Hartlepool Deadlypool 2024

[Death Impends 7,373]

Oh yes, it's so late in the year that I get to join in the "don't fucking die in 2023 Jimmy Carter so I don't have a substitution headache" choir. Ryan Minor wouldn't have been a headache here, assuming everyone reads the rules. The outgoing Hartlepool Deadlypool saw us mourn popular figures like George Alagiah, Harry Belafonte, Shane MacGowan, Rosalynn Carter, and Tony Bennett, but they were all dwarfed by the absolute legends Daniel N. Paul, Helene Carrere d'Encaussee, and Juan Velarde Fuertes. Also those fuckers Rolf Harris and Henry Kissinger were proper points bonanzas.

 

Same deal as usual. I aim to get all my Jan 1 deadpool teams in by Christmas, probably take care of it all today. Once that's done, I'll start entering PMed teams in addition to the publicly posted ones.

 

Rules

 

Points are scored according to the following highly complex scoring system:

 

Competitors are awarded points according to the order in which their candidates die.

 

The starting positions are as follows:

 

•     Candidate 1: 50 points
•     Candidate 2: 45 points
•     Candidate 3: 40 points
•     Candidate 4: 35 points
•     Candidate 5: 30 points
•     Candidate 6: 25 points
•     Candidate 7: 20 points
•     Candidate 8: 15 points
•     Candidate 9: 10 points
•     Candidate 10: 5 points

 

When the first candidate dies, points will be awarded as above, and the remaining potential scores will slide up or down one position. If candidate 1 dies first, the team gets 50 points and the points below all increase by 5, so candidate 2 will get 50 points if he or she is the next to go.

 

If a celebrity departs further down the list before the ones above are gone, the scores above are reduced by 5, causing the highest remaining score on the list to disappear. Those below will increase by 5 as before.

 

This will often cause two celebrities to have the same number of points next to their names, but the order in which they die will still influence subsequent scores.

 

Additionally, the player is allowed up to two substitutes. The substitutes will still count as part of the player's team, but use a fully different scoring system: 25 points if one substitute dies, 50 if the second substitute dies. Bonuses do not apply to substitute hits - this likewise means that subs will not take away a name's unique bonus if only one team has said name in their main ten.

 

If a name on the player's team dies before the pool opens, they will not receive points for the death (barring a minuscule consolation point or two). They will be allowed to put a new name on their main team, either from the subs bench or a new name entirely. If a sub is promoted, they are entitled to name a new sub.

 

Note that premature deaths are the only circumstances in which changes to a team are allowed. Otherwise, teams will be entered as originally submitted. If Scott Thorson announces hospice care after you've submitted, tough luck. I'm doing you a favor with that one, after all. As the host receives an email copy of any PMed teams as originally submitted, each email will be cross-checked before a team is entered - discrete edits to your PMed team will not sneak by!

 

If a celebrity has unambiguously died within the deadpooling year, but a specific date of death is not provided, the latest plausible date of death will be used. This follows the precedent set by Leah Bracknell, who was a popular hit in 2019, but for many months her date of death was never elaborated beyond being in September. By the time her exact date of death was known, the 2019 HPDP was long-concluded and it would not have changed the winner anyway. I ultimately treated her as the last September hit, and any future hits in that vein will have a similar logic applied. Note that if details later emerge giving a person a specific date of death before the year's game is concluded, the scores will be adjusted accordingly.

 

The Bonus System:

 

• Candidate not picked by any other competitor +2
• Candidate under 18 years old -2
• 25th or less in line to the throne of Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden or Denmark +2
• Been on Celebrity Squares (or Hollywood Squares) +3
• Death of candidate in spite of extremely high improbability or unlikeliness of same. +5
• US Baseball or Basketball player -3
• Former or present UK Prime Minister +3
• Drummer +2
• Former or present US president +3
• Guilty (in Notapotato's opinion) of crimes against humanity +3 (with Notapotato rarely appearing, host Death Impends will use her own judgement for such cases)
• Both of the above +6
• Has played in a pantomime +2
• Has performed Morris dancing +3
• Found dead in a Swimming Pool +3
• Died in a farming or gardening accident +2
• Death worthy of a Darwin Award +2
• Murder, Suicide, Lightning +2
• Dies on Notapotato's birthday (16th of May) +2
• Death by Fire +2
• Death by Water +2
• Death by Bongo +6

 

The bonus is calculated according to the following simple formula:

 

Bonus x (score gained from death divided by 5)

 

Multiple bonuses multiply so a bonus of 3 and a bonus of 2 give together a bonus of 6. This makes negative bonuses extremely unattractive.

 

So a bonus of 2 on a score of 40 gives you 2*(40/5)=16

 

Additionally, there will be a bonus of 50 points for coming in in 13th place in the Hartlepool Deadlypool. Unless there are only 13 or fewer entries. then there won't be.

 

Nothing could be simpler.

 

Oh yes, and there's an extra bonus of unspecified size payable on the first hit of the team which has the most interesting and unusual selection of celebrities.

 

The host also reserves the right to reward further, minuscule bonuses to teams - often less than a point!

