Soapstar to Superstar Dead Pool

[Miracle Aligner 249]

Lets have a go at a new dead pool.

 

Enter a team of 20 names who have appeared in a soap opera. They can have appeared in any radio or television soap opera, broadcast in any country in any language. 

 

Basic Points

Number them from 1 to 20, you will receive 20 points for No 1, 19 points for No 2, 18 points for No 3 etc. 

 

To encourage people to pick names that have actually been soap actors rather than appeared in an episode of a soap bonus points will be available for:

 

Any actor who has appeared in more than 500 episodes of a Soap Opera +5 points

Any actor who has appeared in more than 1000 episodes of a Soap Opera +5 points

Any actor who has appeared in more than 2000 episodes of a Soap Opera +10 points

Any actor who has appeared in more than 3000 episodes of a Soap Opera + 10 points

Any actor who has appeared in more than 5000 episodes of a Soap Opera +20 points

Any actor whose soap character has been a murderer +15 points

Any actor whose soap character has had more than 5 marriages +10 points

Anyone who was on a single soaps cast for 10 continuous years + 5 points

Anyone who was on a single soaps cast for 20 continuous years + 5 points

Anyone who was on a single soaps cast for 30 continuous years  +10 points

Anyone who was on a single soaps cast for 40 continuous years + 10 points 

Anyone who was on a single soaps cast for 50 continuous years + 20 points

Anyone who was on a single soaps cast for 60 continuous years* +30 points

Any actor who has appeared in more than one soap opera +10 points for each soap opera

Anyone involved in a car crash +10 points

Anyone involved in a boat crash +20 points

Anyone who was a pub landlord/landlady +30 points

Anyone who reappeared as a ghost in a subsequent story line after there character died +50 points

Soap stars who are still regularly appearing in a soap opera at their time of death +75 points

For each decade they are away from reaching 80 +5 points (i.e 60-69 year old 5 points, 50-59 year old 10 points, 40-49 year old 15 points.) 

 

*For our purposes continuous years is classed as playing the same character without a break exceeding 12 months between broadcast episodes.

 

Point Stack (So an actor whose appeared in Coronation Street and Emmerdale and 1000 episodes of each placed at no 1 would be worth 50 points [ (20 + (5 + 5) +  (10+10) ]

 

If there person is not a household name in the United Kingdom a brief description is encouraged for example William Roache (Ken Barlow, Coronation Street from 1960-Present)

 

Entry Shite

1. Send your team via PM no later than 23:59 on the 31st May 2020

2. Competition will run from 00:01 1st June 2019 to 23:59 31st May 2021

3. My ruling on whether someone is a soap star is final. 

4. Lowbrow obit requirement - anything in any language that says there dead from a local rag or higher in the food chain.

 

Entrants

Bibliogryphon

CaptainChorizo

 

[Paul Bearer 6,119]

You're creating another monster.

[Miracle Aligner 249]

2 minutes ago, Paul Bearer said:

You're creating another monster.

 

Its seems like fun for a dead pool. 

 

And deliberately has a flyby entry window.

[Paul Bearer 6,119]

1 minute ago, Miracle Aligner said:

 

Its seems like fun for a dead pool. 

 

And deliberately has a flyby entry window.

Good luck.

[theoldlady 2,314]

I thought the media folk are moving away from Soap Operas? I know they declined rapidly in the USA. We might need a definition here. 

[Bibliogryphon 9,593]

Team sent. It was my Liz Dawn team updated off the top of my head. No new research.

 

Probably why I forgot Julie Goodyear

[Miracle Aligner 249]

17 minutes ago, theoldlady said:

I thought the media folk are moving away from Soap Operas? I know they declined rapidly in the USA. We might need a definition here. 

 

Look in the Liz Dawn thread there's a (not exhaustive but thorough) list.  And this...

 

Quote

In response to a PM Query I have had from a potential entrant there's a new rule.

 

Spin Offs -

• An individual episode spin off will be counted as a part of the main show.
• A multi-episode spin off series will be counted as a soap opera and therefore eligible.

 

For clarification this means "Dot's Story" and "Perfectly Frank..." would be counted as episodes of EastEnders.

 

Whilst "Kat and Alfie: Red Water" and "Damon and Debbie" (Brookside spin off) will be counted as separate soap operas. 

 

Who knew this would be so fucking complicated?

 

Episodes must have been shown on UK television to qualify, you're obscure direct-to-videos such as "Coronation Street: Out of Africa" can fuck off. 

 

[CaptainChorizo 1,990]

as someone with little knowledge of soaps I will probably just pull a DianaRots and steal surviving names from people's 2019 teams

[Miracle Aligner 249]

Just now, CaptainChorizo said:

as someone with little knowledge of soaps I will probably just pull a DianaRots and steal surviving names from people's 2019 teams

 

A cursory glance at the wiki of any jobbing character actor from the past 50 years will probably reveal a soap credit of some description to be frank. 

[Miracle Aligner 249]

Entries close in just shy of 4 hours.

