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Bereavement: Graveheart, the Update, wherein celebrities die in fives

boobs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:45:13 -0000

(Note: A lot has happened since the star of Star Search became a Star Man, but Johnny Carson's favorite drunken Irishman is what I had to start with, so I'll dance with the corpse that brung me. -boobs) Ed McMahon, one of my favorite dudes growing up, passed away, leaving a legacy of placating Johnny Carson, showcasing future stars and lending Chandrathan and nlt-Andrew 39 points. He was 86. Anyone seen any good Star Search YouTube clips?

Despite McMahon's passing, Brian B is still miles ahead of the field with his unique selections of Jack Kemp and Millvina Dean. It's going to take some work to catch up with that. (UPDATED with Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Karl Malden and Billy Mays deaths.)

1. Brian B: 205 points (Michael Jackson, Jack Kemp, Millvina Dean)
2. boobs' mom: 116 points (Farrah Fawcett, Karl Malden)
3. Cesar Hernandez: 108 points (Michael Jackson, Dom DiMaggio)
4. Petey Hendrix: 103 points (Dom DeLuise, Karl Malden)
5. Brian B's wife: 86 points (Paul Harvey, Karl Malden)
6. RedinWrigleyville: 75 points (Michael Jackson)
7. Chandrathan: 67 points (Ed McMahon, Karl Malden)
8. nlt-Andrew: 39 points (Ed McMahon)
9. Madville: 33 points (Dom DiMaggio)
10. boobs' coworker Steve: 28 points (Karl Malden)
10. Joshuar9476: 28 points (Karl Malden)

