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"They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:20 AM
The rules: post a list of three to five names, all of whom appeared in the same television series or movie. (Credited speaking parts as at least semi-regulars: no 'and she was clearly visible in the background for 1/24th of a second in her screen debut.) Everyone else then takes their guesses at what they were in until someone gets it right.

No Googling or search engines of any kind. No Wikipedia. No use of the IMDB except to double-check your own names if you're about to post a list. Nothing except your own memory and best guesses.

Go.


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"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:24 AM
Arleen Sorkin
Paul Williams
Melissa Gilbert
Ron Perlman
Mark Hamill
"Little Beast of the Paradise."
Posted by IceCat on 08-20-08 at 10:29 AM
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by true on 08-20-08 at 10:37 AM

Is that the same Arleen Sorkin who was on Days of our Lives back in the 80's? I loved her with whatshisname who played Eugene.


"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:38 AM
Same one, but it's not DOOL.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by true on 08-20-08 at 10:42 AM
Yeah, I knew the others weren't on DOOL. I wonder what she's doing now.

I'm stumped on that grouping. How about a hint. Movie or TV show?


"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by kingfish on 08-20-08 at 11:00 AM
Babylon five?

That show had such a range of characters that these actors could have had semi-significant appearances. I know Gilbert did, I think I remember Paul Williams, Perlman appeared as a rebellious riff raff worker? Hamil had some sort of role, I think. Don't know who Sorkin is.

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 11:07 AM
Nope. Interesting try, but still a nope.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by vince3 on 08-20-08 at 12:14 PM
Batman: The Animated Series
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 01:45 PM
Well, at least it took a couple of wrong guesses before that came out. Beware animation in this sort of game, because it is a reason to get some very different people into the same room...
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:26 AM
Dennis Haysbert
Eric Close
John Goodman
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by SpotTheDifference on 08-20-08 at 10:31 AM
Now and Again?
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:35 AM
Great: now I have to find someone to install that rocket.


"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:29 AM
Hank Azaria
Yeardley Smith
Jennifer Aniston
Jason Bernard
Jane Sibbet
"Mad About the Simpsons Friends"
Posted by IceCat on 08-20-08 at 10:30 AM
"Herman's Head?"
Posted by kidflash212 on 08-20-08 at 10:56 AM
Somehow that obscure show popped into my head when I saw that list.

"RE: Herman's Head?"
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 11:00 AM
Yep. It does look positively Simsonic at first glance, but you've got the right show.

And meanwhile, poor Nailbone just went into an 'She had an early appearance that I missed? Where do I get it?!?' frenzy.

"RE: Herman's Head?"
Posted by PagongRatEater on 08-20-08 at 11:04 AM
I loved that show and I totally forgot that Jennifer Anniston was on it.


It is impossible to contemplate the fabric of the world without recognizing the admirable order of its arrangement and the certain manifestation of God in the perfection of its correlations. Reason, when once it had considered and admired so much beauty and so much perfection, feels a just indignation at the dauntless folly which dares ascribe all this to chance and happy accident. it must be that the Highest wisdom conceived the plan and Infinite power carried it into execution....The starry sky above me and the moral law within me are two things which fill the soul with ever increasing admiration and reverence. Emmanuel Kant

"RE: Herman's Head?"
Posted by nailbone on 08-20-08 at 01:24 PM
She was only in 2 episodes.

Pre-crush.


"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by kingfish on 08-20-08 at 11:02 AM
LAST EDITED ON 08-20-08 AT 11:06 AM (EST)

Azaria and Smith are Simpsons regulars, and since that show has had everybody with a SAG card appear in a guest slot, the Simpsons is my guess.

Ed to add: Dam, I need to read the other posts sometimes. At least I learned a new word, Simsonic (I like it), and a mental image of Nailbone in anguish.

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by jbug on 08-20-08 at 10:29 AM
You'll somehow know if I google, I just know you will.....
The UPS driver was just here - their new GPS system tells where they are at.all.times! He was leaving a package here for my nephew and the system told him he was at the wrong location.
It knows - like Estee knows.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:31 AM
John C. McGinley
Ethan Hawke
Gary Sinise
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by AyaK on 08-21-08 at 00:07 AM
Hawke and Sinise were in "A Midnight Clear". Don't know if McGinley was, because I don't know him.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-21-08 at 06:23 AM
That was my freebie, since I've openly claimed it as my favorite movie on OT.


