# Who would you bring back? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 7, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845 "2002-06-07T15:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/21 "2002-06-08T21:24:38Z")
Sorry, I couldn’t resist 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/22 "2002-06-08T22:06:22Z")
My girlfriend’s father. ---
**Author:** ![Ziactrice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@Ziactrice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziactrice)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/23 "2002-06-09T01:57:33Z")
I can’t believe no one has chosen mine already… Isaac Newton. From what he accomplished back then, just imagine what he could do **now!** :eek: Or King Solomon - my husband hunt would finally be over. Brains and brawn, yassah! 😃 😃 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/24 "2002-06-09T03:05:50Z")
Galilieo. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/25 "2002-06-09T07:15:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ziactrice \* > \*\*I can’t believe no one has chosen mine already… > > Isaac Newton. From what he accomplished back then, just imagine what he could do **now!** :eek: > > Or King Solomon - my husband hunt would finally be over. Brains and brawn, yassah! 😃 😃 🆒 \*\* Well, if you’re looking for brains and b… oh, that was “brawn,” not “bulk.” Never mind. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![simple\_homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/26 "2002-06-09T07:43:22Z")
da Vinci- an amazingly talented person ---
**Author:** ![baltotop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@baltotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baltotop)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/27 "2002-06-09T08:11:12Z")
☹ I would bring back my bestfriend Rachel from highschool. She died of a heart attack at 17 and it was really hard getting through the last year of school without her… She was a beautiful girl and very sweet… **@@ KISS @@** Love Always, Rob ☹ ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/28 "2002-06-09T16:08:21Z")
My father. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/29 "2002-06-09T23:54:52Z")
**Lee Harvey Oswald** , if by bringing him back and getting to the bottom of a few questions we can kill off the JFK conspiracy industry. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/30 "2002-06-10T00:00:33Z")
Someone already nominated Lennon, so I suggest **Douglas Adams**. What a way to go for such a lovely man. For family, my father, who died suddenly when I was 15. So I could get a second chance to pay more attention to him. ---
**Author:** ![Bandanaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@Bandanaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bandanaman)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/31 "2002-06-10T00:00:37Z")
James Earl Ray ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/32 "2002-06-10T00:09:03Z")
Well, I was thinking Lennon, but seeing as he’s already taken, I’ll take another great dead Beatle. George Harrison. ---
**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/33 "2002-06-10T00:54:18Z")
JFK JR. Mickey Mantle JFK ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/34 "2002-06-10T02:24:49Z")
Jim Henson. I can only imagine what he would have achieved by now. The man had a boundless imagination and could have probably done and inspired so much more. If he were still here, the Muppets wouldn’t have sold their soul to the restaurant chain Denny’s, too. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/35 "2002-06-10T02:24:49Z")
Jim Henson. I can only imagine what he would have achieved by now. The man had a boundless imagination. Also, I’m upset, because apparently the children decided to sell the Muppets’ soul to the restaurant chain Denny’s. ---
**Author:** ![lenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@lenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lenin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/36 "2002-06-10T02:34:01Z")
On the topic of SNL… John Belushi. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Salads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mr\_Salads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Salads)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/37 "2002-06-10T03:08:17Z")
River Phoenix. God, why. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/38 "2002-06-10T05:00:54Z")
Historical figures? I vote for Edith Keeler. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/39 "2002-06-10T06:34:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JThunder \* > Historical figures? I vote for Edith Keeler. Oh sure - if you want to destroy our timeline and be ruled by the Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845/40 "2002-06-10T06:42:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blowero \* > \*\* > Oh sure - if you want to destroy our timeline and be ruled by the Nazis. \*\* I can’t believe it. Godwin visits _this_ thread? :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-bring-back/112845.md?page=3)