living or dead, to dinner, who would they be?

Sammy Hagar
Elvis Presley
Marilyn Monroe
William Shatner
Michael Jordan
Mark Hammill (Nice Guy, Met Him Once)
Dawn Wells
Raquel Welch
John Travolta
Halle Berry

All of course present as they were in their prime.

Neil Peart
Arthur Ashe
Herb Brooks
Walter Payton
John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors (and I would seat them right next to each other!!)
JFK
Gen. George Patton
Keith Jackson (just to hear him orate stories!)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

My Mom
My Dad
General George Patton (Thanks for reminding Brian!)
My Wife
My Son
My Daughter
My Grandson
My maternal Grandmother
My maternal Grandfather
My paternal Grandmother
My paternal Grandfather

Sorry, that's 11. I'll get another chair!

Unfortunately all on the list are deceased except my wife, son, daughter and grandson so it would be like a normal dinner!

Willie Nelson
Bob Marley
Freddie Mercury
Ric Flair
Sputnik Monroe (deacesed white pro wrestler who was the man responsible for desegregating pro wrestling)
John F Kennedy
Ellen Page (Juno star)
Hunter S Thompson
Racheal Ray or Gianna Delaurantis sp?
Bill Samuels (distiller Maker's Mark Whiskey)

Spike Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Ringo Starr
My Mom when she was in her '20s
Steve Martin
Bruce Springsteen
Stephen Hawking
Dali Lama
Barak Obama
Natalie Portman

What am I serving?
Is it catered, or am I cooking?
Formal, or casual?

I hate to have people over when the place is such a mess.

Elvis
Marilyn Monroe
Bob Dylan
Julia Child
Meryl Streep
Teddy Roosevelt
Johnny Cash
Garrison Keillor
Frank Sinatra
Ella Fitzgerald

Norma McCorvey
Mao Tse Tung
Karl Marx
John Lennon
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Gloria Steinem
Jane Fonda
Fidel Castro

and

Herb

Freddie Mercury
Ramblin' Rod
Peter Chriss
H. Ross Perot
Selma Hayek
Prince
30 Year Old Sophia Loren
Maynard James Keenan
Jesus
Satan

Bookemdono, if I ever end up in hell, I'll probably meet some on your list. But strangely, you left out Josef Stalin, among the most evil and dastardly humans who ever lived.

Herb

Had to draw the line somewhere, you know...didn't have enough room for Charles Darwin, Michael Moore or Al Gore.

I wonder how come nobody's mentioned
Mildred Schwab?

Chelsea Clinton
Ben Franklin
William Seward
Abraham Lincoln
Gene Hackman
Richard Nixon
Lee Atwater
Geoff Emerick
General George Marshall
Jenny McCarthy

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Andrew

you might want to limit your choices to english speaking people.

I hate it when Napoleon tries to tell a joke and nobody else gets it

Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham(the original)
Don Imus
Wayne Morse
Salma Hayek (me first, chicken juggler!)
Steve Prefontaine
My Grandfather, Earl
Audrey Hebpurn

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tim Gunn
Lane Staley
Brian Urlacher
John Schubeck
Abraham Lincoln
King Norodam Sihanouk
Valery Giscard d'Esting
Bob Koch
Velveeta Conchita Gourmet
and of course... LIZA MINELLI.

Chickenjugggler wanted to invite Jesus AND Satan?

Better sit them at opposite ends of the table!(I have heard rumours that they aren't getting along too well these days...)

Neal Patrick Harris AKA Doogie Howser

more to come!

"I wonder how come nobody's mentioned Mildred Schwab?"

Because she always brings fruitcake, and I hate fruitcake!

And she owes me money.

I don't know!

There are people that said things to me, when I was a kid --powerful things. I kind of recorded them and played them back over the years, letting life experience tease out what they were trying to say. Those things kind of stick with me. If they don't click right away, they just kind of float around in there, never resting, until closed.

Gotta have them for dinner! Close the loop, find out if they were meaning that, or if it was just lucky.

I would like to talk to a couple of powerful people for perspective. I know some, but they are not really elite. World leaders, business leaders, etc...

Gotta have some culture too. Maybe mix it up with the powerful ones. Culture differences would likely reveal what power and influence really is. I don't think that's possible without factoring out culture.

Religious leaders too. Or at least one!

My childhood friend Chris. We grew up together. His parents were not the best, nor were mine. We spent many a night and long day, just figuring out life! (and blowing things up --big things some times...)