 

1. Dead means dead. No longer living:

 

• A bit like William Holden who having just been fished out of Gloria Swanson's swimming pool, died drunk and impoverished a mere 31 years later.
• Eligible for a death certificate. (A Munchkin is optional but may get a bonus)

 

2. For the purpose of the game a "celebrity" is someone well-enough known to get their death mentioned in one of the news sources host Death Impends deems qualifying for this pool:

 

• Anything that qualifies for the Derby Dead Pool
• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• The Scotsman
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• The Australian
• The Sydney Morning Herald
• Stuff.co.nz
• Le Monde
• Le Figaro
• Der Spiegel
• Die Zeit
• El Pais
• El Mundo
• Corriere della Sera
• la Repubblica

 

3. Only human beings may be submitted as candidates. Animals may take part in the dead pool, but may be ridiculed for doing so, and may not get any points. Unless they are cats with a long history of doing dead pools. Team names which sound like an animal such as "Donkey from Hell" or "Dead as a Parrot" are allowed, I suppose, but may be ridiculed.

 

3a. Strictly only one team per participant. The submission of teams in the name of domestic animals in an attempt to circumvent this rule is doomed to failure. And ridicule.

 

4. If a participant dies during the competition, unlike in some dead pools, they don't win the competition automatically. They may, however, get awarded a few extra points by way of consolation. And next year, a bonus will be named after you, perhaps. If you do die during the course of 2024, do drop us a line and let us know where you went wrong so others can avoid making the same mistake.

 

4a. For legal reasons, we are unable to actively encourage participants to murder or otherwise accelerate the deaths of their chosen celebrities. There is however no penalty in the Hartlepool Deadlypool for doing so. Your Procurator Fiscal or local alternative may see this differently though, so we recommend asking beforehand.

 

5. Anyone selecting the following types of names will be summarily ridiculed and very likely penalised in an arbitrary and unpleasant way should their candidates actually die or be killed:

 

• Famous For Being Ill names. The penalty incurred will be decided upon a name dying and obiting, and is dependent on the host's opinion of the degree of a name's FFBI-ness. A very select few, like Kate Granger to use a past example, I feel have transcended their illness to become a legitimate pick, and will receive no penalty. Those known for longevity are also not considered FFBI and will receive full points. Names who are proactive with their illness, but of a lower profile than the Granger types, will receive a moderate-to-severe penalty. If a name is "famous" solely for reasons such as an "inspiring" deathbed marriage or being in a coma, they will receive no points or perhaps even negative points!
• Fringes of Fame names are similarly subject to a penalty. I will likewise judge these names on a case by case basis upon death. If a name has some claim to fame independent of their relationship, I will likely be lenient - think Rayya Elias, whose news coverage in her final years was largely about Liz Gilbert's partnership with her, but was a published author in her own right. I will also be lenient with fringey names who have received a reasonable amount of media coverage prior to ill health - for instance, Roberta McCain was only noteworthy as John McCain's mother, but was a familiar media presence during his 2008 presidential campaign and had a standalone Wikipedia page since 2007. But if a Hollywood star makes a tearful post to Instagram about how their sister is terminally ill? If the sister never got much media attention pre-cancer, don't expect to gain a lot should she become a hit.
• Anyone under sentence of death or highly likely to be sentenced to death at the start of the year, unless they die by means other than execution
• Anyone missing in action at the time of entry submission, unless said MIA name is discovered to be alive, and dies later in the year

 

5a. And you won't be getting the extra bonus points for original and unusual picks if you don't come up with something a bit more original or unusual.

 

6. The deadline is 23:59 GMT on December 31. However, unlike most dead pools, teams may still be submitted post deadline - with the catch that any teams submitted January 1st and beyond are limited to 9 picks (plus two substitutes), and the highest-ranked name on your team starts with a value of 45 points. In fairness to those who entered in a timely manner, I will also forbid late entrants from including any currently unique names on their main team. Names that are entirely unpicked, only on subs benches, or on multiple main teams are fair game for inclusion. Because the subs bench has no impact on a pick's uniqueness, any name is fair game for inclusion on a late team's subs bench.

 

7. Though only deaths occurring up to December 31, 2024 are able to count as hits, the 2024 HPDP will officially close 23:59 GMT on January 7, 2025, to allow some breathing room for late-year deaths that might take a few days to accrue a proper obit.

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Masterlist of Picks

 

Adrian Sutton

Aimi MacDonald

Alan Alda

Alan Greenspan

Alan Rothwell

Alberto Fujimori

Alexander Butterfield

Alexander Mitta

Alexis Buchman

Anastasia Zavorotnyuk

Andy Taylor

Angie Dickinson

Ann Blyth

Annabel Maule

Anne Baker

Anouk Aimee

Antero Laukkanen

Antonia Fraser

Arlene Alda

Arnold Yarrow

Aston Barrett

Barbara Babcock

Barbara Eden

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Barbra Streisand

Barrie Rutter

Bas de Gaay Fortman

Beverly LaHaye

Biljana Plavsic

Black Bart

Bob Newhart

Bob Pulford

Bob Woodward

Bobby Vinton

Brandon Maggart

Brian Barczyk

Brian Bennett

Brian Hyland

Brian Murphy

Bruce Willis

Buzz Aldrin

Camilo Pascual

Carl Bernstein

Carlos Bilardo

Carmen Munroe

Celine Dion

Cesar Luis Menotti

Charlie Bird

Cheryl Murray

Chita Rivera

Christiane Kubrick

Christina Crawford

Christoph Daum

Chuwit Kamolvisit

Claire Maurier

Clark Datchler

Claude Lelouch

Clem Cattini

Cleo Laine

Clint Eastwood

Cllr Jason Smith

Colin Fox

Craig Maxwell

Dai Henwood

Damo Suzuki

Daniel Barenboim

Dario G

Dave Myers

David Attenborough

David Essex

David Graham

David J. Linden

David Young (Watergate)

