The Pie and Bovril Dead Pool 2022

[Oystercatcher]

Hagdeid

[Lurkst]

1 hour ago, Bialystock said:

Curse the Curse of Dundreich. 

You're right!

[Arch Stanton]

When I was a student in the late 80s I used to go the GFT several times a week, especially in the afternoons. During that brief period when Marianne Sagebrecht was flavour of the month I went to see Baghdad Cafe.

Being an afternoon showing (and I'm sure it when it was only one screen) there was "fingers on one hand" in attendance and yet there was some cunt talking all the way through the film and smoking. Eventually I turned round and did the "sshhhh" gesture to see it was Robbie Coltrane. He did the "both arms outstretched gesture", stopped talking for about 30 seconds but resumed as bad as before.

I sat somewhere else.

[BillyAnchor]

58 minutes ago, sophia said:

Suzi, put the Kettle on, that's Danny McGone

Suzi, out the Kettle on, there's points here for me

 

I'd forgotten that one, still laugh at the scene with Vincent's knitted jumper.

[GNU_Linux]

Harry Potter & The Philosophers Gone

[Miguel Sanchez]

1 hour ago, Arch Stanton said:

When I was a student in the late 80s I used to go the GFT several times a week, especially in the afternoons. During that brief period when Marianne Sagebrecht was flavour of the month I went to see Baghdad Cafe.

Being an afternoon showing (and I'm sure it when it was only one screen) there was "fingers on one hand" in attendance and yet there was some c**t talking all the way through the film and smoking. Eventually I turned round and did the "sshhhh" gesture to see it was Robbie Coltrane. He did the "both arms outstretched gesture", stopped talking for about 30 seconds but resumed as bad as before.

I sat somewhere else.

ROBERT WAGNER!

wait sorry, wrong episode

[Fullerene]

In the film "Flash Gordon", who would have imagined that the actor who got to close the plane door at the start of the film would become better known than the actor who played the title role.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Week 42 update

Two deaths this week. Up first, Angela Lansbury: Dame Angela Lansbury obituary | Television & radio | The Guardian

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Although she was born in London, and retained a classic English poise all her life, Angela Lansbury, who has died aged 96, was a Hollywood and Broadway star for more than seven decades, and one who was completely unclassifiable. On her film debut, she played Ingrid Bergman’s cockney maid in George Cukor’s Gaslight (1944) and was promptly nominated for an Oscar, though she was never to win one. She graduated to play Laurence Harvey’s evil, possibly incestuous, mother – although she was only three years older than Harvey – in John Frankenheimer’s The Manchurian Candidate (1962), and then a dotty amateur witch in Disney’s follow-up to Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971).

This versatility, allied to her natural grace, vitality and chastely appealing features – her eyes were full, blue and unblinking, her face almost perfectly round, her mouth a cupid’s bow from the studio era – propelled her to stage stardom in Jerry Herman’s Mame (1966) and, in London at the Piccadilly theatre in 1973, as the show-stopping Mama Rose in Gypsy, by Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents.

Lansbury had been initially reluctant to assume Ethel Merman’s mantle in Gypsy but, like Merman, she gave the performance of her life, full of steel and tenderness in equal measure. Her performance was more nuanced and needy than Merman’s; the critic Robert Cushman described “a slow steady build towards magnificence”.

But she became best known worldwide for Murder, She Wrote, an American television series running from 1984 to 1996, with four subsequent TV films. She played the incisive and level-headed Jessica Fletcher, a retired English teacher, mystery writer and amateur sleuth in the coastal town of Cabot Cove, Maine, a sleepy location with a criminal body count as delightfully high and unlikely as in Midsomer Murders.

I knew her for Murder, She Wrote but she had quite the prolific career in film and stage. 

Lansbury died at 96 so she's worth 29 Base Points for @Clockwork, @HTG, @Karpaty Lviv, @Stringer Bell, @lolls, @Ray Patterson and @statts1976uk

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Second death was Robbie Coltrane: Robbie Coltrane obituary | Film | The Guardian

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The actor Robbie Coltrane, who has died aged 72, was regularly described as a big man of the British screen. Journalists said he was heavy on talent yet thin-skinned as an interviewee. He disliked his encounters with the press. But the larger-than-life roles with which he was most associated – the criminal psychologist Fitz, Harry Potter’s half-giant friend Hagrid – demonstrated something else: they were performances of a kind of crumpled vulnerability that was also characteristic of the man.

