I’m sure most of us have played this game, but for those who haven’t I’ll roughly go over the rules.
How It Works
You have to connect two actors using degrees of separation. One example would be to connect Sean Connery and Edward Norton the following way.
Sean Connery + Richard Gere -> First Knight
Richard Gere + Edward Norton -> Primal Fear
That counts as 2 degrees of separation. Whoever can connect the two actors with the fewest degrees of separation wins!
The Rules
You can use other movie actors and directors in your degrees of separation. If a person did not direct or act in the same movie as the actor you’re connecting, they can not be connected. Television shows don’t count, only movies.
The only acceptable cite for movies connecting two actors is Wikipedia. You may not use any other website to find connecting movies. It must be a film released in America, and it can’t be a limited release in only a specific city or town.
The Prize!!
Whoever can connect the two actors using the fewest degrees of separation by this time tomorrow will get a pound of Starbucks coffee, courtesy of my place of employment. Every week, Starbucks employees get a free pound of coffee (or a box of tea, if you prefer) to share with their friends, and I can’t think of a better way to use this benefit than to have some fun with you guys! My family doesn’t drink much coffee, so my weekly coffee markout has mostly gone to waste. I can either mail the bag to the winner, or they can pick it up in person if they’re near the Las Vegas area.
Just remember, no cheating! Don’t use any websites other than Wikipedia to find the movies you want to connect the actors with.
So, without further ado, the actors!
Gary Sinise
David Hasslehoff
Good luck! Remember to cite all of your connections with a Wikipedia link, so they can be easily verified. If there’s no corresponding Wikipedia cite, the connection doesn’t count!
