2008 Ghoul Pool, Jr. -- FINAL

[NellyLunatic1980]

Celebrity Roster
(numbers in parentheses indicate how many contestants picked that person)

Nouri al-Maliki - Iraqi politico (1)
Edward Albee - Playwright (1)
Muhammad Ali - The Greatest (2)
Sparky Anderson - HOF manager (1)
Bob Barker - Game show icon (1)
Silvio Berlusconi - Italian politico (1)
Yogi Berra - Quotable baseball icon (1)
Ronnie Biggs - Train robber (1)
Barbara Billingsley - Jive-talkin’ “Airplane!” passenger (1)
Helen Gurley Brown - Publisher, author (1)
Elliot Carter - Composer (1)
Jimmy Carter - Nut farmer-turned-President-turned-homebuilder (1)
Fidel Castro - El Jefe (4)
Dick Cheney - VP of Bushworld (1)
Walter Cronkite - Legendary newsman (1)
David Crosby - Lesbian baby-daddy (1)
Olivia de Havilland - Actress (1)
Bo Diddley - Blues icon (1) - June 2, age 79
Phyllis Diller - Stretched-out old bag (1)
Dom DiMaggio - Red Sox great, brother of Joe (1)
Fats Domino - Singer/pianist (2)
Kirk Douglas - He is Spartacus (2)
Blake Edwards - Director, hubby of Julie Andrews (1)
Elizabeth Edwards - Activist, senator’s wife (1)
Louis Farrakhan - Nation of Islam leader (1)
Farrah Fawcett - One of Charlie’s Angels (1)
Michael Flatley - Lord of the freakin’ dance (1)
Betty Ford - First Lady, rehab matron (1)
John Forsythe - Debonair TV star (1)
Annette Funicello - Mouseketeer (1)
Zsa Zsa Gabor - Cop slapper (2)
The Game - Rapper (1)
Estelle Getty - Golden Girl (1) - July 22, age 84
Marie Glory - Actress (1)
Billy Graham - Ageless televangelist (2)
Alexander Haig - Asshat (1)
Paul Harvey - Radio guy (2)
Hamid Karzai - Afghan president (1)
B.B. King - Blues king (1)
Art Linkletter - Says the darndest things (1)
Lindsay Lohan - Hosebeast (1)
Karl Malden - Oscar winner, AMEX shill (1)
Charles Manson - Nutbag (1)
Rose Marie - Comedienne, “Hollywood Squares” mainstay (1)
Harry Morgan - “M*A*S*H” star (1)
Hosni Mubarak - Longtime Egyptian prez (1)
Bobby Murcer - Baseball player/broadcaster (1) - July 12, age 62
Emilio Navaira - Tejano singer (1)
Gaylord Perry - HOF pitcher (1)
Harold Pinter - Writer, Nobel winner (1) - December 24, age 78
Sydney Pollack - Director, Oscar winner (1) - May 26, age 73
Don Rickles - Loveable insult comic (1)
Andy Rooney - Insufferable “60 Minutes” crank (2)
Ron Santo - Cubs great (1)
Helmut Schmidt - Ex-chancellor of Germany (1)
Run Run Shaw - Film producer (1)
Pete Seeger - Folk singer (1)
Ariel Sharon - Israeli politico, vegetable (1)
Tony Snow - FOX-owned White House press sec (1) - July 12, age 53
Britney Spears - Skank biscuit (1)
Arlen Specter - Senator, “magic bullet” propagator (2)
Patrick Swayze - Dirty dancer (2)
Margaret Thatcher - Ex-PM of England (1)
Doris Eaton Travis - Ziegfeld Girl (1)
Abigail Van Buren - Advice columnist (1)
Mike Wallace - “60 Minutes” reporter (1)
Eli Wallach - TV/film legend (1)
John Wooden - Basketball coach (1)

Bored Rosters

NellyLunatic1980
1. Fidel Castro
2. Arlen Specter
3. John Wooden
4. Emilio Navaira
5. Muhammad Ali
6. Art Linkletter
7. Zsa Zsa Gabor
8. The Game
9. Phyllis Diller
10. Olivia de Havilland
11. Patrick Swayze
12. Marie Glory
13. Elliot Carter
14. Helmut Schmidt
15. Dick Cheney
16. Doris Eaton Travis
17. Annette Funicello
18. Run Run Shaw
19. Paul Harvey
20. Michael Flatley

Sir Galahad
1. Billy Graham
2. Fidel Castro
3. Karl Malden
4. Andy Rooney
5. Eli Wallach
6. Bob Barker
7. Pete Seeger
8. John Forsythe
9. Zsa Zsa Gabor
10. Dom DiMaggio
11. Walter Cronkite
12. Paul Harvey
13. Helen Gurley Brown
14. Alexander Haig
15. Harry Morgan
16. Yogi Berra
17. Estelle Getty - 60 points
18. Barbara Billingsley
19. Fats Domino
20. B.B. King

