BonK!: beef

Contributors by Proxy (BonK"s inspirations) [*met/seen live]

Arthur C. Clarke ("2001: A Space Odyssey", "Rendezvous With Rama", among others)
Bruce Campbell* ("Army of Darkness", "Jack of All Trades", "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.", "Shane" [outdoor stageshow], "If Chins Could Kill", "Bubba Ho-Tep", and more)
Captain Kangaroo
Crockett Johnson ("Harold & the Purple Crayon")
Family* (by blood & marriage), Nearly Family*, and Friends*
Fred Rogers ("Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood")
Gene Roddenberry* ("Star Trek")
Irwin Allen ("Lost In Space", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Time Tunnel", "Land of the Giants")
Isaac Asimov (The "Foundation" Trilogy/'The Three Laws of Robotics')
Ivan Tors ("Daktari", "Flipper", "Gentle Ben")
Jacques Cousteau ("The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau")
Jeff Brown (Flat Stanley)
Jim Henson ("Sesame Street", "The Muppet Show", "Fraggle Rock", "The Dark Crystal", and much more)
Marlin Perkins ("Mutual of Omaha's 'Wild Kingdom'")
Patrick McGoohan ("The Prisoner")
Ranger Rick ("Ranger Rick" magazine)
Toho Studios ("Godzilla" and nearly every single other giant monster worth mentioning)
Walt Disney ("Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs", "Fantasia", "Bambi", "The Wonderful World of Disney", and so much more)
William Gibson* ("Neuromancer", "Pattern Recognition", "The Gernsback Continuum", and many more.)