2008 Dead Pool Update

My fellow ghouls,

Andy is killing everyone, so to speak. If you are to catch him (or beat him) here's your 12-pointer hit list.

Betsy can take the lead if two out of her three top dollar stars become celebrity corpses: Larry King, Michael Jackson, or Peter O'Toole. She can tie with one of them plus one of her six-pointers.

Heather needs both Dolores Hope and Jack Kevorkian to tie. Abe Vigoda is her only six-pointer.

Danny (moi) requires the deaths of three from a pool of entertainers (Beverly Cleary, Bill Keane, Liza Minnelli) and war criminals (Chemical Ali, Oral Roberts) to pull ahead. I have no six-pointers.

Andy has two high-value targets left: Pete Seeger and Gloria Stuart. He has three six-pointers.

Elaine should have her eyes on Blake Edwards, Eli Wallach, Mitch Millar, Monty Hall, and Nanette Fabray--all of 'em hale & hearty & over 86 years old. She needs two to tie Andy.

John has one target that's fun to say, one that will never die, and one whose death would satisfy. He's he needs all of Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Keith Richards, and Philis Schafly. He also has three six-pointers, so any two of those would compensate for the loss of one big-timer.

Chris is all politics, with Bob "Bob Dole" Dole, Osama bin Laden, and Queen Elizabeth all needing to die for him to lead. He has two half-worthies.

Morgan has six big number folks, and needs three of them to tie Andy. So, watch out Aretha, Barry, Britney, Courtney, Loretta and Regis. She has only Jimmy Carter on the reserve team.

Rebecca also has six high-rollers and needs three of them to roll snake eyes. Barbara Billingsley, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Maggie Thatcher, Norodom Sihanouk, Sargent Shriver and Shirley Temple Black... momma needs a new pair of shoes! She also has one sixer.

Tom says, "Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Biggs, he's a dead man! Van Kirk, dead! Niemeyer..." Dead. Yes, we hear you Tom, but you only need two of 'em to tie. You also have two six pointers.

Andre wishes ill to Borgnine and Zsa-Zsa. Say that a few times. It's fun. He needs both of them, and he has no six-pointers.

So with 27 days remaining, more or less, Andy is the ghouliest of the ghouls. But nobody is technically out of the running.

Keep on wishing ill.

Update

Uh oh... I forgot Holly.

Andy Dick, Arlen Specter, Miep and Prince P, plus T. Berry Brazelton. She needs three of these.

And she has three six pointers as well.