"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:33 AM
Molly Ringwald
Matt Frewer
Laura San Giacomo
Bill Fagerbakke
Ray Walston
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by PagongRatEater on 08-20-08 at 10:35 AM
LAST EDITED ON 08-20-08 AT 10:35 AM (EST)

Stephen King's The Stand


It is impossible to contemplate the fabric of the world without recognizing the admirable order of its arrangement and the certain manifestation of God in the perfection of its correlations. Reason, when once it had considered and admired so much beauty and so much perfection, feels a just indignation at the dauntless folly which dares ascribe all this to chance and happy accident. it must be that the Highest wisdom conceived the plan and Infinite power carried it into execution....The starry sky above me and the moral law within me are two things which fill the soul with ever increasing admiration and reverence. Emmanuel Kant

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:38 AM
That was quick. I wanted to go with fairly major parts, and I thought including Kareem-Abdul Jabbar would be a dead giveaway.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Max Headroom on 08-20-08 at 10:40 AM
Matt Frewer.

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Snidget on 08-20-08 at 10:36 AM
Cloris Leachman
Betty White
Edward Asner
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by true on 08-20-08 at 10:38 AM
Mary Tyler Moore, but I bet I'm too slow.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Snidget on 08-20-08 at 10:39 AM
Yep, Cloris was on the Bob Saget Comedy Central Roast. She's still can bring the funny!
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by aquariaqueen on 08-25-08 at 11:19 AM
She was stinking hilarious!!!!!! I laughed and laughed!!!


“I love Jesus but I drink a little”. Gladys Hardy


"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:39 AM
Holly Hunter
Samuel L. Jackson
Jason Lee
Wallace Shawn
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by SpotTheDifference on 08-20-08 at 10:43 AM
The Incredibles
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:46 AM
*mutters* Should have left out Jackson.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by SpotTheDifference on 08-20-08 at 10:47 AM
I was going to post the same movie
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by SpotTheDifference on 08-20-08 at 10:42 AM
LAST EDITED ON 08-20-08 AT 10:44 AM (EST)

Wanda Sykes
Steve Carrell
Bruce Willis
Eugene Levy
Avril Lavigne

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by sharnina on 08-20-08 at 10:49 AM
Over the Hedge - loved William Shatner in this.


GUESS WHAT! I got a FEV-ah -- and the only pre-SCRIP-tion
-- is MORE COWBELL!

Shar's World

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 10:44 AM
Last one from me for a while.

Neil Patrick Harris
Lisa Loeb
Ian Ziering
Keith Carradine
Kathy Griffin

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by PagongRatEater on 08-20-08 at 11:05 AM
Harold and Kumar Escape From Gitmo?

Just a guess.


It is impossible to contemplate the fabric of the world without recognizing the admirable order of its arrangement and the certain manifestation of God in the perfection of its correlations. Reason, when once it had considered and admired so much beauty and so much perfection, feels a just indignation at the dauntless folly which dares ascribe all this to chance and happy accident. it must be that the Highest wisdom conceived the plan and Infinite power carried it into execution....The starry sky above me and the moral law within me are two things which fill the soul with ever increasing admiration and reverence. Emmanuel Kant

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 11:08 AM
Wrongaroo, rat old boy.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by PagongRatEater on 08-20-08 at 11:12 AM
As long as my punishment isn't four years of Obama....


It can't be eight years either!

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by kidflash212 on 08-20-08 at 11:43 AM
Was Kathy Griffin ever on Doogie Howser?

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 11:52 AM
Nope. Wrong guess.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Seana on 08-20-08 at 01:25 PM
Family Guy?

Neil Patrick Harris and Kathy Griffin have been on that for sure

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-20-08 at 01:46 PM
Still no.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by SpotTheDifference on 08-21-08 at 01:31 AM
I'm guessing post #45 is a hint here?
"Look out!"
Posted by dabo on 08-21-08 at 09:41 AM
It's Spi-i-ider-Man.
"RE: Look out!"
Posted by Estee on 08-21-08 at 09:50 AM
And I want to know how you knew that. Yes, it's the late, lamented MTV version. Neil did the voice work for Peter.
"RE: Look out!"
Posted by dabo on 08-21-08 at 11:28 PM
Actually, it was a guess. The list made me think maybe animated, Neil at the top so that's where I started, then the Spider-Pig song from The Simpsons Movie got in my head. Many Gracious Most Obsiquious Thanks For That, by the way.

