Hartlepool Deadlypool 2024

[Pedro67 228]

Always love this game. Thanks for hosting again.

1/Raul Castro

2/Frank Field

3/Jimmy Carter

4/Derek Draper

5/Rob Burrow

6/Eva Marie Saint

7/Esther Rantzen

8/Iris apfel

9/James Whale

10/ Celine dion

subs

Sam Neill

Rhod Gilbert

[DevonDeathTrip 2,325]

Here's my squad

 

1. Cornelius Horan

2. June Spencer

3. Lesley Saweard

4. Joss Naylor

5. Brian Barczyk

6. Dave Myers

7. Aston Barrett

8. Dennis Skinner

9. Helene Ahrweiler

10. Princess Bajrakitiyabha

Sub

Esther Rantzen

Patricia Green

 

[Death Impends 7,789]

Going to unhide the masterlist posts early tomorrow my time (or midday UK time). I thought there would be fewer teams this time, but the tally of 59 slenderly outdid last year's 57.

 

Here's all the teams I entered. If you don't see your name here please let me know.

1. An Fear Beag

2. arghton

3. BabyBlue

4. Banana

5. Bibliogryphon

6. Book

7. BuffaloPhil

8. CalebH

9. Captain Hemlock

10. CaptainChorizo

11. Charles De Gaulle

12. chilean way

13. Death Impends

14. DeathBecomesThem

15. DeathByArsenic

16. DevonDeathTrip

17. diego

18. drol

19. Etushispushingupdaisies

20. Famous6Eva

21. Funeralopolis

22. gcreptile

23. Gooseberry Crumble

24. Great Uncle Bulgaria

25. Grimgrass

26. GuyFromFuture

27. Hell

28. Imelda

29. JoeMoneypenny

30. Joey Russ

31. John Key

32. justonecornetto

33. ladyfiona

34. livingbygrace

35. LizLemon

36. MalePoster

37. MariNisia

38. markb4

39. maryportfuncity

40. msc

41. Pedro67

42. Perhaps

43. Prophet

44. RadGuy

45. Sean

46. Thatcher

47. The Old Crem

48. The Unknown Man

49. TheKillingTime

50. theoldlady

51. ThereWillBeDeaths7

52. time

53. Toast

54. Torva Messor

55. wannamaker

56. WEP

57. WillyWonka422

58. YorkshireBanker

59. YoungWillz

[maryportfuncity 10,437]

I see my name, and now everyone can see my team

 

Jimmy Carter

Noam Chomsky

Frank Field

Jason Smith

Jonnie Irwin

Steve Mongo McMichael

Tim Bilton

Rob Burrow

James Whale

Ethel Caterham

 

Linda Nolan

John Hemingway

 

 

 

Thanks for hosting and putting in the work - 59 teams over a whole year, that's enough of a distraction for most people

[Death Impends 7,789]

Masterlists unhidden. Good luck to all.

[Funeralopolis 219]

On 31/12/2023 at 19:18, Funeralopolis said:

1. Jimmy Carter

2. Michael Tilson Thomas

3. Jonnie Irwin

4. Antero Laukkanen

5. Esther Rantzen

6. Derek Draper

7. Black Bart (Wrestler)

8. Simon Cowell (Wildlife)

9. Rob Burrow

10. Vittorio Emanuele Parsi

 

SUBS

Steve McMichael

Patrick Murray (Only Fools and Horses)

 

Ed Asner is on the masterlist instead of Black Bart.

[Death Impends 7,789]

2 minutes ago, Funeralopolis said:

 

Ed Asner is on the masterlist instead of Black Bart.

 

I have all the names of all celebs picked 2018-2024 in my database, including the dead. So something must have happened there, but given their names are nothing alike I have no idea how.

 

Fixed now.

[gcreptile 10,683]

I think my pick AJ Hickling died on the 29th.

It's visible in Google, and apparently in the print version of stuff.co.nz of today:

https://fairfaxmedia.pressreader.com/the-press

 

I assume a digital version appears soon.

 

If so, and if the usual protocol applies, I'd like to put Jason Smith on slot no. 5 and nominate Brian Barczyk as a 2nd sub.

