Graveheart: The "B" stands for "Bereavement" plus a look at 2010
by boobs on Jan 11, 2010 11:58 PM EST
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It was the most active year in the history of the Red Reporter bereavement game, but after a furious start to the year, Brian B waited out the year with few celebrity deaths in the past few months and held off my brood to keep the championship in the B family. Brian earned a cashier's check for 180 cold ones, I'm keeping $20 for my troubles and my coworker Steve gets to play free next year.
Since our last update, the world has lost anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss (25 points), funny man Soupy Sales (67 points) and all-around nice gal Susan Atkins (64 points). Today also saw the demise of Anne Frank sympathizer Miep Gies, just missing giving Brian B an even lengthier lead.
Here are the final standings. 18 of our 21 contestants got in on the action, with Brian B collecting 8 notches on his belt and three of my crew getting 6 apiece. I don't think we can't expect this active a game next season, but who knows... maybe we all just improved a lot.
This post also serves as an open invite for the yet-to-be-themed Bereavement 2010. If you plan to play, let me know here and I'll be back in a week or so with the official enrollment post. Here are the rules from last year, as well as last year's entry post. So who's in????
1. Brian B: 420 points (Michael Jackson, Jack Kemp, Millvina Dean, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Les Paul, Susan Atkins, Claude Levi Strauss)
2. boobs: 358 points (Ted Kennedy, Jim Johnson, Gertrude Baines, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand, Soupy Sales)
3. boobs' coworker Steve: 313 points (Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand, Susan Atkins)
4. boobs' mom: 302 points (Farrah Fawcett, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Walter Cronkite, Patrick Swayze)
5. Petey Hendrix: 277 points (Dom DeLuise, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand)
6. Red Menace: 274 points (Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Sir Bobby Robson, Patrick Swayze)
6. Brian B's wife: 274 points (Paul Harvey, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Patrick Swayze, Claude Levi Strauss)
8. Cesar Hernandez: 267 points (Michael Jackson, Dom DiMaggio, Walter Cronkite, Patrick Swayze, Myles Brand)
9. ctnyc: 256 points (Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Ted Kennedy, Robert Novak, Les Paul, Patrick Swayze, Claude Levi-Strauss)
10. Chandrathan: 208 points (Ed McMahon, Karl Malden, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze, Claude Levi-Strauss)
11. nlt-Andrew: 155 points (Ed McMahon, Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze)
12. 3fast: 118 points (Ted Kennedy, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Walter Cronkite)
13. BengalRed: 116 points (Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze)
13. Brendan: 116 points (Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze)
15. Madville: 101 points (Dom DiMaggio, Patrick Swayze)
16. RedinWrigleyville: 75 points (Michael Jackson)
17. boobs' coworker Brian: 48 points (Ted Kennedy)
18. 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 $$ 20. Walter Cronkite |
BengalRed 1. Amy Winehouse |
boobs 1. Elizabeth Edwards |
boobs' coworker Brian 1. Andy Rooney |
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boobs' coworker steve 1. Elizabeth Edwards |
boobs' mom 1. Patrick Swayze |
Brendanukkah 1. Patrick Swayze |
Brian B 1. Jack Kemp $$ 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 $$ |
cesarhernandez 1. Patrick Swayze |
Chandrathan 1. Patrick Swayze 2. Artie Lange $$ 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 $$ 16. Jake "The Snake" Roberts 17. Steve-O 18. Karl Malden 19. Oscar Niemeyer 20. Claude Levi-Strauss |
ctnyc 1. Steve Jobs |
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Joshuar9476 1. Nancy Reagan |
Joshuar9476's Wife (ashes) 1. Sacha Baron Cohen $$ |
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 |
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 $$ |
Red Menace 1. Seve Ballesteros 2. Ron Springs (NFL) $$ 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 |
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Seattle Slim 1. Robin Williams |
$$ -- Unique pick.
Note: Though Wendy Richard died, her obituary did not appear on cnn.com, thus no points were awarded.
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Sooo... We said 18 and older last year.
Guess who’s 18 now?
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
In!
Whew, what a year. Thanks again, boobs for keeping track of all this. And for collecting my money for me. I can’t believe Miep cashed out during the safe harbor period.
by Brian B on Jan 12, 2010 12:37 AM EST via mobile reply actions
boobs deserves a hearty congratulatory RR handshake for his excellent work in bereavement
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
I'm In
8 out of 20?!?! Are we sure Brian B wasn’t complicit in all these deaths??
"Live every week like it's shark week. And dress everyday like you're gonna get murdered in those clothes." - Tracey Jordan
by RedinWrigleyville on Jan 12, 2010 9:09 AM EST reply actions
it is against the rules.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 12, 2010 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
And that's the end of that investigation.
by Brian B on Jan 12, 2010 1:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
i'm in ... not sure about my wife yet
"Some times you get lucky; some times you get Willy Taveras." - Teh Fay
I don't think you can use her.
-Doubt CNN would air her obituary.
-How would we know you had nothing to do with it?