3fast 1. Stephen Hawking 2. Margaret Thatcher 3. Billy Graham 4. Amy Winehouse 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Nelson Mandela 7. Stan Musial 8. Ariel Sharon 9. John Wooden 10. Jerry Lewis 11. Dick Clark 12. Ted Kennedy 13. Elizabeth Taylor 14. Betty Ford 15. Robert Mugabe $$ 16. Charlie Watts $$ 17. Fidel Castro 18. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 19. Buzz Aldrin $$ 20. Walter Cronkite	BengalRed 1. Amy Winehouse 2. Fidel Castro 3. George Steinbrenner 4. Art Donovan 5. Bob Feller 6. Hugo Chavez $$ 7. Dick Clark 8. Jimmy Carter 9. Frank Gifford $$ 10. Patrick Swayze 11. Queen Elizabeth $$ 12. Robert Byrd 13. Mickey Rourke $$ 14. John Daly 15. Tony Bennett 16. Keith Richards 17. Nancy Reagan 18. Peter Falk 19. Ted Kennedy 20. Mike Wallace $$	boobs 1. Elizabeth Edwards 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Patrick Swayze 5. Fidel Castro 6. Ariel Sharon 7. John Wooden 8. Muhammad Ali 9. Billy Graham 10. Fyvish Finkel $$ 11. Robert Byrd 12. Soupy Sales $$ 13. Gertrude Baines $$ 14. Zsa Zsa Gabor 15. Lil Wayne $$ 16. Bob Barker 17. Steve Jobs 18. Myles Brand 19. Stephen Hawking 20. Jim Johnson (Eagles) $$	boobs' coworker Brian 1. Andy Rooney 2. Barbara Walters $$ 3. Pete Townshend $$ 4. Roger Daltrey $$ 5. Mick Jagger $$ 6. Ted Kennedy 7. Robert Byrd 8. John McCain $$ 9. John Chaney $$ 10. Dick Cheney 11. Dick Clark 12. Dick Vitale $$ 13. Bill Cosby $$ 14. Hamid Karzai $$ 15. Nouri al-Maliki $$ 16. Pete Rose $$ 17. Jack Nicholson $$ 18. Robert De Niro $$ 19. Nancy Reagan 20. Joan Rivers $$
boobs' coworker steve (formerly boobs' roommate) 1. Elizabeth Edwards 2. John Wooden 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Billy Graham 5. Lee MacPhail 6. Bobby Doerr 7. Susan Atkins 8. Fidel Castro *9. Karl Malden* 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. Robert Byrd 12. Wendy Richard $$ 13. Myles Brand 14. Kirk Douglas 15. Patrick Swayze 16. Bob Novak 17. Steve Jobs 18. Ted Kennedy 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Dick Dale $$	boobs' mom 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Farah Fawcett $$ 3. Ted Kennedy 4. Nancy Reagan 5. Steve Jobs 6. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 7. Robert Byrd 8. Fidel Castro 9. Dick Clark 10. Kirk Douglas *11. Karl Malden* 12. Phyllis Diller 13. Billy Graham 14. Rose Marie $$ 15. Barbara Billingsley $$ 16. Walter Cronkite 17. Nelson Mandela 18. Shirley Temple Black $$ 19. Betty Ford 20. Jerry Lewis	Brendanukkah 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Steve Jobs 3. Tim Conway $$ 4. Russell Johnson $$ 5. Shia LaBeouf $$ 6. Carol Channing $$ 7. Jeff Conaway 8. Fidel Castro 9. Billy Graham 10. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 11. Gene Wilder $$ 12. Jimmy Carter 13. Henry Kissinger $$ 14. Charles Grodin $$ 15. Mick Mars $$ 16. John "Big Dawg" Thompson $$ 17. Michael J. Fox 18. Ted Kennedy 19. J.D. Salinger 20. C. Everett Koop $$	Brian B *1. Jack Kemp $$* 2. Harry Morgan 3. Ted Kennedy 4. Robert Novak 5. Les Paul 6. Lauren Bacall $$ *7. Millvina Dean $$* 8. John Wooden 9. Elizabeth Edwards 10. Ariel Sharon 11. Steve Smith (running back, Raiders) $$ 12. Orlando Thomas $$ 13. Carl Lindner $$ 14. Michael Jackson 15. Seve Ballesteros 16. Susan Atkins 17. Miep Gies 18. Claude Levi-Strauss 19. Sargent Shriver 20. Ronnie Biggs
Brian B's wife 1. Fidel Castro 2. Robert Novak 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Kirk Douglas *5. Paul Harvey $$* 6. Zsa Zsa Gabor 7. Miep Gies 8. Amy Winehouse *9. Karl Malden* 10. Steve Jobs 11. Patrick Swayze 12. Don Baylor $$ 13. Dick Cheney 14. Ted Kennedy 15. Oscar Niemeyer 16. Claude Levi-Strauss 17. Luise Rainer $$ 18. Art Linkletter 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Merle Haggard $$	cesarhernandez 1. Patrick Swayze 2. John Wooden 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Tony Dungy $$ 5. Mean Joe Greene $$ 6. Deacon Jones $$ 7. Marv Levy $$ 8. Bobby Doerr 9. Bob Feller 10. Dom DiMaggio 11. Michael Jackson 12. Jean Stapleton $$ 13. Bob Barker 14. Walter Cronkite 15. Kirk Douglas 16. Billy Graham 18. Zsa Zsa Gabor 19. Myles Brand 20. BB King	Chandrathan 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Artie Lange $$ 3. Andy Rooney 4. Peter Falk 5. George Steinbrenner 6. Jake Lamotta $$ 7. Ted Kennedy 8. J.D. Salinger 9. Steve Jobs 10. Nancy Reagan *11. Ed McMahon* 12. Chyna $$ 13. Fidel Castro 14. Seve Ballesteros 15. Bobby Heenan $$ 16. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 17. Steve-O *18. Karl Malden* 19. Oscar Niemeyer 20. Claude Levi-Strauss	ctnyc 1. Steve Jobs 2. Patrick Swayze 3. Art Linkletter 4. Ariel Sharon 5. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 6. Ted Kennedy 7. Robert Novak 8. Fidel Castro 9. John Wooden 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Seve Ballesteros 13. Andy Griffith $$ 14. Claude Levi-Strauss 15. Billy Graham 16. Jeff Conaway 17. Amy Winehouse 18. Muhammad Ali 19. Zsa Zsa Gabor 20. Les Paul
Joshuar9476 1. Nancy Reagan 2. Rick Majerus $$ 3. Dick Clark 4. Seve Ballesteros 5. Kim Jong Il 6. Tony Bennett 7. Verne Troyer $$ 8. Larry King 9. Peter Falk *10. Karl Malden* 11. Richard Petty $$ 12. Larry Flynt $$ 13. Yogi Berra 14. Steve-O 15. Emperor Akihito of Japan $$ 16. Gary Coleman $$ 17. Mindy McCready 18. Tommy Lasorda $$ 19. Michael J. Fox 20. Art Donovan	Joshuar9476's Wife (ashes) 1. Sacha Baron Cohen $$ 2. George HW Bush 3. Barbara Streisand $$ 4. George Strait $$ 5. Dennis Rodman $$ 6. Sheryl Crow $$ 7. Kat Von D $$ 8. Peter Graves $$ 9. Robin Williams 10. Meryl Streep $$ 11. Sean Connery $$ 12. Ozzie Osbourne $$ 13. Betty White $$ 14. Bob Barker 15. Tony Hawk $$ 16. Hugh Hefner $$ 17. Ray Anthony (Big Band Leader) $$ 18. Elizabeth Edwards 19. Eddie Murphy $$ 20. Clint Eastwood	Justin 1. Bob Dole $$ 2. J.D. Salinger 3. Fidel Castro 4. Jack McKeon $$ 5. Harry Morgan 6. Rod Blagojevich $$ 7. Jimmy Carter 8. Jose Conseco $$ 9. Bob Huggins $$ 10. Pete Van Wieren $$ 11. Bob Gibson $$ 12. Bruce Froemming $$ 13. George Voinovich $$ 14. Elizabeth Edwards 15. Lindsay Lohan $$ 16. Dan Rather $$ 17. Andy Rooney 18. Magic Johnson $$ 19. Peter Gammons $$ 20. Harold Ramis $$	Madville 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Eli Wallich $$ 4. Olivia DeHavilland $$ 5. Beverly Cleary $$ 6. Hal Holbrook $$ 7. Jon Forsythe $$ 8. Mary Tyler Moore $$ 9. Bob Feller *10. Dom DiMaggio* 11. Phyllis Diller 12. Lee MacPhail 13. Dick Cheney 14. Whitey Ford $$ 15. Sparky Anderson $$ 16. John Paul Stevens $$ 17. Wolfgang Puck $$ 18. John Dingell $$ 19. Daniel Akaka $$ 20. Robert Byrd
nlt-andrew 1. Steve Jobs 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Elizabeth Edwards 4. Fidel Castro 5. Margret Thatcher 6. Patrick Swayze 7. Ariel Sharon 8. Kim Jong Il *9. Ed McMahon* 10. Sargent Shriver 11. Yitzhak Shamir $$ 12. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth $$ 13. Seve Ballesteros 14. Robert Byrd 15. Zsa Zsa Gabor 16. Billy Graham 17. Bob Feller 18. Helen Thomas $$ 19. John Wooden 20. Kirk Douglas	Petey Hendrix 1. Fidel Castro 2. Roger Ebert $$ 3. John Madden 4. Billy Graham 5. Patrick Swayze 6. Mindy McCready 7. Sen. Robert Byrd 8. Teddy Kennedy 9. Kirk Douglas *10. Dom DeLouise $$* 11. Ariel Sharon 12. B.B. King *13. Karl Malden* 14. John Wooden 15. James Earl Jones $$ 16. Betty Ford 17. George Steinbrenner 18. O.J. Simpson $$ 19. Myles Brand 20. Steve Jobs	RedinWrigleyville 1. Robert Redford $$ 2. John Wooden 3. Ken Griffey Sr. $$ 4. Margaret Thatcher 5. Larry King 6. George HW Bush 7. Clint Eastwood 8. Al Sharpton $$ 9. Steve Jobs 10. Michael Jackson 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Howie Mandell $$ 13. Bill Murray $$ 14. Barack Obama $$ 15. Bode Miller $$ 16. John Daly 17. Ryan Freel $$ 18. Bernard Madoff $$ 19. Chad Kroeger $$ 20. Carrot Top $$	Red Menace 1. Seve Ballesteros 2. Ron Springs (NFL) $$ 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Ron Santo $$ 5. Louis Farrakhan $$ 6. Sir Bobby Robson $$ 7. Ted Kennedy 8. Robert Novak 9. George Steinbrenner 10. Ronnie Biggs 11. Jack Kevorkian $$ 12. Ariel Sharon 13. Peter Falk 14. Fidel Castro 15. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 16. Stan Musial 17. Billy Graham 18. Kirk Douglas 19. Robert Byrd 20. Steve Jobs
Seattle Slim 1. Robin Williams 2. George HW Bush 3. Johnny Rotten $$ 4. Manuel Noriega $$ 5. Boy George $$ 6. Steve Forbes $$ 7. Ross Perot $$ 8. Keith Richards 9. Sara Jane Moore $$ 10. DMX $$ 11. Wayne Newton $$ 12. Kim Jong Il 13. Dick Van Dyke $$ 14. Robert Byrd 15. Mohammed Ali 16. Pat Robertson $$ 17. Oscar Robertson $$ 18. Ron Jeremy $$ 19. Yogi Berra 20. Dick Clark

$$ -- Unique pick.
Note: Though Wendy Richard died, her obituary did not appear on cnn.com, thus no points were awarded.

