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5 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

I like your Merseyside themed list although  I would have tried to get Billy Butler on that list somehow.

 

I'd forgotten about him. He would have been a better choice than Vince Earl come to think of it.

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13 minutes ago, Handrejka said:

 

I'd forgotten about him. He would have been a better choice than Vince Earl come to think of it.

No Vince Earl is a good pick I had him on one of my long lists! Akinwale is the weakest pick in my opinion. He is a horrendous individual and  people in Merseyside have wished him away and hoped to be rid of him for years  but alas  he is still with us.I don't think he lives in Merseyside anymore  but regularly visits the area is my understanding. Although at one point he was legally prohibited from doing so.

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40 minutes ago, Toast said:

I'm Sorry For Your Trouble

 

Hannah Wants

 

 

Genuinely surprised by this one, Toast, going by your usual criteria (said with my usual deep respect for it, you understand)- but I am very out of touch with music and radio, being honest!

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Right, here’s my squad. Like I said yesterday I would be happy with a top 10 performance so I doubt this team will do that well...

 

  1. James Whale (joker)

  2. Ady Barkan

  3. Tim Bilton

  4. Gary Burgess

  5. Sunday Burquest

  6. Paul Cosford 

  7. Dai Davies

  8. Maria Farmer

  9. Jeffrey Foskett 

  10. Alan Dean Foster

  11. David Gulpilil

  12. Rush Limbaugh 

  13. Floyd Little 

  14. Linda Nolan

  15. Tom Parker

  16. Jake “The Snake” Roberts

  17. Gavin Robertson 

  18. Tom Smith

  19. Leon Spinks

  20. Míguel Van Damme

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20 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

No Vince Earl is a good pick I had him on one of my long lists! Akinwale is the weakest pick in my opinion. He is a horrendous individual and  people in Merseyside have wished him away and hoped to be rid of him for years  but alas  he is still with us.I don't think he lives in Merseyside anymore  but regularly visits the area is my understanding. Although at one point he was legally prohibited from doing so.

 

He was certainly banned from St Helens not sure about anywhere else. It is more of a wishful thinking choice but at the same time I don't see him making old bones, though it turns out he is younger than I thought he was. I was also curious to see if he would make the fame theshhold. 

 

Vince Earl looked well in that music video he did last year. 

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5 minutes ago, Handrejka said:

 

He was certainly banned from St Helens not sure about anywhere else. It is more of a wishful thinking choice but at the same time I don't see him making old bones, though it turns out he is younger than I thought he was. 

 

Vince Earl looked well in that music video he did last year. 

 

What's the story on him being banned from St Helens? Seems like his wiki page might have been tidied up - no references to him being a horrendous person? 

 

Oh nevermind, I was looking at Vince Earl - skimmed over the Akinwale bit. 

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11 minutes ago, msc said:

Genuinely surprised by this one, Toast, going by your usual criteria (said with my usual deep respect for it, you understand)- but I am very out of touch with music and radio, being honest!

 

Why?  She's pretty well-known, isn't she?  I frequent a few music venues of the O2 Academy sort of size so I get lots of emails with their listings, which are quite diverse. 

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5 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

Why?  She's pretty well-known, isn't she?  I frequent a few music venues of the O2 Academy sort of size so I get lots of emails with their listings, which are quite diverse. 

 

I think you've just answered exactly how out of touch I am. I thought she was more regional!

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Great picks from everyone as usual. I'm a little surprised Paul Westphal is not on more teams, but he is undoubtedly better known in the US than the UK.

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13 minutes ago, Handrejka said:

 

He was certainly banned from St Helens not sure about anywhere else. It is more of a wishful thinking choice but at the same time I don't see him making old bones, though it turns out he is younger than I thought he was. I was also curious to see if he would make the fame theshhold. 

 

Vince Earl looked well in that music video he did last year. 

He was definitely banned from going into certain types of venues or approaching people outside them with requests. He could be very intimidating especially if he developed a fixation on a person.

 

Oh I wasn't aware Vince Earl appeared in a music video?

In terms of ex Brookside stars I would have Dean Sullivan on the main list not a sub.

I happen to know that well into middle age Dean partied VERY hard on the Liverpool gay scene regularly for  years and was quite wild and not risk averse shall we say. I would say from what I am aware of that would likely  have health consequences  down the line.He really did burn the candle at both ends.