Denis Law

Dennis Skinner

Denys Graham

Derek Draper

Dianna Cowern

Dick Button

Dick Cheney

Dick Clement

Dick Duff

Dick McTaggart

Dick Van Dyke

Dolph Lundgren

Donald Segretti

Douglas Hurd

Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Dries van Agt

Dwight Chapin

Ed Gale

Edith Ballantyne

Edith Cresson

Edna May Wonacott

Edna O'Brien

Eleanor Collins

Emilio Fede

Emilio Lledo

Enrique Collar

Eric Idle

Erik Jensen

Estelle Parsons

Esther Rantzen

Ethel Kennedy

Ethel May Caterham

Eva Marie Saint

Fedez

Fionnula Flanagan

France Nuyen

Francois Cheng

Francoise Hardy

Frank Bowling

Frank Caprio

Frank Field

Frank Ifield

Franz Beckenbauer

Frits Bolkestein

Fumihiko Maki

Gene Hackman

Gene Shalit

George Kooymans

George Thorogood

Gerard Kennedy

Glynis Johns

Gordon Brown

Gordon C. Strachan

Graeme Garden

Graham Caveney

Gundula Janowitz

Gus Trikonis

Hal Linden

Harald V of Norway

Harriet Andersson

Harry Edwards

Hasbulla Magomedov

Helen Merrill

Helene Ahrweiler

Helene Langevin-Joliot

Hugh Grundy

Hugh W. Sloan Jr.

Ian Smith

Ileana Cotrubas

Ion Iliescu

Irene Camber

Iris Apfel

Isabel Peron

Ivan Martynushkin

Jaime de Arminan

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Jamal Yunos

James Carter Cathcart

James Whale

Jane Berbie

Jane McAlevey

Jane Rossington

Janey Godley

Janis Paige

Jayapataka Swami

Jean Marsh

Jeanette Lee

Jean-Marie Le Pen

Jim Dale

Jim Lovell

Jim Redman

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Tarbuck

Jiro Ono

Joanne Woodward

Joe Biden

Joe Brown

Joe Bugner

Joe Morgenstern

John Amos

John Ashton

John Astin

John Cruickshank

John Dean

John Hemingway

John Roosevelt Boettiger

John Williams

Johnny Ball

Johnny Mathis

Jonnie Irwin

Jorge Reynolds Pombo

Joseph Kony

Josip Manolic

Joss Naylor

Joyce Randolph

Juan Vicente Perez

Judi Dench

Judy Hoback Miller

Julie Goodyear

June Spencer

Jurgen Habermas

Kate Harcourt

Kate Keltie

Katherine Jackson

Kathy Brown

Kenneth Cope

Khamtai Siphandone

King Albert II of Belgium

Kris Kristofferson

Kurt Hamrin

Lalo Schifrin

Lana Wood

Larisa Latynina

Larry Merchant

Lauren Harries

Law Lan

Lee Adams

Lennart Carleson

Lesley Saweard

Lily Ebert

Linda Nolan

Linda Ronstadt

Lisa Lu

Lord Henry Mountcharles

Lynne Reid Banks

M. Emmet Walsh

Madonna

Maggie Kirkpatrick

Mahathir Mohamad

Margaret Barton

Maria Elena Holly

Maria Gladys

Marianne Faithfull

Mariano Ozores

Martha Argerich

Mary Fleur Mount Cameron

Mel Brooks

Michael Barrymore

Michael Craig

Michael Flatley

Michael Tilson Thomas

Mick Avory

Mijanou Bardot

Mika Immonen

Milan Kucan

Millicent Martin

Milos Zeman

Mina

Mira Spivak

Mollie Lentaigne

Natasha Pyne

Neil Horan

Niels Olsen

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Nino Benvenuti

Noam Chomsky

Noddy Holder

Noeline Baker

Norm Ullman

Norman Jewison

Norman Tebbit

Pat Buchanan

Pat Dodson

Patricia Greene

Patricia Routledge

Patrick Murray

Paul Vachon

Pete Murray

Peter Criss

Peter Marshall

Peter Parfitt

Phil Collins

Philip Springer

Philippe de Gaulle

Phyllida Law

Pope Francis

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Queen Margrethe II

R. Spencer Oliver

Rafael Cruz

Raul Castro

Ray Reardon

Rhod Gilbert

Richard Scolyer

Richard Williams

Rob Burrow

Robert A. Chase

Robert Badinter

Robert Duvall

Robert Kuok

Robert M. Young

Robert Wagner

Roberta Flack

Rodion Shchedrin

Rolf Schimpf

Roy Battersby

Rupert Murdoch

Russ Tamblyn

Ruth Buzzi

Sam Neill

Santiago Sinclair

Santo Farina

Seiji Ozawa

Shannen Doherty

Sheila Hancock

Silvia Pinal

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

Sister Jean

Sonny Rollins

Stanley Baxter

Steve McMichael

Stuart Gray

Suzanne Mubarak

Syd Little

Ted Turner

Teddie Beverley

Terry Cox

The Wizard of New Zealand

Theo Burrell

Thomas P. Stafford

Tim Bilton

Tim Curry

Tippi Hedren

Toby Keith

Tom Baker

Tom Lehrer

Tomiichi Murayama

Toni Hilland

Tonke Dragt

Tony Blackburn

Tony Snell

Torsten Wiesel

Tsai Chin

Ugo Mifsud Bonnici

Valerie Perrine

Vanessa Redgrave

Vera Miles

Violeta Chamorro

Viorica Viscopoleanu

Vittorio Emanuele Parsi

Vivienne Dick

Wade MacLeod

Waltraut Haas

Wanda Ventham

Werner "Zappi" Diermaier

William H. Webster

William Russell

Willie Wallace

Yoko Ono

Yuriko, Princess Mikasa

Yury Solomin

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat

Zhu Rongji

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Masterlist of Teams

 

