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BEST OF THE DECADE 2000-2009
In keeping with the theme of the Vanity Issue, this list was compiled, bickered over, and beaten to death by the outgoing Arts Executives of the 136th Guard. Submitted for your approval, or not, our picks for the best of the last nine years.
TV
Most Alcohol Consumed On-Screen
Mad Men
Best In-Joke Comedy
Arrested Development
Best TV Show Set In New Jersey
The Sopranos
Best TV Show Not Set In New Jersey
Lost
Best Use Of A Baldwin
30 Rock
Most Endearing Propaganda
The West Wing
Best British Accents
The Office (UK)
Best Show About Nothing
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Best Theme Song
The Wire
Tenth-Best TV Show
Weeds
REALITY TV
Best Ego Vehicle
America’s Next Top Model
Most Sportsmanlike Behavior
Top Chef
Best Mentor
Project Runway
Best Show Based on the Film “Rat Race"
Amazing Race
Best Representation of Harvard Males
Beauty and the Geek
Best (And Worst) Educational Programming
Jackass
Best Cuisine
Survivor
Best Catfights
Flavor of Love
Best Costuming
The Pick-Up Artist
Best Use Of Anderson Cooper
The Mole
MUSIC
Best Album You Heard Thirty Years Ago
The Strokes, Is This It (2001)
Best Album To Listen To After Being Dumped
Arcade Fire, Funeral (2004)
Best Album To Make Again... And Again... And Again?
Jay-Z, The Blueprint (2001)
Best Album Written By Your Dad
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
Best Album To Name-Drop
Radiohead, Kid A (2000)
Best Album We Own On Vinyl
The Unicorns, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone (2003)
Best Pre-Insanity Kanye Album
Kanye West, Late Registration (2005)
Best Radiohead Imitation
Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
Best Album By A Band Named For A Body Part
The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
Skronkiest Album
White Stripes, White Blood Cells (2001)
MOVIES
Best Emo Movie
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Best Movie We Didn’t Really See
The Lives of Others (2006)
Best Movie We Couldn’t Stay Awake Through
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Best Josh Brolin Movie Since “The Goonies”
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Best Movie We Pretended We Didn’t Cry At
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Best Movie We Pretended To Understand
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Best Pity Oscar
The Departed (2006)
Best Movie We Made Out Through
Amelie (2001)
Best Comic Book Movie We Didn’t See High
Dark Knight (2008)
Best Pixar Movie We Did See High
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
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