[Death Impends 7,789]

I was able to access the full article. Yes, he died on the 29th and I have now issued your condolence points, promoted Cllr Smith to main team, and added Barczyk as new sub.

 

An exciting first scoreboard follows as we await our first proper hit.

 

1.	DeathByArsenic	0.98
2.	CaptainChorizo	0.84
3.	gcreptile	0.47
=4.	Everyone else	0

 

[justonecornetto 898]

Looks like Glynis Johns is first hit, I make it 4 teams have her, so well done them especially @chilean way who has her in highest spot in the team lineup

[markb4 851]

@Death Impends This article makes mention of her having performed in pantomime. Does that suffice for the pantomime bonus?

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O86235/glynis-johns-as-queen-elizabeth-caricature-sommerlad-gilbert/

[livingbygrace 217]

Glynis Johns #5 hit for me

[Death Impends 7,789]

2 hours ago, markb4 said:

@Death Impends This article makes mention of her having performed in pantomime. Does that suffice for the pantomime bonus?

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O86235/glynis-johns-as-queen-elizabeth-caricature-sommerlad-gilbert/

 

Yes, she's already had the panto bonus assigned to her in the database

[livingbygrace 217]

On 31/12/2023 at 19:05, DevonDeathTrip said:

Here's my squad

 

1. Cornelius Horan

2. June Spencer

3. Lesley Saweard

4. Joss Naylor

5. Brian Barczyk

6. Dave Myers

7. Aston Barrett

8. Dennis Skinner

9. Helene Ahrweiler

10. Princess Bajrakitiyabha

Sub

Esther Rantzen

Patricia Green

 

I just saw you had Brian Barczyk on your list.. He just did a good-bye video on youtube.. So sad, he was one of my kids favorite youtubers. My boy is majorly into reptiles.  Seemed like it wont be long for him. 

[markb4 851]

Joyce Randolph is one of my subs.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,325]

Word reaches me that Brian Barczyk was once in a band, but I am not sure what instrument he played. 

 

I also understand he bred bongo boa constrictors and, if he'd chosen to be strangled to death by one of these creatures to end his suffering, serious bonus points would have been coming my way. 

[markb4 851]

Norman Jewison is a hit for me, looks like I get the bonus for having nobody else pick him.

[livingbygrace 217]

9 minutes ago, markb4 said:

Norman Jewison is a hit for me, looks like I get the bonus for having nobody else pick him.

Wow markb4.. You are doing quite well for yourself and it's only January.. Good for you!!

[justonecornetto 898]

Stuart Gray is a hit for me and a few others as well.

[maryportfuncity 10,437]

The  infamous Jason Smith obit that sparked a lively to and fro on the DPP thread

 

Read it over a few times, no mention of either panto or porno! 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c191endrkdko

[MariNisia 3,954]

Robert Badinter is a solo hit for me:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/obituaries/robert-badinter-dead.html

[Death Impends 7,789]

Aston Barrett

Brian Barczyk

Chita Rivera

Cllr Jason Smith

Derek Draper

Dries van Agt

Franz Beckenbauer

Glynis Johns

Jonnie Irwin

Joyce Randolph

Norman Jewison

Robert Badinter

Robert M. Young

Roy Battersby

Seiji Ozawa

Stuart Gray

Toby Keith

 

Okay, I think that's everyone in the HPDP who died thus far? Update hopefully this weekend. Might just two-prong the update, do the January names more immediately and the February ones a little later.

[justonecornetto 898]

Looks like Damo Suzuki needs to be added to the list, death just announced, a hit for me.

https://louderthanwar.com/damo-suzuki-rip/

[Death Impends 7,789]

Here we go...

 

Political git, Kate Garraway squeeze, and COVID hanger-on Derek Draper was the token name to be super ill at the last minute and then make an early exit. As it was due to a massive heart attack rather than end stage cancer, he was more of a gamble than Gary Burgess or Gianluca Vialli, but most of his pickers went high with some variance. Also, extra .19 points as his death was COVID complications, even for his sub picker, because why not.

 

BabyBlue, Banana, Perhaps, Sean, Torva Messor, YorkshireBanker 50.19 points.

drol and theoldlady 45.19.

Book and Imelda 40.19.

ladyfiona and Pedro67 35.19.