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Deathray's Kevorkian Clinic
 
Tom Parker
Bill Turnbull
George Alagaih
Sarah Harding
Chelsea Whibley
Litsa Menounos
Tom Smith
Rob Burrow
Lady Mendelson
Linda Nolan
James Whale
Dai Davies
Rush Limbaugh
Shannen Doherty
John Gwynne
Criscilla Anderson
Nick Hitchon
Jana Bennett
Jimmy Carter
Jason Liversidge
 
Prince Philip
Landon McBroom
Ozzy Osbourne

 

The Cobbles to A Coffin
 
Johnny Briggs
William Roache
Eileen Derbyshire
Thelma Barlow
Julie Goodyear
June Brown
Joanna Lumley
Joan Collins
Patricia Shakesby
Alan Rothwell
Barbara Knox
Kenneth Cope
Philip Lowrie
Kenneth Farrington
Mark Eden
Julie Goodyear
Malcolm Hebden
Ian McKellen
Timothy West
Anne Reid
 
Ken Morley
Amanda Barrie
Frank Mills

Shot in the Dark
 
Ronnie Pickering
Johnny Mathis
Ryan Molloy
Jamie Cullum
James Bolam
Liam Gallagher
Jack Nicholson
Liam Neeson
Andy Murray
Tommy Steele
Kieth Richards
Lionel Richie
Lionel Blair
Niall Horan
William Roache
Preston (singer)
Jermaine Jenas
Jim Davidson
June Brown
Stevie Wonder
 
Vanessa Feltz
Robbie Williams
Bobby Charlton

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11 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

Here are my three  delicious  Crumble teams for 2021

Quite varied and with a big expectation of lots of unique picks. 

 

 

Apricot Crumble 

 

John Warner (former US Republican senator,  US Secretary of the Navy and of Elizabeth Taylor's ex husbands)

 

Duchess of Kent 

Jackie Loughery  (Actress and first winner of Miss USA beauty contest)

Edgar Lansbury  (British American theatre and film producer and brother of Angela Lansbury)

 

Wayne Dobson  (British magician)

Kitty Kelley  (American author and journalist  most notorious for writing  scathing biographies of Nancy Reagan,  Frank Sinatra and the  Bush family. 

 

Prince Philip 

Ron Stander (retired us boxer)

Ronnie Knight 

John ward(father of murdered British lady Julie Ward killed in Kenya. He has campaigned vociferously for justice and answers via the media for years and was featured on Netflix)

Christina Crawford 

Winnie Ewing 

Gerald Seymour 

Jimmy Greaves 

Pope Benedict 

Leonard Hayflick (US scientist who the discovery about biological  cells called the Hayflick limit was named after)

Julie Goodyear 

Tony Caunter (actor played Roy Evans in EastEnders)

Barbara Edwards (BBCs first female television weather presenter)

Peter Hordern (former tory MP)

Subs Raquel Welch ,Bob Barker, Joni Mitchell 

 

 

Blueberry Crumble 

 

Poul Schluter  (former PM of Denmark)

Carleton Carpenter (us film actor)

Susan Harris (Creator and executive producer of The Golden Girls)

Ann Bannon(American novelist known as the Queen of lesbian pulp fiction)

 

Joe Morgenstern (US film critic and ex husband of hollywood golden era actress Piper Laurie)

Cindy Adams  (New York Gossip Columnist)

Marti Webb 

Vera Miles 

Joanne Woodward 

Fortune Fitzroy (The Dowager Duchess of Grafton)

Joe Mercer (retired English thoroughbred racehorse jockey)

James D Watson 

Marion Ramsey (us actress most famous for the Police academy films)

Sally Kellerman  (Oscar nominated actress)

Rosemary Squires (British singer and voice behind Mild Green Fairy liquid television advert. 

 

Margaret Anne Lake (Otherwise known as Mystic Meg)

Terence Stamp 

Clarissa Eden 

Wink Martindale (US disc jockey and gameshow host)

Maggie Kirkpatrick 

 

Subs   Lloyd Morrisett,  Tony Drewitt Barlow. Baroness Jill Knight. 

 

 

Gooseberry Crumble 

 

Jerrold Immel  (tv music composer most famous for Dallas television shows theme tune)

Bob Falkenburg  (US tennis player)

Edgar Pearce  (mardi gray bomber)

Terry Kilburn (British born actor)

Larry king 

Jacqueline White (golden era Hollywood actress)

Susan Howard (Played Donna Krebbs in us soap opera Dallas 

Jackie DeShannon (US singer songwriter whos hits include Bette Davis eyes)

Loretta Lynn 

Ken Morley 

Erin Pizzey  (British domestic violence campaigner and founder of Refuge  charity)

Maggie Bell (Scottish singer who's songs include  No mean  city the themetune song to tv detective series Taggart)

Lewis Wolpert  (British South African  developmental biologist  author and broadcaster. 

