# The Celebrity Death Pool 2010 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574 "2009-12-01T11:44:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 92
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1821 "2010-10-16T21:23:19Z")
[Beaver Cleaver’s mom](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101016/ap_on_en_tv/us_barbara_billingsley) is no more. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1822 "2010-10-16T21:32:31Z")
Gee Mrs. Cleaver, three folks on this board got six points each! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1823 "2010-10-16T22:54:46Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Gee Mrs. Cleaver, three folks on this board got six points each! Thank you Eddie. Wally is upstairs in his bedroom. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1824 "2010-10-16T23:15:16Z")
The death of THE iconic 50s/60s sitcom mom and six beers compel me to tell one of the worst jokes I know. I am so ashamed. :o However, I shall spoilerize (is too a word!) the punchline. This means, if you look it’s on YOUR head. Hey, I’ll take any out I can find for this! What’s the dirtiest line ever said on American television. Ward, weren’t you a little rough on the Beaver last night? Yeah, yeah, yeah, I’m a heathen condemned to the lowest, darkest, dankest circle of hell. However, I’m not the one who allowed her son to have the serial killer nickname of _Beaver Cleaver_. Think about that! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1825 "2010-10-17T00:02:42Z")
I’ve probably watched every episode of _Leave it to Beaver_ and I think it is an urban legend that June Cleaver uttered those words. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1826 "2010-10-17T01:45:41Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I’ve probably watched every episode of _Leave it to Beaver_ and I think it is an urban legend that June Cleaver uttered those words. Oh we can be pretty sure of that but still, funny joke! Oh and since you looked, it’s on you, not me! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1827 "2010-10-17T02:44:52Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I’ve probably watched every episode of _Leave it to Beaver_ and I think it is an urban legend that June Cleaver uttered those words. [Almost, though](http://www.incredibletvandmovies.com/beaverepisodes6.html): > [@](#): > > More Blessed to Give? 1-24-63 Beaver gives a locket he won at a carnival to a girl he adores. In this episode, June says to Ward “I hope you weren’t too hard on the Beaver”. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1828 "2010-10-17T04:29:06Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > [@notfrommensa](#): > > > > I’ve probably watched every episode of _Leave it to Beaver_ and I think it is an urban legend that June Cleaver uttered those words. > > [Almost, though](http://www.incredibletvandmovies.com/beaverepisodes6.html): > > > [@](#): > > > > More Blessed to Give? 1-24-63 Beaver gives a locket he won at a carnival to a girl he adores. In this episode, June says to Ward “I hope you weren’t too hard on the Beaver”. That’s the quote that I have heard most (“hard” rather than “rough”). I stand corrected, thank you. Funny, I do not remember that particular episode. I have seen the episodes before and after it several times. Maybe TPTB have taken this episode out of the loop because of what June says. Thanks **Fear Itself**. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1829 "2010-10-18T13:04:26Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > [Beaver Cleaver’s mom](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101016/ap_on_en_tv/us_barbara_billingsley) is no more. Whew! I thought I was going to be shut out this year. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1830 "2010-10-18T21:21:59Z")
[Belva Plain](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-belva-plain-20101018,0,577236.story), who wrote more than twenty bestselling novels beginning with the 1978 _Evergreen_, has died at the age of 95. Plain had written poetry and short stories for decades, only turning to long-form fiction after she became a grandmother and gained the requisite perspective on the development of families and history through succeeding generations. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1831 "2010-10-18T21:41:49Z")
Rapper [Eyedea](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=michael-larsen-eyedea&pid=146077170) dead at 28. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1832 "2010-10-19T17:51:52Z")
Just came across on Twitter: [Tom Bosley](http://www.tmz.com/2010/10/19/tom-bosley-happy-days-dead-died-mr-cunningham/) dead at 83. Good night, Mr. C. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1833 "2010-10-19T18:09:45Z")
It’s a bad week for sitcom parents. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1834 "2010-10-19T18:22:44Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > Just came across on Twitter: [Tom Bosley](http://www.tmz.com/2010/10/19/tom-bosley-happy-days-dead-died-mr-cunningham/) dead at 83. > > Good night, Mr. C. [MSNBC story, with photos](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39743395/ns/today-entertainment/). Sadly, the sitcom parents are reaching the ages whee they are going to start dying off. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1835 "2010-10-19T19:23:41Z")
[Johnny Sheffield](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-johnny-sheffield-20101019,0,6703159.story), who played Boy in eight Tarzan films before taking the title role in _Bomba, the Jungle Boy_, has died at the age of 79. After the Bomba series of a dozen flicks ran its course, Sheffield left show business in 1955, but continued to receive fan mail for the next half-century. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1836 "2010-10-19T21:01:08Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > Just came across on Twitter: [Tom Bosley](http://www.tmz.com/2010/10/19/tom-bosley-happy-days-dead-died-mr-cunningham/) dead at 83. And **Cazzle** gets off the mark with 17 points for his unique pick. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1837 "2010-10-19T21:56:55Z")
Happy days! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1838 "2010-10-19T23:16:36Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Johnny Sheffield](http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-johnny-sheffield-20101019,0,6703159.story), who played Boy in eight Tarzan films … Me Tarzan; you dead. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1839 "2010-10-20T02:51:24Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Sadly, the sitcom parents are reaching the ages when they are going to start dying off. Agreed. It is sad that so few people are scoring off them. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574/1840 "2010-10-20T13:12:47Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > It’s a bad week for sitcom parents. Yeah, last night Mrs. Brady got kicked off Dancing With the Stars! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=91) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2010/519574.md?page=93)