Taking basketball by storm

boobs — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:02:04 -0000

John Wall has captured the imagination of UK basketball fans. He has also captured the attention of most every other human with an interest in the game.

Earlier today, when Wall's AAU coach, Brian Clifton, spoke to ESPINRISE, he said, "He likes Cal's style of play and is excited about the opportunity to display his creativity. John has a chance to take college basketball by storm."

Clifton didn't say which John he was speaking of. And judging by some of his other comments yesterday, we can guess he wasn't speaking of the C variety.

But it's probably time to consider this: John Calipari is doing as much for college basketball as he is for Kentucky basketball.

Several analysts have already been more than happy to extoll the return of the Kentucky brand to the college landscape. And it's not just because the SEC recently signed a deal with ESPN. And it's not because Calipari is in discussions to take a prominent role in the NCAA 2010 video game. College basketball fans root for Kentucky basketball because they like a superstar. In a climate of 347 teams, one versus the field makes the skies clearer.

The Sporting News is ready for it.

ESPN is ready for it.

FoxSports is ready for it.

College basketball is ready for it.

Are we ready for it?

We are busy capturing bandwagon fans all over nation. Just ask LeBron James, Dirk Nowitzki and Ben Roethlisberger.

We are also busy gathering enemies all over the place, from Duke to Xavier. They're jealous. They're covetous. They're haters.

When it comes to college basketball, it's all good.

Fans like to know what's what. Even if they don't like the results, they'd rather have a poll to size everyone up. It's better to know who the big dogs are. It's better to know who to shoot for.

Today, everyone is shooting for No. 11, No. 23 and No. 54. For that slick guy in the expensive suit. For Blue.

Big Blue.

"I think right now everybody is on notice," Dave Telep told The Courier-Journal. "This is old-school Kentucky. These guys are coming after players and are getting guys."

No matter how much they hate it, no matter how much they loathe our history and our boisterousness and our sense of entitlement, they love it. They want it. They need it.

Basketball fans need to know the score, need to know who's ahead, need to know who to watch for. They want to know who's now, who's on point, who's next.

Who to hate. And who to emulate.

Cal has given UK fans something to dream about tonight, something to fall back on this summer and something to look forward to in the fall.

But he has given college basketball something to shoot for next spring. We are not the only ones aware of what happened today. This is Kentucky basketball again. This is what we want. This is what we love.

This is what they hate. But they need it.

And they love it.

Three Reds cut

boobs — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:42:10 -0000

Lots of fun Reds news coming out of Washington. Here's the breakdown:

1. Wily Mo Pena was placed on waivers. He's guaranteed $2 million this year, so that's the price for any team wishing to add his services.

2. The Nationals sent Corey Patterson down to minor league camp. See how easy that is?

3. Washington also assigned Javier Valentin to the minor leagues, but he refused the assignment and became a free agent.

There's the possibility for the Reds to bring back Pena and Valentin, although I doubt they would take a flier on either, considering the logjam for mediocre talent in the outfield and the signing of Hernandez. Still, More Reds news coming out of Washington than from Cincinnati.

RR Bereavement Pool rosters

boobs — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:09:37 -0000

This is a little rudimentary as I just haven't found time to make a proper post. There are 21 participants this year, meaning the winner will receive $180, with $20 going to second place and $10 going to third. ~~I haven't yet gone through to signify who all the unique picks are, but I'll update this post as I comb through the list again.~~

The list is now alphabetized with all unique selections noted. I've also put the rosters in a table for better readability.

