ABC Game

Pheasantduster

Anne Frank - how brave
Nanette Fabray - so funny
Jimmy Fallon - love him since movie "Fever Pitch"
Doug Flutie - local football star (Natick High School and NE Patriots - advocate for Autism (his son is is autistic)

JBeans

Boy George - he wouldn't want to hurt me and he wouldn't want to make me cry

George Clooney - funny, hot, oh my!

Garth Brooks - he might let me sit in the front row of one of his awesome concerts and I could tour the world with him.

Liam and Noel Gallaghar - it might be fun to date brothers and they could take turns singing to me.

Malcolm Gladwell - talking with him over many cups of coffee would be so fun and so interesting.

Seth Green - he's cute.

ruthbru

John Hancock- we could talk about the Revolutionary War and the great events of the world together

George Harrison, my favorite Beetle- he could serenade me with his guitar

Isaac Hayes-he could seduce me with his voice

Prince Harry and Dustin Hoffman-both are so cute and seem really fun

Jimi Hendrix and Alexander Hamilton- because they are dangerous bad boys!

Kaption

Omar Infante- another KC Royals player- seems so sweet

Jose and Enrique Iglesias-could sing to me while I look at them!

James Irwin-astronaut- to hear about being on the moon

M0mmyof3

Keith Urban

badger

(JBeans LOL @ Boy George)

Liberace - OMG what a hoot he'd be on a date!

Charles Lindberg - what tales he would have to tell, as would

Jim Lovell - astronaut and commander of the Apollo 13 mission

Lyle Lovett - smart man, great music, once married to Julia Roberts so he's got something goin' on

ruthbru

Maksim Chmerkovskiy (from Dancing With the Stars.....a picture is worth a thousand words!)

badger

Ah, Maks, be still my beating heart!

Sir Isaac Newton, Alfred Nobel or Bill Nye - because I ♥ science

(but would NOT want to go dancing with Bill Nye the Science Guy LOL)

Jean Nicolet - we could "discover" Lake Michigan and explore Green Bay together

Nostradamus or Nietzsche - smart men with weird predictions about the future

I wouldn't 'date' a woman but would love to have tea with Florence Nightingale

ruthbru

Olav V- 'The People's King' of Norway from 1957-1991. He often would travel without a bodyguard because he "had 4 million bodyguards" (the entire population of Norway)

Tip O'Neill-what fun I would have in Boston, sitting in an Irish pub with him; singing Irish songs, drinking Irish beer, and hearing all his political insider stories

Barack Obama-handsome, cool, smart

Conan O'Brien-a nut

Badger, maybe the next topic should be someone you'd like to have tea with, or hang out with if tea isn't your thing!

badger

Ruth, good thought!

Cole Porter - he'd compose beautiful songs for me

Jacques Pépin - he'd cook for me

Georges Pompidou - we'd discuss politics ad infinitum

Thought about Picasso and Poe but they're too depressing & weird

Kaption

I wanted P for Salvador Perez- the KC Royals catcher and my favorite player! What a smile!

Ok, Q is tough:

Sorry to keep listing Royals, but Dan Quissenberry was a great KC pitcher from the 80's who became a poet, then died at 45 of brain cancer. Quite a guy!

Otherwise, I guess actor Aiden Quinn.

No one else terribly interesting. William Quatrill was a bad guy who nearly burned down Lawrence KS during the Civil War. Not quite date material.

badger

Babe Ruth or Jackie Robinson - more baseball greats

Roosevelt, either Teddy or FDR - men who made history

Kurt Russell - gorgeous guy in lots of movies I like but Goldie Hawn has a lock on him

JBeans

Carl Sagan - he could have taught me a thing or two over coffee

Patrick Stewart - I really like him

Martin Short- oh so funny, I'd be rolling on the floor and my face would hurt. It would be so good.

Bernie Sanders - what a great president he would make.

Ridley Scott - we could watch some really great movies with an amazing first person director's cut.

And of course...

Santa - I'd get the low down on "the list"

Spider-Man - radioactive blood does it for me and he was portrayed by Toby Macguire(cutie)

Superman- he would so pick me up and we could fly about

badger

(Santa, good one!)

