DDP 1999

News of the World
The DDP got a bit of publicity from the “News of the Screws”. Strange to think that the paper no longer exists, while the DDP soldiers on!

More teams, more hits but same result as Drunkasaskunk retains the title…

DDP 1999 – Teams: 35 Hits: 25

Pos Team Hits Points
1 Drunkasaskunk 8 39
2 Mr C 5 26
3 Dave J 5 24
=4 Andy L 4 20
=4 Sumo 4 20
=6 Jesus Jones 4 19
=6 Hoppo 3 19
=8 Axel 3 15
=8 Sandy F 3 15
=10 Big-Iain 3 14
=10 Ed K 3 14
=12 Dave M 2 10
=12 Gal 2 10
=12 Justin D 2 10
=12 The Vyrdolak 2 10
=12 Mik J 2 10
=17 Wally 1 5
=17 Mick W 1 5
=17 Juicy Janny 1 5
=17 Tiny Tim 1 5
=17 Andy G 1 5
=17 Diceman 1 5
=23 Sabryna 1 4
=23 Scouter T 1 4
=23 Estaskon 1 4
=23 Smiley 1 4
=27 Big Ol 0 0
=27 Finbarr Saunders 0 0
=27 Mad Maureen 0 0
=27 Mo’Fo 0 0
=27 Richard M 0 0
=27 Sim 23 0 0
=27 Tony Montana III 0 0
=27 Uncle 0 0
=27 Zomb 0 0
 
Dates of Death Celebrity Picture
7th February 1999 King Hussein of Jordan
A rare stability in the Middle East
 [Picture of King Hussein]
9th February 1999 Bryan Mosley
Corrie Alf Roberts
 [Picture of Bryan Mosley]
9th February 1999 Ann West
Mother of Moors murders victim
 [Picture of Anne West]
20th February 1999 Gene Siskel
Thumbsed-down film critic
 [Picture of Gene Siskel]
24th February 1999 Derek Nimmo
Bumbling church man
 [Picture of Derek Nimmo]
2nd March 1999 Dusty Springfield
Plate-tossing queen of blue-eyed soul
 [Picture of Dusty Springfield]
4th March 1999 Harry Blackmun
US Supreme Court Justice
 [Picture of Harry Blackmun]
5th March 1999 Alfred Denning, Baron Denning
Master of the Rolls
 [Picture of Baron Denning]
8th March 1999 Joe DiMaggio
Simon & Garfunkel namecheck
 [Picture of Joe DiMaggio]
21st March 1999 Ernie Wise
Rubbished
 [Picture of Ernie Wise]
12th April 1999 Boxcar Willie
Singing hobo
 [Picture of Boxcar Willie]
20th April 1999 Señor Wences
Googly-eyed ventriloquist
 [Picture of Señor Wences]
2nd May 1999 Oliver Reed
Burly actor and alkie
 [Picture of Oliver Reed]
6th May 1999 Johnny Morris
Children’s animal presenter
 [Picture of Johnny Morris]
13th May 1999 Gene Sarazen
Golfer
 [Picture of Gene Sarazen]
11th June 1999 DeForest Kelley
Bones
 [Picture of DeForest Kelley]
17th June 1999 Cardinal Basil Hume
Catholic bishop
 [Picture of Basil Hume]
1st July 1999 Willie Whitelaw
Thatcher’s No. 2
 [Picture of Willie Whitelaw]
12th July 1999 Bill Owen
Compo
 [Picture of Bill Owen]
4th August 1999 Victor Mature
Biblical epic leading man
 [Picture of Victor Mature]
9th August 1999 Helen Rollason
Sports journalist
 [Picture of Helen Rollason]
9th September 1999 Jim “Catfish” Hunter
Baseballer, dating site trickster
 [Picture of Catfish Hunter]
19th December 1999 Desmond Llewelyn
Q
 [Picture of Desmond Llewelyn]
26th December 1999 Curtis Mayfield
Superfly
 [Picture of Curtis Mayfield]
30th December 1999 Sarah Knauss
World’s oldest person
 [Picture of Sarah Knauss]

Notable debuts include Mr C and The Vyrdolak. The showrunners notably hid the team selections to prevent people from stealing survivors from the top teams. Though a loss to DDP history, given multiple teams do exactly that nowadays maybe they were on to something!

Either way this was a cracking year. There may be 200+ hits these days but pound for pound, this was one of best years for the quality of hits. It was the first year to have two in one day. The final hit of the millennium, that of supercentenarian Sarah Knauss, was a hint of things to come as players start to wise up to the rules…

 

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