viGnoS 18 Posted December 31, 2014 list submitted, had a headache to make my final decision with recent hospitalisations of Abdullah of saudi arabia / lil Jimmy Dickens & Georges HW Bush snr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,474 Posted December 31, 2014 2015 team submitted, here begins the failed attempt at a threepeat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted December 31, 2014 Yes but almost certainly next year! If you need a hand writing bios give me a shout. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
torbrexbones 717 Posted December 31, 2014 I am down a name already, Duke of Wellington has taken his boots off a day early Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Estuarian Float 97 Posted December 31, 2014 Star Dust and my two theme teams are all in. Thanks for hosting again, MiB! Happy New Year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted December 31, 2014 Still waiting for a PM response from TMIB before I submit my teams =/ Sorry I know ya's busy... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,399 Posted December 31, 2014 Teams The Grey Horde and Minions Of Xuleneb PMed. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,969 Posted December 31, 2014 Sent my team a few hours ago. Hopefully no late breaking news on someone being on there deathbed comes out in the next 3 hours and cost me a free hit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,942 Posted December 31, 2014 Just sent my team, no theme team this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garn2 34 Posted December 31, 2014 Submitted. Wouldn't be the same with the annual last-minute switch... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted December 31, 2014 Windsor the Troll and Windsor's OBE were submitted a few days back. If only I knew about James Corden's appointment at the time...he could've become my theme team mascot... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Unknown Man 584 Posted December 31, 2014 Good luck to everyone. Here is mine. The End of the World As We Know It Caroline Aherne Muhammad Ali King Bhumibol Adulyadej Tony Booth Glen Campbell Fidel Castro Zsa Zsa Gabor Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rev. Billy Graham Valerie Harper Clive James Scott MacIntyre Penny Marshall (replacing Luise Rainer) Leonard Nimoy Maureen O'Hara Isabel Peron Prince Philip Helmut Schmidt Sam Simon (Joker) Mary Tyler Moore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted January 1, 2015 I swapped a wrestler for a Hindu holy man at the last minute. Might as well change my name to Vince Russo. #jokesonlymeSpade_Cooleyandacoupleofotherswillget Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted January 1, 2015 Windsor the Troll Sam Simon Robert Mugabe Bhumibol Abdulyadej Rob Ford Bob Dole Muhammed Ali Qaboos bin Sa'id Zsa Zsa Gabor Ian Brady Peter Sutcliffe Clive James Caroline Aherne Abdelaziz Bouteflika George H. W. Bush Nancy Reagan Greville Janner Rev Billy Graham Henry Sandon Sheila Sim Desmond Tutu Hoping to do better than last year, which was fairly poor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garn2 34 Posted January 1, 2015 We'll see how this goes... Poochie Died On The Way Back To His Home Planet Caroline Aherne Rene Angelil Dave Benton Daisy Berkowitz Colin Bloomfield Martin Crowe Clive Derby-Lewis Helen Fawkes Rob Ford Ahmad Givens Kate Granger Ritchii Kara Henning Mankell Yoshiro Nakamatsu Gino Odjick Mike Porcaro Vojislav Seselj Sam Simon (Joker) Lynne Stewart Joost van der Westhuizen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted January 1, 2015 Right, here's my teams 2015 Deathray's Kervorkian Clinic (Main Team) Sam Simon (Joker) Shimon Peres Mary Wilson (Harold's wife) Clarrissa Eden (Anthony's wife) Mary Tyler Moore Jake Lamotta Terry Pratchett Olivia de Havilland Stephen Hawking George Bush Sr Prince Philip Rama IX (Thai King) Joost van Der Wursthuizien Valerie Harper Rev Billy Graham Tony Booth Jaoa Havelange Clive James Maureen O'Hara Lee Kuan Yew 2015 Centenarians (Theme: people over 100) Roy Douglas (composer) Sir Nicholas Winton Bobbie Heinne Miller (tennis player) Luise Rainer Tyrus Wong (artist) Egon Sundberg (footballer) Fauja Singh (marathon