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     JOHNNY CASH
3rd Place June 09 "Every man knows that he is a sissy compared to Johnny Cash." - Bono Legendary American musician, Johnny Cash is in both the Country Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He wrote over 1000 songs and won 13 Grammies in his life.
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Filename: johnnycash_hurt.jpgSource: Screen Shot from: Johnny Cash - Hurt Url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO9dbmJ_2zU 
Filename: johnnycash.jpgSource: Public Domain Url: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johnny_Cash-Nixon.jpg 
Filename: johnnycash_hurt2.jpgSource: Screen Shot from: Johnny Cash - Hurt Url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO9dbmJ_2zU
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Johnny Cash was voted MORE AWESOME than:
 The Couch Dress  Moustache Balaclava  Little Superstar  Meat Suitcase  Sasquatch  Unibrow  Theo Jansen's Art  Crop Circles  El Chupacabra  BigDog Robot  Roller Derby  Mister Rogers doing The Wave  The Hamburger Bed  Bob Ross  Badass Mountain Men  WAKE n' BACON  Zombies  Paul Bunyan  Octo-Stache  The Stig  Peekaru  Ultra Slow Motion  Troy Hurtubise's Inventions  Gong  The Viking Helmet  Rasputin  Keith Loutit's Little Sydney  Soccer* Hooligans  Reliant Robin  Stinky Cheese  Choose Your Own Adventure Books  Library of Congress  Notorious B.I.G. Doll  Che Guevara  The Disintegrator: Rubber Band Minigun  Mermaids  Rockin' Steady  Indy's Whip  Literal Video Versions Johnny Cash was voted LESS AWESOME than:  Chewbacca  Venus Fly Traps  Nikola Tesla  Robocop on a Unicorn  Freerunning  Miracle On Ice  President Obama  Wingsuit Base Jumping  Flying Spaghetti Monster  Hedgehogs  Rollerman  Space Invader Invasion  Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator  Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton  Captain James T. Kirk  The Man with No Name  Banksy  Teddy Roosevelt  James Earl Jones Counts to 10  Death Star  Male Emperor Penguins  Chuck Norris vs. Bruce Lee  MST3K  Mark Twain  Emperor Norton  Jesus Riding A Dinosaur
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     THE STIG
Some say he never blinks, and that he roams around the woods at night foraging for wolves... All we know is he's called The Stig. The Stig is a character on the BBC show "Top Gear", who has never spoken or removed his helmet on camera. Primarily his function on the show is running timed laps around the test track, as well as training celebrities to run laps. He has been tapped for a series of other driving duties as well, such as driving a Jaguar off an aircraft carrier. There has been much speculation as to exactly who is beneath the Stig's white racing suit. The official BBC response has long been, "We never comment on speculation as to whom or what the Stig is." But they have since identified him as racing driver Graham Hill (who is deceased), second as troubled Bank of Scotland CEO Tom McKillop and later on as Barack Obama.
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Filename: stig.jpgSource: Stig Photography on flickr cc Url: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintonmichaeltong/3306989596/ 
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Filename: stig_xmas.jpgSource: Robin Kearney on flickr cc Url: http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinkearney/3150278078/
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The Stig is the name given to the anonymous racing driver on the BBC show Top Gear. In the show he is cast as a mysterious "tame racing driver"[1] whose identity is unknown, and who never speaks or removes his helmet on camera. Nonetheless he is fully credited as a presenter, albeit as "The Stig", alongside Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May.
The Stig's primary functions on the show are to post lap times in various cars around the Top Gear Test Track in Dunsfold Park, and to train each week's guest in setting a lap time in the Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car feature on the show. In addition the Stig carries out other driving duties when the need arises.
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Peekaru Gong Keith Loutit's Little Sydney Soccer* Hooligans Stinky Cheese  Tiesto Notorious B.I.G. Doll The Stig was voted LESS AWESOME than:  Queen of the Mist  Deja Vu Ultra Slow Motion Troy Hurtubise's Inventions The Viking Helmet Johnny Cash Reliant Robin Library of Congress Rasputin Che Guevara James Earl Jones Counts to 10 The Disintegrator: Rubber Band Minigun Male Emperor Penguins Indy's Whip
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So the Stig is Michael Schumacher? Not sure what impact that has on his awesomeness...
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The Stig is touring car driver Ben Collins... allegedly. He does speak with an English accent. I'va also heard the theory that The Stig is Damon Hill, But he set a faster time in the Suzuki than Damon Hill did.
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Then again the whole point of The Stig is that no one really does know who The Stig is. That's why Borat and Daft Punk aren't nearly as awesome because we know who they really are.
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I am The Stig...prove me wrong
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Easy. I am The Stig.
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I am The Stig. My T-shirt says so. BAM!
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I got a Top Gear Father's Day cake with the Stig on it today!
Now, how many of his competitors are awesome enough to feature on Father's Day cakes? Che Guevara, Johnny Cash, the US National Library or whatever it's called? No. reply
My friend got a Father's Day cake with Che Guevera's face on it...
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I agree this isn't the quintessential Johnny Cash song. I think what's awesome about it though is that he was like 70 years old, a country and rock and roll legend; and he decided to do a cover album of some really great work by artists 40-50 years younger than him. (and in more than a few cases he did better jobs than the original artists.) About that time he was showing up to play a couple of songs at a number of Beck concerts. Three or four years ago one of my clients, a hip skateboard/snowboard/surf brand decided to play only Johnny Cash on their phone system. He was a relevant musician for 50+ years, to generation after generation of listeners. I think that is what is so awesome about him, I think he transcended above every other artist born within 20 years of him.
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I agree with you. I mean you could do Folsom Prison Blues or Boy Names Sue, but What other 70+ year old man do you know that could pull of Nine Inch Nails?
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I agree, there is some classic stuff, but Hurt was awesome.
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The Man in White vs. The Man in Black.
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Ugh, this one is one of the hardest votes. I don't think either of these people are going to die.
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This one is really hard for me, but I have to hold fast with The Stig.
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My favorite episode of TopGear is when they visit the South. Fat Stig = LOL. But i'm voting Johnny Cash.
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This is how the Original Stig met his demise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4x0Dz00csA
The new Stig is a bit more robust...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIv0bOd9XtA
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Johnny Cash was certainly awesome, but I'm not sure this was the most awesome of song selections.
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remember, the song isn't nominated, Johnny Cash is..
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Hey, Ivan! it was actually a Jaguar that The Stig drove off an aircraft carrier. Just for the sake of accuracy.
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