Coltrane recalled that during the filming of Ocean’s Twelve (2004), he found himself sitting at a table with George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt. “These are about the three most successful, most beautiful actors in the world at the moment. And here am I. A fat boy from Rutherglen … What the f**k am I doing here?”

Of course, this is how I'll always think of him:

I think people have picked him every year since I started running the Dead Pool. I've never known if he's been unwell or he's just fat. He died at 72 so he's worth 53 Base Points for @mizfit and @sophia, with a Deadly Duo bonus taking that to 75 points each.

After that, the standings look like this:

1. Bishop Briggs 691
2. Indale Winton 635
3. Ned Nederlander 571
4. chompmyroot 551
5. Billy Jean King 460
6. JustOneCornetto 452
7. Arabdownunder, Arch Stanton, sparky88 445
10. Moomintroll 416
11. gkneil 382
12. weirdcal 372
13. psv_killie 353
14. Sweaty Morph 342
15. Savage Henry 338
16. mathematics, The DA 321
18. peasy23 318
19. The_Craig 315
20. pub car king 288
21. The Master 273
22. scottsdad 262
23. buddiepaul 261
24. Arbroathlegend36-0 255
25. lichtgilphead 237
26. microdave 228
27. thistledo 226
28. tamthebam 221
29. senorsoupe 219
30. Raidernation 218
31. Desp 217
32. pawpar 216
33. Melanius Mullarkey 207
34. Aim Here 205
35. Florentine_Pogen 202
36. gingette 199
37. Fuctifano, jimbaxters 196
39. blootoon87 180
40. Lofarl 176
41. Karpaty Lviv 161
42. thisal 160
43. cdhafc1874 159
44. Mark Connolly 153
45. ThomCat 143
46. ayrunitedfw 140
47. mizfit 136
48. sophia 131
49. HI HAT 122
50. sleazy 121
51. willie adie 115
52. Scorge 114
53. nessies long lost ghost, The Naitch 113
55. Hamish's Passenger, speckled tangerine 112
57. Les Cabbage 111
58. The Hologram 108
59. Miguel Sanchez 105
60. Bully Wee Villa 104
61. paulathame, Sergeant Wilson 98
63. djchapsticks, Enigma 81
65. Ray Patterson 76
66. cambozpar 74
67. statts1976uk 68
68. D.V.T., qos_75 59
70. Aladdin, BillyAnchor, doulikefish, ICTJohnboy, invergowrie arab, Oystercatcher, smpar, Soapy FFC 58
78. Cardinal Richelieu, get_the_subbies_on, Lex, RossBFaeDundee 52
82. HTG 48
83. Amarillo Bairn 44
84. Bert Raccoon 39
85. Curmudgeon 35
86. 10menwent2mow 34
87. Bold Rover, Clockwork, dagane, Duszek, Hedgecutter, lolls, LoonsYouthTeam, Stringer Bell 29
95. Everyone else 0

The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mup1IJllKHs0a47J8G6IXUkvShJrV28Iuc-Kkn7RKuo/edit?usp=sharing

[Florentine_Pogen]

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/16/joyce-sims-r-and-b-singer-songwriter-dies-aged-63

Joyce Sims new hit - "Come Into My Coffin"

[hearthammer]

After a long and sustained bout of extreme hubris and not giving a monkey's about normal, working people, finally our collective suffering will (hopefully) be over.

Whilst i didn't have them in the official Dead Pool, their demise would be more than welcome to all but their well-looked-after fellow establishment cabalists.

[thisal]

15 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/16/joyce-sims-r-and-b-singer-songwriter-dies-aged-63

Joyce Sims new hit - "Come Into My Coffin"

Necrophilia thread for this pish.

[Ray Patterson]

Putting him in my team every year like: 

 

[JustOneCornetto]

Former Dunfermline and Rangers striker Jimmy Millar dead at 87

Points please @Miguel Sanchez

[senorsoupe]

Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz, 78

[D.V.T.]

Red Bull going even more than their cost cap by paying for his funeral

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

It's all in the font.

Red Bull gives you Wing Dings.