runner) Clare Hollingworth (journalist) Roberta McCain (John's mother) George Alexander Rowly-Conwy (peer) William Frankland (immunologist) Buddy Moreno (singer) Simone Schaller (athlete) Wolfgang Suschitzy (photographer) Connie Sawyer (actress) Douglas Slocombe (cinematographer) Reinhard Hardegen (u-boat commander) Mary Carlisle (actress) Norman Lloyd (actor) Hans Erni (painter and sculptor) 2015 The Cobbles to a Coffin (Theme: actors who've been in corrie) Barbara Knox (Rita Tanner) Elizabeth Dawn (Vera Duckworth) Irene Sutcliffe (Maggie Clegg) Doreen Keogh (Concepta Reilly) Jean Alexander (Hilda Ogden) Eileen Derbyshire (Emily Bishop) William Roache (Ken Barlow) Thelma Barlow (Mavis Riley) Timothy West (Eric Babbage) Patricia Routledge (Sylvia Snape) Andrew Sachs (Ramsay Clegg) Tony Booth (Malcolm Wilkinson and Charles Halliday) Prunella Scales (Eileen Hughes) Bernard Cribbins (Wally Bannister) June Whitfield (Blanche's Mate May at Funeral) Kenneth Cope (Jed Stone) Frank Mills (Billy Williams) Gerald Sim (Ted Farrell) Peter Baldwin (Derek Wilton) James Garbutt (Wilf Gaskell) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,474 Posted January 1, 2015 David Quantick's Showbiz Pals 2K15: Joker (Pick 1): Hill, Lauren Pick 2: Benmosche, Bob Pick 3: Bloomfield, Colin Pick 4: Boggs, Grace Lee Pick 5: Crowe, Martin Pick 6: Dickens, Little Jimmy Pick 7: Dignam, Christy Pick 8: Givens, Ahmad Pick 9: Granger, Kate Pick 10: Kara, Ritchii Pick 11: Kwouk, Burt Pick 12: Scott, Jock Pick 13: Scott, Stuart Pick 14: Shivdasani, Sadhana Pick 15: Simon, Sam Pick 16: Sledge, Percy Pick 17: Travis, Kris Pick 18: van den Bleeken, Frank Pick 19: Wybourne, Catherine Pick 20: Zorreguieta, Jorge Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Dead Cow 620 Posted January 1, 2015 The Dead Cows Kate Granger - Joker Frank Lucas Muhammad Ali Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Helen Fawkes Ritchii Kara Clive James Sam Simon Joost van der Westhuizen 'Superstar' Billy Graham Glen Campbell Valerie Harper Rob Ford Daisy Berkowitz Peter Sutcliffe Liz Dawn Mary Tyler Moore Lynne Stewart Rev Billy Graham Chris Woodhead Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,397 Posted January 1, 2015 Blimey, Spade - some good low hangers there (whom I'd admit to have never heard of before), a seemingly high risk/reward joker, some highly questionable obits, and at least one complete bastard. Oh, and the wrestler too! Pan Breed 2015 1. Colin Bloomfield (joker) 2. Martin Crowe 3. Helen Fawkes 4. Kate Granger 5. Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury 6. Sam Simon 7. Jimmy Hill 8. Joost van der Westhuizen 9. Seumas Milne 10. Ryuichi Sakamoto 11. Percy Sledge 12. Glen Campbell 13. Jacques Villeneuve Sr 14. Vojislav Seselj 15. Mary Wilson 16. Asa Briggs 17. Patrick MacNee 18. Peter Sallis 19. Peter Sutcliffe 20. Caroline Aherne I fully admit Seselj might be pulling a "Chap from Guinness" about his health, but you never know. No uniques whatsoever, I don't think, but I figured after a few disappointing seasons to focus less on the uniques, and more on the ill. The joker was originally going to be Ali Carter before he improved. And Valerie Harper got dropped, which seals her 2015 fate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 1, 2015 Here's my winning team William Dunlop - Joker Zsa Zsa Gabor Reverend Billy Graham Valerie Harper Alwen Harris Jimmy Hill Pete Murray Chris Woodhead Shimon Peres Doris Day Elaine Lordan Paul Gascoigne David Hocking Geoff Duke Ken Kercheval Leonard Nimoy George H W Bush Sandy Gall Diana Athill Gaston Glock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted January 1, 2015 1. Leonard Nimoy: The team joker. Although his COPD probably makes him in no mood to joke. 2. Maureen O’Hara: Wheelchaired, has diabetes and is quite old now. 3. Reginald VelJohnson: I think he’s the next James Avery. 4. Ethel Lang: In case no one else dies, I need a guarantee that I won’t end up with zero points. A supercentenarian is often reliable in this aspect. 5. Charles Zentai: Formerly on Simon Wiesenthal Center’s list. Claimed to have a heart disease and peripheral neuropathy last decade, but that might’ve been an attempt to avoid trial in Hungary. 