# THEMED Celebrity Death Pool 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 2, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332 "2017-12-02T13:50:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [January 1, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/81 "2018-01-01T01:11:27Z")
Peter Weller Michael Keaton Kevin Conroy Bruce Greenwood Val Kilmer George Clooney Bruce Thomas Rino Romano Will Arnett Jason O’Mara Ben Affleck Christian Bale Roger Craig Smith * * * Peter Weller (6/24/1947) Michael Keaton (9/5/1951) Kevin Conroy (11/30/1955) Bruce Greenwood (8/12/1956) Val Kilmer (12/31/1959) George Clooney (5/6/1961) Bruce Thomas (5/17/1961) Rino Romano (12/1/1969) Will Arnett (5/4/1970) Jason O’Mara (8/6/1972) Ben Affleck (8/15/1972) Christian Bale (1/30/1974) Roger Craig Smith (8/11/1975) ALTS: Troy Baker (4/1/1976) Will Friedle (8/11/1976) Ben McKenzie (9/12/1978) ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/82 "2018-01-01T01:31:09Z")
My theme for 2018 is main or Title Characters from ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s Sitcoms: Larry Storch (F-Troop) Hal Linden (Barney Miller) Bob Newhart (the Bob Newhart Show), (Newhart) Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show) Robert Clary (Hogan’s Heroes) Shirley Jones (The Partridge Family) Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back Kotter) Sally Struthers (All in the Family) Demond Wilson (Sanford & Son) Butch Patrick (The Munsters) Jimmy Walker (Good Times) Linda Lavin (Alice) June Lockhart (Leave it to Beaver) Alan Alda (M_A_S\*H) Cloris Leachman (Phylis) Plain List: Larry Storch Hal Linden Bob Newhart Dick Van Dyke Robert Clary Shirley Jones Gabe Kaplan Sally Struthers Demond Wilson Butch Patrick Jimmie Walker Linda Lavin June Lockhart Alan Alda Cloris Leachman Alternate: Bert Ward ---
**Author:** ![basset\_hound](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/basset_hound/32/1432_2.png) [@basset\_hound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/basset_hound)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/83 "2018-01-01T01:47:38Z")
**Game Show Hosts** Bob Barker John Davidson Hugh Downs Bob Eubanks Johnny Gilbert Peter Marshall Wink Martindale Regis Philbin Pat Sajak Ben Stein Alex Trebek Jack Whitaker Chuck Woolery Alternates Bob Hilton Marc Summers Guy Fieri ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/84 "2018-01-01T05:34:35Z")
They Road the Fire: Saturn V Frank Borman Jim Lovell Bill Anders Jim McDivitt Dave Scott Rusty Schweickert Tom Stafford John Young Michael Collins Buzz Aldrin Al Worden Alan Bean Fred Haise Spair: Ken Mattingly ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/85 "2018-01-01T05:49:17Z")
Oh, what the hell. Try and guess the theme. Michael J. Fox Christopher Lloyd Lea Thompson Thomas F. Wilson Crispin Glover Claudia Wells Elisabeth Shue Marc McClure James Tolkan Charles Fleischer Mary Steenburgen Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale In honor of Wendie Jo Sperber. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/86 "2018-01-01T05:57:42Z")
I was fixing to do a “the accused of the #MeToo movement” list. But then I saw that **psychobunny** already had that well covered. So my last second replacement is my **I Hope the Cognitive Dissonance Will Make Their Heads Explode** list. These are right-wing talkers and authors that just maybe will have a rough 2018 if events develop right? Bill O’Reilly Dinesh D’Souza Glenn Beck Jeanine Pirro Joe Walsh Laura Ingraham Lou Dobbs Mark Levin Michael Savage Michelle Malkin Rush Limbaugh Sean Hannity Tucker Carlson ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/87 "2018-01-01T16:32:33Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > “Carol Burnett and Friends” Now she gets to out-point me on two different lists. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/88 "2018-01-01T17:01:08Z")