Death Impends

 

Alexander Butterfield

David Young (Watergate)

Judy Hoback Miller

John Dean

Pat Buchanan

Hugh W. Sloan Jr.

Dwight Chapin

Donald Segretti

Gordon C. Strachan

R. Spencer Oliver

 

SUBS

Bob Woodward

Carl Bernstein

 

Great Uncle Bulgaria

 

Jimmy Carter

Jean-Marie Le Pen

Clem Cattini

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Brian Bennett

Dennis Skinner

Stanley Baxter

Douglas Hurd

Hugh Grundy

Mick Avory

 

SUBS

Pope Francis

Andy Taylor

 

Joey Russ

 

Robert Wagner

Ethel Kennedy

Alan Alda

Angie Dickinson

Robert Duvall

Pete Murray

Dennis Skinner

Sonny Rollins

Hal Linden

Andy Taylor

 

Bibliogryphon

 

Tom Lehrer

June Spencer

Pete Murray

Jane Rossington

Stanley Baxter

Patricia Routledge

Harald V of Norway

Sheila Hancock

Alan Rothwell

Johnny Ball

 

SUBS

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

William Russell

 

CalebH

 

Ion Iliescu

Dries van Agt

Carlos Bilardo

Biljana Plavsic

Edna O'Brien

Ileana Cotrubas

George Kooymans

Colin Fox

Viorica Viscopoleanu

Christoph Daum

 

SUBS

Lily Ebert

Suzanne Mubarak

 

livingbygrace

 

Jimmy Carter

Vera Miles

John Astin

Christina Crawford

Glynis Johns

Bob Newhart

Tippi Hedren

Jim Lovell

Clint Eastwood

Barbara Eden

 

SUBS

Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Peter Marshall

 

GuyFromFuture

 

Jimmy Carter

Eleanor Collins

Edith Ballantyne

Noam Chomsky

June Spencer

Sister Jean

Norm Ullman

Mira Spivak

Phyllida Law

Santo Farina

 

SUBS

Dick Duff

Bob Pulford

 

ThereWillBeDeaths7

 

Jimmy Carter

Noam Chomsky

Ethel Kennedy

Arnold Yarrow

King Albert II of Belgium

Torsten Wiesel

Bas de Gaay Fortman

Frits Bolkestein

Pope Francis

Phil Collins

 

SUBS

David Attenborough

Dries van Agt

 

WEP

 

Jimmy Carter

Waltraut Haas

Emilio Lledo

Jurgen Habermas

Francois Cheng

Tomiichi Murayama

Jaime de Arminan

Tonke Dragt

Lennart Carleson

Rodion Shchedrin

 

SUBS

Buzz Aldrin

Fumihiko Maki

 

Captain Hemlock

 

Jimmy Carter

Noam Chomsky

Joanne Woodward

Jeanette Lee

Derek Draper

Peter Marshall

Frank Field

James Whale

Gordon Brown

Peter Criss

 

SUBS

Sonny Rollins

Gene Hackman

 

arghton

 

Jimmy Carter

Yuriko, Princess Mikasa

Beverly LaHaye

Dries van Agt

Yoko Ono

The Wizard of New Zealand

Jake "The Snake" Roberts

Jayapataka Swami

Jiro Ono

Joseph Kony

 

SUBS

Zhu Rongji

Tony Snell

 

drol

 

Jimmy Carter

Derek Draper

Jonnie Irwin

Frank Field

Steve McMichael

Michael Tilson Thomas

Alexander Mitta

Jayapataka Swami

Black Bart

Pat Dodson

 

SUBS

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

Yury Solomin

 

The Unknown Man

 

Jimmy Carter

Steve McMichael

Jonnie Irwin

James Whale

Frank Field

Joanne Woodward

Isabel Peron

Rob Burrow

Sonny Rollins

Derek Draper

 

SUBS

Barbra Streisand

Mahathir Mohamad

 

TheKillingTime

 

Arlene Alda

Richard Williams

Brandon Maggart

Christina Crawford

Maria Elena Holly

Katherine Jackson

Mary Fleur Mount Cameron

Rafael Cruz

Maria Gladys

John Roosevelt Boettiger

 

SUBS

Mijanou Bardot

Christiane Kubrick

 

DeathByArsenic

 

Larisa Latynina

David Graham

Claire Maurier

Daniel Barenboim

Francois Cheng

Ann Blyth

Mel Brooks

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat

Toby Keith

France Nuyen

 

SUBS

Helene Langevin-Joliot

Claude Lelouch

 

Thatcher

 

Jimmy Carter

Steve McMichael

Daniel Barenboim

Noam Chomsky

Derek Draper

Frank Field

Jonnie Irwin

Joanne Woodward

Pete Murray

Kenneth Cope

 

