Toast

I must be the only person here who had no idea who this old dude was. But I don't watch any American TV.

You're usually wrong though.

Joanne Woodward

Insults are daily currency here.

I had a theme team "Toast Of The Turf" in the DDP for a few years.

Wed 6 Dec 28 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 26 Supergrass — Alright / Time 25 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 25 Pulp — Common People 25 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger +2 25 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient +2 25 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 24 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn  24 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 23 Ace Of Base — The Sign 22 Blur — Song 2 21 James — Sit Down 19 The Cardigans — Lovefool -6 18 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 18 The Corrs — Runaway 16 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 10 Haddaway — What Is Love 7 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You 5 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 

Wed 6 Dec 35 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 33 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 33 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 31 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 31 Wham! — Last Christmas 29 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter  29 The Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 28 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas 28 Darlene Love — Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 27 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 27 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 26 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 26 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 26 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 26 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 25 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry 25 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 24 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 24 Elvis Presley — Blue Christmas 24 José Feliciano — Feliz Navidad 24 Bing Crosby & David Bowie — Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy 23 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 23 Run-DMC — Christmas In Hollis 23 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 23 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 22 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 22 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 21 Destiny’s Child — 8 Days Of Christmas 21 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 21 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 21 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 21 George Michael — December Song 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Perry Como — Winter Wonderland 21 Donny Hathaway — This Christmas 21 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus 20 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 20 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 19 The Eagles — Please Come Home For Christmas 18 Jethro Tull — Ring Out Solstice Bells +4 18 Perry Como — God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 17 Shakin’ Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone 16 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 16 The Waitresses — Christmas Wrapping 15 Coldplay — Christmas Lights 14 Boney M — Mary’s Boy Child (Oh My Lord) 14 The Ronettes — Frosty The Snowman 12 Chris de Burgh — A Spaceman Came Travelling 10 Frank Sinatra — Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas -6 9 The Jackson 5 — I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Tue 5 Dec 32 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year  30 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 30 Darlene Love — Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 29 Wham! — Last Christmas 29 The Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 28 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 28 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 27 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 27 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 27 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 27 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 26 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 26 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 26 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 25 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry 25 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 24 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas 24 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells  24 Bing Crosby & David Bowie — Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy 23 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 22 The Waitresses — Christmas Wrapping 22 Run-DMC — Christmas In Hollis 22 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 22 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 22 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 21 Destiny’s Child — 8 Days Of Christmas 21 Perry Como — God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 21 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 21 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 21 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 21 George Michael — December Song 21 Coldplay — Christmas Lights 21 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Perry Como — Winter Wonderland 21 Donny Hathaway — This Christmas 21 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus 19 The Eagles — Please Come Home For Christmas 19 Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews — Baby It’s Cold Outside 19 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 18 Elvis Presley — Blue Christmas 18 José Feliciano — Feliz Navidad  17 Jethro Tull — Ring Out Solstice Bells +4 17 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 17 Shakin’ Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone 17 The Jackson 5 — I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 16 Frank Sinatra — Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 16 The Ronettes — Frosty The Snowman 15 Boney M — Mary’s Boy Child (Oh My Lord) 12 Stevie Wonder — What Christmas Means To Me 12 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 11 Chris de Burgh — A Spaceman Came Travelling 09 Chris Rea — Driving Home For Christmas 08 Kelly Clarkson — Underneath The Tree 03 John & Yoko — Happy Xmas War is Over -6

Tue 5 Dec 32 Blur — Song 2 32 James — Sit Down +1 28 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient +2 27 Pulp — Common People 24 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 24 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 23 Supergrass — Alright / Time 23 The Cardigans — Lovefool 23 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger +1 22 Haddaway — What Is Love 22 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 21 Natalie Imbruglia— Torn -6 21 Ace Of Base — The Sign 18 The Corrs — Runaway 17 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 14 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet  14 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 14 Pulp — Mis-Shapes / Sorted For E’s And Wizz -6 13 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 10 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You

This thread should be merged with the immortals thread.