6. Patricia Hitchcock: In bad shape nowadays. Will get an obit because of her famous father. 7. Muhammad Ali: Has Parkinsons and pneumonia. I really wanted at least one athlete in my team. 8. Aretha Franklin: Was ill a while ago, but not sure about now. I see her as Bobby Womack’s direct replacement from last year. 9. Wilford Brimley: Overweight and has diabetes. 10. Charlotte Rae: Is cancer-free now, but pretty much all the other Diffrent Strokes cast members are gone, so there’s definitly something ”cursy” and creepy about that show. 11. Dina Merrill: Wheelchaired, strokes, heart problems, etc. 12. Michael Schumacher: I have a feeling that his recovery will be short-lived. 13. Nancy Barbato: Frank Sinatra’s ex-wife might have Alzheimers. 14. Rudolf von Ribbentrop: Joachim’s son. Mostly because of old age and hopes of a Unique Pick. 15. Jean Ritchie: Had stroke problems 5-6 years ago. 16. C.H. Hermansson: One of the oldest living politicians worldwide. One of my "token Swedes" this year. 17. William Phipps: The voice of Prince Charming in Cinderella has heart problems. And I'm not talking about emotional ones. 18. Earl Cameron: Think of him as a British Sidney Poitier plus ten years. Should get an obit due to his CBE title. 19. Peter Hill-Wood: To avoid putting just 90-plussers on my team, Arsenal’s former chairman gets to join a new team. Had a heart attack some years ago. 20. Magnus Härenstam: Health problems. Another Swede. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,574 Posted January 1, 2015 Here's my team, quite a few survivors from last year (and the year before etc.) New selections in bold. Richard Davies (Joker) Emile Ford; Daphne Fowler John Glenn; Bernard Haitink; Gerald Harper; Buck Henry Colin Jeavons George Johnson Patricia Knatchbull; Sheila Mercier; Les Munro; Cormac Murphy O’Connor Pete Murray; I. M. Pei; Dudley Simpson; Nobby Stiles; Joseph Wapner; Peter Wyngarde; Jimmy Young. Hopefully a few uniques who won't see the end of the year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert Trautmann 58 Posted January 1, 2015 Bit gutted to miss out on a couple of uniques with Dr Nakamats and Jock Scot. Golden Slumbers: Lauren Hill (joker) Kate Granger Sam Simon Frank Miller Jimmy Dickens Goran Hadzic Martin Crowe Colin Bloomfield Monty Brinson Bob Benmosche Jock Scot Ion Trewin Clive Derby-Lewis Yoshiro Nakamatsu Gino Odjick Daisy Berkowitz Percy Sledge Sultan Qaboos Thich Nhat Hanh Kim Fowley Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,474 Posted January 1, 2015 Blimey, Spade - some good low hangers there (whom I'd admit to have never heard of before), a seemingly high risk/reward joker, some highly questionable obits, and at least one complete bastard. Oh, and the wrestler too! Yeah, Lauren Hill (the basketball player, not the tax-dodging Fugee) is definitely a punt but I'm 95% the Mail will give her the obituary. My main worry is that she would have gone late last night and not be reported until 2015, because I'm pretty sure she's not seeing January 20th. Bob Benmosche is one I'm surprised didn't get mentioned on the forums because he seems a lock and is a guaranteed obituary. Frank van den Bleeken is another big point hopeful if he gets someone to kill him (a fun take on the usual "Right to die" campaigner: he's been granted euthanasia as he says he cannot be cured of his paedophilia), and Kris Travis is a 50/50 to go this year but the Daily Star (of all places) have been covering his stomach cancer battle and he was getting very pessimistic about his chancer of survival over Christmas. I left off a lot of probable popular picks like Clive James, Caroline Aherne and War Criminal Bloke with the Vs in his name because I'm not sure they're actually on the way out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,942 Posted January 1, 2015 Thomas Jefferson Survives Martin Crowe (joker) Caroline Aherne Harry Beitzel Bob Benmosche Colin Bloomfield Little Jimmy Dickens Wendell H. Ford Kate Granger Michael C. Gross Lauren Hill John McCabe Bryan Murray Gino Odjick Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman Robert H. Schuller Stuart Scott Sam Simon Percy Sledge Ion Trewin Ralph V. Whitworth Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
