YoungWillz

Am I the only one who feels listless?

About bloody time, huzzah for the patriarchy! (joke).

Patti Newton, widow of Bert Newton and entertainer in her own right, has the COVID right in time for your last minute lists: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12913959/Patti-Newton-Grease-Covid.html

DDP pick to round off the year if a Qobit in time. Shecky Greene’s death also muddled up quite a few of next year’s shadow lists, if not 2024 DDP teams.

Shecky Greene reportedly dead: https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/comic-legend-shecky-greene-dies-at-97-2973752/amp/

Way to remember Kiribati pronunciation is: Who sang at Charles and Diana’s wedding? Kiri (ya) bass. That might be a Scottish thing though.

Hoping that 2024 is better for you DDT. Get well soon!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/25197553/james-whale-new-year-honours-mbe/amp/ Ah that worked!

He got an MBE in the New Year’s Honours. Sorry, don’t really know how to link on phone lol. Sun reporting.

I have moved, I’m exhausted and only have phone usage. I’ll be little help until I can computer up. Sometime mid January.

Willie Jonah, who played Old Tibo in the Doctor Who story Can You Hear Me? with Jodie Whitaker in 2020, seems to have died without fanfare maybe in September: https://williejonah.muchloved.com/ Played Kenneth Kaunda in The Iron Lady and Cardinal Arinze in The Two Popes. In lighter roles in Carry On Up The Jungle and on TV in Terry And June.

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Yep, still connected so far! Just had a look at Sky's blurb for tonight's Only Connect Special - Politics on at 8 on BBC Two. Says and I quote "including a real, live, Conservative MP (correct at time of recording)"!!!!! Bet Victoria Coren Mitchell had a hand in that one.

Glock QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-12904599/OBITUARY-Gaston-Glock-man-gun-dies-aged-94--APA.html

Might just have been let down with my "man with a van" as well. All is not good here atm.

I'm fearful my broadband and everything will be cut off from tomorrow (though I was promised 2nd January!). Had to cobble a new list in a hurry today. If subs are needed, I'll do that when I'm back up and running. Accordingly, here's my Nifty Fifty Shadowlist for 2024: 1. David Attenborough 2. Stanley Baxter 3. Alan Bennett 4. Tony Blackburn 5. Sepp Blatter 6. Lyndsey Buckingham 7. Rob Burrow 8. Ruth Buzzi 9. Chubby Checker 10. Phil Collins 11. Billy Connolly 12. Tim Curry 13. Shannen Doherty 14. Amy Dowden 15. Bob Dylan 16. Frank Field 17. Roberta Flack 18. Julie Goodyear 19. Douglas Hurd 20. Jonnie Irwin 21. Tom Jones 22. Penelope Keith 23. Denis Law 24. Richard Lester 25. James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern 26. Imelda Marcos 27. Liza Minnelli 28. Nana Mouskouri 29. Dave Myers (Hairy Biker) 30. Willie Nelson 31. Bob Newhart 32. Linda Nolan 33. Yoko Ono 34. Ozzy Osbourne 35. Richard O'Sullivan 36. Linda Ronstadt 37. Salman Rushdie 38. William Russell 39. Prunella Scales 40. Grace Slick 41. Jimmy Tarbuck 42. Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) 43. Norman Tebbit 44. Dick Van Dyke 45. James Whale 46. John Williams 47. Bruce Willis 48. Richard Wilson 49. Bill Wyman 50. Michael York

Mais non! Non! Non! Non! Delors is a shared hit for me and the Committee. YW - 18; DL - 19.

Tom Smothers QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12904399/Tom-Smothers-dead-86-cancer-battle-comedy-legend-Brothers.html Jacques Delors QO: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/25175721/jacques-delors-dead-former-european-commission-president-euro/ Nobody wants to see 2024!!! Still awaiting Kernan and Breaks. Edit: And Gaston Glock!

Wolfgang Schauble QO: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-12903321/Wolfgang-Schaeuble-veteran-German-politics-dies-81.html

Rotimi Akeredolu reportedly dead: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/654371-breaking-governor-rotimi-akeredolu-is-dead.html

Okily dokily, second choice Joker nommed in PM just in case the first one carks it. Thanks.

Jim Breaks also a DDP pick this year. QO quick enough to beat the end of the year? Edit: Another Christmas Day death according to other sources. Ah, a Jim Breaks and Adrian Street matchup. Both dead this year.

Impeccable source reporting that Jim Breaks is, well, dead:

Team submitted by PM. Thanks for running again. As I'll be moving house shortly, my broadband will be down, so any issues, please let me know before say Thursday? Cheers.

Team submitted. Thanks for running @Book.