Yours truly,

Curious about the solution to post #60

Pays was way hot in The Flash!

"A gimme for Estee"
Posted by Max Headroom on 08-20-08 at 10:47 AM
Matt Frewer
Amanda Pays
Chris Young
W. Morgan Sheppard


Another catchy agman siggie

"Your namesake?"
Posted by vince3 on 08-20-08 at 11:33 AM
"RE: Your namesake?"
Posted by Max Headroom on 08-20-08 at 11:41 AM
Indeed.

"RE: Your namesake?"
Posted by Seana on 08-20-08 at 12:41 PM
That was such a great show. I used to stay up "late" to watch it on the tiny little B&W TV that my folks let me keep in my room. Tuesdays at 10 pm.


Agman made it so!

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by emydi on 08-20-08 at 02:16 PM
George Wendt
Shelley Long
Ron Howard
John Ritter
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Sunny_Bunny on 08-21-08 at 01:09 AM
I'm guessing MASH. I know that Shelly, Ron and John were on it, but I cant remember if George was.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by vince3 on 08-21-08 at 01:16 AM
LAST EDITED ON 08-21-08 AT 09:50 AM (EST)

LAST EDITED ON 08-21-08 AT 01:22 AM (EST)

Wendt was. They weren't in the same episodes, but I think you're right.

ETA: In fact, I'm remembering the episode now. It was Halloween and Wendt was one of the Marine yahoos at Rosie's. He got a pool ball stuck in his mouth when he bet someone he could get it in and then take it back out. (He was half right)

Winchester, who was in a foul mood, got the assignment, and gave him holy hell.

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by emydi on 08-21-08 at 08:36 AM
righto...I cheated a bit in my list

I couldn't remember if Ted Danson was on Mash but I don't think so he was Laverne's fireman bf who died in the fire tho

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by SpotTheDifference on 08-21-08 at 00:19 AM
Jon Voight
Owen Wilson
Eric Stoltz


"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Max Headroom on 08-21-08 at 07:16 AM
Anaconda?


Another catchy agman siggie

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by newsomewayne on 08-21-08 at 06:57 AM
Scott Baio
Ted McGinley
Robin Williams


It's party time! Agman is excellent! 2008

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-21-08 at 07:03 AM
I'm going to guess Happy Days: Baio as a regular, Williams as a repeating guest star, and McGinley with a minor role?
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Dizwiz on 08-21-08 at 07:11 AM
McGinley replaced Ron Howard after he left...he played Richie's cousin, or some such nonsense.


"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by newsomewayne on 08-21-08 at 07:19 AM
Yes, and no. Baio was correct. But Robin Williams was on twice as Mork from Ork, McGinley was a teacher/coach after Ron Howard left.


It's party time! Agman is excellent! 2008

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by Estee on 08-21-08 at 07:30 AM
Ah, Ted McGinley. Is there any show he can't kill?
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by emydi on 08-21-08 at 08:38 AM
married with children
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by taffnic on 08-21-08 at 08:34 AM

1. Peta Wilson
2. Don Francks
3. Alberta Watson
4. Eugene Robert Glazer
5. Roy Dupuis
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by vince3 on 08-21-08 at 11:31 PM
Aeon Flux?
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by taffnic on 08-22-08 at 00:49 AM
nope
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by AyaK on 08-22-08 at 06:50 PM
I know that two of these (Peta Wilson and Alberta Watson) were on "La Femme Nikita", so that's my guess.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by taffnic on 08-22-08 at 09:24 PM
La Femme Nikita it is. One of my favorite TV shows of all time.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by vince3 on 08-22-08 at 10:55 PM
and here I was thinking that it couldn't possibly be the obvious answer...........
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by dabo on 08-22-08 at 00:13 AM
Dick Gautier
Dick Van Patten
Dick Dimitri
Misty Rowe
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by AyaK on 08-22-08 at 06:48 PM
THIS one I know.

"When Things Were Rotten" -- Mel Brooks' "return" to TV. Gautier was Robin Hood, and Misty was Maid Marian.

