Dead Pool 187: NOT born on the 4th of July
How on earth was the last Dead Pool launched on the 4th of July and I didn’t mention it in the title?
Anyhooo, MrsMGunz wins with Connie Francis. Once again, I had no idea Connie Francis was still alive. Born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, she was Italian-American, but grew up in an Italian and Jewish neighborhood and spoke Yiddish fluently. She released several albums of ethnic favorites, including one in Yiddish and Hebrew.
Her original act included an accordian. Now you know.
Let us begin.
0. Rule Zero (AKA Steve’s Rule): your pick has to be living when picked. Also, nobody whose execution date is circled on the calendar. Also, please don’t kill anybody. Plus (Pupster’s Rule) no picking someone who’s only famous for being the oldest person alive.
1. Pick a celebrity. Any celebrity — though I reserve the right to nix picks I never heard of (I don’t generally follow the Dead Pool threads carefully, so if you’re unsure of your pick, call it to my attention).
2. We start from scratch every time. No matter who you had last time, or who you may have called between rounds, you have to turn up on this very thread and stake your claim.
3. Poaching and other dirty tricks positively encouraged.
4. Your first choice sticks. Don’t just blurt something out, m’kay? Also, make sure you have a correct spelling of your choice somewhere in your comment. These threads get longish and I use search to figure out if we have a winner.
5. It’s up to you to search the thread and make sure your choice is unique. I’m waayyyy too lazy to catch the dupes. Popular picks go fast.
6. The pool stays open until somebody on the list dies. Feel free to jump in any time. Noobs, strangers, drive-bys and one-comment-wonders — all are welcome.
7. If you want your fabulous prize, you have to entrust me with a mailing address. If you’ve won before, send me your address again. I don’t keep good records.
8. The new DeadPool will begin 6pm WBT (Weasel’s Blog Time) the Friday after the last round is concluded.
The winner, if the winner chooses to entrust me with a mailing address, will receive an Official Certificate of Dick Winning and a small original drawing on paper suffused with elephant shit particles. Because I’m fresh out of fairy shit particles.
Note: I am woefully behind on dick deliveries. If I owe you one, you’ll know how long. I ain’t gived up, but I haven’t drawn much since lockdown. Some day, your heirs might hear from my heirs.
Posted: July 18th, 2025 under personal.
Comments: 51
Comments
Comment from BullDawgGirl
Time: July 18, 2025, 6:00 pm
King Charles
Comment from Ben
Time: July 18, 2025, 6:00 pm
William Shatner!
Comment from p2
Time: July 18, 2025, 6:15 pm
Gonna return to my favorite Jeanie, Barbara Eden
Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: July 18, 2025, 6:21 pm
I’ll take Nancy Pelosi for the gin please.
Wait. Gin? I meant WIN. Freudian slip there.
Comment from BullDawgGuy
Time: July 18, 2025, 6:22 pm
George Soros.
Go on down to the open society branch in hell.
Comment from RushBabe
Time: July 18, 2025, 6:25 pm
Joseph Robinette Biden
Comment from Subotai Bahadur
Time: July 18, 2025, 7:02 pm
I am surprised that this is still available.
Ghislaine Maxwell
If she testifies, as she has threatened to, she could bring down all sorts of Nomenklatura of all ideological persuasions.
Subotai Bahadur
Comment from Jeff Weimer
Time: July 18, 2025, 7:18 pm
Bruce Willis
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: July 18, 2025, 7:27 pm
Yeah, I’m still waiting on that old commie, Raul Castro.
Comment from ExpressoBold Pureblood
Time: July 18, 2025, 7:32 pm
Amazing that you are still available, Alan Greenspan !!!
Also amazing that you are still living after decades with Angria Mitchell, NBC harpy and noted nitwit.
Don’t you want to get away?
Comment from Carl
Time: July 18, 2025, 7:37 pm
Duke of Kent
Comment from LesterIII
Time: July 18, 2025, 7:37 pm
Once more I’m going with vile fükknob and race-baiting asshat extraordinaire Louis “I got probed by Divinity on a flying saucer!” Walcott, AKA Farrakhan.
Comment from Mrs Carl
Time: July 18, 2025, 7:37 pm
Duchess of Kent
Comment from Uncle AL
Time: July 18, 2025, 7:45 pm
I’m going to pick on Rep. Jerrold Lewis “Jerry” Nadler (D,NY) again. He looks and acts like he’s already dead, and it is said by colleagues that he smells like it, too.
