Dead Pool 196: Ready for the weekend
Carl takes it with Ian Huntley. Carl, you must tell me how you’d heard of him – you’re not a Brit, are you?
A lively discussion ensued about amending Rule Zero to exclude people on life support, but nothing was decided and so I’ve left it as it is.
IMPORTANT! I’m still getting hammered with spam, which has kicked Akismet into high gear. This means there’s a good chance you’ll land in spam. Don’t panic. I’ll empty the trap as often as I can, but meanwhile put a timestamp in the body of your post. An honest one, please.
If your curious, it’s most anal porn spam. Nice!
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: March 13th, 2026 under deadpool.
Comments: 85
Comments
Comment from BullDawgGirl
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:01 pm
King Charles
Comment from thefritz
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:01 pm
Harvey Weinstein
Comment from Anonymous
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:01 pm
Eva Marie Saint
Comment from H
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:02 pm
Eva Marie Saint
Comment from thefritz
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:02 pm
Houston, we have a problem…..
Comment from BullDawgGuy
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:02 pm
George Soros
Comment from BullDawgGirl
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:03 pm
Moderation queue? Is this a new thing?
Comment from HottyTottyGirl
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:03 pm
Eva Marie Saint
Comment from BullDawgGirl
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:06 pm
Well I should have read the post before commenting. Prob stuck in spam. My entry was posted at 6:00.
Comment from BullDawgGuy
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:07 pm
George Soros 6:02
Comment from HottyTottyGirl
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:08 pm
Eva Marie Saint 6:01
Comment from LavenderGirl
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:15 pm
Ray J 6:15
R&B Singer and most famous for his sex tape with Kim Kardashian
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:25 pm
PUT YOUR TIMESTAMP IN YOUR POST, so we can get around the spam filter.
It’s because we’re being hammered with spam.
Comment from RimrockR
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:36 pm
Buzz Aldrin 11:59
Comment from LesterIII
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:36 pm
6:36PM 13MAR2026
Louis “Deific prostate exams for everyone!” Walcott, AKA Calypso Gene AKA Farrakhan. Loud-mouthed antisemite, corruption peddler, and vile asshat. Perhaps by a disgruntled sycophant proficient in Jamaican neckties.
Comment from Rimrock R
Time: March 13, 2026, 6:38 pm
Buzz Aldrin 11:38
Comment from RushBabe
Time: March 13, 2026, 7:03 pm
Mel Brooks 8:03 (3:03 EST)
I’m not too sharp on the current time difference. At least the EST time is accurate!
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: March 13, 2026, 8:24 pm
3:23 P.M. Texas 🙂
Raul Castro, that old commie.
Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: March 13, 2026, 8:39 pm
Jane Fonda, American, Traitor, Bitch.*
3:37 p.m. CDT Friday 13 Mar 2026
*Unless I can get Eva Marie Saint since all the smart kids are choosing her.
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: March 13, 2026, 8:47 pm
I’ll be shutting down for the night shortly – I’ll kick loose posts in the morning. Then we’ll see who picked whom first.
Sorry about this. Blame the anal porn guy.
Comment from G_d’s Middle Finger
Time: March 13, 2026, 8:58 pm
Dick Van Dyke 4:58 EST
Comment from Rich Rostrom
Time: March 13, 2026, 9:06 pm
Jesse sr is dead. Jesse jr, back out of prison, is running for US Representative again, but in the 2nd Illinois District. Because the 1st District is now occupied by Jonathan Jackson – son and brother of the aforesaid, and my pick for DP 196. Made at 1605 CST.
Comment from dissent555
Time: March 13, 2026, 9:08 pm
What the heck, I’ll stay with Kim Jong Un for this round too.