3fast 1. Stephen Hawking 2. Margaret Thatcher 3. Billy Graham 4. Amy Winehouse 5. Kirk Douglas 6. Nelson Mandela 7. Stan Musial 8. Ariel Sharon 9. John Wooden 10. Jerry Lewis 11. Dick Clark 12. Ted Kennedy 13. Elizabeth Taylor 14. Betty Ford 15. Robert Mugabe $$ 16. Charlie Watts $$ 17. Fidel Castro 18. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 19. Buzz Aldrin $$ 20. Walter Cronkite	BengalRed 1. Amy Winehouse 2. Fidel Castro 3. George Steinbrenner 4. Art Donovan 5. Bob Feller 6. Hugo Chavez $$ 7. Dick Clark 8. Jimmy Carter 9. Frank Gifford $$ 10. Patrick Swayze 11. Queen Elizabeth $$ 12. Robert Byrd 13. Mickey Rourke $$ 14. John Daly 15. Tony Bennett 16. Keith Richards 17. Nancy Reagan 18. Peter Falk 19. Ted Kennedy 20. Mike Wallace $$	boobs 1. Elizabeth Edwards 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Patrick Swayze 5. Fidel Castro 6. Ariel Sharon 7. John Wooden 8. Muhammad Ali 9. Billy Graham 10. Fyvish Finkel $$ 11. Robert Byrd 12. Soupy Sales $$ 13. Gertrude Baines $$ 14. Zsa Zsa Gabor 15. Lil Wayne $$ 16. Bob Barker 17. Steve Jobs 18. Myles Brand 19. Stephen Hawking 20. Jim Johnson (Eagles) $$	boobs' coworker Brian 1. Andy Rooney 2. Barbara Walters $$ 3. Pete Townshend $$ 4. Roger Daltrey $$ 5. Mick Jagger $$ 6. Ted Kennedy 7. Robert Byrd 8. John McCain $$ 9. John Chaney $$ 10. Dick Cheney 11. Dick Clark 12. Dick Vitale $$ 13. Bill Cosby $$ 14. Hamid Karzai $$ 15. Nouri al-Maliki $$ 16. Pete Rose $$ 17. Jack Nicholson $$ 18. Robert De Niro $$ 19. Nancy Reagan 20. Joan Rivers $$
boobs' coworker steve (formerly boobs' roommate) 1. Elizabeth Edwards 2. John Wooden 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Billy Graham 5. Lee MacPhail 6. Bobby Doerr 7. Susan Atkins 8. Fidel Castro 9. Karl Malden 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. Robert Byrd 12. Wendy Richard $$ 13. Myles Brand 14. Kirk Douglas 15. Patrick Swayze 16. Bob Novak 17. Steve Jobs 18. Ted Kennedy 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Dick Dale $$	boobs' mom 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Farah Fawcett $$ 3. Ted Kennedy 4. Nancy Reagan 5. Steve Jobs 6. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 7. Robert Byrd 8. Fidel Castro 9. Dick Clark 10. Kirk Douglas 11. Karl Malden 12. Phyllis Diller 13. Billy Graham 14. Rose Marie $$ 15. Barbara Billingsley $$ 16. Walter Cronkite 17. Nelson Mandela 18. Shirley Temple Black $$ 19. Betty Ford 20. Jerry Lewis	Brendanukkah 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Steve Jobs 3. Tim Conway $$ 4. Russell Johnson $$ 5. Shia LaBeouf $$ 6. Carol Channing $$ 7. Jeff Conaway 8. Fidel Castro 9. Billy Graham 10. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 11. Gene Wilder $$ 12. Jimmy Carter 13. Henry Kissinger $$ 14. Charles Grodin $$ 15. Mick Mars $$ 16. John "Big Dawg" Thompson $$ 17. Michael J. Fox 18. Ted Kennedy 19. J.D. Salinger 20. C. Everett Koop $$	Brian B 1. Jack Kemp $$ 2. Harry Morgan 3. Ted Kennedy 4. Robert Novak 5. Les Paul 6. Lauren Bacall $$ 7. Millvina Dean $$ 8. John Wooden 9. Elizabeth Edwards 10. Ariel Sharon 11. Steve Smith (running back, Raiders) $$ 12. Orlando Thomas $$ 13. Carl Lindner $$ 14. Michael Jackson 15. Seve Ballesteros 16. Susan Atkins 17. Miep Gies 18. Claude Levi-Strauss 19. Sargent Shriver 20. Ronnie Biggs
Brian B's wife 1. Fidel Castro 2. Robert Novak 3. Ariel Sharon 4. Kirk Douglas 5. Paul Harvey 6. Zsa Zsa Gabor 7. Miep Gies 8. Amy Winehouse 9. Karl Malden 10. Steve Jobs 11. Patrick Swayze 12. Don Baylor $$ 13. Dick Cheney 14. Ted Kennedy 15. Oscar Niemeyer 16. Claude Levi-Strauss 17. Luise Rainer $$ 18. Art Linkletter 19. Seve Ballesteros 20. Merle Haggard $$	cesarhernandez 1. Patrick Swayze 2. John Wooden 3. Seve Ballesteros 4. Tony Dungy $$ 5. Mean Joe Greene $$ 6. Deacon Jones $$ 7. Marv Levy $$ 8. Bobby Doerr 9. Bob Feller 10. Dom DiMaggio 11. Michael Jackson 12. Jean Stapleton $$ 13. Bob Barker 14. Walter Cronkite 15. Kirk Douglas 16. Billy Graham 18. Zsa Zsa Gabor 19. Myles Brand 20. BB King	Chandrathan 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Artie Lange $$ 3. Andy Rooney 4. Peter Falk 5. George Steinbrenner 6. Jake Lamotta $$ 7. Ted Kennedy 8. J.D. Salinger 9. Steve Jobs 10. Nancy Reagan 11. Ed McMahon 12. Chyna $$ 13. Fidel Castro 14. Seve Ballesteros 15. Bobby Heenan $$ 16. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 17. Steve-O 18. Karl Malden 19. Oscar Niemeyer 20. Claude Levi-Strauss	ctnyc 1. Steve Jobs 2. Patrick Swayze 3. Art Linkletter 4. Ariel Sharon 5. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 6. Ted Kennedy 7. Robert Novak 8. Fidel Castro 9. John Wooden 10. Margaret Thatcher 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Seve Ballesteros 13. Andy Griffith $$ 14. Claude Levi-Strauss 15. Billy Graham 16. Jeff Conaway 17. Amy Winehouse 18. Muhammad Ali 19. Zsa Zsa Gabor 20. Les Paul
Joshuar9476 1. Nancy Reagan 2. Rick Majerus $$ 3. Dick Clark 4. Seve Ballesteros 5. Kim Jong Il 6. Tony Bennett 7. Verne Troyer $$ 8. Larry King 9. Peter Falk 10. Karl Malden 11. Richard Petty $$ 12. Larry Flynt $$ 13. Yogi Berra 14. Steve-O 15. Emperor Akihito of Japan $$ 16. Gary Coleman $$ 17. Mindy McCready 18. Tommy Lasorda $$ 19. Michael J. Fox 20. Art Donovan	Joshuar9476's Wife (ashes) 1. Sacha Baron Cohen $$ 2. George HW Bush 3. Barbara Streisand $$ 4. George Strait $$ 5. Dennis Rodman $$ 6. Sheryl Crow $$ 7. Kat Von D $$ 8. Peter Graves $$ 9. Robin Williams 10. Meryl Streep $$ 11. Sean Connery $$ 12. Ozzie Osbourne $$ 13. Betty White $$ 14. Bob Barker 15. Tony Hawk $$ 16. Hugh Hefner $$ 17. Ray Anthony (Big Band Leader) $$ 18. Elizabeth Edwards 19. Eddie Murphy $$ 20. Clint Eastwood	Justin 1. Bob Dole $$ 2. J.D. Salinger 3. Fidel Castro 4. Jack McKeon $$ 5. Harry Morgan 6. Rod Blagojevich $$ 7. Jimmy Carter 8. Jose Conseco $$ 9. Bob Huggins $$ 10. Pete Van Wieren $$ 11. Bob Gibson $$ 12. Bruce Froemming $$ 13. George Voinovich $$ 14. Elizabeth Edwards 15. Lindsay Lohan $$ 16. Dan Rather $$ 17. Andy Rooney 18. Magic Johnson $$ 19. Peter Gammons $$ 20. Harold Ramis $$	Madville 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Kirk Douglas 3. Eli Wallich $$ 4. Olivia DeHavilland $$ 5. Beverly Cleary $$ 6. Hal Holbrook $$ 7. Jon Forsythe $$ 8. Mary Tyler Moore $$ 9. Bob Feller 10. Dom DiMaggio 11. Phyllis Diller 12. Lee MacPhail 13. Dick Cheney 14. Whitey Ford $$ 15. Sparky Anderson $$ 16. John Paul Stevens $$ 17. Wolfgang Puck $$ 18. John Dingell $$ 19. Daniel Akaka $$ 20. Robert Byrd
nlt-andrew 1. Steve Jobs 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Elizabeth Edwards 4. Fidel Castro 5. Margret Thatcher 6. Patrick Swayze 7. Ariel Sharon 8. Kim Jong Il 9. Ed McMahon 10. Sargent Shriver 11. Yitzhak Shamir $$ 12. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth $$ 13. Seve Ballesteros 14. Robert Byrd 15. Zsa Zsa Gabor 16. Billy Graham 17. Bob Feller 18. Helen Thomas $$ 19. John Wooden 20. Kirk Douglas	Petey Hendrix 1. Fidel Castro 2. Roger Ebert $$ 3. John Madden 4. Billy Graham 5. Patrick Swayze 6. Mindy McCready 7. Sen. Robert Byrd 8. Teddy Kennedy 9. Kirk Douglas 10. Dom DeLouise $$ 11. Ariel Sharon 12. B.B. King 13. Karl Malden 14. John Wooden 15. James Earl Jones $$ 16. Betty Ford 17. George Steinbrenner 18. O.J. Simpson $$ 19. Myles Brand 20. Steve Jobs	RedinWrigleyville 1. Robert Redford $$ 2. John Wooden 3. Ken Griffey Sr. $$ 4. Margaret Thatcher 5. Larry King 6. George HW Bush 7. Clint Eastwood 8. Al Sharpton $$ 9. Steve Jobs 10. Michael Jackson 11. George Steinbrenner 12. Howie Mandell $$ 13. Bill Murray $$ 14. Barack Obama $$ 15. Bode Miller $$ 16. John Daly 17. Ryan Freel $$ 18. Bernard Madoff $$ 19. Chad Kroeger $$ 20. Carrot Top $$	Red Menace 1. Seve Ballesteros 2. Ron Springs (NFL) $$ 3. Patrick Swayze 4. Ron Santo $$ 5. Louis Farrakhan $$ 6. Sir Bobby Robson $$ 7. Ted Kennedy 8. Robert Novak 9. George Steinbrenner 10. Ronnie Biggs 11. Jack Kevorkian $$ 12. Ariel Sharon 13. Peter Falk 14. Fidel Castro 15. Eunice Kennedy Shriver 16. Stan Musial 17. Billy Graham 18. Kirk Douglas 19. Robert Byrd 20. Steve Jobs
Seattle Slim 1. Robin Williams 2. George HW Bush 3. Johnny Rotten $$ 4. Manuel Noriega $$ 5. Boy George $$ 6. Steve Forbes $$ 7. Ross Perot $$ 8. Keith Richards 9. Sara Jane Moore $$ 10. DMX $$ 11. Wayne Newton $$ 12. Kim Jong Il 13. Dick Van Dyke $$ 14. Robert Byrd 15. Mohammed Ali 16. Pat Robertson $$ 17. Oscar Robertson $$ 18. Ron Jeremy $$ 19. Yogi Berra 20. Dick Clark