I'll be playing again too, but I won't post my list until the game begins. And here it is Andrew Ranken Anouk Aimée 18 Jun Cindy Birdsong Clive Brittain Dave Myers [joker] 28 Feb David Attenborough Dennis Skinner Esther Rantzen Françoise Hardy 11 Jun Frank Field 23 Apr Gerald Harper Glynis Johns 4 Jan James Dewey Watson James Whale Jean Marsh Joanne Woodward Jonnie Irwin 2 Feb Liza Minnelli Patrick Murray Rob Burrow 2 Jun Ron Jeremy Rupert Murdoch Theo Burrell Toby Keith 5 Feb Yoko Ono Subs Ted Turner Ethel Kennedy Steve McMichael Norman Tebbit Chris Evert

The point is whether we like a song or not. I've never liked Slade's songs, and my previous voting bears witness to that.

I've probably heard it more times than anyone else here. I'm sick of it.

Mon 4 Dec 28 Blur — Song 2  26 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me +4 24 James — Sit Down 23 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 23 Pulp — Common People 22 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient 22 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 22 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 22 The Cardigans — Lovefool 21 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 21 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 20 Pulp — Mis-Shapes / Sorted For E’s And Wizz 20 Ace Of Base — The Sign 20 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 20 Supergrass — Alright / Time 20 The Corrs — Runaway 20 Haddaway — What Is Love 17 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 16 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You 15 Deee-Lite — Groove is in the Heart 14 Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé — Barcelona 10 Madonna — Ray Of Light +4 10 Natalie Imbruglia — Big Mistake -4 08 Kris Kross — Jump 00 Chumbawamba — Bindiving -2

Sorry, scoring is at the top of the scoreboard. Party pooper bonus is for people who die on their birthday or Christmas Day. Theme teams are just for fun really. There is a separate scoreboard for them. Although they are not excluded from the main scoreboard afaik.

Try here https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/ddp-rules/

Mon 4 Dec 32 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 28 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 28 The Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 28 Darlene Love — Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 26 Bing Crosby — White Christmas 26 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas 26 Wham! — Last Christmas 26 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 25 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 25 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End  24 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 24 Bing Crosby & David Bowie — Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy 24 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 24 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 24 John & Yoko etc. — Happy Xmas War is Over 23 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 23 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 23 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 23 Donny Hathaway — This Christmas 23 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry 23 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles 22 The Waitresses — Christmas Wrapping +4 22 Run-DMC — Christmas In Hollis 22 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 22 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 22 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 22 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 22 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 21 Destiny’s Child — 8 Days Of Christmas 21 Perry Como — God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 21 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 21 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 21 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 21 Boney M — Mary’s Boy Child (Oh My Lord) 21 George Michael — December Song 21 Coldplay — Christmas Lights 21 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Band Aid — Do They Know It’s Christmas? 21 Perry Como — Winter Wonderland 21 John & Yoko etc — Happy Xmas War is Over 20 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus 20 The Eagles — Please Come Home For Christmas 20 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 19 Frank Sinatra — Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas -2 19 José Feliciano — Feliz Navidad 19 Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews — Baby It’s Cold Outside 19 The Jackson 5 — I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 17 Chris Rea — Driving Home For Christmas 17 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 17 Elvis Presley — Blue Christmas 17 Shakin’ Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone 16 The Ronettes — Frosty The Snowman 14 Jethro Tull — Ring Out Solstice Bells +4 14 Stevie Wonder — What Christmas Means To Me 11 Leona Lewis — One More Sleep 10 Chris de Burgh — A Spaceman Came Travelling 10 Saint Etienne — I Was Born On Christmas Day 10 Kelly Clarkson — Underneath The Tree 6 Bob Dylan — Must Be Santa 00 Slade — Merry Xmas Everybody -4

He must have a picture in the attic.

Sun 3 Dec 28 Blur — Song 2 25 Natalie Imbruglia — Torn 23 Pulp — Common People 22 KLF ft. Tammy Wynette — Justified And Ancient 22 James — Sit Down 22 DNA ft. Suzanne Vega — Tom's Diner 21 Deee-Lite — Groove Is In The Heart 21 The Verve — Bitter Sweet Symphony 21 Fatboy Slim — Right Here, Right Now 20 Pulp — Mis-Shapes / Sorted For E’s And Wizz 20 Ace Of Base — The Sign 20 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 20 Ce Ce Peniston — Finally (Re-Issue) 20 The Cardigans — Lovefool 20 Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé — Barcelona 20 Supergrass — Alright / Time 20 The Corrs — Runaway 20 Haddaway — What Is Love 18 Kylie Minogue — Confide In Me 17 Alannah Myles — Black Velvet 16 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You 14 Natalie Imbruglia — Big Mistake -3 12 Madonna — Ray Of Light +4 12 Kris Kross — Jump 06 Chumbawamba — Tubthumping -3

Especially as it's paywalled, so most people are reacting to carefully selected quotes and paraphrasing rather than what he actually said.

