Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Buckley Killed By Stick Up His Ass


Conservative author William F. Buckley died today. Over the course of his 82 years, Mr. Buckley founded the right-wing magazine National Review, hosted the television conversation show Firing Line and spent much of his spare time smacking small children for kicks.

Buckley's doctors told the Associated Press this morning that Buckley was killed when a large chunk of wood from the stick he'd had shoved up his ass for the past sixty years finally broke free and lodged itself in his brain.

Years after his real cultural relevancy had faded, Americans still had reason to loathe Buckley, in that he gave Robin Williams a handy impression to do whenever Williams wanted to portray an uptight conservative.

Mr. Buckley will be missed by the same kind of people who wept openly after learning of Ronald Reagan's Alzheimer's diagnosis.

No DW2K8 players chose Mister Buckley, which does not necessarily mean that any of them wanted him to stick around the planet.

Monday, February 11, 2008

You're Gonna Need a Bigger Coffin!

Scheider's LIFE has now 'jumped the shark!'

Roy Schieder, the actor who played SeaQuest DSV captain shark-bait police chief Martin Brody in the Jaws series died last night at age 75.

None of the DeathWatchers 2K8 took a great-white-sized bite of Scheider's 25 points.

Farewell, old "chum."

Game On!

We have twenty lists in play for 2008!
Gone are players Suicide by Douche, R.I.P., He Gone!, and 2006 Champion Roger Mortis. Ted Kennedy's Driving Instructor has stayed in, but changed his moniker to the much more topical, "Heath Ledger's Pharmacist." Salmon Mousse has changed his name to "Serpent at the Gates of Wisdom."

A warm welcome to new players Morrigan, Dirt Nap, and Die Die My Darling!

All lists have been approved and are in full effect! Good luck in 2008!

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Morrigan's Deathlist

Britney Spears
Jimmy Carter
Billy Graham
Charlton Heston DEAD @ 84
Estelle Getty DEAD @ 84
Annette Funicello
Danny Bonaduce
Mickey Rooney
Elizabeth Taylor
Fidel Castro
Jesse Helms DEAD BITCH @ 86
Roger Ebert
Don Everly
Little Richard
Les Paul
Bob Barker
Dick Clark
Al Jaffee
Bil Keane
Bettie Page DEAD @ 85

Friday, February 8, 2008

Defending Champion Thanatos Therapeuticus' Deathlist

Dikembe Mutombo
Steve Jobs
Whitney Houston
Jack Kevorkian
Tawny Kitaen
Jeff Conway
Lindsay Lohan
Fidel Castro
Farah Fawcett
Tony Snow DEAD @53
Elizabeth Edwards
Owen Wilson
Amy Winehouse
Estelle Getty DEAD @ 84
Britney Spears
Jesse Helms DEAD BITCH @ 86
Nick Nolte
Barak Obama
Angelina Jolie
James Dobson

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Dirt Nap's Deathlist

Gary Glitter
Regis Philbin
Alex Trebek
Dick Clark
Courtney Love
Mike Tyson
Verne Troyer
Elizabeth Edwards
Farrah Fawcett
Bobby Brown
Robert Guillaume ("Benson")
Kirk Douglas
Britney Spears
Sean Young
Aaron Sorkin
Tara Reid
Jeff Conaway ("Taxi")
Anderson Cooper
The Game (rapper)
Michael Vick

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Raszul's Deathlist

Britney Spears
Kevin Federline
Jake Gyllenhall
The Pope
Dakota Fanning
Mike Tyson
Amy Winehouse
Eva Mendez
Owen Wilson
Roger Clemens
Christian Bale
Hulk Hogan
Kim Kardashian
Paris Hilton
Lindsay Lohan
MacCaulay Culkin
Dan Rather
Regis Philbin
Pat Summerall

Heath Ledger's Pharmacist's Deathlist

Britney Spears
Amy Winehouse
Peter Doherty
Estelle Getty DEAD @ 84
Annette Funicello
Vern Troyer
Jeff Conaway
Bridgette Neilson
Mohamed Ali
Fidel Castro
JD Salinger
Dick Clark
Margret Thatcher
Charles Durning
Billy Graham
Elizabeth Taylor
Lindsey Lohan
Dorthy Hamill
Roger Ebert
Farrah Fawcett