$$ -- Unique pick.

Like last year, I created a gmail address with my picks in it, timestamped. The address is redreporterpool, and the password is password#1.

Since the pool is so big now (420 picks) I've only been through them in a cursory manner. If you have any objections, speak up now.

Bereavement Pool 2009: Graveheart, The Reminder

boobs — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:50:24 -0000

About a week to go before all entries are due, and I've only heard from a handful of people.

Those in and paid:

boobs
Seattle Slim
JoshuaR
JoshuaR's wife

Those in and thus far unpaid:

Red Menace
tHan
RedinWrigleyville
cesarhernandez
justin
bengalred

Those who have stated interest but have not yet entered:

man mountain
brendan
madville
BK
caleb
brian b
brian b’s wife
petey hendrix
ctnyc
andromache
gejoe
nlt-andrew
3 fast
gray

Others who may be interested:
you

Plenty of time left, just wanted to get the fire stoked. The rules are here, in the entry post.

Trivia Question... please try without cheating

boobs — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:01:37 -0000

I just happened to look this up and wanted to share it. I don't remember hearing about this as a topic during the season, so I think it's a legitimate piece of trivia. Please try to answer this question without looking it up, because it's easy to look it up and spoil it if you want to.

Here we go:

How many times did Jay Bruce bat cleanup for the Reds in 2008?

Bereavement Pool 2009: Graveheart, The Entry Edition

boobs — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:58:49 -0000

It's time to sign up for the 2009 RedReporter Bereavement Pool, subtitled "Graveheart." For those who participated last year, welcome back. For newcomers, welcome.

We had a terrific turnout for Bereavement Pool 2008, which was owned by Brian B's wife. As many of us were first-timers, I think we learned some things. For me, I think younger people and unique selections, i.e. creativity, really pay off.

Check out the rules for this season. (Open the file in WordPad for some formatting). Notice a couple clarifications. There's a new Steve Fossett rule, which we had discussion about at the beginning of last season. Missing people are now disallowed, because it's too hard or impossible to tell when they actually die. This goes for Osama bin Laden (sorry, I just don't want to deal with him) and kidnapping expert Felix Batista. Don't select them. If you do, I will ask you to pick someone else.

This year we're doing entries a little differently. If you want to play, submit your 20 selections to me before the entry deadline (Jan. 31) and I will reply with my mailing address, to which you can send your entry fee. My e-mail address, which is in the rules, is renewkir@gmail.com. I don't really want to do paypal, but if you have no other choice, I can probably make accommodations.

There could be some confusion about a couple of the rules, especially the proxy rule. For a clarification, check last year's entry post and some of the others by searching for keyword "bereavement." If you're still wondering, ask your questions in this thread. Anyone who was on a list last year is eligible, so that might help.

As before, I reserve final judgment as commissioner, although I don't anticipate having to make too many decisions.

These are the folks who have expressed interest. If you're no longer interested, let me know.

boobs
man mountain
brendan
cesarhernandez
madville
joshuaR (plus maybe a wife)
BK
tHan
caleb
brian b
brian b’s wife
petey hendrix
red mance
justin
ctnyc
andromache
gejoe
nlt-andrew
seattle slim
3 fast
gray

crolfer, I like you, but I'm gonna have to say 18 years and older. Sorry.

Brian B's wife is one morbid lady: The Bereavement Pool, Season 1, final standings

boobs — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:14:01 -0000

It's all over, and nothing has changed since my last post a week or so ago, so I'm ready to finalize the standings. Congrats again to Brian B's wife. She tied for the league lead in hits (4) and outpointed my roommate and me for top honors.

