Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,284 Posted April 25, 2023 Receives Jean Hersholt award at Academy Awards 2014 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted April 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said: Receives Jean Hersholt award at Academy Awards 2014 That looks remarkably similar to the picture that Book already posted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,284 Posted April 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, An Fear Beag said: That looks remarkably similar to the picture that Book already posted Naah, mine's much bigger (story of my life) Just cause I try to please, here he is getting a lifetime achievement award. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThereWillBeDeaths7 725 Posted April 25, 2023 Harry Belafonte being awarded the American Music Award, 1986 for We Are The World: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,141 Posted April 25, 2023 Winning a Grammy in 1966 with Miriam Makeba for their album together. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted April 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Great Uncle Bulgaria said: Naah, mine's much bigger (story of my life) Just cause I try to please, here he is getting a lifetime achievement award. Given your history at this, I did have to double-check that you didn't just post a picture of him with an ornament he had picked up off his mantlepiece. But no, that is indeed Harry Belafonte with his Leopard Career Award at the 65th Locarno Film Festival in 2012. Bonus point for you! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted April 25, 2023 Oh I was mistaken! I did have Harry Belafonte in one of my teams- this one! So I am no longer a bottom dweller !! @An Fear Beag Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted April 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Oh I was mistaken! I did have Harry Belafonte in one of my teams- this one! So I am no longer a bottom dweller !! @An Fear Beag You are assuming that you will get positive points for your hit - not necessarily the case in this pool You might still find yourself sniffing around the bottom! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted April 25, 2023 3 hours ago, An Fear Beag said: Given your history at this, I did have to double-check that you didn't just post a picture of him with an ornament he had picked up off his mantlepiece. But no, that is indeed Harry Belafonte with his Leopard Career Award at the 65th Locarno Film Festival in 2012. Bonus point for you! On a complete tangent, while looking up GUB's picture of Harry Belafonte's award , I came across a list of winners of the Locarno Film Festival's Leopard of Honour winners, for "Life's work achievement". A long list of illustrious names including Ennio Morricone (1989), Jean-Luc Goddard (1995), Sydney Pollack (2002), Werner Herzog (2013). and, eh, Matt Dillon (2022). I will admit that I am no film buff, so I may be missing something here, but what the fuck?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted April 26, 2023 8 hours ago, Captain Hemlock said: The Golden Cock-and-Balls Award? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted May 6, 2023 Update time, as your host continues to sully the name of this much-maligned pool by actually keeping it up to date. It would have been done sooner, but we have been awaiting a decision from chief adjudicator @Clorox Bleachman on Barry Humphries. Humphries died from complications of surgery following a fall, so I asked for an adjudication as to whether that might sneak an unnatural death bonus. After a long period of reflection, Clorox made a wise and considered judgement which can be summarised as "fucked if I know, see what @Death Impendsdoes in the DDP". No unnatural death bonus in the DDP, means no unnatural death bonus here. BARRY HUMPHRIES +2 Base Point +3 Selected by 2 Teams +2 (Hidden Bonus No. 6: "+2 if the picks Wikipedia page has a “Personal Life” section (it has to be those exact two words" ) -3 (Hidden Bonus No. 10: "-2 if the pick has written an autobiography. -3 if they have written more than 1") -3 (Hidden Bonus No. 11: "-1 for every time a pick has remarried") +1 TOTAL POINTS Hits for: Pedro67 ThereWillBeDeaths7 So all that effort, and there has been bugger-all change to the scoreboard. @Pedro67 and @ThereWillBeDeaths7 move up 1 point, and no places in the scoreboard! GCREPTILE +44 3 Hits BOOK +33 2 Hits THE OLD LADY +29 2 Hits WANNAMAKER +25 2 Hits TORVA MESSOR +22 3 Hits THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +17 3 Hits BUFFALO PHIL +15 3 Hits CAPTAIN CHORIZO +14 2 Hits FUNERALOPOLIS +14 2 Hits AN FEAR BEAG +13 1 Hit PERHAPS +11 3 Hits MSC +9 2 Hits GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +8 2 Hits LIZ LEMON +8 1 Hit THE UNKNOWN MAN +7 1 Hits TRACY +6 2 Hits MARINISIA +6 1 Hit THE OLD CREM +6 1 Hit TOAST +6 1 Hit BIBLIOGRYPHON +4 1 Hit TQR +4 1 Hit CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +3 1 Hit PEDRO67 +2 1 Hit GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE 0 0 Hits MRS PEDRO 0 0 Hits 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted May 6, 2023 To bring the pool unnervingly up to date, let's allocate the points for popular pick, and frequent prize winner, Harry Belafonte HARRY BELAFONTE +2 Base Point +2 Drop 40 +2 Deathlist Alumnus +2 (Hidden Bonus No. 6: "+2 if the picks Wikipedia page has a “Personal Life” section (it has to be those exact two words" ) -2 (Hidden Bonus No. 10: "-2 if the pick has written an autobiography. -3 if they have written more than 1") -2 (Hidden Bonus No. 11: "-1 for every time a pick has remarried") +4 TOTAL POINTS Hits for: AnFearBeag (Bonus +1 Position 21 on list)(Bonus +1 Picture posted) (Bonus +1 Hits in order) Book (Bonus +2 Picture posted) Captain Chorizo (Bonus +1 Position 4 on list) Captain Hemlock (Bonus +1 Picture posted) (Breaks run of hits in order) GooseberryCrumble