Comment from Durnedyankee
Time: July 18, 2025, 7:49 pm
I’m going with my weekly favorite plague planner.
Bill Gates.
Comment from Armybrat
Time: July 18, 2025, 8:09 pm
Gene Shalit. He’s 99…how many more films can the guy stand to watch
Comment from RimrockR
Time: July 18, 2025, 8:37 pm
Cocaine Mitch McConnell – US Senator. I suspect he’s already playing in Weekend at Bernies Redux. Until such time they admit he’s dead he can be picked! BTW the snark level in this round is delightful. Almost as wonderful as the tears of Burt and Ernie.
Comment from Nana1
Time: July 18, 2025, 8:53 pm
Since Rimrock R took Mitch , I’m poaching Dick VanDyke
Comment from The Neon Madman
Time: July 18, 2025, 9:01 pm
Poaching Violet Hensley this time
Comment from thefritz
Time: July 18, 2025, 9:23 pm
Wow, nobody poached Dicky Cheney…so I poach him for myself.
Comment from MrsMGunz
Time: July 18, 2025, 10:28 pm
Robert Duvall
Comment from Rich Rostrom
Time: July 18, 2025, 10:57 pm
The oldest voice you can hear – not today, but Monday at 3:31 PM CDT, saying “This… is… JEOPARDY!”
Announcer Johnny Gilbert – who has outlived Pat Sajak, despite being 23 years older.
Comment from thefritz
Time: July 18, 2025, 11:14 pm
So, Rich, something we should know about Pat Sajak?
Comment from Stephen Falken
Time: July 19, 2025, 1:26 am
Frances Fox Piven – co-author of the “Cloward-Piven strategy” to destroy western civilization.
Comment from Gromulin
Time: July 19, 2025, 1:29 am
Ozzy Osbourne
Comment from thefritz
Time: July 19, 2025, 3:04 am
Stephen Falken: After a quick refresher on Fox Piven’s revolting life, I would rejoice in your win.
Comment from ama
Time: July 19, 2025, 4:34 am
hmm, now I am thinking about Pat Sajak…
anyway, my pick is Willie Nelson
Comment from technochitlin
Time: July 19, 2025, 11:45 am
Once again, Mick Jagger. That deal with the devil has to expire sometime…
Comment from nbc
Time: July 19, 2025, 12:36 pm
Klaus Schwab
Comment from platypuss
Time: July 19, 2025, 12:59 pm
Taking back June Lockhart.
Comment from AltBBrown
Time: July 19, 2025, 2:07 pm
Harvey Weinstein.
Comment from Fawn
Time: July 19, 2025, 5:36 pm
Eva Marie Saint.
Comment from Pupster
Time: July 19, 2025, 6:32 pm
Murhaf Abu Qasra , Syrian Minister of Defense, holds the position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Armed Forces.
Comment from gulliblepratt
Time: July 20, 2025, 1:09 am
Bill (desiccated corpse) Clinton
Comment from steve
Time: July 20, 2025, 12:56 pm
Like an egg.
Poached!
Now I am going to have to think.
May your beer be flat, Neon Madman.
Comment from steve
Time: July 20, 2025, 2:39 pm
Mel Brooks
Comment from dissent555
Time: July 20, 2025, 4:07 pm
I’ll stay on the Connie Stevens train for this DP
Comment from JC
Time: July 20, 2025, 10:13 pm
Sticking with Paul Erlich.
Comment from G_d’s Middle Finger
Time: July 21, 2025, 12:26 am
Imelda Marcos for the shooz
Comment from Anonymous
Time: July 21, 2025, 2:04 am
Subotai Bahadur neglected to include this.
So please let me expound on his pick: Ghislane Maxwell did not kill herself.
Comment from Tim Carlson
Time: July 21, 2025, 5:13 pm
I’m not enthusiastic this round. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the copious amounts of rain we have been having this week. Hrumphh.
This round I am picking Sylvester Stallone, born July 6, 1946, which makes him 79 years old. I am really enjoying him in Tulsa King, but he looks like he could stroke out at any moment.
Comment from Ea
Time: July 21, 2025, 10:14 pm
Ursula Von Der Leyen, however you spell it
Comment from Rich Rostrom
Time: July 22, 2025, 1:51 am
185 Dead Pools.
711 players.
10870 entries.
1602 different candidates.
