Sorry, I've been distracted by that RISK game that some of us have become addicted to.

Kristanna Loken was in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines with Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold was in True Lies with Eliza Dushku
Eliza was in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back with Jason Biggs
and Biggs was in American Pie with Tara Reid

Tara Reid was still in American Pie with Seann William Scott
Stiffler was also in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back with Kevin Smith
and Silent Bob was in Mallrats with Claire Forlani

Party animals: Dan Monahan to Jeremy Piven to Seann William Scott

What RISK game?

Dan Monahan was in Prince of Pennsylvania with Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves was in Devils Advocate with Al Pacino
Al Pacino will be in Oceans 13 with Andy Garcia (they were also in Godfather 3 together)
Andy Garcia is in Smokin' Aces with Jeremy Piven
Jeremy Piven was in Grosse Point Blank with Dan Ackroyd
Dan Ackrpyd was in Evolution with Seann WIlliam Scott

Benedicts:
Danny DeVito (Twins) to Andy Garcia (Oceans 11) to Robert Douglas (Scarlet Coat)

Benedicts:
Danny DeVito (Twins) to Andy Garcia (Oceans 11) to Robert Douglas (Scarlet Coat)
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Danny Devito was in Batman with Michael Keaton
Keaton was in Desperate Measures with Garcia
Garcia was in Things to do in Denver with Jack Warden
Warden was in Lawbreakers with Douglas.


David Hyde Pierce to Kelsey Grammar to John Mahoney

The Crane family with Movies

David Hyde Pierce was in A Bug's Life with John Ratzenberger
and Cliff Claven was in Toy Story 2 with Kelsey Grammer

Grammer was in X-Men 3 with Patrick Stewart
Stewart was in Conspiracy Theory with Julia Roberts
Roberts was in America's Sweethearts with John Cusack
and Cusack's best role ever was in Say Anything, which also featured John Mahoney

Sticking with that theme, let's do Cheers: Shelley Long to Woody Harrelson to Kirstie Alley

um UTM, i understand u r the master, but where is the connection to Cliff Claven?

John Ratzenberger is the actor who played Cliff Claven.

Sticking with that theme, let's do Cheers: Shelley Long to Woody Harrelson to Kirstie Alley
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Shelly Long was in Night Shift with Henry Winkler
The Fonz was in Waterboy with Adam Sandler
Sandler was in Anger Managment with Woody Harrelson
Harrelson was in the Thin Red Line with John Travolta
Travolta was in Look Who's Talking with Kirstie Alley


A bit of a shift..some wrestling actors..

The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) to Hulk Hogan to Freddie Blassie without, of course, wrestling events

This has stood too long...
Dwayne Johnson was in Mummy Returns with Rachel Weisz
Rachel Weisz was Eragon with Djimon Hounsou
Djimon Hounsou was in Stargate with Carlos Lauchu
Carlos Lauchu was in Spy Hard with Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan was in Muppets From Space with Frank Oz
Frank Oz was in The Muppet Movie was Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks was in Prince of Egypt with Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart was in Star Trek: Nemesis with Gates McFadden
Gates McFadden was in When Nature Calls with Freddie Blassie

Dragon voices:

Racel Weisz (Eragon - Saphira) to Richard Boone (The Hobbit - Smaug) to Sean Connery (Dragonheart - Draco)

Weisz was in Run Away Jury with Dustin Hoffman
Hoffman was in Dick Tracy with Henry Silva
Silva was in Cannon Ball run 2 with Sinatra
Sinatra was in Ocean's 11 with Boone
Boone was in the Shootist with John Wayne
Wayne was in the longest day with Sean Connery

In keeping with monsters, Dracula

Gray Oldman to Gerald Butler to Richard Roxburgh

Done through awesome movies! (in my opinion)

Gary Oldman was in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with Miranda Richardson
Miranda Richardson was in The Phantom of the Opera with Gerald Butler
Gerald Butler was in Reign of Fire with Christian Bale
Christian bale was in Batman Begins with Sir Michaek Caine
Sir Michael Caine was in Secondhand Lions with Josh Lucas
Josh Lucas was in Stealth with Richard Roxburgh

Bad pun time...