SUBS

Roy Battersby

M. Emmet Walsh

 

 

BabyBlue

 

Derek Draper

Jimmy Carter

Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Bobby Vinton

Daniel Barenboim

Ugo Mifsud Bonnici

Mina

Johnny Mathis

Theo Burrell

Harriet Andersson

 

SUBS

Cesar Luis Menotti

Gundula Janowitz

 

LizLemon

 

Jimmy Carter

Joanne Woodward

Esther Rantzen

Ruth Buzzi

Steve McMichael

Linda Nolan

Roberta Flack

Linda Ronstadt

Michael Tilson Thomas

Kris Kristofferson

 

SUBS

Noam Chomsky

Dick Button

 

YoungWillz

 

Pete Murray

Michael Craig

Cleo Laine

Frank Ifield

Denis Law

Graeme Garden

Jim Dale

Brian Murphy

Tony Blackburn

Syd Little

 

SUBS

Jimmy Tarbuck

Joe Brown

 

markb4

 

Jimmy Carter

Noam Chomsky

June Spencer

Bruce Willis

Lee Adams

Glynis Johns

Gene Hackman

Dick Van Dyke

Norman Jewison

Estelle Parsons

 

SUBS

Ethel Kennedy

Joyce Randolph

 

diego

 

Jimmy Carter

Ethel Kennedy

Dennis Skinner

Glynis Johns

Noam Chomsky

Arnold Yarrow

June Spencer

Mel Brooks

Cleo Laine

Pope Francis

 

SUBS

Frank Field

Jonnie Irwin

 

msc

 

Jimmy Carter

Charlie Bird

Michael Tilson Thomas

Jonnie Irwin

Kathy Brown

Rob Burrow

Esther Rantzen

Steve McMichael

Stuart Gray

Christoph Daum

 

SUBS

Graham Caveney

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

 

YorkshireBanker

 

Derek Draper

Lynne Reid Banks

Antonia Fraser

Dick McTaggart

Margaret Barton

Dick Clement

Millicent Martin

Cleo Laine

John Amos

Vivienne Dick

 

SUBS

Patrick Murray

Willie Wallace

 

JoeMoneypenny

 

Yuriko, Princess Mikasa

Edna May Wonacott

Zhu Rongji

Tsai Chin

Law Lan

Ed Gale

Lisa Lu

Robert Kuok

Esther Rantzen

Seiji Ozawa

 

SUBS

Jimmy Carter

James Carter Cathcart

 

theoldlady

 

Jimmy Carter

Derek Draper

Toby Keith

Sam Neill

Ray Reardon

Joe Biden

John Ashton

Violeta Chamorro

Marianne Faithfull

Linda Nolan

 

SUBS

Noam Chomsky

Janey Godley

 

Imelda

 

Jimmy Carter

Norman Tebbit

Derek Draper

Nigel Starmer-Smith

Steve McMichael

Anne Baker

Douglas Hurd

Philippe de Gaulle

Franz Beckenbauer

Robert A. Chase

 

SUBS

Patrick Murray

John Hemingway

 

DeathBecomesThem

 

Jimmy Carter

James Whale

Esther Rantzen

Jonnie Irwin

Isabel Peron

Valerie Perrine

Patrick Murray

James Carter Cathcart

Shannen Doherty

Rob Burrow

 

SUBS

Tim Curry

Ruth Buzzi

 

WillyWonka422

 

Maggie Kirkpatrick

Madonna

Judi Dench

Ruth Buzzi

Isabel Peron

Linda Nolan

Kate Harcourt

Carmen Munroe

Bruce Willis

Annabel Maule

Eva Marie Saint

Tim Curry

 

Gooseberry Crumble

 

Lana Wood

Peter Parfitt

Cheryl Murray

David Essex

Michael Barrymore

Joe Morgenstern

Noeline Baker

Queen Margrethe II

Jorge Reynolds Pombo

Clark Datchler

Camilo Pascual

Jim Redman

 

Hell

 

Jimmy Carter

Joanne Woodward

Frank Field

Steve McMichael

William Russell

Rob Burrow

James Whale

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

Derek Draper

Ted Turner

 

SUBS

Roberta Flack

Jean-Marie Le Pen

 

time

 

Jean Marsh

Gerard Kennedy

Tsai Chin

Ian Smith

Russ Tamblyn

Barrie Rutter

Wanda Ventham

Natasha Pyne

Aimi MacDonald

Terry Cox

 

SUBS

Gus Trikonis

Fionnula Flanagan

 

John Key

Jimmy Carter

Frank Field

Shannen Doherty

June Spencer

Anastasia Zavorotnyuk

David J. Linden

Josip Manolic

Jonnie Irwin

James Whale

William Russell

 

SUBS

Derek Draper

Dolph Lundgren

 

Charles De Gaulle

 

Jimmy Carter

Vanessa Redgrave

Jonnie Irwin

Janis Paige

Joanne Woodward

Sam Neill

Dolph Lundgren

Roberta Flack

Frank Caprio

Noam Chomsky

 

SUBS

Frank Field

Esther Rantzen

  

Torva Messor

 

Derek Draper

Jimmy Carter

Noam Chomsky

Jonnie Irwin

Rob Burrow

Eleanor Collins

Peter Marshall

Joanne Woodward

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Shannen Doherty

 

