Let's play... 6 degrees to a ceph!

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This might be sorta easy:

Clint Howard


This guy just doesn't get his name in print often enough.

 

[nanoteuthis]

Arrrrrrrgh, you must've watched Seinfeld tonight too.

Don't we all? Unfortunately, I don't remember a single reference to Cephs on any episode of SEINFELD, and I'm pretty sure I've seen every one of them (including the one they're not supposed to show in re-runs anymore because it is considered ethnically offensive, about the Puerto Rican Day Parade). The Marine Biologist episode dealt with Costanza removing a golf ball (Kramer's?) from a beached whale's blowhole, didn't it? I didn't see the re-run last night, so perhaps I've forgotten over time.

On the other hand, you can do nice three-degree sequence starting with Jason Alexander:

• - Jason was in PRETTY WOMAN with Richard Gere
  - Richard Gere was in CHICAGO with Queen Latifah
  - Queen Latifah was in SPHERE which featured a computer-simulated "virtual Archi"

Speaking of which, anyone wanna try Wayne "Newman" Knight as a starter?

 

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Wayne Knight in Basic Instinct with Michael Douglas
yadda, yadda... 20,000 Leagues

 

[NickA5582]

Clint Howard was in Goldmember
As was Gweneth Paltrow as Dixie Normis
Gwenith was in Shallow Hal with Jason Alexander
Jason is George, the marine biologist.

 

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Clint Howard was in Goldmember
As was Gweneth Paltrow as Dixie Normis
Gwenith was in Shallow Hal with Jason Alexander
Jason is George, the marine biologist.

Yeah. That's the shortest path I could think of, but I have a feeling it can be done in even fewer steps.

 

[NickA5582]

including the one they're not supposed to show in re-runs anymore because it is considered ethnically offensive, about the Puerto Rican Day Parade.

Love that one. Isn't the one where Susan dies from envelopes banned too? (Anthrax)

Anyway, another new one. Pee wee herman in three degrees or less. ( It's easy)

 

[nanoteuthis]

Anyway, another new one. Pee wee herman in three degrees or less. ( It's easy)

Piece o' cake:

• - Paul "Pee Wee Herman" Reubens was in BLOW with Johnny Depp
  
  - Johnny was in ED WOOD with Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi
  
  - The real Bela Lugosi, the rubber .... you know the drill

Here's my Wayne Knight solution:

• - Wayne Knight played the cop boyfriend of Kristen Johnston ("Sally") in the sitcom 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN
  
  - Kristen Johnston played "Ivana Humpalot" in THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME whose female lead was Heather Graham
  
  - Heather Graham starred in FROM HELL with Johnny Depp
  
  - [see solution above]

I love these -- keep 'em coming!

 

[nanoteuthis]

Hey, I just thought of another, two-degree solution to the Pee Wee Herman puzzle, including a Ceph movie that no one's submitted yet:

• - Paul Reubens was in MYSTERY MEN with Native American actor Wes Studi
  
  - Wes Studi was in "tentacle turkey" DEEP RISING

(I haven't rented the latter yet, but I heard about it from a friend who is a member of the Wes Studi Fan Club, and even she thought it stunk!)

:P

 

[NickA5582]

Neither were the ones I was looking for, Tani.

Pee Wee and Cowbuy Curtis
Cowboy Curtis was in The Matrix
Little, many armed robots were called Squiddies.

 

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Gordon Jump




who'll fix my maytag, now?

 

[NickA5582]

Gordon Jump - A dogs Tale - Finola Hughs
Finola Hughs - Intrepid - James Coburn
James Coburn was in Monsters Inc. By Disney
Disney also made finding Nemo which had a little pink octo who inked herself.

 

[nanoteuthis]

RIP Gordon Jump

Let's try this:

• - Gordon was in the sitcom WKRP IN CINCINNATI with Tim Reid
  
  - Tim Reid was in the sitcom SISTER, SISTER with Jackée Harry
  
  - Jackée Harry was in the sitcom 227, which once had Paul Reubens as a guest star (Paul and Jackée ostensibly were dating in real life too, but this is unproven)

From Paul Reubens, proceed via one of these routes:

• - Paul was in BLOW with Johnny Depp
  
  - Johnny was in ED WOOD with Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi
  
  - The real Bela wrestled a real fake rubber Octopus in a real Ed Wood movie

OR:

• - Paul was in MYSTERY MEN with Wes Studi
  
  - Wes was in DEEP RISING with a tentacled monster (or monsters)

Are we having fun, or what?

 

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Are we having fun, or what?

I know I am.

I was expecting someone to come up with the Gordon Jump in Seinfeld answer, but yours (and Nick's) were much more interesting. To bad Deep Rising had to make its way in there. (shudder)

How 'bout a tough one? Anyone? Anyone?

 

[nanoteuthis]

How 'bout a tough one? Anyone? Anyone?

OK, but it isn't really that tough if you've been to the movies (or seen any previews) within the past few days:

THE ROCK in two degrees

 

[WhiteKiboko]

dwayne johnson with christopher walken in rundown
walken with desmond llewelyn in a view to a kill
llewelyn in octopussy

what about george plimpton? should be pretty easy....