I'm not so sure about that. BB's film career was relatively short. She is perhaps better known as a sex symbol, and younger people won't remember that. Catherine Deneuve is still working after more than 60 years, and many, many more people will have seen her in something.

Here's one of my favourites which deserves to be more widely known. Deathlisters should enjoy the funereal video.

I recommend Benylin 4 Flu tablets. When I feel a cold coming on, I take two of these before bed, and it kills the cold dead in its tracks.

Sun 3 Dec 29 The Pretenders — 2000 Miles +3 29 The Wombles — Wombling Merry Christmas 28 Andy Williams — It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year 26 Kate Bush — December Will Be Magic Again 26 Darlene Love — Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 25 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 24 The Beach Boys — Little Saint Nick 24 Ray Conniff — Carol Of The Bells 24 Bing Crosby & David Bowie — Peace On Earth / Little Drummer Boy 24 Queen — Thank God It’s Christmas 24 Eartha Kitt — Santa Baby 23 Donny Hathaway — This Christmas 23 Jona Lewie — Stop The Cavalry 23 Burl Ives — Holly Jolly Christmas 22 José Feliciano — Feliz Navidad 22 Wham! — Last Christmas 22 Wizzard — I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 22 Run-DMC — Christmas In Hollis 22 The Ronettes — Sleigh Ride 22 Nat King Cole — The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 22 Bing Crosby — White Christmas  22 John & Yoko etc. — Happy Xmas War is Over 22 Mike Oldfield — In Dulci Jubilo 22 Perry Como — It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 21 Destiny’s Child — 8 Days Of Christmas 21 Perry Como — God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 21 Frank Sinatra — Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 21 Chuck Berry — Run Rudolph Run 21 Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters — Mele Kalikimaka 21 Brenda Lee — Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 21 Boney M — Mary’s Boy Child (Oh My Lord) 21 The Darkness — Don’t Let The Bells End 21 George Michael — December Song 21 Coldplay — Christmas Lights 21 Kay Starr — (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag 21 The Crystals — Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 21 Band Aid — Do They Know It’s Christmas? +1 20 Gene Autry — Here Comes Santa Claus 20 Bobby Helms — Jingle Bell Rock 20 Dean Martin — Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 20 The Carpenters — Merry Christmas Darling 20 Shakin’ Stevens — Merry Christmas Everyone 20 The Eagles — Please Come Home For Christmas 20 Jim Reeves — Silver Bells 20 Gabriella Cilmi — Warm This Winter 20 Perry Como — Winter Wonderland 19 Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews — Baby It’s Cold Outside 19 Elvis Presley — Blue Christmas 19 Greg Lake — I Believe In Father Christmas 19 The Jackson 5 — I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 19 Mud — Lonely This Christmas 19 Leona Lewis — One More Sleep 18 Bob Dylan — Must Be Santa 18 The Ronettes — Frosty The Snowman 18 Kelly Clarkson — Underneath The Tree 17 Chris Rea — Driving Home For Christmas 17 Elton John — Step Into Christmas 17 The Waitresses — Christmas Wrapping 16 Stevie Wonder — What Christmas Means To Me 06 Slade — Merry Xmas Everybody -6 06 Mariah Carey — All I Want For Christmas Is You 06 Johnny Mathis — When A Child Is Born

Sun 3 Dec 66 Stardust — Music Sounds Better With You 65 The Corrs — Runaway 62 Fatboy Slim -- Right Here, Right Now 44 Madonna — Beautiful Stranger 39 Natalie Imbruglia — Big Mistake 31 Madonna — Ray Of Light +4 19 DJ Jurgen Presents Alice DeeJay — Better Off Alone 17 Phats & Small — Turn Around 09 Terrorvision — Tequila -6