King Tut - think of the bling

Mark Twain - folksy fun

Tolkien - LOTR came from his brain WOW

Tesla - electrifying!

Fran Tarkenton - football QB

Trudeau - Justin, Pierre or Garry (Doonesbury)

edit to add Harry S. Truman - one of my heroes

ruthbru

Usher-cute

Ulysses S. Grant-we could talk all things Civil War (although I don't think I'd kiss when because he chain smoked cigars)

Kaption

Dick Van Dyke- what a smile and spirit!

Vincent VanGogh- amazing genius

John Venn- haven't listed a mathematician and I've used his diagram many times!

Ben Vereen- amazing career

Jan Vermeer- just saw one of his paintings at a special exhibit.

Pheasantduster

Henry Wordsworth Longfellow - read his poems

Sam Walton (of WalMart) - spend his money

Bill Walton - reminisce about winning Celtic Basketball Team - 1980's

Marty Walsh (current mayor of Boston) - discuss old and new Boston

Willie Wonka - eat chocolate all day !

JBeans

Badger - could I be a tag along on your date with Justin Trudeau?

Malcolm X - woah, where do I start. He would have been a good date I think.

badger

JBeans, sure! If his wife doesn't mind, why should I LOL?

for the music - Dwight Yoakam, Neil Young, Peter Yarrow, or Yanni

for the design - Vern Yip

for the food - Martin Yan

for the thrill - Chuck Yeager

ruthbru

Zac Efron-cute

Frank Zappa-interesting

New Topic: someone you'd like to have tea/coffee/drinks with......someone whom you'd like as a friend (and why)

ruthbru

Abigail Adams-have tea-I would love to hear all her insider gossip about the Founding Fathers

Julie Andrews-she might be the cocktail type-she seems like a down-to-earth type of lady, would love to hear stories of her acting career

Kaption

Mayim Bialik- I follow her blog, she discusses a wide range of issues- very interesting woman.

Bronte sisters- to be immersed in that world and discuss how they wrote

Tom Bergeron- funny guy who seems very down to earth.

ruthbru

Julia Child-oh my, wouldn't that be fun.......I am pretty sure we'd be drinking wine as she regaled me with her stories (and hopefully cooked for me!)

Agatha Christie-be interesting to know what made her tick......over tea, I imagine

Tim Conway-I would love to see if he is hysterical in person as he was on TV

Kaption

Well, a few days ago I would have said Johnny Depp. Now, not so sure. Wonder what the truth is.

Leonardo da Vinci-of course!

Ronald Dahl- get a glimpse of that creative mind

Dalai Lama to soak in that positivity

Judi Dench- cup of tea and some good stories

M0mmyof3

Queen Elizabeth II- I have always admired how she dealt with the aftermath of the fire at Windsor Castle, I saw the work they were doing to restore the damaged areas when I went there in 1993.Would love to tell her how much I love her beautiful country.

ruthbru

Pope Francis-he is so awesome!

Dianne Feinstein- very smart

Sally Field-seems very fun

Ella Fitzgerald-classy lady

Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald-I want to see if they were as wild as they presented themselves

Kaption

Ruth,

I have also been interested in the Fitzgeralds. Read several books about them and Hemingway. A unique one is Z:A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Fowler.

ruthbru

Kaption, I have read Z too. Fascinating. I just reread Gatsby and was entranced again by F. Scott's writing style. Have you read Paula McLain's The Paris Wife, about Hemingway's first wife? That is a very interesting take on them.

Okay, back to the game, I picked the last people, so someone else gets the Gs

Kaption

Yes, I did read The Paris Wife. And recently retread Gatsby. We read the same stuff!!

Ok G:

Johnny Galecki- I want to meet all the Big Bang Theory actors

India and Mahatma Ghandhi

Greta Garbo- fascinating

Judy Garland-to hear her stories and be her friend- she seemed so sad

Melinda Gates- to talk about her school philanthropy

ruthbru

Great minds read alike

Katharine Hepburn-fascinating woman

Buddy Hackett-hysterically funny

Ron Howard-smart & insightful

Hatshepsut-a female Pharaoh, I have always been interested in Ancient Egypt