My theme: Pro Wrestlers and Wrestlemania critters.
King Kong Bundy
Kamala
Ric Flair
Big Van Vader
Fred Ottman
Michelle McCool
The Undertaker
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Perry Saturn
Matthew Lee Cappotelli
Lex Luger
Donald Trump
Thomas Billington (The Dynamite Kid)
Alternate:
Hulk Hogan
The B List:
Barbara Babcock
Barbara Bach
Burt Bacharach
Barbara Bain
Brigitte Bardot
Bob Barker
Barbara Barrie
Bernardo Bertolucci
Brian Blessed
Barry Bostwick
Benjamin Bratt
Bobby Brown
Barbara Bush
Alternates:
Boris Becker
Bonnie Bedelia
Barry Bonds
Bobby Brown is the singer who was married to Whitney Houston
Barbara Bush is the wife of George H.W. Bush
Theme: *Dark Shadows *
Alts:
14. Robert Rodan: Adam
15. Kate Jackson: Daphne Harridge
16: David Henesy: David Collins
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Clean List:
Alts:
14. Robert Rodan
15. Kate Jackson
16: David Henesy
All aged 30 and under
Zayn Malik
Joe Jonas
Leah Messer
Trace Cyrus
Courtney Stodden
Taylor Momsen
Orlando Brown
Aaron Carter
Charlie Heaton
Chris Brown
Azealia Banks
Bella Thorne
Sophia Richie
Alternates
Ireland Baldwin
Hailey Baldwin
In memory of Mary Tyler Moore’s passing at the beginning of this year, my themed list is actors and actresses from some of the great MTM Enterprises tv shows.
Alts:
Julie Kavner (Rhoda)
Richard Sanders (WKRP)
Dennis Franz (Hill Street Blues, Beverly Hills Buntz)
Clean list:
Ed Asner
Valerie Harper
Cloris Leachman
Betty White
Gavin MacLeod
Bob Newhart
Peter Bonerz
William Sanderson
Howard Hesseman
Loni Anderson
Daniel J Travanti
William Daniels
Ed Begley Jr
Alternates:
Julie Kavner
Richard Sanders
Dennis Franz
The first thing we do, let’s death pool all the lawyers.
Alt1. Gloria Allred, b. July 3, 1941. Attorney.
Alt2. Leslie Abramson, b. October 6, 1943. Attorney.
Plain text list:
Harry Whittington
F. Lee Bailey
Alan Dershowitz
Robert Shapiro
Gerald Shargel
Ken Starr
Bruce Cutler
Marc Dreier
Scooter Libby
Larry Klayman
Jack Thompson
Charles Carreon
Paul Bergrin
Gloria Allred
Leslie Abramson
Thanks so much for doing this, phungi!
Alternates:
Bert Campaneris
Scott Sheldon
Shane Halter
“Carol Burnett and Friends”
Carol Burnett
Ruth Buzzi
Charo (Maria del Rosario Mercedes Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza)
Barbara Feldon
Valerie Harper
Janet Jackson
Steve Martin
Liza Minnelli
Helen Reddy
Burt Reynolds
Sally Struthers
Lily Tomlin
Ben Vereen
Alternates:
Alan Alda
Joel Grey
Neil Sedaka
Can I change mine slightly please? I want to add Jessica Falkholt to my main list and move Sophia Richie to alternate. So my new (and final) list is:
Zayn Malik
Joe Jonas
Leah Messer
Trace Cyrus
Courtney Stodden
Taylor Momsen
Orlando Brown
Aaron Carter
Charlie Heaton
Chris Brown
Azealia Banks
Bella Thorne
Jessica Falkholt
Alternates
Sophia Richie
Ireland Baldwin
Hailey Baldwin
Re-posting my list from last year’s main thread. I fully expect to do exactly as well as I have so far.
British Boozers
Tyson Fury
Keith Richards
Paul Gascoigne
Kerry Katona
Wayne Rooney
Katie Price
Prince Harry
Liam Gallagher
Jeremy Clarkson
Nigel Farage
Billy Connolly
Rod Stewart
Louis Tomlinson
Alternate:
Frank Skinner
I picked Paul Gascoigne the last couple of years. I’m telling you, he’ll be drinking to all of our deaths.
Reposting my clean list without numbering:
Mitchell Ryan
Katheryn Leigh Scott
Alexandra Isles
Nancy Barrett
Diana Millay
John Karlen
Jerry Lacy
Lara Parker
Roger Davis
David Selby
Christopher Pennock
Jim Storm
Robert Cobert
Alts:
Robert Rodan
Kate Jackson
David Henesy
In doing my research yesterday, I found an article that said a friend had checked him into rehab and that after he got out, he hadn’t had a drink in 6 months.
I also had a themed list for 2017 and only my favorite person from that list made a FT for the last time. However, he gave me 10 points which is good for 100th place and I’m totally good with that as my favorite football coach just won his 100th game for MSU on Thursday night. So, I’m only replacing Jud.