> [@candide](#): > > My theme for 2018 is main or Title Characters from ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s Sitcoms: > > Larry Storch (F-Troop) > Hal Linden (Barney Miller) > Bob Newhart (the Bob Newhart Show), (Newhart) > Dick Van Dyke (The Dick Van Dyke Show) > Robert Clary (Hogan’s Heroes) > Shirley Jones (The Partridge Family) > Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back Kotter) > Sally Struthers (All in the Family) > Demond Wilson (Sanford & Son) > Butch Patrick (The Munsters) > Jimmy Walker (Good Times) > Linda Lavin (Alice) > June Lockhart (Leave it to Beaver) > Alan Alda (M_A_S\*H) > Cloris Leachman (Phylis) > Plain List: > > Larry Storch > Hal Linden > Bob Newhart > Dick Van Dyke > Robert Clary > Shirley Jones > Gabe Kaplan > Sally Struthers > Demond Wilson > Butch Patrick > Jimmie Walker > Linda Lavin > June Lockhart > Alan Alda > Cloris Leachman > > Alternate: > > Bert Ward that is 15, so I am capping at June Lockhart ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/89 "2018-01-01T18:46:09Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > **Destroyers of Democracy.** > > I haven’t looked at other posts, but I don’t expect this to be a particularly unique list. > > Donald Trump > Mike Pence > Mitch McConnell > Paul Ryan > Orrin Hatch > Steve Bannon > Scott Pruitt > Roy Moore > Charles Koch > David Koch > Rupert Murdoch > Robert Mercer > David Denniston Smith > > Alternates: > Tom Cotton > Paul Zinke > Betsy DeVos > > Mercer is the money behind Trump, and Smith is the Chairman of Sinclair Broadcasting, an ultra-right wing media empire. I should have mentioned in the post that, in case it’s not blindingly obvious from context, I mean EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, and not the former IndyCar driver of the same name, whom I like and admire about a trillion times more than the other one. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/90 "2018-01-02T15:40:33Z")
**candide** , Nitpick: June Lockhart wasn’t in _Leave It To Beaver_, that was Barbara Billingsley, who died in 2010. June Lockhart was Lassie’s mother 🙂 But she’s still worth eight points. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/91 "2018-01-02T20:14:19Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > **candide** , > > Nitpick: June Lockhart wasn’t in _Leave It To Beaver_, that was Barbara Billingsley, who died in 2010. June Lockhart was Lassie’s mother 🙂 But she’s still worth eight points. But I bet she can’t speak jive the way Billingsley could. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/92 "2018-01-03T12:13:52Z")
[Thomas S. Monson, President of the Mormon Church](https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900006756/president-thomas-s-monson-16th-prophet-of-the-lds-church-dies-after-a-lifetime-spent-going-to-the-rescue.html), dead at age 90. First! ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/93 "2018-01-03T16:32:21Z")
We have a total of 53 players in the “Themed” pool. Given that this is a Themed Pool, there are not a lot of celebrities with multiple picks. Those with more than 2 picks: Donald Trump 8 Mike Pence 4 Bob Newhart 3 Ed Asner 3 George HW Bush 3 Roy Moore 3 Scott Pruitt 3 Steve Bannon 3 Tommy Lasorda 3 Valerie Harper 3 czarcasm is off the early lead… working on adding the “theme” to the scoring columns, but waiting for assistance from my Excel guru friend. If anyone would like a copy of the Excel Scorekeeper I use, PM me you address, and I will send a share link to the DropBox folder that houses the Death Pool Scorekeepers. ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) 1 Czarcasm 10 1(1) 2 Allecher 0 0 2 Andrew21 0 0 2 Annie-Xmas 0 0 2 basset hound 0 0 2 Bayaker 0 0 2 Biotop 0 0 2 boffking 0 0 2 Borborygmi 0 0 2 candide 0 0 2 cardboardbox 0 0 2 Catamount 0 0 2 commasense 0 0 2 Dancer_Flight 0 0 2 Dead Cat 0 0 2 Dr. Girlfriend 0 0 2 ElFamousBurrito 0 0 2 Face Left Blank 0 0 2 GIGObuster 0 0 2 Happy Lendrvdr 0 0 2 Jack Batty 0 0 2 katT 0 0 2 Kitten Mitten 0 0 2 kk fusion 0 0 2 kopek 0 0 2 krondys 0 0 2 kunilou 0 0 2 Lancia 0 0 2 Little Nemo 0 0 2 Loach 0 0 2 Mahaloth 0 0 2 MeanMrMustard 0 0 2 meghan 0 0 2 MonsteraDelic 0 0 2 Oakminster 0 0 2 Old Wench 0 0 2 Paul in Qatar 0 0 2 phungi 0 0 2 psychobunny 0 0 2 Randy Seltzer 0 0 2 Registered@Last 0 0 2 RobotDevilDog 0 0 2 RollOutTheBarl 0 0 2 RTFirefly 0 0 2 Shoieless 0 0 2 smithsb 0 0 2 SpoilerVirgin 0 0 2 Stephe96 0 0 2 Sternvogel 0 0 2 The Librarian 0 0 2 The Vorlon 0 0 2 Tread 0 0 2 Wallet 0 0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/94 "2018-01-04T18:43:39Z")
