Well, they were on Cheers together... But I guess only movies count.

Cheers was a great show, I meet George Wendt once at the funeral of his father who was retired from the Navy I was on the gun line firing the 21 gun salute for him. He came by and thanked each of us personally. He seemed very nice.



Rhea Perlman was in Swap Meet with her husbad Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito was in Even Money with Kelsey Grammer

try
Ben Affleck to Mike Connors

Affleck was in Armageddon with Charlton Heston, he was the narrartor
Heston was in Gideon with Mike Conners


Samuel M'FING Jackson to Michael Jackson

How dare you sir! That god of our time, and the child-abusing troop leader in the same connection. oh how i shudder. (and Snakes on a Plane is gonna be sooooooo Frog King awesome!!!)

Sam Jackson was in Rules of Engagement with Tommy Lee Jones
and Jones starred in Men in Black II, which had a cameo by Michael Jackson


Victoria Jackson to Reggie Jackson

Vickie was in UHF with Kevin McCarthy
Kevin was in Looney Toons BIA with Brendan Fraser
Fraser was in Crash with Sandra Bullock
Bullock was in Demolition Man with Rob Schnieder
Schieder was in Benchwarmers with Reggie.


How about Shaquille O'Neal to Michael Jordan

Shaq was in Freddy Got Fingered with Tom Green
Green was in Charlie's Angels with Bill Murray
and Murray was in Space Jam with Michael Jordan


David Caruso to William L. Petersen

Caruso was in Kiss of Death with Samuel L Jackson
Jackson was in Pulp Fiction with Harvey Keitel
Keitel was in Red Dragon with Edward Norton
Norton was in The Italian Job with Mark Wahlberg
Wahlberg was in Fear with William Petersen

Now to go from: Salma Hayek to Penelope Cruz

Technically, they star together in the upcoming 'Banditas', but I'll try another route.

Penelope Cruz was in "Blow" with Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp was in "Once Upon a time in Mexico" with Salma Hayek

My turn?

OK, lessee.... Go from Mark Hamill to Tom Hanks.

Mark Hamill was in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back with Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher was in The Blues Brothers with John Candy
and Candy was in Splash! with Tom Hanks


Try Jerry Reed to Henry Rollins.

Jerry Reed was in Bat*21 with Danny Glover
Danny Glover was in 3 A.M. with Anthony 'Treach' Criss
Anthony 'Treach' Criss was in Feast with Henry Rollins

how about
Jack Black to Betty White (I)

Jack Black was in The Jackal with Bruce Willis
Willis was in Unbreakable with Samuel L. Jackson
the B. M. F. was in Jackie Brown with Bridget Fonda
and Fonda was in Lake Placid with Betty White

How 'bout Clint Black to Ron White?

Clint Black was in Maverick with Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson was in Casper with Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood was in Unforgiven with Ron White

try
Sir Richard Attenborough to Ingrid Bergman
A to B should be easy enough....right

Sir Richard was in Jurassic Park with Sam Neill
Sam was in Hunt for Red October with Sean Connery
and Connery was in Murder on the Orient Express with Ingrid Bergman


Staying with that theme, try Tommy Chong to Bette Davis

Tommy Chong was in Pauly Shore Is Dead with Clint Howard
Clint Howard was in Cocoon with Brian Dennehy
Brian Dennehy was in Best Seller with Seymour Cassel
Seymour Cassel was in Wicked Stepmother with Bette Davis

Try
E. Casanova Evans to David Franks (III)
(yes there both nobodies but still E to F for the theme)

E. Casanova Evans (apparently) appeared in Back to the Future II with Lea Thompson
Lea Thompson was in Howard the Duck with Jeffrey Jones
Jones was in Beetlejuice with Geena Davis
and Davis was in A League of Their Own with David Franks (III)

Gina Gershon to Howard Hesseman!

Gina was in face off with Nicholas Cage
Cage was in Captain Corelli's Mandolin with John Hurt
Hurt was in Valiant with tim Curry
who was in Clue with Hesseman


Kathy Ireland to Thomas Jane

Kathy Ireland was in Necessary Roughness with Hector Elizondo
Hector was in Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts
Roberts was in My Best Friend's Wedding with Cameron Diaz
and Diaz was in The Sweetest Thing with Thomas Jane

Heidi Klum to Larry Linville

Well, looks like you've stumped us. Larry hasn't really done that much so...

It can be done, Larry has been in a few movies!!

Heidi Klum was in The Life and Death of Peter Sellers with Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci was in Quick Change with Geena Davis
Geena Davis was in Earth Girls Are Easy with Larry Linville

Try
Ewan McGregor to Paul Newman

Ewan McGregor was in Moulin Rouge with Nicole Kidman.
Nicole Kidman was in Eyes Wide Shut, Far And Away and Days of Thunder with her ex-husband Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise was in The Color of Money with Paul Newman.