News is pretty slow, not enough happening in the world …
Comment from dissent555
Time: March 13, 2026, 9:09 pm
oops forgot mt time stamp; 4:10 CST USA
for KimJong Un , that is …
Comment from Ben
Time: March 13, 2026, 9:27 pm
William Shatner
Comment from Jeff Weimer
Time: March 13, 2026, 9:29 pm
Phil Collins 17:28 EDT
Comment from p2
Time: March 13, 2026, 9:31 pm
Back to my old stand by: Clint Eastwood 1:30 PM AKDT 9:30 UK time.
Comment from Uncle AL
Time: March 13, 2026, 9:32 pm
Mojtaba Khamenei, assuming he’s not already dead. Yes, I know I’m running a risk here, but at the moment the consensus is that he’s injured but alive, possibly disfigured thus no teevee talkie.
21:32:20 UTC
Comment from Carl
Time: March 13, 2026, 9:42 pm
Swease, I am British. I thought you realised that, with all my references to Sussex (and my British English spellings). I’m still waiting to hear whether you’ve tried my favourite Sussex walk – along the clifftop from Birling Gap towards Beachy Head.
Comment from ExpressoBold Pureblood
Time: March 13, 2026, 9:56 pm
@5:56 PM EDT
Alan Greenspan
Comment from The Neon Madman
Time: March 13, 2026, 10:10 pm
Keith Richards for a long shot 5:10 Central Time
Comment from MrsMGunz
Time: March 13, 2026, 10:17 pm
Barry Manilow 10:17 pm in merry old England
Comment from Bob Mulroy
Time: March 13, 2026, 10:55 pm
Icking-stay ith-way omrade-Cauy i-Xay 15:54 PST
Comment from Gordon R. Durand
Time: March 14, 2026, 12:15 am
Hilary Clinton, please. Pretty please?
Comment from Armybrat
Time: March 14, 2026, 1:45 am
Imma stay with film critic Gene Shalit, born March 25, 1926. So just a few days shy of 100. Posted at 2145
Comment from PatAZ
Time: March 14, 2026, 2:00 am
Was going to select the current ruler of Iran but don’t remember his name. So Nancy Pelosi. 6:57 PM PT. I think.
Comment from technochitlin
Time: March 14, 2026, 11:19 am
Mick Jagger, agin!
Comment from nbc
Time: March 14, 2026, 11:25 am
Noam Chomsky
14 March 2026 11:24:50. GMT.
Comment from steve
Time: March 14, 2026, 12:23 pm
Violet Hensley
Posted at 8:23am on 3/14.
Comment from platypuss
Time: March 14, 2026, 12:46 pm
Joe Biden. Seriously, man.
Comment from Tim Carlson
Time: March 14, 2026, 4:57 pm
I’m going to go with Zohran Mamdani, born 10/18/91 (34yo). He’s soon going to be the most hated man in NYC (if he isn’t already), so that usually causes problems.
Time: March 14, 2026, 4:57 pm
Comment from Carl
Time: March 14, 2026, 7:10 pm
Duke of Kent
Comment from Mrs Carl
Time: March 14, 2026, 7:12 pm
Esther Rantzen.
Time: 19.11 GMT
Comment from Tim Carlson
Time: March 14, 2026, 7:42 pm
Time: March 14, 2026, 7:42 pm
Well, well, well.
This anal spam filter and time stamp do-hickey-ness is turning into a royal fuster cluck.
I’m glad I’m not mediating this one.
Someone unexpected and picked by only one person needs to slip from this mortal coil, or else it’s going to get bitter ’round here
Comment from Bob Mulroy
Time: March 15, 2026, 4:13 am
Somebody Bett snap-up Bernie Sanders
Comment from durnedyankee
Time: March 15, 2026, 6:59 pm
A can of spam in my cabinet.
No – Tina Louise, for no particular reason other than the crew of the SS Minnow is waiting for her.
Comment from JC
Time: March 16, 2026, 2:16 am
Paul Ehrlich
Comment from BullDawgGuy
Time: March 16, 2026, 5:22 pm
At JC:
Steves rule applies I believe. Paul died on March 13th is what I am seeing on the web.