Themed List: former head collegiate coaches, primarily Big Ten and a few others
Gus Ganakas 7/3/26 former coach of Michigan State
Lou Henson 1/10/32 former coach of Illinois
Gene Keady 5/21/36 former coach of Purdue
Thomas Dr. Tom Davis 12/3/38 former coach of Iowa
Robert Montgomery Knight 10/25/40 former coach of Indiana 3 time NCAA Champion 1976, 1981, 1987
Dick Bennett 4/20/43 former coach of Wisconsin
Clem Haskins 8/11/43 former coach of Minnesota
Steve Fisher 3/24/45 former coach of Michigan
James J O’Brien 4/9/50 former coach of Ohio State
Bill Carmody 12/4/51 former coach of Northwestern
Jerry Dunn 5/6/53 former coach of Penn State
Dick Vitale 6/9/39 former coach of University of Detroit
Jim Calhoun 5/10/42 former coach of Connecticut
Really don’t think I need any alternates but wouldn’t shed a tear if, particularly, the first 2 kicked off:
Michael Krzyzewski 2/13/47 former coach of Army
Roy Williams 8/1/50 former coach of Kansas
Gary Williams 3/4/45 former coach of Ohio State & Maryland
Names only:
Gus Ganakas
Lou Henson
Gene Keady
Thomas Davis
Robert Montgomery Knight
Dick Bennett
Clem Haskins
Steve Fisher
James J O’Brien
Bill Carmody
Jerry Dunn
Dick Vitale
Jim Calhoun
Alternates:
Michael Krzyzewski
Roy Williams
Gary Williams
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.
My 2017 list only required minor tweaks to be used as the 2018 Evangelical List.
James Dobson
Peter Popoff
Pat Robertson
Jim Bakker
Robert Tilton
Kenneth Copeland
John Hagee
Billy Graham
Charles Stanley
Jack Van Impe
Jimmy Swaggart
Rick Warren
Kent Hovind
Alternates:
Ray Comfort
Joel Olsteen
Jesse Duplantis
I guess I am not the only one to think of Trump. I have used him, his family, and Mike Pence’s family.
Donald Trump
Melania Trump
Ivanka Trump
Eric Trump
Donald Trump Jr.
Ivana Trump
Marla Maples
Tiffany Trump
Maryanne Trump Barry
Mike Pence
Karen Pence
Michael J. Pence
Charlotte Pence
My Mary Tyler Moore Show theme returns, missing only Mary herself who gave me 20 points for 2017. Jack Bannon would have been worth 23 points when he passed in October, but was only an alternate. Mary gets replaced by John Gabriel, who was sportscaster Andy Rivers. He was hired, and dated by, Mary Richards.
MTM Universe Death Pool List (edited re-run)
From the original:
Valerie Harper (Rhoda Morgenstern) - August 22, 1939
Cloris Leachman (Phyllis Lindstrom) - April 30, 1926
Ed Asner (Lou Grant) November 15, 1929
Gavin MacLeod (Murray Slaughter) February 28, 1931
Georgia Engel (Georgette Franklin Baxter) July 28, 1948
Betty White (Sue Ann Nivens) January 17, 1922
Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter, Murray’s wife) December 16, 1937
John Amos (Gordy the weather man) December 27, 1939
John Gabriel (Andy Rivers, sportscaster and sometime boyfriend of Mary) May 25, 1931
From the spinoffs:
Rhoda-
Ray Buktenica (Benny Goodwin, sometime boyfriend of Brenda) August 6, 1943
Phyllis-
Carmine Caridi (Dan Velenti, Phyllis’ boss) January 23, 1934
Garn Stephens (Harriett Hastings, Phyllis’ co-worker & friend) April 10, 1936
Lou Grant-
Robert Walden (Joe Rossi, reporter) September 25, 1943
Alternates:
Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom, Phyllis’ daughter, appeared both on Phyllis and the MTM Show) December 21, 1957
Jack Bannon (Art Donovan, assistant city editor on Lou Grant) June 14, 1940
Julie Kavner (Rhoda’s sister Brenda on Rhoda, now better known as Marge Simpson) September 7, 1950
Clean List:
Valerie Harper
Cloris Leachman
Ed Asner
Gavin MacLeod
Georgia Engel
Betty White
Joyce Bulifant
John Amos
Ray Buktenica
Carmine Caridi
Garn Stephens
Robert Walden
John Gabriel
Alternates:
Lisa Gerritsen
Julie Kavner
Reviving a theme list I made just once before:
My themed list, more or less.
Lester Moré
Roy Moore
Michael Moore
Alan Moore
Lester Holt
Lester Greene
Mandy Moore
Lester Hayes
Demi Moore
Shemar Moore
Alecia Moore
Vinnie Moore
Richard Sanders
Alts:
Jon Lester
Lester Speight
Ann S. Moore
Lester Greene is better known as Beetlejuice
Alecia Moore is better known as Pink
Lester Moré is pro soccer player
Vinnie Moore guitar in UFO
Ann Moore former CEO of Time
Lester Speight actor: Terry Tate office linebacker
I think the others are well enough known.
I almost missed out. I’m guessing I get to do a themed list in this thread AND a regular list in the other?
“In a year in which a remarkable number of musicians died, my entire list survived. I suck at Death Pool. That noted, I’m going with the same list as last year. Theme is all musicians…”—Me, last year. I changed the alternates from wrestlers to musicians.
Paul McCartney
Mick Jagger
Bob Dylan
Willie Nelson
Jimmy Page
Meat Loaf
Charlie Daniels
Roger Daltrey
Ozzy Osborne
Bobbie Gentry
Don McLean
John Fogerty
Don Henley
Alternates:
Keith Richards
Steven Tyler
Lee Greenwood