100 Greatest People of 2012: #10-1

Ah, yes, finally. The Top Ten. These are the Top Ten Greatest People (non-personal) in the world. This is it. Here we go.

#10 - Ben Stiller. My favorite movie actor. With Tower Heist, he vaulted to the number one position ahead of Tom Hanks. Think about this resume. The greatest of all the resumes. Dodgeball. Happy Gilmore. Tower Heist. Those are three of my Top Ten favorite movies. You don't even think about Stiller in his roles, he just dives in. What a great actor Ben Stiller is.

#9 - Joel McHale. My favorite television actor. He doesn't have all of the credits like Stiller, but he has one amazing thing. Community. He as Jeff Winger is so great. He's such a man. Everything he does is perfection. Think about it. Tell me on thing he's done wrong. Exactly.

#8 - Jason Ritter. Star of The Event. Nominated for an Emmy for Parenthood. He is the Rit-man. Such gracious facial hair. Such marvelous everything. Jason Ritter is someone that some people need to strive to be. He's just that kind of guy. Deserving of the eight spot.

#7 - Matt Lauer. The host of the Today show. Lauer is a great guy. Tell me one movie that mentions either Thanksgiving or Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade that doesn't feature a little clip of Lauer talking on Today. Exactly. When I see him, I think of the holiday season and it makes me happy. I like Matt Lauer. I like him a lot.

#6 - Chandler Bing. The greatest television character of all time. The king of sarcasm! Matthew Perry portrayed him on Friends. Every word that came out of mouth was just hilarious. Not many characters can have that. You've gotta love Chandler. Could he BE any more awesome?

#5 - Jimmy Fallon. Getting down to the wire now. Fallon was not in the Top 100 last year. He has leaped to the fifth spot. Biggest jump of everyone in the list. Pretty awesome. Fallon starred in Fever Pitch and was once Saturday Night Live. He also hosts Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. His musical performances are brilliant and he's hilarious. He's had quite the career.

#4 - Jason Mraz. The greatest singer ever. With songs like I'm Yours, Plane, If It Kills Me, Lucky, The Remedy, Summer Breeze, I Won't Give Up, etc. The calm, cool, mellow, awesome singer just rolls out hit after hit. His songs are like hugging a cloud stuffed with happiness. The greatest singer ever.

#3 - Dustin Pedroia. The greatest baseball player ever. See how we're getting into the greatest? He's a dirt dog. He hustles and his uniform is dirty even if it's a shallow foul ball to left field. Former MVP and Rookie of the Year, Pedroia is the model baseball player. He shifts his entire body to get away from tags, falls down after some powerful swings, leads off World Series' with home runs, and dives into shortstop territory to make plays. Such a great player the Laser Show/Muddy Chicken is.

#2 - Tim Tebow. Gator. Bronco. Jet. He's been three different thinks. He promised a championship and won a championship. Twice. He won a Heisman. Drafted in the first round. Won a playoff game. Silenced doubters. Became the fourth quarter guy. I believe Tebow will improve. I love Tebow. He's such a great guy. That's all that needs to be said.


Drum roll for Number One please............


#1 - Adam Richman. Back-to-back greatest person. He got it in 2011 and again in 2012. Consecutive! He hosted Man v. Food and hosts Best Sandwich in America. It's hard to put into words the magnitude of his awesomeness. Everything he does. His mannerisms, his humor, his way of being. It's all perfect. There's nothing wrong with anything he does. Just watch and episode of Man v. Food and you'll know why Adam Richman is the best person in the world.


And that concludes my list. It's my favorite list. I'm glad it's annual. That's right it'll be back next year. Everybody on here is awesome. The Top 100 is amazing. So are the honorable mentions. Here's lookin' at you Bradford Howe. Here's the list if you want to see the full thing:

107. Bradford Howe
106. Andrew McCutchen
105. Steve Nash
104. Zach Braff
103. Ken Jennings
102. Coco Crisp

101. Jeff Feagles
100. Erin Cahill
99. Paul Blart
98. Bob Jellison
97. Jack Sparrow
96. George Takei
95. Blake Lewis
94. Leap Day William
93. Mary Pavlou
92. David Schwimmer
91. Kyle Busch
90. Tom Bergeron
89. Matt Harding
88. Regis Philbin
87. Diedrich Bader
86. Jon Favreau
85. Johnny Boychuk
84. Magnitude
83. Dr. Seuss
82. Jerry Seinfeld
81. Amy Adams
80. Bill Simmons
79. The Incredible Hulk
78. Ballsy
77. Paula Poundstone
76. George Lopez
75. Billy Mays
74. James J. Braddock
73. Joey Tribianni
72. Abed Nadir
71. The Swedish Chef
70. Nick Markakis
69. Blake Griffin
68. Dwight Schrute
67. Damon Wayans Jr.
66. Kevin Love
65. Rob Gronkowski
64. Enrique Dev'reaux
63. Dan Harmon
62. Guy Fieri
61. Mike Vrabel
60. Slinky Dog
59. Buddy the Elf
58. Batman
57. Keegan Bradley
56. Lucille Ball
55. Stephen Curry
54. Stan Verrett and Neil Everett
53. David Spade
52. Hedo Turkoglu
51. Wilfred
50. Steve Burns
49. Patton Oswalt
48. Ellen DeGeneres
47. Patrick Warburton
46. Barney Stinson
45. Edward Talpey
44. Milan Lucic
43. Ryan Seacrest
42. Tomie dePaola
41. Happy Gilmore
40. Jeffster
39. Danno Williams
38. Kevin James
37. Billy Eichner
36. Eric Violette
35. Walt Disney
34. Jean Shepherd
33. Kevin Hart
32. Tom Hanks
31. Brian Wilson
30. John van Benschotten
29. Ferris Bueller
28. Anthony Melchiorri
27. Rhod Gilbert
26. Zooey Deschanel
25. Ron Swanson
24. Arthur Fonzarelli
23. Dan Andelman
22. John D. Ryder
21. Kevin Millar
20. Barack Obama
19. Dagwood Bumstead
18. Shawn Spencer
17. Roger Federer
16. Seth Meyers
15. Zachary Levi
14. Rajon Rondo
13. John McBain
12. Santa Claus
11. Jim and Pam
10. Ben Stiller
9. Joel McHale
8. Jason Ritter
7. Matt Lauer
6. Chandler Bing
5. Jimmy Fallon
4. Jason Mraz
3. Dustin Pedroia
2. Tim Tebow
1. Adam Richman


Love it! Happy day!