Six Degrees of Separation Blogathon

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Nostra over at My Film Views has another new blogathon! I think everyone's familiar with the 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon game. The theory that anyone can be connected to someone else in show biz in 6 steps or less. I was assigned Groucho Marx to Leonardo DiCaprio by Jenna and Ellie over at Flick Chicks. Here it goes!

 Groucho Marx was in Skidoo with Mickey Rooney


Mickey Rooney was in The Muppets with Amy Adams

 Amy Adams was in Catch Me if You Can with Leonardo DiCaprio

I'm passing this on to M. Brown over at Two Dollar Cinema Connect Leonardo DiCaprio to Shirley Temple!

Comments

  1. m.brownJuly 20, 2014 at 8:52 AM

    Skidoo? SKIDOO! I don't even know what that movie is, but I think I love it.

    Shirley Temple, you say? Mmm, that sounds good. I'll have that.

    Thanks for the pass, Brittani.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamJuly 20, 2014 at 3:42 PM

      Weirdly enough, I was just reading a book called 'My Year of Flops' that was talking about Skidoo. I had to laugh when I saw it was part of Marx's filmography.

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  2. DellJuly 20, 2014 at 8:59 AM

    Man, this thing is spreading fast. Great connection. I had no idea such a direct route could be taken from Groucho to Leo.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamJuly 20, 2014 at 3:43 PM

      I know! It's kind of hard to keep track of how many people have already gotten this.

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  3. KatyJuly 20, 2014 at 9:44 AM

    Such a cool blogathon idea! You made some very nice connections. Looking forward to seeing how M.Brown connects Leo to Shirley. :)

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    1. Brittani BurnhamJuly 20, 2014 at 3:43 PM

      Thanks, I had to do classic and modern, it seems a bit harder.

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  4. John HitchcockJuly 20, 2014 at 10:21 AM

    Oh wow, I had no idea how quickly that would go. Here I was thinking that would be a challenge.

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  5. thevoid99July 20, 2014 at 6:56 PM

    Wow... I wouldn't have come up with that one. Especially as I haven't seen a lot of films with the Marx Brothers.

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  6. ruthJuly 20, 2014 at 9:08 PM

    Nice job Brittani! I'm not familiar w/ Groucho Marx at all so this is quite enlightening :D

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    1. Brittani BurnhamJuly 21, 2014 at 8:48 AM

      Ha, neither was I (Or Jenna and Allie when they passed this to me for that matter) Good to see we're not alone.

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  7. UnknownJuly 22, 2014 at 12:41 AM

    Well done, Brittani! I had forgotten that (a very young) Amy Adams was in Catch Me If You Can.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamJuly 22, 2014 at 5:58 AM

      I'd love to see her and Leo in another film together again.

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  8. JoshJuly 30, 2014 at 6:10 PM

    Nicely done! I never would've guessed Marx and DiCaprio could be connected in just 3 degrees of separation.

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