Six Degrees of The West Wing

[betsyboo]

Tomorrow

You are right and I am wrong.....not something I say easily-I changed my post and Betsyboo, you should too....altho I am still having trouble with spoiler tags for a series that has (sadly) been off the air this long.

Funny to realize that Santos would already be out of office and Sam, after serving 2 terms in the House, would likely be VP or something like that. Josh and Donna's kid would be 4 or 5 by now, altho Zoe and Charlie's would just be a new born. What have I started.

HA! i love that I told everyone else to spoiler tag it but included it in my orig response. GAH. am blaming it on holiday rush!

[SingleMaltBlonde]

Sorry....you can send Josh to my house to discipline me....

 

James Cromwell to John Goodman without using WW.

[AriAu]

They were actually in 2 movies together-The Babe (no, not the one with the pig) and The Actor but there are lots of juicy connections out there.

 

James Cromwell was in The Green Mile with

Tom Hanks who was in Punchline with

Dan Connor

 

James Cromwell was in LA Confidential with

Kevin Spacey who was in Beyond the Sea with

Lnda Tripp

 

James Cromwell was in Angels in America with

Al Pacino who was in Sea of Love with

Glenallen Walken (where did Sorkin find that name...it is perfect)

 

without using WW.

 

Always without TWW!

 

Girls named Lou

Janeane Garofalo to Julie Warner

Edited December 17, 2015 by AriAu

[PeterPirate]

Breaking in for a 6DOTWW tribute.    

 

Alan Rickman was in Galaxy Quest with

Sigourney Weaver who was in Alien with

Tom Skerritt who guest starred in the episode Constituency of One

 

 

Also,

Alan Rickman was in Galaxy Quest with 

Patrick Breen, who played Kevin Kahn in the episode The Black Vera Wang

 

Breen played the alien who died hearing Rickman say " By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Worvan, you shall be avenged."

 

 

ETA:  Here's an HP connection.  

 

Alan Rickman was in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows with

Michael Gambon who was in Path To War with

Various actors from The West Wing, including Felicity Huffman, John Aylward, Tom Skerritt, Phillip Baker Hall, Cliff De Young, and Reed Diamond. Plus Sarah Paulsen.

Edited January 14, 2016 by PeterPirate

[betsyboo]

Breaking in for a 6DOTWW tribute.    

 

Alan Rickman was in Galaxy Quest with

Sigourney Weaver who was in Alien with

Tom Skerritt who guest starred in the episode Constituency of One

 

 

Also,

Alan Rickman was in Galaxy Quest with 

Patrick Breen, who played Kevin Kahn in the episode The Black Vera Wang

 

Breen played the alien who died hearing Rickman say " By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Worvan, you shall be avenged."

you are very impressive not using DH or HP!!!! I feel like anyone should be able to link from Bruce Willis, yes? Oh. that was easier than I thought. <wanh wanh>

 

Alan Rickman was in Die Hard with

Bruce Willis who was in Red with

Mary Louise Parker who was in the West Wing.

[AriAu]

and without DH or HP....

Alan Rickman was in Love Actually with

Emma Thompson who was in Saving Mr. Banks with

a paunchy looking Josh, I mean Bradley Whitford

[betsyboo]

and without DH or HP....

Alan Rickman was in Love Actually with

Emma Thompson who was in Saving Mr. Banks with

a paunchy looking Josh, I mean Bradley Whitford

thank you - i got as far as Emma Thompson and Hugh Grant and then lost interest trying to go from there! :-))

 

New one:  Admiral Percy Fitzwallace (John Amos) to Secretary Lewis Berryhill (William Devane) (without using WW).  I'm guessing since they each had two or three long-running series, it might be a quick one degree.

Edited January 14, 2016 by betsyboo

[AriAu]

Then let's do it without TV shows!

Admiral Sissymary was in American Flyers with

Kevin Costner who was in JFK with

Tommy Lee Jones who was in Space Cowboys with

William Devane.

