Let’s handle our business first, and a happy St. Patrick’s Day to you all.
Rushmore of TV cop duos: Andy and Barney; Starsky and Hutch; Crockett and Tubbs; and with all apologies to the “X-Files” folks, Jimmy and Bunk from “The Wire” (great show, great call but too many combos there including Lester Smooth), all the folks on “Hill Street Blues” and so many others including whomever Lenny Briscoe was working with on “Law & Order” the final spot is the lone season of McConaughey and Harrelson in the first season of “True Detective.” Amazing TV.
Rushmore of NCAA first-round moments: 16 UMBC beating 1 Virginia is far left, right? Heck, Virginia may have more than one on here and not in a good way; Bryce Drew’s buzzer beater to beat Ole Miss for Valpo, St. Peter’s over Kentucky last year, and NC State surviving two overtimes in 1983 against Providence, because if the Wolfpack stumbled there, who knows the trajectory of this tournament.
Rushmore of people’s name that have become adjectives: Einstein, Napoleon, Benedict Arnold and Darwin. (And all apologies to the Herculean efforts of Hercules, but I’m not sure he was real)
Rushmore of best scenes from “The Godfather” and this one was nearly impossible: Horse head in Waltz’ bed; the Sicillian message in the package that Luka Brassi sleeps with the fishes; the baptism scene as Mike’s men handle all the family business (including Mo Greene getting one in the eye) and maybe the best scene of them all when Mike is lighting the cigarette for Enzo outside the hospital when McCluskey’s men are coming to finish off the Don. (If you remember, Enzo, the baker, was shaking so much he could not work the lighter, Michael calmly grabbed the lighter, lit the lung dart, looked at his hands, and knew in his soul that this was the life we would choose. Not five minutes later, he whispered “I’m with you Pop” to Vito.)