Bibliogryphon

This week Ryan O'Neal wants to reconcile with Tatum before he dies and Aretha Franklin will never sing again.

Ken Higgs not a hit. Oh well

I always thought the QO requirement meant those that make risky picks do so at their own peril but are rewarded with unique picks. I like my picks famous not sick but I don't want to be prescriptive. We spend a lot of time discussing that type of pick anyway.

Certainly an inspired choice! Apparently he had been suffering from Alzheimers for quite a while but I did not know that when I picked him. I was going to promote him to Joker for 2017.

Autumn Vacation.Congrats Sir C you avoided a nasty fall.

David Jenkins was my fifth unique hit across all my team this year and the third for Unusual Suspects. I may not be challenging for the title but I do like to get a good unique hit.

SWITCH sw 0/0/0/1/0 YOUNGWILLZ yw 0/0/0/1/0 RADGUY rg 0/0/0/1/0 TIME ti 0/0/0/0/0 IMNOTHADES ih 0/0/0/1/0 MSC mc 0/0/0/1/0 DEATHRAY dr 0/0/0/2/0 HANDREJKA hj 0/0/0/0/0 ROCKHOPPERPENGUIN rp 0/0/0/1/0 DEATH IMPENDS di 0/0/0/1/0 CAPTAINCHORIZO cc 0/0/0/0/0 GCREEPTILE gr 0/0/0/0/0ROTTON ALI ra 0/0/0/1/0 ROVER & OUT ro 0/0/0/2/0 TOAST to 0/0/0/1/0 Well to please joeyruss we have had three cricketing deaths before any of the other teams get in on the action. Nine teams get points leaving only 4 with no score. Deathray & Rover both have two points but in the same category.

Douglas Adams was never going to do City of Death it was just not worth it for him but his estate have allowed other writers to do CoD, Shada & The Pirate Planet. I do not insist Saward writes the books but allows them to be written. James Goss who adapted CoD got closer in tone to Adams than Eoin Coifer in the official Sixth Hitch-hiker book. From memory, Adams line was that he wasn't going to let anyone else write them, and he might go round to it eventually. It's in the Neil Gaiman biography. Any book would be improved by not having Eric Saward write it. Yeah but his daughter realised that the fan appetite for them was bigger than her Father's pride and so relented. Eric Saward needs to get this through his skull.Though the Nation estate are equally at fault

I am going for October 18th

Oh another one for the Cricket team. Full update tomorrow. lots of points. Come on the other four teams.

Strange how you mention that song. Just yesterday I found a newspaper clipping with the lyrics that had fallen out of the single while I was sorting through a box. What bothers me is that everytime I mention it I realise I still know all the words. Until recently I didn't know that it was written by the two guys who created Red Dwarf.

With the passing of David Jenkins I did wonder how many of the people represented as Spitting Image puppets in the video for the Chicken Song are still alive?

Douglas Adams was never going to do City of Death it was just not worth it for him but his estate have allowed other writers to do CoD, Shada & The Pirate Planet. I do not insist Saward writes the books but allows them to be written. James Goss who adapted CoD got closer in tone to Adams than Eoin Coifer in the official Sixth Hitch-hiker book.

I hated Goodnight Sweetheart the first time round.

Eric Sawards true crime is his ongoing feud with the estate of Terry Nation about the novelisation of Resurrection & Revelation. Is it going to down to obsessive DW book collectors posting pictures of Kathy Bates through his front door?

David Jenkins is another Unique hit for me. There is a BBC obit but I am posting from my phone.

OK does anyone have any knowledge about the 911 movie clocks conspiracy theory linking it back to the 1967 David Rockefeller Newsweek cover. Seemed interesting but circumstantial lacking a unifying narrative. Interested in a robust debunk.

NE reports this week that MTM has lost the will to live.

Still can't access at work.

SWITCH sw 0/0/0/0/0 YOUNGWILLZ yw 0/0/0/1/0 RADGUY rg 0/0/0/0/0 TIME ti 0/0/0/0/0 IMNOTHADES ih 0/0/0/0/0 MSC mc 0/0/0/0/0 DEATHRAY dr 0/0/0/1/0 HANDREJKA hj 0/0/0/0/0 ROCKHOPPERPENGUIN rp 0/0/0/0/0 DEATH IMPENDS di 0/0/0/0/0 CAPTAINCHORIZO cc 0/0/0/0/0 GCREEPTILE gr 0/0/0/0/0 ROTTON ALI ra 0/0/0/1/0 ROVER & OUT ro 0/0/0/1/0 TOAST to 0/0/0/0/0 Most people agreed that Cricketers were the hardest group but so far they are most rewarding. Congrats RO, YW & DR

No-one has gone for Lily Allen. Maybe she will fill a Sheen shaped hole in someone's list.

I have just completed the dates for all my picks. I am OK until 2020.

For those of you in the US who are looking forward to the latest series of Dancing with the Stars it looks like Vanilla Ice will be taking part. He has certainly been a frequent DDP pick in years gone by so we look forward to updates that he has put all that bad living behind him.

Glad I got a mention in this list even if it was as a list compiler who is not as psychotic and insightfull as other posters. Thanks msc for all your work.

Great to see the link to the Forums back at the top of the page.