Captain Hemlock and Thatcher 30.19.

Funeralopolis 25.19.

Prophet 20.19.

Hell 10.19

The Unknown Man 5.19.

John Key sub 25.19.

 

Five votes for Glynis Johns! The beloved Mary Poppins mum also had panto on her CV. chilean way and diego get 49 points (35 base + 14 bonus), Grimgrass and livingbygrace 42 (30 + 12), and markb4 35 (25 + 10).

 

And the DeathList hit trio was rounded off with football legend Franz Beckenbauer. Der Kaiser ushers in a reign for Imelda of 21 points (15 base + 6 bonus), alongside Grimgrass hitting the first sub for 25 points.

 

Another name who was circling the drain around New Year's was director/Kate Beckinsdale stepdad Roy Battersby. Like Beckenbauer, he was unique by virtue of being only on one main team, despite being another team's sub. RadGuy is the big winner with 56 points (40 base + 16 bonus) while Thatcher also moves onward with 25 sub points.

 

As the last surviving cast member of the earliest non-Lucy US sitcom to still have a pop cultural footprint, Honeymooner Joyce Randolph had been a great WTF still alive deadpooling pick for ages. She went bang, zoom, straight to two subs benches - MariNisia and markb4 pow 25 points.

 

We go from a 50s sitcom star to a YouTube star. Deadpooling really gets around sometimes. Snake-hassler Brian Barczyk slithers four teams up the scoreboard - Perhaps by 35, DevonDeathTrip 30, Banana and gcreptile 25.

 

Venerated film director Norman Jewison wasn't terribly popular in deadpooling for a 97-year old of his stature, perhaps in part due to many assessing him a likely centenarian. I mean, he was a Norman - Lear made 101, Lloyd made 106, Tebbit is currently 666. One team that defied the norms was markb4, who accrues 21 points (15 base + 6 bonus).

 

Sometimes, the celebrity death who defines the year happens very early on. Take Bowie, for instance. Indeed, even if tomorrow we lost Jimmy Carter, Pope Francis, and King Charles, we'd still remember 2024 as the year where legendary councillor Jason Smith died. Curiously, all he got was local BBC press, but it was all that was needed for HPDP pointery. Banana gains 45 points, Book, maryportfuncity, and Perhaps 35, and An Fear Beag and gcreptile 30.

 

Footballer Stuart Gray was another of the DDP canon to leave early. The cholangiocarcinoma-afflicted full-back found himself on 6 HPDP teams, gaining Etushispushingupdaisies 50 points, wannamaker 40, Banana and justonecornetto 30, Perhaps 20, and msc 10.

 

The last of this jam-packed January was popular Broadway actress Chita Rivera. She was on the subs bench of MalePoster, who dances to the tune of 25 points.

 

And phew, the January scoreboard. Everpresent Banana takes an early lead with Perhaps nipping at his heels, but it's still very early days.

 

1.	Banana	150
2.	Perhaps	140.19
3.	markb4	81
4.	Book	75.19
5.	Grimgrass	67
6.	Imelda	61.19
7.	RadGuy	56
8.	gcreptile	55.47
9.	Thatcher	55.19
=10.	BabyBlue	50.19
=10.	Sean	50.19
=10.	Torva Messor	50.19
=10.	YorkshireBanker	50.19
14.	Etushispushingupdaisies	50
=15.	chilean way	49
=15.	diego	49
=17.	drol	45.19
=17.	theoldlady	45.19
19.	livingbygrace	42
20.	wannamaker	40
=21.	ladyfiona	35.19
=21.	Pedro67	35.19
23.	maryportfuncity	35
24.	Captain Hemlock	30.19
=25.	An Fear Beag	30
=25.	DevonDeathTrip	30
=25.	justonecornetto	30
=28.	Funeralopolis	25.19
=28.	John Key	25.19
=30.	MalePoster	25
=30.	MariNisia	25
32.	Prophet	20.19
33.	Hell	10.19
34.	msc	10
35.	The Unknown Man	5.19
36.	DeathByArsenic	0.98
37.	CaptainChorizo	0.84
=38.	Everyone else	0

[maryportfuncity 10,437]

Early days indeed - and Jonnie Irwin livened things up in February - awesome start by Banana, btw