The final rankings:

1. ($120) Brian B's wife: 197 points (Charlton Heston, Robert Mondavi, Bo Diddley, Studs Terkel)
2. ($20) boobs: 185 points (Bobby Murcer, Tony Snow)
3. ($10) boobs' roommate: 166 points (Charlton Heston, Jesse Helms, Sammy Baugh, W. Mark Felt)
4. Red Menace: 164 points (Charlton Heston, Bo Diddley, Harold Pinter, W. Mark Felt)
5. ctnyc: 136 points (Harvey Korman, Paul Newman)
6. Alan: 128 points (Bo Diddley, Edna Parker, Harold Pinter)
7. 3 fast: 66 points (Estelle Getty)
8. Madville: 61 points (Bob Howsam)
9. Man Mountain: 47 points (Harold Pinter)
10. BLee: 41 points (Charlton Heston)
10. JD: 41 points (Charlton Heston)
10. JD's wife: 41 points (Charlton Heston)
13: Gray: 39 points (Jesse Helms)

I got a strange amount of satisfaction from this pool this year. Thanks to everyone. Every time a famous person died I ran to the computer to see if the standings changed. It's really a horrible thing, depending on how you look at it, but it adds spice to life, and what fun is life without the reminder that we're still cheating death?

The biggest surprise to me was some of the folks who didn't die. Castro is still alive, as are Billy Graham and Amy Winehouse. Some of the picks that didn't hit this year will be hard to avoid in the 2009 pool.

So I've heard from a few folks who want in/back in for Season 2. These are folks who have confirmed their interest:

boobs
boobs' former roommate
boobs' mom
man mountain
brendan
cesarhernandez
madville
joshuaR (plus maybe a wife)
BK
tHan
caleb

That's 11 or 12, and I think I'll have a few more on my side of the family join in, plus I haven't heard from some of this year's participants (menace, 3fast, BLee, brianb +wife, ctnyc, gray?) We stand to have a much bigger pot this year, and if we stick with $20 for second and $10 for third, there could be a lot at stake for the winner. $10 is a good entry amount, I think, and if we get a lot of people we might expand the second- and third-place prize and maybe add a kickback for fourth.

If you're interested, check out the rules from last year. I'll make a new form with a couple updated rules for the enrollment posts, which should come in a week or two with the pool starting february 1. At this point I just want to get an idea of how many contestants we'll have.

-Rick

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Bereavement Pool: The Final Update

boobs — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:57:13 -0000

Many buckets have been kicked since the last update, boosting Brian B's wife into the lead and boobs' roommate potentially onto the podium. Harold Pinter (Red Menace, Man Mountain and Alan) and "Deep Throat" (Red Menace, boobs' roommate) met their demises, as did Sammy Baugh (boobs' roommate), Old Edna Parker (Alan) and Studs Terkel (Mrs. B). Everyone but Brian B and my mom have hit something.

I'm curious who all will want to play again next year. I'm definitely open to running the thing again. It shouldn't be too much work to roll the thing over, although there's probably not enough time to start by Jan. 1. Maybe if we do another, we'll run it from Feb. 1-Dec. 31. Anyone interested?

Remember, the contest runs though 11:59 p.m. on December 31, so we've got about a week to go. Good luck to those in the hunt!

Here are the updated rankings. Let me know if I've fucked something up:

1. Brian B's wife: 197 points (Charlton Heston, Robert Mondavi, Bo Diddley, Studs Terkel)
2. boobs: 185 points (Bobby Murcer, Tony Snow)
3. boobs' roommate: 166 points (Charlton Heston, Jesse Helms, Sammy Baugh, W. Mark Felt)
4. Red Menace: 164 points (Charlton Heston, Bo Diddley, Harold Pinter, W. Mark Felt)
5. ctnyc: 136 points (Harvey Korman, Paul Newman)
6. Alan: 128 points (Bo Diddley, Edna Parker, Harold Pinter)
7. 3 fast: 66 points (Estelle Getty)
8. Madville: 61 points (Bob Howsam)
9. Man Mountain: 47 points (Harold Pinter)
10. BLee: 41 points (Charlton Heston)
10. JD: 41 points (Charlton Heston)
10. JD's wife: 41 points (Charlton Heston)
13: Gray: 39 points (Jesse Helms)

And here are the updated rosters:

3 fast

Stephen Hawking
Phyllis Diller
Queen Elizabeth II
Mary Kate Olsen $$
Keith Richards
Cesar Laurean $$
Nelson Mandela $$
Dick Vitale $$
Dick Clark
Joe Paterno $$
Fidel Castro
Yogi Berra $$
Ariel Sharon
Stan Musial $$
Jerry Lewis $$
Zsa Zsa Gabor
John Wooden
Jack Kevorkian
Billy Graham
Estelle Getty $$

Alan

Dom DeLouise $$
Jack Klugman
Margaret Thatcher
Gary Glitter $$
Kenny Baker $$
David Prowse $$
Stephen Hawking
Lester "Beetlejuice" Green $$
Lou Henson $$
Hamid Karzai
Bo Diddley
Diego Maradona $$
Pervez Musharraf
Roger Ebert
Andy Fordham $$
Harold Pinter
Roh Tae-woo $$
Sirajuddin Haqqani $$
Howard Dill $$
Edna Parker $$

BLee

Kirk Douglas
Charlton Heston
George H.W. Bush
Al Davis $$
Billy Graham
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari $$
George Steinbrenner
B.B. King $$
Omar bin Laden $$
James Earl Jones $$
Charlie Watts $$
Ralph Wilson $$
Jimmy Carter
Amy Winehouse
Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka $$
Abe Vigoda
Pete Doherty
Paul McCartney $$
Fidel Castro
Eddie Van Halen $$

boobs

Amy Winehouse
Farrah Fawcett
Elizabeth Edwards
Fidel Castro
Tony Snow $$
Tony Yayo $$
Bobby Murcer $$
Muhammad Ali
Soupy Sales $$
George Steinbrenner
Prodigy from Mobb Deep $$
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Graham
Lil Wayne $$
Jack Kevorkian
Doyle Brunson $$
Fyvush Finkel $$
Sen. Robert Byrd $$
Pete Doherty
Bob Barker

boobs' mom

Barack Obama $$
Dick Cheney
Keith Richards
Ernest Borgnine
Phyllis Diller
Ted Kennedy $$
Jimmy Carter
John Travolta $$
Farrah Fawcett
Elizabeth Edwards
Kirk Douglas
Colin Farrell $$
Joan Collins $$
Elizabeth Taylor
Liza Minelli $$
Robin Williams $$
Loretta Lynn $$
Brigitte Nielsen $$
Connie Stevens $$
John Daly $$

boobs' roommate

Elizabeth Edwards
John Wooden
W. Mark Felt
Ariel Sharon
Billy Graham
Ralph Stanley $$
Sammy Baugh $$
Lee MacPhail $$
Bobby Doerr $$
Russell Watson $$
Charlton Heston
Jesse Helms
Fidel Castro
Karl Malden
Prince Philip $$
Margaret Thatcher
Ali al-Sistani $$
Betty Ford
Stuart Scott $$
Kirk Douglas

