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Also with streaming, you miss any post-credit scene as it automatically starts the next episode before the credits finish. (The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret had post-credit scenes which I didn't discover until I'd missed most of them).

I went for the nonagenarian former President. Gorbachev - I anticipate a defenestration sometime soon.

I vaguely remember a programme a few years ago where 'posh' families had to swap with 'poor' families and live each other's lifestyles for a while (possibly on holiday - the 'poor' family went to Val d'Isere or the Virgin Islands and the 'posh' family went to Pontins or had a couple of weeks in a caravan - something along those lines). I'd reboot it but instead of random posh families, various members of the cabinet would swap places with those on the breadline and they'd live each other's lifestyles. They wouldn't swap back after a fortnight though.

Mr. Poitier. I guess this means he won't be coming to dinner.

E'nin Stannit obit

Not the only thing Brinkwire haven't quite grasped.

Surprise, case dismissed https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/04/nirvana-nevermind-baby-cover-artwork-lawsuit-dismissed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other ”with leave to amend”; not sure what that is but the plaintiff has until the 13th to refile.

She's one of my selections, she'd better still be alive (at least as of Saturday morning)!

Autocorrect strikes! Yves, not Yvette.

Yvette Saint-Martin again

Yves Saint-Martin

Hamish no More. Former Scotland player Hamish K. More has died aged 81. Played 18 first class matches & toured with the MCC in '78-79. He still holds the Scottish record for catches in a match, 7 vs Pakistan, taken in 1971.

I went with Starmer-Smith; Mrs Starmer-Smith died last year and two of their children died in their teens.

Reminded by this..

No apology necessary but sorry too. Still, half a loaf is better than none. Strangely enough I think I found her via a convoluted route from an ITC show - UFO.

Sorry about that, but it goes both ways. I checked back a few years and was surprised he doesn't appear to have ever been picked, then like buses, two at once.

My entry: Jean Marsh Gerard Kennedy Dickie Davies Tsai Chin Ian Smith Russ Tamblyn Wanda Ventham Natasha Pyne Aimi MacDonald Terry Cox Gus Trikonis Barrie Rutter I've gone heavy on the Celeb Squares players this year.

As is customary, here're my teams for this year: time's-up team Pete Brady From Magpie & the radio Patricia Bredin James Burrows Phil Coulter From writing songs Daphne Fowler Richard Franklin William Gaunt Gerald Harper Mike Hodges (J) From the movies Colin Jeavons George 'Johnny' Johnson Jan Jongbloed From the world Cup Sarah Lawson From Within These walls P.H. Moriarty From Sherlock Lock, Stock Tony Murray Pete Murray Jim Norton Len Robin Parkinson Jim Parks Jr. Otto Rehhagel 7 new picks, surprisingly none of whom were picked last year, which, as they're all still alive (afaik) was a good call. ...and its goodnight from him and him etc. (theme team of Rons) Ronnie Blythe Ronnie Campbell Ronnie Walter Cunnigham Ronnie Dawson (J) Ron Dennis Ron Ely Ronald Baron Fearn Ronald Isley Ron Jones (DNS) Ron Kovic Ronnie milsap Ron Paul Ronnie Rees Former Welsh international footballer, suffered a major stroke in 1995. Rony Robinson Ronnie Spector Ronald Venetiaan Ronald Wayne Ronnie Wood Ron Yeats Ron Yerxa US film Producer A new entry this time round I was looking for entries for the HpDP and got carried away Randoms who might Bonnie Bramlett (J) of Delaney & Bonnie fame Dyan Cannon Clarence Carter Jeanette Charles James Cosmo Arthur Cox Former footballer/manager Terry Cox Pentangle-ist Bobbie Gentry John Gorman Scaffolder Ann Hamilton M&W player Ann Jones Graham Kerr Jean-Claude Killy Downhill Skier Kris Kristofferson Bob Langley Pebble Mill etc Louis Mellis Sexy Beast Billy Mills Lokota runner Chita Rivera Yves Saint-Martin French Jockey Peter Shelley Not the Buzzcock, the other one.

Early retirement.

Believe it or not, I only sent in the "Rons" team a couple of days ago as I was retiring it, but two locks for my new theme-team died in December and I never got round to finishing it. So I just found two more "Rons" and bunged them in. Never added any subs though, being as it was a last-minute thing!

A late dip across the line there!

Mikey 'Mao' Chung, who played with Sly & Robbie & Black Uhuru, as well as Peter Tosh and a plethora of other notable names, has died aged 71.

This article from The Blizzard, recently reproduced in The Guardian, has Trevillion credited with introducing the Captain's armband to English football, but more interestingly reveals that he only has 2 hours sleep each night and is "completely crackers". It's also an interesting read if you've ever wondered on the origins of captains' armbands.

There's no room for sentimentality in Deadpooling. Agreed

I submitted my team via PM, as usual. All new names for me this year (though not necessarily new to the game). In a departure from normal practice, I've omitted any world's/UK oldest thanks to Lilian Priest's death getting zero coverage, and have actively sought Celebrity Squares and panto participants. I'll probably hit two deaths max, as per!