January 23, 2008 - Derby Dead Pool Update
It’s time for a DERBY DEAD POOL Update. The Derby Dead Pool is an online competition to guess which famous people won't make it to the end of the current year.
You list 20 people that you think will die in 2008. The winner last year correctly predicted 10 of his 20 celebrity deaths. You get points based on how they die and how old they were at the time of their death. This year I have submitted two entries into the contest. As a refresher, here are my two teams:
1 Dead in Ohio
2 Sick, 2 Not Quit
This past Sunday I was alerted to the fact the Suzanne Pleshette had moved six feet closer to the center of the Earth.
Suzanne Pleshette was the beautiful, husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show" (1972-1976). Apparently her husky voice was NOT great acting, but a result of a long running love affair with Marlboro. Pleshette was 70.
My fondest memories of the Bob Newhart Show were from the “Hi Bob” drinking game we played at The Ohio State University. The rules were simple. Whenever anybody on the show says "Hi, Bob!" or “Oh Bob”, everybody calls out "BOB!" and takes a very generous drink of their beer. People on the show say "Hi, Bob" very often. Pleshette was good for an “Oh Bob” once or twice every episode.
Four years after the show ended in 1978, Newhart went on to the equally successful "Newhart'' series in which he was the proprietor of a New England inn populated by more eccentrics. When that show ended in 1990, Pleshette reprised her role - from the first show - in one of the most clever series final episodes in TV history.
It had Newhart waking up in the bedroom of his "The Bob Newhart Show" home with Pleshette at his side. He went on to tell her of the crazy dream he'd just had of running an inn filled with eccentrics. CLASSIC.
I will always have a special place in my heart for Ms. Pleshette for her “Oh Bob’s” and for advancing me to 20th place out of the 459 teams in this year’s Derby Dead Pool. I received 7 points for my Pleshette selection.
Other Derby Dead Pool Updates on some of my selections:
Snoop Dogg’s brother had a heart attack on January 9th. Bad genes can be a factor.
You list 20 people that you think will die in 2008. The winner last year correctly predicted 10 of his 20 celebrity deaths. You get points based on how they die and how old they were at the time of their death. This year I have submitted two entries into the contest. As a refresher, here are my two teams:
1 Dead in Ohio
2 Sick, 2 Not Quit
This past Sunday I was alerted to the fact the Suzanne Pleshette had moved six feet closer to the center of the Earth.Suzanne Pleshette was the beautiful, husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show" (1972-1976). Apparently her husky voice was NOT great acting, but a result of a long running love affair with Marlboro. Pleshette was 70.
My fondest memories of the Bob Newhart Show were from the “Hi Bob” drinking game we played at The Ohio State University. The rules were simple. Whenever anybody on the show says "Hi, Bob!" or “Oh Bob”, everybody calls out "BOB!" and takes a very generous drink of their beer. People on the show say "Hi, Bob" very often. Pleshette was good for an “Oh Bob” once or twice every episode.
Four years after the show ended in 1978, Newhart went on to the equally successful "Newhart'' series in which he was the proprietor of a New England inn populated by more eccentrics. When that show ended in 1990, Pleshette reprised her role - from the first show - in one of the most clever series final episodes in TV history.
It had Newhart waking up in the bedroom of his "The Bob Newhart Show" home with Pleshette at his side. He went on to tell her of the crazy dream he'd just had of running an inn filled with eccentrics. CLASSIC.
I will always have a special place in my heart for Ms. Pleshette for her “Oh Bob’s” and for advancing me to 20th place out of the 459 teams in this year’s Derby Dead Pool. I received 7 points for my Pleshette selection.
Other Derby Dead Pool Updates on some of my selections:
Snoop Dogg’s brother had a heart attack on January 9th. Bad genes can be a factor.
Britney Spears continues to spiral out of control. She’s beginning to look more like Anna Nicole than Anna did. The Associated Press has already drafted her obit.
Labels: Dead Pool
posted by J. Jay @ 8:20 PM
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Oh Bob .... burb
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