We both entered into the military. Me, National Guard. Him? Marines. We both decided to let it lie until we could share some time...

Would be great to compare notes on how it all has gone so far.

That's it for living people.

Dead people... Einstein, any one of many great classical composers, a King from old, Greek Philosophers, too many to choose...

How about we go for a weekend party instead?

Edit: Okay, I added Wikipedia links to each of the names to jog your memory.

Mel Blanc needs no introduction.
Paul Frees, voice of the Disneyland Haunted House, the original Pillsbury Dough boy, and just about everything in between.
Peter Thomas, a voice for serious narration heard absolutely everywhere, probably more than the rest of the group put together, with the possible exception of Paul Frees. There is an audio link at the bottom of the page of his Wikipedia entry, but don't let the commercial at the beginning of the file, which is voiced by someone else, fool you.
Mason Adams was the voice of "With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good!" until his death in 2005.
Orson Welles needs no introduction.
Alan Reed AKA, Fred Flintstone.
Jean Vanderpyl, voice of Wilma and Pebbles Flintstone.
Bea Benaderet, The original Betty Rubble (first four seasons) and "Granny" on Tweety Bird cartoons.
Daws Butler voiced many cartoon characters including Elroy Jetson and Huckleberry Hound.
Clarence Nash spent much of his career voicing Disney cartoons. He was the voice of Donald Duck

I don't know what we'd talk about but it would be great listening to all that voice talent in one room!

Randy- You brought a tear to my with that list.

I can only place Blanc, Frees, Adams and Wells, though I'm sure I've heard the rest. If anyone has some audio links for some of these folks, I would love to connect names and voices.

Leonard Bernstein
Duke Ellington
Woody Guthrie
Dr. Martin Luther King
Willie Mays
Edward R. Murrow
Bill Putnam
Mark Twain
Kurt Vonnegut
Stevie Wonder

"I wonder how come nobody's mentioned
Mildred Schwab?"

Well, she smoked like a chimney.

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I'd like to have a few words with God. Unfortunately the only thing that will show up is dark matter leftover from the Big Bang.

@Edselehr: See edits in my original post.

Sweet! Thanks Randy.

Randy, that is a fantastic guest list!

Edselehr asked, "If anyone has some audio links for some of these folks, I would love to connect names and voices."

Many of these folks were radio stars too. Here are some audio links for the voices:

Mel Blanc
Paul Frees
Peter Thomas
Mason Adams
Alan Reed
Jean Vander Pyl
Bea Benaderet
Daws Butler
Orson Welles
Clarence Nash

Bonus Orson Outtake!

P.S. -- You are welcome Edselehr. It was a blast digging these up!

And Thank You LS!

Thomas Jefferson
Both sets of my Grandparents (4)
Lenny Bruce
Freddie Prinz
JFK
Irving Kristol
Linda Boreman

I'd invite Herb to dinner just to see if he's really for real.

Also,
Churchill to hear his stories

The three people who were most influential in authoring the constitution to see if Herb's right and they meant for all this religion in government

Jesus, to get his reaction on the 21st century and everything that's happening. I just don't believe he would say our foreign policy and making the rich richer are the right things.

Bill and Hillary Clinton. One because I admire the Clintons and two I'm going to sit Herb between them. No check that, I'll put Herb between Bill and Jesus, so Jesus can set him straight.

FDR, just because I'd like to pick his brain.

Einstein, same reason.

Herb & Trixter
Reinstatepete & Wayne
MC74 & Jennifermarlow
Radioblogman & Nwokie
Bill Clinton & Richard Nixon

There would be a steel cage around the dinner table and i'll be selling this on Pay per View.

YES!!!!

Harley Earl
Leonardo Da Vinci
Sam Elliot
George Harrison
Ted Bundy
Linda Ronstadt
Bobby Kennedy
CoCo Chanel
My Dad

Among the top on my list would include:

Jesus
John The Baptist
Thomas Edison
Martin Luther
C.S. Lewis
Abraham Lincoln
Dietrich Bonhoefer
Mother Teresa

Herb

NO Nixon? He would balance out having Jesus there.

Think I'll dine in tonight and keep my own company;

"NO Nixon?"

I left room for 2.

Herb

Nixon and Satan?

One & the same man! Still room for one more.

Castro
Stalin
Hitler?

I think Stalin and Hitler in a PPV cage match would break a record.