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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Who Should Be in Americana?

Recently, the question of who should appear in a Panini Americana set has been posed. And while Panini themselves never asked me personally, I'm always glad to chime in about my opinion. While some of the people below might have appeared in other Americana or pop culture sets this is my perfect set. It's packed with superstars but there are some smaller "minor" celebrities who I feel deserve a card - and who I'd be happy to get a hit of.

So, without further annoying commentary, I give you my Americana checklist. 162 cards, so it'll fit evenly in 9-pocket pages.
  1. Michael Jackson
  2. Billy Joel
  3. Madonna
  4. Avril Lavigne
  5. Zooey Deschanel
  6. Queen (Freddie Mercury)
  7. Britney Spears
  8. Ben Folds
  9. Muse
  10. Justin Timberlake
  11. Eminem
  12. Katy Perry
  13. Snoop Dogg
  14. Kid Rock
  15. The Beatles
  16. Aerosmith
  17. REM
  18. Hilary Duff
  19. Tenacious D
  20. Mariah Carey
  21. Green Day
  22. Cyndi Lauper
  23. Elton John
  24. Bob Dylan
  25. Tom Hanks
  26. Sarah Silverman
  27. Robin Williams
  28. Sarah Michelle Gellar
  29. George Carlin
  30. Alicia Silverstone
  31. Gene Wilder
  32. Elisha Cuthbert
  33. Monty Python
  34. Shiri Appleby
  35. Bill Maher
  36. Rachel Bilson
  37. Morgan Freeman
  38. Hayley Mills
  39. Judy Garland
  40. Bob Hope
  41. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
  42. Kathy Ireland
  43. Billy Crystal
  44. Ellen Page
  45. John Goodman
  46. Reese Witherspoon
  47. Luke Wilson
  48. Alexis Bledel
  49. Will Ferrell
  50. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
  51. Walt Disney
  52. Mena Suvari
  53. Alyson Hannigan
  54. Will Smith
  55. Jodie Sweetin
  56. Winona Ryder
  57. Kellie Martin
  58. Kris Kross
  59. Christina Ricci
  60. Claire Danes
  61. Tim Allen
  62. Katie Holmes
  63. Natalie Portman
  64. Kenan & Kel
  65. Amanda Bynes
  66. Melissa Joan Hart
  67. Jennifer Love Hewitt
  68. Todd Bridges
  69. Brooke Shields
  70. Eddie Murphy
  71. Richard Pryor
  72. Mike Myers
  73. Drew Barrymore
  74. Alyssa Milano
  75. Fred Savage
  76. Maureen McCormick
  77. Susan Dey
  78. Erin Murphy
  79. The Osmonds
  80. Gary Coleman
  81. Elizabeth Hurley
  82. Heather Graham
  83. Kevin Bacon
  84. Nicole Kidman
  85. Anna Paquin
  86. Frankie Muniz
  87. Jessica Alba
  88. Julia Stiles
  89. Emma Watson
  90. Leelee Sobieski
  91. Keira Knightley
  92. Vanessa Hudgens
  93. Selena Gomez
  94. Emma Roberts
  95. Hayden Panettiere
  96. Jerry Seinfeld
  97. Taylor Swift
  98. Miranda Cosgrove
  99. Nina Dobrev
  100. Kristen Stewart
  101. Robert Downey Jr.
  102. Johnny Depp
  103. Leonardo DiCaprio
  104. George Clooney
  105. Elisabeth Shue
  106. Emma Stone
  107. Anne Hathaway
  108. Lily James
  109. Brad Pitt
  110. John Ritter
  111. Victoria Justice
  112. Bob Saget
  113. Michael J. Fox
  114. Cary Elwes
  115. Bridgit Mendler
  116. John Rhys-Davies
  117. Elizabeth Banks
  118. Seth Rogen
  119. Michael Caine
  120. Kevin Smith
  121. Parker Posey
  122. Jennifer Aniston
  123. Sandra Bullock
  124. Adam Sandler
  125. Rachael Leigh Cook
  126. Megan Fox
  127. Jim Carrey
  128. Alison Brie
  129. Bryan Cranston
  130. Yvonne Strahovski
  131. Tea Leoni
  132. Tim Curry
  133. Ariana Grande
  134. Kevin Kline
  135. Bella Thorne
  136. Salma Hayek
  137. Ben Affleck
  138. Matt Damon
  139. Chloe Grace Moretz
  140. The Spice Girls
  141. Teri Hatcher
  142. Katherine Heigl
  143. Anna Faris
  144. Lenny Kravitz
  145. Samuel L. Jackson
  146. Bruce Willis
  147. Rachel McAdams
  148. Lindsay Lohan
  149. Lucy Lawless
  150. Renee O'Connor
  151. New Kids on the Block
  152. TLC
  153. Fiona Apple
  154. Jennifer Connelly
  155. Rebecca Gayheart
  156. Liv Tyler
  157. Kevin Costner
  158. Mira Sorvino
  159. Catherine Zeta-Jones
  160. Meg Ryan
  161. Hugh Grant
  162. Cameron Diaz
So there's my list. What's yours?

8 comments:

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    1. I avoided, for the most part, anyone in politics though I've considered that would be great as inserts or subsets.

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  2. Oh, myyyyyyyyyyyy... (Said in his best George Takei impersonation... Hey, add George Takei to the set).

    I didn't expect anyone to take it to this level, but I like it!

    ...But I feel like you've raised the stakes and now I need to see your bet. I might just have to create my own checklist... Steve Martin, Jane Lynch, James Spader, Shawn Colvin, Weird Al, Fred Savage, the woman who plays Fred Savage's wife on "The Grinder"...

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    1. Lots of great names there - Takei should have been on mine; Weird Al, Steve Martin, and Fred Savage would have been welcome in my set too.

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  3. Fred Savage needs to have an autograph in the set too.

    Olivia D'Abo has multiple autographs, Jason Hervey has an autograph in a WCW release (He was a producer) and even Danica McKeller has an autograph in The Big Bang Theory release. Only Fred Savage is missing, and if there is room Josh Saviano too. There needs to be a Wonder Years set to get them all together in one release.

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    1. Lots of great series would probably be successful as a one-off retrospective card set! Or movies, for that matter...

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  4. I'd go for a Zooey Deschanel card.

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    1. I keep hoping she actually pops up in a real set. I'd be all over an autograph or relic.

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