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
by crolfer on Jan 12, 2010 9:35 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I am going to put my name on my list
If I croak for sure it will be all over CNN
I swear on the RR Handbook that I won’t do myself in, even if I’m tied for 1st…well if its the last day…
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
I'm in this time
And I promise to actually submit my picks this time.
"look at me! im hablahing espanyoll!" - Charlie Scrabbles
hey, hows RR fantasy soccer going?
I kind of forgot about that kind of a few months ago
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
by Cy Schourek on Jan 12, 2010 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
It's basically myself and BK flipping between first and second and
Nukkah hovering around third.
I think most people have forgotten about it (myself too for a while there — but I made some big changes and let them sit, that’s why I’m well off).
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 12, 2010 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
Don't fucking count me out just yet...mo fos
Cadaver United will rise again!
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Mads has a commanding lead
"look at me! im hablahing espanyoll!" - Charlie Scrabbles
by BK on Jan 12, 2010 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
That's not true but I'm moving up buster...I just figured out how to use the thrift market or whatever it that you go to and get new players
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
This should really be a fanshot.
On another site.
by Brian B on Jan 12, 2010 1:40 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Ironic comment in the thread wagering on dying celebrities
"look at me! im hablahing espanyoll!" - Charlie Scrabbles
by BK on Jan 12, 2010 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
i sucked at this game
maybe i’ll just keep the same list, figuring that some of those people have to die.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
Go youth movement!
Casey Johnson, Heath Ledger… Lohan’s a solid bet to captain your side.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 12, 2010 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
Lohan didn't die last year
and she was in the pool.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 12, 2010 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
Keep in mind that I got zero right in 2008.
This could be you’re year, dustin.
by Brian B on Jan 12, 2010 1:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
eventually they'll all die
"Live every week like it's shark week. And dress everyday like you're gonna get murdered in those clothes." - Tracey Jordan
by RedinWrigleyville on Jan 12, 2010 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
I, of course, am in until Mary Tyler Moore kicks the bucket
BTW whats the payout for #15?
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Thankfully, the Wendy Richard fiasco did not factor into Steve not winning
Just goes to show that if you’re nearing the obscurity line, be sure it’s a sports figure.
by Brian B on Jan 12, 2010 1:46 PM EST via mobile reply actions
the problem with wendy richard was that she's foreign
the point of the cnn/espn rule is to make sure that most of the people on these lists are actually celebrities, to us. steve is still pissed about this, but the rule was installed for a reason, and everybody knew the rules before the game started
Alway the optimist...I like your think kid...
I bet he is
I would be too. Let’s put an asterisk on his score. That should resolve it.
by Brian B on Jan 12, 2010 7:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
so, I am trying to see how I get in on this.
“B” (ear) with me.
Don't try to win every game, just the last one.
I mean Fidel has to fuckin die sometime
he has an artificial anus.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
This makes me think that "Authentic Butthole" would be a good name for a band.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 13, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
"Butthole Surfers" would be a terrible name for a band
Alway the optimist...I like your think kid...
I believe those guys are called "Train"
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 13, 2010 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
I think you spelled it wrong, it's actually "N-I-C-K-L-E-B-A-C-K"
"look at me! im hablahing espanyoll!" - Charlie Scrabbles
by BK on Jan 13, 2010 11:38 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I regret that I only have one rec to give for my country
" 'than's pussy looks better than your cock." -- BubbaFan to ZJiff30
you could join with other id's.
Bailey, Chapman, Cueto, Leake, and Volquez; the future is so bright I have to wear sunglasses.
by justin007000 on Jan 14, 2010 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
I rec'd that immediately.
I’ll be honest though- I like a couple of their songs- the ones that have good messages… there’s like 3 of them I think.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
/throws brick covered in ketchup
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 14, 2010 12:35 PM EST up reply actions
Whatever
I’m in a ridiculously good mood.
"People don't kill people. Burning oreo packages kill people."
Still, no excuse son. :p
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 14, 2010 4:06 PM EST up reply actions
"Socrates' Cock Ring
This is not mine. I stole this from a Cincy comedian I heard about eight years ago.
He claims it’s the greatest punk band name that has never been used.
Eighty-five percent of the f*ckin' world is working. The other fifteen percent come out here. A f*ckin' playground for the cocks*ckers.
-Lee Elia on Cubs fans
by Farneyismycopilot on Jan 13, 2010 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
Obviously he never hear the NK band:
Floppy the Clown Arm
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
I knew a guy who was in the punk band "Placenta on a Stick,"
"Just seeing him in uniform makes me throw up." Jack Clark on Mark McGwire's new coaching job
by PeteyHendrix on Jan 17, 2010 1:02 AM EST up reply actions
To be fair though it makes them soooo much easier to eat.
" 'than's pussy looks better than your cock." -- BubbaFan to ZJiff30
truth
and a love companion comment to your sig.
"Just seeing him in uniform makes me throw up." Jack Clark on Mark McGwire's new coaching job
by PeteyHendrix on Jan 17, 2010 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
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