The Best Things Ever From 2008

2008 is officially over and it was quite the year, clocking in at an entire 365 days! There was a lot of not so great in those days, especially if you were a governor or had a 401k, but there were also some bright shining rays of delicious, delicious sun as well. Here's some of the brightest and most appetizing... or at least the ones I can remember off the top of my head.


Sports
There wasn't really too much winning to be happy for in '08, but there was some losing worth celebrating. The three douchiest teams in all of sports suffered humiliation this past year.


3. The Yankees failed to make the playoffs in their legendary stadium's final season.
2. Satan's Lakers were crushed in the finals by the Celtics. (Not that the Celtics are a squad you should ever root for.)
1. The New England Douchebags squandered a perfect regular season by choking on a fat one in the Super Bowl.


Toys
2008 was a good year for the kid in you and a bad one for the kid in your wallet.


3. The Lego Indiana Jones video game was one positive to come from the worst man made disaster in history.
2. Mighty Muggs finally sold me with Mola Ram and Galactus.
1. Super Hero Squad continued to be adorably awesome.


Comics
This year saw a lot of overblown hype and crappy crossovers, but also some more than solid contributions to comic lore.


3. Brubaker and Fraction's Fabled Iron Fist run sadly came to its conclusion.
2. Ditto for Morisson and Quietly's All Star Superman.
1. Brubaker's Captain America continued to make creamy goodness in underoos everywhere.


TV
There wasn't too much to get excited about on the major networks, but coaxial cable delivered some fine programming.


3. Venture Bros. Season 3 was a long awaited return to glory and nozzles.
2. The Colbert Report and The Daily Show provided the finest election coverage a human being or whatever the hell alien Gorlock is could ask for.
1. The Wire series finale ended the all-time greatest run of episodic television.


Movies
Clearly, this was the year of the comic book movie and Robert Downey.


3. Tropic Thunder made my booty sweat and nut bust.
2. Iron Man made me happy to be alive.
1. Dark Knight would have made me cry if I wasn't such a badass.


Music
Pretty unfortunate that in a year with new Roots, Common, and Kanye albums that there's no hip-hop in the top three.


3. Santogold and Diplo's Top Ranking was a mixtape masterpiece.
2. Raphael Saadiq's The Way I See It was a feel-good fantasy.
1. TV On The Radio's Dear Science was purely priceless.


General Awesomeness
And now for the most important not-exactly-pop-culture events of 2008.


3. Jordan Fusion 3's making feet awesomer than ever.
2. The further infiltration of craft beers in American society and the canned beer revolution.
1. iPhone II changing life as we know it.


And of course, the very best thing from 2008...


'Nuff said.