Six degrees of separation

[eggcetra_farms]

I just love it! The way I had connected them was:

1. Townes Van Zandt wrote the song "Pancho and Lefty" which was covered by Willie Nelson.

2. Willie Nelson was in the movie Wag the Dog, which starred Robert De Niro.

It's just interesting to see the many ways to make a connection and makes me wonder in what ways all the rest of us are connected. Too bad it's not as easy to figure out with us "common" folk as it is movie stars, etc.

 

[dapper]

Louis Armstrong is connected to Ralph Ellison because Ralph Ellison wrote about Louis Armstrong.

Ralph Ellison is connected to Charlie Parker because Ralph Ellison wrote about Charlie Parker.

Clint Eastwood is connected to Charlie Parker because Clint Eastwood made a film about Charlie Parker called Bird (1988).

Clint Eastwood is directing the movie "The Changeling" which Angelina Jolie is playing in.

Angelina Jolie is married to Brad Pitt



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Tiger Woods and John Wayne

 

[eggcetra_farms]

Great job dapper! It's good to see this thread picked up again. I'll try to figure out your Tiger Woods to John Wayne.

 

[Q9]

I have a tough one for you all. William Tecumseh Sherman to Lysander Spooner. Whoever gets this one gets 20 completely meaningless points!

 

[duckluv]

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Darn. No meaningless points for me.

Can I have one free point?

 

[BirdNut]

edited because I'm not playing the game correctly.

 

[pookiegoldman]

Give us a harder one next time

 

[pookiegoldman]

Okay, it's been 2 days since Sherman/Spooner. Fill us in Q9.

I'll go with Telly Savalas AND Julia Roberts

 

[Q9]

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Okay, there are several ways to do this, so I'll go with the simplest. Spooner was an abolitionist who partially sponsored John Brown's raid. Said raid was foiled by Robert E. Lee. Lee was good friends with James Longstreet. Longstreet was a friend of U. S. Grant, who was good friends with General William Sherman.

5 degrees.