David Weeks (former leader and deputy leader of Westminster City council)

Douglas S Cramer (US tv producer behind shows such as the Brady bunch, Dynasty and Wonder Woman 

John Chapple   (Retired British army officer who served as general chief of staff)

Liza Minnelli 

Richard Beymer  (US actor starred in  West Side story movie and Twin Peaks)

David Ogilvy (Earl of Airlie)

 

Johnny Gold  (former owner of  famous London nightclub Tramps.

 

Subs Mike Hodges,  Robert Fyfe and June Spencer 

Lets see which Crumble does the business this year!

I reckon  its possible that more than half of my picks are unique which would delight me given the new increase in points for unique picks. 

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Purple Aki notorious at one point, he's fine.

 

2 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said:

Time to be annoyed at few uniques we've got then? OK, here's David Quantick's Showbiz Pals for 2k21

 

  1. Tom Parker (joker)
  2. Gary Burgess
  3. Criscilla Anderson
  4. Lee Noble
  5. Tom Smith
  6. Zoe Davison
  7. Susie Steiner
  8. Michael Caputo
  9. Leon Spinks
  10. Jana Bennett
  11. Litsa Menounous
  12. Ezra Nawi
  13. Julia Reichert
  14. Rush Limbaugh
  15. Floyd Little
  16. Dai Davies
  17. James Whale
  18. John Harvey
  19. Vivienne Player
  20. Carlos Menem

 

Bit lax in research due to co-hosting but nostalgic over a team I haven't heard of some picks on - Nawi, Steiner, Reichert.

 

For your information, there's a stewards inquiry over Vivienne Player and Zoe Davison (who I thought passed but apparently she might be a less famous Davison?) at the moment.

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Expiry Date - 2021.

1.      Tom Parker - Joker

2.      Johnny Ruffo

3.      Tom Smith

4.      Leon Sprinks

5.      Sarah Harding

6.      Susan Bayh

7.      George Alagiah

8.      Bill Turnbull

9.      Larry King

10.   Gerd Muller

11.   Linda Nolan

12.   Rush Limbugh

13.   James Whale

14.   Dai Davies

15.   Floyd Little

16.   Linda Ronstadt

17.   Tracey Emin

18.   Shannen Doherty

19.   Rob Burrow

20.  Carlos Menem

 

There is nothing like a dame (and the Woman who gives them it.)

1.     Queen Elizabeth (Joker),

2.     Joan Plowright

3.     Judi Dench

4.     Eileen Atkins,

5.     Maggie Smith

6.     Esther Rantzen

7.     Patricia Routledge

8.     Cleo Laine

9.     Angela Lansbury

10.  Julie Andrews

11.  Shirley Bassey

12.  Sian Phillips

13.  Joan Collins

14.  Olivia Newton – John

15.  Shirley Porter

16.  Carmen Callil

17.  Mary Quant

18.  Shelia Hancock

19.  Jill Knight

20.  Beryl Gray

 

Not Going in a Black Cab

1.     Daniella Westbrook

2.     Bill Treacher,

3.     Leonard Fenton,

4.     June Brown,

5.     Elizabeth Kelly,

6.     Sylvia Sims

7.     Mona Hammond

8.     Derek Martin

9.     Peter Dean

10.  Harry Landis

11.  Rudolph Walker

12.  Arnold Yarrow

13.  Corrine Skinner-Carter

14.  Pam St Clement

15.  Elaine Lorden

16.  Anna Karen,

17.  Lynda Baron,

18.  Leslie Schofield

19.  Una Stubbs

20.  Leon Lissek

 

 

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Before you get banned again, Deathers, Mark Eden gives you the lead on Jan 1st as far as we know right now.

 

 

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6 minutes ago, msc said:

Before you get banned again, Deathers, Mark Eden gives you the lead on Jan 1st as far as we know right now.

 

 

 

I think Cobbles to a Coffin actually beat my main team one year. Let's hope this isn't a sign of that. 

