# Celebrity Deathpool 2001 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715 "2000-12-02T15:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/61 "2000-12-04T18:24:58Z")
Hawking almost made my list, but I figure that he is, in all reality, an alien life form and will live damn near forever. Eudora Welty is still alive? My god, that woman was valedictorian with Moses’s graduating class. ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/62 "2000-12-04T18:26:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tevya \* > \*\*Okay. At long last, here is my list: > > 1. Colin Quinn > 2. Ruth Bader Ginsberg > 3. Ronald Reagan > 4. Richard Pryor > 5. Eudora Welty > 6. Andy Rooney > 7. Thor Heyerdahl > 8. Bob Dole > 9. Joan Jett > 10. Stephen Hawking. > \*\* I am obviously an idiot who should be mocked for not being able to count. Here are my last 3: 1. Arthur Miller 2. Hugh Hefner 3. Daryl Strawberry ---
**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/63 "2000-12-04T18:50:16Z")
Here we go… Michael J. Fox Muhammad Ali Dudley Moore Ronald Reagan Darryl Strawberry Keith Richards Slobodan Milosivic Yogi Berra Willie Mays Ed McMahon Tony Randall Bill Murray (obligatory SNL) Pope John Paul II ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/64 "2000-12-04T19:14:27Z")
I may have missed this - but do you have results from last year? Who won and who they picked? (I realize the year isn’t entirely over - who is ahead?) My picks for 2001: 1. Pope 2. Strom Thurmond 3. John Goodman 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Bob Hope 6. Johnny Carson 7. Nancy Reagan 8. Macaulay Culkin (sp?) 9. Mohammed Ali 10. Walter Kronkite 11. Jack Paar 12. Gerald Ford 13. Don Knotts 14. Liza Minelli 15. Kathryn Hepburn Junior ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/65 "2000-12-04T20:10:11Z")
David Spade George Bush (senior) Vaclav Havel James Iha Anne Morrow Lindberg Gerald Ford Jerry Springer Tommy Lasorda Dr. Dre David Brinkley Eric Davis (baseball player) Fidel Castro Katherine Hepburn ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/66 "2000-12-04T21:28:36Z")
Okay, here goes: 1. Dick Cheney 2. Pope John Paul II 3. Dudley Moore 4. Barbara Bush 5. Nancy Reagan 6. Jerry Lewis 7. Bob Hope 8. Ed McMahon 9. Michael J. Foxx 10. Walter Cronkite 11. Hugh Hefner 12. Imelda Marcos 13. Ringo Starr ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/67 "2000-12-04T21:35:45Z")
Why are so many people including David Spade? I thought he was a healthy young man is he sick or something? ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2000, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/68 "2000-12-04T22:47:19Z")
Crap, I put down 15 because that’s how many my friends and I are playing with. Nix Jack Paar and Don Knotts. Junior ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/69 "2000-12-05T04:18:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fletch \* > \*\*Why are so many people including David Spade? I thought he was a healthy young man is he sick or something? \*\* 1. SNL curse. 2. He was almost killed last week by a crazed assistance. Someone’s got his number. 3. Hi Opal! ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/70 "2000-12-05T05:00:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > **2. He was almost killed last week by a crazed assistance.** Here, Mr. Spade, let me help you carry in those groceries! Oops. AAAIIIEEE! Sorry, Mr. Spade, my fingers slipped… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/71 "2000-12-05T05:27:23Z")
> [@](#): > > I may have missed this - but do you have results from last year? Who won and who they picked? (I realize the year isn’t entirely over - who is ahead?) An update every month and what do I get for it? Here’s the current totals for Celebrity Deathpool 2000 smug (66 points) - Ian Dury and Charles Schultz Odieman (48 points) - Tom Landry and Charles Schultz Jjoe (23 points) - Charles Schultz StrTrkr777 (23 points) - Charles Schultz kawliga (21 points) - Walter Matthau manhattan (20 points) - Cardinal John O’Connor Shirley Ujest (18 points) - Sir John Gielgud and Alec Guinness ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/72 "2000-12-05T05:44:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don Jaime \* > Here, Mr. Spade, let me help you carry in those groceries! Oops. > > AAAIIIEEE! > > Sorry, Mr. Spade, my fingers slipped… \*\* I have nothing to contribute – don’t play dead pools – but for some reason I found this really funny 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/73 "2000-12-05T13:43:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Fletch \* > > \*\*Why are so many people including David Spade? I thought he was a healthy young man is he sick or something? \*\* > > 1. SNL curse. > 2. He was almost killed last week by a crazed assistance. Someone’s got his number. > 3. Hi Opal! \*\* Opal??? I saw the same old ugly mug in the mirror this morning as I shaved, didn’t look like an Opal. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/74 "2000-12-05T14:48:01Z")
ThisYearsGirl: Jesse Camp was an MTV vj and well, about as lame as they come. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/75 "2000-12-05T15:23:10Z")
This is sick . . . but strangely fun. 1)Dick Cheney 2)George Carlin 3)Christy Turlington 4)Strom Thurmond (always got a shot) 5)Jesse Helms (one can dream) 6)Stephen King 7)Louie Anderson 8)Kurt Douglas 9)Scott Weiland 10)Ted Nugent (freak gun accident) 11)Bob Dole 12)Yassir Arafat (sp?) 13)Stevie Nicks ---
**Author:** ![douglips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/76 "2000-12-05T17:24:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NothingMan \* > \*\*This is sick . . . but strangely fun. > … > 8)Kurt Douglas > \*\* Kirk Douglas? ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/77 "2000-12-05T18:28:14Z")
Revision Number 1: Replace Joan Jett with Dudley Moore. New List: 1. Colin Quinn 2. Ruth Bader Ginsberg 3. Ronald Reagan 4. Richard Pryor 5. Eudora Welty 6. Andy Rooney 7. Thor Heyerdahl 8. Bob Dole 9. Dudley Moore 10. Stephen Hawking 11. Arthur Miller 12. Daryl Strawberry 13. Hughe Hefner ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/78 "2000-12-05T19:34:01Z")
My picks: Snoop Doggy Dogg Robert Downey, Jr. John Goodman Ronald Reagan Pope John Paul II Keith Richards Muhammad Ali Michael J. Fox Sean Connery (Suck on it, Trebek. Suck it long, and suck it hard.) Mike Tyson Dick Cheney Jackie Chan - I like Sublight’s rationale here Dan Ackroyd I leaned towards people with health problems (Dan Aykroyd is really fat) who weren’t TOO old, and mix in a few oldies for some safe points. Better to hit the jackpot with one Mike Tyson than three Bob Hopes. I really didn’t want to pick Michael J. Fox 'cause I like him, but business is business, and the vultures are circling. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/79 "2000-12-05T21:00:02Z")
Here’s my picks. 1. Kirk Douglas 2. Bill Murray 3. Mickey Rooney 4. Dudley Moore 5. Perry Como 6. Johnny Cash 7. Muhammad Ali 8. Frank Gifford 9. Kathie Lee Gifford 10. Ronald Reagan 11. Annette Funicello 12. Gary Busey 13. Ted Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715/80 "2000-12-05T21:23:55Z")
1. Katherine Hepburn 2. James Doohan 3. Julia Child 4. Dom DeLuise 5. Robert Downey, Jr. 6. Dana Carvey 7. Tommy Lasorda 8. Betty Hutton 9. Victoria Jackson 10. Bob Hope 11. Edward Asner 12. Al Lewis 13. Carol Channing [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrity-deathpool-2001/43715.md?page=5)