Dave, The Bracket
March 15, 2016 9:59 AM Subscribe
There are more than 100 Daves or Davids in the world! Here are 64 of them.
Narrow down this bracket to the best Dave, hit Submit, and find out how right you are.
There is an explainer of (some) of the entrants and matchups here. Note that the selection committee was perhaps biased slightly towards sports Daves, given that it was posted on a sports website.
inb4 These Are The Daves I Know.
Narrow down this bracket to the best Dave, hit Submit, and find out how right you are.
There is an explainer of (some) of the entrants and matchups here. Note that the selection committee was perhaps biased slightly towards sports Daves, given that it was posted on a sports website.
inb4 These Are The Daves I Know.
Don't make me choose between Bowie and Byrne in round 3. Don't do this, Jon.
posted by Faux Real at 10:07 AM on March 15, 2016 [14 favorites]
posted by Faux Real at 10:07 AM on March 15, 2016 [14 favorites]
This seems like an unfairly weighted bracket, given the events of this year.
posted by redsparkler at 10:10 AM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by redsparkler at 10:10 AM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
Another one Putt-Putt. Another one Moon Face.
Another one Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face.
posted by beerperson at 10:11 AM on March 15, 2016 [12 favorites]
Another one Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face.
posted by beerperson at 10:11 AM on March 15, 2016 [12 favorites]
David Lean vs. David Lynch is a debate I could have for days.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:12 AM on March 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:12 AM on March 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
Look, it's Bowie, OK? It's Bowie. There are many good Davids, a few great Davids, and then there's Bowie.
posted by vibrotronica at 10:13 AM on March 15, 2016 [22 favorites]
posted by vibrotronica at 10:13 AM on March 15, 2016 [22 favorites]
Also, if you look at the word David enough it stops having any meaning. Like there's no way that DAVID SCHWIMMER is a real thing, right? But it is!
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:13 AM on March 15, 2016 [14 favorites]
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:13 AM on March 15, 2016 [14 favorites]
I ended up with Bowie vs Letterman. Bowie won.
(Also, I had the wrong Dave Thomas in my head. Which didn't change the outcome.)
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 10:16 AM on March 15, 2016
(Also, I had the wrong Dave Thomas in my head. Which didn't change the outcome.)
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 10:16 AM on March 15, 2016
Yeah, spoiler alert, but I don't know how the guy from Wendy's beat out DFW.
posted by redsparkler at 10:16 AM on March 15, 2016
posted by redsparkler at 10:16 AM on March 15, 2016
Dave Barry isn't really a David, or he's a Dad's David, which pretty much disqualifies him from any kind of bracket.
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:19 AM on March 15, 2016
posted by GenjiandProust at 10:19 AM on March 15, 2016
Get Larry David the hell out of here, that's cheating.
posted by Lou Stuells at 10:20 AM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Lou Stuells at 10:20 AM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
The people running this tournament are biased against the new flesh.
posted by Going To Maine at 10:20 AM on March 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by Going To Maine at 10:20 AM on March 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
"David, Larry" is a rat-bastard cheat and it deserves to lose to anyone, even Dave Davies.
posted by Etrigan at 10:20 AM on March 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by Etrigan at 10:20 AM on March 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
Yeah, spoiler alert, but I don't know how the guy from Wendy's beat out DFW.
He did for mine too - which is fortunate because otherwise my final 4 might have been:
Bowie, Hockney, Lynch, DFW - which would have made me feel like a big poseur to be honest.
My love of Frostys and Baconators won out though.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:20 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
He did for mine too - which is fortunate because otherwise my final 4 might have been:
Bowie, Hockney, Lynch, DFW - which would have made me feel like a big poseur to be honest.
My love of Frostys and Baconators won out though.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:20 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
David Bowie over David Lean, Bowie wins!
Mostly I had no idea who the sports Davids were so my wins did not map on to theirs at all. My final four were Bowie, Cronenberg (I think), Lean, and Sedaris.
