VH1's 40 Greatest Celebrity Feuds

VH1 ran a program listing the top 40 celebrity feuds. I have no idea how they calculated the importants of the arguments but nonetheless here is the run down.

• 40) Weird Al Yankovick vs. Coolio

• 39) Sean Young vs. Tim Burton Too low. The bizarreness of Young going into business for herself puts this one in a class by itself.

• 38) Alyssa Milano vs. Shannen Doherty

• 37) Triumph vs. Pets.Com

• 36) Sharon Osborne vs. Renee Tab This is where things get fuzzy. Apparently, this wasn’t just celebrity-vs.-celebrity, but any feud involving a celebrity. Renee WHO? (I know, I know, she was a Hollywood agent. I’m making a point here. Work with me, people.)

• 35) Larry Flynt vs. Jerry Falwell WAAAAAAAAAAY too low. This was CLASSIC every step of the way, as well as actually being a significant First Amendment case.

• 34) Milton Berle vs. RuPaul

• 33) Suzanne Somers vs. “Three’s Company” cast Too low. Double-S pissed off the producers so bad, they actually punished her on-air by sending her character to live with her mother and cutting her scenes down to one 60-second phone call a week. That was pretty much unheard of for network TV.

• 32) Roger Ebert vs. Vincent Gallo

• 31) Dr. Dre vs. Eazy-E Too low. Great feud between former best buddies, with the two taking some great shots at each other via music video.

• 30) Howard Stern vs. Kathie Lee Gifford

• 29) Johnny Carson vs. Joan Rivers

• 28) Bruce Willis vs. Cybill Shepherd

• 27) Anna Nicole Smith vs. Marshall Family

• 26) Andy Kaufman vs. Jerry Lawler Here’s where things stop making sense. Kaufman and Lawler never truly DISLIKED each other; all the others did. True, their feud was entertaining as hell, but if worked feuds are eligible, just off the top of my head, I can name half a dozen wrestling feuds that were more entertaining and/or did bigger box office than Kaufman-Lawler. You dare challenge me? Fine. Behold: Austin vs. McMahon, Austin vs. Rock, WCW vs. nWo, Hogan vs. Sting, Raven vs. Dreamer, and Bret vs. Shawn (which even happened to feature legit hatred between the guys, to boot). There are tons more, but you get the point. And I’ll get to the biggest one momentarily.

• 25) Elton John vs. Tina Turner

• 24) Neil Young vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd Too low. One of the greatest rock feuds EVER.

• 23) David Lee Roth vs. Sammy Hagar

• 22) San Diego Chicken vs. Barney

• 21) Bob Barker vs. Dian Parkinson

• 20) Vince Neil vs. Axl Rose

• 19) Eminem vs. Mariah Carey

• 18) Tom Selleck vs. Rosie O’ Donnell

• 17) Jay-Z vs. Nas Too high. I didn’t think there could be such a thing as a boring rapper feud, but here you have it. Look me in the eye and tell me this was a better feud than Dre vs. Eazy. You’d be a damn dirty liar, you would.

• 16) Ludacris vs. Bill O’ Reilly

• 15) Metallica vs. Napster

• 14) Madonna vs. Sandra Bernhard

• 13) Creed vs. Their Fans

• 12)Nancy Kerrigan vs. Tonya Harding Too low. This is Top 5 material. Classic heel-vs.-babyface (complete with Pearl Harbor attack!) that led to their skate-off being one of the highest rated television programs ever.

• 11) Courtney Love vs. Nirvana

• 10) Mick Jagger vs. Keith Richards

• 9) Frank Sinatra vs. Sinead O’ Connor

• 8) David Letterman vs. Jay Leno Too low. Another top-fiver for obvious reasons.

• 7) Tupac Shakur vs. Biggie Smalls Number SEVEN??? These two KILLED each other! How the hell do you top that?! To me, this should have either been #1 or it shouldn’t have been on the list at all.

• 6) Eminem vs. Triumph & Moby Too high. And I’m the biggest Triumph mark west of the Mississippi, too.

• 5) Michael Jackson vs. Paul McCartney

• 4) 50-Cent vs. Ja Rule Too high, though you’ve gotta love the fact that Fitty invented a whole new word in “honor” of Ja. (“Wanksta.”)

• 3) Toby Keith vs. Dixie Chicks

• 2) Fred Durst vs. Britney Spears WAY too high. This shouldn’t even be in the top 20, let alone the runner-up spot. No feud that called a “truce” belongs in the Top 5.

• 1) David Lee Roth vs. Van Halen Taking Pac-Biggie out of the equation, and this is a suitable number one, IMO.

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