Drop the jazzy dude, add Kanye, and I’m in!
Good one Neal.
For awkward tables, I have to think, Bill, Hillary and Monica would be either very interesting or dead silent. I’d bring a 3L of Alban to get the mood set.
Todd, Ray and Tex would be something to see.
I certainly had dinner with two of these together on numerous occasions. You can probably guess which two. Now impossible. But Callahan does occasionally make a rare appearance.
The geeky set: Max Born, David Hilbert, Richard Feynman, with a nod to Olivia Newton John.
The not-so-geeky set: Dr. J, Reggie Jackson, Wlllie Mays. Old school.
The music set: Paco de Lucia, Ella, Frank
The alternative music set - no, not that “alternative” - well maybe a little: Donna Summer, John Lennon, Johnny Marr
The art set: Cezanne, Van Gogh, Leonardo
The writer set: Tolkien, Dumas, Kundera
The wine: 1993 Rousseau Chambertin
The restaurant: Troisgros
Frank Sinatra
Keith Richards
Mickey Mantle
No wine, most likely Jack Daniels
Maybe Corey, Arsene Wenger, Ivan Gazidis and myself would be a good 4-top.
Given that Wenger is the one football manager that doesn’t appear to fancy wine, he’d be an odd invite! Jose and (especially) Fergie were famous for their wine exchanges, but I’m not sure I’d want to have dinner with either of them 
Sting
Gehry
Bezos
Bernardin
88 Krug
Mature Ravenau
85 Rousseau
I’m counting on my guests to bring the wine:
Restaurant: Maison Lameloise
Guests:
Jean-Francois Coche
Eric Rousseau
Aubert de Villaine
+1 translator at the table
Wines (direct from their cellars):
1996 Salon Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut (my contribution)
1992 Corton-Charlemange in Magnum
1990 DRC Romanée-Conti in Magnum
1966 Rousseau Chambertin in Magnum
Paul Krugman, Janet Yellen, Barack Obama and/or Michelle. Le Pigeon - duh! I would spend a considerable amount of time picking out the exact right Oregon Pinots and chards for this group but would also bring some CA - diversity is good y’all!
Heck yes!!
Nikola Tesla
Isaac Newton
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Unfortunately, none are available, so to stick with the living:
Pete Townshend
Clint Eastwood
Whitney Cummings
Champagne and keep it coming.
Atahualpa, Marco Polo, Emily Dickinson, Pythagoras
palm wine toddies
extra guest be Type 2 Diabetes