SUBS

Robert M. Young

Frank Field

 

Toast

 

Jimmy Carter

Noam Chomsky

Anouk Aimee

Teddie Beverley

Dave Myers

Francoise Hardy

Rupert Murdoch

Tom Baker

Rob Burrow

Yoko Ono

 

SUBS

Jonnie Irwin

James Whale

 

justonecornetto

 

Jimmy Carter

Arnold Yarrow

Denys Graham

John Cruickshank

Stuart Gray

Damo Suzuki

Anne Baker

Barbara Babcock

Werner "Zappi" Diermaier

Frank Bowling

 

SUBS

Ruth Buzzi

Shannen Doherty

 

Famous6Eva

 

Milan Kucan

Jimmy Carter

Silvia Pinal

Mollie Lentaigne

Kurt Hamrin

George Thorogood

Dianna Cowern

Nino Benvenuti

Edith Cresson

Helen Merrill

 

SUBS

Brian Hyland

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

 

The Old Crem

 

Esther Rantzen

James Whale

Shannen Doherty

Linda Nolan

Frank Field

Rob Burrow

Roberta Flack

Jonnie Irwin

Dennis Skinner

Bruce Willis

 

SUBS

Joe Bugner

Noddy Holder

 

Prophet

 

Jimmy Carter

Michael Tilson Thomas

Steve McMichael

Jonnie Irwin

Wade MacLeod

Linda Nolan

Derek Draper

Frank Caprio

Esther Rantzen

William Russell

 

SUBS

John Cruickshank

Rolf Schimpf

 

 

gcreptile

 

Jimmy Carter

Jamal Yunos

Lord Henry Mountcharles

Harry Edwards

Cllr Jason Smith

Craig Maxwell

Niels Olsen

Chuwit Kamolvisit

Jane McAlevey

Esther Rantzen

 

SUBS

Noam Chomsky

Brian Barczyk

 

Perhaps

 

Derek Draper

Jimmy Carter

Larry Merchant

Cllr Jason Smith

Brian Barczyk

Steve McMichael

Frank Caprio

Jonnie Irwin

Rob Burrow

Stuart Gray

 

SUBS

Thomas P. Stafford

William H. Webster

 

Banana

 

Derek Draper

Cllr Jason Smith

Alexis Buchanan

Steve McMichael

Jonnie Irwin

Michael Tilson Thomas

Brian Barczyk

Stuart Gray

James Whale

Esther Rantzen

 

SUBS

Jimmy Carter

Craig Maxwell

 

wannamaker

 

Josip Manolic

Jimmy Carter

Stuart Gray

Esther Rantzen

Chuwit Kamolvisit

Jamal Yunos

Jonnie Irwin

Dario G

Dennis Skinner

Denis Law

 

SUBS

Noam Chomsky

Rob Burrow

 

maryportfuncity

 

Jimmy Carter

Noam Chomsky

Frank Field

Cllr Jason Smith

Jonnie Irwin

Steve McMichael

Tim Bilton

Rob Burrow

James Whale

Ethel May Caterham

 

SUBS

Linda Nolan

John Hemingway

 

CaptainChorizo

 

Jimmy Carter

Paul Vachon

David Graham

Seiji Ozawa

Graham Caveney

Patrick Murray

Alan Greenspan

Michael Tilson Thomas

Rob Burrow

Theo Burrell

Silvia Pinal

Violeta Chamorro

 

Book

 

Josip Manolic

Jimmy Carter

Derek Draper

Steve McMichael

Cllr Jason Smith

Niels Olsen

Esther Rantzen

Jonnie Irwin

Theo Burrell

James Whale

 

SUBS

Noam Chomsky

Michael Tilson Thomas

 

An Fear Beag

 

Frank Caprio

Jimmy Carter

Steve McMichael

Craig Maxwell

Cllr Jason Smith

Pete Murray

Mel Brooks

Denis Law

Julie Goodyear

Eric Idle

 

SUBS

Rob Burrow

Frank Field

 

MalePoster

 

Daniel Barenboim

Milos Zeman

Adrian Sutton

Lalo Schifrin

Richard Scolyer

Toni Hilland

John Williams

Hasbulla Magomedov

Martha Argerich

Jane Berbie

 

SUBS

Fedez

Chita Rivera

 

chilean way

 

Jimmy Carter

Frank Field

Alberto Fujimori

Glynis Johns

Josip Manolic

Ivan Martynushkin

Mahathir Mohamad

Khamtai Siphandone

Santiago Sinclair

June Spencer

 

SUBS

Raul Castro

Dick Cheney

 

Etushispushingupdaisies

 

Stuart Gray

Erik Jensen

Esther Rantzen

Dai Henwood

Bruce Willis

Kate Keltie

Jonnie Irwin

Rhod Gilbert

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

Roberta Flack

 

SUBS

James Carter Cathcart

Christoph Daum

 

RadGuy

 

Jimmy Carter

Noam Chomsky

Roy Battersby

Frank Caprio

Michael Tilson Thomas

Jonnie Irwin

James Whale

Black Bart

Patrick Murray

Roberta Flack

 

SUBS

Jeanette Lee

Pope Francis

 

BuffaloPhil

 

Dario G

Roberta Flack

Juan Vicente Perez

Iris Apfel

Jimmy Carter

Violeta Chamorro

Michael Flatley

Linda Ronstadt

Jonnie Irwin

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

 

