The Pie and Bovril Dead Pool 2020

[bennett]

5 hours ago, Ned Nederlander said:

Darth Vader sees the light.

Actor Dave Prowse passes. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-55117704?__twitter_impression=true

 

 

 

 

Explains the great disturbance in the force.

[trainspotter]

6 hours ago, Ned Nederlander said:

Darth Vader sees the light.

Actor Dave Prowse passes. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-55117704?__twitter_impression=true

 

 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, 101 said:

For such a bad asthmatic he lasted quite a while

I find his lack of breath disturbing.

[Miguel Sanchez]

Week 47 update

Three deaths this week. Up first is Diego Maradona: Diego Maradona obituary | Football | The Guardian

There's pretty much no point in taking an excerpt from that or any of the other articles I could find online. It's a football forum. You all know who he is and why he was so revered. I find it interesting that even looking through a gallery of pictures that I'd struggle to pick just one to post. So many of them are so iconic. A 2019 documentary by the same guy who did the fantastic Ayrton Senna film was released last year. It was on Channel 4 last night and is on their streaming service All4 now, so give it a watch. It's also currently on youtube, but I don't know how long it'll last: Diego Maradona (2019) Documental HBO - YouTube

Someone on here in the thread about him summed him up well. He spent his twenties winning the World Cup, winding up the English, and consuming massive quantities of cocaine. Not bad.

Maradona died at 60, so he's worth 65 Base Points. He was, and I'm genuinely surprised to report this, a Solo Shot for @Karpaty Lviv, so he gets a bonus 50 for a total of 115 points.

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Also this week we have the actor Dave Prowse: Dave Prowse: Darth Vader actor dies aged 85 - BBC News

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Dave Prowse, the Bristolian former bodybuilder best known for playing Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died aged 85.

Prowse was cast as Vader for his imposing physique, even though the role was voiced by James Earl Jones.

But the weightlifter-turned-actor was most proud of playing the Green Cross Code Man. The role, promoting road safety in the UK, earned him an MBE.

During film of Star Wars, Prowse was saying all of Darth Vader's lines. He wasn't told they were going to be dubbed over. Here's what Vader sounded like originally:

The Real Voice of Darth Vader...hilarious! - YouTube

And, any excuse for this classic:

Vader Sessions - YouTube

Rest assured that once this post is made I'll be off to the support forum to find out why videos aren't embedding. Despite numerous health problems Prowse lived to 85, making him worth 40 Base Points. He was a pick for @Musketeer Gripweed, @peasy23, @qos_75, @Sergeant Wilson and @weirdcal.

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Also this week we have the former football player and manager, Maurice Setters: Maurice Setters: Former Republic of Ireland assistant manager dies aged 83 - BBC Sport

 

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Maurice Setters, the former Republic of Ireland assistant manager, has died aged 83.

Setters was number two to Republic boss Jack Charlton as the pair guided the country to the 1990 and 1994 World Cups and 1988 European Championship.

Midfielder Setters' playing career included 194 appearances for Manchester United in the 1960s, after spells at West Bromwich Albion and Exeter City.

He also went on to play for Stoke City, Coventry City and Charlton Athletic.

As a manager, Setters took charge of Doncaster Rovers in the 1970s, before spells in caretaker charge of Rotherham and Sheffield Wednesday.

But it was as Charlton's right-hand man where he made his mark in the coaching world, reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Italy in 1990.

 

Setters died at 83, so he's worth 42 Base Points. He was a Solo Shot for @speckled tangerine, with the extra 50 making a total of 92. 

As a result, the standings look like this:

1. Bishop Briggs 520
2. JustOneCornetto 464
3. Melanius Mularkey 398
4. Ned Nederlander 387
5. speckled tangerine 370
6. thistledo 361
7. Musketeer Gripweed 343
8. peasy23 340
9. chomp my root, The_Craig 337
11. pub car king 326
12. Aim Here 300
13. alta-pete 287
14. sparky88 286
15. Lofarl 281
16. Karpaty Lviv 271
17. Savage Henry 266
18. weirdcal 250
19. The DA 237
20. ToBeSomeone 232
21. cdisaaccie 211
22. psv_killie 206
23. Arabdownunder 204
24. Fuctifano 198
25. paulathame, Sergeant Wilson 188
27. dee_62 186
28. sureiknow 184
29. Mark Connolly 183
30. Billy Jean King 179
31. ICTJohnboy 176
32. 50/50 Winner 172
33. sleazy 169
34. lichtgilphead 166
35. Arch Stanton 164
36. Bobby Skidmarks 155
37. choirbairn 150
38. Meden89 149
39. weejack 140
40. Indale Winton 134
41. expatowner, sjc 125
43. statts1976uk 123
44. Bold Rover 122
45. The Naitch 111
46. Ben Twilly 107
47. 101, Flybhoy 103
49. Shotgun 102
50. CountyFan 98
51. LoonsYouthTeam 96
52. Hamish's Passenger 94
53. qos_75 87
54. microdave 84
55. Ludo*1 83
56. HI HAT 69
57. lolls 67
58. Blootoon87 60
59. 19QOS19, dundeefc1783 58
61. Sweaty Morph 57
62. mathematics 48
63. BillyAnchor, RussellAnderson 47
65. Raidernation 45
66. doulikefish,  cambozpar, LondonHMFC 44
69. pawpar 40
70. 10menwent2mow 37
71. gingette, wellinwigan 35
73. D.V.T. 34
74. Cardinal Richelieu 33
75. Scotty Tunbridge, shuggz, Perkin Flump, The Master 22
79. Everyone else 0 

The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V64rLXKhrmZf-6K4D3RyN3cR5Z_i2rh-ztODUB_dQyI/edit?usp=sharing

Edited November 29, 2020 by Miguel Sanchez

[speckled tangerine]

Point of Order @Miguel Sanchez! 

