My sacred cows are
Dr. Strangelove, Judd Apatow, The Beach Boys, Scott Walker, The Go-Betweens, Forrest Gump, Industrial Music, free jazz, poetry, South Park, There Will Be Blood, Network, and everything that has ever been shown on Adult Swim

Wow, I made a their/they're mistake. I'm so ashamed…

Slaughtering Some Sacred Cows Lightning Round Style
Movie: Gone with the Wind - the glamorization of the Antebellum South makes me deeply uncomfortable while the soap opera histrionics makes me deeply bored

I've never been able to get into the Boondocks (the comic strip was a gift from the Gods, however). And I'll add to the VB lovefest. I also know its controversial, but I loved Season 3 a lot. My favorite episodes right now are Doctor is Sin and Invisible Hand of Fate

Donna, you said it better than I ever could. There are few things that bring me as much joy as Make 'Em Laugh.

The Hell Freezes Over Oscars
If you had told me a couple years ago that I'd be pissed that films by Danny Boyle and David Fincher dominated the Oscars, I would have laughed in your face.