Great Uncle Bulgaria (Bonus +1 Position 12 on list) (Bonus +1 Picture posted) The Unknown Man (Bonus +1 Hits in order) Toast (Bonus +1 Picture posted) (Breaks run of hits in order) ThereWillBeDeaths7 (Bonus +1 Picture posted) An so to the leaderboard. No change to the positions at the top. However, @Bookedges closer to @gcreptileat the summit, in what is currently a 2-horse race. @ThereWillBeDeaths7 is the first to rack up 4 hits (out of 6 deaths), but languishes down in 5th, as a result of the vagaries of the scoring system. @Gooseberry Crumbleprise themselves away from the bottom, leaving Mr. and Mrs. @Pedro67to duke it out for last place. GCREPTILE +44 3 Hits BOOK +39 3 Hits THE OLD LADY +29 2 Hits WANNAMAKER +25 2 Hits THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +22 4 Hits TORVA MESSOR +22 3 Hits AN FEAR BEAG +20 2 Hits CAPTAIN CHORIZO +19 3 Hits TOAST +16 2 Hits BUFFALO PHIL +15 3 Hits GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +14 3 Hits FUNERALOPOLIS +14 2 Hits THE UNKNOWN MAN +12 2 Hits PERHAPS +11 3 Hits MSC +9 2 Hits CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +8 2 Hits LIZ LEMON +8 1 Hit TRACY +6 2 Hits MARINISIA +6 1 Hit THE OLD CREM +6 1 Hit BIBLIOGRYPHON +4 1 Hit GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE +4 1 Hit TQR +4 1 Hit PEDRO67 +2 1 Hit MRS PEDRO 0 0 Hits 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThereWillBeDeaths7 725 Posted May 6, 2023 Just now realised I had Barry Humphries in my team. Four out of six hits as of now, did not expect that! If I can still submit my award picture for mr. Humphries, I present you: Barry Humphries receiving the Wizard of Oz award from (then) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall for his fictional character Sir Les Patterson at the Oldie Of The Year Awards 2021. This happened at The Savoy Hotel in London. If not, look! Elderly Dame reluctantly accepts a framed picture which says "I'll die" from a future Queen and dies within two years! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted May 6, 2023 2 hours ago, ThereWillBeDeaths7 said: Just now realised I had Barry Humphries in my team. Four out of six hits as of now, did not expect that! If I can still submit my award picture for mr. Humphries, I present you: Barry Humphries receiving the Wizard of Oz award from (then) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall for his fictional character Sir Les Patterson at the Oldie Of The Year Awards 2021. This happened at The Savoy Hotel in London. If not, look! Elderly Dame reluctantly accepts a framed picture which says "I'll die" from a future Queen and dies within two years! It's about bloody time one of you realised that you had picked him! Picture bonuses can be claimed at any time, and that is definitely him receiving a prize, so 1 bonus point to you. Its bad news for @Pedro67, I'm afraid. It is -2 for the last person to submit a picture, and when only two people pick him .... So for correctly predicting that Barry Humphreys would not see out the year, Pedro gets they princely sum of -1 point , and joins his good wife on 0 points. He is ahead of her on total number of hits though! GCREPTILE +44 3 Hits BOOK +39 3 Hits THE OLD LADY +29 2 Hits WANNAMAKER +25 2 Hits THEREWILLBEDEATHS7 +23 4 Hits TORVA MESSOR +22 3 Hits AN FEAR BEAG +20 2 Hits CAPTAIN CHORIZO +19 3 Hits TOAST +16 2 Hits BUFFALO PHIL +15 3 Hits GREAT UNCLE BULGARIA +14 3 Hits FUNERALOPOLIS +14 2 Hits THE UNKNOWN MAN +12 2 Hits PERHAPS +11 3 Hits MSC +9 2 Hits CAPTAIN HEMLOCK +8 2 Hits LIZ LEMON +8 1 Hit TRACY +6 2 Hits MARINISIA +6 1 Hit THE OLD CREM +6 1 Hit BIBLIOGRYPHON +4 1 Hit GOOSEBERRY CRUMBLE +4 1 Hit TQR +4 1 Hit PEDRO67 0 1 Hit MRS PEDRO 0 0 Hits 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted May 22, 2023 George Logan is a hit for me here 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny 283 Posted May 22, 2023 On 26/04/2023 at 08:29, An Fear Beag said: The Golden Cock-and-Balls Award? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted May 22, 2023 14 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: George Logan is a hit for me here Tell the truth, how long did you spend looking for a photo? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted May 23, 2023 7 hours ago, An Fear Beag said: Tell the truth, how long did you spend looking for a photo? About 20 minutes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
An Fear Beag 1,535 Posted May 23, 2023 3 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: About 20 minutes Nice to see someone taking the pool seriously! I spent about 5 minutes looking and couldn't see anything. I've never seen Hinge and Bracket (never heard of them before this pool), but they must not have been very good- they don't seem to have won a fucking thing! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted May 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, An Fear Beag said: Nice to see someone taking the pool seriously! I spent about 5 minutes looking and couldn't see anything. I've never seen Hinge and Bracket (never heard of them before this pool), but they must not have been very good- they don't seem to have won a fucking thing! I thought someone in the LGBT+ community should have given them some recognition but I suppose they were too early, too subtle and performed material written by Gyles Brandreth. He was a unique DDP pick though I did love the fact that I discovered that at an early review they performed at Peggy Ashcroft did not realise they were a drag act and thought they were genuinely two elderly lesbians 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,973 Posted May 23, 2023 Rolf Harris and a BAFTA: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,556 Posted May 23, 2023 Officer of the Order of Australia 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted May 23, 2023 National Television award for Animal Hospital 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