 

Entrants

Bibliogryphon

CaptainChorizo

The Old Crem

Handrejka

Toast

msc

DeathByArsenic

Great Uncle Bulgaria

 

[Toast 16,157]

Oops, that crept up on me.  I meant to spend more time over this. 

Never mind, at least I'm in.  Team sent.

[Miracle Aligner 249]

 CLOSED. 

 

Masterlist will be put up tomorrow. 

[Miracle Aligner 249]

Entrants and Teams

 

Bibliogryphon

 

1.       Ysanne Churchman          The Archers

2.       June Brown                                        Eastenders

3.       Kenneth Cope                                   Eastenders

4.       Eileen Derbyshire                            Coronation Street

5.       Leonard Fenton                                Eastenders

6.       Mona Hammond                              Eastenders

7.       John Savident                                    Coronation Street

8.       June Spencer                                     The Archers

9.       Frank Windsor                                   Eastenders

10.   Barbara Knox                                     Coronation Street

11.   Bill Treacher                                       Eastenders

12.   Barbara Windsor                              Eastenders

13.   Thelma Barlow                                  Coronation Street

14.   Fraser Hines                                       Emmerdale

15.   Elizabeth Kelly                                   Eastenders

16.   Amanda Barrie                                  Coronation Street

17.   Mark Eden                                          Coronation Street

18.   Timothy West                                    Eastenders

19.   William Roach                                   Coronation Street

20.   Larry Lamb                                          Eastenders

 

CaptainChorizo

 

20Mary Ward(aussie actress)
19Ignacio Lopez Tarso
18Ray MacDonnell
17Leonard Fenton
16Johnny Beattie
15Rosita Quintana
14Kenneth Cope
13Nadia Cattouse
12Laura Cardoso
11Ellen Derbyshire
10Ricardo Blume
9Patsy King(aussie actress)
8Michael Craig
7June Spencer
6Sylvia Pinal
5Manuel Ojeda
4Lyn Collingwood
3Elsa Cardenas
2Malcolm Hebden

1Jacqueline Andere
 

The Old Crem

 

1.     Shannen Doherty

2.     Barbara Windsor

3.     Julie Goodyear

4.     Bill Treacher

5.     Kenneth Cope

6.     Elizabeth Kelly

7.     June Spencer

8.     Mary Ward

9.     Mark Eden

10.  Eileen Derbyshire

11.  Norman Bowler

12.  June Brown

13.  Paula Tilbrook

14.  Mona Hammond

15.  Leonard Fenton

16.  Thelma Barlow

17.  Barbara Knox

18.  Johnny Briggs

19.  Lyn Collingwood

20.  Elaine Lordan

 

Handrejka

 

1 . John Savident (Coronation street)

2. Eileen Derbyshire (Coronation street)

3. Malcolm Hebden (Coronation Street)

4. Barbara Windsor (EastEnders)

5. Daniela Westbrook (Eastenders)

6.Darren Newbury (Emergency Ward 10)

7. Dean Sullivan (Brookside)

8. Manila Massey (The Archers, EastEnders, Coronation Street)

9. John Fraser (The Practice)

10. Julie Goodyear (Coronation Street)

11. June Brown (Coronation Street, The Bill, EastEnders)

12. Kenneth Cope (Coronation Street, Brookside)

13.Nadia Cattouse (Angels)

14. Bill Treacher (Eastenders)

15.Mark Eden (Coronation Street)

16.Helen Worth (Coronation Street)

17. Brian Regan (Brookside)

18. Geoff Hinsliff (Coronation Street)

19. Harry Landis (Eastenders)

20. Elaine Lordan (Eastenders)

 

Toast

 

1. Elaine Lordan
2. Julie Goodyear
3. Ricky Tomlinson
4. Elizabeth Kelly
5. Mark Eden
6. Frank Windsor
7. Norman Bowler
8. Kenneth Cope
9. June Brown
10. Paula Tilbrook
11. Mona Hammond
12. Alan Rothwell
13. Doreen Mantle
14. Trevor Peacock
15. Bill Treacher
16. Bruce Jones
17. Barbara Windsor
18. Bryan Murray
19. Eileen Derbyshire
20. Malcolm Hebden

 

msc

 

1.    June Spencer (Peggy from The Archers)
2.    Arnold Yarrow (Mr Bloom in Eastenders, not on Cbeebies)
3.    Frank Windsor (Eastenders once, but presumably that counts)
4.    June Bland (Newcomers)
5.    Christopher Benjamin (Doctors, plus Talons of Weng-Chiang from some time travel show)
6.    Lorrae Desmond (Home and Away)
7.    Doreen Mantle (several Doctors appearances)
8.    Ysanne Churchman (Archers, famous death scene)
9.    Don Murray (Knots Landing)
10.    Barbara Knox (Rita Tanner)
11.    Leon Lissek (Sullivans/Eastenders)
12.    William Russell (Ian from Dr Who, also in Corrie)
13.    June Brown (Dot)
14.    Patsy KIng (Erica in Cell Block H)
15.    John Hamblin (Young Doctors, also Quatermass back in the day)
16.    Malcolm Hebden (Corrie)
17.    Earl Cameron (103 year old, was in Emergency Ward 10)
18.    Patricia Greene (Jill Archer)
19.    Johnny Briggs (yer man who hated Barlow)
20.    Bill Roache (yer Ken Barlow)

