For a musicians' dinner:

Bob Dylan
Joan Baez
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Joni Mitchell
Leonard Cohen

They already know each other anyway, so it would be a pretty relaxed gathering, I figure.

For a great dictator's dinner:

Adolf Hitler
Joe Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Saddam Hussein
Idi Amin

Talk about fun! Wow! Imagine the one-upmanship and grandstanding...not to mention the mutual admiration. I believe Saddam's hero and role model is Joe Stalin, come to think of it. Idi would probably be sort of the odd man out in this group.

- LH