Monday, March 25, 2019

Movie-TV Connection Game (March 2019)

James Stewart and Marlo Thomas.
With spring just around the corner, it must to be time to play this blog's most popular game! If you're new to this game, here are the rules:  You will be given a pair or trio of films or performers and will be required to to find the common connection. It could be anything--two stars who acted in the same movie, two movies that share a common theme, etc. As always, don't answer all the questions so others can play, too. There is a single best answer for each question. 

1.  Batman TV series and the movie Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

2.  Nigel Bruce and Joanne Woodward.

3.  Robert Taylor and Cornel Wilde.

4.  Ronald Colman and Don Adams.

5.  Howard Keel and Richard Dean Anderson.

6.  James Stewart and Marlo Thomas.

7.  Paul Newman and Frankie Avalon.

8.  Shirley MacLaine, Muhammad Ali, and Sophia Loren.

9.  Clifton Webb and Marilyn Monroe.

10. Walter Matthau and Tony Curtis.

11. Robert Mitchum and Gabe Kaplan.

12.  Boris Karloff and Buster Keaton.

13. Lee Van Cleef, Yul Brynner, and George Kennedy (answer must be specific!).

14. Angela Lansbury and Helen Hayes.

15. Lionel Barrymore and Christopher Lee.

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  1. Caftan WomanMarch 25, 2019 at 8:27 AM

    Good "yawn" morning!

    1. Julie Newmar

    2. Dr. Watson. Bruce in a series of films and radio programs, and Woodward in They Might Be Giants as psych doctor to slightly mad George C. Scott who thinks he is Holmes.

    14. Miss Marple is in the house!

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    1. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 10:33 AM

      As usual, you have gotten this month's game off to a rousing start!

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  2. Jerome WilsonMarch 25, 2019 at 9:15 AM

    6. Marlo Thomas played the equivalent of George Bailey in a TV remake of It's A Wonderful Life.

    11. Both played basketball coaches, Mitchum in That Championship Season and Kaplan in Fast Break.

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    1. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 10:34 AM

      Well done, Jerome! Not many people have seen Marlo's remake.

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  3. UnknownMarch 25, 2019 at 11:18 AM

    5- Both Howard Keel and Richard Dean Anderson were Adam in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers....One Howard Keel was in the movie and Richard Dean Anderson was in the T.V series

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    1. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 11:54 AM

      Great job...the TV show didn't last very long!

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  4. Sue ClarkMarch 25, 2019 at 11:59 AM

    10. Both starred in Little Miss Marker.

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    1. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 1:02 PM

      That is true, but there is also another connection.

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  5. ShaniC50273March 25, 2019 at 12:04 PM

    8. Shirley Maclaine, Muhammed Ali, and Sophia Loren all portayed themselves in movie bios (Out on a Limb; The Greatest; Sophia: Her Own Story)

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    1. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 1:04 PM

      Nicely done! Personally, I'd want someone more handsome to play me in my movie biography.

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  6. Sue ClarkMarch 25, 2019 at 12:25 PM

    13. All three men played the role of Chris Adams in the Magnificent Seven movies. Brenner was the original in The Magnificent Seven, George Kennedy took over in The Guns of the Magnificent Seven, and Lee Van Cleff took over the role and The Magnificent Seven Ride.

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    1. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 1:05 PM

      Well done! I love the original MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (and Kurosawa's film), but the sequels are only fair.

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  7. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 1:06 PM

    Questions still needing answers: 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, and 15.

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  8. Bill OMarch 25, 2019 at 1:19 PM

    10. Both in Bad News Bears films.

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    1. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 1:21 PM

      Indeed, they were! (Though one movie was much better than the other...)

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  9. Caftan WomanMarch 25, 2019 at 4:08 PM

    12. Boris appeared (on the Union side) in Buster's The General.

    I didn't think of this in the morning because I was tired. However, the game occupied my mind during a boring bus ride to a boring meeting. I couldn't wait to get home!

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    1. Caftan WomanMarch 25, 2019 at 4:33 PM

      Oh, wait. Could I be getting too fancy? After all, I don't "know" that Boris is in The General. It's just something my sister mentioned once.

      Is it Beach Party movies? The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini and Beach Blanket Bingo, and like that?

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    2. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 5:14 PM

      I was thinking of the BEACH PARTY movies, but now I need to go look up THE GENERAL!

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  10. John VMarch 25, 2019 at 4:19 PM

    Number 9: Both played babysitters: Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty (1948) and Marilyn in Don't Bother To Knock (1952).

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  11. Sue ClarkMarch 25, 2019 at 4:22 PM

    4 Don Adams did a parody of Ronald Coleman in "The Prisoner of Zelda" in the "Get Smart" episode "The King Lives".

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    1. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 5:15 PM

      Now that is impressive! (Also, that may be my favorite GET SMART episode.)

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  12. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 5:16 PM

    Only three questions remain: 3, 7, and 15.

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  13. Bill OMarch 25, 2019 at 5:27 PM

    15. Rasputin.

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  14. beachgalMarch 25, 2019 at 5:53 PM

    3. Lancelot

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    1. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 7:05 PM

      Well done, beachgal. SWORD OF LANCELOT was my first exposure to the love triangle and sent me to the encyclopedia to confirm that Lance could have done such a thing.

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  15. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 7:05 PM

    No. 7 is all that remains!

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  16. Bill OMarch 25, 2019 at 7:08 PM

    7, Race car movies.

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    1. Rick29March 25, 2019 at 11:56 PM

      You’re spot on, Bill! Thanks to everyone who played this month.

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