Who would you invite?

If you could invite any five people to a dinner party thrown by you, who would they be? They can be living or dead, famous or not. Here's my choices:

1. Harrison Ford
2. Mark Twain
3. Leonardo da Vinci
4. Edward Gorey
5. Jesus Christ

You notice I didn't invite any women. No offense to any female gastronomes, but men just seem to be more appreciative of food and drink. I don't see any of these men being on Atkins.

I tried to choose an interesting mix of artistic people from the present to ancient history. I may need an interpretor for Signore da Vinci (Italian) and Jesus (Aramaic), but since this is my fantasy, they will all speak English. I think the conversations will be fascinating and they will all be thrilled to be invited. Da Vinci will be interested to see if his Last Supper painting portrayed Jesus correctly, Mark Twain and Edward Gorey would have the same sense of humor and...well...Mr. Ford will sit next to me.

What to serve! I don't want to mess anything up, so I'll keep it simple with a nice pork roast, rosemary potatoes, blanched green beans, a colorful salad with homemade balsamic dressing, homemade bread and, of course, a nice merlot (Jesus can bring his own water and turn it into a great cabernet if He's so inclined).

The invitation would read:

You are cordially invited to an intimate and extraordinarily unusual dinner party on June 21, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. Come exactly as you are (or were) and prepare for a night you will never forget.