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Here's mine, feeling quietly confident of a place in the top 200 ^_^

 

The Living End

  1. Tom Parker (J)

  2. Yoo Sang-chul

  3. Floyd Little

  4. David Gulpilil

  5. Belinda  Sykes

  6. Dai Davies

  7. Rush Limbaugh

  8. Ken Wilkinson

  9. Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi

  10. Jana Bennett

  11. Gary Burgess

  12. TJ Ducklo

  13. James Whale

  14. Tom Smith

  15. Lee Noble

  16.  Bruno Latour

  17. Tom Weiskopf

  18. Carlos Menem

  19. Rose Tremain

  20. Olivia Newton John

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14 minutes ago, Moaning Minnie said:

 

 
Ronnie Pickering


Best. Pick. Ever. :lol:

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TJS for 2021

  1. Rush Limbaugh *JOKER*
  2. Ady Barkan
  3. Tim Bilton
  4. Jimmy Carter
  5. Michael Cullen
  6. Dai Davies
  7. David Gulpilil
  8. Sarah Harding
  9. Floyd Little
  10. Lee Noble
  11. Linda Nolan
  12. Tom Parker
  13. Gavin Robertson
  14. Art Rupe
  15. Yoo Sang-chul
  16. Tom Smith
  17. Leon Spinks
  18. Belinda Sykes
  19. Shintaro Tsuji
  20. James Whale

As I indicated previously, I picked a couple of interesting old people alongside the typical deadpooler names (and of course Jimmy). I have long felt Art Rupe is one of the most underrated centenarians by the forum, given he was a key figure to Little Richard's early career, and is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a result. Yet he is barely ever mentioned. So pretty much putting my money where my mouth is. Obit not a guarantee, but the aforementioned factors should give him a good chance.

 

And Sanrio - Hello Kitty et al - founder Shintaro Tsuji, as I mentioned onsite before, was that rare time the BBC front page gave me an "oh wow, they're still alive?" moment. I assumed the founder of Sanrio would have died in like, 1980. I think the fact Nintendo goes back to 1889 makes me think of other Japanese companies as older than they actually are.

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27 minutes ago, msc said:

 

For your information, there's a stewards inquiry over Vivienne Player and Zoe Davison (who I thought passed but apparently she might be a less famous Davison?) at the moment.

 

Player I can see how there would be an argument over (although I would campaign for "wife of Gary Player and perhaps the most recognisable golf WAG for 50 years" is a bit above, say, Lisa Maffia's mum or that guy from Strictly's dad). Davison on the other hand, although not the most successful trainer in history, has a lengthy career as a horse-racing trainer and has been mentioned in numerous news reports in racing sections before her cancer diagnosis. I'd argue she's even more famous than Club Brugge's former third-choice, uncapped goalkeeper.

 

EDIT: Sorry, not Belgian giants Club Brugge. Belgian yoyo club Cercle Brugge.

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33 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

Edgar Pearce  (mardi gray bomber)

 

Lovely pick, always been a campaigner for this guy to get more recognition on here considering he's meant to have been in ill-health for about a decade now. Will always stop flicking over the TV if there's a true crime doc on him.

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Team "Going Underground":

 

George Alagiah     
Ronnie Atkins 
Tim Bilton 
Rob Burrow 
Dai Davies 
Shannen Doherty 
Julian Fiano 
David Gulpilil     
Sarah Harding 
Lenny Johnrose     
Rush Limbaugh     
Barry Marshall     (Dressage Rider and Judge)
Linda Nolan     
Tom Parker     
Lars-Göran Petrov 
Yoo Sang-Chul 
Tom Smith     
Belinda Sykes         
Tom Weiskopf     
James Whale (JOKER)

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As is customary, show & tell - 

My non-theme team (time's-up team), carrying the majority of last year's survivors over

Tony Murray (J)
Shahabuddin Ahmed
Patricia Bredin
James Burrows
Tony Butler
Daphne Fowler
Richard Franklin
William Gaunt
Jimmy Greaves
Bernard Haitink
Gerald Harper
Colin Jeavons
George "Johnny" Johnson
Pete Muray
Robin Parkinson
Jim Parks Jr.
Otto Rehhagel
Clifford Rose
Don Smith
Muhammed Rafiq Tarar

 

Theme team (...and its goodnight etc), again withlast year's survivors.

Ronald Blythe
Ronnie Campbell
Walter Cunningham
Ronnie Dawson
Ron Dennis
Ron Ely
Ronald Fearn (J)
Ron Flowers
Ron Isley
Ron Jones
Ron Kovic
Ronnie Milsap
Ron Paul
Ronald Pickup
Rony Robinson
Ronnie Spector
Ronald Venetiaan
Ronald Wayne

Ronnie Wood
Ron Yeats

 

Ronnie Atkins was originally in the team, and joker, but died a couple of days too early; Fearn is hence promoted to joker and Wood comes into the team

 

No doubt I'll find out halfway through the year which one of them is already dead.
 

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