Garn2 34 Posted January 1, 2013 Bring on the 'actually they're fine' responses (I'm looking at you, Scott Thorson) Daniel Faraday's Notebook: Ryan Buell Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter Sir Henry Cecil Hugo Chavez Van Cliburn Katherine Crowe Bob Dole Bonnie Franklin Annette Funicello Damon Harris Clive James Sandy Jardine Penny Marshall Bernie Nolan Jack Pardee 'King Robbo' Scott Thorson Joost van der Westhuizen Anne Williams (J) Michael Winner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,624 Posted January 1, 2013 Scott Thorson only has stage II cancer, btw. Happy new year! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,043 Posted January 1, 2013 Thomas Jefferson Survives Bashar al-Assad (worth taking the risk) Stefano Borgonovo Henry Cecil Hugo Chavez Van Cliburn Katherine Crowe Bonnie Franklin Werner Franz (Hindenburg survivor, mostly put on in attempt for an unique) Saif al-Islam Gaddafi Superstar Billy Graham Damon Harris Clive James David James (mildly successful musician but in the news moreso for hospital controversy... covered by Daily Mail but I'm hoping that the circumstances are enough for more obits) Sandy Jardine Wojciech Jaruzelski Karen Muir (taking the obit risk) John Nkomo Tony Sheridan Scott Thorson (can safely say I got Lee Evans'd...) Michael Winner It's Time to Dim the Lights Muppet Show guest stars Charles Aznavour Kaye Ballard Harry Belafonte Carol Burnett Carol Channing Petula Clark Roy Clark Bruce Forsythe Florence Henderson Cleo Laine Cloris Leachman Hal Linden Loretta Lynn Liza Minnelli Roger Moore Rita Moreno Jaye P. Morgan Jim Nabors Jean Stapleton Jonathan Winters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 84 Posted January 1, 2013 ...and by the way, Clive James' cancer is in remission...pleased I caught that one with a day to spare! Should never have trusted that gobshite, especially after he denied saying he was on the way out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert Trautmann 58 Posted January 1, 2013 Was hoping Rubin Carter would be a unique pick, damn it all... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 607 Posted January 1, 2013 I nearly picked Werner Franz, and then didn't... The team team and my personal team picks are in my signature. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Grendel 139 Posted January 1, 2013 Mine are, as always, a cobbled together at the last minute team, Guy Innes-Ker stays until I find out more about his state of health, not being a native Borderer I am not privy to much info about him. I think I fretted too much about TMIB's 'Click here to enter' on DDP, not everyone has Outlook, I don't. I had to click a few times to get the address for DDP 2013. I had to watch and write the email address down as it flashed up briefly at the bottom of the screen, perhaps I am doing something wrong but then read his post about a form, so reluctantly I booted up my work's laptop which has Outlook to get the format and have had to retype each name after pick. I am sure this should not be necessary but I worried I may be excluded if I didn't submit in the right format. Anyway, here are mine. Team Name: Grendel's Graveyard Joker (Pick 1): Hugo Chavez Pick 2: Muhammed Ali Pick 3: Henry Cecil Pick 4: Guy Innes-Ker Pick 5: Prince Philip Pick 6: Ian Brady Pick 7: Zsa Zsa Gabor Pick 8: Eli Wallach Pick 9: Lindsay Lohan Pick 10: Nelson Mandela Pick 11: Margaret Thatcher Pick 12: Peter Tobin Pick 13: Dick Cheney Pick 14: Michael Winner Pick 15: Clive James Pick 16: Bernadette Nolan Pick 17: George H.W. Bush Pick 18: Terry Pratchett Pick 19: Katherine Crowe Pick 20: Michael Douglas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garn2 34 Posted January 1, 2013 Was hoping Rubin Carter would be a unique pick, damn it all... You and me both. Scott Thorson only has stage II cancer, btw. Happy new year! Eh, I'll take my chances. He seemed pretty bleak in his interview. