newdreamer22's "43 Famous People I'd Like to Have at a Dinner Party"

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What is that old question that "Dinner for Five" is based on? If you could have any 3 famous people, living or not, at a dinner party who would you invite? It’s usually some permutation of that. This is my "43 Things" list of people that I think would make interesting guests, alone or in various combinations. No particular order…

  1. 1.
    Eddie Izzard

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  2. 2.
    Robin Williams

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  3. 3.
    Penn Jillette

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  4. 4.
    Adam Savage

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  5. 5.
    Graham Norton

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  6. 6.
    Aaron McGruder

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  7. 7.
    Carlos Mencia

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  8. 8.
    Eartha Kitt

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  9. 9.
    Julia Child

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  10. 10.
    Princess Diana

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  11. 11.
    H. Ross Perot

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  12. 12.
    Albert Einstein

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  13. 13.
    Kathy Griffin

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  14. 14.
    Michael Moore

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  15. 15.
    Alan Cumming

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  16. 16.
    George Carlin

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  17. 17.
    Sammy Davis, Jr.

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  18. 18.
    Weird Al (Alfred Mathew) Yankovic

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  19. 19.
    Shaun Cassidy

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  20. 20.
    Margaret Cho

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  21. 21.
    Anthony Geary

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  22. 22.
    Aaron Spelling

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  23. 23.
    Jeff "The Frugal Gourmet" Smith

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  24. 24.
    Shirley MacLaine

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  25. 25.
    Matt Groening

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  26. 26.
    John Lennon

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  27. 27.
    Bill Cosby

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  28. 28.
    Amelia Earhart

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  29. 29.
    whoopi goldberg

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  30. 30.
    Dennis Miller

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  31. 31.
    John Waters

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  32. 32.
    Dolly Parton

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  33. 33.
    Richard Simmons

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  34. 34.
    Danny Bonaduce

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  35. 35.
    Spalding Gray

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  36. 36.
    Freddie Mercury

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  37. 37.
    annie Leibovitz

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  38. 38.
    mel brooks

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  39. 39.
    Stephen King

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  40. 40.
    Jonathan Winters

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  41. 41.
    Groucho Marx

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  42. 42.
    Ricardo Montalban

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  43. 43.
    Roddy McDowall

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Created by newdreamer22 on Jun 21, 2006.
 

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newdreamer22
Los Angeles

Another Switch — 1 year ago

I’m taking Doris Day off the list (she’s been rather reclusive in her old age… maybe she’d be reluctant to make fascinating dinner conversation?) in favor of Roddy McDowall. I realized while watching “Lord Love a Duck” that I absolutely love his voice and the way he uses it. He had a long career, many friends, and few enemies (according to the imdb) so he’d probably have good conversation and charming diplomacy.


newdreamer22
Los Angeles

Updates — 1 year ago

Two changes:

I dropped Robert Conrad for Groucho Marx. Although I hate losing a manly man off the list, I am a sucker for humor, and Groucho must have great stories about his early career.

I dropped Tyra Banks in favor of Ricardo Montalban. I hate to lose a woman off the list, but I love the way he says “Corinthian Leather” and again, he must have wonderful stories.


newdreamer22
Los Angeles

So There It Is! — 1 year ago

I finally got the list up to 43, after more than a year! I had hoped it would be more integrated… only a little more than a quarter are female, about the same number are dead, slightly fewer are of color, and only 5 are openly non-hetero? Most are known primarily from the entertainment industry. I do think most would have interesting conversation, or at least humor, to bring to the table…