YoungWillz

Jim Nabors dead. http://myfox8.com/2017/11/30/jim-nabors-known-for-his-role-as-gomer-pyle-has-died-at-87/

With a heedrum hodrum ragtime, and a too la roo lye ay.... Have a good St Andrews Day...

Bob Newhart.

I rather like him... I know nothing of his journey or his schtick, but his pops seem rather now and unique...

Womankind will feel his hand for years to come...

Missus is dead: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/219319/kornicki

Ah, one down...

I do know what an MC is...although the preferred option for me would be "emcee". Ah, so that's Hallyday...*shrug* not really a pick for me, Aznavour's more my style...

I've a fondness for the name, David Essex and all that...

I have no idea who that is...

What about Myfanwy?

Prince Philip: "No, Harry, that's not what getting something for Black Friday means..."

DDP Team #1 - Done DDP Theme Team #2- Done DDP Theme Team #3 - Still being prepared Hare's Pool - Done - awaiting December post. Hartlepool DP - Not ready Deathrace - considering whether to bother entering Advent Avalanche - Done - ready to submit Scavenger Hunt - awaiting a deadline for entries Death By Numbers - Not ready

I'm assuming that's not the Owen Wilson from Zoolander et al...

*Bloody hell, 50 names per player plus subs midway? Gonna have to keep on top of it, best of British.... Btw, given Sean's name change, should this be Sean's DBN? Anyway does it matter if it's run by someone else anyway? Just musing... (*Ron Weasley)

Been brought to my attention that Hinchey got a Mail Obit, and therefore JK gains some points. No bonuses, leaderboard updated.

Nifty Fifty sent.

Ok I'll pop a team together and await the opening for entries/deadline post. Cheers RA.

Agriculture expert Derek Barber finally gets his Telegraph Obit and Captain Chorizo ploughs up the leaderboard.

I'll PM something over soon.

First year you hope to be thankful for an assassination...

Aha! Already did that with the Poker Tourney! It will be PM'ed to one lucky entrant once they have submitted a team, so it has already been thought of, but you have just made me make that clear. Well, I'm going down the route of a theme team that never was, so it's unlikely anyone else's teams will interfere with mine, and very very unlikely anyone will want any of my picks.

Now I'm going to enter, and it is incumbent upon me to post a team in the thread. So don't post or PM entries until I have done that, probably in the first week of December. That avoids any accusation that I'm stealing players' picks. I'd like to do it the same way as I did for the Poker Tourney however, just so that you don't steal mine (although why you would want to with my track record I don't know!!!!). Obviously I'll have a ton of subs in case I lose any of my main picks before the competition opens. Anyway, hope that is ok....

Right Listers, listen up. It's just over 5 weeks to the end of the year, and I know you are all looking forward to collecting those big points next month with your current survivors. And of course I wish you and me all the best for that! But as you might be aware, December is the month when you have to prepare about 3 dozen lists for 2018, with your finger hovered over the send button at 23:59 on Hogmanay. So here is your fair warning: get those lists together for those who you think will survive most of, but not all, of 2018. You know you want to win a small donation to charidee at the end of the year. I'd also like to propose a rule change that no late entries be accepted. You have fair warning with this post, and I see no good reason why this pool is an exception to every single other pool. Now obviously I don't expect a flood of entries now...just have a good think and join in the fun. I'll issue timely reminders towards the end of the year while still trying to run this damn thing. I'd just like to say it's been a honour to host this and have enjoyed it tremendously, especially as most picks are famous enough for me to pick up on quite quickly. Cheers, YW.