Things American that I love.

[Evan Young]

The Highways, especialy in the West (Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, etc.)

[newyorkstreetdean]

Does Scottbox have as much trouble with punctuation during his internal dialogue?

Ranch Dressing, Buffalo Wings and Mountain Dew

[Spike McGuire]

Punk Rock

[Peter Voice]

Punk Rock is definitely a British invention. Sure, Seattle refined it into Grunge but I was hoping to stick to purely US contributions to world culture.
All you other guys who are listing favourite individuals are missing the point. This is about generic contributions not details. Mind you some of the highways are great and I won't argue with Frank Zappa either.

Where is chance? Surely there is something he might like to add here.

[Mr.Taxi Trix]

The precedent of not letting the Red Cross into your prison camps. Love that.

[Butterfly Man]

bovine America

Asian women ...



... and the weather.

[MarcusM]

"Who Wants To Marry My Dad?" A damn great show!

[scot]

diversity, manages au toix (sp?), sandwiches, burritos, pilgrims, the term "un-American," is Chuck Norris' face a generic object? I want that one, the internet, hooters, ketchup, catsup, street performing, Hanson, Gangsta Rap, Tofu!

I miss America.

Scottbox, you're the best. You gotta put some audio of you beatboxing up on performers.net. Show us da donda wa rite know.

I understand you. I watched Pootie Tang over 10 times.

[NYSB_Craig]

Las Vegas. San Diego Strip Joints. Kerouac.

[Spike McGuire]

Punk Rock is definitely a British invention.

Peter you ignorant slut, it all started in NY with the Ramones in 1976, a year before the Sex Pistols, The Clash, and all other British punks. Don't get me wrong, their music is still great, just second that’s all.

-----Spike

[Doctor Eric]

"Punk Rock is definitely a British invention"

Blue Cheer was around long before the Sex Pistols.

Drumcore

Mardi-Gras Indians

Tobacco

Movies

Radio was great until Clear Channel came along.

Gen. MacArthur (okay, he was a person but, c'mon, he was a lot crazier than Zappa)

The Ahmish.

[Spike McGuire]

wow, Eric, we agreed on something...odd.

[Doctor Eric]

It's not that odd, I think not too long ago we both agreed that you should practice correct fire safety.

Which brings me to another grand American invention.
The Sideshow.

[Peter Voice]

Scot, really. Tofu, American?????? The Japanese may have an issue with that, but you're right about the internet, purely american and who would have thought the US Military could have come up with anything at all vaguely valuable to society.

Dr. Eric, I think sideshows had been around a long time before Chrissy Columbus even got out of nappies. The word itself may be american though.


On punk Rock.

Australian bands "Dave Warner from the Suburbs" and "The Saints" were labelled "punk rock" here in 1974.

BTW "the Ramones" do warrant special mention.

[Doctor Eric]

Peter: Blue Cheer was around in the late '60s, you lose.
On the sideshow tip, we're both right. There were many oddities going on, especially in the late 1800's, but tented circus popped up in America in the early 1900's, and shows that performed in their lots, which were the precursor to today's (and yesterday's) sideshow, slowly earned that name.

So far, I think the valuable lesson here today kiddies, is that America has spit out quite a few valuable things in it's short existence, and maybe we should put somebody in charge that doesn't seem so much like a brain-dead Hitler.