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by dabo on 08-25-08 at 09:01 AM
Correct! "When Things Were Rotten" was the reason I expected Robin Hood: Men In Tights to be much more of a hoot than it turned out to be.
"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by cahaya on 08-22-08 at 00:25 AM
Gilligan, the Captain, The Prof, Ginger, Mary Ann, and the Howells.


Ragtop Ride by foonermints

For the life of me, I don't know any of their real names, although Gilligan's is on the tip of my tongue.

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by AyaK on 08-22-08 at 06:59 PM
LAST EDITED ON 08-22-08 AT 06:59 PM (EST)

>For the life of me, I don't know any of
>their real names, although Gilligan's is on the tip of my tongue.

Bob Denver.

I was going to do Bob Denver, Warren Beatty, Tuesday Weld and Sheila Kuehl, but I think that's too easy.

"RE: They're all ensemble casts."
Posted by dabo on 08-25-08 at 11:50 AM
LAST EDITED ON 08-25-08 AT 01:15 PM (EST)

Bob Denver (Gilligan, Willy)
Alan Hale, Jr. (Skipper/Jonas Grumby)
Jim Backus (Mr. Howell, Thurston III)
Natalie Schafer (Mrs. Howell, Eunice "Lovey")
Russell Johnson (Professor/Roy Hinkley)
Tina Louise (Ginger Grant)
Dawn Wells (Mary Ann Summers)

Oddly enough, the three who are still living (Russell, Tina and Dawn) weren't in the original pilot for the show (the Professor, Ginger and Bunny were played by others).

ETA pilot cast:
Bob Denver (Gilligan), Alan Hale, Jr. (Skipper), Jim Backus (Mr. Howell), Natalie Schafer (Mrs. Howell)
John Gabriel (Professor)
Kit Smythe (Ginger)
Nancy McCarthy (Bunny)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0588101/

"Swoop!"
Posted by qwertypie on 08-22-08 at 00:34 AM

"Let's violate the numbers rule."
Posted by Estee on 08-25-08 at 09:06 AM
Lance Bass
Toni Braxton
Brooke Burke
Rocco DiSpirito
Maurice Greene
Kim Kardashian
Cloris Leachman
Cody Linley
Susan Lucci
Misty May-Treanor
Ted McGinley
Jeffrey Ross
Warren Sapp
"RE: Let's violate the numbers rule."
Posted by dabo on 08-25-08 at 09:28 AM
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World II or Cannonball Run 2009? Since we're violating the rules.


"RE: Let's violate the numbers rule."
Posted by Estee on 08-25-08 at 09:33 AM
Nope, although you're right in that it's something which hasn't come out yet. Within a month, though.
"RE: Let's violate the numbers rule."
Posted by SpotTheDifference on 08-25-08 at 09:36 AM
I cheated, so I'm not answering, but it was actually the first show I thought of.
"RE: Let's violate the numbers rule."
Posted by Snidget on 08-25-08 at 09:35 AM
Dancing with Stars and a few people who erroneously believe they are stars.
"RE: Let's violate the numbers rule."
Posted by Estee on 08-25-08 at 09:42 AM
Depressing, isn't it?

This is such a weird field, I'm tempted to set up a PTTE game for it. Oh, and I want to see if HD not only tunes in, but Dracos if he catches Reichen sitting in the audience.

The bastard is living his life.

"RE: Let's violate the numbers rule."
Posted by Snidget on 08-25-08 at 09:50 AM
Trying to decide if the people I want to watch out of this crew will make up for the people I do not want to see again, evah!

At least we have a few women stars that shouldn't have a problem wearing the types of costume's Edyta normally wears. I mean Misty spends all her time in a bikini and Brooke from the pictures on google seems to spend most of her time on camera half nekkid.

It is a good thing too because they'll need the left over fabric to cover that big butted woman's posterior.


Medal winning sigs by Agman!

"RE: Let's violate the numbers rule."
Posted by Estee on 08-25-08 at 09:57 AM
to cover that big butted woman's posterior.

Cloris?

"RE: Let's violate the numbers rule."
Posted by Snidget on 08-25-08 at 10:04 AM
You're going to make me say her name...

That Cardassian Kardashian chick.


Medal winning sigs by Agman!

"RE: Let's violate the numbers rule."
Posted by Estee on 08-25-08 at 11:27 AM
Did you just call her a spoonhead?