Miranda rights....

Meryl Streep (Miranda Priestly - Devil Wears Prada) to Rosamund Pike (Miranda Frost - Die Another Day) to Sally Field (Miranda Hillard - Mrs. Doubtfire)

Meryl Streep was in The Devil Wears Prada with Stanley Tucci
Tucci was in Robots with Halle Berry
and Halle was in Die Another Day with Rosamund Pike

Pike was also in Die Another Day with Pierce Brosnan
who was in Mrs. Doubtfire with Sally Field


Dick Smothers to Dick Van Dyke to Anne Heche.

Nice UTM. I didn't realize I had made it so short.

Dick Smothers was in Casino with Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro was in Meet the Parents with Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller was in Night at the Museum with Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke was in Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller was in Meet the Fockers with Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro was in Wag the Dog with Anne Heche

Due to The Prestige being released on DVD this week, connect these three without using "The Prestige"

Sorry the lead three actors can be done in two movies, so...

Piper Perabo to David Bowie to Scarlett Johansson

Due to effective killing this thread for two weeks, I think I will change the actors used. (as I am sure David Bowie is the wrench in the works)

Try...

Natalie Portman to Ryan Phillipe to Morgan Freeman

Actually Wind, I've been sidetracked by all the RISK games I've been playing lately (if you still don't know, you need to pop into Anything & Everything more often).

Piper Perabo was in Coyote Ugly with Bud Cort
Cort was in Dogma with Ben Affleck
Affleck was in Armageddon with Owen Wilson
and Wilson was in Zoolander with David Bowie

Bowie was in Zoolander with Owen Wilson
Wilson was in Armageddon with both Michael Clarke Duncan and Steve Buscemi
and both of those guys were in The Island with Scarlett Johansson

Natalie Portman was in Star Wars Episode I with Liam Neeson
Neeson was in K-19: Widowmaker with Harrison Ford
Ford was in Six Days and Seven Nights with Anne Heche
and Heche was in I Know What You Did Last Summer with Ryan Phillipe

Phillipe was in Crimson Tide with James Gandolfini
Gandolfini was in The Mexican with Brad Pitt
and Pitt was in Se7en with Morgan Freeman

Friends! David Schwimmer to Lisa Kudrow to Matthew Perry

Friends! David Schwimmer to Lisa Kudrow to Matthew Perry

Schwimmer was in Madagascar with Cedric the "Entertainer"
Cedric was in Doc Dolittle 2 with Kudrow
Then you jump back along the same track with Kudrow and Cedric
Cedric was in Serving Sara with Matthew Perry

How about..zombie fighters...

Bruce Campbell to Cillian Murphy to Ving Rhames

You didn't do Simon Pegg???

Bruce Campbell was in Darkman with Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson was in Batman Begins with Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy was in Cold Mountain with Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson was in Mission Impossible 2 with Ving Rhames

Characters from some of my favorite TV shows of all time

Jewel Staite (Firefly) to Hugh Laurie (House) to Trace Beaulieu (Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (I have the impossible to find DVD ))

I realize now that Trace is a bad wrench in the works of connecting, so I will take him out and replace with a non MST3K person

Jewel Staite (Firefly) to Hugh Laurie (House) to Jay R. Ferguson (Surface)

Jewel Staite was in Serenity with Adam Baldwin
Baldwin was in Independence Day with Jeff Goldblum
Goldblum was in Earth Girls Are Easy with Geena Davis
and Davis was in Stuart Little with Hugh Laurie

Laurie was also in Stuart Little with Johnathan Lipnicki
Lipnicki was in Jerry Maguire with Renee Zellweger
Renee was in Nurse Betty with Chris Rock
Rock was in CB4 with Rachel True
and Rachel was in With or Without You with Trace Beaulieu

Or if you'd prefer, Laurie was in Stuart Little with Michael J. Fox
Fox was in Casualties of War with Sean Penn
Penn was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High with Judge Reinhold
and Reinhold was in Hollywood Palms with Jay R. Ferguson


Comedians: Jeff Foxworthy to Cheech Marin to Bob Hope

I need to stop questioning myself. UTM is always proving me wrong.

