"World on a Wire," a film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder featuring a man who uncovers an alternate reality.
A television advertisement featuring a man in a gorilla suit playing the drums became a surprise hit on the internet.
The Grand Rounds included one "before and after" pair featuring a man with a tumor on his upper lip.
The show that Mr. Springer calls his favorite was one featuring a man who said he had married his horse.
"He's a dealer," he said, indicating a man wrapped in a green flag featuring a man with a question mark for a head — the hacktivist's poncho.
In one spot, featuring a man on his daily commute who is wearing headphones, he muses, "I'm back in the place that made you and I us".
"The central bank has decided to allow the free float of the rouble," reads the caption to one cartoon, featuring a man tossing the currency off a balcony.
One such item appeared to be a third-millennium BC copper flag from Shahdad, Kerman, southern Iran, featuring a man and a woman facing each other.
The advertisements featuring a man with an eye patch are imprinted in the memories of many men who also remember fathers and grandfathers who wore Hathaway shirts.
For example, few would bat an eye at a dating show featuring a man picking from women much younger than himself.
Moneysupermarket's ad featuring a man strutting and twerking in high heels and denim hot pants was the most complained-about TV ad in the UK last year.
