My clean list:
Verne Troyer
Phil Ivey
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Joe Francis
Wes Welker
Alanis Morissette
Forrest Griffin
Tempestt Bledsoe
Scott Speedman
Zach Galifianakis
Coco Crisp
Jared Fogle
Barack Obama
Chad Kroeger
Scott Stapp
Kid Rock
Billie Joe Armstrong
Lindsay Lohan
Britney Spears
Robert Downey Jr.
Billy Ray Cyrus
Joe Lieberman
Hillary Clinton
Howard Stern
Kwame Kilpatrick
Terrell Owens
I am very impressed by the quality of some of these lists. I predict a high-scoring year.
I was thinking there are a lot of repeat names – it seems more than last year but I’m just guessing. Either we all did similar research, or we’re all ripping off the same names from the early posters.
All 13 members of the LOS ANGELES LAKERS in a plane crash in an Iowa corn field.
Alternates: Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper.
This time they won’t be so lucky.
I’ve decided that I really want a unique pick this year, so I’m revising my list as I read through all your posts.
If you feel something like a tiny pebble bouncing off the back of your skull, it’s probably just a flying curse…
It was not until I read the bit about “Born on September 1st” did I catch the theme. :smack:
But, I still give props to Annie X-mas’ list. That was amazing. [Did I mention that yet?]
I am updating for a little more CanCon and to eliminate the questionable entrant:
Replacing
Steve Mazan
with
Paul Quarrington, 56 - Canadian Writer & Musician
New and improved plain list is:
Reshma
Ronnie James Dio
Candye Kane
Irwin Barker
Paul Quarrington
Bryant Gumbel
Johnny Hallyday
Morrissey
Elton John
Chester Bennington
Mehdi Hassan
Jack Savidge
Steve Jobs
Alternates:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Elizabeth Edwards
Robert Byrd
So, If memory serves, there has been one player that has won the game N times in a row, and has become “god-like” in their picks, yes?
Why do I get the sense that getting 4 or 5 points off of 10 old people is the way to go, and that picking middle age and younger is not? Kinda like sinking the 9 ball with the 2 ball, I guess.
Just, I don’t know, seems kinda, non fun to open up the trunk and count the rings, and do the math.
clean listing it is.
Louis Jourdan
Sidney Poitier
Don Rickles
Henry Kissinger
Robert Mugave
Eli Wallach
Harry Morgan
Stan Lee
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Abe Vigoda
Larry King
Bob Barker
Mel Brooks
What’s-his-name picked every member of a religious community this year, and he’s got, what, 52 hours for them to whack themselves.
Amarone should make time machines illegal.
Rachm Qoch, I believe is our resident death-seer.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Steve Jobs
Kim Jong Il
My latest changes.
Elizabeth Edwards
Barack Obama
David Hasselhoff
Dennis Hopper
Bif Naked
Marilyn Horne
Jeff Conaway
Ronnie James Dio
David Prowse
Carl Kassel
Alternates
Colin Friels
Edie Falco
Cokie Roberts
First timer here. I’m so confident that my only fear is that many on my list may not make it out of 2009.
I keed, I keed.
And away we go:
**Ernie Harwell ** I love ya, Ernie, and I feel horrible doing this
Jerry Lewis Who’s gonna squeegee his head?
Muhammad Ali Float like a butterfly, stink like deceased
Mickey Rooney Short and rotund, how’d he make it this long?
Maya Angelou On the pulse of mourning
Art Linkletter Corpses say the darndest things
Louie Anderson Just one more thin mint…
Art Donovan All bulldogs go to heaven
Fidel Castro Smoke 'em if ya got 'em
J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Sky
**Urban Meyer ** See ya later, Gator
Ariel Sharon An Ariel burial
Teresa Heinz She’s in a helluva pickle
Alternates:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg And then there were eight
Kirk Douglas A Lovely Way To Die
Ernest Borgnine Burial at sea?
Clean list:
Ernie Harwell
Jerry Lewis
Muhammad Ali
Mickey Rooney
Maya Angelou
Art Linkletter
Louie Anderson
Art Donovan
Fidel Castro
J.D. Salinger
Urban Meyer
Ariel Sharon
Teresa Heinz
Alternates:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Kirk Douglas
Ernest Borgnine
Sorry, too late to edit, blew the flux capacitor.
My latest changes.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Steve Jobs
Kim Jong Il
Elizabeth Edwards
Barack Obama
David Hasselhoff
Dennis Hopper
Bif Naked
Marilyn Horne
Jeff Conaway
Ronnie James Dio
David Prowse
Carl Kassel
Alternates
Colin Friels
Edie Falco
Cokie Roberts
Don’t laugh too hard - last year several posters had to scramble after Eartha Kitt passed away on Dec. 25. 
That’s out of left field.
I was going to wait in New Years Eve to post, however, I might be going out of town:
Jason Becker - neo-classical metal guitarist
Orlando Thomas - Former NFL Defensive back
Scott LeDoux -Politician and former Heavyweight Boxer
Ethan Zohn - Pro Soccer Player, Survivor Africa winner
Tiger Woods - Famous Philanderer (and golfer)
Greg Louganis - Olympic Diver
Magic Johnson - NBA Basketball Player
Jim J Bullock - Comic/Actor
Eleanor Mondale - Cable Show Host, Daughter of former VP Walter Mondale
Stephen Hawking - Physicist
Bobby Bowden - Former Florida State Head Football Coach
Doug Ford - Former PGATour Golfer
Fidel Castro - Cuban Dictator
Alternates
John Daly - PGA Golfer
Jimmie Johnson - NASCAR driver
Clean List:
Jason Becker
Orlando Thomas
Scott LeDoux
Ethan Zohn
Tiger Woods
Greg Louganis
Magic Johnson
Jim J Bullock
Eleanor Mondale
Stephen Hawking
Bobby Bowden
Doug Ford
Fidel Castro
Alternates
John Daly
Jimmie Johnson