Magnum Mania!

Wayne Gretzky was on SNL with Phil Hartman, who voiced the newsreel announcer in "The Legacy of Garwood Huddle".

Next: Harry Shearer

thechickinthemiddle wrote:Wayne Gretzky was on SNL with Phil Hartman, who voiced the newsreel announcer in "The Legacy of Garwood Huddle".

Next: Harry Shearer

Harry Shearer in an episode of Miami Vice with Don Johnson

Johnson in Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man with Robert Ginty

Ginty in Hawaiian heat with Marta DuBois

DuBois in MPI

Have we done JFK?

Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:

308GUY wrote:Had to jump in here on this one....cause I didn't have to "look anything up"...
Richard Dawson was in Hogan's Hero's with Ivan Dixon, who directed a number of MPI episodes...unless it doesn't count because he was behind the camera?

Have we done W.C. Fields already?

308Guy,
Not to be a wowser or anything but I don't think it counts. Could Judge Conch, creator of this thread, rule on this please?
I think behind the scenes talent, tech people, that's stretching it, because then you might as well throw in everybody at the studio.
By the way, Ivan Dixon(Kinch on Hogans Hero) was a very interesting guy, the talent he had as a actor and director far eclipsed all the other people in Hogan's Heroes.
I do like your WC Fields challenge. Fields was in The Bank Dick(if you haven't seen this classic comedy you have been cheating yourself) with Shemp Howard. Shemp appeared with his brother Moe in the 3 Stooges, after Shemp died Moe appeared with two other Stooges in Four For Texas with Frank Sinatra. Frank was in Magnum.

So, Conchmeister, what about Richard Dawson?

First, to be fair Styles is the originator of this wonderful game, I just created the BOOM.

Sorry for my delay in judgement here, but I have to rule in favor of Luther's nephew Dobie, behind the scenes talent shouldn't be included, I think that would muddy the waters a bit too much.

Thankfully you didn't wait for the ruling.

Continue on Maniacs!

waverly2211 wrote:[quote

Have we done JFK?

Waverly,
Maybe you should try another person, I don't think JFK can be linked.
I believe the closest - I could be wrong - he came to a tv series was when Mister Parker on McHales Navy complained a new Pt boat transferred to the base was skippered by a young commander with a Boston accent so thick he could hardly understand it, Parker then imitates JFK flawlessly, we then get a shot of the new skipper's boat, it's PT 109.
Just an aside, at times Joe Flynn as Captain Binghampton would make fun of Ernest Borgnine.
When Borgnine would chew the scenery, Flynn would mutter things like "you'd think a Oscar winner could act" as Borgnine would crack up, the producers thankfully leaving such inside jokes in.
So Borgnine was in Magnum, and JFK's PT boat was on Borgnine's tv series, but that won't make the cut for Six Degrees.

Well...there's the list of stars that visited the white house, some of whom probably met JFK, but they were never in a show or movie with him.

Then maybe there's the tie to Marilyn Monroe, who can, and maybe has been (I think I remember seeing her as one of the stars to link) linked through other stars to MPI, but he (JFK) was never in a show or movie with her, (at least none that are available to the "public"! ) So maybe another "random celebrity" should be chosen?

Here's the original post by Styles, outlining the "rules":

Styles Bitchley wrote:Hello All,

Here's your chance to show off your Magnum P.I. knowledge by attempting to connect a random Hollywood personality to the show in less than six connections. Think of it as a Magnumized version of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. To be honest, I'm not sure how well it will work, but there's only one way to know.

To clarify:the random celebrity has to have worked on a movie or tv show with another for them to be "linked."


Here's a random example: Sean Connery.

1) Sean Connery worked with Catherine Zeta-Jones on Entrapment (1999)
2) Catherine Zeta-Jones was in Traffic with Michael Douglas (2000)
3) Michael Douglas was in Basic Instinct with Sharon Stone (1992)
4) Sharon Stone appeared in Echoes of the Mind (1984)

If you can do it in fewer connections or more creatively, you win.

The first personality drawn out of my magical hat is: Carrie Fisher. Good luck.

So I guess it's one of those "hair splitting" exercises, but according to the "official" rules, it may be hard to link a politician, unless he was also an actor....Ronald Reagan maybe...or Arnold...or maybe even Jessie Ventura, or Al Franken?

Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:

waverly2211 wrote:[quote

Have we done JFK?

Waverly,
Maybe you should try another person, I don't think JFK can be linked.
I believe the closest - I could be wrong - he came to a tv series was when Mister Parker on McHales Navy complained a new Pt boat transferred to the base was skippered by a young commander with a Boston accent so thick he could hardly understand it, Parker then imitates JFK flawlessly, we then get a shot of the new skipper's boat, it's PT 109.
Just an aside, at times Joe Flynn as Captain Binghampton would make fun of Ernest Borgnine.
When Borgnine would chew the scenery, Flynn would mutter things like "you'd think a Oscar winner could act" as Borgnine would crack up, the producers thankfully leaving such inside jokes in.
So Borgnine was in Magnum, and JFK's PT boat was on Borgnine's tv series, but that won't make the cut for Six Degrees.