 

 

DeathByArsenic (as you didn't number your picks, I've assumed 1 to 20 rather than the 20 to 1 being used by some others)

 

 

1. Tarcisio Meira
2. Laura Cardosa
3. Nathalia Timberg
4. Julie Goodyear
5. June Brown
6. Fernanda Montenegro
7. Lyn Collingwood
8. Patricia Greene
9. Mauro Mendonca
10. Stenio Garcia
11. Ludwig Haas
12. Rhys Parry Jones
13. Eileen Derbyshire
14. Kenneth Cope
15. Richard Wilson
16. Kylie Minogue
17. Jeff Rawle
18. Frank Windsor
19. Prunella Scales
20. Mona Hammond
21.  

Great Uncle Bulgaria

 

1 sunetra sarker

2 june brown

3 john mcardle

4 kate fitzgerald

5 macia ashton

6 vince earl

7 david banks

8 Les Dennis

9 Sue Johnston

10 Ricky Tomlinson

11 angela morant

12  bryan murray

13 Tony Scoggo

14 Dicken ashworth

15 noreen kershaw

16 peter christian

17 Annie Miles

18 Brian Regan

19 Alexandra Pigg

20 Barbara Windsor

 

 

[Miracle Aligner 249]

A couple of weeks in is normally about the time someone dies in a soap opera, may we get that joy from this pool?

 

 

[Miracle Aligner 249]

Johnny Beattie is a hit for CC

 

4 basic points for CC + 5 for longevity +5 for the 500 episodes

 

CaptainChorizo 14 points (Johnny Beattie)

[Toast 16,157]

Barbara Windsor scores for a few teams here.

 

As the scoring is somewhat complex, I suggest that Deathray be unbanned on condition that he supervises this pool reliably. 

[Handrejka 1,904]

Just realised I had John Fraser here too.

[Toast 16,157]

I suppose Paula Tilbrook doesn't score as she died last year, it just wasn't reported till July this year. 

[Bibliogryphon 9,593]

27 minutes ago, Toast said:

Barbara Windsor scores for a few teams here.

 

As the scoring is somewhat complex, I suggest that Deathray be unbanned on condition that he supervises this pool reliably. 

My two hits have been Barbara Windsor and Frank Windsor

[Toast 16,157]

1 hour ago, Bibliogryphon said:

My two hits have been Barbara Windsor and Frank Windsor

 

Yes I've had a Windsor double too

[msc 18,489]

2 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

Yes I've had a Windsor double too

 

I'm working on it - I just need to work out who some of these people are...

[msc 18,489]

OK, going off Deathrays points explanation above, and his early insistence on counting telenovellas, here appear to be the current scores. And if I got some of his ideas wrong, he can sign in under yet another account (I Can't Believe It's Not Deathers?) to correct me...

 

= 1. Bibliogryphon - frank (11) and babs windsor (8), = 41 + 58 = 99

= 1.Toast - babs windsor (4), frank windsor 15) = 54 + 45 = 99

3. msc -  frank windsor (18), earl cameron (4) =  48 + 34 = 82

4. Captain Chorizo - jonny beattie (5), ricardo blume (11) = 5 + 70= 75
5. Old Crem - bara windsor (19) = 69 = 69

6. Great Uncle Bulgaria - b wndsor - 51 = 51

7 DeathbyArsenic - Frank Windsor (3) = 33 = 33
8. Handrejka - john fraser (11) = 20 = 20

 

 

Frank WIndsor in Casualty and Eastenders and crown court) (30 points)
Barbara Windsor in Eastenders (1562 eps, 22 years, pub landlord) = 10 points plus 10 points plus 30 = 50 points
Johnny Beattie (River City) less than 500 eps of river city = 0 bonus points
Ricardo Blume -  Maria la del Barrio, Carrusel, mundo de juguete (650 eps),  entre brumas, muchacha italiana, simplemente maria = 65 points
John Fraser- - the bill, the practice = 20 points
Earl Cameron = casualty, crown court, emergency ward 10= 30 points

 

[Not Deathers 11]

@msc re read the scoring. Beattie was on River City from 2002 to 2015 so is 5 bonus points. Can't find many eps he was in though. 

[msc 18,489]

3 minutes ago, Not Deathers said:

@msc re read the scoring. Beattie was on River City from 2002 to 2015 so is 5 bonus points. Can't find many eps he was in though. 

 

Thanks, old chap. I had noticed that one but tbh I don't know how many eps he was actually in or if his decade was...continous, so erred on the side of caution. (In his retirement he said he'd been in a lot but as no one watches River City there doesn't appear to be an official count online...)

[Not Deathers 11]

2 minutes ago, msc said:

 

Thanks, old chap. I had noticed that one but tbh I don't know how many eps he was actually in or if his decade was...continous, so erred on the side of caution. (In his retirement he said he'd been in a lot but as no one watches River City there doesn't appear to be an official count online...)

 

@YoungWillz maybe your North of the border pal knows? You get this crap instead of Casualty, right?