2018 Dead Pool

Quote: DRich

I am resigned to go to one Knights game this year. You are welcome to join me but my wife may tag along too. I believe you met her years ago when she worked for Kurt at Huntington Press.

I appreciate the warning. You might mention to your wife that hockey fans can be a rough crowd. I went to several Kings games in my younger days and the fans were a rough group, always taunting the other team and the ref. I enjoyed season tickets so heard the same fan over and over screaming. One of my favorites, directed at a referee, was "You have about as much control over this game as you do your wife!" Anyway, I mention this as a hockey game may not be the place for civilized people, which is why I like it!

Richard Venture at 94. You have seen
this guy all your life, you just didn't
know it. He was in 109 movies and
TV shows going back to the 50's.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/richard-venture-character-actor-in-scent-of-a-woman-being-there-and-lots-more-dies-at-94/ar-AAuK3x4?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp&ffid=gz

Can't say that I'd recognize him if I sat next to him on a plane but probably did see him in minor parts in lots of movies. I wonder if actors like him die happy to have made a living playing dress up or jealous at other actors who get asked for autographs.

Quote: Wizard

I wonder if actors like him die happy to have made a living playing dress up or jealous at other actors who get asked for autographs.

I've read over the years that major actors
are often envious of character actors
because they're always working, always
bringing in a steady paycheck. Some
of them for decades. They're always
in demand, and they don't have a
huge staff to support, like most major
actors do today.

Quote: Evenbob

I've read over the years that major actors
are often envious of character actors
because they're always working, always
bringing in a steady paycheck. Some
of them for decades. They're always
in demand, and they don't have a
huge staff to support, like most major
actors do today.

Seems very logical.

The original Rosie the Riveter dead at 96.
Naomi Parker-Fraley, a true American icon.

Quote: Evenbob

The original Rosie the Riveter dead at 96.
Naomi Parker-Fraley, a true American icon.

I didn't know they used a real model, thought it was just some artist conception.

Tinky Winky

Quote: AZDuffman

I didn't know they used a real model, thought it was just some artist conception.

It's interesting that she didn't even know
she was the model until decades later.

I just wrote a question about the optimal strategy for this game in my Ask the Wizard column #307. The short answer is the expected points are maximized by picking 90-year-old men.