It's getting to be the tail end of the year, so enough fooling around and let's get on to my annual tradition since 1991 (and 1998 online)...
The Top 20 Things That Had the Whole World Talking in 2009

20. Cheryl Cole (okay, outside of Britain...who the hell is she?!?!?)

19. MTV's "Jersey Shore" (since a guy punched Snookie in the face, why not a girl punching The Situation -- whoever he is -- right in the abs?)

18. Lance Armstrong coming out of retirement to race in the Tour de France again (eat that, Brett Favre!)

17. Joe Wilson telling "You lie" to President Obama (if this was the "Maury" show, he should've heckled "You ARE the father!")

16. AT&T waging war against Verizon over better 3G coverage (Sprint better get Luke Wilson; it'll be like Cain and Abel)

15. The end of analog television broadcasting in the U.S. (with more countries to come in the coming years)

14 (and in her 11th straight appearance). Britney Spears (Let's face it: Year after year after year she always makes news)

13. TIE: Octomom/Jon and Kate Gosselin (Please...go away.)

12. Sandra Bullock (did I mention last time that Jesse James isn't a dead man after all?)

11. "Glee" (okay, I don't watch the show, but I had no idea that the cheerleader who's Christian is actually played by a Jew!)

10. Celebrities on Twitter and Facebook (the "bad old days" of celebrities with their 1-900 numbers? They were long gone 20 years ago!)

9. Paula Abdul leaving "American Idol" over money (okay, sort of newsworthy, but as big as...)

8. Adam Lambert locking lips with a male drummer at the American Music Awards (now THAT was hot!)

7. Lady Gaga (okay...now who the hell is she?!?!?!)

6. TIE: Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston (one's our former governor, the other...no comment)

5. TIE: Health care reform/The economy (no comment on those either)

4. Balloon Boy (full of hot air if you ask me)

3. Taylor Swift (I'm sorry, but Dolly Parton is the greatest country singer of all time...just kidding!)

2. The Tiger Woods scandal (FORE!...play)

And there's no need to argue about what was the #1 thing that had the whole world talking in 2009, though his legacy will continued to be talked about for generations to come...

1. Michael Jackson
(Elvis was the King of Rock n' Roll, but Jack will always and forever be the King of Pop)

And with that, that's the AllenBlog's 2009 Year In Review. From me to you...so long, stay strong, Happy New Year, and HAPPY NEW DECADE!!!!