*Doublechecks that last to make sure*

Yup. Paul Newman and Tom Cruise.

Now, lets go with... Haley Joel Osment to Gwyneth Paltrow

Haley Joel Osment was in Pay It Forward with Kevin Spacey
and Spacey was in Se7en with Gwyneth Paltrow

Randy Quaid to John Ritter

(I've never been prouder - Mrs. UTM came up with this one entirely on her own, including the Kevin Spacey connection)

Randy Quaid was in the The Wraith with Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen was in No Man's Land with Henry G. Sanders
Henry G. Sanders was in Manhood with John Ritter

Will Smith to Lea Thompson

Kes what was your rate in the Navy?

I started out as a Nuke EM, ended up as an unrated seaman apprentice. Seriously long story. Heh.

Will Smith was in Independence Day with Jeff Goldblum.
Jeff Goldblum was in Earth Girls Are Easy (among a couple of others) with Geena Davis.
Geena Davis was in Stuart Little (and its sequels) with Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox was in Back to the Future with Lea Thompson.

Oh, yes. Must post another pair. Hmmm. To go with the flow, here.

Johnny Unitas to Hervé Villechaize

Niiice one, Kes. I admit, I hadda look 'em both up to find out what they've been in.

Johnny Unitas was in Any Given Sunday with Cameron Diaz
Diaz was in The Sweetest Thing with Christina Applegate
Christina was in Mafia! with Lloyd Bridges
and Bridges was in Airplane II: The Sequel with Herve Villechaize

Ron White (V) to Xander Berkeley

Ron White was in Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie with Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum was in Ella Enchanted with Cary Elwes
Cary Elwes was in Edison with Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman was in Amistad with Xander Berkeley

Sean Young to Ziyi Zhang (She is sometimes credited as: Zhang Ziyi if that helps :-P )

and a Double Z to end the alphabet

Kes: right on I retired from the Navy over a year ago (I was an FC)

Sean Young was in Blade Runner with Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford was in K19: The Widowmaker with Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson was in Batman Begins with Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe was in Memoirs of a Geisha with Ziyi Zhang

Up next, since we've finished the alphabet, let's go A-Z:

Ashton Kutcher to Zooey Deschanel

Kutcher was in Butterfly Effect with Ethan Suplee
Suplee was in American History X with Fairuza Balk
and Balk was in Almost Famous with Zooey Deschanel


Try Lucille Ball to Yeardley Smith

Yeardley Smith is in Zwei Frauen with Rip Torn.
Rip Torn is in Critic's Choice With Lucille Ball.

Will Beer to Marty Liquori.

Good Luck.

Will Beer was in Gosford Park with Maggie Smith
Smith was in Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg
Goldberg was in National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon I with Sam BMF Jackson
Jackson was in Jackie Brown with Pam Grier
and Grier was in On the Edge with Marty Liquori


I wasted far more time at work than I should have on that one. Try Blue (I) to Rhasaan Orange. Yes, I'm fully aware that I'm a dick.

Blue was in Free Enterprise with William Shatner
William Shatner was in The Wild with James Belushi
James Belushi was in Hoodwinked with Andy Dick
Andy Dick was in Scorched with Gary Busey
Gary Busey was in A Sight for Sore Eyes with Rhasaan Orange


Try
Redd Foxx to Tom Green (III)





But it's not that hard

Redd Foxx in "All the Fine Young Cannibals " with Robert Wagner

Robert Wagner in "Wild Things" with Bill Murray

Bill Murray in "Charlie's Angels" with Tom Greene




alanis morissette to charlton heston

Alanis Morissette in "Dogma" with Ben Afflek

Ben Afflek in "Armageddon" with Charlton Heston (since he did narration I'll go a second way)

Alanis in "Dogma" with Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck in "Pearl Harbor" with Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin in "Cats and Dogs" with Charlton Heston



John Wayne to Al Pacino

John Wayne was in The Shootist with Ron Howard
Ron Howard was in A Beautiful Mind with Christopher Plummer
Christopher Plummer was in The Insider with Al Pacino

Try
George C. Scott to Lindsay Lohan

Great Scott! was in Firestarter with Drew Barrymore
Drew was in Charlie's Angels with Cameron Diaz
Diaz was in There's Something About Mary with Matt Dillon
and Dillon was in Herbie: Fully Loaded with Lindsay Lohan

How 'bout Elton John to Lance Bass?

