John Stamos

Six Degrees or Less..... Round Twelve

What is the shortest route from Laura Dern to William Hurt?

David Arquette

Joan Cusack

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Jeff Bridges

Six Degrees or Less..... Round Eleven

What is the shortest route from Oliver Platt to Kurt Russell?

--Kate

Charles Martin Smith

Frances McDormand

Jesus Christ was Born Yesterday............. ................Henry Miller was Born Today!

Check out Spencer's earlier tribute here....

I am not the expert on the "Sage of Big Sur" but I know a cause for celebration when I see one!

-Kate

Today on Yahoo News...... I had to laugh....

Dear Yahoo!:

Who came up with the theory of six degrees of separation?

Irene Cody, Wyoming

Dear Irene:

The theory that everyone in the world is separated by at most five acquaintances was first proposed in a 1929 short story by the Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy. The story was called "Chains," and while the six degrees theory was a purely fictional conceit, the idea proved popular. In 1967, psychologist Stanley Milgram tried to test the theory by sending several letters to random people in the Midwest. The letter featured the name, address, and occupation of a single person on the East Coast; participants were asked to forward the letters to the people who they thought were most likely to know the person. It took an average of five intermediaries to reach the target. The experiment came into some scrutiny afterwards, but the results were published in Psychology Today and gave birth to the phrase "six degrees of separation." Playwright John Guare popularized the term with his play, which later became a film starring a then up-and-coming Will Smith. But get this -- the original 1967 experiment was repeated in 2001 with email, and the same results came back! Then there's that whole Kevin Bacon business.... taken from here. --Kate

Six Degrees or Less..... Round Ten

What is the shortest route from Renée Zellweger to Thomas Sean Connery?

James Mason

Patricia Arquette

Don Cheadle

Six Degrees or Less..... Round Nine

What is the shortest route from Candice Bergen to Winona Ryder?

Woody Harrelson

Henry Fonda

Laura Linney

Tea Leoni

A M P L I F Y -- The Game

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I invented a new game just for you, and for our use on this blog. This game is similar to the Six Degrees game, but it involves works of literature and location "place names" as well as actors and movies. Here are the instructions:

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A M P L I F Y


Actor..........................I post the first and last names of an actor/actress.


Movie.........................You name a movie that actor was in.


Place..........................You name a major "place setting" (city, state, or foreign country) from that movie.


Literature....................You name an unrelated work of literature set in the same place.


Identitify author............You name the author of that work of literature.

First name...................You select another actor with the same first name as that author.


You post results............You post the first and last name of that "new" actor.

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The game begins with: Tea Leoni

--Spencer

Six Degrees or Less ...... Round 8

Here's our next rather crazy combination round. Same rules apply.





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What is the shortest route from Kate Winslet to David Niven?


-- Spencer

"I'm a homicidal maniac, they look just like everyone else." .............................. --Wednesday Addams on her Halloween Costume

Gomez is unhappy, as the 25th anniversary of his brother Fester's disappearance is approaching. 'Don't torture yourself, Gomez', Morticia advises him. 'That's my job.' Meanwhile, the Family lawyer, flat-broke Tully Alford, arrives, with his wife, Margaret. His plans to fleece the Family fail. He owes money to Mrs. Craven, who has her thuggish son, Gordon, threaten Tully. Tully notices that Gordon looks a lot like Fester, and a plan evolves for the three of them to get their hands on the Family's money. When the annual seance is held by the Addams Family, Fester arrives at the door, accompanied by Mrs. Craven, posing as Dr. Pinderschloss, a psychiatrist. She claims that Fester was fished out of the ocean alter being stranded with amnesia in the Bermuda Triangle. Wednesday is very suspicious of this story, but Gomez accepts the newcomer.

Wednesday plays with Pugsley in the electric chair, a new game called 'Is there a God?' Gomez shows Fester the vault, below the house and down an underground river. The combination is '2-10-11: eyes, fingers, toes'. Gomez admits his own jealousy drove Fester away and asks for forgiveness. Fester agrees, but he's forgetting too much, and Gomez is growing suspicious of him. 'Dr. Pinderschhiss' cures Gomez's suspicions, and Fester starts to settle in.

Dr. Pinderschloss: The human spirit, it is a very difficult thing to kill.
Grandmama: Even with a chain saw!

That night is the children' s school play, and Fester helps them to make fall-apart limbs that spray the shocked audience with blood. Gomez throws a party to welcome Fester home, and they dance the traditional Mamoushka.

Gomez: How long has it been since we waltzed?
Morticia: Oh, Gomez... hours.

Mrs. Craven is furious with her son, and Wednesday overhears them plotting. Tully gets an idea and has the local judge (who loathes the Family) issue an order declaring that the Family treasures and property belong to the older brother, Fester. The Family is thrown out.

They have to take a room at a motel. Wednesday and Pugsley attempt to sell lemonade, while Morticia gets a job telling stories to children (leaving them shocked and in tears).


Girl Scout: Is this made from real lemons?
Wednesday: Yes.
Girl Scout: I only like all-natural foods and beverages, organically grown, with no preservatives. Are you sure they're real lemons?
Pugsley: Yes.
Girl Scout: I'll tell you what. I'll buy a cup if you buy a box of my delicious Girl Scout cookies. Do we have a deal?
Wednesday: Are they made from real Girl Scouts?

Thing delivers overnight letters, while Gomez becomes addicted to chat-shows and sitcoms. Morticia returns to the mansion to try and talk sense to Fester. She's captured and tortured. Just as she' s enjoying herself, Thing returns with Gomez to the rescue. Gordon, finally, has become fed up with his mother and Tully and switches sides to help the Addams'. He causes a hurricane that sends Tully and Mrs. Craven spinning into graves. The children bury them. 'Are they dead?' asks Pugsley. 'Does it matter?' replies Wednesday. Gordon is hit by a lightning bolt which restores his memory. He really is Fester, and was lost in the Bermuda Triangle. The Family is together again. Margaret Alford falls in love with Cousin Itt, and the children all join happily in a game of 'wake the dead'. Bring your own shovel...

summary taken from here.

Ahhhh..... listen to this, mon cher.

-Kate