[Lurkst]

Missed this last week but Apollo astronaut Jim McDivitt is now sitting in his tin can...

https://astronomy.com/news/2022/10/astronaut-jim-mcdivitt-commander-of-nasas-first-spacewalk-dies-at-age-93

 

[BillyAnchor]

I bet you think this post is about you.

 

https://nypost.com/2022/10/22/carly-simons-sisters-joanna-and-lucy-die-of-cancer-one-day-apart/

[GNU_Linux]

Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz, 78

Dead bull

[Miguel Sanchez]

Week 43 update

One death this week, the footballer Jimmy Millar: Rangers: Jimmy Millar dies aged 87 - BBC Sport

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Former Rangers and Scotland striker Jimmy Millar has died at the age of 87.

Millar began his career at Dunfermline but was signed by legendary Rangers boss Scot Symon in January 1955 and played for the Ibrox club for 12 years.

During that time the Edinburgh-born forward won three league titles, five Scottish Cups and three League Cups.

Millar, who won two caps for Scotland, scored 162 goals in 317 appearances for Rangers and was later inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.

"A tough, brave and quick centre-forward, our thoughts are with Jimmy's family at this sad time," said a Rangers statement.

The articles about him from the usual sources aren't very detailed, so I don't have a lot else to add. I will steal this picture from the Daily Record's piece though, since it's always nice to remember how good football used to look:

Millar died at 87 so he's worth 38 Base Points for @ICTJohnboy and @JustOneCornetto. Johnboy gets an extra 25 for the Deadly Duo bonus taking him to 63 points, while the ice cream gets the Deadly Duo bonus and a Vice-Captain bonus taking him to 82 points.

After that, the standings look like this:

1. Bishop Briggs 691
2. Indale Winton 635
3. Ned Nederlander 571
4. chompmyroot 551
5. JustOneCornetto 534
6. Billy Jean King 460
7. Arabdownunder, Arch Stanton, sparky88 445
10. Moomintroll 416
11. gkneil 382
12. weirdcal 372
13. psv_killie 353
14. Sweaty Morph 342
15. Savage Henry 338
16. mathematics, The DA 321
18. peasy23 318
19. The_Craig 315
20. pub car king 288
21. The Master 273
22. scottsdad 262
23. buddiepaul 261
24. Arbroathlegend36-0 255
25. lichtgilphead 237
26. microdave 228
27. thistledo 226
28. tamthebam 221
29. senorsoupe 219
30. Raidernation 218
31. Desp 217
32. pawpar 216
33. Melanius Mullarkey 207
34. Aim Here 205
35. Florentine_Pogen 202
36. gingette 199
37. Fuctifano, jimbaxters 196
39. blootoon87 180
40. Lofarl 176
41. Karpaty Lviv 161
42. thisal 160
43. cdhafc1874 159
44. Mark Connolly 153
45. ThomCat 143
46. ayrunitedfw 140
47. mizfit 136
48. sophia 131
49. HI HAT 122
50. ICTJohnboy, sleazy 121
52. willie adie 115
53. Scorge 114
54. nessies long lost ghost, The Naitch 113
56. Hamish's Passenger, speckled tangerine 112
58. Les Cabbage 111
59. The Hologram 108
60. Miguel Sanchez 105
61. Bully Wee Villa 104
62. paulathame, Sergeant Wilson 98
64. djchapsticks, Enigma 81
66. Ray Patterson 76
67. cambozpar 74
68. statts1976uk 68
69. D.V.T., qos_75 59
71. Aladdin, BillyAnchor, doulikefish, invergowrie arab, Oystercatcher, smpar, Soapy FFC 58
78. Cardinal Richelieu, get_the_subbies_on, Lex, RossBFaeDundee 52
82. HTG 48
83. Amarillo Bairn 44
84. Bert Raccoon 39
85. Curmudgeon 35
86. 10menwent2mow 34
87. Bold Rover, Clockwork, dagane, Duszek, Hedgecutter, lolls, LoonsYouthTeam, Stringer Bell 29
95. Everyone else 0

The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mup1IJllKHs0a47J8G6IXUkvShJrV28Iuc-Kkn7RKuo/edit?usp=sharing

Edited October 26, 2022 by Miguel Sanchez