In case I need an alternate in the next few weeks, I pick Viktor Yushchenko (sp?) of the Ukraine.
Try something a little different:
- Iyad Allawi
- Ghazi al-Yawer (President of Iraq Interim Government)
- Ibrahim al-Jafari (Vice President of Iraq)
- Rowsch Shaways (another Vice President of Iraq)
- Moqtada al-Sadr
- Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani
- King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
- Prince Abdallah of Saudi Arabia
- Viktor Yushchenko of Ukraine
- Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine
- Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine
- Pope John Paul II
- Jerry Orbach
BTW, has anyone seen that crazy-ass Batman crap going on with Yuschchenko? That man’s a goner, he should be on everyone’s list:
Two alternates:
- Robert Byrd
- Horatio Sanz (large SNL alumni don’t fare well)
But if he’s on everyones list then the points are meaningless. You have to take some chances and go for the win. No Pope for me either.
In 2003, I focused on the NBA and got zilch. In 2004, I focused on major league baseball, shot out of the gate well with Tug McGraw, but then stalled. This year, I’ll exapnd the horizons a bit.
- Bowie Kuhn - former commish of baseball
- Fay Vincent - former commish of baseball
- Darryl Strawberry - former underachieving slugger
- Dwight Gooden - former underachieving pitching phenom
- Red Auerbach - Celtics head honcho
- Scott Hamilton - the ice skater
- Shane Drury - professional bull rider
- Pat Burns - Hockey coach
- Ron Santo - former 3rd baseman on a drastic weight loss plan
- Mary-Kate Olsen
- Chris Burke - the “Life Goes On” Downs syndrome dude
- Ervin “Magic” Johnson
- Hubie Brown - former NBA coach
OK, I have to get in on this. My picks:
- Margaret Thatcher
- 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson)
- John Goodman
- Pope John Paul II
- Gerald Ford
- William Rehnquist
- Tony Blair
- MaCaulay Culkin
- Stephen Hawking
- Fidel Castro
- Doris Day
- Jack Nicholson
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
mmkay. Here’s my list for the upcoming year:
Political Figures
- Pope John Paul II
- William Rehnquist
- Hamid Karzai (newly-elected prez of Afghanistan)
- Louis Farrakhan
Entertainers
5. Annette Funicello
6. Kirk Douglas
7. David Newell (Mr. McFeely of “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood”)
8. Dick Clark
Athletes
9. Magic Johnson
10. Jack Lalanne
11. Jake LaMotta
Publisher
12. Hugh Hefner
Long Shot
13. Oprah Winfrey
Alternates
Rosa Parks
Sean Connery
Ok - I didn’t even look at my old list so I wouldn’t get jinxed. I got no points in 2004 - so far!
Anyway:
Lady Bird Johnson
Muhammed Ali
Annette Funicello
Mary Tyler Moore
Pope John Paul II
Michael J. Fox
Larry Storch
Brent Spiner
Kirk Douglas
Wilford Brimley
Anson Williams (of Happy Days)
Barbara Eden
Arnold Palmer
Alternates: Walter Cronkite
Jerry Lewis
Michael Jackson
[ol]
[li]Milton Friedman- July 31, 1912[/li][li]Gerald Ford- July 14, 1913[/li][li]Mikhail Kalashnikov- November 10, 1919[/li][li]Pope John Paul II- May 18, 1920[/li][li]Boris Yeltsin- February 1, 1931[/li][li]Floyd Patterson- January 4, 1935[/li][li]Pervez Musharraf- August 11, 1943[/li][li]David Bowie- January 8, 1947[/li][li]Paul Banke- March 1, 1964[/li][li]Courtney Love- July 9, 1964[/li][li]Mike Tyson- June 30, 1966[/li][li]Johnny Tapia- February 13, 1967[/li][li]Scott Weiland- October 27, 1967[/li]
Alternates:
[li]Daryl Gates- August 30, 1926[/li][li]Henry Kissinger- May 27, 1923[/li][li]Nancy Reagan- July 6, 1921[/li][/ol]
OK, after much deliberation, here goes:
- Professor Steven Hawkings
- Mister Michael Jackson
- Mister Elton John
- His Excellency, President Nelson Mandela
- Mister Jerry Lewis
- Mayor Marion Barry
- His Excellency Mr. Chief Justice William Rehnquist
- His Excellency, Fidel Castro, President of Cuba
- Haji Osama Bin Laden
- His Highness, Prince Philip, Prince Consort of Great Britain
- His Highness, King Fahad, Protector of the Two Holy Mosques
- His Excellency Dick Cheney, Vice-President of the United States.
- His Holiness Pope John-Paul II
Good luck to all the entrants.
Isn’t it Sir Elton John? I don’t know, I don’t keep up on this stuff but it looks like you were trying to be accurate with the honorifics.
If the past two years are any indication, the following people are guaranteed to stay alive for another year:
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Charels van Doren
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Peter O’Toole
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Alan Alda
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William Rehnquist
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Courtney Love
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Richard Pryor
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Don Knotts
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Paul Newman
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B. B. King
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Uri Geller
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Ozzy Osborne
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Hery Kissinger
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Van Morrison
Of course you are right, Sir Elton, OBE.
(If Uri G claimed to be dead, would anyone believe him?)
If Uri Gellar died in the woods alone of a massive cardiac arrest and fell down, would any one care?
AhEm: Elton should be His Royal Majesty The Queen Elton John
Alright, I’ll give it a shot this year. It’s just so morbidly compelling!
Completely random guesses as follows:
- Abe Vigoda
- Betty White
- James Garner
- Wilford Brimley
- Gary Busey
- Bill Cosby
- James Doohan
- Andy Dick
- Jack Black
- Phanom Yeerum (aka Tony Ja)
- Eddie Albert
- Phil Brown (from Star Wars)
- Don Herbert (Mr. Wizard)
Whoa. In the future, I promise to use my powers only for good. I don’t know if this is compelling enough for any of y’all to change your picks, but: Dick Clark Hospitalized For Stroke.
My first substitution. Please scratch Liz and add Dick Clark.
Don’t know about all those you listed, but according to Debretts #10 is HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. #12 is “The Honorable”, not “His Excellency”
Yes, I am anal, why do you ask? 
My picks:
- Angela Lansbury
- Queen Elizabeth II
- Jerry Lewis
- John Goodman
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Dick Clark
- Jack Palance
- Peter O’Toole
- Bob Dylan (forgive me)
- Charlton Heston
- Tony Bennett
- BB King
- Don Knotts