six degrees

back when i was one of the candy packaging grunts, we would play the 6 degrees game. one person would name two random celebrities and then everyone would try to be the first person to find the movie chain.
and i loved it.
because i'm a huge movie geek.
and also somewhat of a movie snob.
not in a film criticky kind of way, but in a "you've never seen 'pillow talk'?? what kind of a byu co-ed are you?" kind of way.
but i degress.

the 6 degrees game used to make time go by so much faster. what? we have to package 32 cases of orange slices? no problem... someone name two celebrities.
but now i work in the office with all the grown ups.
and time goes by much, much slower.
much slower.

so i try to play the game by myself.

mickey rooney and pauly shore. go!
ok. mickey rooney was in "breakfast at tiffany's" with audrey hepburn.
who was in "robin and marian" with sean connery.
who was in "the rock" with nicholas cage.
who was in "guarding tess" with shirley maclaine.
who was in "mrs. winterbourne" with brendon fraser.
who was in "encino man" with pauly shore.

i win.
and yet i don't win, because there aren't any grunts playing with me.

sigh...

ok, guys... doris day and will smith. go!

Comments

barnesanova said…
doris day in 'it happened to me' with jack lemmon

jack lemmon in 'the legend of bagger vance' as narrator

do i win something?
barnesanova said…
p.s.

hal linden to seth green. go!
kat said…
hal linden starred in "barney miller" with jack soo.
who was in "thoroughly modern millie" with julie andrews.
who was the voice of the queen in "shrek 2" with mike meyers.
who was in "austin powers" with seth green.

bring it.
kat said…
mary steenburgen and raquel welch. go!
Ben said…
Yikes! Although anyone in my apartment can claim six degrees to Kevin Bacon (if you count living with someone as good as being in a movie with them).
I'll do myself.
1. I live with Keith.
2. Keith was in a student film with Jon Heder. ("Revolution")
3. Who was in Napoleon with Tina Majorino, -Crap, I forgot. Consulting imdb. (I'm a cheater.)
OH YEAH,
4. who was in Corrina, Corrina with Whoopi. 5. who was in Ghost with Demi Moore who 6. was in A Few Good Men with Kevin. Ta da!!!
Ben said…
Steenburgen was in Back to the Future 3 with Christopher Lloyd, Lloyd was in...gaaaaash! I can't think anymore. Brain has died! I was trying to get to Shawshank, so I could count the poster of Raquel. I can't even get THERE in six steps, even cheating (although I did learn the essential info that Jeff Goldblum and Whoopi Goldberg wer both voices for characters on Captain Planet).
barnesanova said…
didn't know we could use tv... but ok :)

Mary Steenburgen in Get Bruce with Carol Burnett.

CB in Trumpet of the Swan with Mary Steenburgen.

Jamie Farr -> Naveen Andrews
Jay said…
Jamie Farr --> MASH w/ Alan Alda
Alan Alda --> Canadian Bacon w/ Madonna helping the movie
Madonna --> Dick Tracy w/ Al Pacino
Al Pacino --> S1m0ne w/ Rebecca Romijn
Rebecca Romijn --> Rollerball w/ Naveen Andrews
Jay said…
I don't know how strongly the Madonna connection holds. She just gets a 'Special Thanks' in the movie.
barnesanova said…
ha, that's a good one. i like the use of s1m0ne...

kat? what bringeth you?
Em said…
mary steenburgen and raquel welch... I've been trying to cheat to find the answer on the internet looking at random movies they've been in, random people in those movies and random movies the random people were in and I still can't find the connection. I lose.
Erika said…
I don't even know who half of those people are. You guys are good.
kat said…
i think jay should've chosen someone.
whatever.
jon cryer and matthew perry.
go!
Kimberly said…
The best I could do is, Kevin Bacon is in...um...a movie...um...I don't know. See, this is why I don't play this game. I have a friend that looks like Kevin Bacon.
barnesanova said…
jon cryer -> tony danza in glam
tony danza -> matthew perry in she's out of control with micki dolenz' daughter.
Jay said…
Fine: Giovanni Ribisi and Matthew McConaughey.
barnesanova said…
giovanni ribisi -> ben affleck in boiler room

ben affleck -> mcconaughey in dazed and confused
Jay said…
I got one:

Larry the CableGuy and Audrey Hepburn.
barnesanova said…
man, the only way to do this one is with cars that i can think of. do movies not out yet count?

larry -> paul newman in cars
paul newman -> hepburn in a new kind of love

?

for jay:
mariel hemingway -> jason schwartzman

for kat:
james gandolfini -> kate capshaw


here endeth the lesson...
Jay said…
Mariel Hemingway --> Deconstructing Harry w/ Robin Williams
Robin Williams --> Hook w/ Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman --> I Heart Huckabees w/ Jason Schwartzman
Jay said…
I do have to say 'I Heart Huckabees' was too Transcedental for me. I didn't enjoy it as much as most Libral Arts majors would have liked it, but then again I'm an IT major.
barnesanova said…
ah, nice. i'll give you a shorter answer when kat does hers. can't give anything away!

and yes, i lasted about 5 minutes of i heart. bored me to death being an it guy as well. the musician in me passed over any liberal ties i might have had.
kat said…
james gandolfini was in "the mexican" with julia roberts.
who was in "runaway bride" with joan cusack.
who was in "in and out" with tom selleck"
who was in "the love letter" with kate capshaw.
barnesanova said…
nice one. i'm impressed that neither of you used my clue.

here endeth the lesson is from the untouchables.

both linkages can be done through andy garcia.

fun stuff.
Tiff said…
Wow! I stand in awe. ...well, sit, I'm at my desk.
Jay said…
I don't like Andy Garcia, that's why I didn't use him. It caused me pain to even write his name in the last sentence. That's why I went the long route rather than trace through him.

I think I will refer to him as 'He Who Shall Not Be Named' from now on.
Jay said…
One more time:

I'd like to see, Bea Arthur and Audrey Tautou
kat said…
by the way, jay:
larry the gable guy is on "blue collar tv" with bill engvall.
who was on "delta" with delta burke.
(totally used the internet to figure that out)
who was in "what women want" with marisa tomei.
who was in "only you" with bonnie hunt.
who was in "monsters inc." with john goodman.
who was in "always" with audrey hepburn.
barnesanova said…
kat, i think they might have been mentioned in a book together at some point.... sorry, smartass moment. i'm genuinely impressed with how this one sort of meanders around the entertainment industry.

no andy garcia? hmm... that's how i feel about rosie perez, as well as j. low, while surrounded by a big helping of sandra bernhard (no offense to the other loudmouths of the world, but seriously.. no talent).

as for your query, holy crap, i'd imagine you were reading a movie site about the davinci code eh? had to look it up.
kat said…
bea arthur was in "golden girls" with estelle gettie.
who was in "stop or my mom will shoot" with sylvester stallone.
who was in "oscar" with marisa tomei.
who,again, was in "what women want" with helen hunt.
who was in "cast away" with tom hanks.
who gonna be in "da vinci" code.

took awhile, but i got there.
Jay said…
I was hoping the list would go through Dominique Pinon and then through Alien: Resurrection.