John Stewart - humor
Dali Lama - world experience
Michio Kaku - science stuff
Hiliary Clinton - diplomacy
Warren Buffett - money matters
and on stand by Nathan Fillion if it’s for sexy stuff
If by James Herriot, you mean the veterinarian and writer James Wight, he is no longer available for dinner, having passed away in 1995.
You don’t consider Mila Kunis to be female? 
I think I want to put Tom Waits in there somewhere. Though I wonder how conversation between him and Bowie would go…
Its gotta be like this. Its just human nature.
There are a lot, but I know I’d screw it up. I’d either freeze up or go shy or some how through some act of foolishness I’d mess it up and make it awkward. You know, like here. 
Sometimes I’ll ask myself this question, but I find myself thinking, “Really…? You Really want to ruin their day…? I thought you liked them.” I’d probably start the conversation with something that my vapor-locked brain thought was witty, but was really, really stupid.
“Hi. I’m an average but very shy guy whose overcompensating badly & is acting like a complete ass. So Very Nice to Meet You…!”
Alton Brown - for the food and the funny
Nigella Lawson - same as above and she’s gorgeous
Natalie Portman - has to have interesting Hollywood stories - also seems like she would be funny. Yeah ok, she’s pretty hot too.
Robert Downey Jr. - Very charismatic, funny, and knows “things.”
Johnny Depp - He’ll just make the others more interesting. By being strange. Hopefully not humping things. Ok, he can hump things, just not the guests. (Or me - even though I’d be flattered)
Keb’ Mo’
Barack Obama
Bill Gates
Stephen Hawking
dalai lama
Kate winslet she’s so hot n she’s a talented actor.
You must live in Chicago!
Oh, i see others have addressed the issue!
:smack: I read alive **OR **dead!
replace Thurber with James Earl Jones, and Alf Wight with Jenny McCarthy.
JEJ would be a memorable dinner, and JM because I want her more than life itself.
Yeah shes kul 2 but i think shes a stickler 4 grammar n punctuation.
mmm
John Goodman.
Kate Winslet.
Kenneth Branagh.
Margaret Thatcher.
And, yeah, I’d add Ringo Starr. Wouldn’t ask him any Beatles stuff, tho. He just seems pretty cool.
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Benjamin Netanyahu
Aung San Suu Kyi
Nelson Mandela
Keira Knightley
Queen Elizabeth II
Nelson Mandela
My sons’ wives, someday…