# Jed Ded? Not Yed . . . (Buddy Ebsen in Hospital) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 26, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jed-ded-not-yed-buddy-ebsen-in-hospital/184494 "2003-06-26T12:37:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jed-ded-not-yed-buddy-ebsen-in-hospital/184494/21 "2003-06-27T18:42:13Z")
How do you play celebrity death pool? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jed-ded-not-yed-buddy-ebsen-in-hospital/184494/22 "2003-06-27T18:53:34Z")
Probably injured in a Rollerblading accident. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jed-ded-not-yed-buddy-ebsen-in-hospital/184494/23 "2003-06-27T19:10:10Z")
Or injured in a fall in his cement pond. Doncha love it when you hear someone will be okay. Yo can make all the jokes you want then. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jed-ded-not-yed-buddy-ebsen-in-hospital/184494/24 "2003-06-27T19:18:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > \*\*How do you play celebrity death pool? \*\* The search function is giving me a fit right now, but if you look in Cafe Society (I’m pretty sure that’s where the thread is … if not, it would be in MPSIMS) you’ll find a thread titled “Celebrity Death Pool 2003” or something like that. You’re too late to play this year, but check back in December for the 2004 version. Basically, you pick 10 celebrities you think will die this year, and if any of them kick the bucket, you get points based on how old they were. (I don’t remember all the exact rules.) I don’t think anyone picked Strom Thurmond, because you don’t get any points if someone’s over 100. I got 9 points for Hume Cronyn recently. I don’t know what I’ll get for Jed Clampett. Not much, I guess; I didn’t realize he was so old. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jed-ded-not-yed-buddy-ebsen-in-hospital/184494/25 "2003-06-27T19:20:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Probably injured in a Rollerblading accident. \*\* I’m thinking monkey pox that got on one of Ellie’s critters and lay dormant for 40 years. Plus, can’t you just imagine Jed saying “Wellll doggy… don’t that take the pox off the prairie dog?” ---
**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jed-ded-not-yed-buddy-ebsen-in-hospital/184494/26 "2003-06-27T19:47:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Probably injured in a Rollerblading accident. \*\* It could well be. According to the article I linked, Buddy’s been a dancer, a singer, an actor, a painter, and–at the age of 93, no less–a published novelist. They’re going to have to nail his coffin lid shut. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jed-ded-not-yed-buddy-ebsen-in-hospital/184494.md?page=1)