Good one.. used all six

Elton John was in Tommy with Ann Margaret
Ann Magaret was in Newsies with Robert Duval
Robert Duval was in Dick Tracy with Al Pacino
Al Pacino was in The Godfather with James Caan
James Caan was in The Gambler with Paul Sorvino
Paul Sorvino was in Longshot with Lance Bass

Whew..my brain hurts now.

Lets try Buster Keaton to Chuck Norris

Buster Keaton was in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers was in The Cheap Detective with Carmine Caridi
Carmine Caridi was in Top Dog with Chuck Norris (who only has 2 speeds "Walk" and "Kill")

TRy this without using any Harry Potter movies!
Michael Gambon to Richard Harris (I)

Michael Gambon was in Sleepy Hollow with Christopher Walken
Walken was in Batman Returns with Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle was in What Lies Beneath with Harrison Ford
Ford was in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with Sean Connery
and Connery was in Robin and Marian with Richard Harris


Nice one, Sam. Now try Ellen Degeneres to Anne Heche.

Ellen Degeneres was in Coneheads with Dan Ackroyd
Dan Ackroyd was in Trading Places with Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy was in 48 Hours with James Remar
James Remar was in Psycho(remake boo hiss) with Anne Heche


Trying a new thing..using the last person I linked with as a jumping off point.

So James Remar to Jackie Chan

I must admit, I had to look up Remar. I own several movies he's in, but he seems to have a forgettable face.

Remar was in Blade: Trinity with Kris Kristofferson
Kris was in Payback with Lucy Liu
and Liu was in Shanghai Noon with Jackie Chan


Going with your new thing, connect Lucy Liu to Lucille Ball.

He's in Dexter, which is why he was in recent memory for me. And yeah I was surprised when I saw his face..I was thinking "Hey he was so and so in this movie, and so and so in this movie."



This one stretched my brain (ouch) but I think I've got it.

Lucy Liu was in Jerry Maguire with Jay Mohr
Jay Mohr was in Paulie with Bruce Davison
Bruce Davison was in Mame with Lucille Ball

I'm not happy with having to use Paulie, as Jay Mohr only supplies the voice. But I can't think of anything else right now.

So we'll go with Bruce Davison to Peter Sellers

Hmm either I managed to stump everybody, or no one knows who Peter Sellers is So I throw it open to the next person, PM me if you really want to know the links

Dude sometimes were slow but we'll get the links sooner or later.

Bruce Davison was in Short Cuts with Matthew Modine
Matthew Modine was in The Shipment with Robert Loggia
Robert Loggia was in Reverenge Of The Pink panther with Chief Insp. Jacques Clouseau (aka Peter Sellers)

try
Peter Sellers to Steve Martin

Peter Sellers was in Return of the Pink Panther with Christopher Plummer
Captain von Trapp was in Must Love Dogs with John Cusack
Cusack was in Grosse Point Blank with Dan Aykroyd
and Aykroyd was in Sgt. Bilko with Steve Martin

Steve Martin to Mick Jagger

No problem, it was just that it was coming up on a week (ok ok 5 days ) and I was getting a little nervous / paranoid that I managed to shut down a long topic. No really.. they are watching me..I can see them.

Now onto the next stumper

Steve Martin was in Bowfinger with Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy was in Showtime with Rene Russo
Rene Russo was in Freejack with Mick Jagger

Hmmmm

Let's go with Rene Russo to Claude Rains

Russo was in The Thomas Crown Affair with Pierce Brosnan
Brosnan was in Mrs. Doubtfire with Robin Williams
Williams was in What Dreams May Come with Max von Sydow
and Max was in The Greatest Story Ever Told with Claude Rains

Max von Sydow to RuPaul.

Ouch man. Okay here we go

Max Von Sydow was in Dune with Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle MacLachlan was in Mad Dog Time with Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss was in Who Is Cletus Tout with RuPaul


And now a stumper because I just watched my LD of it.

Richard Dreyfuss to Mike Jittlov

Mmkay, here we go.

Dreyfuss was in American Graffitti with Harrison Ford
Ford was in K-19: The Widowmaker with Liam Neeson
Neeson was in Next of Kin with Patrick Swayze
and Swayze was in Ghost with Mike Jittlov


Patrick Swayze to Mikhail Baryshnikov

Doh! Totally spaced he was in Ghost..

Patrick Swayze was in Point Break with (whoa) Keanu Reeves
Keanu was in The Matrix with Lawrence Fishburne
Fishburne was in The Cotton Club with Gregory Hines
Hines was in White Nights with Mikhail Baryshnikov

I'm opening it up to whomever wants it..cause my brain is fried and I'm hungry.

*sneaks in for a first post in this forum*

Samantha Mathis to Alicia Witt