

 

[mantis]

Come on. The bible is the greatest selling novel of all time. Surely Jesus gets a gig.

Think you will find "Mao's little red book" sold more.

 

[DrVanNostrand]

Art Vandelay.

 

[Dan Moody]

Come on. The bible is the greatest selling novel of all time. Surely Jesus gets a gig.

Don't think they sell as many as those that get knocked off from the top drawer of motel rooms.

 

[Kram]

 

[DrVanNostrand]

 

[Gough]

Goon Show fans will always appreciate the particular genius that is Bluebottle, Neddy Seagoon, Eccles and Minnie Banister.

 

[rideclutch]

 

[Plugger35]

Eddie Hitler

 

[raven echo]

Pretty much any character from The Wire

 

[quin_stick]

 

[pieman123]

Thread needs more Goku, Cell, Freiza... /childhood

 

[Mooster7]

Think you will find "Mao's little red book" sold more.

No you won't. Not remotely. Figures of both books are conservative estimates because they've been printed by many different publishers and many copies of both have been distributed for free. So there are no exact "sales figures" for either book. However, the Bible has been in print since the mid 15th Century when Gutenberg first satiated his ink fetishes, and ever since has consistently been a best seller. Mao's little red book AKA 'Quotations of Chairman Mao Tse Tung' has been around since the mid 1960's and sales have lagged considerably since it was first published.

It is possible to make estimates and the best estimates are that Mao's book has sold somewhere close to a billion copies (very respectable). The Bible on the other hand has estimated sales in the billions. How many billions is unknown exactly. It's at least 6 and as much as 10.

You might have read that there were periods in the 1960's where Mao's book had higher sales figures here and there but that's not the same as "Think you will find "Mao's little red book" sold more." Not even close. Lots of books, when they're first released (with great marketing and buzz) will have a period of a week or a month where it outsells the Bible - temporarily. Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code was like that and I imagine so are each of the Harry Potter books. But then none of them can touch Mao.

 

[Handsuper47]

Dracula
Sideshow Bob
Bigfoot
Superman
Hank Scorpio
Sterling Malory Archer
Batman

 

[NarklesHelmet]

The humble narrator

Think this character made this trilogy too

 

[rayven]

this lead to

which lead to

http://popdust.com/2013/02/11/pam-tommy-sex-tape-sweet/

if its got wheels or tit its a hit...

 

[wce4premiership]

Tyler Durden ... and

Doc Holliday

 

[Roobs321]

Zapp Branigan deserves small mention for lol consistency. Best of the broad array of bigot-type animation characters.

Antonio Salieri in Amadeus was a really interesting character.

 

[placebo]

Come on. The bible is the greatest selling novel of all time. Surely Jesus gets a gig.

Do you feel edgy when you go with this outdated schtick? Do you still use the "whenever I'm in a bookshop, I move the Bible to the fiction section *s******, snicker*" joke and feel like super witty and proud of yourself for being so original and biting?

Or do you feel shame at being painfully unfunny?

 

[Gough]

Do you feel edgy when you go with this outdated schtick? Do you still use the "whenever I'm in a bookshop, I move the Bible to the fiction section *s******, snicker*" joke and feel like super witty and proud of yourself for being so original and biting?

Or do you feel shame at being painfully unfunny?

If you're ever in a bookshop and Adelaide and you find Howard, Blair or Bush's autobiography in the true crime sections, there's a fair chance I've been in there recently.
It's childish, I know.

 

[rayven]

If you're ever in a bookshop and Adelaide and you find Howard, Blair or Bush's autobiography in the true crime sections, there's a fair chance I've been in there recently.
It's childish, I know.

If your even in DVD store and you find any 9/11 movie like flight 93, in the scifi section, good chance I was there..

 

[exe ex machina]

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[getthefooty]

In recent times, my three favourite characters have probably been Ari Gold (Entourage), Leo McGarry (West Wing, WW has heaps of great characters actually) and Tyrion Lannister (GoT).



I could watch Best of Ari Gold videos all day and not get bored.

 

[Gough]

John Howard's character was actually a pretty genius creation, from second rate suburban lawyer, to third rate treasurer, to revered (in some quarters) former PM. You can't make shit like that up.