SUBS

Anne Baker

Frank Field

 

Grimgrass

 

Noam Chomsky

Jimmy Carter

Jim Lovell

Yoko Ono

Glynis Johns

Patrick Murray

Esther Rantzen

Joanne Woodward

James Whale

Bob Newhart

Roberta Flack

Franz Beckenbauer

 

Funeralopolis

 

Jimmy Carter

Michael Tilson Thomas

Jonnie Irwin

Antero Laukkanen

Esther Rantzen

Derek Draper

Black Bart

Simon Cowell (wildlife)

Rob Burrow

Vittorio Emanuele Parsi

 

SUBS

Steve McMichael

Patrick Murray

 

Sean

 

Derek Draper

Jimmy Carter

Joanne Woodward

James Carter Cathcart

Noam Chomsky

Stanley Baxter

Cleo Laine

Jonnie Irwin

William Russell

Esther Rantzen

 

SUBS

Linda Nolan

James Whale

 

MariNisia

 

Jimmy Carter

Thomas P. Stafford

Irene Camber

Philip Springer

Gene Shalit

Mariano Ozores

Robert Badinter

Emilio Fede

Peter Marshall

Enrique Collar

 

SUBS

Joyce Randolph

Noam Chomsky

 

ladyfiona

 

Jimmy Carter

Esther Rantzen

Linda Nolan

Derek Draper

Queen Margrethe II

Dennis Skinner

Lauren Harries

Shannen Doherty

Frank Field

Mika Immonen

 

SUBS

Jonnie Irwin

Rob Burrow

 

Pedro67

 

Raul Castro

Frank Field

Jimmy Carter

Derek Draper

Rob Burrow

Eva Marie Saint

Esther Rantzen

Iris Apfel

James Whale

Celine Dion

 

SUBS

Sam Neill

Rhod Gilbert

 

DevonDeathTrip

 

Neil Horan

June Spencer

Lesley Saweard

Joss Naylor

Brian Barczyk

Dave Myers

Joss Naylor

Aston Barrett

Dennis Skinner

Helene Ahrweiler

 

SUBS

Esther Rantzen

Patricia Greene

[Joey Russ 7,119]

Back again with another all star lineup. No subs necessary, these ten will guarantee me a win.  

 

1. Robert Wagner

2. Ethel Kennedy

3. Alan Alda

4. Angie Dickinson

5. Robert Duvall

6. Pete Murray

7. Dennis Skinner

8. Sonny Rollins

9. Hal Linden

10. Andy Taylor

[CalebH 41]

1Ion Iliescu
2Dries van Agt
3Carlos Bilardo
4Biljana Plavšić
5 Edna O'Brien
6Ileana Cotrubaș
7George Kooymans
8Colin Fox(Charecter Actor)
9Viorica Viscopoleanu
10Christoph Daum

subs
Lily Ebert
Suzanne Mubarak

[livingbygrace 134]

1.Jimmy Carter

2,Vera Miles

3.John Astin

4.Christina Crawford

5.Glynis Johns 1st hit

6.Bob Newhart

7.Tippi Hedren

8.Jim Lovell

9.Clint Eastwood

10.Barbra Eden

Subs:

1.Dr. Ruth Westheimer

2.Peter Marshall

[GuyFromFuture 63]

1.Jimmy Carter
2.Eleanor Collins
3.Edith Ballantyne
4.Noam Chomsky
5.June Spencer
6.Sister Jean
7.Norm Ullman
8.Mira Spivak
9.Phyllida Law
10.Santo Farina

 

subs
Dick Duff
Bob Pulford

[ThereWillBeDeaths7 597]

Thanks for running this pool DI,

Good luck to the other competitors.

 

1. Jimmy Carter
2. Noam Chomsky
3. Ethel Kennedy
4. Arnold Yarrow
5. King Albert II of Belgium
6. Torsten Wiesel
7. Bas de Gaay Fortman
8. Frits Bolkestein
9. Pope Francis
10. Phil Collins

 

sub
David Attenborough
Dries van Agt

[WEP 825]

Thanks @Death Impends for running the Contest again. Here is my list

 

Jimmy Carter

Waltraut Haas

Emilio Lledó Íñigo

Jürgen Habermas

Francois Cheng

Tomiichi Murayama

Jaime de Arminan

Tonke Dragt

Lennart Carleson

Rodion Shchedrin

 

SUBS

Buzz Aldrin

Fumihiko Maki

[Captain Hemlock 641]

My picks:

 

1. Jimmy Carter

2. Noam Chomsky

3. Joanne Woodward

4. Jeanette Lee

5. Derek Draper

6. Peter Marshall

7. Frank Field

8. James Whale

9. Gordon Brown

10. Peter Criss

 

Subs:

1. Sonny Rollins

2. Gene Hackman

 

[arghton 6,124]

Thank you for running this again, here's my mess of a team with the NZ Wizard included again.

