Five famous folks are coming for dinner, but there is a catch

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Here’s a little help, although nobody is leaping out at me as a great guest.

Weirdly, there is a guy named Donald Mustard in the link.

mmm

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1960

Ehhh…

  • Jennifer Grey (looks like one of my best friends, could be confusing. Loved her in Ferris Buellers day off)
  • Vallerie Bertinellie (she’s had an interesting life, and no real scandals I don’t think)
  • Sean Penn (did you bring enough pizza for everyone?)
  • John Elway (Do you still live off of University Blvd? We could share stories about Denver Football, not so much)
  • Bono

I’ll make the assumption they are not vegans or vegetarians. There is a place that sells the absolute best Filet Mignons. I cook them a couple of times a year when I have friends over.

Do I have to do this? Can I pretend I’m not home?

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Dan Ackroyd
Douglas Adams
David Byrne
Annie Potts
Vladimir Putin

I’ll make beef stroganoff, the one dish I can make that doesn’t come from a box. After dinner we’ll retire to the parlor for brandy, cigars and a pleasant discussion about who slipped the polonium into Putin’s dinner.

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This is a bit more comprehensive.

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1980

  • Lin-Manuel Miranda, songwriter, actor, playwright
  • Venus Williams, tennis player
  • Ellie Kemper, actor, comedian, and my Hollywood crush
  • Ryan Gosling, actor
  • Rishi Sunak, former UK Primer Minister

Apparently Venus Williams is vegan, so I will offer a choice of linguine with clams for those who want meat (I guess I have to assume none of them have a shellfish allergy), or pasta primavera for those who want a veg option. And a nice salad and crusty bread. For dessert I’ll pick up an apple pie from Ikeda’s. Uhh, let’s pretend there’s no lard in the crust.

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Thank you MMM - Peyton Manning seems famous enough.

My guests would have different tastes. I’d use as a guideline to stay away from Alicia Silverstone’s British Scavenger Hunt. “What’s this bright looking fruit growing by the sidewalk? I’m going to eat it!” Anything normal like grilled chicken or hamburgers would be better I’m sure.

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1963

Garry Kasparov
Till Lindemann (Rammstein leader)
Rick Rubin
Tori Amos
Ann Patchett

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In honor of the just-completed baseball season, there will be 5 former major-leaguers born in 1953 coming to my house for dinner. I saw all of these guys play during their careers.

George Brett
Dan Quisenberry
Keith Hernandez
Jim Rice
Bruce Sutter

The menu will be standard ballpark fare: hot dogs, popcorn, nachos, and watered-down beer. For dessert there will be sundaes served in miniature batting helmets.

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1956
For a raucous evening:
Bryan Cranston
Richard Kind
Danny Boyle
Bob Saget
Carrie Fisher

If I’m cooking, it’ll be chili with cornbread.

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1960

Steve Wozniak
Zaha Hadid
Ariana Huffington
Stevie Wonder
Jay Leno

Cook? Maybe a big pot of beef stew.

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1946 was a big year.After a great deal of sorting I’m going with

Dolly Parton
Cher
Bill Clinton
Sylvester Stallone
Sally Field

I make a great carbonara and the best bread I have ever eaten.

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I’m not famous. But I’ll bring my own place setting and a chair, and squeeze in at the table at the Mustard house.

I hope he fixes extra steaks, “just in case.”

~VOW

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Since no one’s done 1965 yet, here are my five:

  • Alan Cumming (actor, television host)
  • Robert Downey Jr. (actor)
  • Steve Kerr (basketball player and coach)
  • Shania Twain (singer)
  • Björk (singer, songwriter)

Not getting invitations: Brett Kavanaugh, J.K. Rowling, Charlie Sheen, Bashar al-Assad (president of Syria)

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If we’re doing that, people from 1980 who are not getting invitations to my party: Kim Kardashian, Macaulay Culkin

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I think you have to have born the same year as MMM, otherwise I’d tag along!

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1964:

Michelle Obama

Nicholas Cage

Rockne S. O’Bannon

Kamala

Scott Kelly

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Maybe they would allow us a joint dinner

Hermann Tilke 12/31/54
Denzel Washington 12-28-1954
Dennis Quaid- April 9, 1954
Kathleen Turner, June 19, 1954
Scott Bakula, Oct 9, 1954

Mr. Tilke is a German race driver and engineer and he’s a pick because we share not only the year but the exact date. We will raise a glass to Alexander Salmond, recently deceased, a Scottish politician who was born on the same day we were.

Instead of cooking we’ll go out to my favorite restaurant and microbrewery.

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Well, I share a year of birth with @Alessan, 1974. So what to do differently…

Well then:

Alanis Morrisette
Ramin Djawadi
Christian Bale

Will be our music and acting talent for night.

Jimmy Fallon

Will be our comedic guest

Hidetaka Miyazaki (creator of Dark Souls and Elden Ring)

Will be our international and gaming guest (and get epic side eye for crushing my soul repeatedly in some of those games)

I think I’ll serve a variety of dishes, so everyone can try a bit of what they like, some of my slow cooker saag paneer, served with homemade flatbread, some vegetarian roasted bell pepper sushi, green chile pork with cilantro and lime, cheese filled chile relleno, and butter mochi. Lot of things cat can be nibbled on, or dipped with chips/tortillas/flatbreads. I don’t want to feel the need to sit down for a formal meal, and my house is rather small.

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1953

I will restrict it to people that have written things that I have read or listened to:

Malcolm Young
Carl Hiaasen
Ruby Wax
Cyndi Lauper
Colin Hay

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I am also 1969, but instead of poisoning, I will be serving pizza to:

Cate Blanchett
Paul Rudd
Jack Black
Peter Dinklage
Jennifer Aniston

I feel like we could have a good old giggle, and possibly some larks, or even antics if we aren’t feeling a bit too tired by 9pm.