YoungWillz 21,052 Posted January 1, 2016 I'll say a fair list, nothing exceptionally surprising. Well done Committee and bon chance! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lemmy'sGhost Posted January 1, 2016 RadGuy you have Joost to die in June and then again in August. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted January 1, 2016 RadGuy you have Joost to die in June and then again in August. Fixed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lemmy'sGhost Posted January 1, 2016 I will however join your game; (16/50) 16th January - Martin Crowe 29th January - Liz Smith 1st February - Joost 17th February - Vera Lynn 3rd March - Billy Graham 5th March - Bhumibol Adulyadej 18th March - Prunella Scales 27th April - Bruce Forsyth 2nd July - Jimmy Carter 11th July - Jake Lamotta 13th August - Lester Piggott 17th August - Dennis Norden 11th September - Jacques Chirac 21st October - Zsa Zsa Gabor 13th November - Prince Phillip 25th December - Gordon Banks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Book 3,557 Posted January 1, 2016 Only 6 women and no German (e.g. Helmut Kohl, Walter Scheel, Margot Honecker)? That's a little disappointing, dear Committee. Most of the newcomers are boring and not very interesting (Jockey, Commentator, Presenter, Goalkeeper... ). But I like the inclusion of Mary Tyler Moore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,141 Posted January 1, 2016 SHITE!!! That's to be expected, surely. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted January 1, 2016 I like most of the folk dropped, though sods law will naturally dictate that this is the year that Valerie Harper and Doris Day now die. Not so sure about Tommy Chong or Paul Gascoigne. They seem like wasted picks. As for Rad Guy's game, exact dates are too specific for my liking, but as a general feeling: February: John Noakes March: Peter Sallis April: Martin Crowe April: Herman Wouk July: Vera Lynn August: Joost van der Westhuizen October: Kirk Douglas October: Leslie Philips November: Prunella Scales December: Joao Havelange December: Olivia de Havilland Which would give us 11. But then, who knows? There are a lot of very low hanging fruit on the list. Well over half of the list I could easily see not reaching 2018. Time will tell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weebl 216 Posted January 1, 2016 Boutros-Ghali is basically think Javier Perez de Cuellar, except with a funnier face and name. Gotta love everything about Boutros Boutros-Ghali! He's such a cutie: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,329 Posted January 1, 2016 Boutros-Ghali is basically think Javier Perez de Cuellar, except with a funnier face and name. Gotta love everything about Boutros Boutros-Ghali! He's such a cutie: I would 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted January 1, 2016 Boutros-Ghali is basically think Javier Perez de Cuellar, except with a funnier face and name. Gotta love everything about Boutros Boutros-Ghali! He's such a cutie: I wouldsit down and talk to him about the social experience he gained from his term as in general. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,329 Posted January 1, 2016 Ok Predictions for hits:Total 15/50 Martin Crowe :8th January João Havelange: 28th February Leslie Phillips :28th April Peter Sallis:31st May Clive James:27th June Zsa Zsa Gabor:16th July Paul Gascoigne:30th July Stephen Hawking:19th August Mary Tyler Moore:24th August Billy Graham:5th September Muhammad Ali:November 1st Gordon Banks:November 4th John Noakes:23rd November George Bush Senior:19th December Kirk Douglas :27th December Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,329 Posted January 1, 2016 Boutros-Ghali is basically think Javier Perez de Cuellar, except with a funnier face and name. Gotta love everything about Boutros Boutros-Ghali! He's such a cutie: I wouldsit down and talk to him about the social experience he gained from his term as in general. Absolutely 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anthony Posted January 1, 2016 The 2016 List should be even better if Norman Lloyd, Alan Young, Robert Clary, William Schallert & Bob Barker were on here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scraggy Taters 290 Posted January 1, 2016 The 2016 List should be even better if Norman Lloyd, Alan Young, Robert Clary, William Schallert & Bob Barker were on here Never heard of any of them. Are they members of your local pub dominoes team ? 