YBTL 2006 Update      

(Updated 01/18/07)

 


You Bet Their Life 2006 Final Standings


The Tote Board


 

Goatsucker

231

Go Fish

227

Forrest Tucker's Ghost

214

Skeleton In Their Closet

176

Already Dead

155

Hannibal Lechter's All You Can Eat Buffet

152

Get Thee to Kevorkian

147

Van Owens Body

145

Adios Amigos

138

Mafia Actuary

134

I Am Stretched On Your Grave

129

The Long Black Veil

128

La Morte la Diventa

126

Monty Python's Dying Circus

118

Heavens Doorknockers

111

Morris The Cat's 9 (+21) Lives

110

Bury Me Shallow

106

Raven

103

Die2K

101

Crypt Kickers

100

AA88

100

Old Soldiers Never Die

99

Excuse Me For Coffin

91

BLOODY MARY

91

Putnam's Tomahawk Chop

90

Inverse Genesis

88

dig-a-hole

88

Lou Costello's Ice Cream Soda

83

Elvis’ Rotting Corpse

82

Don't Fear The Reaper

81

Century Mark

79

Yersinia Pestis

74

Dead As a Doornail

73

Fecal Matter

69

Knock, Knock, Knocking on Death's Door

67

Swan Song

64

The Finish Line

63

Abracadaver

63

Death March

63

GHOSTBUSTIN' BABE

62

SickSyndi

61

6/6/06  ACE Reborn

60

Deadly Negative

58

Happiest Epitaphs

56

Spectral Evidence

56

Already Dead and Resurrected

55

RigorWalter

55

Death & Taxes

55

Ghost of a Chance

54

GHOST WRITER

53

Sneezin' & Coffin

52

Stiff Sloths

52

Fresh Flesh

51

White Light Gazers

48

Over & Out

47

The Big Casino

46

SPT On Your Grave

46

Second String

46

Ol' Dying Bastards

45

Bucket Kickers

45

The Famous Final Scene

44

Life’ll Kill Ya

44

Bunch Of Old Bags

43

Eternal Dirt Nap

43

Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead

43

Check the Cut List

41

Life's a Bitch, Then You Die

40

Decay NY

39

Made It Ma! Top Of the World!

39

The Last Waltz

38

Die Laughing

37

Daisy Pushers

36

Maggot On Your Sleeve

36

Pine Box Heroes

35

No Bones About It

34

Jackalope Ghost

33

Death Pool

31

A Prayer for Cancer

30

To Die For

29

Hell is Only Half Full

28

1 Deadbeat Off

27

Toe Tags

27

A Pint Of Formaldehyde

22

Maggot Meals

22

Dead Cert

21

The International Croak-it Council

20

Brian's Flat Cat

15

Worm Food

15

Die For Me

13

28IF

10

Auditioning for the Choir Invisible

10

A Serious Undertaking

10

Leader of the Pack...And Now He's Gone

5

When the Music's Over

5

POD

0

 


The Breakdown


97 teams participated this year, resulting in $2425 collected. From this, $200 is subtracted for administrative expenses (web hosting fees, etc.). This leaves $2225 to be divided among the top eight scorers in accordance with the schedule detailed in the rules.

 

Place

Team Name

Prize Money

First Place

Goatsucker

$978

Second Place

Go Fish

$334

Third Place

Forrest Tucker's Ghost

$278

Fourth Place

Skeleton In Their Closet

$167

Fifth Place

Already Dead

$134

Sixth Place

Hannibal Lechter's All You Can Eat Buffet

$111

Seventh Place

Get Thee To Kevorkian

$89

Eighth Place

Van Owens Body

$67

Ninth Place

Adios Amigos

$45

Tenth Place

Mafia Actuary

$22

 

Each winner will receive a check on or around 01/31/07. Congratulations!


Special Awards


 

 

- The Jeanne Calment Award for Oldest Stiff of the Year (4 Points Each) – Dorothy C Stratton – 107 Years Old

 

Goatsucker

Old Soldiers Never Die

Yersinia Pestis

 

- The Charles Lindbergh III Award for the Youngest Stiff of the Year (4 Points Each) – Paul Hunter – 27 Years Old

 

Goatsucker

Heavens Doorknockers

La Morte la Diventa

Skeleton In Their Closet

Van Owens Body

 

- The Harry Helmsley Award for the First Stiff of the Year (4 Points Each) – Paul Lindblad – 01/01/06

 

Lou Costello's Ice Cream Soda

 

- The Frank Zappa Award for the Last Stiff of the Year (4 Points Each) – Saddam Hussein – 12/30/06

 

Death & Taxes

Death March

dig-a-hole

Don't Fear The Reaper

 

- The Metabolically Challenged Award for Ending the Year With Everyone On The List Alive

 

Nobody won the award because everyone had at least one stiff!


Extra Special Awards


- Best Single Pick – Shamil Basayev – 38 Points

 

Hannibal Lechter's All You Can Eat Buffet

Old Soldiers Never Die

Skeleton In Their Closet

 

- Most Obscure Pick (to earn points, that is) - Paul Valentine - 01/26/06 (didn’t even know he was dead until late March)

 

The Long Black Veil

 

- Best Named Team

 

Hannibal Lechter’s All You Can Eat Buffet

 

- Rookie of the Year

 

Skeleton In Their Closet

 

- The Not Playing with a Full Deck Award (Best Use of Lousy Picks)

 

Old Soldiers Never Die (managed to choose 7 previously deceased celebs, yet still landed in 22nd place)

 

- Comeback of the Year

 

I Am Stretched On Your Grave

 

- Most Likely to Succeed in 2007

 

The Long Black Veil


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