Comment from Jon
Time: March 16, 2026, 6:00 pm
I’m just glad Paul is returned to carbon, as he wanted.
Comment from Ea
Time: March 16, 2026, 10:56 pm
Bill Clinton
Comment from gulliblepratt
Time: March 16, 2026, 11:16 pm
Time: 26th August 1883. About 1PM
Bill (have you seen my Zombie impression) Clinton.
Comment from gulliblepratt
Time: March 17, 2026, 11:58 pm
Wasted too much time looking for a date, Drat.
Comment from dissent555
Time: March 18, 2026, 5:04 pm
It’s funny that previously frequent pick Paul R Ehrlich was not on the DP docket when he finally shuffled off on 13 March.
Comment from Subotai Bahadur
Time: March 18, 2026, 6:44 pm
Donna Miller who won the Democratic primary for Illinois’ Second Congressional District. She defeated Jesse Jackson Jr., and the Left will not tolerate dissent.
Subotai Bahadur
Comment from smedleythebarbarian
Time: March 20, 2026, 11:09 am
chuck Norris
Comment from Pablo
Time: March 20, 2026, 2:17 pm
Chuck Norris is dead. Who knew that could happen?
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: March 20, 2026, 2:18 pm
Ooooo…this one’s going to be a nail biter.
Comment from Uncle AL
Time: March 20, 2026, 2:40 pm
@smedleythebarbarian — I hate to tell you, my friend, but Chuck Norris died on the 19th. Rule 0 applies.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/breaking-legendary-action-star-martial-arts-ace-chuck/
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: March 20, 2026, 3:00 pm
Looks like a definite Rule Zero issue, but props to smedly for trying. I can’t encourage dirty tricks and then not acknowledge them.
Comment from blake
Time: March 20, 2026, 5:27 pm
> Moderation queue? Is this a new thing?
Let’s see!
I don’t see a moderation queue, just the usual “5 minutes to edit or delete, you moron.”
Comment from steve
Time: March 20, 2026, 5:47 pm
The “Vulture Protocol”!
I like it. Here I have been, loyally picking the same 105, 106, 107 year old bat. Mainly because I am terrified she’ll kick the bucket the second day I do not pick her.
Just for spite, I tell you.
Anyway, when it comes to getting an Official Weasel IOU, I guess you can’t go wrong, waiting for that last minute quick pick.
Well, except for that occasional pesky Rule Zero entanglement.
Comment from smedleythebarbarian
Time: March 20, 2026, 9:16 pm
I claim international date line, while it was the 19th in Hawaii.
In Australia it was the 20th.
I heard a news flash that he had been rushed to hospital, not dead.
Comment from gulliblepratt
Time: March 20, 2026, 11:32 pm
Nope, as a fellow Australian, Hawaii is at most 10 hrs behind. The announcement was at 11.00AM so you miss by at least 4 hours.
Comment from Uncle AL
Time: March 21, 2026, 1:14 am
Hey, Stoaty — In order to understand comment timestamps, would you be so kind as to verify two things?
1. The timestamp appearing once you’ve rescued an Akismet-kidnapped comment is when Akismet received it and not when it released it. Is this correct?
2. Comment timestamps are all WBT (Weasel Blog Time) regardless of where in the world the comment came from. Is this correct?
Thanks!
At the moment, @smedleythebarbarian’s comment claiming something-or-other to do with the International Date Line appears to be a positively brilliant attempt at a dirty trick. But I could well be replete with feces.
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: March 21, 2026, 8:23 am
Uncle Al: yes and yes. WBT is GMT.
Comment from smedleythebarbarian
Time: March 21, 2026, 9:59 am
So how long does it take to get released from Purgatory?
I note its 9.58 in the morning GMT
Comment from durnedyankee
Time: March 22, 2026, 2:05 am
No on had Robert Mueller.
Mueller, Mueller, Mueller….AMF
and that ain’t ‘friend’ either.