Jeff Foxworthy was in Blue Collar Comedy Tour with Larry the Cable Guy
Larry the Cable Guy was in Cars with Cheech Marin

Cheech Marin was in Oliver and Company with Dom DeLuise
Dom DeLuise was in The Muppet Movie woth Bob Hope

Penelope Ann Miller to Madeline Kahn to Marion Cotillard

Penelope Ann Miller was in Break Up with Keifer Sutherland
Sutherland was in Phone Booth with Colin Farrell
Farrell embarressed ancient history with Alexander in which Hopkins was unfairly cast
Hopkins was in Nixon with Madeline Kahn

Kahn was in Mixed Nuts with Steve Martin
Martin was in The Prince of Egypt with Val Kilmer
Kilmer made what should have been an award winning portrayal in Batman Forever with Nicole Kidman
Kidman was in Dogville with Paul Bettany
Bettany was in Master and Commander with Russel Crowe
Crowe was in A Good Year with Marion Cotillard

Let's try Summer Glau to Shannyn Sossamon to Daphne Zuniga

Mmmm... hot brunettes.

Summer Glau was in Serenity with Adam Baldwin
Baldwin was in The Patriot with Heath Ledger
and Ledger was in A Knight's Tale with Shannyn Sossamon

Shannyn was also in 40 Days and 40 Nights with Josh Hartnett
Hartnett was in Sin City with Bruce Willis
Willis was in Look Who's Talking 2 with Joan Rivers
and Rivers was in Spaceballs with Daphne Zuniga

Larry Miller to Sienna Miller to Dennis Miller

I posted yesterday, but I guess it did not take...

Sorry this took so long.

Larry Miller was in 10 Things I Hate About You with Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger was in Casanova with Sienna Miller

Sienna Miller was in Alfie with Jude Law
Jude Law was in Cold Mountian with Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland was in Space Cowboys with James Garner
James Garner was in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood with Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock was in The Net with Dennis Miller

For my birthday (today) I am going to have you connect my favorite; redheads...

Alicia Witt to Angie Everhart to Julianne Moore

You 'n me both, Windsetter...

Alicia Witt was in Vanilla Sky with Kurt Russell
Russell was in Tombstone with Bill Paxton
Paxton was in True Lies with Ahhnold
and the Governator was in Last Action Hero with Angie Everheart

Angie was in Bordello of Blood with Dennis Miller
Miller was in Joe Dirt with Christopher Walken
Walken was in The Rundown with Seann William Scott
and Stiffler was in Evolution with the delicious Julianne Moore.


Bing Crosby to Richard Gere to Fred Astaire

Bing Crosby was in Say One For Me with Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner was in Wild Things with Bill Murray
Bill Murray was in Charlies Angels with Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu was in Chicago with Richard Gere

Richard Gere was in First Knight with Julia Ormond
Julia Ormond was in Sabrina with Richard Crenna
Richard Crenna was in Midas Run with Fred Astaire

Stuff's top 3 sexiest women... (oddly there is not a DH post of Jessica Biel for me to link to)

Jessica Biel to Scarlett Johansento Jessica Alba

Jessica Biel was in Next with Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage was in National Treasure with Sean Bean
Sean Bean was in The Island with Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson was in 8 Legged Freaks with David Arquette
David Arguette was in Never been Kissed with Jessica Alba.

It is only 5, hope it is within the rules. Strangely enough, I have seen all of these movies except for the last one.

