2011: The Good, the Bad and Ugly

BECOME AN AFFILIATE OF T-SHIRT HELL AND MAKE SOME MONEY! 1.3.12 2011: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY In no particular order... THE GOOD: *Osama killed *Kadaffi killed *Kim Jong-il dead *the Occupy movement *the end of the Iraq war *Keith Olbermann *Oprah Winfrey ends her show *Stern signed to America's Got Talent *Beavis and Butt-head return *"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" THE BAD: *Nudity banned at Deja Vu Kalamazoo *Ted Williams *Fox News Channel *Justin Bieber *Glenn Beck *Casey Anthony *Grand Rapids LipDub *Artie Lange no longer on the Stern show *the City of Grand Rapids *AND LOSING: -actress Anne Francis -actor Pete Postlethwaite -"Baker Street" singer Gerry Rafferty -actor/singer David Nelson -Rock Concert host Don Kirshner -fitness guru Jack Lalanne -WCCW/Traverse City founder John Anderson -Country singer Charlie Louvin -comedian/actor Charlie Callas -movie composer John Barry -"Last Tango in Paris" actress Maria Schnieder -"I Am Curious" actress Lena Nyman -"Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" star Tura Satana -Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore -Seinfeld's Uncle Leo, Len Lesser -NFL player Dave Duerson -MLB star Duke Snider -1940's sexpot Jane Russell -the last surviving World War I vet, Frank Buckles -Rocky and Bullwinkle animator Chris Jenkyns -high school basketball star Wes Leonard -Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr -rapper Nate Dogg -Country music legend Ferlin Husky -Batman's Alfred, Michael Gough -1970's disco diva Loleletta Holloway, also known for being sampled on Marky Mark's "Good Vibrations" -actress Elizabeth Taylor -former Vice Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro -actor Farley Granger -"Running Bear" singer Johnny Preston -"Dog Day Afternoon" director Sidney Lumet -audio guru Sidney Harmon -1970's punk rocker Poly Styrene -"Poetry Man" crooner and Howard Stern pal Phoebe Snow -former Playboy model and 1950's actress Yvette Vickers -1930's child actor Jackie Cooper -baseball legend Harmon Killebrew -wrestling legend "Macho Man" Randy Savage -Gil-Scott Heron, who was called by some as the father of rap music -"Grease" actor Jeff Conaway -"Dr. Death" Jack Kervorkian -Gunsmoke star James Arness -"Lonely Boy" and "Thank You For Being a Friend" singer Andrew Gold -Sirius/XM's Liquid Metal jock Mario Comesanas -Anal Cunt lead singer Seth Putnam -The Coasters lead singer Carl Gardner -TV producer Bob Banner -Bruce Springsteen sidekick Clarence Clemons -Jackass member Ryan Dunn -former First Lady Betty Ford -Brady Bunch creator Sherwood Schwartz -Grass Roots lead singer and guitarist Rob Grill -Grammy award-winning singer Amy Winehouse -America lead singer Dan Peek, who eventually became a Christian pop star -sports radio talker Papa Joe Chevalier -football and movie star Bubba Smith -another "Grease" star, Annette Charles -Warrant lead singer Jany Lane -songwriter Jerry Lieber, who wrote a ton of tunes with Mike Stoller -songwriter Nick Ashford, who also wrote a ton of hits with wife Valarie Simpson -Jimmy Kimmel's uncle, Frank Potenza -Oscar-winning actor Cliff Robertson, aka "Uncle Ben" from the recent Spider-Man movies -Walter Mondale's daughter and radio talker Eleanor Mondale -Bob Hope's wife, Delores Hope -Ziggy creator Tom Wilson -Ted Kennedy's daughter, Kara Kennedy -legendary R&B singer and producer Sylvia Robinson, who was also called the "Grandmother of Rap Music" as the owner of Sugar Hill Records -Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs -actor Charles Napier -Indy 500 winner Don Wheldon -British TV legend Jimmy Savile -GWAR's "Flattus Maximus", Cory Smoot -60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney -another former Playboy model and "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" star Cynthia Myers -boxer Smokin' Joe Frazier -rapper Heavy D. -The Family Circus creator Bil Keane -"Pac-Man Fever" singer Gary Garcia of Bruckner and Garcia -retail pioneer Fred Meijer -1970's porn legend Andrea True, also known for the 1976 disco smash "More, More More" -comic Patrice O'Neal -Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In regular Alan Sues -MASH star Harry Morgan -"Drift Away" singer Dobie Gray -writer Christopher Hitchens -radio talker Lynn Samuels -Saturday Night Live and The Kids in the Hall writer Joe Bodolai -and rock bands White Stripes, LCD Soundsystem and REM THE UGLY: *the horrific shooting in Tucson that involved Gabby Giffords *Arnold Schwarzenegger *the shooting rampage in Grand Rapids that left seven dead *Penn State scandal *The Kardashians *Jersey Shore*Republicans *Rick Snyder *Lindsay Lohan *the 1%