JFK appeared in 2 episodes of an old TV variety show called Start Time sponsored by Ford, 59-60.
One of the episodes JFK was in Eddie Albert was the host.

Eddie Albert was in Simon and Simon

Simon and Simon were in MPI.

waverly2211 wrote:

waverly2211 wrote:
Have we done JFK?

JFK appeared in 2 episodes of an old TV variety show called Start Time sponsored by Ford, 59-60.
One of the episodes JFK was in Eddie Albert was the host.

Eddie Albert was in Simon and Simon

Simon and Simon were in MPI.

Amazing!

Well done.

That was pretty good.

There's been a lull in the Six Degrees of Magnum P.I. game.
May I suggest you guys try to link Magnum to ALF?
Dobie

Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:There's been a lull in the Six Degrees of Magnum P.I. game.
May I suggest you guys try to link Magnum to ALF?
Dobie

That, my friend, is a tough one. Even just a cursory google search doesn't reveal any obvious links, but I'm sure they're there. This would certainly be dead end if we weren't allowed the use of things like imdb and wikipedia!

Styles Bitchley wrote:

Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:There's been a lull in the Six Degrees of Magnum P.I. game.
May I suggest you guys try to link Magnum to ALF?
Dobie

That, my friend, is a tough one.

No, it's not - it's incredibly easy. Anne Schedeen, the mother on ALF was also on Magnum PI.

Even if she hadn't been on Magnum, she was on Three's Company many times and there are many Three's Company links to Magnum. Amy Yasbeck, John Ritter's second wife was on Magnum.

I always hated ALF, by the way. I thought it was an incredibly dumb show.

Mad Kudu Buck wrote:

Styles Bitchley wrote:

Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:There's been a lull in the Six Degrees of Magnum P.I. game.
May I suggest you guys try to link Magnum to ALF?
Dobie

That, my friend, is a tough one.

No, it's not - it's incredibly easy. Anne Schedeen, the mother on ALF was also on Magnum PI.

Even if she hadn't been on Magnum, she was on Three's Company many times and there are many Three's Company links to Magnum. Amy Yasbeck, John Ritter's second wife was on Magnum.

I always hated ALF, by the way. I thought it was an incredibly dumb show.

Good one! I probably didn't see enough of the show for me to say "hey, there's the mom from Alf." I was too old for Alf when it was popular so it didn't resonate with me either. But there are lots of dumb shows that I loved as a kid (Gilligan's Island, Love Boat, Three's Company), so I won't knock it!

Here's a challenge if anyone wants to take it: Marcel Marceau.

Marcel Marceau was on The Red Skelton show a couple of times. Red Skelton was in the original Ocean's 11 with Frank Sinatra.

How about Kate Jackson?

Styles Bitchley wrote:

Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:There's been a lull in the Six Degrees of Magnum P.I. game.
May I suggest you guys try to link Magnum to ALF?
Dobie

That, my friend, is a tough one. Even just a cursory google search doesn't reveal any obvious links, but I'm sure they're there. This would certainly be dead end if we weren't allowed the use of things like imdb and wikipedia!

Styles Bitchley,
On reflection, in all fairness I don't think anyone can answer this one by research. Monday my niece insisted on watching Alf, it was episode 9.
The father Willie is about to sky jump from a small plane when Clyde Kusatsu(not listed in the credits) says one line to him. Kutsatu of course memorably portrayed the Duke Wayne quoting cop Gordon Katsumoto in This Island Isn't Big Enough episode of Magnum.
By the way, does anyone know if that is Robins Nest on the "Sweet Terror" (1969) episode of Hawaii 5-0?
Styles Bitchley, is that really your name, or a Magnum reference I'm unaware of?

Next up for the Six Degrees game:
Jack E. Leonard, the great, legendary nightclub comic from the 50's and 60's

Mad Kudu Buck wrote:

Styles Bitchley wrote:

Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:There's been a lull in the Six Degrees of Magnum P.I. game.
May I suggest you guys try to link Magnum to ALF?
Dobie

That, my friend, is a tough one.

No, it's not - it's incredibly easy. Anne Schedeen, the mother on ALF was also on Magnum PI.

Even if she hadn't been on Magnum, she was on Three's Company many times and there are many Three's Company links to Magnum. Amy Yasbeck, John Ritter's second wife was on Magnum.

I always hated ALF, by the way. I thought it was an incredibly dumb show.

Hi Guys,
I just saw the above answer of "Anne Schedeen", which I wasn't aware of, rather than my answer of Clyde Kusatsu. Good catch. Anyway I would have answered Styles differently if I had read this first.
You guys don't like Alf? You have no idea what garbage I am forced to watch when I am babysitting, my nieces wrap me around their fingers. Though I have turned them into Magnum fans, they find the computers on it hilarious and ask about the 1980's like they should be written 1980 BC.