I reran it and Hume edged Cronenberg but Bowie still topped out.
posted by mwhybark at 10:21 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Mostly I had no idea who the sports Davids were so my wins did not map on to theirs at all. My final four were Bowie, Cronenberg (I think), Lean, and Sedaris.
I reran it and Hume edged Cronenberg but Bowie still topped out.
posted by mwhybark at 10:21 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Huh, I got three out of the final four right (if not correct), and the one I missed was the one I had the most internal debate on.
It kinda worries me that I'm that well-synched to Jon Bois.
posted by Etrigan at 10:22 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
It kinda worries me that I'm that well-synched to Jon Bois.
posted by Etrigan at 10:22 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
I refuse to participate since David After Dentist was excluded.
posted by three easy payments and one complicated payment at 10:32 AM on March 15, 2016 [13 favorites]
posted by three easy payments and one complicated payment at 10:32 AM on March 15, 2016 [13 favorites]
Woulda been a whole lot different with something other than alphabetical seeding...
Byrne vs Bowie happened way too early (AND THEY'RE WRONG)
posted by wats at 10:33 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
Byrne vs Bowie happened way too early (AND THEY'RE WRONG)
posted by wats at 10:33 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
I refuse to participate since David After Dentist was excluded.
You don't invite the 1996 Bulls to the NCAA tournament.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:36 AM on March 15, 2016 [9 favorites]
You don't invite the 1996 Bulls to the NCAA tournament.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 10:36 AM on March 15, 2016 [9 favorites]
Don't make me choose between Bowie and Byrne in round 3.
dude
posted by Halloween Jack at 10:37 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
dude
posted by Halloween Jack at 10:37 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
I too ended up with Lean versus Bowie. I cannot choose, nor can I bear to return to a site or a discussion where it would allow someone else to make that choice.
posted by spacely_sprocket at 10:40 AM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by spacely_sprocket at 10:40 AM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
These are the 20 Daves I know I know. Plus 44 other Daves. David, Larry is weak and no Davy Jones? I also had Bowie v Letterman with Bowie (well, there's sort of my Davy Jones fix anyway) winning. Also, what hosehead picked that Dave Thomas?
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 10:41 AM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by Clinging to the Wreckage at 10:41 AM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
Well, at least the right Dave or David won.
posted by jenkinsEar at 10:42 AM on March 15, 2016
posted by jenkinsEar at 10:42 AM on March 15, 2016
"Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave
Had twenty-three sons and she named them all Dave?..." -Dr seuss
posted by Hicksu at 10:49 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
Had twenty-three sons and she named them all Dave?..." -Dr seuss
posted by Hicksu at 10:49 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
As soon as I saw Bowie, I knew who would win.
posted by Splunge at 10:59 AM on March 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by Splunge at 10:59 AM on March 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
I don't know at least half of these Davids, but any bracket that lets me pit former WWE champion Batista against former WCW champion David Arquette is alright by me.
I won't spoil the outcome, even though it was predetermined.
posted by uncleozzy at 11:00 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
I won't spoil the outcome, even though it was predetermined.
posted by uncleozzy at 11:00 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Hope nobody from Wales happens to see this.
posted by Flashman at 11:05 AM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by Flashman at 11:05 AM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
No idea who Dave Davis is, I can't help but felt David Davies would have got further, then I realised I was thinking of Dickie Davies and had to exclude him from the draw.
Niven for the win.
posted by biffa at 11:09 AM on March 15, 2016
Niven for the win.
posted by biffa at 11:09 AM on March 15, 2016
In 2016, Bowie goes right to the final, but here in New England – especially since it’s an SB Nation bracket – the David on the other side of the line would have to be Ortiz.
posted by LeLiLo at 11:10 AM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by LeLiLo at 11:10 AM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
Never thought I would have a tough time not choosing Dave Matthews. But David Mamet? I don't know . . .
posted by blairsyprofane at 11:16 AM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by blairsyprofane at 11:16 AM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
Attenborough, all the way.
posted by aihal at 11:17 AM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by aihal at 11:17 AM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
You're all wrong, it's Attenborough. Also reading the word David too many times makes my eyes go funny.
posted by threetwentytwo at 11:19 AM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by threetwentytwo at 11:19 AM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
Before even going to this list I was ready to complain about no Dave Thomas. Well done.
posted by blairsyprofane at 11:19 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by blairsyprofane at 11:19 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
The only way to make this bracket interesting is to remove Attenborough, frankly.