Joanne Kelly (plug for a Newfie Girl trying to make it) to Laura Harris to Ellen Pompeo.

Damn. I thought I would make it a whole month, but good work RD.

Joanne Kelly was in Going thte Distance with Jason Priestly
Jason Priestly was in The Highwayman with Laura Harris

Laura Harris was in Suicide Kings with Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken was in Catch Me If You Can with Ellen Pompeo

Random:

Pierce Brosnan to Tracy Ullman to Robin Williams

Pierce Brosnan was in Mars attacks! with Glenn Close
Glenn Close was in The Stepford Wives with Jon Lovitz
Jon Lovitz was in Small Time crooks with Tracy Ullman
Tracy Ullman was in Robin Hood: Men in Tights with Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle was in Half Baked with Jon Stewart
and FINALLY Jon Stewart was in Death to Smoochy with Robin Williams *whew* that was exhausting

I'm sure there is a shorter way but im damn proud of that one lol

ok here goes some of my favorite actors in some of my favorite movies:
Fairuza Balk to Anthony Edwards to Sean Penn

Fairuza Balk was in The Island of Dr. Moreau with Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer was in Top Gun with Anthony Edwards
Anthony Edwards was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High with Sean Penn

And now some red heads for you:

Nicole Kidman to Julia Roberts to Melissa Gilbert.

What can I say. My wife is a red head!

Nicole was in Peacemaker with George Clooney
Clooney was in Ocean's 12 with Roberts
Roberts was in Mona Lisa Smile with Leslie Lyles
Lyles was in Famous with Gilbert


Sitcom Womens

Patricia Heaton to Shelley Fabares to Jane Curtin

Patricia Heaton was in Beethoven with David Duchovny
David Duchovny was in Zoolander with Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller was in Hot Persuit with Shelley Fabares
Shelley Fabares was in Love or Money with Allan Harvey
Allan Harvey was in Comedian with Kevin Nealon
Kevin Nealon was in ConeHeads with Jane Curtin

that was a good one chibichance

Now lets try the Oz factor:

Judy Garland to Frank Oz to Ozzy Osbourne

Judy Garland to Frank Oz to Ozzy Osbourne
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Judy was in Good Old Summer time with *shudder* Lisa Manelli
Lisa was in Muppets take Manhatten with Frank Oz
Frank was in Star Wars, take your pick, with Ewan McGregor
McGregor was in Moulin Rouge with Ozzy

Scrubs: Zach Braff to Sarah Chalke to John C. McGinley

Zach Braff in Chicken Little with Catherine O'Hara
Catherine O'hara in Monster House with Jon Heder
Jon Heder in Mama's Boy with Sarah Chalke
Sarah Chalke in Alchemy with Ajay Naidu
Ajay Naidu in Office Space with John C. McGinley



under-rated actors (in my opinion)

Michael Ironside to Anthony Head to Nathan Fillion

Three of the finest sci-fi series actors of the decade. I applaud your choice.

Michael Ironsides will be in The Butcher with Eric Roberts
Roberts will be in the Dark Knight with Gary Oldman
Oldman was in the last two Harry Potters with Alan Rickman
Rickman will be in Sweeney Todd with Anthony Stewart Head
(little fun trivia. I just used a Goblet of Fire reference to connect to Giles to Rickman, and Barty Crouch Jr. was played by none other then David Tennat, The Doctor with whom Head made a guest appearance. Not relevant, but true)

Giles will be in Sweeney Todd with Johnny Depp
Depp was in Corpse Bride with Danny Elfman
Elfman was in Good Will Hunting with Minnie Driver
Driver was in Phantom of the Opera with Gerard Butler
Butler was in Dracula 2000 with Nathan Fillion

Let's go Konstantin Khabensky to Maribel Verdú to Shôtarô Kaneda
We doing foriegn films this round

Shôtarô Kaneda??? did you maybe mean the character Shotaro Kaneda voiced by Mitsuo Iwata in AKIRA? i cant seem to find any reference to Shôtarô Kaneda as an actor....

