themaninblack

All hail the ginger geezer and his wrinkled retainer....Scrotum!

I thought DL was better than this too. Don't we have anyone with Flash animation skills on DL? They could knock out a Wheel-of-fortune style date selector with flashing lights, spinning clicker and sickening host yelling out "Top Dollar!" every once in a while. That's what this thread needs. I wish DL would have the picture adding function used in the other parts of the forum. I was planning to add a picture summing up the situation....

I don't mean so much about the personnel changes with Kinks, more their stickability in terms of living, although isn't John Gosling dead? How CSNY have still got C on this earth, I'll never know...

The Kinks....

In what way? Ah yes, the noble art of death prediction. In ye olde days, we would pick out 50 noted squires and punt for their impending doom. It was a gentlemen's game then...

I thought he died years ago...

Me and my brothers were this evening discussing whether ITV's current financial plight might see it make some retrogrsde changes to its schedule, such as closing down at night and even for a bit in the afternoon. News bulletins that last 15 mins and so on. I was depressed by the news on ITV saying that they were unaffected by the changes. I'm puzzled as to why the news media (and this includes newspapers and the net) have not been affected by the recession. Those lazy journos are hanging on by their buck teeth to their meal tickets aren't they? While at the same time pontificating about the crisis in their usual 'tut, tut' manner... Present company of journalists that are on this site excepted...

Interesting. The Monkees are that rare breed of 60s bands who a. Didn't change personnel and b. Are all present and correct 40-odd years down the line...

I'll throw my hat in... Easter Day! (April 12th)

Apparently, actor Gene Barry is in hospital for the last two weeks following a heart attack... No news link as yet...

You're ambulance-chasing the wrong Attenborough, DDLM...

Apparently saying her last goodbyes... A sh*t weekend has got even shitter with the prospect of yet another near-miss...

Yes. It was a joke....

Noel Martin is dead... ...sorry Maryport!

Happy Birthday Octopus of Odstock (AKA Mr DDP)..... I hope you are enjoying your dirty long weekend....

Current Standings 1. Heaven Knows They're Miserable Now - 59 (6) 2. The Living End - 54 (4) 3. Brown Banana's - 37 (5) 4. International House Of Death - 33 (5) 5. If I'm Spared Myself, Of Course - 32 (4) 5. Carkers Convention 2009 - 32 (3) 7. The Last Gasp - 31 (3) 8. Grobler's Stiff Ones - 30 (4) 9. The Terry Fenwick Invitational Select XI 29 (2) EIGHT teams at #10: (Deceased Hose, Final Curtain, Master Mind, Meet Your Maker, Now That's What I Call SIGNIFICANT 2009, R.I.P. It Up And Start Again, Are You Still Dying, Darling?, Wake Up And Smell The Coffin) 28 Player of the Month - The Living End (44pts)

William Melvin Hicks died today in 1994. Forget Cobain, this was the big death of that year...

If that happens, I shall personally see to it that is terminal... But surely the Doctors will all know whether it's a fake or not. Or have they been slipped a few? Adding to the Uncle Fester jibes, surely she can grow back her hair now that she isn't undergoing treatment...

There's been very little in the news about him and he's still in hospital....

Swayzeebaby...

I think I might have made a mistake of leaving her out of my DDP team, after seeing that... I did. I have a feeling my DDP teams are like the Star Trek films, the even numbers (2006, 2008) are good. Still, early days...

Well just less than two weeks into 2009 and the Dai is already cast... So who will be next? I'll stick with Wisdom for now...

The big question is whether he'll reach 55...

So the upshot of this little exercise is that Dilys Laye has tipped the balance from an even 50/50 split of alive/dead Carry On Stars, and given the advantage to those no longer with us. EXCEPT that the great Robin Askwith (Girls) has been omitted, as has Anna Karen (Camping, Loving) and Johnny Briggs (Khyber, Behind, England), along with (presumably) a number of the gratuitous totty essential for making a Carry On film what it was. On the minus side, Roy Castle and Cardew Robinson (both appeared in Khyber, neither is living) were also omitted. Conclusion then? Who knows. But it appears my statement that there aren't many left now was not strictly correct. One thing's for sure though - the number still living can only go one way..... Dilys Laye...I mentioned her last year and said she was looking a bit old. But I forgot about her when considering my DDP picks. Must look over my own posts in preparation for next years list...

What with the Jade business, the news media have gone all mawkish this week...