Six Degrees of The West Wing

[PeterPirate]

John Mahoney was in Frasier with

Kelsey Grammer who was in The Simpsons with

Julie Kavner who was in Forget Paris with

John Spencer

 

 

John Mahoney was also in The American President with

Martin Sheen, Anna Deveare Smith, Joshua Malina, Thom Barry, Nina Siemaszko, Ron Canada and Aaron Sorkin

Edited February 6, 2018 by PeterPirate

[AriAu]

David Ogden Stiers passed away this weekend.

Skipping the obvious MASH connection to Alan Alda

David Ogden Stiers was in Doc Hollywood (a personal fav) with

Michael J Fox who was of course in The American President with

Martin Sheen/Anna Devere Smith/Joshua Malina etc..

Edited March 5, 2018 by AriAu

[PeterPirate]

David Ogden Stiers was also in Beauty and the Beast, wherein Belle was forbidden to go into the west wing.  

Aaron Sorkin actually gets a shoutout in the commentary track to B&B.  I'm not proud that I know that, but I do. 

Edited March 6, 2018 by PeterPirate

[AriAu]

The Death of Stephen Hawking needs to be commemorated

Dr Hawking was in The Big Bang Theory with

Johnny Galecki who was in Roseanne with

Dan Connor/Glenallen Walken/John Goodman

Also, made me think of The Midterms-"psychics at Caltech....."

[PeterPirate]

R Lee Ermey was in Full Metal Jacket with

Matthew Modine who was in The Long Goodbye

[AriAu]

Just heard that Harry Anderson passed away

Harry Anderson was in Night Court with

Lionel Tribbey himself, John Larroquette.

[PeterPirate]

Verne "Mini Me" Troyer was in Austin Powers Goldmember with

Robert Wagner who plays a recurring role in NCIS with

Mark "Agent Sunshine" Harmon

[ProudMary]

4 hours ago, PeterPirate said:

Verne "Mini Me" Troyer was in Austin Powers Goldmember with

Robert Wagner who plays a recurring role in NCIS with

Mark "Agent Sunshine" Harmon

You meant "Special Agent Sunshine," right? ;)

[PeterPirate]

17 hours ago, ProudMary said:

You meant "Special Agent Sunshine," right? ;)

I actually typed "Special Agent Sunshine" first.  Then I remembered that CJ didn't say "Special" and removed it.   And since she outranked him by, like, 17 rungs, I decided to go with her version.  

[AriAu]

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Verne "Mini Me" Troyer was in Austin Powers Goldmember with

Robert Wagner who plays a recurring role in NCIS with

Mark "Agent Sunshine" Harmon

 

Can actually cut out a step since Rob Lowe was in Spy Who Shagged Me and Goldmember....playing a younger Robert Wagner.

[PeterPirate]

15 hours ago, AriAu said:

Can actually cut out a step since Rob Lowe was in Spy Who Shagged Me and Goldmember....playing a younger Robert Wagner.

Well, my post was bad on so many levels.

[AriAu]

Saw a story that Todd Bridges was the last living major cast member on Different Strokes since Charlotte Rae died.

Charlotte Rae was in Ricki and the Flash (saw it on cable recently) with

Meryl Streep who was in The Post with

Bradley Whitford (as well as The Hours with AJ)

and if we need to use Different Strokes

Charlotte Rae was in Different Strokes with

Conrad Bain, who was in Postcards from the Edge with

Meryl (see above) or Dreyfus and Benning and we can The American President the way there.

Edited August 7, 2018 by AriAu

[AriAu]

Tough one-Aretha

The Queen was famously in The Blues Brothers with

John Belushi who was in Animal House with

Vice President Otter, Tim Matheson

[PeterPirate]

John McCain was in Episode 708 of Parks and Recreation,  

one season after Robe Lowe left the show. 

 

 

John McCain was also in Wedding Crashers with 

Ron Canada, who, as Undersecretary of State Theodore Barrow, knew in Undecideds that Ellie Bartlet was pregnant because soft cheeses were not to be served at her wedding. 

 

 

John McCain was also in Episode "Day 5: 1:00pm-2:00pm" of 24 with

Gregory Itzin, who appeared in Enemies Foreign and Domestic.  

 

 

John McCain also wrote Faith Of My Fathers, starring

Scott Glenn, who was in The Right Stuff with

Daniel Moffat, aka CJ's dad.  

Edited August 26, 2018 by PeterPirate

[ProudMary]

Neil Simon as an "actor" had a walk-on in The Heartbreak Kid with 
Cybill Shepherd who had a recurring role in Psych with 
Dule Hill

                               OR

Neil Simon wrote Barefoot in the Park which starred
Robert Redford who starrred in All the President's Men with
Albie Duncan, Hal Holbrook

[BW Manilowe]

6 hours ago, PeterPirate said:

John McCain was in Episode 708 of Parks and Recreation,  

one season after Robe Lowe left the show. 

 

 

 

John McCain was also in Wedding Crashers with 

Ron Canada, who, as Undersecretary of State Theodore Barrow, knew in Undecideds that Ellie Bartlet was pregnant because soft cheeses were not to be served at her wedding. 

 

 

 

John McCain was also in Episode "Day 5: 1:00pm-2:00pm" of 24 with

Gregory Itzin, who appeared in Enemies Foreign and Domestic.  

 

 

 

John McCain also wrote Faith Of My Fathers, starring

Scott Glenn, who was in The Right Stuff with

Daniel Moffat, aka CJ's dad.  

The actor who played CJ’s dad is named Donald Moffat, not Daniel Moffat.

[AriAu]

Burt Reynolds died today.

Got 2 direct matches

Burt was in Mystery Alaska with

Mary McCormack

Burt was in Boogie Nights with

Joanna Gleason

 

2 very good and very different performances and strangely 2 of my favorite re-watchable movies.

Edited September 7, 2018 by AriAu

[PeterPirate]

Bill Daily was the awesome Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show with

Marcia Wallace who was on The Simpsons with

Julie Kavner who was in Forget Paris with 

John Spencer

[AriAu]

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Bill Daily was the awesome Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show with

It is weird what sticks in your head over the years, but I still remember the episode where his brother Warden Gordon Borden came on and Emily Hartley said (in perfect Suzanne Pleshette drollness) said they must have another brother, who was a doorman at the Temple in Salt Lake.....Norman Borden the Mormon doorman.

[AriAu]

Donald Moffat passed away today. Yes, we can do it in zero steps since he was CJ's father but.

Donald Moffat was in Regarding Henry with

Annette Bening who was in The American President with

Sheen/Malina/etc...

[AriAu]

Couldn't find anyway to link to The Captain (Darryl Dragon) so will have to link to Bob Einstein/Super Dave/Marty Funkhouser

Bob Einstein was in Curb Your Enthusiasm with

Cheryl Hines who was in RV with

Kristen Chenoweth

[AriAu]

Just saw that Verna Bloom died.

Rather than taking the zero degrees step of her to Tim Matheson (or Marion Wormer to Otter), you can do it this way

Verna Bloom was in High Plains Drifter with

Clint who was in Space Cowboys with

William Devane

[AriAu]

Heard this am that Carol Channing died.

Carol Channing was in Thoroughly Modern Millie with

Julie Andrews who was in The Princess Diaries with

Hector Elizondo who was in Chicago Hope with

Adam Arkin....Dr. Stanley Keyworth

[AriAu]

Besides the obvious connection to TWW itself, John Amos is connected as follows:

Fitz/Admiral Sissymary was in Die Hard 2 with

Dennis Franz who was in NYPD Blue with

Bobby Simone/President Santos...Jimmy Smits

Sad day