LizLemon

Cecile Richards

Linda Nolan gone. Prunella Scales as my new sub, please.

Ian Smith will move up a slot due to the death of my second sub, Peter Yarrow. I'll take José Mujica as my new sub.

I'm quite excited to see how badly I can screw up this year, too.

My annual foray: LL's Pool - my boringly-named main team: Steve McMichael (JOKER) Joanne Woodward Noam Chomsky Ian Smith Esther Rantzen Roberta Flack Ruth Buzzi Peter Yarrow Dick Van Dyke Michael Tilson Thomas Yoko Ono Sonny Rollins Tom Brokaw Cecile Richards Judy Loe Linda Nolan Dick Button Linda Ronstadt Larry Pressler Princess Alexandra Subs: The Duchess of Kent Phil Robertson Swimming in the Death Pool - backup team that manages to outscore the main team about half the time: Harvey Weinstein (JOKER - wishful thinking?) Tippi Hedren Jack Hanna Prunella Scales Isabel Peron Edie McClurg Eva Marie Saint Leontyne Price Dennis Skinner Sally Jessy Raphael Imelda Marcos Bruce Willis Gene Hackman Buzz Aldrin Vanessa Redgrave Rachel Ames Robert Wagner Constance Towers Victoria Jackson Brian Wilson Subs: Frankie Valli Ron Jeremy George Wendt Dying Donkeys (THEME - Democrat politicians): Jesse Jackson (JOKER) George Mitchell Lois Capps Gary Hart Michael Dukakis Madeleine Kunin Douglas Wilder Bruce Babbitt John Garamendi Donna Shalala Jay Rockefeller Patrick Leahy Tom Harkin J. Bennett Johnson Lynn Woolsey Ben Cayetano Bill Clinton David Scott (GA-13 representative) Frank J. Guarini Barbara Mikulski Subs: Joe Biden Jerry Brown Walter Fauntroy Not terribly confident about any of these teams but hoping it's better than last year. If McMichael could stop teasing and Woodward remembers she's dying, that'd help. Getting a bit sick of picking them.

19/50. Pete Murray Dennis Skinner Ian Smith Esther Rantzen Nigel Starmer-Smith Noam Chomsky Jean-Marie Le Pen Sonny Rollins Tippi Hedren Yoko Ono Julie Goodyear Prunella Scales Gene Hackman Joanne Woodward - joker Douglas Hurd Harvey Weinstein Buzz Aldrin Frankie Valli Asma al-Assad

Jimmy Carter and Johnnie Walker are hits for me. Lindas Nolan and Tirado are onto the main team now. I'll take Peter Yarrow and Ian Smith as subs.

I'll push Brokaw to the #10 slot, Richards up to my #1 sub, and add Sonny Rollins as my #2 sub.

Off to the races. Black Bart Peter Yarrow - joker Jimmy Carter Jose Mujica Harvey Weinstein Ian Smith Ruth Buzzi Steve McMichael Tom Brokaw Noam Chomsky Yoko Ono Michael Tilson Thomas Leontyne Price Cindy Birdsong Dick Van Dyke Linda Tirado Kaiti Grey Dick Button Johnnie Walker (DJ) Isabel Peron Subs: Rachel Ames Dennis Skinner Esther Rantzen Tippi Hedren Sonny Rollins

1- Eva Marie Saint 2- Sister Jean 3- Caren Marsh Doll 4- Paul Ignatius 5- Kaiti Grey 6- Elisabeth Waldo 7- Song Ping 8- Geneviève Callerot 9- Jacqueline White 10- Tomiko Itooka 11- VirginiaHalas McCaskey 12- Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn 13- Frances Wessells 14- Priscilla Pointer 15- Ruth Weiss Subs: 1- Ruth Weiss 2- Vincent Ball 3- Betsy Jochum

After a remarkably poor showing this year, hoping for a better performance in 2025. 1- Jimmy Carter 2- Joanne Woodward 3- Ruth Buzzi 4- Esther Rantzen 5- Peter Yarrow 6- Ian Smith 7- Steve McMichael 8- Roberta Flack 9- Michael Tilson Thomas 10- Dick Van Dyke Subs: 1- Tom Brokaw 2- Cecile Richards

1. David Attenborough 2. Joanne Woodward 3. Steve McMichael 4. Noam Chomsky 5. Ian Smith 6. Esther Rantzen 7. Roberta Flack 8. Ruth Buzzi 9. Peter Yarrow 10. Dick Van Dyke 11. Michael Tilson Thomas 12. Yoko Ono 13. Sonny Rollins 14. Tom Brokaw 15. Cecile Richards 16. Judy Loe 17. Linda Nolan 18. Dick Button 19. Linda Ronstadt 20. Larry Pressler 21. Tippi Hedren 22. Jack Hanna 23. Prunella Scales 24. Isabel Peron 25. Edie McClurg 26. Eva Marie Saint 27. Leontyne Price 28. Dennis Skinner 29. Sally Jessy Raphael 30. Princess Alexandra 31. Imelda Marcos 32. Bruce Willis 33. Gene Hackman 34. Buzz Aldrin 35. Vanessa Redgrave 36. Rachel Ames 37. Robert Wagner 38. Constance Towers 39. Victoria Jackson 40. Brian Wilson 41. Katherine, Duchess of Kent 42. Frankie Valli 43. Ron Jeremy 44. Willie Nelson 45. Phil Robertson 46. George Wendt 47. Lois Capps 48. Cindy Birdsong 49. Shelley Fabares 50. Harvey Weinstein Subs: David Attenborough, Kay Granger, Cleo Laine, James Baker, Mel Brooks