Brian B

Mike Tyson ## $$
Ralph Houk $$
Billy Graham
Ed McMahon $$
John Wooden
Elizabeth Edwards
Millvina Dean $$
Kirk Douglas
Elizabeth Taylor
Paul Harvey
Ariel Sharon
Walter Cronkite
Orlando Thomas $$
Larry Hagman $$
Andy Griffith
Don Baylor $$
Rowdy Roddy Piper $$
Farrah Fawcett
Steve Smith (former Raiders running back) $$
Gary Coleman $$

Brian B's wife

Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Studs Terkel $$
Jack Klugman
Kirk Douglas
Charlton Heston
Paul Harvey
Bo Diddley
Olivia de Havilland $$
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Britney Spears ##
Roger Ebert
Ron Santo
Miep Gies $$
Hamid Karzai
Amy Winehouse
Karl Malden
Betty Ford
Robert Mondavi $$

ctnyc

Harvey Korman $$
Karl Malden
Andy Griffith
Pervez Musharraf
Fidel Castro
John Wooden
Paul Newman $$
Dick Clark
Robert Downey Jr. $$
Jack Klugman
Monte Irvin $$
Robert McNamara $$
Amy Winehouse
Conrad Dobler $$
Nancy Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Phyllis Diller
Abe Vigoda
Muhammad Ali
Walter Cronkite

Gray

Doris Lessing $$
Rick Majerus $$
Pete Doherty
Amy Winehouse
Haley Joel Osment $$
Jesse Helms
Farrah Fawcett
Betty Ford
Fidel Castro
Pervez Musharraf
Jack Kevorkian
Ariel Sharon
Kirk Douglas
Louis Farrakhan
Billy Graham
Kenneth Arrow $$
Paul Samuelson $$
Ronald Coase $$
Maya Angelou $$
Nadine Gordimer $$

Muhammed Ali
Elizabeth Taylor
Amy Winehouse
Pete Doherty
Andy Dick $$
Bob Barker
Charlton Heston
John Wooden
Barbara Bush $$
Kirstie Alley $$
Queen Elizabeth
Abe Vigoda
Gerald Ford ++
Fidel Castro
JD Salinger $$

JD's wife

Britney Spears $$
Lindsay Lohan $$
Betty White $$
Hillary Clinton $$
Clint Eastwood $$
Gladys Knight $$
Harry Morgan $$
Courtney Love
Charlton Heston
Dick Clark
Elizabeth Taylor
Amy Whinehouse
Mickey Rooney $$
Lady Bird Johnson ++
Fidel Castro

Madville

Bob Howsam $$
Bill Clinton $$
Sally Field $$
Michael Vick $$
Rush Lumbaugh $$
Courtney Love
Wolfgang Puck $$
Stephen Hawking
Morgan Freeman $$
George Lucas $$
Hal Holbrook $$
Boy George $$
David Lee Roth $$
Mary Tyler Moore $$
Jack Nicholson $$
Elton John $$
Dick Cheney
Josh Hamilton $$
David Copperfield $$
Jane Fonda $$

Man Mountain

John Wooden
Ernest Borgnine
Billy Graham
Seamus Heaney $$
Nancy Reagan
Sir Bobby Robson $$
George Mitchell $$
Stephen Baldwin $$
Patricia Neal $$
Maxine Kumin $$
Natasha Lyonne $$
Ruth Bader Ginsburg $$
Elizabeth Taylor
Muhammad Ali
Ed Asner $$
Harold Pinter
Adam "Pacman" Jones $$
Amy Winehouse
Bashar Assad $$
Stephen Hawking

Red Menace

Farrah Fawcett
Ron Springs $$
Muhammad Ali
Stephen Hawking
Ron Santo
Louis Farrakhan
George Steinbrenner
Harold Pinter
Ronnie Biggs $$
Jack Kevorkian
Ariel Sharon
Bo Diddley
Fidel Castro
Charlton Heston
W. Mark Felt
Peter O'Toole $$
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Billy Graham
Kirk Douglas
King-Father Norodom Sihanouk $$

Legend:
$$: Unique pick, worth 25-point bonus.
++: JD and wife entered only 15 picks, and each picked a person who was already dead. I got their entries right up against the deadline, so they have accepted their disadvantaged fate.
##: Replaced Steve Fossett.

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Bereavement Pool Update: Stayin Alive

boobs — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:21:40 -0000

We're entering the home stretch, but there's been a whole lotta livin' goin on. Since my last update on July 16, only 2 entries have croaked: Estelle Getty (3 fast) and Paul Newman (ctnyc), both unique picks.

Remember, the contest runs though 11:59 p.m. on December 31.

Here are the updated rankings:

1. boobs: 185 points (Bobby Murcer, Tony Snow)
2. Brian B's wife: 143 points (Charlton Heston, Robert Mondavi, Bo Diddley)
3. ctnyc: 136 points (Harvey Korman, Paul Newman)
4. Red Menace: 87 points (Charlton Heston, Bo Diddley)
5. boobs' roommate: 80 points (Charlton Heston, Jesse Helms)
6. 3 fast: 66 points (Estelle Getty)
7. Madville: 61 points (Bob Howsam)
8. Alan: 46 points (Bo Diddley)
9. BLee: 41 points (Charlton Heston)
9. JD: 41 points (Charlton Heston)
9. JD's wife: 41 points (Charlton Heston)

And here are the updated rosters:

3 fast

Stephen Hawking
Phyllis Diller
Queen Elizabeth II
Mary Kate Olsen $$
Keith Richards
Cesar Laurean $$
Nelson Mandela $$
Dick Vitale $$
Dick Clark
Joe Paterno $$
Fidel Castro
Yogi Berra $$
Ariel Sharon
Stan Musial $$
Jerry Lewis $$
Zsa Zsa Gabor
John Wooden
Jack Kevorkian
Billy Graham
Estelle Getty $$

