adrian0719 220 Posted June 12, 2014 With 10 minutes left to go... Heres a list of every person on my shortlist that I did not pick Akkineni Nageswara Rao Robert Mugabe Ingvar Kamprad Jimmy Hill Árpád Pusztai Alice Munro Jacques Chirac Michael Parkinson David Prowse Sue Landske Clive James Joe McGinniss John McVie Fred DeLuca Sandy Jardine Pat Rice Randy Travis Candye Kane Lisa Brigden Dean Bailey Tito Vilanova Joost van der Westhuizen Helen Fawkes Jen Arnold Jenna Jameson Ashley Kurpiel Kate Granger Julie Chang Michael Schumacher Fred DeLuca hospitalized. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,573 Posted June 17, 2014 Sam Kelly was not a pick on the 2014 DDP and there have been a number of other surprising omissions as well so I have put together a list of 20 people over 85 who weren't on the list. I have held back some others who may feature on my 2015 team if they make it that far George Weidenfeld Alan Gwynne-Jones Joy Wright Roy Mason William Lucas Peter Brook William MacPherson Sydney Lotterby Frank Finlay Leonard Fenton Emmanuelle Riva Richard Johnson John Habgood Rosemary Harris (actress) Babs Chinnery Teddie Chinnery Jeanette Charles Nicolas Roeg C W McCall James Ivory Feel free to correct me if I have made a mistake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,573 Posted June 17, 2014 and more controversially at the other end of the spectrum a list of 20 under 70's who I thought would generate more interest Paris Jackson Rihanna Calum Best Jensen Button Johnny Vegas Chris Christie Pal Waaktaar Michael Stipe Charles Kennedy Duncan Norvelle Eric Bristow Angus Deayton Rowan Atkinson Mike Nolan Bill Drummond Steve Tyler Peter Green Radovan Karodzic Gareth Thomas Ray Davies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted June 17, 2014 Paris Jackson is not an eligable selection. When she reaches 18, given that she has attempted suicide in the past it's likely she will probably be one of the most popular DDP choices for people under 30. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,573 Posted June 18, 2014 Paris Jackson is not an eligable selection. When she reaches 18, given that she has attempted suicide in the past it's likely she will probably be one of the most popular DDP choices for people under 30. I did wonder about that I did set the rules of my works game to include her (turns 16 within the game year) but nobody took the bait. I would then replace her on that list with Daniel Radcliffe who has by his own admission enjoyed a lot of drink. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,573 Posted June 19, 2014 I am very sorry I can't resist it and with so little else happening I thought that as we approach the halfway point of the year we can look at who are off the radar. I have done the easier ones of very old and the pre 70s where lifestyle tends to be a reasonable predictor but the 70-85 area is difficult often people have slipped out of the limelight but there are a lot of them left so I have just selected 20 in the 70-75 age range that are on my (very) wide radar but have not managed to make it on to this year's DDP. George Benson Vince Cable Paul Michael Galzer Julio Iglesias Jaqueline Pearce Charles Saatchi Lech Walesa Joe Biden Peter Greenaway Tabo Mbeki Peter Tork Chubby Checker Placido Domingo Geoff Hurst Miriam Margolyes David Puttnam David Hope John Mahony Ronald Pickup Peter Stringfellow Comments welcome..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,573 Posted June 20, 2014 I have one more list covering 75-85 but no-one seems to care. Even though I have trawled all the way through the alphabetical lists to annotate my long list with all those who are not included in the DDP. I sense your rejection and will return to the nerdlands from whence I came. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted June 20, 2014 I have one more list covering 75-85 but no-one seems to care. Even though I have trawled all the way through the alphabetical lists to annotate my long list with all those who are not included in the DDP. I sense your rejection and will return to the nerdlands from whence I came. Oh go on, you might as well. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted June 20, 2014 I have one more list covering 75-85 but no-one seems to care. Even though I have trawled all the way through the alphabetical lists to annotate my long list with all those who are not included in the DDP. I sense your rejection and will return to the nerdlands from whence I came. Isn't that where Hein comes from too? 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest marinade Posted June 23, 2014 Well, Felix Dennis joins Bob Hoksins and Casey Kasem on my regretted cut-off list. Meanwhile, nearly halfway through the year and I'm another with just one hit (Jaruzelski). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,573 Posted June 24, 2014 I have one more list covering 75-85 but no-one seems to care. Even though I have trawled all the way through the alphabetical lists to annotate my long list with all those who are not included in the DDP. I sense your rejection and will return to the nerdlands from whence I came. Oh go on, you might as well. Hurrah (and proceed with puppy like enthusiasm to add my latest list) Peter Hall Brian Sewell Mona Hammond Brian Walden Pik Botha Jean Boht Rex Williams Lance Percival Barbara Knox John Boorman David Bellamy Biddy Baxter Barbara Eden Leonard Cohen Roy Barraclough Dave Whelan Jackie Mason Ken Loach Bernie Clifton Alan Alda Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted June 24, 2014 I think I've seen at least two of those as "celebrity darts-throwing guests" on old early-80s repeats of Bullseye! (And guess what, I'd never heard of them before that) Also I have already suggested Brian Sewell for 2015 in the "Ideas and possibilities" thread. He's another one of the small band of celebs who've gone on about the possibility taking a one-way trip to Switzerland (just like Michael Winner had done). Dunno if he's got anything particularly wrong with him like Winner did though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,573 Posted June 26, 2014 Interesting pattern developing in this year's Drop Forty. There has not been a single hit in the Top 10 but half of the picks 11-20 have gone. This could be bad news for Sam Simon, Olivia de Havilland, Nancy Reagan and Ian Paisley. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,519 Posted August 12, 2014 Dumping ground mainstay and bible-bashing songsmith Carman is claiming to be "cancer free". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,519 Posted August 12, 2014 Some "probably won't obit" picks I've crossed out: Robert Genn - Canadian painter, the missus works in the arts department of a university and she'd never heard of him. John Slim - not the minor royal, the Birmingham theatre critic. Big name in amdram apparently. Both of these have dropped dead this year and not even come close to a UK obituary, so small mercies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted August 18, 2014 Ronnie Stonham, who has died aged 87, made my long-list of Ronnies but was omitted from my final 20 owing to lack of recent information about him and uncertainty about him getting the required obit as his 'moment of fame' was so long ago. I should have dumped Ronnie Masterson instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,944 Posted November 25, 2021 On 01/01/2014 at 15:57, Spade_Cooley said: Some of the other late drops from my team that haven't been mentioned so far. Eileen Davies, mother of post-emocore kiddyfiddler Ian Watkins, has some significant health issues with her kidney or something. Anna Hazare, Indian social activist who is actually a guy with a stupid name. Generic "ill-health" rumours swimming around. That guy who got married while in hospital over Christmas and Sharon Osbourne gave him some money. This year's Jo Bryant, surely? Anna Hazare hospitalised again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