 

In honor of the hard work in writing the SOTU-let's get these guys some pie

 

Lee Pace to Richard Schiff

[betsyboo]

Then let's do it without TV shows!

Admiral Sissymary was in American Flyers with

Kevin Costner who was in JFK with

Tommy Lee Jones who was in Space Cowboys with

William Devane.

 

In honor of the hard work in writing the SOTU-let's get these guys some pie

 

Lee Pace to Richard Schiff

well done!!!

[PeterPirate]

Sadly, time for another homage.  

 

Abe Vigoda was in The Godfather (ETA: and The Godfather: Part II) with

Al Pacino who was in The Godfather: Part III with

Joe Mantegna who was in Forget Paris with 

John Spencer

Edited January 26, 2016 by PeterPirate

[AriAu]

Fish was in Look Who's Talking with

John Travolta who was in Grease with

Abigail/Stockard Channing

 

RIP Tessio and no, Tom Hagen wasn't able to let him off the hook....for old times sake.

 

In case anyone wants to keep playing, here is the last one I put up

 

Get these guys some pie

 

Lee Pace to Richard Schiff

Edited January 26, 2016 by AriAu

[PeterPirate]

George Kennedy was in The Naked Gun with

Nancy Marchand who was in Lou Grant with

Mason Adams who was in the episode The Short List

 

or

 

George Kennedy was in Cool Hand Luke with

Paul Newman who was in The Verdict with 

Milo O'Shea was in episodes The Supremes and Separation of Powers

Edited March 1, 2016 by PeterPirate

[PeterPirate]

Time for a huge one.

 

Nancy Davis Reagan was in Crash Landing with

Gary Merrill who was in Young Doctor Kildare with 

William Devane, who appeared in episodes The Dogs Of War and Jefferson Lives.   

 

or  

 

Nancy Davis Reagan was in Donovan's Brain with

Lew Ayres who was in Cast The First Stone with

Jill Eikenberry who was in LA Law with 

John Spencer  

[AriAu]

Ken Howard died and I don't want to just link to himself as Peyton Cabot Harrison III so how about

 

Ken Howard was in In Her Shoes with

Mark Feuerstein who was Cliff Calley

[AriAu]

I'm sick about doing this one

 

Larry Sanders/Garry Shandling was in Love Affair and What Planet are You From with

Annette Bening who was in The American President with

Josh Malina/Martin Sheen/Anna Devere Smith.

 

I guess John Goodman was also in What Planet are You From so there is an even shorter connection.

Edited March 24, 2016 by AriAu

[SingleMaltBlonde]

New connecting point Justice Christopher Mulready was on Mom (with Allison Janey) tonight.

[AriAu]

Another sad one

Doris Roberts was in Everybody Loves Raymond with

Brad Garrett who was in Finding Nemo with

Allison Janney

 

Anyone interested in playing this for happier things?

[betsyboo]

Current pop culture:

 

Kelly Ripa to Jennifer Aniston. (I haven't thought about this at all - took the two top stories at People - there's probably some one degree show out there!

[AriAu]

Kelly Ripa, that petulant little brat, was in Hope and Faith with

Ted McGinley who was in TWW with

Allison Janney who was in the Object of My Affection with

Rachel Green, I mean Jennifer Aniston.

Might have been a shorter way, but neeeded to get The West Wing in there somewhere!

 

President to President via commercials

Bill Pullman to Martin Sheen

Edited April 20, 2016 by AriAu

[betsyboo]

Bill Pullman was in Sleepless in Seattle with

Tom Hanks who was in Catch Me if You Can with

Martin Sheen

 

(I feel like once you are in a movie with Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise, you can get to anyone.)

 

Protectors: Michael O'Neill to Clark Gregg.