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 11:19 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 11:19 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Other than Dave, That Nice Dude Who Was Really Great in the Sack (have had more than one of those in my lifetime actually, including one Who Would Have Been Great in the Sack if He'd Not Been Such a Chickenshit), nice that Dave Stewart appears here. He's a vastly underrated guy for a lot of reasons.
posted by blucevalo at 11:29 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by blucevalo at 11:29 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
Chappelle vs Sedaris. In the end I chose the one who I thought would actually be cool to hang out with long-term.
posted by rebent at 11:30 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by rebent at 11:30 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
So I'm the only one who ended up with Dave Coulier?
posted by beerperson at 11:32 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by beerperson at 11:32 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
So I'm the only one who ended up with Dave Coulier?
Dude, Dave Coulier doesn't even make it past the first round in Dave Coulier's bracket.
posted by Etrigan at 11:34 AM on March 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
Dude, Dave Coulier doesn't even make it past the first round in Dave Coulier's bracket.
posted by Etrigan at 11:34 AM on March 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
Mine came down to Bowie vs. DFW.
Seeing the name "David" so many times in the same place, it starts to lose all context, appearing strange and alien.
So, yeah, Bowie.
posted by anthom at 11:41 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Seeing the name "David" so many times in the same place, it starts to lose all context, appearing strange and alien.
So, yeah, Bowie.
posted by anthom at 11:41 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Dude, Dave Coulier doesn't even make it past the first round in Dave Coulier's bracket.
Cut it out.
posted by beerperson at 11:42 AM on March 15, 2016 [7 favorites]
Cut it out.
posted by beerperson at 11:42 AM on March 15, 2016 [7 favorites]
So am I the only person in the world who chose Hume in the first round? I mean, I know who Deacon Jones is, I saw The Brady Bunch, but I don't care very much about sports. So I was biased towards the philosophers and artists.
And, yeah, my final David was Bowie, of course. It was between him and Lynch.
posted by droplet at 11:42 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
And, yeah, my final David was Bowie, of course. It was between him and Lynch.
posted by droplet at 11:42 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Another Attenborough picker. If only I could find the submit button...
posted by of strange foe at 11:46 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by of strange foe at 11:46 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
So am I the only person in the world who chose Hume in the first round? I mean, I know who Deacon Jones is, I saw The Brady Bunch, but I don't care very much about sports. So I was biased towards the philosophers and artists.
Deacon Jones not only invented the sack, but he sang too, and his backing band was War. Hume was pretty good, but was his backing band War? It was not.
posted by Etrigan at 11:48 AM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
Deacon Jones not only invented the sack, but he sang too, and his backing band was War. Hume was pretty good, but was his backing band War? It was not.
posted by Etrigan at 11:48 AM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
Sorry, but my bracket -- with many rank guesses for Daves I don't know who are probably sports Daves, but crucially, with David Attenborough as the winner -- is clearly correct. Sorry Bowie.
posted by babelfish at 11:50 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by babelfish at 11:50 AM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
David Bowie vs David Foster Wallace
the choice... It hurts
posted by St. Peepsburg at 11:58 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
the choice... It hurts
posted by St. Peepsburg at 11:58 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
They left out this David. (NSFW if your workplace is staffed with cretins)
posted by TedW at 11:59 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by TedW at 11:59 AM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
Chapelle squeaks the win out over Lynch
Really liked the Bowie/Byrne matchup, but the Lynch/Mamet matchup was totally incomprehensible, not totally sure what happened there still.
posted by Hoopo at 12:03 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
Really liked the Bowie/Byrne matchup, but the Lynch/Mamet matchup was totally incomprehensible, not totally sure what happened there still.
posted by Hoopo at 12:03 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
mine came down to byrne vs lynch and apparently i was totally wrong! i'm surprised david duchovny didn't have a better showing but i guess it IS sbnation and not tumblr or my dreams or something
posted by burgerrr at 12:05 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by burgerrr at 12:05 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
TedW: "They left out this David. (NSFW if your workplace is staffed with cretins)"
Cretans might dig it, though.
posted by chavenet at 12:06 PM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
Cretans might dig it, though.
posted by chavenet at 12:06 PM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
Mine came down to Lynch vs Cronenberg.