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,911 Posted January 1, 2013 Main Team Team Name: Pooill Vaaish Joker (Pick 1): Margaret Thather Pick 2:George Blake Pick 3:Brian Cant Pick 4:Fidel Castro Pick 5:Kirk Douglas Pick 6:Aretha Franklin Pick 7:Bob Godfrey Pick 8:Rev Billy Graham Pick 9:Wojciek Jaruzelski Pick 10 Irving Kanarek Pick 11:Hiroo Onoda Pick 12:Reg Pressley Pick 13:Ariel Sharon Pick 14:Gil Taylor Pick 15:Annette Funicello Pick 16:Clive James Pick 17:Jeremy Thorpe Pick 18:Tamara Press Pick 19:Gretel Bergmann Pick 20:Hywel Bennett I don't know if my theme teams made it in or not, but here you go M*A*S*H goes to the afterlife. Joker (Pick 1): Bernard Fox Pick 2: Alan Alda Pick 3: Allan Arbus Pick 4:Ned Beatty Pick 5:Gary Burghoff Pick 6:William Christopher Pick 7: Andrew Dice Clay Pick 8: Bud Cort Pick 9: Robert Duvall Pick 10: Jamie Farr Pick 11: terri garr Pick 12: Sally Kellerman Pick 13: Johnny Mandel Pick 14: Burt Metcalfe Pick 15: David Ogden Stiers Pick 16: Gene Reynolds Pick 17: Wayne Rogers Pick 18: Marcia Strassman Pick 19: Loretta Swit Pick 20: George Wendt Theme 2 - German language writers Team Name: Falling like the wall Joker (Pick 1): Isle Aichinger Pick 2: Wolf Biermann Pick 3: Volker Braun Pick 4: Tankred Dorst Pick 5: Hans Magnus Enzensberger Pick 6: Christiane F Pick 7: Gunther Grass Pick 8: Jutta Heinrich Pick 9: Walter Jens Pick 10: Judith Kerr Pick 11: Sarah Kirsch Pick 12: Siegfried Lenz Pick 13: erich Loest Pick 14: Monika Maron Pick 15: Ingrid noll Pick 16: Erica Pendretti Pick 17: Marcel Reich ranicki Pick 18: Ruth Rehmann Pick 19: Alice Schwarzer Pick 20: Martin Walser Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted January 1, 2013 One of my DDP theme team picks is Theo Bos, a Dutch footballer and footy manager. Everybody, Bos included, is certain he'll die from pancreatic cancer soon. I picked him for his scoring potential, but I'm rather worried he won't get a UK obit. What do my competitors think? regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 84 Posted January 1, 2013 Doubt he'll get one from the BBC, which is usually the best place for sport obits. Slight chance of one from the Guardian or Indy, though I had slight doubts about Borgonovo's obit potential but I guess he'll get one from somewhere. The Guardian have covered his story before - http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/oct/08/europeanfootball.serieafootball Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Pedro Posted January 1, 2013 Here we go then with my first efforts : Pedro’s catacomb collective Joker (Pick 1): Zsa Zsa Gabor Pick 2: Lord Campbell of Alloway Pick 3: Kirk Douglas Pick 4: Jake La Motta Pick 5: Peter O’Sullevan Pick 6: Lettice Curtis (Aviator, ATA spitfire girl) Pick 7: Duke of Wellington Pick 8: Ken Wallis (inventor) Pick 9: Bob Larbey (TV script writer) Pick 10: Helmut Schmidt Pick 11: Keneth Kaunda Pick 12: Ronnie Biggs Pick 13: Lily Safra (Rich woman/Philanthropist) Pick 14: Queen Fabiola of Belgium Pick 15: Nelson Mandela Pick 16: Jackie Stallone Pick 17: Keith Martin (fat man) Pick 18: Doyle Brunson (poker player) Pick 19: Andrew McLaglan (film director) Pick 20: Maggie Thatcher Reserve Pick(s): Peter Carrington, Cleo