You are hosting a dinner party with eight other people, living or dead, from any timeframe with everyone able to communicate with and understand each other, but who do you invite? It needs to consist of the following:
1 Actor
1 Musician/singer
1 Politician/statesperson
1 Comedian
1 Writer
1 Fictional character
2 Wild Cards
Since it's an all-time draft, specify the year or era for each pick along with the category. Wild card can be anything including repetitions of categories you've already picked. To avoid bias, NO current or ex-Liverpool FC staff. Category picks need to be primarily from that category: A sportsperson or actor isn't a writer just because they've written an autobiography. Having a couple of film roles doesn't make you an actor if you have decades as a musician behind you.
The criteria for voting is simple: which party would you most like to attend? When picking, you can choose any strategy you want, for any reason. Maybe you want to just choose the eight people you'd most like to meet. Maybe you'd like to invite Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson and seven left-wing firebrands to tear him a new one over three courses. Or perhaps you'd just like to invite the people in each category you find physically attractive. Don't be afraid to think outside the box, as long as you can convince other people. One thing to keep in mind however is chemistry. Do you want guests who'll spend the whole night arguing? Or a couple of vegans on a table full of carnivores?
Here is the order (I used
this randomiser)
Djozer: Gandhi - POL (40's), Stephen Fry - COM (2000's), Nic Cage - ACT (90's?), Tom Waits - MUS (80's), James Joyce - WRI (early 20th century), Gautama Buddha - WC (5th century), Bernard Black - FIC, St. Vincent - WC (2010's)
Lobo: Larry David - COM (2010's), Ricky Gervais - WC (2010's), L. Ron Hubbard - WRI (??), Bill Murray - ACT (80's), Michael Jackson - MUS (2000's), John F. Kennedy - POL (presumably early 60's), David Brent - FIC (series 1), Iron Mike Tyson - WC (1990's)
Andy: Jack Nicholson - ACT (80's), Kurt Cobain - MUS (90's), Fidel Castro - POL (70's), Super Hans - FIC (Early PS), Hunter S. Thompson - WRI (70's), Pablo Escobar - WC (1980's), Richard Pryor - COM (70's), Pamela Anderson - WC (1990's)
Sangria: Marlon Brando - ACT (50's), Haruki Murakami - WRI (90's), Dennis Reynolds - FIC, Debbie Harry - MUS (70's), Phil Jackson - WC (1990's), Jacinda Ahern - POL (2010's), Vincent Van Gogh - WC (1890's)
Sheer: Barack Obama - POL (2012), Chris Rock - COM (2005), Dorothy Parker - WRI (late 1920's), David Bowie - MUS (1980), Tyrion Lannister - FIC (Season 2), Audrey Hepburn - ACT (early 60's), Salma Hayek - WC (2004)
Trend: Mark Twain - WRI (1900's), George Carlin - COM (2000's), Bob Marley - MUS (70's), Tony Benn - POL (80's), Marilyn Monroe - ACT (50's), Lisabeth Salander - FIC, Cornel West - WC (now), Eduardo Galeano - WC (now)
Bobby: MLK - POL (60's), Oscar Wilde - WRI (1890's), Tommy Cooper - COM (70's), John Lennon - MUS ('ETERNAL'), James Dean - ACT (50's), Shaft - FIC, Grace Jones - WC (90s), Jackie Kennedy - WC (60's)
Buck Pete: Quentin Tarantino - WRI (Now), Steve Coogan - COM (Now), Oliver Reed - ACT (70's), Father Ted - FIC (90's show version), Desmond Tutu - POL (present day), Bon Scott - MUS (70's), Joan Rivers - WC (
), Katherine Jenkins - WC (Now)
Sarge: Bill Hicks - COM (90's), Maggie Thatcher - POL (80's), Gordon Gekko - FIC, Springsteen - MUS (80's), Aaron Sorkin - WRI (90's), Robin Williams (
), Marty Scorsese - WC (now), Muhammed Ali - WC (60's).
Start when ready. We'll be lax for the first round, two hours per pick after that.
