6 degrees game

James Caan was in Eraser with Arnold Schwarzenegger who was in End of Days with Kevin Pollack who was in Hostage with Bruce Willis who was in Striking Distance Tom Sizemore


Bob Hope and Bob Barker

Bob Barker was in "Happy Gilmore" with Allen Covert.
Allen Covert was in "50 First Dates" with Dan Aykroyd.
Aykroyd was in "Spies Like Us" with Bob Hope.


(Both Sizemore and Caan attended Michigan State but left before graduating.)



Lets see if you can get some University of Texas Alumni.


Fess Parker (1950 B.A.) and Wes Anderson (1990 B.A.)

Fess Parker was in Smoky with Hoyt Axton who was in Gremlins with Judge Reinhold who was in Beverly Hills Cop with Eddie Murphy who was in I Spy with Owen Wilson who was in The Royal Tenenbaums with Wes Anderson

Tom Hanks and Tom Wopat

Tom Hanks was in "Apollo 13" with Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon was in "Taking Chance" with Tom Wopat.



Ok, in keeping with this weeks TV events, how about actors who have won Olympic Gold Medals??



Kurt Angle (100kg freestyle wrestling, 1996) and Buster Crabbe (400 Meter Freestyle, 1932)



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Kurt Angle was in with Chains with J.R. Starr who was in A Mission to Kill with Chris Casamassa who was in Mortal Kombat with Bridgette Wilson who was in Last Action Hero with Arnold Schwarzenegger who was in Scavenger Hunt with Stephen Furst who was in Swim Team with Buster Crabbe
Tim Conway and Tim Bottoms

Timothy Bottoms was in "A Small Town in Texas" with Clay Tanner.
Clay Tanner was in "McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force" with Tim Conway.



In keeping with gold medals, this one is a lot easier. Lets try Congressional Gold medal recipients.

Arnold Palmer to Byron Nelson.

Arnold Palmer was in Coach of the Year with Robert Conrad who was in Jingle All the Way with Arnold Schwarzenegger who was in True Lies with Bill Paxton who was in Deadly Lessons with Donna Reed The Caddy with Byron Nelson

Jim Brown and Jimmy Dean(the sausage guy)

Jim Brown was in "Any Given Sunday" with Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid was in "Dragonheart" with Sean Connery.
Sean Connery was in "Diamonds are Forever" with Jimmy Dean.


Try these two actors from the Houston area:

Patrick Swayze and Sean Patrick Flanery

(Boondock Saints II out on BluRay next month )

Patrick Swayze was in Ghost with Demi Moore who was in Mortal Thoughts with Bruce Willis who was in Hostage with Kevin Pollack who was in End of Days with Arnold Schwarzenegger who was in Terminater with Lance Henriksen who was in Powder with Sean Patrick Flanery

Ethan Hawke and Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller and Ethan Hawke were both in "Reality Bites"

Try a couple of Marines:

Drew Carey to Steve McQueen

Drew Carey was in Coneheads with Dan Aykroyd who was in Ghostbusters with Bill Murray who was in Tootsie with Dustin Hoffman who was in Papillon with Steve McQueen

Michael Jordan and Michael J Fox

Michael Jordan was in "He Got Game" with Jim Brown.
Jim Brown was in "Mars Attacks!" with Michael J. Fox.


Ok here is a challenge.

Connect these two WWII heroes, both won the Congressional Medal of Honor.



Senator Daniel Inouye and Texan Audie Murphy.


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Daniel Inouye was in The Next Karate Kid with Michael Ironside who was in Total Recall with Arnold Schwarzenegger who was in Last Action Hero with Bridgette Wilson who was in Billy Madison with Darren McGavin who was in Bullet for a Badman with Audie Murphy

Don Rickles and Don Knotts

Don Knotts was in "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" with Buster Keaton.
Buster Keaton was in "Beach Blanket Bingo" with Don Rickles.



That must have been too easy, I've been holding this one for a while.

Try these two Playboy Centerfolds............

Barbie Benton and Pam Anderson

Barbie Benton was in Hospital Massacre with Jon Van Ness
who was in Scorpio One with Robert Carradine
who was in Escape from L.A. with Pam Grier
who was in Back in the Day with Ving Rhames
who was in Dawn of the Dead with Matt Frewer
who was in The Taking of Beverly Hills with Pam Anderson

Shannon Tweed and Shia LaBeouf