That rule was suggested in 2004, then added in 2005:
Works out pretty much the same for me whichever way I go, so I figure I might as well have fun doing a theme. Speaking of which, need to make a change already.
Moving Charley Pride back down to an alternate and adding in Randy Travis.
Don Williams
Jim Ed Brown
“Little” Jimmy Dickens
Kenny Chesney
Tanya Tucker
Harold Reid
Phil Balsley
Jimmy Fortune
Don Reid
LeAnn Rimes
Charley Daniels
Juice Newton
Randy Travis
Alts
Kenny Rogers
Charley Pride
Cool. Can’t Wait!
My list is “men who have played the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway”:
Michael Crawford
Timothy Nolen
Mark Jacoby
Davis Gaines
Thomas James O’Leary
Hugh Panaro
Howard McGillin
Gary Mauer
Brad Little
John Cudia
Peter Jöback
Chris Groenendaal
Marcus Lovett
Earliest I’ve ever done this, but I want to be on the first page. Makes it easier to find my list.
Valerie Harper
Amanda Bynes
Kirk Douglas
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Kirk Kerkorian
Billy Graham
Don Pardo
Monty Hall
John McVie
Linda Rondstadt
Stuart Scott
Frankie Muniz
Mark Hoppus
Alternatives:
Fidel Castro
Al Jaffee
Keanu Reeves
OK - first the easy ones
1 Abe Vigoda
2 Fidel Castro
3 Dick “Borrowed Time” Cheney
4 George H Bush
5 Barb Bush
6 Jimmy Carter
7 Yoko “Everyone Wants Her Dead” Ono
8 Sharon Osbourne
9 Charley Manson
10 Richard Simmons
11 Iggy Pop
Less obvious
12 Andy Fraser (wrote the song “All Right Now”)
13 Willie G Davidson (former CEO of Harley)
Ooops – plain list
Abe Vigoda
Fidel Castro
Dick Cheney
George H Bush
Barn Bush
Jimmy Carter
Yoko Ono
Sharon Osbourne
Charley Manson
Richard Simmons
Iggy Pop
Andy Fraser
Willie G Davidson
First time for me.
Louie Anderson
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Michael Douglas
Aretha Franklin
Gallagher
Kathie Lee Gifford
Ed Harris
Yakov Smirnoff
Sally Struthers
Burt Ward
George Wendt
Chuck Woolery
Tom Wopat
You hoping for a really big chandelier?
First Time Player… so here I go
Casey Kasem
June Shannon
Sid Ceasar
Barbra Bush
Stevn Seagal
Chris Rock
Jerry Mathers
Jodie Sweetin
Mick Jagger
Terry Bradshaw
Kendall Jenner
Betty Lynn
Been doing this long enough that my brain automatically knows when there aren’t enough names. You are 1 short.
Tim Conway
O. J. Simpson
Mary Tyler Moore
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Gordie Howe
Jerry Stiller
Muhammad Ali
Dan Rather
Katie Couric
Barbara Cook
Chevy Chase
William Milliken
Stephen Sondheim
Maya Angelou
Rachel Ray
Chaz Bono
First timer here…
Pat Summit
Bill Cosby
Nelson Mandela
Nancy Reagan
Pat Buchanan
Rush Limbaugh
Angela Lansbury
Warren Buffett
Larry McMurtry
Francis Ford Coppola
Justin Bieber
Danny Glover
Chris Christie
Alternates
Lindsey Lohan
Fidel Castro
Michelle Obama
Thanks.
First Time Player… so here I go
Casey Kasem
June Shannon
Sid Ceasar
Barbra Bush
Stevn Seagal
Chris Rock
Jerry Mathers
Jodie Sweetin
Mick Jagger
Terry Bradshaw
Kendall Jenner
Betty Lynn
Bow Wow
Oh, right. Alternates.
Louie Anderson
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Michael Douglas
Aretha Franklin
Gallagher
Kathie Lee Gifford
Ed Harris
Yakov Smirnoff
Sally Struthers
Burt Ward
George Wendt
Chuck Woolery
Tom Wopat
Alternates:
Linda Ronstadt
Adam West
Lindsay Lohan
1.Dick Cheney
2.Harper Lee
3.Fidel Castro
4.Ruth Bader Ginsberg
5.Chuck Bednarik
6.Jacques Chirac
7.John Paul Stevens
8.Abe Vigoda
9.Hal Holbrook
10.Bobby Doerr
11.Milt Schmidt
12.Barabara Bush
13.George HW Bush
Alternate(s):
Walter Mondale
Nancy Reagan
Note: 12 refers to 13’s wife.
Plain list: No numbers or commentary.
Macauley culkin
Meat loaf
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Randy travis
Ian Brady
Pete Doherty
Lyndsay Lohan
Daisy Berkowitz
Ian Watkins
Nick Stahl
Edward Furlong
Monica Keena
Alternates
Shifty Shellshock
Derek Whibley
Bobbi Kristina Brown
Sorry about the #s, the “commentary” was to indicate which Barabara Bush I refer to. Anyway, clean list (with another alternate BTW)
Dick Cheney
Harper Lee
Fidel Castro
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Chuck Bednarik
Jacques Chirac
John Paul Stevens
Abe Vigoda
Hal Holbrook
Bobby Doerr
Milt Schmidt
Barabra Bush
George HW Bush
Alternates
Walter Mondale
Nancy Reagan
Olivia Dehavilland
Doyle Brunson
Point of order: would it be bad form to play with a themed list and then post an unofficial list points list after the deadline to see how it stacks up with the rest of you psychos? No need for the Death Mistress to track. It just seems more officially unofficial if its posted rather than me keeping it in my head.