Podcast: The Dead Pool 2011

Hello Followers of the the Hot and Bothered Effect and Other Passerbys,

This is my first (and I assure you not last) attempt at a Podcast. I gathered together some of my funny friends from Xavier's premiere improv comedy troupe, Don't Tell Anna. We have five members of this group from a variety of classes: Myself (Class of 2008), John Chadwell (Class of 2009), Pat Brennan (Class of 2010), Ollie Birkhead (Class of 2012), and Luke Giberson (Class of 2012). In an idea given to me by Erin Swietlik's boyfriend, Alexi Rodriguez, we had a fantasy draft surrounding who we thought would shuffle off this mortal coil in 2011. There were rules and perameters regarding this draft and if you want to read about those please move to the bottom of these videos to read our rules. Here is the first part and it is 46 minutes...so plan accordingly:

Here is Part 2. It contains Rounds 6-10 and is 44 minutes long.



Here is the Final Part. It consists of Rounds 11-15. It is 52.5 minutes long.

Here were the Rules:

1. These are the categories from which celebrities had to be selected:

1 Female 25 & Under

1 Male 25 & Under

1 Combo 25 & Under

1 Female 26-59

1 Male 26-59

1 Combo 26-59

2 More of Any of the Previous

1 Female 60+

1 Male 60+

1 Combo 60+

4 Utility Picks

* A combo means that you are picking two (and NOT more than two) people who are associated with each other (e.g. Hall and Oates, The Captain and Tenille, Bert and Ernie) and you are banking on one of them dying. For instance if you had picked Milli Vanilli during the year 1998...you were in business. If a member of a combo has already been drafted...you may not draft that combo. For instance, if I select Angelina Jolie you cannot select Brangelina.

2. You will also be predicting the way that person you drafted will die. They do not need to die in that manner for you to recieve the points, but you will be awarded bonus points for correct prognostication. The number of bonus points will be negotiated during the draft and will range from 1-10.

3. Whether your celebrity is in fact a celebrity will also be debated during the draft. Don't push your luck. A semi-finalist on The Bachelor is not a celebrity.

4. This is a competition, but it is also a dumb game. Attempting to push your celebrities towards death will result in immediate disqualification. Not only should you not try and  kill people yourself, but if I find out that you have been hounding Jessica Simpson with e-mails that she is fat in an attempt to get her to kill herself...you will likewise be disqualified. 

5. Anybody currently comatose who is waiting for the plug to be pulled is off-limits.

Should you have an interest in watching this Podcast on the more video-friendly Youtube you can do that as well. They have been broken down by Round and can be found here: youtube.com/HandBEffect.

Once again I would like to thank my guests, Pat Brennan, John Chadwell, Ollie Birkhead, and Luke Giberson. If any of my followers would like to be on a podcast in the future please just drop me a line. I'm hoping to do about one a month.