Comment from Davem123
Time: March 25, 2026, 10:18 pm
Adam Schiff. Please, Please, Please.
Comment from Davem123
Time: March 25, 2026, 10:19 pm
Oops. Time Stamp 6:19 EST
Comment from JC
Time: March 27, 2026, 3:22 am
Damn! I honestly didn’t know that Paul Ehrlich was already dead when I posted that. I’d been choosing him for over a yearso how about Mel Brooks?
Comment from Pupster
Time: March 27, 2026, 11:19 pm
7:20 PM EST
Yahya Rahim Safavi: A prominent IRGC commander and military strategist.
Comment from blake
Time: April 2, 2026, 5:30 pm
Ah! I haven’t picked anyone somehow this cycle!
Uh, Eugene Mirman, actor, voice of Gene on “Bob’s Burgers”. He’s apparently been in a terrible car accident.
(Seriously, though, I hope he’s okay.)
OK, it looks like he’s fine, so I retract. Uhhhhh….Megan Thee Stallion? She’s probably fine, too, but gross.
Comment from Rich Rostrom
Time: April 5, 2026, 2:15 am
Subotai Bahadur:
Donna Miller who won the Democratic primary for Illinois’ Second Congressional District. She defeated Jesse Jackson Jr., and the Left will not tolerate dissent.
Miller is a two-term County Commissioner; she was endorsed in the 2nd District primary by 9 of the other 15 Democrat Commissioners, Chicago ex-mayor Lightfoot, and the Chicago Tribune. IOW, a conventional well-connected establishment Democrat. Jackson jr was a loser trying to get back in.
In any case: the Left is not a monolith. They are absolutely united on most issues, especially in loathing of Trump, but there is no top-down power structure giving orders.
I’m in the Illinois 9th District, where long-time far-left incumbent Schakowsky retired. 15 candidates ran in the Democrat primary, including two state senators, a state representative, and mayor Biss of Evanston (a sleaze endorsed by Schakowsky). There was also Kat Abughazaleh, an ultra-left Web “influencer” and Palestinian “activist”, who raised $millions and finished a close second to Biss. Obviously, no one’s in charge.
Just sayin’.
On topic: Shirley Jones has passed (92).
Comment from thefritz
Time: April 5, 2026, 9:04 pm
@ Rich
Are you sure? Nothing on the interwebs about Mrs. Partridge’s demise…
Comment from Anonymous
Time: April 8, 2026, 3:37 am
thefritz: Are you sure? Nothing on the interwebs about Mrs. Partridge’s demise…
I heard it from some friends Saturday evening; I guess they were wrong.
Comment from Pablo
Time: April 21, 2026, 2:37 pm
Let’s toss IRGC Chief Ahmad Vahidi into the mix. I think it’s his turn.
Comment from Bob Mulroy
Time: May 1, 2026, 4:57 am
Anybody have David Allen Coe? R.I.P.
Comment from Barnyfife
Time: May 4, 2026, 12:05 am
Rudy Giuliani.
Comment from Anonymous
Time: May 4, 2026, 12:08 am
Rudy Giuliani
Comment from Nana 1
Time: May 4, 2026, 12:09 am
Rudy Giuliani
Comment from gulliblepratt
Time: May 4, 2026, 4:04 am
Rudy Giuliani
Comment from Tonyc
Time: May 4, 2026, 12:37 pm
Pardon my lisp, but I’ll go with Barney Frank.
Comment from gulliblepratt
Time: May 5, 2026, 12:40 am
dangnabbit, whenI looked there were no RJ’s now I’m 5 hrs late
Comment from Uncle AL
Time: May 6, 2026, 4:01 pm
Ted Turner is dead, age 87. Not a pick.
Comment from thefritz
Time: May 6, 2026, 4:05 pm
Breaking…from CNN…Ted Turner has passed…film at 11…











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