Laine, Monserrat Caballe. Dreaming of UP's with Lettice and Lily ? My theme team, is all actors from individual british sitcoms. No UP's though i would imagine. Team Name: The Stench of Brit sit-com Joker (Pick 1): Peter Sallis (First of the summer wine) Pick 2: Bill Maynard (Oh no its Selwyn Froggit) Pick 3: John Nettleton (Yes Prime Minister) Pick 4: Robin Parkinson (Allo Allo) Pick 5: Warren Mitchell (Till death do us part) Pick 6: John Horsley (Fall and Rise of Reggie Perrin) Pick 7: Robert Fyfe (Last of the summer wine) Pick 8: Gerald Sim (To the manor born) Pick 9: Bill Pertwee (Dads army) Pick 10: Carmen Munroe (The fosters) Pick 11: John Savident (Yes minister) Pick 12: Peter Cellier (Keeping up appearances) Pick 13: John Clegg ( It aint half hot mum) Pick 14: Peter Vaughan ( Citizen Smith) Pick 15: Ken Jones ( The Squirrels) Pick 16: Brian Murphy (George and Mildred) Pick 17: Jane Wenham ( Porridge) Pick 18: Elaine Strich (Two’s Company) Pick 19: Donald Sindon (Never the Twain) Pick 20: Richard O’sullivan (Robins Nest) Reserve Pick(s): Graham Stark ( Dads army Radio version) Tony Selby (Get some in) June Whitfield (Terry and June) Florence Welch, get that boy in your song working for me !!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,215 Posted January 1, 2013 Here's the full team after an unexpected blinding start.(actual date of submission for any doubters) From: OoO To: ddp2013@derbydeadpool.co.uk Subject: RE: '13 - Unlucky for Some? (DDP 2013) Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:13:50 +0000 Team Name: Octopus of Odstock Joker (Pick 1): Christopher Martin-Jenkins Pick 2: Bhanu Athaiya Pick 3: Dora Bryan Pick 4: Henry Cecil Pick 5: Hugo Chavez Pick 6: Van Cliburn Pick 7: Sir Robert Edwards Pick 8: Ian Farmer (Former Lonmin CEO) Pick 9: Janet Fielding Pick 10: Bonnie Franklin Pick 11: Kate Granger Pick 12: Damon Harris Pick 13: John Nkomo Pick 14: Jack Pardee Pick 15: Mike Porcaro Pick 16: Adolfo Suarez Pick 17: Michael Winner Pick 18: Annette Funicello Pick 19: Reg Presley Pick 20: Bill Pertwee Sorry Bert, Granger won't be unique. If Farmer and Athaiya are, I'll be pleased. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,624 Posted January 1, 2013 Sorry Bert, Granger won't be unique. If Farmer and Athaiya are, I'll be pleased. Farmer's on DDT's team. Nice spot with Athaiya, "debilitating brain tumour", why didn't I think to search for that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,673 Posted January 1, 2013 Here's my main team: Joker (Pick 1): Margaret Thatcher Pick 2: John Bardon Pick 3: Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma Pick 4: Dora Bryan Pick 5: Emile Ford Pick 6: John Glenn Pick 7: Eldon Griffiths Pick 8: Gerald Harper Pick 9: Francis Matthews Pick 10: Sheila Mercier Pick 11: Les Munro Pick 12: Pete Murray Pick 13: Bernard Haitink Pick 14: Peter O'Toole Pick 15: I. M. Pei Pick 16: Nosher Powell Pick 17: Dudley Simpson Pick 18: Mike Stoller Pick 19: Peter Wyngarde Pick 20: Jimmy Young Reserve Pick(s): Toots Thielmans; Albert Finney; Tony Book Book has been benched in favour of the previously untested Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, while the disappointing Asil Nadir has been dropped in favour of renowned conductor Bernard Haitink. On the theme team front I'm fortunate(!) enough to be able to field my 2012 team '...and it's goodnight from him etc.' in its entirety, while on the 'Roger and Out' team, I only needed to replace the already-deceased Took; I opted for former Dallas Cowboy Roger Staubert, wilst also taking the opportunity