Youth in Asia 1,086 Posted January 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Here goes the failed drive for five: Gary Burgess (Joker) Alyson Williams Bill Steel Billy Turner (DNS) Deborah James Dick Vitale Don West Frank Field George Perez Isabel Torres Jana Bennett Jane Marczewski Julia Reichert Russell Bishop Sister Catherine Wybourne Susie Steiner Tom Parker Tom Weiskopf Traci Braxton Vicky Phelan Sub 1: Pele Reading this list is always a highlight. It's like the exit poll in an election. This tells me if my team will be ok or not. I have 4 of Spade's picks, including my joker Deborah James, so I'm feeling confident. Just one thing, why is everyone picking Tom Parker? I thought his tumour stopped growing and he's playing with his band again. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: I would love to hear your brain farts on my three teams GC please ! Hm, well the french COVID Bogdanoff. We only know between the lines that he possibly has COVID. But how ill is he exactly? Is he on a ventilator or not? And COVID treatment is making progress, the probability of this death is lower than maybe some other cancer cases. Don West has brain lymphoma, not glioblastoma, but a different kind of brain cancer. Maybe it's just some spots that have returned, nothing serious? But now, I do think that the cancer must be surprisingly aggressive. Robert Durst is just very ill in the mind. I could believe he got COVID on purpose just to get out of jail. He's a twisted person. Edit: Oh sorry, my opinions on your team!!! takes a bit. Next post. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,086 Posted January 1, 2022 3 hours ago, The Old Crem said: Pretty sure going by earlier posts Amy Price will be DQ. I certainly hope so, I dropped her on the basis of those posts Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,519 Posted January 1, 2022 What put me off answering the call from on Bogdanoff II was the fact that some French press articles were talking about how shocked he will be waking up from a coma to find his brother dead, which means they must expect him to regain consciousness at some point. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 281 Posted January 1, 2022 My team (You Dirty Rotten Swine, You Deaded Them!) 1 Matt Stevenson (JOKER) - TT Racer 2 Bill Steel -Tyne-Tees Presenter/Coronation Street 3 Frank Field - Former MP 4 Rose Tremain - Author 5 Joe Kinnear - Football player/manager 6 Dame Clare Marx - General Medical Council 7 Nigel Starmer-Smith - Rugby Commentator 8 Françoise Hardy - French Singer 9 Henry Marsh - Leading brain surgeon 10 Pelé 11 Phil Collins 12 John Savident - Actor 13 Milos Zemen - Czech President 14 Lech Wałęsa - Former Polish President 15 Gary Burgess - Jersey journalist 16 Rick Davies - Supertramp vocalist 17 Simon Cowell 18 Mohamed Al Fayed - Harrods 19 Jerry Lee Lewis 20 George Alagiah 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted January 1, 2022 1 minute ago, ethnic cleansing said: I approve of the Rick Davies pick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,341 Posted January 1, 2022 7 minutes ago, time said: 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. A decent list with lots of variety. I see you have deprived me of a unique pick with Mike Hodges but that's just the way the cookie crumbles! Nature of the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ethnic cleansing 26 Posted January 1, 2022 sorry for the double hit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted January 1, 2022 5 hours ago, machotrouts said: Nice to see a US #1 hits team that has zero crossover with my UK #1 hits team. (Also the first time I don't have any mutual picks with Hits of 36 Years Ago since 2016, the debut year of both teams.) I'll be intrigued to see your team. Yeah, I mainly avoided #1 UK hits this year. The sickest/illest/tour cancelling lot were in the lower echelons of the 1986 Top 30. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,341 Posted January 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, JQW said: My team (You Dirty Rotten Swine, You Deaded Them!) 1 Matt Stevenson (JOKER) - TT Racer 2 Bill Steel -Tyne-Tees Presenter/Coronation Street 3 Frank Field - Former MP 4 Rose Tremain - Author 5 Joe Kinnear - Football player/manager 6 Dame Clare Marx - General Medical Council 7 Nigel Starmer-Smith - Rugby Commentator 8 Françoise Hardy - French Singer 9 Henry Marsh - Leading brain surgeon 10 Pelé 11 Phil Collins 12 John Savident - Actor 13 Milos Zemen - Czech President 14 Lech Wałęsa - Former Polish President 15 Gary Burgess - Jersey journalist 16 Rick Davies - Supertramp vocalist 17 Simon Cowell 18 Mohamed Al Fayed - Harrods 19 Jerry Lee Lewis 20 George Alagiah I think you will do well. A nice bit of spread betting or punts alongside some near certain hits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted January 1, 2022 @Gooseberry Crumble I do see some familiar names. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, made me smile. Either I or Spade picked him in the Scavenger Hunt pool (there are two Bonnicis!). He seemed a plausible pick to me. I see a Home and Away actress. Well, it's the curse isn't it? Luke Halpin, Ron Ely, Pope Benedict, Duchess of Kent, solid picks, I'd say. Fred Talbot! Been on my longlist for ages. Phil Creswick, too. But I forgot about him. I think you picked some ripe berries, so to say. Divine Brown - ha! I'd be sad to see Liza go, but it's getting time. So yeah, I know more of your time than I did in previous years, without googling too much. Still many new and interesting names. And I think there'll be quite a few unique hits coming your way. On average maybe one more per team than last year? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted January 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: A decent list with lots of variety. I see you have deprived me of a unique pick with Mike Hodges but that's just the way the cookie crumbles! Nature of the game. 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. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,341 Posted January 1, 2022 Just now, gcreptile said: @Gooseberry Crumble I do see some familiar names. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, made me smile. Either I or Spade picked him in the Scavenger Hunt pool. He seemed a plausible pick to me. I see a Home and Away actress. Well, it's the curse isn't it? Luke Halpin, Ron Ely, Pope Benedict, Duchess of Kent, solid picks, I'd say. Fred Talbot! Been on my longlist for ages. Phil Creswick, too. But I forgot about him. I think you picked some ripe berries, so to say. Divine Brown - ha! I'd be sad to see Liza go, but it's getting time. So yeah, I know more of your time than I did in previous years, without googling too much. Still many new and interesting names. And I think there'll be quite a few unique hits coming your way. On average maybe one more per team than last year? Thank you! Sounds like I'm on the right trajectory! I do like your turn of phrase ripe berries and not just because I have an overly naughty and erotic mind! I too will feel very sad when Liza goes but I think so many of us choosing her is a form of recognition and thus a strange back handed compliment. Better than being on the list of the missed. I picked Fred Talbot because I saw media reports of him sitting on his own in local pubs were he has lived for a good while but being totally shunned by locals refusing to speak with him or engage in any conversation with him. The reasons for his pariah status are well known but I think someone like him who seems to crave interactions socially being totally rejected and clearly looking totally devastated by the rejection.. Well I think such situations often don't end well and their decline is often speeded up by being a social outcast. Thanks for replying. Happy New Year and thanks for your passionate dedication to this pool and death by numbers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,341 Posted January 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, time said: 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. No need to apologise I ain't grumbling it's totally the nature of the game. I am sure I have inadvertently thwarted other people's unique picks both this year and previously! He is a worthy pick regardless of unique status or not. The director of Flash Gordon!!! Absolutely worthy choice ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted January 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, time said: 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. We have deprived each other of a unique for Sarah Lawson. Sorry. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted January 1, 2022 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Heh, nice one. He used to be Germany's Simon Cowell for 20 years, then got fired, probably for age reasons, last year. His most prominent health issue though, is his penis fracture that happened about 20 years ago. That said, he has bonafide star credentials and Modern Talking is HUGE in Eastern Europe. Dieter Bohlen was my "he's going to be unique, his strops indicate perhaps mental health issues, type to top himself in a Diva-ish fashion or perhaps accidentally overdose on sleeping pills" pick. Health isn't always physical. That said, I doubt he'll die and nobody will be more surprised than me if he does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,519 Posted January 1, 2022 Deadpoolers' dilemma. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted January 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said: Deadpoolers' dilemma. Limmy's with me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 473 Posted January 1, 2022 40 minutes ago, Youth in Asia said: Reading this list is always a highlight. It's like the exit poll in an election. This tells me if my team will be ok or not. I have 4 of Spade's picks, including my joker Deborah James, so I'm feeling confident. Just one thing, why is everyone picking Tom Parker? I thought his tumour stopped growing and he's playing with his band again. Most as a block, I presume. A lot of points to miss out on, and see go to others, should his tumor decide to start killing him again in 2022... because it will eventually Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted January 1, 2022 7 minutes ago, Handrejka said: We have deprived each other of a unique for Sarah Lawson. Sorry. 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. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,583 Posted January 1, 2022 I’ve been getting a sudden death vibe from Tom Parker recently. Some people even with stable tumours suddenly die from haemorrhage and such like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted January 1, 2022 To the very end, I hoped I'd get a QO for Philipp Mickenbecker. Alas, it was not meant to be. Fade to Black 2022 team: 1. Russell Bishop (joker) 2. George Alagiah 3. Ronnie Atkins 4. Jana Bennett 5. Tony Brown 6. Gary Burgess 7. (Baron) Frank Field 8. Janey Godfrey 9. Deborah James 10. Tim Keller 11. Dan Lacey 12. Linda Nolan 13. Tom Parker 14. George Perez 15. Cornelius Price 16. Tom Smith 17. Peter Tobin 18. Gianluca Vialli 19. James Whale 20. Slick Woods Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim News 16 Posted January 1, 2022 5 hours ago, msc said: Worry not, you do a good job and it'll look good when its ready. Am I all good to go do I just need to wait? or have I not joined yet 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
