DDP 2000

DDP2000
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The field of competitors widen to across the channel with its first American winner. Tragically, M.T. Graves was also the first and to date only posthumous winner, having died in October. A prolifically successful dead pooler, he was deadpooling’s very own Babe Ruth…

DDP 2000 – Teams: 44 Hits: 23

Pos Team Hits Points
1 M T Graves 6 30
2 Finbarr Saunders 5 23
=3 Big-Iain 5 22
=3 Jesus Jones 5 22
=3 Old Blue Eyes 5 22
=3 Axel   4 22
=7 Mr C 4 19
=7 Wally 3 19
9 The Shadow 4 18
10 Tim R 3 15
=11 Hoppo 3 14
=11 The Old Farts 3 14
=11 Morphoneus Quenge 2 14
14 Tony Montana III 3 13
=15 Rude Kid 2 12
=16 Beastie 2 10
=16 Smiley  2 10
=18 The Halls 2 9
=18 The Vyrdolak 2 9
=20 Mick W 2 8
=20 Juicy Janny 1 8
=22 Andy S 1 5
=22 Billy G 1 5
=22 Cefor Cat 1 5
=22 Dave C 1 5
=22 Drunkasaskunk 1 5
=22 Ed K 1 5
=22 Rubbernob 1 5
=22 Sim23 1 5
=30 Dave J 1 4
=30 Craig S 1 4
=30 Justin D 1 4
=33 Big R 0 0
=33 Clank 0 0
=33 Diceman 0 0
=33 E Stakson 0 0
=33 Ivan B 0 0
=33 Mad Mo 0 0
=33 Ray T 0 0
=33 Rev Tim 0 0
=33 Rob Hooper 0 0
=33 Sabryna 0 0
=33 The Choir Invisible 0 0
=33 Uncle 0 0
 
Dates of Death Celebrity Picture
19th January 2000 Bettino Craxi
Corrupto Italian PM		 [Picture of Bettino Craxi]
22nd January 2000 E.W. Swanton
Preeminent cricket journalist		 [Picture of E.W. Swanton]
12th February 2000 Tom Landry
Fedora-donning NFL mastermind
 [Picture of Tom Landry]
12th February 2000 Charles Schulz
Snoopy’s pa
 [Picture of Charles Schulz]
23rd February 2000 Sir Stanley Matthews
Football hero		 [Picture of Stanley Matthews]
27th March 2000 Ian Dury
Blockheads frontman
 [Picture of Ian Dury]
10th April 2000 Larry Linville
M*A*S*H baddie		 [Picture of Larry Linville]
7th May 2000 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Swashbuckler		 [Picture of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.]
21st May 2000 Dame Barbara Cartland
Romance novel factory		 [Picture of Dame Barbara Cartland]
21st May 2000 Sir John Gielgud
Shakespearean great		 [Picture of Sir John Gielgud]
10th June 2000 Hafez al-Assad
Syrian despot		 [Picture of Hafez al-Assad]
29th June 2000 John Aspinall
Zoo and casino owner		 [Picture of John Aspinall]
1st July 2000 Walter Matthau
Half of an Odd Couple		 [Picture of Walter Matthau]
11th July 2000 Robert Runcie
Ex Archbishop of Canterbury		 [Picture of Robert Runcie]
5th August 2000 Sir Alec Guinness
Film giant, Star Wars hater
 [Picture of Alec Guinness]
26th August 2000 Bunny Austin
Hoppy tennis player		 [Picture of Bunny Austin]
6th September 2000 Desmond Wilcox
That’s Death!		 [Picture of Desmond Wilcox]
9th September 2000 Bill Waddington
Corrie actor		 [Picture of Bill Waddington]
17th September 2000 Paula Yates
TV presenter/druggie		 [Picture of Paula Yates]
21st September 2000 John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland
Peer		 [Picture of John Egerton]
10th October 2000 Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sri Lankan PM		 [Picture of Sirimavo Bandaranaike]
5th December 2000 John Baker
Edward Medal recipient
 [Picture of John Baker]
6th December 2000 Werner Klemperer
Klink		 [Picture of Werner Klemperer]

Team selections can be seen here. Unique Bettino Craxi and cult pick Tom Landry were key to M.T. Graves’s victory. Future DDP co-host Rude Kid makes his debut just as original co-host Hoppo bows out…

 

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