Alan

Dom DeLouise $$
Jack Klugman
Margaret Thatcher
Gary Glitter $$
Kenny Baker $$
David Prowse $$
Stephen Hawking
Lester "Beetlejuice" Green $$
Lou Henson $$
Hamid Karzai
Bo Diddley
Diego Maradona $$
Pervez Musharraf
Roger Ebert
Andy Fordham $$
Harold Pinter
Roh Tae-woo $$
Sirajuddin Haqqani $$
Howard Dill $$
Edna Parker $$

BLee

Kirk Douglas
Charlton Heston
George H.W. Bush
Al Davis $$
Billy Graham
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari $$
George Steinbrenner
B.B. King $$
Omar bin Laden $$
James Earl Jones $$
Charlie Watts $$
Ralph Wilson $$
Jimmy Carter
Amy Winehouse
Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka $$
Abe Vigoda
Pete Doherty
Paul McCartney $$
Fidel Castro
Eddie Van Halen $$

boobs

Amy Winehouse
Farrah Fawcett
Elizabeth Edwards
Fidel Castro
Tony Snow $$
Tony Yayo $$
Bobby Murcer $$
Muhammad Ali
Soupy Sales $$
George Steinbrenner
Prodigy from Mobb Deep $$
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Billy Graham
Lil Wayne $$
Jack Kevorkian
Doyle Brunson $$
Fyvush Finkel $$
Sen. Robert Byrd $$
Pete Doherty
Bob Barker

boobs' mom

Barack Obama $$
Dick Cheney
Keith Richards
Ernest Borgnine
Phyllis Diller
Ted Kennedy $$
Jimmy Carter
John Travolta $$
Farrah Fawcett
Elizabeth Edwards
Kirk Douglas
Colin Farrell $$
Joan Collins $$
Elizabeth Taylor
Liza Minelli $$
Robin Williams $$
Loretta Lynn $$
Brigitte Nielsen $$
Connie Stevens $$
John Daly $$

boobs' roommate

Elizabeth Edwards
John Wooden
W. Mark Felt
Ariel Sharon
Billy Graham
Ralph Stanley $$
Sammy Baugh $$
Lee MacPhail $$
Bobby Doerr $$
Russell Watson $$
Charlton Heston
Jesse Helms
Fidel Castro
Karl Malden
Prince Philip $$
Margaret Thatcher
Ali al-Sistani $$
Betty Ford
Stuart Scott $$
Kirk Douglas

Brian B

Mike Tyson ## $$
Ralph Houk $$
Billy Graham
Ed McMahon $$
John Wooden
Elizabeth Edwards
Millvina Dean $$
Kirk Douglas
Elizabeth Taylor
Paul Harvey
Ariel Sharon
Walter Cronkite
Orlando Thomas $$
Larry Hagman $$
Andy Griffith
Don Baylor $$
Rowdy Roddy Piper $$
Farrah Fawcett
Steve Smith (former Raiders running back) $$
Gary Coleman $$

Brian B's wife

Fidel Castro
Ariel Sharon
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Studs Terkel $$
Jack Klugman
Kirk Douglas
Charlton Heston
Paul Harvey
Bo Diddley
Olivia de Havilland $$
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Britney Spears ##
Roger Ebert
Ron Santo
Miep Gies $$
Hamid Karzai
Amy Winehouse
Karl Malden
Betty Ford
Robert Mondavi $$

ctnyc

Harvey Korman $$
Karl Malden
Andy Griffith
Pervez Musharraf
Fidel Castro
John Wooden
Paul Newman $$
Dick Clark
Robert Downey Jr. $$
Jack Klugman
Monte Irvin $$
Robert McNamara $$
Amy Winehouse
Conrad Dobler $$
Nancy Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Phyllis Diller
Abe Vigoda
Muhammad Ali
Walter Cronkite

Gray

Doris Lessing $$
Rick Majerus $$
Pete Doherty
Amy Winehouse
Haley Joel Osment $$
Jesse Helms
Farrah Fawcett
Betty Ford
Fidel Castro
Pervez Musharraf
Jack Kevorkian
Ariel Sharon
Kirk Douglas
Louis Farrakhan
Billy Graham
Kenneth Arrow $$
Paul Samuelson $$
Ronald Coase $$
Maya Angelou $$
Nadine Gordimer $$

Muhammed Ali
Elizabeth Taylor
Amy Winehouse
Pete Doherty
Andy Dick $$
Bob Barker
Charlton Heston
John Wooden
Barbara Bush $$
Kirstie Alley $$
Queen Elizabeth
Abe Vigoda
Gerald Ford ++
Fidel Castro
JD Salinger $$

JD's wife

Britney Spears $$
Lindsay Lohan $$
Betty White $$
Hillary Clinton $$
Clint Eastwood $$
Gladys Knight $$
Harry Morgan $$
Courtney Love
Charlton Heston
Dick Clark
Elizabeth Taylor
Amy Whinehouse
Mickey Rooney $$
Lady Bird Johnson ++
Fidel Castro

Madville

Bob Howsam $$
Bill Clinton $$
Sally Field $$
Michael Vick $$
Rush Lumbaugh $$
Courtney Love
Wolfgang Puck $$
Stephen Hawking
Morgan Freeman $$
George Lucas $$
Hal Holbrook $$
Boy George $$
David Lee Roth $$
Mary Tyler Moore $$
Jack Nicholson $$
Elton John $$
Dick Cheney
Josh Hamilton $$
David Copperfield $$
Jane Fonda $$

Man Mountain

John Wooden
Ernest Borgnine
Billy Graham
Seamus Heaney $$
Nancy Reagan
Sir Bobby Robson $$
George Mitchell $$
Stephen Baldwin $$
Patricia Neal $$
Maxine Kumin $$
Natasha Lyonne $$
Ruth Bader Ginsburg $$
Elizabeth Taylor
Muhammad Ali
Ed Asner $$
Harold Pinter
Adam "Pacman" Jones $$
Amy Winehouse
Bashar Assad $$
Stephen Hawking

Red Menace

Farrah Fawcett
Ron Springs $$
Muhammad Ali
Stephen Hawking
Ron Santo
Louis Farrakhan
George Steinbrenner
Harold Pinter
Ronnie Biggs $$
Jack Kevorkian
Ariel Sharon
Bo Diddley
Fidel Castro
Charlton Heston
W. Mark Felt
Peter O'Toole $$
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Billy Graham
Kirk Douglas
King-Father Norodom Sihanouk $$

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