For a change of pace, I’ve decided to do a themed list this year. Maybe a bunch of different names than past years will jump start some points for me again. From the 70’s serial/sitcoms Soap and Benson:
Susan Harris
Robert Guillaume
Katherine Helmond
Robert Mandan
Billy Crystal
Inga Swenson
James Noble
Donnelly Rhodes
Missy Gold
Jennifer Salt
Jay Johnson
Dinah Manoff
Sal Viscuso
Alternates
John Byner
Howard Hesseman
Rebecca Balding
Susan Harris created the series, and the alternates played recurring characters.
Aretha Franklin
Michael Douglas
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Fidel Castro
BB King
Kim Jong-il
Hamed Karzai
Tara Reid
Gary Busey
Eddie Van Halen
Charlie Sheen
Lindsay Lohan
Robert Downey Jr.
Loretta Lynn
Jack Klugman
Paul McCartney
David Hasselhoff
John Cusack
Geri Halliwell
Phyllis Diller
Andy Williams
Don Everly
Ronnie Wood
Donny Osmond
Harry Connick Junior
Miley Cyrus
Given my track record in this thing, anyone on my list is pretty much guaranteed to survive the year. Oh well, here goes:
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan–pro wrestling manager
Verne Gagne—pro wrestler
Abdullah the Butcher—pro wrestler
Billy Graham—the preacher, not the wrestler
Ruth Bader Ginsburg----Associate Justice, SCOTUS
Jimmy Carter—former POTUS
George H. W. Bush—former POTUS
Fred Phelps—asshole
Mike Tyson—former boxer, biter of ears
Terry Bradshaw—former football player, current pre game show guy
Meat Loaf—aka Michael Lee Aday, singer
Keith Richards—Rolling Stones guitarist
Bob Dylan—folk singer/songwriter
Alternates:
Dusty Rhodes—The American Dream, pro wrestler
Cowboy Bill Watts—pro wrestler/promoter
Nature Boy Ric Flair—pro wrestler
Plain list:
Bobby Heenan
Verne Gagne
Abdullah the Butcher
Billy Graham
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Jimmy Carter
George H. W. Bush
Fred Phelps
Mike Tyson
Terry Bradshaw
Meat Loaf
Keith Richards
Bob Dylan
Julian Assange
Tom Jones
Todd Carney
Akihito
Gough Whitlam
Lindsay Lohan
Robert Mugabe
Robin Gibb
Hosni Mubarak
Norm Provan
Hugh Hefner
Yulia Tymoshenko
Jerry Lewis
Ariel Sharon
Prince Phillip (Duke of Edinburgh)
Doyle Brunson
Warren Jeffs
Kim Jong Il
Fidel Castro
Annette Funicello
Nicolas Cage
Aretha Franklin
Abdelbasel Ali Mohmed Al Megahi (Lockerbie Bomber)
George (Reba) Schappell
Dick Cheney
Joe Paterno
Ed Asner
Nelson Mandela
Della Resse
Orson Bean
Franco Zeffirelli
Tom Wolfe
Hal Holbrook
Ernie Banks
Willie Mays
Omar Sharif
Rich Little
Louis Farrakhan
Dick Van Dyke
Demote Mari Hulman George to first alternate, and replace her with Christopher Hitchens. Strike Joni Mitchel from the alternates.
New, bare list:
Connie Newton Needham
Robin Gibb
Ron Smith
Christopher Hitchens
George Soros
Louis Farrakhan
Ryan Leaf
Harlan Ellison
Marcia Strassman
Hugo Chavez
Theresa Heinz Kerry
Gary Carter
Michael Douglas
but may as well submit an entry.