Cronenberg won. The owls were not what they seemed.
posted by flabdablet at 12:10 PM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
Cronenberg won. The owls were not what they seemed.
posted by flabdablet at 12:10 PM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
Started picking, ran into too Daves I didn't recognize, gave up.
You kids have fun! I'll be here in the porch.
posted by tommasz at 12:13 PM on March 15, 2016
You kids have fun! I'll be here in the porch.
posted by tommasz at 12:13 PM on March 15, 2016
DAVID SPADE vs. DAVE STEWART (DUDE FROM EURYTHMICS)
I didn't even remember that guy's name was "Dave Stewart," but FUCK David Spade, and fuck 'em for thinking he should win even a single round.
RIP Phil Hartman
posted by explosion at 12:16 PM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
I didn't even remember that guy's name was "Dave Stewart," but FUCK David Spade, and fuck 'em for thinking he should win even a single round.
RIP Phil Hartman
posted by explosion at 12:16 PM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
FUCK David Spade, and fuck 'em for thinking he should win even a single round
But Joe Dirt had a mullet! That's got to count for something surely.
posted by flabdablet at 12:21 PM on March 15, 2016
But Joe Dirt had a mullet! That's got to count for something surely.
posted by flabdablet at 12:21 PM on March 15, 2016
Started picking, ran into too Daves I didn't recognize, gave up.
Well, those Daves lose, obviously.
posted by Etrigan at 12:24 PM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
Well, those Daves lose, obviously.
posted by Etrigan at 12:24 PM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
This post makes me happy!
posted by Happy Dave at 12:36 PM on March 15, 2016 [10 favorites]
posted by Happy Dave at 12:36 PM on March 15, 2016 [10 favorites]
If they included both Dave Stewarts, they should have included both Dave Thomases (Wendy's and SCTV's). Also Monkee Davy Jones.
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:45 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:45 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
Attenborough made it to the final and obviously is a huge cultural icon for a UK member but then I thought, I don't actually watch wildlife stuff, whereas Niven is in a film I would drop anything else to watch.
posted by biffa at 12:51 PM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by biffa at 12:51 PM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
Deacon Jones not only invented the sack, but he sang too, and his backing band was War. Hume was pretty good, but was his backing band War? It was not.
Well, I have been schooled, indeed, Etrigan, and I'm not being at all sarcastic. Respect!
posted by droplet at 1:00 PM on March 15, 2016
Well, I have been schooled, indeed, Etrigan, and I'm not being at all sarcastic. Respect!
posted by droplet at 1:00 PM on March 15, 2016
Chapelle v. Lynch, winner Lynch.
Did I miss a listing of how many people have had which Daves as their winner? 'Cause I would be very interested in that.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 1:01 PM on March 15, 2016
Did I miss a listing of how many people have had which Daves as their winner? 'Cause I would be very interested in that.
posted by Spathe Cadet at 1:01 PM on March 15, 2016
Bowie vs Byrne is cruel but an easy choice. But Mamet vs Niven? Tennant vs Foster Wallace?? Was this deliberately set up to be the most agonizing thing that could possibly exist? Because this is the worst thing that's shown up online today, and oh yes I saw that thing about the spiders and the wasps and it is included in that statement.
posted by Dormant Gorilla at 1:18 PM on March 15, 2016
posted by Dormant Gorilla at 1:18 PM on March 15, 2016
As a life-long Dave (well, David), new life plan: Get onto the Dave Bracket.
posted by CrystalDave at 1:22 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by CrystalDave at 1:22 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Which Dave would David Cameron have to have been up against to get to round 2?
posted by biffa at 1:23 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by biffa at 1:23 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
threetwentytwo: "You're all wrong, it's Attenborough. Also reading the word David too many times makes my eyes go funny."