1- Jimmy Carter 2- José Mujica 3- Larry Pressler 4- Isabel Peron 5- Imelda Marcos 6- Dennis Skinner 7- Norman Tebbit 8- Kay Granger 9- George Mitchell 10- Lois Capps Subs: Raul Castro, Hal Rogers

Golden Bachelor star Gerry Turner announces he was diagnosed with Waldenström macroglobulinemia, a rare type of blood cancer, earlier this year.

John Prescott is also a hit for me. Larry Pressler moves to the team, and Isabel Peron enters as new sub.

Trevor Sorbie's a hit for me as well. Jack Hanna moves up to my team, and please add Linda Tirado as my new sub.

One of my picks, Tiffany Trump, is pregnant.

Milo Ventimiglia and his wife are expecting their first child, ending a very long drought for me in this pool.

A- Rachel Ames B- Ruth Buzzi C- Jimmy Carter D- Kitty Dukakis E- Edith Eger F- Roberta Flack G- Steve Gleason H- Jack Hanna I- Ion Iliescu J- Victoria Jackson K- Kris Kristofferson L- Judy Loe M- Steve McMichael N- Linda Nolan O- Yoko Ono P- Leontyne Price Q- Quincy Jones R- Esther Rantzen S- Eva Marie Saint T- Michael Tilson Thomas U- Bob Uecker V- Dick Van Dyke W- Joanne Woodward X- Qi Xin Y- Arnold Yarrow Z- Khaleda Zia

Here are my hits. I believe my scoring is right but I may have made an error along the way. D- Dianne Feinstein (4 points (solo hit)) F- Frank Field (3 points) G- Glynis Johns (1 point) I- Jonnie Irwin (5 points (WS bonus)) K- Henry Kissinger (2 points) O- Sandra Day O’Connor (6 points (solo hit)) Z- Zvi Zamir (8 points)

Here's my team: 1- Rishi Sunak 2- Diane Abbott 3- Edward Leigh 4- Suella Braverman 5- Sam Carling 6- Martin Vickers 7- Bambos Charalambous 8- Liz Twist 9- Hilary Benn 10- Nigel Farage 11- Richard Tice 12- Rupert Lowe 13- James McMurdock 14- Lee Anderson 15- Iqbal Mohamed 16- Ayoub Khan 17- Adnan Hussain 18- Alex Easton 19- Jeremy Corbyn 20- Shockat Adam 21- Lindsay Hoyle 22- Rosie Duffield 23- Jamie Stone 24- Charlotte Cane 25- Keir Starmer 26- Angela Rayner 27- Wendy Morton 28- Ruth Cadbury 29- Shabana Mahmood 30- Ed Davey 31- Jess Phillips 32- James Cleverly 33- Yasmin Qureshi 34- Barry Gardiner 35- Sian Berry 36- Rebecca Harris 37- Kemi Badenoch 38- Samantha Dixon 39- Iain Duncan Smith 40- Christopher Chope 41- David Mundell 42- Sammy Wilson 43- Marie Rimmer 44- Jim Allister 45- David Davis 46- Tulip Siddiq 47- John McDonnell 48- Nia Griffith 49- Helen Grant 50- Carolyn Harris 51- Siobhain McDonagh 52- Julian Lewis 53- Jon Trickett 54- Mary Glindon 55- Apsana Begum 56- Laura Trott 57- John Hayes 58- Jim Shannon 59- Andrew Mitchell 60- Esther McVey 61- Alan Campbell 62- Valerie Vaz 63- Sharon Hodgson 64- Andrew Bowie 65- Rachael Maskell

1- Donald Trump 2- Joe Biden 3- Andy Taylor 4- Michael J. Fox 5- Phil Collins 6- Ozzy Osbourne 7- Billy Connolly 8- William Shatner 9- Clint Eastwood 10- Rupert Murdoch 11- Pope Francis 12- Bruce Willis 13- Robert Wagner 14- Willie Nelson 15- Dick Van Dyke 16- David Attenborough 17- Janey Godley 18- Dave Myers 19- Prunella Scales 20- Toby Keith 21- Buzz Aldrin 22- Stanley Baxter 23- Tim Bilton 24- Mel Brooks 25- Eva Marie Saint Subs- Paul Spencer, Vladimir Putin

Kentucky Congressman and Dean of the US House, Hal Rodgers, was involved in a car accident. His team says he is in "good condition."

Scot Pollard, who played on five different teams in an 11 year NBA career and also participated in season 32 of Survivor, says he needs a heart transplant.

I'm ready for another year of me doing horrendously.