#49 Our Mount Rushmore Of Creators

About the episode

Sean and Kevin make their case for who belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Creativity in the world of pop culture and entertainment media. Considering the wide field of writers, directors, musicians, actors, and other filmmakers, will they be able to narrow it down to just for each. Tune in to listen as they pitch their perfect quartet to each other, and find out if anyone ranks so highly on the list for both.

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• First movie ever made is “The Horse In Motion” (1878) and the earliest surviving motion-picture film is “Roundhay Garden Scene” (1888). Shot by French inventor Louis Le Prince and is only 2.11 seconds long
• First cartoon (by traditional methods) - “Fantasmagorie” (1908) by French artist Emile Cohl 
• First comic - “The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck” (published in 1837) by Swiss caricaturist Rodolphe Topffer in Geneva Switzerland
• First song recorded - “Au Clair de la Lune” (1860) by inventor Edouard-Leon Scot de Martinville in Paris
• First mobile phone call made - 1973 by Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher, and executive
• Movie with the highest-earning - Avatar (2009) over $2.847B
• Highest Earning Animated Movie - Incredibles 2 (2018) $608.5M
• Music album that has sold the most copies - Thriller by Michael Jackson (1982) 67M copies sold
• Most expensive comic book ever sold - 1962 Amazing Fantasy No. 15
• Will Smith
• Dolly Parton
• Bruce Lee
• Walt Disney
• Elton John
• Lucille Ball
• Jon Favreau
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Kevin Stahlecker - Cohost, producer, Gamemaster

Sean Winningham - Cohost, producer, media editor 

Image used in show: "Comic Books" by Steven Miller, used under CC BY 2.0 / Desaturated from original.

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• Sean Winningham - Host, producer, & editor
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• Music used in the show: “Fine Line” by Geographer