[AriAu]

Michael O'Neill was in Seabiscuit with

Jeff Bridges who was in Iron Man with

Clark Gregg

and unfortunately

 

Prince was in Under the Cherry Moon with

Kristen Scott Thomas who was in Gosford Park with

Bob Balaban (20 Hours in LA)

 

I like connecting presidents

Keith Carradine to Jimmy Smits

[AriAu]

Been a tough year to be doing this game...and I was reminded yesterday that Muhammed Ali was in a few movies

Ali was in The Greatest with

Robert Duvall who loved the smell of Napalm in the morning in Apocalypse Now with

Martin Sheen

[AriAu]

Got a Headline New Flash that Kenny Baker died today-he played R2D2.

Kenny Baker was in Star Wars with

Harrison Ford who was in Apocalypse Now with

Martin Sheen

[AriAu]

Tough year for this game. Another all time favorite and gotta admit, I had a hard time working in Pryor in this few degrees so went this way...

Gene Wilder was in the Frisco Kid with

Harrison Ford who was in Presumed Innocent with

Leo, I mean John Spencer.

[AriAu]

As I was driving in, I heard that Hugh O'Brian died and got this one without having to think about it

Hugh O'Brian was in Twins (one of my favorite dumb movies) with

Danny DeVito who was in The War of the Roses (and Romancing the Stone) with

Michael Douglas who was in The American President with

Half the cast of the West Wing

Edited September 6, 2016 by AriAu

[AriAu]

Margaret Whitton died...a/k/a Rachel Phelps from Major League

Margaret Whitton was in Major League with

Charlie Sheen, who was in Wall Street with his father

Martin Sheen

or, a little harder

Margaret Whitton was in Ironweed with

Jack who was in A Few Good Men with

Joshua Malina.

[AriAu]

Zsa Zsa Gabor died and decided to do it without Love Boat or similar guest roles

Zsa Zsa was in Moulin Rouge (the original-heard it on the radio this am or never would have known) with

Jose Ferrer who was in Midsummer's Night Sex Comedy with

Mary Steenburgen who was in Last Vegas with

Michael Douglas who obviously was in The American President with

Half the cast of The West Wing.

[AriAu]

Somedays I really hate this game and today is one of those days.

Just saw the Princess Leia died...I mean Carrie Fisher. Way to young

She was in A Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce with Lisa Edelstein

She was in The Women with Joanna Gleason.

[AriAu]

Debbie Reynolds was in Mother with

Albert Brooks who was in The In-Laws with

Michael Douglas who was in The American President with

Half the cast of The West Wing

[ProudMary]

Only need one degree for this one:

William Christopher, the final celebrity victim of 2016, was in M*A*S*H with

Alan Alda

[AriAu]

Mary Tyler Moore died-there goes another piece of my youth-watching that show was part of Saturday night....and yes, I had a crush on her

MTM was in Ordinary People with

Donald Sutherland who was in Six Degrees of Separation with

Abby Bartlet/Stockard Channing

[AriAu]

Another tribute

Bill Paxton was in Apollo 13 with

Kevin Bacon who was in A Few Good Men with

Joshua Malina

No use of Tom Hanks and I got to use Kevin Bacon! Felt that John Bon Jovi was a little too much of a freak guest star to use here since the late Mr. Paxton and JBJ were in U-571 together.

[AriAu]

Don Rickles died! All that anger and angst coming out in amazing comedy without any profanity. Brilliance

Rickles was in Toy Story etc with

Tom Hanks who was in Catch Me If You Can with

Martin Sheen

If we want to use non-voice work, then

Rickles was in Casino with

Deniro who was in Meet the Fockers etc with

Teri Polo

Edited April 13, 2017 by AriAu

[AriAu]

Roger Moore was the first James Bond I saw in the theaters in The Spy Who Loved Me so I have to use that one

Roger Moore was in The Spy Who Loved Me with

Barbara Bach who was in Force 10 From Navarone with

Harrison Ford who was in Presumed Innocent with

John Spencer and a very young Bradley Whitford

Edited May 24, 2017 by AriAu

[SingleMaltBlonde]

On 5/24/2017 at 10:09 AM, AriAu said:

John Spencer and a very young Bradley Whitford

Wait what?  Bradley Whitford was in Presumed Innocent?  I need to rewatch.

