Sorry for my mistake.
Thanks Baker (and Happy Birthday)
Thank you for the birthday wishes.
Now, if everyone ELSE who’s going to play would want to make me happy, go ahead and play NOW!!!:):D:p
Just pulled out all my notes and previous possible picks and will be going over them in the coming days. It’s only December 27th, hold your horses!
I saw Brian Williams mention the other day that Tom Brokaw is in remission, so I’m bumping him back down into my alternate list from whence he came. Stephen Hawking gets a promotion back into the main list.
Updated list:
Abe Vigoda
Kirk Douglas
Valerie Harper
Dick Cheney
John McCain
Jimmy Carter
Rosalynn Carter
Nancy Reagan
Robert Mugabe
Dean Smith
Eric Berry
Dick Vitale
Stephen Hawking
Alternates:
Michael Douglas
Donald Rumsfeld
Tom Brokaw
Do NOT diss the Death Mistress.
We are unworthy.
:dubious:
Mary Tyler Moore – had a show named after her
Valerie Harper – on the same show as above and also had a show named after her and was Rhoda
Stuart Scott – ESPN guy
Aretha Franklin – Queen of Soul
Sam Simon – Co-creator of the Simpsons
Terry Pratchett – Discworld Author
Joost van der Westhuizen – South African rugger
Morissey – British Musician
Darren Daulton – Fromer Phillies Catcher
Rob Ford – Former Mayor of Toronto
Meir Dagan – Former Director of the Mossad
Clive James – British Journalist
Prince Philip – Duke of Edinburgh
Alternates:
Jerry Lewis – Comedian
Michael Douglas – Actor
Clean List:
Mary Tyler Moore
Valerie Harper
Stuart Scott
Aretha Franklin
Sam Simon
Terry Pratchett
Joost van der Westhuizen
Morissey
Darren Daulton
Rob Ford
Meir Dagan
Clive James
Prince Philip
Alternates:
Jerry Lewis
Michael Douglas
I’ve never tried this before…but what the hey!
Dusty Rhodes
Bernard Fox
Carol Burnett
Clark Howard
Tony Dow
Eric Braeden
David Selby
Tiki Barber
Peewee Herman
Dawn Wells
Burt Ward
Roger Waters
Colin Dexter
Alternates:
Chevy Chase
Joe the Plumber
Dean Smith
I really think former Pres. Bush, pere is going to go in 2015, assuming he lasts three more days, and I’m contemplating adding him to my list, but I don’t know who to bump, and GHWB is worth only 10 points. Is 10 sure-fire points worth bumping a not-so-sure 40, or 60 points?
If I didn’t admire both of these people, I’d admire you for how random your list is. 
I’ve actually met Clark Howard. He frequents the strip center I work at.
… But I’ll remind you we have a rule against that. 
From Jean M. Auel | Penguin Random House
“Broud, the brutish son of the Clan leader who repeatedly raped Ayla as a form of punishment”
Baker, Has this question been asked:.
If a “celebrity” is later disqualified as a “celebrity” because he/she was only famous because he/she was terminally ill, does one of the alternates move up in his/her place?
cough not that I have any such people on my tentative 2015 list cough
I don’t research the celebrity creds of the choices players make. Last year some players choices were questioned, by other players of course. I let a couple stand, a couple I did disallow. This was all done before the playing deadline.
If a choice makes it to the deadline without questions being raised*, that choice will stand, even if I become aware of reasons that choice might have been disallowed.
If, though, BEFORE the deadline a choice is disallowed, the first alternate steps up to the plate, unless the player makes a different choice.
*This would remind me of the story of the longest field goal kicked in a college game I think but not sure. I don’t even remember the teams, but I saw the 63-yard field goal that the kicker Tom Sizemore made. His team was down by two points, and a loooong way down the field, with two seconds left to play. His 3 point kick won the game. Afterwards someone on the other team protested because Sizemore wore a special shoe, having only half a foot(and half an arm) The protest was disallowed because no objection was made before the game started. And I think the protestor was told they were free to cut off half of their foot and wear the very same style of shoe, if they so desired.
It seems as if that would encourage people to wait until the last seconds of 12/31, so as to forestall any challenges.
:smack: I never thought of that, and here I was trying to get people to PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE, POST YOUR LIST!
So I’m going to revise what I said in the quoted post. I’ll allow a two day waiting period, after the game starts. So, best to have some alternates if you think your choices are iffy.
Now, who’s going to make my birthday a busy day?
:p:D
Mary-Kate Olsen
Kim Jong Un
Barbra Streisand
James Risen
Jane Fonda
Mike Singletary
Prince Harry
Faith Hill
Barry Bonds
George W. Bush
Jonah Hill
David Letterman
Neil Patrick Harris
Alternates:
Seth Rogen
George H.W. Bush
Rosalynn Carter
Here we go for another year of immortality for:
Boyd K. Packer
Paul Anka
Frankie Valli
Miley Cyrus
Claudine Longet
Angie Dickinson
Neil Young
Liza Minelli
Paul Shaffer
Jim Nabors
Randy Travis
Thomas Monson
David Letterman
Thanks Baker: Nice Football analogy!
I will try to post my list by tomorrow, to give plenty of time for scrutiny. And a big opportunity for people to copy my picks.
My list is done, but since I’m the DeathMistress I will go against my own desire and wait until my birthday. Just because I can. I’m doing a theme again, but it’s comepletely different from last year. I think most picks will be unique, but one or two will probably already have been chosen.
Wilko Johnson
Sam Simon
Tim LaHaye
Ian Mcneice
Billy Graham
Tracy Morgan
Terry Pratchett
Valerie Harper
Fidel Castro
George HW Bush
Joost van der Westhuizen
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr.
The theme this year is annoying evangelists. With an additional annoying person for good measure.
Jack Van Impe
James Dobson
Mike Huckabee
Peter Popoff
Ray Comfort
Terry Jones
Stanislaw Burzynski (cancer quack)
Pat Robertson
Jim Bakker
Robert H. Schuller
Robert Tilton
Kenneth Copeland
John Hagee
Alternates
Leroy Jenkins
Ben Stein