to rest Roger Milla, bringing in Roger Etchegaray. Here are the full line-ups Team Name: Roger and Out Joker (Pick 1): Roger Penrose, Sir (Mathematician/Physicist) Pick 2: Roger Alton (Journalist - Exec ed of The Times) Pick 3: Roger Angell (Writer - The New Yorker) Pick 4: Roger Bannister, Sir (Athlete) Pick 5: Roger Cook (Investigative Journalist) Pick 6: Roger Corman (Film Producer) Pick 7: Roger Daltrey (Singer) Pick 8: Roger Ebert (Film Critic) Pick 9: Roger Etchegaray (Cardinal of the RC Church) Pick 10: Roger Moore, Sir (Actor) Pick 11: Roger Norrington, Sir (Conductor) Pick 12: Roger Protz (Writer) Pick 13: Roger Sainsbury (Retired Bishop) Pick 14: Roger Sloman (Actor) Pick 15: Roger Smith (Actor - 77 Sunset Strip) Pick 16: Roger Spottiswood (Director) Pick 17: Roger Squires (Crossword Compiler) Pick 18: Roger Staubach (Dallas Cowboy) Pick 19: Roger Taylor (Tennis Player) Pick 20: Roger Whitaker (Singer) Reserve Pick(s):Roger Milla (Footballer) Team Name: ...and Its Goodnight From Him, and him and him, and him, and him, and him, and him, and him, and him, and her, and him, and him, and him, and her, and him, and him, and him, and him, and him, and him Joker (Pick 1): Ron Suart Pick 2: Ronald Atkins Pick 3: Ron Braunstein Pick 4: Ronald Brown Pick 5: Ronald Chesney Pick 6: Ronald Coase Pick 7: Walter Cunningham Pick 8: Ronnie Dawson Pick 9: Ronald Fearn Pick 10: Ron Flowers Pick 11: Ronnie Gilbert Pick 12: Ronald Harwood Pick 13: Ronald Hines Pick 14: Ronald Isley Pick 15: Ronnie Masterson Pick 16: Ronnie Moore Pick 17: Ronald Pellar Pick 18: Ronnie Ronalde Pick 19: Ron Smith Pick 20: Ronald Stevenson Reserve Pick(s): Ronnie Biggs, Ronnie Flanagan, Ronnie Corbett Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dean1991 116 Posted January 1, 2013 Curse of Fame DDP 2013: 1. Johan Friso 2. Tariq Aziz 3. Alice Herz Sommer 4. Ana Wing 5. George H.W Bush 6. Enrique Bertolino 7. Bernie Nolan 8. Michael Winner 9. General Jaruzelski 10. Roger Ebert 11. Hosni Mubarak 12. Morgan Morgan Giles 13. Olivia De Havilland 14. Ian Brady 15. Richard Attenborough 16. Islam Karamov 17. Isaias Afwerki 18. Blake Fielder Civil 19. Lindsay Lohan 20. 50 Cent (joker) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,624 Posted January 1, 2013 20. 50 Cent (joker) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 1, 2013 Here's my main team: They're Dead, Y'Know! Joker (Pick 1): Bernie Nolan Pick 2: Albert Reynolds Pick 3: Clive James Pick 4: Henry Cecil Pick 5: Stefano Borgonovo Pick 6: Dave MacKay Pick 7: Margaret Thatcher Pick 8: Hugo Chavez Pick 9: General Wojciech Jaruzelski Pick 10: Reginald Turnill Pick 11: Kenneth Pitt Pick 12: Leslie Phillips Pick 13: Fidel Castro Pick 14: Michael Winner Pick 15: Richard Attenborough Pick 16: Ysanne Churchman Pick 17: Michael Charlton Pick 18: Joan Quigley Pick 19: Bob Symes Pick 20: Jeanne Mockford Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Estuarian Float 97 Posted January 1, 2013 Star Dust 2013... 1. Stefano Borgonovo (decided to hop on the Borgonovo wagon this time since he's reached the amount of time his dead fellow player had the disease) 2. Theo Bos (joker) 3. Ryan Buell 4. Hugo Chavez 5. Van Cliburn 6. Katherine Crowe 7. Bonnie Franklin 8. Superstar Billy Graham 9. Damon Harris 10. Peter Harvey 11. Clive James 12. Wojciech Jaruzelski 13. Candye Kane 14. Grace Sung Eun Lee 15. J. L. Lewis 16. Nelson Mandela 17. Hosni Mubarak 18. Jack Pardee 19. Arpad Pusztai 20. Marcia Strassman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted January 1, 2013 Good luck everybody. Master Mind