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Taipei 101
Ex–tallest building in the world
On Jan. 4, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai made the Taipei 101 irrelevant. You think little boys read the Guinness Book of World Records and ask their dads, "One day, do you think I can go to the top of the second tallest building in the world?"
Dan Rather
Anchor
... on HDNet. I don't know what that is or why it's still so proud of being in HD, but this is not retiring gracefully. This is like if Michael Jordan came back now and played for HDNet.
Katie Couric
Network anchor
She keeps showing up. You have to admire that.
Tom DeLay
Former Congressman
Not sure what kind of career he was trying to jump-start by appearing on Dancing with the Stars, but camp-loving gay men don't like a quitter.
Carrot Top
Comedian
All that success, and yet he hasn't spawned a generation of prop comedians.
Yves Leterme
Former Prime Minister of Belgium
Yes, I know the Belgians speak three different languages, but really, when the Prime Minister can't keep Belgium together as a nation, he's not all that influential.
Witches
Practitioners of magic
Charmed was, like, 10 years ago. It's all vampires, werewolves and zombies now.
Any Mother of Any Eighth-Grade Girl
Parent
You'll regain influence in a few years, moms.
General Larry Platt
Singer-songwriter
"Pants on the Ground" has not stopped one kid from wearing his pants on the ground.
Mayor McCheese
Mayor
"I'm not aware of his stance on a single issue." — Ross Autry, personal adviser to this project on Facebook, where I asked for help from anyone. Hey, 100 is a lot of people.
2-D
Outdated technology
This is the sole reason I haven't seen Greenberg yet.
Stedman Graham
Oprah's boyfriend
Everyone else who knows Oprah has his or her own show by now.
Christie Hefner
Former CEO of Playboy
She couldn't get her dad to leave the expensive mansion; he got a hit TV show on E!; she quit. Lesson: Never try to remove your parents from their house.