 

1. Jimmy Carter

2. Yuriko, Princess Mikasa

3. Beverly LaHaye

4. Dries Van Agt

5. Yoko Ono

6. The Wizard of New Zealand

7. Jake "The Snake" Roberts

8. Jayapataka Swami

9. Jiro Ono

10. Joseph Kony

 

Subs

Zhu Rongji

Tony Snell (poet)

[drol 10,060]

1. Jimmy Carter

2. Derek Draper

3. Jonnie Irwin

4. Frank Field

5. Steve McMichael

6. Michael Tilson Thomas

7. Alexander Mitta

8. Jayapataka Swami

9. Black Bart

10. Pat Dodson

 

Subs: Simon Cowell, Yury Solomin

[The Unknown Man 560]

1. Jimmy Carter

2. Steve McMichael

3. Jonnie Irwin

4. James Whale

5. Frank Field

6. Joanne Woodward

7. Isabel Peron

8. Rob Burrow

9. Sonny Rollins

10. Derek Draper

 

Subs: Barbra Streisand, Mahathir Mohamad

[TheKillingTime 17]

 

1.Arlene Alda
2.Richard Williams
3.Brandon Maggart
4.Christina Crawford
5.Maria Elena Holly
6.Katherine Jackson
7.Mary Flour Mount Cameron
8.Rafael Cruz
9.Maria Gladys
10.John Roosevelt Boettiger

 

Subs.

1.Mijanou Bardot

2.Christiane Kubrick

 

[Death Impends 7,373]

All my Jan 1 2024 deadpool teams have been submitted. Going to hide the picks/teams masterposts for now while I get cracking on the team entry.

[DeathByArsenic 44]

1.Larisa Latynina
2.David Graham
3.Claire Maurier
4.Daniel Barenboim
5.Jacques Delors
6.Ann Blyth
7.Mel Brooks
8.Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat
9.Toby Keith
10.France Nuyen

subs
Helene Langevin-Joliot
Claude Leloch

[Thatcher 2,124]

1. Jimmy Carter

2. Steve McMichael
3. Daniel Barenboim

4. Noam Chomsky

5. Derek Draper

6. Frank Field

7. Jonnie Irwin

8. Joanne Woodward

9. Pete Murray

10. Kenneth Cope

 

Subs:

Roy Battersby

M. Emmet Walsh

[BabyBlue 27]

1Derek Draper
2Jimmy Carter
3Dr. Ruth Westheimer
4 Bobby Vinton
5Daniel Barenboim
6Ugo Mifsud Bonnici
7 Mina
8 Johnny Mathis
9Theo Burrell
10 Harriet Andersson
subs
César Luis Menotti
Gundula Janowitz

[LizLemon 58]

1- Jimmy Carter

2- Joanne Woodward

3- Esther Rantzen

4- Ruth Buzzi

5- Steve McMichael

6- Linda Nolan

7- Roberta Flack

8- Linda Ronstadt

9- Michael Tilson Thomas

10- Kris Kristofferson

 

Subs - Noam Chomsky, Dick Button

Edited December 26, 2023 by LizLemon
spelling error

[YoungWillz 19,100]

Righty ho, time to get my team in. Yet another shameless bunch of Celebrity Squares celebs.

 

YoungWillz "Who's In Which Box?" Team:

 

1.    Pete Murray
2.    Michael Craig (Actor)
3.    Cleo Laine 
4.    Frank Ifield 
5.    Denis Law 
6.    Graeme Garden
7.    Jim Dale
8.    Brian Murphy
9.    Tony Blackburn
10.   Syd Little

 

Subs:
A.  Jimmy Tarbuck
B.  Joe Brown (singer)

[markb4 795]

My 2024 Submission:

 

SCORE: 81 pts

 

1) Jimmy Carter [40 pts]
2) Noam Chomsky [35 pts]
3) June Spencer [30 pts]
4) Bruce Willis [25 pts]
5) Lee Adams [20 pts]
6) Glynis Johns [25 pts + 10 pts] (1/4/24)
7) Gene Hackman [20 pts]
8) Dick Van Dyke [15 pts]
9) Norman Jewison [15 pts + 6 pts] (1/20/24)
10) Estelle Parsons [15 pts]

SUBS:

A - Ethel Kennedy

B - Joyce Randolph [25 pts] (1/13/24)

[YorkshireBanker 149]

1.Derek Draper
2.Lynne Reid Banks
3.Antonia Fraser
4.Dick McTaggart
5.Margaret Barton
6.Dick Clement
7.Millicent Martin
8.Cleo Laine
9.John Amos
10.Vivienne Dick

 

subs
Patrick Murray
Willie Wallace

[JoeMoneypenny 55]

1-Yuriko, Princess Mikasa
2-Edna May Wonacott
3-Zhu Rongji
4-Tsai Chin
5-Law Lan
6-Ed Gale
7-Lisa Lu
8-Robert Kuok
9-Esther Rantzen
10-Seiji Ozawa

 

subs

Jimmy Carter
James Carter Cathcart

[theoldlady 1,993]

Thanks for doing this game!

 

2/10

 

1. Jimmy Carter

2. Derek Draper 

3. Toby Keith 

4. Sam Neill

5. Ray Reardon

6. Joseph R. Biden

7. John Ashton (Psychedelic Furs Guitarist)

8. Violetta Chamorro 

9. Marianne Faithful

10. Linda Nolan

 

subs:

1. Noam Chomsky

2. Janey Godley

 

Edited February 6 by theoldlady
Deaths of Keith & Draper.

[Death Impends 7,373]

As stands @DeathByArsenic was the only Delors picker. And so DBA receives .98 condolence points for Delors jumping the gun. Which in turn annoys me that Gaston Glock wasn't picked here so I can't say Glock jumped the gun 

 

DBA you can now either bring one of your subs anywhere onto your main team and add a new name to the subs bench, or add a new name entirely to the main team while keeping both subs put.