Players with the most wins:
11 Carl (in 104 picks)
9 LavenderGirl (in _30_ picks!)
7 thefritz
6 Pablo
5 ExpressoBold Pureblood
5 LesterIII
5 steve
(“The female of the species is more deadly than the male…”)
Players with the most entries:
174 Armybrat
170 thefritz
168 Rich Rostrom
164 Uncle Al
161 RushBabe
160 Ben
157 ExpressoBold Pureblood
155 Some Vegetable
152 PatAZ
149 Weaselwannabe
148 P2
146 LesterIII
143 Gromulin
143 Tim Carlson
136 dissent555
131 Davem123
131 steve
130 Eirik
127 Subotai Bahadur
126 Hutch
123 currently
122 BJM
122 RimrockR
118 JC Collins
117 Janna
117 Spad 13
113 Pablo
112 catnip
112 platypuss
112 unkawill
108 Gulliblepratt
106 Jeff Weimer
104 Carl
102 J. S. Bridges
Players with the most different targets:
166 Rich Rostrom
120 Tim Carlson
86 currently
83 PatAZ
78 Subotai Bahadur
77 Uncle Al
77 steve
73 Davem123
66 unkawill
58 Pablo
57 BJM
54 catnip
51 P2
50 ExpressoBold Pureblood
49 Pupster
46 Stephen Falken
46 Weaselwannabe
46 platypuss
45 Armybrat
44 Gromulin
43 Blake
43 Jeff Weimer
42 Mija Cat
41 Spad 13
41 Stark Dickflüssig
40 Some Vegetable
Most popular targets (the most entries):
180 Jimmy Carter
168 William Shatner
157 George Soros
129 Henry Kissinger
125 Nancy Pelosi
118 Kirk Douglas
118 Prince Phillip
116 Jane Fonda
113 Olivia de Havilland
108 Dick Van Dyke
106 Robert Mugabe
104 Hillary Clinton
103 Bill Clinton
100 Rosalynn Carter
Targets with widest popularity (chosen by the most different players):
49 Nancy Pelosi
48 George Soros
47 Betty White
46 Bill Clinton
43 Joe Biden
42 Hillary Clinton
40 Jimmy Carter
38 Dick Van Dyke
36 Abe Vigoda
36 Henry Kissinger
34 Harry Reid
34 Keith Richards
33 Fidel Castro
33 Kirk Douglas
31 George H. W. Bush
31 Jerry Lewis
31 Lindsay Lohan
29 Olivia de Havilland
29 Prince Phillip
29 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
28 Clint Eastwood
28 Mel Brooks
27 Zsa Zsa Gabor
26 Bob Dole
26 Ed Asner
25 Bashir Assad
24 Billy Graham
24 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
24 Queen Elizabeth II
22 Willie Nelson
21 Bob Barker
21 Dianne Feinstein
21 Hugh Hefner
21 Jane Fonda
21 Larry King
20 Dick Cheney
20 Harry Belafonte
20 John McCain
20 Michael Moore
20 Nancy Reagan
20 Robert Mugabe
Comment from PatAZ
Time: July 22, 2025, 4:07 am
Maxine Waters, again. Evil personified.
Comment from RushBabe
Time: July 22, 2025, 6:17 pm
Gromulin takes the dick with Ozzy Osborne. Congrats!
Word that Malcolm Jamal Warner has also passed.
RIP to both.
Comment from Jeff Weimer
Time: July 22, 2025, 6:51 pm
Gromulin FTW. Ozzy really did die when he stopped touring.
Comment from Anonymous
Time: July 22, 2025, 10:29 pm
Being an idiot, I wrote:
The oldest voice you can hear – not today, but Monday at 3:31 PM CDT, saying “This… is… JEOPARDY!”
Announcer Johnny Gilbert – who has outlived Pat Sajak, despite being 23 years older.
When I was thinking of Alex Trebek (who was only 17 years older than Gilbert.)
Comment from Rich Rostrom
Time: July 22, 2025, 10:31 pm
“Anonymous” above is me. (If I’m going to atone, I should do it properly.)
Comment from LesterIII
Time: July 22, 2025, 10:58 pm
Congrats, Gromulin.
Ozzy’s death, though forecast and ever imminent, is a hard one for me. His music, both with Black Sabbath and his solo work, have been staples in my sonic-therapy since the ’70s. While it *IS* amazing he made it to 76, he will be missed.
Boat Drinks, dear MadMan. Tell Lemmy we all say hello.
Comment from LesterIII
Time: July 22, 2025, 11:00 pm
And thank you, Rich Rostrom, for compiling all our silliness again!
Comment from Jeff Weimer
Time: July 24, 2025, 4:00 pm
Hulk Hogan passed, according to TMZ. No one had him.
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