November is Guest Programmer Month on Turner Classic Movies, with every day a different celebrity introducing their favorite movies. I was over on the site just now to check on what the Underground flicks were tonight, and the TCM front page has a nifty Flash-based calendar showing who’s the guest which days. Glancing over the names, I kept going “Hey!” and “Cool!” as I saw some favorite folks of mine. Cherry picking:

• Nov 11th - Alton Brown
• Nov 13th - James Ellroy
• Nov 14th - Matt Groening
• Nov 17th - Tracey Ullman
• Nov 29th - Mark Mothersbaugh

“I have decided to move from the planet. I’m sorry but I simply cannot remain on a world where Paris Hilton is allowed to publish ‘memoirs.’”

— Alton Brown

“I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth — I just hate what is being done with it.”

— Alton Brown

“There are no bad foods, only bad food habits. I eat cream, butter, and bacon; I just don’t eat pounds of it at a time. I use these things when they are needed in recipes and leave them out when they’re not needed.”

— Alton Brown

“The way to any woman’s heart, be she witch or Wonderwoman, princess or Pocahontas, is through her stomach.”

— Alton Brown