Kroxquo
1. Patrick Swayze
2. Fidel Castro
3. Britney Spears
4. Jimmy Carter
5. David Crosby
6. Nouri al-Maliki
7. Muhammad Ali
8. Charles Manson
9. Gaylord Perry
10. Arlen Specter
11. Andy Rooney
12. Lindsay Lohan
13. Don Rickles
14. Edward Albee
15. Silvio Berlusconi
16. Mike Wallace
17. Fats Domino
18. Rose Marie
19. Kirk Douglas
20. Sparky Anderson

tanstaafl2
1. Fidel Castro
2. Bobby Murcer - 157 points
3. Elizabeth Edwards
4. Tony Snow - 114 points
5. Harold Pinter - 78 points
6. Margaret Thatcher
7. Billy Graham
8. Abigail Van Buren
9. Betty Ford
10. Ariel Sharon
11. Ron Santo
12. Kirk Douglas
13. Louis Farrakhan
14. Hosni Mubarak
15. Ronnie Biggs
16. Bo Diddley - 71 points
17. Hamid Karzai
18. Sydney Pollack - 70 points
19. Blake Edwards
20. Farrah Fawcett

[tanstaafl2]

Dang! Forgot all about Swazye.

[NellyLunatic1980]

tansta had Sydney Pollack... and here I was, expecting to post next week that all of the rosters were immortal after an entire month.

tansta gets 52 age points, 3 rank points, and 15 points for the solo pick.

tansta is currently active for the consecutive hit bonus. Should the very next score come from tansta's list, he will get a bonus.

[NellyLunatic1980]

tansta did it again. He had Bo Diddley, so he'll get 46 age points, 5 rank points, 15 points for a solo pick, and 5 points for two consecutive deaths.

tansta has 141 points. The rest of us have... well, all living people.

[NellyLunatic1980]

It's official: tansta is no longer allowed to play the Ghoul Pool cuz he's making the rest of us look bad (or good, as the case may be).

We all woke up on Saturday morning to news of the unexpected but not surprising death of Tony Snow. Once again, tansta was the only one to list him, so he gets 72 age points, 17 rank points, 15 solo points, and an extra 10 points for making it three consecutive scores.

But just a few hours later came the news that the great Bobby Murcer had also passed. Same song and dance: tansta was the only one to pick him. He gets another 63 age points, 19 rank points, and 15 solo points. Since his fourth consecutive score occured on the same day as his third, he picks up a whopping 60 bonus points.

So in just one day, tansta went from 141 points to 412 points. Me, SirG, and Krox are now just hoping that people on tansta's list will quit dying.

[Bob Juch]

It's official: tansta is no longer allowed to play the Ghoul Pool cuz he's making the rest of us look bad (or good, as the case may be).

We all woke up on Saturday morning to news of the unexpected but not surprising death of Tony Snow. Once again, tansta was the only one to list him, so he gets 72 age points, 17 rank points, 15 solo points, and an extra 10 points for making it three consecutive scores.

But just a few hours later came the news that the great Bobby Murcer had also passed. Same song and dance: tansta was the only one to pick him. He gets another 63 age points, 19 rank points, and 15 solo points. Since his fourth consecutive score occured on the same day as his third, he picks up a whopping 60 bonus points.

So in just one day, tansta went from 141 points to 412 points. Me, SirG, and Krox are now just hoping that people on tansta's list will quit dying.

So are the people on his list!

[tanstaafl2]

I had nothing to do with any of them, I swear...

[kroxquo]

What really ticks me off is that I had Jesse Helms on my list and then took him off at the last minute. Grrrrr.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Somebody finally broke tansta's streak.

With Estelle Getty's passing, SirG is no longer on the immortality list. He picked up 41 age points, 4 rank points, and a bonus 15 points for being the only person to pick her.

SirG is in a distant second place with 60 points, compared to what's-his-name's 412.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Five months and two days after the sad passing of Estelle Getty, the Bored Ghoul Pool sees tansta get his fifth score with the passing of the great Harold Pinter.

47 age points, 16 rank points, 15 solo points.

If nobody else on the Roster passes away before December 31, tansta gets a bonus 15 points.

He still reigns the 2008 BGPJ with 490 points. SirG stays in a distant second with 60 points. Krox and I are still in the immortality club.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Final scores:

tanstaafl2 - 505 points
Sir Galahad - 60 points
Kroxquo - immortality list
NellyLunatic1980 - immortality list

The rosters for the 2009 Bored Ghoul Pool will be posted tomorrow night.