Monday, February 4, 2008

Wednesday's Deathlist

Sherwood Schwartz
Billy Graham
John Goodman
Andy Rooney
Fidel Castro
James Garner
Rip Taylor
John Paul Stevens
Margaret Thatcher
Muhammad Ali
Frank Gifford
John Forsythe
Vern Troyer
Dick Cheney
Lee Iacocca
Charlton Heston DEAD @ 84
Artie Lange
Scooter Libby
Mike Nifong (Disbarred District Attorney of the Duke lacrosse case)
Lindsay Lohan

Grim Reaper's Deathlist

Russell Johnson "The Professor"
Harry Morgan "Col. Sherman T. Potter"
Jack Klugman
Karl Malden
Dick Van Patten
Billy Graham
Louie Anderson
Owen Wilson
Bob Feller
George Allen "PAT" Summerall
David Crosby
Dr. Jack Kevorkian
Artie Lange
Kirk Douglas
Fidel Castro
Charlton Heston DEAD @ 84
Andy Rooney
Roger Ebert
Mel Brooks
Abe Vigoda
Sydney Pollack DEAD @ 73

The Shadow's Deathlist

Mickey Rooney
Britney Spears
Horatio Sanz
Ruby Dee
Ruth Buzzi
Edward Albee
Lauren Bacal
Elizabeth Taylor
Doris Day
Dick Van Dyke
George Jones
Phil Everly
Chuck Berry
Leon Redbone
Fidel Castro
Lindsay Lohan
John Glenn
Andy Griffith
Abe Vigoda
O..J. Simpson

Deady Money's Deathlist

Jim Nabors
Jack Klugman
B. B. King
Kirk Douglas
Fidel Castro
Muhammad Ali
Dick Clark
Pat Summerall
W. Mark Felt DEAD @ 95
John Forsythe
Jesse Helms DEAD BITCH @ 86
Al Molinaro
Sydney Pollack DEAD @ 73
Billy Graham
Gene Wilder
Fats Domino
Elizabeth Taylor
Amy Winehouse
Britney Spears
Blake Edwards

Serpent At The Gates Of Wisdom's Deathlist

BB King
Jack Klugman
Barbara Billingsley (Leave it to Beaver mom)
Courtney Love
Dick Cheney
Betty Ford
Queen Elizabeth II
Abe Vigoda
Stephen Hawking
Fats Domino
Willie Mays
Billy Graham
John Mellencamp
Wilford Brimley
Muhammad Ali
Peter O'Toole
Phyllis Diller
Kirk Douglas
Fidel Castro
Britney Spears

Kerberos' Deathlist

Conrad Bain ("Mr. Drummond")
James Best ("Rosco P. Coltrane")
Sid Caesar
Ann B. Davis
Kirk Douglas
Peter Falk
Andy Griffith
Charlton Heston DEAD @ 84
Harvey Korman DEAD @ 81
Al Molinaro
Harry Morgan
Jim Nabors
Charlotte Rae
Nancy Reagan
Britney Spears
Jean Stapleton
Jonathan Winters
Edwin Meese III
Joseph Wapner
Amy Winehouse

Die, Die, My Darling's Deathlist

Vern Troyer
Matt Roloff (star of reality show "Little People, Big World". )
Barack Obama
Charles Durning
Liza Minelli
Warren Buffet
Fidel Castro
OJ Simpson
Pete Doherty
Dick Clark
Amy Winehouse
Stephen Hawking
Marky Ramone
Jeff Conaway
The Game (Jayceon Taylor)
George Steinbrenner
Gary Busey
Tom Sizemore
Drew Peterson
Stan Lee

Miss of Death's Deathlist

Muhammad Ali
Lauren Bacall
Fidel Castro
Dick Clark
Mickey Rooney
Artie Lange
Walter Cronkite
Roger Ebert
Annette Funicello
Larry Hagman
Monty Hall
Jean Stapleton
Robert Loggia
Peter O'Toole
Sidney Poiter
Nancy Reagan
J.D. Salinger
Joe Paterno
Charlton Heston DEAD @ 84
Sydney Pollack DEAD @ 73

Finger of Death's Deathlist

Bea Arthur
Art Linkletter
Harry Morgan
Les Paul
Conrad Bain
C. Everett Koop
Mike Wallace
Joe Paterno
Nelson Mandela
Tony Curtis
Fidel Castro
Nicole Ritchie
Maureen O'Hara
Peter O'Toole
Ozzy Osbourne
Vince Neil
Jimmy Page
Mike Tyson
Dakota Fanning
Robert "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle

Rock 'n' Roll Suicide's Deathlist

Fidel Castro
Bobcat Golthwait
Muhammad Ali
Michael J. Fox
Betty Ford
Dick Cheney
BB King
Charlton Heston DEAD @ 84
Goerge Wendt
Pervez Musharaff
Dick Clark
Margaret Thatcher
Lee Iacocca
Blake Edwards
David Crosby
Anne Coulter
Andy Rooney
Mary Kate Olson
Jesse Helms DEAD BITCH @ 86
Ozzy Osbourne

Death By Creamy Liquid's Deathlist

Verne Troyer
Russell Johnson
Harry Morgan
Della Reese
William "The Refrigerator" Perry
Fidel Castro
Roger Ebert
Stan Lee
Blake Edwards
Billy Graham
Mel Brooks
Britney Spears
Carl Reiner
Todd Bridges
Jill Eikenberry
Robert Culp
Hillary Clinton
Aretha Franklin
Willard Scott
Brian Boitano

B. Reaved's Deathlist

Muhammed Ali
Woody Allen
Marion Barry
Tom Bosley
Tim Conway
Bill Cosby
Fred Dryer (80’s cop show "Hunter")
Larry Flynt
James Garner
Anthony Hopkins
James Earl Jones
Mohammar Khadaffi (the Lybian dictator)
Rich Little
Jack Nicholson
Manuel Noriega
Charlotte Rae
Dick VanDyke
Joseph Wapner
Owen Wilson
Amy Winehouse

The Crippler's Deathlist

Harry Morgan
Nichelle Nichols
Sydney Pollack DEAD @ 73
Kylie Minogue
Kirk Douglas
Tommy Lasorda
Billy Graham
Jerry Lewis
Muhammad Ali
Tony Curtis
Dick Clark
Betty Ford
Bo Diddley DEAD @ 79
Jack Klugman
Britney Spears
Doug Fieger
Farrah Fawcett
John Forsythe
Terri Garr
Eunice Kennedy Shriver

BadAss Dan's Deathlist

Ted Kennedy
Artie Lange
George Wendt
Jonathan Winters
Yogi Berra
Pat Summerall
Richard Dawson
Todd Bridges
David Crosby
Michael Richards
Scott Weiland
Stephen Hawking
Ray Bradbury
Henry Hill
Nancy Reagan
Pelé
OJ Simpson
Farrah Fawcett
Jerry Stiller
Peter Falk

The Oracle's Deathlist

Fidel Castro
Charlton Heston DEAD @ 84
Sydney Pollack DEAD @ 73
Kirk Douglas
Billy Graham
Liz Taylor
Dick Cheney
Robert Downey, Jr.
Whitney Houston
Farrah Fawcett
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Walter Kronkite
Britney Spears
Ricardo Montalban DEAD @ 88
Pamela Anderson
Lindsay Lohan
Paul Newman DEAD @ 83
Stephen Hawking
Michael J Fox
Maurice Clarett

DeathWatch2008 Begins!

On Groundhog Day, I saw the shadow...the shadow of death eclipsing the land of the living, that is. I guess that means 52 more weeks of death for mankind.

Anyway, DW2K7 is closing up shop, and unless some obscure deaths are reported from last weekend, it looks like Thanatos Therapeuticus will be the 2007 Champion. Roger Mortis appears to have missed a repeat victory by only two points. So in a couple of days, the prize will be sent off to TT. Congratulations to TT, who will have won in only his second year of competition. If something happens to change that, you'll see it on the pages of DW2K7 & here.

For DW2K8, the lists are under review and should be up and posted here sometime this week. Methods of paying your 2008 dues will be sent out once the lists are posted.

For those of you who care, this blog will soon be changed to be very similar to the 2007 format. And for those iPhone users out there, there is now a custom graphic for creating a DW2K8 webclip!

Stay tuned, and good luck in 2008!
--Grim

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Current Scores

CURRENT SCORES, AS OF 01/15/2009 (Ricardo Montalban)
1. Thanatos Therapeuticus 77
2. Oracle, The 72
3. Morrigan 61
4. Crippler, The 48
5. Deady Money 46
6. Grim Reaper, The 43
6. Miss of Death 43
8. Kerberos 35
9. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide 30
10. Wednesday 16
10. Heath Ledger's Pharmacist 16

A LARGE POOL OF NOW-DESPERATE LOSERS TIED AT ZERO:
B. Reaved
BadAssDan
Death By Creamy Liquid
Die, Die, My Darling
Dirt Nap
Finger of Death
Raszul
Serpent at the Gates of Wisdom
Shadow, The