Yeah, that guy. I had baked my brain comin up with the last answer. sorry for the Frog Up

ok then... dang foreign actors makes this so much harder, and i dont think i can get in in 6 degrees... ill try my best but major props to anyone who thinks they can get it with less degrees

Konstantin Khabensky was in Bednye rodstvenniki with Esther Gorintin
Esther Gorintin was in Les Mots bleus with Sergi Lopez
Sergi Lopez was in El Laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) with Maribel Verdu
Maribel Verdu was in Toreros with Claude Brasseur
Claude Brasseur was in Fauteuils d'orchestre with Kaori Tsuji
Kaori Tsuji was in Poketto monsuta: Serebi - Toki wo koeta deai with Megumi Hayashibara
Megumi Hayashibara was in Paprika with Mitsuo Iwata

ow...my head....that took awhile to figure out...

ok since we are on the topic of foreign actors, lets do martial arts masters

Sonny Chiba to Bruce Lee to Chia Hui Liu

Im gonna go lay down now....

I can see ive gone and opened pandora's box on this one.

I can’t believe how much work this took, given the movies involved.

Sonny Chiba to Bruce Lee to Chia Hui Liu.

Sonny Chiba was in Kill Bill, Volume 1 with Uma Thurman
Uma was in Pulp Fiction with Quentin Tarantino
Tarantino was in From Dusk Til Dawn with John Saxon
And Saxon was in Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee

Bruce was also in Enter the Dragon with Bolo Yeung
Bolo was in Bloodsport with Donald Gibb
Gibb was in Revenge of the Nerds with Ted C. McGinley
Ted was in Wayne’s World 2 with Drew Barrymore (gotta love cameos)
Drew was in Charlie’s Angels with Lucy Liu
And Lucy was in Kill Bill with Chia Hui Liu, bringing us full circle.

I need a vacation after that one…

Here’s my rebuttal: Unlikely badasses. Connect Steve Odekirk to Bruce Campbell to Simon Pegg.

Here’s my rebuttal: Unlikely badasses. Connect Steve Odekirk to Bruce Campbell to Simon Pegg.
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Steve Oedekerk to Jim Carrey in high Strung
Jim Carrey to lauren Holly in Dumb and Dumber
Holly to Kelsey Grammar in Down Periscope
Grammar to Stan Lee in X3
Stan to Bruce Campbell in Spider-Man 1, 2, 3
Bruce to Kelly Preston in Sky High
Kelly to Tom Cruise in Jerry Macguire
and finally, Tom to Simon in MI3


Michael Ironside to Jermey Irons to Ray Park (rumoured to be Iron Fist)

Michael Ironside was in Father Hood with Diane Ladd
Diane Ladd was in Inland Empire with Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons was in The House of the Spirits with Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas was in Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever with Ray Park

ok since ya mentioned a future Marvel hero lets do some current Marvel heroes (should be easy, since my last one was kinda hard)

Michael Chiklis AKA Thing to Ben Affleck AKA Daredevil to Tobey Maguire AKA Spiderman

*bonus points if ya can do it through their Marvel Movies hehe*

I'm assuming that it'd be less than fair to use Stan "The Man" Lee, so I'll play nice.

Michael Chiklis was in Fantastic Four with Jessica Alba
Her Scrumptiousness was in Sin City with Bruce Willis
and Willis was in Armageddon with Ben Affleck

Affleck was in Daredevil with Michael Clarke Duncan
Duncan was in The Green Mile with Bonnie Hunt
Hunt was in Jumanji with Kirsten Dunst
and Dunst was in Spiderman with Tobey Maguire


Lesser-known super heroes: The Spleen (Paul Reubens) to Blankman (Damon Wayans) to the Greatest American Hero (William Katt)

Paul Reubens was in Mystery Men with Gerry Becker
Gerry Becker was in Marci X with Damon Wayans
Damon Wayans was in Punchline with Mike Starr
Mike Starr was in The Black Dahlia with Rose McGowan
Rose McGowan was in Jawbreaker with William Katt

ok so we have covered marvel Heroes, but lets get into movie villains.