[AriAu]

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Wait what?  Bradley Whitford was in Presumed Innocent?  I need to rewatch.

Yup-he is the junior associate working for Raul Julia's character. Even gets to sit at the grown-ups table at trial.

[SingleMaltBlonde]

1 hour ago, AriAu said:

Yup-he is the junior associate working for Raul Julia's character. Even gets to sit at the grown-ups table at trial.

This probably isn't the venue to discuss my love of Raul Julia.

[AriAu]

RIP Adam West who was in Batman with

Burgess Meredith who was in Rocky, Rocky 2 and Rocky 3 wiith

Talia Shire who was in The Godfather and The Godfather II with

Robert Duvall who was in Apocalypse Now with'

Martin Sheen

[AriAu]

John Heard passed away RIP

John Heard was in Big with

Elizabeth Perkins (yeah, decided not to use Hanks) who was in About Last Night with

Rob Lowe

[AriAu]

Very sad news to those of us of a certain age- Harvey Atkin, Morty of Meatballs, passed away recently.

Mr. Atkin was in Meatballs with

Bill Murray who was in Stripes with

John Larroquette, who, of course played Lionel Tribbey

 

And if I cant just use guest stars,

Mr. Atkin was in Meatballs with

Bill Murray who was in What about Bob with

Bob Rumson himself, Richard Dreyfuss who was in The American President with

Sheen/Malina/Devere Smith

AND

In other tribute news, Glen Campbell, the Rhinestone Cowboy, passed away

Glen Campbell was in True Grit with

Robert Duvall who was in Apocalypse Now with

Martin Sheen

[AriAu]

Joseph Bologna passed away this weekend-RIP King Kaiser in My Favorite Year

Joseph Bologna was in Blame it on Rio with a very young

Demi Moore who was in About Last Night with

Rob Lowe

If you have never seen My Favorite Year and are in the mood for some laughs, do so.

[AriAu]

RIP Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis was in The King of Comedy with

Robert DeNiro who was in Meet the Parents and its Focker variations with

Teri Polo, who was, of course, Matt Santos' First Laaaadddyy

[AriAu]

Jay Thomas died-loved him in Cheers and Murphy Brown

Jay Thomas was in Mr Holland's Opus with

Richard Dreyfus who was Bob "Trumpson" in  The American President with

Sheen/Malina/Devere Smith

Edited August 24, 2017 by AriAu

[AriAu]

Harry Dean Stanton, a great character actor passed. RIP

Harry Dean Stanton was in Pretty In Pink with

Andrew McCarthy who was in St. Elmo's Fire with

Sam, Sam the Sunshine Man, Rob Lowe

[AriAu]

One of the saddest ones...Robert Guillaume, better known as OUR Managing Editor, Isaac Jaffe.

don't need 6 degrees since he was a Mighty Sorkin Player and the easiest is with Joshua Malina, but could throw in Teri Polo and for one episode, Felicity Huffman

[Moose135]

I'm surprised that after his run in Sports Night, he never made an appearance in TWW.

[AriAu]

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I'm surprised that after his run in Sports Night, he never made an appearance in TWW.

Agreed. Would have been a fine Supreme Court justice-maybe replace Mason Adams in what brought us Mendoza. Was pretty limited after Sports Night other than voice work on The Lion King. RIP

[PeterPirate]

John Hillerman was in Magnum PI with

Larry Manetti who was in Black Sheep Squadron with

John Larroquette aka Lionel Tribbey

[PeterPirate]

David Cassidy was in The Partridge Family with

Susan Dey who was in LA Law with

Jimmy Smits aka Matt Santos

[AriAu]

Just saw on Twitter that Jim Nabors died. Farewell Gomer

Jim Nabors was in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with

Dolly Parton who was in 9 to 5 with

Lily Tomlin