David David David David David David David
posted by Splunge at 1:27 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
David David David David David David David
posted by Splunge at 1:27 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Which Dave would David Cameron have to have been up against to get to round 2?
David Duke?
posted by Rock Steady at 1:48 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
David Duke?
posted by Rock Steady at 1:48 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Grrrrreeeeaaaattttt, came here to post the KITH video even though I figured it would be posted already. Now exxcccuuuuuuusssseeee meeeeeee I need to watch a couple hours worth of KITH sketches.
posted by littlesq at 1:50 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by littlesq at 1:50 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
David Fincher vs Dave Foley, in round 1? I just caaaaaaaaan't.
=(
posted by ApathyGirl at 2:00 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
=(
posted by ApathyGirl at 2:00 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
CrystalDave: As a life-long Dave (well, David), new life plan: Get onto the Dave Bracket.
I'm also a lifelong Dave, and I just assumed "Dave, That Nice Dude Who Was Really Great in the Sack" was my listing in the bracket.
Still lost to Bowie, though
posted by hanov3r at 2:16 PM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
I'm also a lifelong Dave, and I just assumed "Dave, That Nice Dude Who Was Really Great in the Sack" was my listing in the bracket.
Still lost to Bowie, though
posted by hanov3r at 2:16 PM on March 15, 2016 [4 favorites]
It was bad enough when Letterman beat out Lynch, but then picking Letterman over DFW? What were they thinking?
I mean, I like Letterman as much as the next guy, but come on. Compare and contrast cultural impact: Twin Peaks, Infinite Jest, and Stupid Pet Tricks.
posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 2:19 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
I mean, I like Letterman as much as the next guy, but come on. Compare and contrast cultural impact: Twin Peaks, Infinite Jest, and Stupid Pet Tricks.
posted by Two unicycles and some duct tape at 2:19 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
David Fincher vs Dave Foley
Foley! Definitely Foley. because if not....chop chop!
posted by Hoopo at 2:26 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
Foley! Definitely Foley. because if not....chop chop!
posted by Hoopo at 2:26 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
My Final Four were Attenborough, Chappelle, Lynch, and Foster Wallace. Attenborough won.
posted by box at 2:26 PM on March 15, 2016
posted by box at 2:26 PM on March 15, 2016
I picked Dave Thomas over DFW and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
posted by emd3737 at 2:59 PM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by emd3737 at 2:59 PM on March 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
In this house we like both Cloud Atlas and British panel shows, so we are all disappoint that not even one of the several Davids Mitchell made are deemed to be in the top 64.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 4:02 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by ricochet biscuit at 4:02 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
Man, I'm Canadian, I have a high Dave tolerance, and I can feel myself over-Daveing as I type this. Pressing on, I wound up with David Bowie against David Foster Wallace. At which point I cursed Jon Bois, SB nation, and God and flipped a coin. Didn't do very well in the bracket, but I was picking the more obscure Daves. The Dude from The Eurythmics needed some love in this bracket, as, I felt, did David Hyde Pierce, and David Hume.
posted by Grimgrin at 4:07 PM on March 15, 2016
posted by Grimgrin at 4:07 PM on March 15, 2016
also missing:
David Simon (creator of The Wire - and Homicide: Life on the Street when he was just warming up)
David Carradine (Kung Fu! Kill Bill! Ignore everything else!)
David McCallum (the OTHER Man from UNCLE)
David Boreanaz (10 years on Bones do NOT erase the memories of Angel)
David Ogden Stiers (the man who, IMO, saved the later seasons of MASH)
David L. Lander (SQUIGGY!)
David Soul (Hutch of the original Starsky and)
Dave Brubeck (he made us Take Five and we loved it)
David Cassidy (Partridge Family is the represent!)
Dave Grohl (the Foo must be Fought!)