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scraggy Taters 290 Posted January 1, 2016 Boutros-Ghali is basically think Javier Perez de Cuellar, except with a funnier face and name. Gotta love everything about Boutros Boutros-Ghali! He's such a cutie: He looks like the lovechild of Denis Norden & (Bee Gees) Robin Gibb. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Watcher Posted January 1, 2016 'County set' ladies of the gentry regularly seem to be omitted. In the last couple of years Winston Churchill's daughter & the last Mitford sister (Dowager Duchess of Devonshire) were missed. Now Mary Wilson (poet not the singer & brunt of Mike Yarwood's jokes), Clarissa Eden & the surviving Pullein- Thomson sister (writer/horse fancier) are nowhere to be seen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shroud 19 Posted January 1, 2016 I noted where US actor Wayne Rogers died 31/12/2015 @ 82. Rogers was "Trapper John" for the first 3 seasons of M*A*S*H until the writer favoring Alan Alaa's "Hawkeye" Pierce over him led him to leave the series. The late Pernell Roberts (Bonanza) played the same character on the series TRAPPER JOHN roughly 1979 to 1985. For the record, actor David Canary died @ 77 in November, 2015, leaving no surviving adult cast members from Bonanza (1959 - 1973). After Dan "Hoss" Blocker died, that one went straight down the tube. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted January 1, 2016 As said in every year: some of them are on a global perspective too insignificant and not spectacular enough, too much UK-heavy. Would be great thinking more globally. I like some new good choices like Boutros Boutros Ghali, Jacques Chirac, Jimmy Carter. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted January 1, 2016 'County set' ladies of the gentry regularly seem to be omitted. In the last couple of years Winston Churchill's daughter & the last Mitford sister (Dowager Duchess of Devonshire) were missed. Now Mary Wilson (poet not the singer & brunt of Mike Yarwood's jokes), Clarissa Eden & the surviving Pullein- Thomson sister (writer/horse fancier) are nowhere to be seen! Yes I was very surprised that neither Clarissa Eden or Mary Wilson were there but I'm pleased that Doris Day was not included in this year's list as she strikes me as being in fine fettle for her age. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,052 Posted January 1, 2016 'County set' ladies of the gentry regularly seem to be omitted. In the last couple of years Winston Churchill's daughter & the last Mitford sister (Dowager Duchess of Devonshire) were missed. Now Mary Wilson (poet not the singer & brunt of Mike Yarwood's jokes), Clarissa Eden & the surviving Pullein- Thomson sister (writer/horse fancier) are nowhere to be seen! The Pullein Thompson sisters are all dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,977 Posted January 1, 2016 Some good new choices, some dramatic omissions, conventional nr. 1, but I don't have a better idea. Ok effort, could have been better. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NotSirPeterMaxwellDavies 4 Posted January 1, 2016 Sinead O'Connor and Peter Maxwell Davies are dead certs were they picked? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted January 1, 2016 Surprised Howard Marks isn't on there, and there seems to be an abundance of 'old' people but overall it looks a good list. There's no-one on there that I've gone "who?" or "FFS" at. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weebl 216 Posted January 2, 2016 Leaving Howard Marks off was sheer stupidity, just like leaving Sir Nicholas Winton off the 2015 list was really, really dumb. I like the inclusion of Boutros Boutros-Ghali - as I said earlier, isn't he just such an adorable cutie? Here's that photo again just to remind you: Aside from that, new picks like Robert M Pirsig for example seems like a good choice, but why him and not the likes of I. M. Pei or Alistair Urquhart or Desmond Morris any of the other good choices suggested? Taking off the likes of Robert Mugabe, Doris Day, Helmut Kohl and Hosni Mubarak is IMHO a bad idea, I could see any of these figures not lasting the year... Not sure about some of the newer picks lower down the list as I honestly don't know enough about them to be able to comment on whether they are good picks or not! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
