Dead Pool 2015

No, Stan Lee's brother is Larry Lieber (who also wrote for Marvel).

I thought maybe Aquagal had gone "full Queersetti" (i.e. picking some really avant-garde folks) when I googled "Sam Lee" and found only an obscure British folk singer and washed up Chinese actor. Glad I checked!

It seems to me that a smart strategy is to have at least a few picks that you don't expect anyone else to have, so that you score some unique points.

Didn't do me any good last year, but it's served me well in other pools. I've actually been in one since 1978.
 
It seems to me that a smart strategy is to have at least a few picks that you don't expect anyone else to have, so that you score some unique points.

Didn't do me any good last year, but it's served me well in other pools. I've actually been in one since 1978.

1978? Thats it, Queersetti goes on my list....
 
It seems to me that a smart strategy is to have at least a few picks that you don't expect anyone else to have, so that you score some unique points.

Didn't do me any good last year, but it's served me well in other pools. I've actually been in one since 1978.

That informed some of my picks. If I'd had Albert Reynolds last year, I'd have mopped up.
 
1978? Thats it, Queersetti goes on my list....

Yep, we had never heard of a Dead Pool, but we came up with the idea at a party on New Years Eve, 1978.

I nailed that sucker, too. Scored right away with Sid Vicious.


That wasn't exactly a long shot pick, of course.
 
It's all in the game, man.

I am only aware of how to crunch the numbers not what numbers to crunch.

If I had to hazzard county a guess, I'm thinking after one heart attack, probably some meds, really attentive care, plus you shouldn't have had one in the first place theoretically, with Mediterranean cooking you like, so I'mma keep Hef if its all the same.

Admittedly he has always had plenty to live for, but the little blue pills cannot be good for his heart.
 
Irving Kahn

Samuel Simon

Joanne Woodward

Bel Kaufman

Connie Sawyer

Ellen Albertini Dow

David Rockefeller Sr.

Doris Day

Olivia Mary de Havilland

Roger Moore

Bonus Pick: Prince Harry (Prince Henry of Wales)
 
It seems to me that a smart strategy is to have at least a few picks that you don't expect anyone else to have, so that you score some unique points.

Didn't do me any good last year, but it's served me well in other pools. I've actually been in one since 1978.

And I bet someone picked Abe Vigoda that year.
 
ENTRIES ARE CLOSED.

When my eyes stop bleeding this morning, I'll have the new tote board and spreadsheet created.
 
Well, buggrit. I'll pass this year.

If nobody dies I win, right?
 
Yep, we had never heard of a Dead Pool, but we came up with the idea at a party on New Years Eve, 1978.

I nailed that sucker, too. Scored right away with Sid Vicious.


That wasn't exactly a long shot pick, of course.

I'm asking you this because of your sexuality: did you and your friends continue to play Dead Pool during the early days of AIDS? what a list that would have been bro.

Stew
 
FOR THE RECORD
37 Participants: A new Lit record!
Hillary Clinton
Bill Clinton
Nancy Pelosi
Elizabeth Warren
Al Sharpton
Mitt Romney
Jeb Bush
Karl Rove
John Boner
George H.W.Bush

Kirk Douglas
Dr. Phil
Dr. Ruth
Courtney Love
Oprah Winfrey
Antonin Scalia
Lewis Black
Richard Dreyfus
Little Richard
Willem Defoe

Zsa Zsa Gabor
Kirk Douglas
Nancy Reagan
Leonard Nimoy
Fidel Castro
Rev. Billy Graham
Valerie Harper
Dick Van Dyke
George H.W.Bush
Christopher Lee
Bonus: Macaulay Culkin

Pat Robertson
Barbara Bush
Abe Vigoda
Shirley Jones
Sidney Poitier
William Shatner
Angie Dickinson
Sean Connery
Jerry Lewis
Angela Lansbury
Bonus: Axl Rose

Olivia de Havilland
Zsa Zsa Gábor
Abe Vigoda
Carol Channing
Kirk Douglas
Fidel Castro
Jerry Lewis
Bob Barker
Hugh Hefner
Billy Graham
Bonus: Lindsay Lohan

henry kissinger
ishmael
queerbait
miles
msannbertthorpe
busybody
bb king
pele
hugh hefner
vetteman
Bonus: Justin Beiber

Prince Philip
Wilco Johnson
Richard Adams
Kirk Douglas
Pope Francis
Jerry Lewis
Fidel Castro
Nancy Reagan
Valerie Harper
Dick Chaney
Bonus: Russell Brand