Robert Englund AKA Fred Krueger to Anthony Hopkins AKA Dr. Hannibal Lecter to James Earl Jones AKA Darth Vader

Can we use IMDB for an assist? I had most of it in my head, but needed a nudge for Forest Whitaker...

Robert Englund was in Nightmare on Elm St 1 with Johnny Depp
...who was in Platoon with Forest Whitaker
...who was in Panic Room with Jodie Foster
...who was in Silence of the Lambs with Sir Anthony Hopkins

Sir Anthony Hopkins was in Meet Joe Black with Brad Pitt
...who was in The Devil's Own with Harrison Ford
...who was in Star Wars with James Earl Jones


How about doing Bruce Campbell (everyones favorite) to Jensen Ackles from Supernatural?

Television actors count? I admit I had to find a picture of Jensen before I knew who he was.

Jensen Ackles was in Dark Angel with Jessica Alba
Jessica Alba was in Never Been Kissed with James Franco (obscure much?)
James Franco was in Spiderman with Bruce Campbell

Lets connect James Franco to Jason Lee .... without using Stan Lee.

James Franco was in Never Been Kissed with David Arquette
David Arquette was in The Tripper with Jason Mewes
Jason Mewes was in Mallrats (or pick your fav kevin smith movie) with Jason Lee

Classic Straight Men: Bud Abbott to Dean Martin to Tommy Chong

Bud Abbott was in Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Boris Karloff
Karloff was in The Raven with a very young Jack Nicholson
Nicholson was in A Few Good Men with Demi Moore
Moore bared herself in Striptease with Burt Reynolds
and Reynolds was in Cannonball Run with Dean Martin

Martin was also in Cannonball Run with Jackie Chan
Chan was in Rush Hour with Chris Penn
Penn was in Reservoir Dogs with Harvey Keitel
Keitel was in From Dusk Til Dawn with Cheech Marin
and Cheech was in all the Cheech & Chong movies with his partner Tommy Chong


Stand-up comics: Stephen Wright to Rodney Dangerfield to Jeff Foxworthy

Wright was in Natural born Killers with Dangerfield
Dangerfield was in Angels with Angles with, you guessed it, Frank Stallone
Stallone was in Stayin' Alvie with Patrick Swayze
Swayze was in Fox and the Hound 2 with Jeff Foxworthy


How about..Nerds..

Judah Friedlander to Robert Carradine to Ilan Mitchell-Smith

Judah Friedlander was in The Cassidy Kids with Richard Nance
Richard Nance was in Hoboken Hollow with Robert Carradine
Robert Carradine was in The Player with Kathy Ireland
Kathy Ireland was in Journey to the Center of the Earth with Ilan Mitchell-Smith

hehe that brought back good memories of Revenge of the Nerds movies....hmmm ok how about an update on former robert carradine costars, not using the revenge movies

Curtis Armstrong to Donald Gibb to Brian Tochi

good luck

Curtis Armstrong to Donald Gibb to Brian Tochi

Curtis Armstrong was in Dodgeball with Stephen Root
Root was in Grind with Gibb
Gibb was in Amazon Women on the Moon with STeve Guttenburg
Guttenburg was in Police Academy 3 with Brian Tochi

How about..SG-1 Stars, obviously without using Sg-1

Amanda Tapping to Don S Davis to Christopher Judge

Amanda Tapping was in Life or Something Like It with Peter Kelamis
Peter Kelamis was in Miracle with Don S Davis
Don Davis was in Cadence with Christopher Judge

I miss the scoobies... while i go watch some Buffy reruns connect Nicholas Brendon to Sarah Michelle Gellar to Alyson Hannigan

Bonus points if you use Giles to connect the scoobies (Anthony Head)