Dave Davies (but if it qualifies him as "David for a last name", even more Ray Davies)
Dave Clark (of The him Five... okay, getting little too pop music obscure)
David Copperfield (the magician AND the Dickens character)
Davy Crockett (HE WAS KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER!!)
David O. Selznick (who brought to the screen Gone With the Wind and "I don't give a damn")
Dave Lister (one of the greatest fictional Daves of all time)
Davey & Goliath ("ohhh, Day-vee...")
but most seriously...
DAVE GOELZ. "Who?" you may ask? Only long-long-long-time Muppeteer and the man behind/under/inside The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honseydew and Zoot. Which gives him one of the few resumes comparable to
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:02 PM on March 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
David Simon (creator of The Wire - and Homicide: Life on the Street when he was just warming up)
David Carradine (Kung Fu! Kill Bill! Ignore everything else!)
David McCallum (the OTHER Man from UNCLE)
David Boreanaz (10 years on Bones do NOT erase the memories of Angel)
David Ogden Stiers (the man who, IMO, saved the later seasons of MASH)
David L. Lander (SQUIGGY!)
David Soul (Hutch of the original Starsky and)
Dave Brubeck (he made us Take Five and we loved it)
David Cassidy (Partridge Family is the represent!)
Dave Grohl (the Foo must be Fought!)
Dave Davies (but if it qualifies him as "David for a last name", even more Ray Davies)
Dave Clark (of The him Five... okay, getting little too pop music obscure)
David Copperfield (the magician AND the Dickens character)
Davy Crockett (HE WAS KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER!!)
David O. Selznick (who brought to the screen Gone With the Wind and "I don't give a damn")
Dave Lister (one of the greatest fictional Daves of all time)
Davey & Goliath ("ohhh, Day-vee...")
but most seriously...
DAVE GOELZ. "Who?" you may ask? Only long-long-long-time Muppeteer and the man behind/under/inside The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honseydew and Zoot. Which gives him one of the few resumes comparable to
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:02 PM on March 15, 2016 [6 favorites]
I tormented my buddy dave with this via text by casting him as Nice Guy Dave and running the bracket a couple different ways. He still maintains Sedaris tripped him on the rebound and if not for that he would have taken Bowie.
As if, Dave. As if.
posted by mwhybark at 5:25 PM on March 15, 2016
As if, Dave. As if.
posted by mwhybark at 5:25 PM on March 15, 2016
I guess it's to be expected that they didn't include the Dave that's not here.
posted by TedW at 5:49 PM on March 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by TedW at 5:49 PM on March 15, 2016 [5 favorites]
I can see why people say that enough repetitions of the name renders it meaningless.
On the other hand, I once worked in a small workplace (~30 employees) that had three Dave Smiths. Or possibly Daves Smith.
Really makes ya think.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:51 PM on March 15, 2016
On the other hand, I once worked in a small workplace (~30 employees) that had three Dave Smiths. Or possibly Daves Smith.
Really makes ya think.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:51 PM on March 15, 2016
Being pretty great in the sack doesn't count for much around here, I see.
Since my first love was a David, I irresistibly slotted him in there, and he STILL lost to Bowie in the end. Thankfully, in real life that was not a choice I had to make. I certainly enjoyed both at once, in a waterbed even, the Daveliest place to be.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:17 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Since my first love was a David, I irresistibly slotted him in there, and he STILL lost to Bowie in the end. Thankfully, in real life that was not a choice I had to make. I certainly enjoyed both at once, in a waterbed even, the Daveliest place to be.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:17 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Curiously, I got 3 of the final four "right". But David Sedaris pulled off an underdave win.
posted by zompist at 8:36 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by zompist at 8:36 PM on March 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
I lost because of my undying love for Davids Duchovny and Matthews. I did have Matthews against Bowie in the final though.
posted by guster4lovers at 8:56 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by guster4lovers at 8:56 PM on March 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
Michelle Obama again Missy Elliott in Round 2? Tear it all down.
posted by Rock Steady at 8:17 AM on March 16, 2016
posted by Rock Steady at 8:17 AM on March 16, 2016
Michelle Obama again Missy Elliott in Round 2? Tear it all down.