Gordie Howe
Olivia De Havilland
Billy Graham
Maureen O'Hara
Mort Sahl
Herman Wouk
Jim Wright
Beverly Cleary
Kirk Douglas
Chuck Berry
Bonus: Dennis Rodman

Hugh Hefner
Abe Vigoda
Betty White
Fidel Castro
George Bush
William Shatner
George Kennedy
Angela Landsberry
Dick Van Dyke
Don Rickles
Bonus: Jim Carrey

Liam Cosgrave
Duke of Edinburgh
George H.W.Bush
Billy Graham
Vera Lynn
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Maureen O'Hara
King Michael of Romania
Joseph Ratzinger
Jiang Zemin
Bonus: The Edge

Steven Hawking
Bob Dylan
Keith Richards
George HW Bush
HRH Prince Phillip
Pope Benedict XVI, AKA Joseph Ratzinger
Michael Schumacher
BB King
Billy Graham
Fidel Castro
Bonus: Ralphie May

gordie howe
kirk douglas
fidel castro
George H.W.Bush
al molinaro
Jerry lewis
muhammed Ali
doris day
Jake lamotta
don rickles
bonus: Rihanna

Billy Graham
Kirk Douglas
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Vera Lynn
Carol Channing
Valerie Harper
Monty Hall
George Martin
Gina Lollobrigida
Frank Gifford
Bonus: Charlie Sheen

Fidel Castro
Tom Brokaw
Kirk Douglas
Jerry Lewis
Tony Bennett
Betty White
Sean Connery
Keith Richards
Nancy Reagan
Muhammad Ali
Bonus: Shia LaBeouf

Billy Graham
Walter Mondale
Betty White
John Glenn
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (Apollo 11)
Bob Dole
George HW Bush
James Lovell (Apollo 13)
Michael Collins (Apollo 11)
Alan Bean (Apollo 12)
BONUS: Chris Christie

Nancy Reagan
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Kirk Douglas
Billy Graham
Bob Barker
Abe Vigoda
George H W Bush
Carl Reiner
Dick Van Dyke
Bridget Bardot
Bonus: Macaulay Culkin

Sam Simon
David Prowse
Mary Tyler Moore
Malcolm Young
Dilip Kumar
Irving Kahn
Roy Douglas
Jerry Maren
June Foray
Connie Sawyer
Bonus Pick: Stuart Scott

Billy Graham
Jo Anne Worley
Kirk Douglas
Olivia deHavilland
Charles Manson
Valerie Harper
Glen Campbell
Burt Reynolds
George H.W.Bush
Berry Gordy
Bonus: Amanda Bynes

George H.W.Bush
Billy Graham
Olivia DeHavilland
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Abe Vigoda
Barbara Bush
Bob Dole
Don Rickles
Christopher Lee
Jake LaMotta
Bonus: Sam Simon

Fidel Castro
George H.W.Bush
Jerry Lewis
Dick Cheney
David Bowie
Betty White
Nancy Reagan
Burt Reynolds
Lindsay Lohan
Imelda Marcos
Angelina Jolie

George H.W.Bush
Olivia DeHaviland
Herman Wouk
Billy Graham
Little Jimmy Dickens
Glen Campbell
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Helmut Schmidt
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Professor Irwin Corey
Bonus- Scott Stapp

George H.W.Bush
Pope Benedict
Prince Phillip
Gordie Howe
Nancy Reagan
Kirk Douglas
Stephen Hawking
Ron Jeremy
Kim Jong-un
Jerry Lewis
Bonus: Benedict Cumberbatch

George H.W.Bush
Billy Graham
Xsa Zsa Gabor
Fidel Castro
Kirk Douglas
Muhammad Ali
Stan Lee
Prince Philip
Olivia De Havilland
Jerry Lewis
Bonus: Miley Cyrus

Billy Graham
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Kirk Douglas
George H.W.Bush
Nancy Reagan
Prince Philip
Betty White
Jerry Lewis
Angela Lansbury
Muhammed Ali
Bonus: Michael J. Fox.

