Your right, SC. You wanna put it there.

My sincerest apologies Lompac. I was not aware that the television/movie actor Ron Carey died in 2007 and that you were actually referring to the former Teamster Ron Carey. A very interesting person with a pretty interesting story in regards to his Teamster days / trial.

As for what you should do that shinebox.....well I suggest that you use it on whatever part of your body that gives you the greatest thrill!!!





Be careful what you wish for....you just might get it!

Isn't that the Pussycat Dolls?

"I wanna have boobies!
...
I wanna be in movies!"

Lyrical geniuses.

Well, they are American. The financial genuises of the world!

Can't you find a British message board on which you can bore everyone? Or were you kicked off all of them as well?

All this due to those damm Dolls!!!!!

What's one man's boredom is another man's entertainment.

Sadly, I just saw in People that Paul Benedict passed away on 12/1. He was the Godfather-teaching prof in The Freshman, and of course "Harry Bentley" in The Jeffersons. I saw him on Broadway opposite Al Pacino in Hughie in '96. RIP!

RIP Mr. Bently! If I'm not mistaken he played in one of The Adam's Family movies.

I always think of his character in THE FRESHMAN when I'm in the GF threads. That guy would have given us all a run for our money here.

Well, RIP, Mr. Bentley.

When does the 2009 pool begin?

That depends if SC wants to do it again. If not, then I'd gladly take a stab at it. Either way, lists would have to be in before midnight on Jan 1, 2009.

Take a stab at it.

dontomasso breaks his cherry (actually he already did a few weeks ago):

Footballer Sammy Baugh died, giving four of us a "kill" - dt, Don Cardi, Geoff and myself all had him.

dt REALLY broke his cherry with Studs Terkel, who died in the end of October.

I'll try to update the list later but start planning your 2009 entries - Geoff will be organizing next year and all entries must be in by midnight (EST) December 31st (going into January 1st).

Congrats dt!!

Thanks -- I've updated the lists on Page 6...

Thanks, but there are still a lot changes/updates needed.

I, for instance, have 7 kills... Preacher Roe (who was also on Don Cardi's list) died but he wasn't credited to us yet.

BTW - Whaddya gonna do next year? All your WWI vets are dead.

ABTW - You didn't credit ME for Studs Terkel either.

You didn't mention you had'm.

A full audit will be needed, that's why I encouraged everyone to check all their picks with wikipedia as we wind down. The Page 6 list is otherwise based on what's been posted here.

One thing's for sure for next year: Everyone has to alphabetize!

As for me, I'll have to work on WWII next

Wow Geoff, 12 kills to date. Can I cheat off of your list for '09?

I wonder if the supermarket would object to my cake saying Happy Birthday J Geoff Malta?

Another one for DT: Deep Throat (W. Mark Felt, not Linda Lovelace who passed in '02) has died.

I remember the mystery surrounding Deep Throat, especially after the movie, there was a lot of speculation. It's good that at least Mark Felt got to come out (so to speak) and identify himself before his death.

But, why or why did they pick Deep Throat for a code name? I would venture to say the only deep throat most people knew or heard of was Linda Lovelace. Which btw, I didn't know she died.

TIS

Supposedly because he was their "deep background" for information.

Don't forget - the movie "Deep Throat" was at its most popular time when all this was going on with the Washington Post and Watergate.

I recall Woodward once saying that the codename "Deep Throat" was a direct reference to the movie, and as SC said, it involved deep information.

I am on fire this month after eleven months of nothing.

Yep. DT really stands for Death Tease.

So when does The New Dead Pool start?

When do you think it might start?

You don't need a new thread to guess that I need your picks PM'ed to me in 10 days...

'night!

Eartha Kitt(Catwoman) from TV series Batman.

The guy who played Johnny Cakes in Sopranos(Jim the firefighter who loved Vito) suicide at 47.

Kind of ironic that Kitt died today. Probably her biggest hit was "Santa Baby".

She was quite the sultry lady in her day.

Nobody had her on their list.