100 Most Influential People of the Millennium

Let me take you back...way back. To 1999. I was living in a house with a gaggle of girls in Kingston. Six ladies, one bathroom. It was like Lord of the Flies. But that's not really the point of this story. Shortly before New Year's A&E was airing a special about the 100 most influential people of the millennium. This list included the likes of Einstein, Freud, Newton, Pasteur, Hitler, Ghandi etc. We were sat around our tiny 90's tube tv watching this special (let's take a moment to apprciate the effin' sweetness of modern tv's... ok you're done now). For a reason that has been lost to time, Aimee and I had to leave the house before the show was over. Upon our return we asked our roomate, Cooter (though it wasn't her real name) who was number one on the list. Mind you, when we left I think it was at number 5 or so and it was Shakespeare.

"It was Steve Guttenberg." Cooter responded with great confidence.

"Like Police Academy Steve Guttenberg?!? He ranks above Napoleon and Abe Lincoln?" I asked, clearly taken aback by how much Three Men and a Baby really meant to people.

"The guy who invented the printing press was in Police Academy?"

"No, I don't think so. But I'm pretty sure he was in Short Circuit." sometimes I can't resist...

The post script here is that to this day whenever Aimee or I see or hear about Steve Guttenberg we always mention that he was the most influential person of the millennium. From now on I hope that you will too.