Billy Graham
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Vera Lynn
Betty White
Fidel Castro
Gertrude Weaver
Kirk Douglas
Nancy Reagan
John Glenn
George H.W.Bush
Bonus: Sam Simon

George H.W.Bush
Billy Graham
Olivia DeHavilland
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Abe Vigoda
Barbara Bush
Bob Dole
Don Rickles
Christopher Lee
Jake LaMotta
Bonus: RobDownSouth

Billy Graham
George H.W.Bush
Jerry Lewis
Hugh Hefner
Pope Benny
Kieth Richards
Muhammad Ali
Don Rickles
Michael Douglas
Stephen Hawking
Bonus: Charlie Sheen

Justin Bieber
George H.W.Bush
George W. Bush
Drake
Angelina Jolie
Al Sharpton

Muhammad Ali
Fidel Castro
Olivia DeHavilland
Kirk Douglas
Clint Eastwood
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Graham
Hugh Hefner
Jerry Lewis
Burt Reynolds
Bonus: Lindsay Lohan

Al Molinaro
Nancy Regan
BB King
Jake Lamotta
Stan Lee
Jerry Lewis
Abe Vigoda
Fats Domino
Dick Van Dyke
Kirk Douglas
Bonus: Sam Simon

George H.W. Bush
Billy Graham
Hugh Hefner
Olivia DeHavilland
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Fidel Castro
Abe Vigoda
Nancy Reagan
Dick Van Dyke
Kirk Douglas
Bonus: George Zimmerman

Clint Eastwood
George H.W. Bush
Tracey Morgan
Tippy Hedren
Judge Wapner
Lil Wayne
Laverne Cox
Hugh Hefner
Eddie Van Halen
Corey Feldman
Bonus: Michael Phelps

Billy Graham
George H.W. Bush
Fidel Castro
Jerry Lewis
Bob Dole
Kirk Douglas
Montel Williams
Valerie Harper
Michael J Fox
Al Molinaro
Bonus: Rob Ford

George H. W. Bush
Kirk Douglas
Billy Graham
Fidel Castro
Olivia de Havilland
Angela Lansbury
BB King
Jerry Lewis
Muhammad Ali
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Bonus: Johnny Knoxville

Billy Graham
Zsa Zsa Gabor
George H.W.Bush
Valerie Harper
Kirk Douglas
Prince Philip
Al Molinaro
Olivia de Havilland
Muhammad Ali
Stan Lee
Bonus: Sam Simon

Irving Kahn
Sam Simon
Joanne Woodward
DECEASED
Connie Sawyer
Ellen Albertini Dow
David Rockefeller Sr.
Doris Day
Olivia de Havilland
Roger Moore
Bonus Pick: Prince Harry
 
I cant believe you didnt put the names in aphabetical order, sloppy work dude....
 
We should probably get a ruling on this from the judges just in case, and not to wish anyone here bad luck, but since our entries are all locked in, do we have to outlive our chosen decedents to claim the grand prize at year end?

I can't shake the feeling that we may be piling up stacks of bad karma the longer we play the game. Some might argue it would be ironic but fitting if one or more of us predeceased our choices.

I say we "need not be present to win." The respective places on the awards podium should be reserved for whoever earned the right to be there even if he or she is not around to be there.
 
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We should probably get a ruling on this from the judges just in case, and not to wish anyone here bad luck, but since our entries are all locked in, do we have to outlive are chosen decedents to claim the grand prize at year end?

I can't shake the feeling that we may be piling up stacks of bad karma the longer we play the game. Some might argue it would be ironic but fitting if one or more of us predeceased our choices.

I say we "need not be present to win." The respective places on the awards podium should be reserved for whoever earned the right to be there even if he or she is not around to be there.

You said it, not me....i just picked a bunch of old people
 
We should probably get a ruling on this from the judges just in case, and not to wish anyone here bad luck, but since our entries are all locked in, do we have to outlive are chosen decedents to claim the grand prize at year end?

I can't shake the feeling that we may be piling up stacks of bad karma the longer we play the game. Some might argue it would be ironic but fitting if one or more of us predeceased our choices.

I say we "need not be present to win." The respective places on the awards podium should be reserved for whoever earned the right to be there even if he or she is not around to be there.

Tell you what, if you fail to outlive your stiffs, we'll rename the contest after you. The Colonel Hogan Memorial Deadpool has a catchy ring to it, no?
 
8 of my 10 picks are unique in the Pool (no one else has them).

Kind of risky...might not work out...we'll see!
 
8 of my 10 picks are unique in the Pool (no one else has them).

Kind of risky...might not work out...we'll see!


Not to worry, if they don't work out you can always cheat as you did last year and change them Rory"TW-Tiger"N. That way you can pretend to feel better about it. Morals are obviously of no concern to you TW-Tiger.
 
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