Maurice Setters died this week. Even put an obit up. Can I have my points please? 

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

I had a feeling I was missing something when I checked through those pages, you're in now

[speckled tangerine]

7 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said:

I had a feeling I was missing something when I checked through those pages, you're in now

Cheers Miguel!!

[Bishop Briggs]

11 minutes ago, speckled tangerine said:

Point of Order @Miguel Sanchez! 

Maurice Setters died this week. Even put an obit up. Can I have my points please? 

 

He also renamed you as speckled tangering. 

Surprised that no one referred to Maurice, as a former Man Utd player, as Red Setters. 

[Miguel Sanchez]

my fingers are cold

[D.V.T.]

Amazed Romain Grosjean hasn’t been visited by the Reaper 

[Aim Here]

1 minute ago, D.V.T. said:

Amazed Romain Grosjean hasn’t been visited by the Reaper 

If we had dead pool before about 1970, active formula 1 racing drivers would be terrific DP team picks. IIRC at least one F1 driver died every year. The life expectancy of an 82-year old coupled with the points of a 32-year old...

[Karpaty Lviv]

Gobsmacked Diego was a solo shot.  

[Karpaty Lviv]

On 25/11/2020 at 20:39, Bishop Briggs said:

Sad that he couldn't have hung on for another week? 

I am now  

[Rugster]

Neil Lennon’s Celtic career. RIP etc 

[Bishop Briggs]

10 minutes ago, Karpaty Lviv said:

I am now  

So are those who had Dave Prowse! 

[Bishop Briggs]

25 minutes ago, Aim Here said:

If we had dead pool before about 1970, active formula 1 racing drivers would be terrific DP team picks. IIRC at least one F1 driver died every year. The life expectancy of an 82-year old coupled with the points of a 32-year old...

The F1 death rate was alarmingly high in the 1960s and early 70s. There were a few more in the 80s and 90s too - Depailler, Villeneuve, De Angelis, Ratzenberger and (most notably) Senna. A few more died early in non-racing accidents and from the results of excessive high living. Jackie Stewart campaigned successfully for improved safety standards. 

[Sergeant Wilson]

12 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said:

So are those who had Dave Prowse! 

I keep saying. Don't take it so seriously, it's just a bit of fun. I'm just glad big Dave is dead at all and I've got a few points.

[Sergeant Wilson]

https://www.sportscasting.com/deadliest-dangerous-professional-sport-isnt-think/

Some guidance.

[Aim Here]

6 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said:

The F1 death rate was alarmingly high in the 1960s and early 70s. There were a few more in the 80s and 90s too - Depailler, Villeneuve, De Angelis, Ratzenberger and (most notably) Senna. A few more died early in non-racing accidents and from the results of excessive high living. Jackie Stewart campaigned successfully for improved safety standards. 

If you want alarmingly high death rates in the modern day, there's still the Isle of Man TT and the related Snafell course races, which have upwards of one fatality per year. Getting a list of the competitors in advance and running a sweepstake on which of them bites the farm that year would be an amusing DP-style exercise...

[Arch Stanton]

20 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said:

The F1 death rate was alarmingly high in the 1960s and early 70s. There were a few more in the 80s and 90s too - Depailler, Villeneuve, De Angelis, Ratzenberger and (most notably) Senna. A few more died early in non-racing accidents and from the results of excessive high living. Jackie Stewart campaigned successfully for improved safety standards. 

There was a documentary on the BBC a few years ago called F1 The Killer Years.

I'm pretty sure the narration said that 1976 was the first year since the start of F1 that there had been no fatalities. Jackie Stewart used to gaffertape a spanner to the inside of his car so that he could remove the steering wheel if needed.  Drivers had leather helmets, cotton overalls, the fuel tanks were on the side of the cars and vulnerable to rupture by collision.

There are a few clips on youtube should you care to watch.

Roger Williamson burning to death at Zandvoort in 1973, Tom Pryce in 1977 in that horrific decapitation at Kyalami. Giles Villeneuve in Belgium in 1982.

[Aim Here]

20 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:

There was a documentary on the BBC a few years ago called F1 The Killer Years.

I'm pretty sure the narration said that 1976 was the first year since the start of F1 that there had been no fatalities. Jackie Stewart used to gaffertape a spanner to the inside of his car so that he could remove the steering wheel if needed.  Drivers had leather helmets, cotton overalls, the fuel tanks were on the side of the cars and vulnerable to rupture by collision.

There are a few clips on youtube should you care to watch.

Roger Williamson burning to death at Zandvoort in 1973, Tom Pryce in 1977 in that horrific decapitation at Kyalami. Giles Villeneuve in Belgium in 1982.

Another mental thing was that at the time they didn't even stop motor races when there were mass spectator fatalities, like Le Mans in 1955 or Monza in 1961. Races just carried on regardless, as if being slaughtered was an occupational hazard of watching cars go by.