Six Degrees Of "Weird Al" Yankovic

Post by **samuraisumo** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:31 pm

Gary Busey is on Ce;ebroty Fit Club with Victoria Jackson.
She was Al's girlfriend in UHF!

Amerie

Post by **samuraisumo** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:44 pm

Come on!! She ang so many good hooks!! Surely one of you have heard of her. I'll divulge my answer in 48 hours unless someone beats me to it!!

http://www.last.fm/user/geniusinmaine · Post by **Genius in Maine** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:05 am

Amerie performed on the album "Unleashed" with Bow Wow
who was in "Like Mike" with Eugene Levy
who was in "A Mighty Wind" with Michael McKean
who played a miner on TWAS.

Ellen Greene

Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:56 am

Ellen Greene was in Naked Gun 33 1/3 with "Weird Al" Yankovic.

In honor of our newest moderator, link up Weird Al with Art Garfunkel using Jim West and ONE additional person.

shakespeare234 · Post by **shakespeare234** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:25 am

I am trying for the one, but I can get there with two others.

Jim is in Al's band.

Jim did compositions for a Disney Channel TV Movie called "Rip Girls" which was directed by Joyce Chopra.

Joyce also directed a film called Smooth Talk.

The musical director of Smooth Talk was James Taylor.

Art Garfunkel wrote a tribute to James Taylor for Rolling Stone.

Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:07 am

Good job. BTW, James Taylor, Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon also sang "What A Wonderful World" together.

Here's the connection I knew about:
Jim is in Al's band. Jim also was/is in a songwriter's group with Maia Sharp, who collaborated with Art Garfunkel on an album and a tour.

But you did link 'em up, so I think you get to choose the next Six Degreesian.

shakespeare234 · Post by **shakespeare234** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:56 pm

Orthography Enthusiast @ Jul 25 2005, 11:07 PM wrote: Good job. BTW, James Taylor, Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon also sang "What A Wonderful World" together.

Here's the connection I knew about:
Jim is in Al's band. Jim also was/is in a songwriter's group with Maia Sharp, who collaborated with Art Garfunkel on an album and a tour.

But you did link 'em up, so I think you get to choose the next Six Degreesian.

Yeah, I knew that (the Art, Paul, James thing). I just took the most recent connection (there are others).

In the spirit of Jim again...

Weird Al to Jim West not using Jim in Al's band.

twinkieweinersandwiches24_7 · Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:04 pm

Would this count? (If not, just ignore this post)

Jim West was in the band Johnny Lyon and the Hitmakers with Steve Jay.
Steve met up with Al and joined him and Jon's band in 1982.

Well, it's not about Jim being in Al's band...

Mike McCready

http://www.last.fm/user/geniusinmaine · Post by **Genius in Maine** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:34 am

Mike McCready was in Pearl Jam with Matt Cameron, who was also in Soundgarden. The Soundgarden hit "Black Hole Sun" was included in "The Alternative Polka."

Bruce Dickinson

shakespeare234 · Post by **shakespeare234** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:04 am

twinkieweinersandwiches24_7 @ Jul 26 2005, 04:04 PM wrote: Would this count? (If not, just ignore this post)

Jim West was in the band Johnny Lyon and the Hitmakers with Steve Jay.
Steve met up with Al and joined him and Jon's band in 1982.

Well, it's not about Jim being in Al's band...

Mike McCready

I guess that can count, considering it didn't include Jim in Al's band - but I was thinking of a more indirect route, like...

Jim was in a movie called Bob Roberts (I've never heard of it but IMDB has).

James Spader was also in Bob Roberts.

James Spader is in Boston Legal with William Shatner, whose toupee gets purchased in Al's song "ebay"

Oh, Bruce Dickinson:

On the BBC 6 Music website, Bruce answers the question "A record that makes you laugh?" with "Springtime For Hitler," which is the name of the show produced in "The Producers." Nathan Lane was in the Producers on Broadway. Nathan Lane was also in "The Birdcage" with Hank Azaria, who does voices on the Simpsons, which Al (and the band) appeared on.

Next up: Retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.