Deathwatch 2010 draws to a close with a fizzle. There have been several deaths that I have failed to catalog in the past couple months (e.g. Elizabeth Edwards, Jack LaLanne, etc.). But the game ends tonight at midnight. And then we'll wait a week to make sure there are no stragglers. I'm going to update the scores tonight, but I don't think ANYONE is going to catch freshman sensation Irish Car Bomb. Each of you should give your list a once-over and report any problems to me immediately!
You may have noticed that no renewal email has come out, and that's because I think DeathWatch has run its course for me. I haven't been very good about writing up the stories recently. And so it's time to move on.
Acknowledgements:
I wanted to first say thanks to Kerberos and BadAssDan for originating DeathWatch with me and for helping to keep DeathWatch running continuously since way back in 2000. I also wanted to say a special thanks to The Shadow for picking up the slack for me when I was on vacation or just too freaking lazy to post something for the past several years. To Roger Mortis and the crew out in Chi-town, it's been spectacular, guys, knowing that you were all out there reading my posts about Kirk Cameron! All my peeps from the Classics, you have kept it fun! Thanks to Deady Money for having a kick-ass name, and for breaking many of the deaths to me via text message over the years! Death by Creamy Liquid: thanks for having the worst name in the history of the game!
I'll be posting a farewell post, with some of your favorite moments in DeathWatch, so stay tuned!
Wishing a happy and death-free 2011 to you and yours!
Grim
P.S. I sincerely hope, that even with this game coming to an end, that televangelists continue to die at an alarming rate. --G.R.
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Classy sign off. That reminds me of a post I enjoyed which was the Tom Snyder post in which you cited his sign off phrase (which was indeed classy)as a constrast to SEACREST, OUT!
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed the yearly DeathWatch quotes cited under the title which set the tone for the game. Thanks for the shout out. The only thing better than my name is the picture of Eddie Money I found when searching for my profile image. He looks dead.
Ah, yes, poor, dead Tom Snyder and his "colortini" sign-off. Thanks for your kind words, Deady.
ReplyDeleteRE: Eddie, it appears as though his "Two Tickets to Paradise" were not redeemable due to some kind of rewards points redemption blackout.
I forgot to give props to Russell "The Professor" Johnson, here, for being on all eleven of my deathlists, and never succumbing to a face-devouring goiter. He will likely die tomorrow.