One of those people had the “Let’s Move!” campaign and the other wrote “Work It”, which actually increased movement. Choice is obvs.
posted by Going To Maine at 8:35 AM on March 16, 2016
One of those people had the “Let’s Move!” campaign and the other wrote “Work It”, which actually increased movement. Choice is obvs.
posted by Going To Maine at 8:35 AM on March 16, 2016
Missing "Dave's not here, man". Although, I guess it's appropriate that he's not there. Given that he wasn't there.
I didn't read the byline or see the tags before I started playing this, but I was entirely unsurprised to see that this is another fine product from the mind (?) of Jon Bois.
I haven't played the "Greatest Living Americans" bracket, but I think my love of all things Ruth Bader Ginsburg will carry her through and I'm already having an existential crisis with JLo vs. JLaw.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:52 AM on March 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
I didn't read the byline or see the tags before I started playing this, but I was entirely unsurprised to see that this is another fine product from the mind (?) of Jon Bois.
I haven't played the "Greatest Living Americans" bracket, but I think my love of all things Ruth Bader Ginsburg will carry her through and I'm already having an existential crisis with JLo vs. JLaw.
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 10:52 AM on March 16, 2016 [1 favorite]
Final Four: Bowie, Foley, Lynch, and Thomas.
I assume they mean the Dave Thomas from SCTV and not the hamburger guy.
posted by rocket88 at 1:02 PM on March 16, 2016
I assume they mean the Dave Thomas from SCTV and not the hamburger guy.
posted by rocket88 at 1:02 PM on March 16, 2016
Nah, they meant the Pere Ubu and Rocket from the Tombs guy.
posted by mwhybark at 3:14 PM on March 16, 2016
posted by mwhybark at 3:14 PM on March 16, 2016
I can't believe it was David Carr the shitty quarterback and not David Carr the great journalist, now I'm sad.
posted by crashlanding at 12:19 AM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by crashlanding at 12:19 AM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
I can't believe it was David Carr the shitty quarterback and not David Carr the great journalist, now I'm sad.
Ohhhhhh David Carr got SUPER-FAR in my rounds because I assumed they meant the journalist.
For me, David Hyde Pierce won everything (including my heart, always and forever), although had Daveed Diggs been included, it would have been a close race.
posted by kate blank at 12:56 PM on March 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
Ohhhhhh David Carr got SUPER-FAR in my rounds because I assumed they meant the journalist.
For me, David Hyde Pierce won everything (including my heart, always and forever), although had Daveed Diggs been included, it would have been a close race.
posted by kate blank at 12:56 PM on March 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
The Greatest Living Americans bracket got it's own FPP here. There is also now a Kitchen Equipment Bracket.
posted by Rock Steady at 1:04 PM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Rock Steady at 1:04 PM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
There is also now a Kitchen Equipment Bracket.
Tongs v. whisk? TONGS V. WHISK? I cannot handle this. (I chose tongs but MAN, don't make me choose between tongs and whisk in the FIRST ROUND.)
posted by kate blank at 1:08 PM on March 17, 2016
Tongs v. whisk? TONGS V. WHISK? I cannot handle this. (I chose tongs but MAN, don't make me choose between tongs and whisk in the FIRST ROUND.)
posted by kate blank at 1:08 PM on March 17, 2016
The kitchen equipment one was my most successful yet--not only did I pick the eventual winner and runner-up, I also ran the entire Butcher's Twine region.
posted by box at 3:00 PM on March 17, 2016
posted by box at 3:00 PM on March 17, 2016
Microwave v Rice Cooker in Round ONE!
/slams chef toque to butcher block, stomps out, grabbing cooking wine on way out
posted by mwhybark at 4:42 PM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
/slams chef toque to butcher block, stomps out, grabbing cooking wine on way out
posted by mwhybark at 4:42 PM on March 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
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/i miss the kids in the hall
posted by ShawnString at 10:01 AM on March 15, 2016 [26 favorites]