Figured it out (for those Excel-folk interested, HLOOKUP is my friend) ```auto Rank Player Score Picks(Unique) Theme 1 Czarcasm 10 1(1) Religious Leaders 2 Allecher 0 0 2018 Evangelical List 2 Andrew21 0 0 Baseball 2 Annie-Xmas 0 0 Presidential Families 2 basset hound 0 0 Game Show Hosts 2 Bayaker 0 0 MTM Universe Death Pool List 2 Biotop 0 0 Dark Shadows 2 boffking 0 0 Wall Street 2 Borborygmi 0 0 let's death pool all the lawyers 2 candide 0 0 main or Title Characters from ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s Sitcoms 2 cardboardbox 0 0 All aged 30 and under 2 Catamount 0 0 Crowned Heads of Europe 2 commasense 0 0 Destroyers of Democracy 2 Dancer_Flight 0 0 Dflights's Star Trek Alumni 2 Dead Cat 0 0 British Boozers 2 Dr. Girlfriend 0 0 All-Star Sports Edition 2 ElFamousBurrito 0 0 I Hope the Cognitive Dissonance Will Make Their Heads Explode 2 Face Left Blank 0 0 Making America Great Again 2 GIGObuster 0 0 Pro Wrestlers and Wrestlemania critters 2 Happy Lendrvdr 0 0 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers 2 Jack Batty 0 0 People With Whom I Share a Birthday 2 katT 0 0 Toms 2 Kitten Mitten 0 0 former head collegiate coaches 2 kk fusion 0 0 1960 Olympic winners in men's individual athletics 2 kopek 0 0 A Bridge Too Far Over the River Styx 2 krondys 0 0 Televangelists 2 kunilou 0 0 60s Folk Singers 2 Lancia 0 0 Northern Exposure 2 Little Nemo 0 0 Reagan Administration 2 Loach 0 0 more or less 2 Mahaloth 0 0 Trump Pence families 2 MeanMrMustard 0 0 favorite sitcom actors 2 meghan 0 0 1960s Child Actors 2 MonsteraDelic 0 0 The B List 2 Oakminster 0 0 Musicians 2 Old Wench 0 0 Carol Burnett and Friends 2 Paul in Qatar 0 0 PEOPLE I THOUGHT WERE ALREADY DEAD 2 phungi 0 0 The Wack Pack 2 psychobunny 0 0 At least their careers are dead (or should be) 2 Randy Seltzer 0 0 Joker's revenge 2 Registered@Last 0 0 The Canadians 2 RobotDevilDog 0 0 Back to the Future 2 RollOutTheBarl 0 0 Current and Former World Leaders: 2 RTFirefly 0 0 Base Jumpers 2 Shoieless 0 0 actors and actresses from some of the great MTM Enterprises tv shows 2 smithsb 0 0 Rappers who (could) die young 2 SpoilerVirgin 0 0 Til Death Do Us Part 2 Stephe96 0 0 Beatles 2 Sternvogel 0 0 What a Bunch of Dicks 2 The Librarian 0 0 Dutch players in '70 world cup finals 2 The Vorlon 0 0 They Road the Fire: Saturn V 2 Tread 0 0 Look Ma No Points 2 Wallet 0 0 Evil and its Minions ``` ---
**Author:** ![Allecher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a6a055/32.png) [@Allecher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allecher)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/95 "2018-01-05T15:08:39Z")
It looks like Dancer Flight missed this unlikely one: [Jon Paul Steuer](http://comicbook.com/startrek/2018/01/05/star-trek-jon-paul-sieuer-dies-33/), Worf’s son, would have been great points! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/96 "2018-01-05T17:31:51Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > It looks like Dancer Flight missed this unlikely one: [Jon Paul Steuer](http://comicbook.com/startrek/2018/01/05/star-trek-jon-paul-sieuer-dies-33/), Worf’s son, would have been great points! A new resident of Sto’Vo’Kor. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/97 "2018-01-06T17:36:47Z")
_ **Shit** _ > This was a list I was hoping to get zero points for. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/98 "2018-01-06T19:01:50Z")
Yabbut 13 points and the lead, right? 🙂 Hey, they aren’t spring chickens. \>45 years since the last time humans visited the Moon. Pretty unlikely that you’d succeed in keeping them _all_ alive for another year. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/99 "2018-01-06T19:44:12Z")
> [@Allecher](#): > > It looks like Dancer Flight missed this unlikely one: [Jon Paul Steuer](http://comicbook.com/startrek/2018/01/05/star-trek-jon-paul-sieuer-dies-33/), Worf’s son, would have been great points! Brian Bonsall was better known for the role. Steuer was only in one episode. He was better known in Grace Under Fire. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332/100 "2018-01-06T22:35:53Z")
Was Steuer before Bonsall, or was he the one who showed up later in DS9? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/themed-celebrity-death-pool-2018/803332.md?page=6)