Hugo Chavez (Joker) Jiroemon Kimura Van Cliburn Henry Cecil Clive James Jack Pardee Run Run Shaw Sandy Jardine Ray Price Nguyen Ngoc Tho Bonnie Franklin Reg Presley Clark Terry Chris Woodhead Zsa Zsa Gabor Ronald Coase Masao Yoshida Stefano Borgonovo Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana Manoel de Oliveira Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Going Underground 74 Posted January 2, 2013 Sent mine to TMIB on NYE but thought id best stick it on here too as i have not received receipt of entry confirmation yet. My list looks remarkably similar to lots of other entries posted on here. I'll be very, very surprised if I have a unique pick this year which will be a bit disappointing to be honest. Wouldn't mind seeing DDT's list if he decides to post it up Team Name: Going Underground. Joker (Pick 1): Anne Williams Pick 2: Kim Kyong-hui Pick 3: Van Cliburn Pick 4: Henry Cecil Pick 5: George H W Bush Pick 6: Reg Presley Pick 7: Fidel Castro Pick 8: Bonnie Franklin Pick 9: Damon Harris Pick 10: Peter Harvey Pick 11: Bernie Nolan Pick 12: Michael Winner Pick 13: Ryan O'Neal Pick 14: Dennis Frederiksen Pick 15: Hugo Chavez Pick 16: Kim Fowley Pick 17: Paul Madeley Pick 18: Roger Ebert Pick 19: John Edrich Pick 20: Katherine Crowe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,231 Posted January 2, 2013 Wouldn't mind seeing DDT's list if he decides to post it up Try the Deathrace 2013 thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,682 Posted January 2, 2013 Ronnie Biggs David Bond (last surviving British gold medallist from 1948 Olympics) Felicia Boots (post natal fuck-up) George HW Bush Sir Henry Cecil – JOKER Van Cliburn Katherine Crowe Felix Dennis Barbara Gibb – bee gee mum Dr Kate Granger Clive James Grace Jones – the old British one Jiromen Kimura John Nkomo Bernie Nolan Christine Ray (claims to have had Jimmy Savile’s daughter) Margaret Thatcher Mary Tyler-Moore Ann Williams (Hillsborough mum) Michael Winner Two theme teams as well, one of people whose death wouldn't be a complete tragedy (murderers, controversial politicos etc; frankly, the same team as last year with subs on for Sihanouk etc) and the promised twenty dubbed "The Pussy Perishes Last" (20 oldest women on earth). Not exactly expecting a high score on either theme team, though I do think my perishing pussy posse could hit the heights in terms of casualty numbers inside 12 months. Quietly confident the main team can better the (frankly abysmal) = 138th showing of 2012. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Madame Defarge 21 Posted January 2, 2013 Deadfellas (Pick 1):Ian Paisley Pick 2:Omar Abdel Rahman Pick 3:Lindsay Lohan Pick 4:Bob Barker Pick 5:Ronnie Biggs Pick 6:George H.W. Bush Senior Pick 7:Fidel Castro Pick 8:Dick Cheney Pick 9:Rev Billy Graham Pick 10:Zsa Zsa Gabor Pick 11:Stephen Hawking Pick 12:Ed Koch(former NY mayor) Pick 13:Hosni Mubarek Pick 14:Robert Mugabe Pick 15:Prince Philip Pick 16:Ariel Sharon Pick 17:Nelson Mandela Pick 18:Courtney Love Pick 19:Demi Moore Pick 20:Pete Doherty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,550 Posted January 2, 2013 My totally uninspired list for next year 1. Bernie Nolan 2. Mikhail Kalashnikov 3. Henry Cecil 4. Nelson Mandela 5. Gough Whitlam 6. Wojciech Jaruzelski 7. Joao Havalenge 8. Hugo Chavez 9. Margaret Thatcher 10. Hosni Mubarak 11. Rochus Misch 12. Ronnie Biggs 13. Dora Bryan 14. Bob Godfrey 15. Reg Presley 16. Zsa Zsa Gabor 17. James Garner 18. Anna Wing 19. George H.W. Bush 20. Penny Marshall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
