# The Celebrity Death Pool 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523 "2010-12-01T09:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/61 "2010-12-03T16:55:41Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Well, I never saw the memo about having a theme and my list has been a work in progress for 11 months. Plus, I figured the sarcasm smilies were automagically implied. I didn’t take it to be a theme. In terms of what constitutes a theme, I have already stated in this thread that a theme should apply to a tiny percentage of the population. I will go with that for now. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/62 "2010-12-03T17:00:13Z")
EVANGELICALS WHO NEED TO MEET THEIR MAKER Tony Alamo – Cult leader and sex with minors Warren Jeffs – Poligamist – child abuse Fred Phelps -Westbobo Baptist Church Charles Manson – Still around Kent Hovind – Young Earth Christian (extreme) and tax protester Jim Bakker – Telethief – adultery - corruption Sun Myung Moon – Cult, tax fraud, corruption Benny Hinn – Telethief, fake healer, corruption Jimmy Swaggart – Telethief – adultery - corruption Robert Tilton – Corrupt televangelist James Dobson – Focus on Family, hate group, political corruption Ted Haggard – “Over-repented from his gay prostitute and drugs days” Joseph Ratzinger – Con man, Cult leader Clean list Warren Jeffs Fred Phelps Charles Manson Jim Bakker Sun Myung Moon Benny Hinn Jimmy Swaggart James Dobson Ted Haggard Joseph Ratzinger Tony Alamo Kent Hovind Robert Tilton ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/63 "2010-12-03T17:00:18Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > I didn’t take it to be a theme. Good. It’s not a real theme, it’s snarkage. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/64 "2010-12-03T17:05:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Short list: > > Kim Jong-il > Kim Jong-chul > Kim Jong-nam > Kim Jong-un > > Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-chul, Kim Jong-nam, Kim Jong-un - Reaching for the big points on this one. If there’s a coup in Pyongyang, I’ll score huge. Really like the idea (wish?) here. Of course, you might do really well if Kim Jong-un decides to off the old man and his brothers in a purge too. Nothing like a little fratricide and patricide to help cement authority. But will it be reported? That’s where it gets tricky. Wait to see who gets the “flu” in North Korea… ---
**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:** [December 3, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/65 "2010-12-03T17:10:05Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Good. It’s not a real theme, it’s snarkage. It’s all a theme to me: **Celebrity Death Pool** kinda sets the pattern. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/66 "2010-12-03T17:23:33Z")
Wait, what? We have to have a theme now? It doesn’t mention it in the rules. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/67 "2010-12-03T17:23:51Z")
Wait a minute. We don’t HAVE to have a theme this year, do we? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/68 "2010-12-03T17:30:00Z")
Theme is optional, but it gets you an extra award if your theme has the highest score. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/69 "2010-12-03T17:46:49Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Paul Tuttle, OC Choppers Junior or Senior? And it’s spelled Teutul. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/70 "2010-12-03T17:51:00Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > Junior or Senior? And it’s spelled Teutul. Thanks. I never saw the name printed, so I assumed the common spelling. Senior, BTW. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/71 "2010-12-03T18:06:54Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Theme is optional, but it gets you an extra award if your theme has the highest score. Let’s try to keep this quiet. I’m miffed enough knowing I’ll have to split the $500,000 prize in case of a tie. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/72 "2010-12-03T19:12:40Z")
My theme is ‘13 People Who Have Never Been in My Kitchen’ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/73 "2010-12-03T19:29:38Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > Really like the idea (wish?) here. Of course, you might do really well if Kim Jong-un decides to off the old man and his brothers in a purge too. Nothing like a little fratricide and patricide to help cement authority. But will it be reported? That’s where it gets tricky. Wait to see who gets the “flu” in North Korea… I don’t know if it qualifies as a theme but I’m hoping for a Kim Lucky day. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/74 "2010-12-03T20:22:05Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Theme is optional, but it gets you an extra award if your theme has the highest score. Exactly. Several people were doing themes anyway so I decided to add an extra award. But the theme winner only gets one tenth of the dollar prize awarded to the overall winner. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/75 "2010-12-03T20:23:33Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > My theme is ‘13 People Who Have Never Been in My Kitchen’ Your kitchen is a pretty busy place for your theme to meet the “tiny percentage of the population” criterion. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/76 "2010-12-03T20:27:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I don’t know if it qualifies as a theme but I’m hoping for a Kim Lucky day. Through Castro I thought you might be going for some sort of communist dictator and family theme, but Michael Douglas foiled that and you seriously lost the plot at Margaret Thatcher. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/77 "2010-12-03T21:35:52Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > If that is a genuine attempt at a theme, I’m not going to accept it. 68% of the US adult population is overweight or obese, 34% obese. That’s too broad a category. It would be like allowing a theme of “men” or “women”. I think we need to be looking at themes that are a tiny percentage of the population. Wow, tough crowd. Fair enough, though. My list stands (for now). mmm ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/78 "2010-12-03T22:36:02Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Wow, tough crowd. > > Fair enough, though. My list stands (for now). Although it will probably need to sit down in a sturdy chair pretty soon here. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/79 "2010-12-03T23:07:56Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Through Castro I thought you might be going for some sort of communist dictator and family theme, but Michael Douglas foiled that and you seriously lost the plot at Margaret Thatcher. The only real theme my list has is “people who are on Little Nemo’s 2011 Celebrity Deathpool list”. Although it would qualify under the “tiny percentage of the population” guideline. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523/80 "2010-12-03T23:35:24Z")
I did not intend to do a theme. Honestly. Just in surfing for potential candidates, I was distracted by a video snipet from Laugh In and thought “Hey! I can’t do any worse than I have in previous years…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2011/562523.md?page=5)