Name Three People...

[Jim R]

... who follow from the previous three.

This is a game I've enjoyed over at Jazz Corner (originally posted there by the one and only steve(thelil), and I figured it might be fun to start it up here. Basically, you just take the last of the three names posted, and post a related (see below) name, followed by two more. Just quote the last person's post, and post your three names in response.

There are various ways to transition from one name to the next. You can outright copy one of the names (first or last) and add a different (first or last) name to it, such as going from "Jim Alfredson" to "Jim Sangrey". You could even follow that with "Jim Dye" and/or "Jim R". Too much copying is boring, however, and too easy. It's far more interesting and fun to use your imagination. So, instead of going from "Jim Alfredson" to "Jim Sangrey", you might go to "Alfred E. Newman" instead (or just "Alfred", followed by "Batman", or "Adam West", or whatever). Or, take off from "son" instead of "Alfred" (Son Seals, for example).

You can also select something that rhymes (Tim, Slim, etc etc).

Another thing you can do is to jump to a different name based on a topic or idea. I recently did this a few times on the Jazz Corner thread, going from "Sandy Duncan" directly to "Yo Yo Ma", or from "Patsy Cline" to "Crazy Otto". As long as the connection isn't too obscure, this is a fun way to go. You can also stay with a "theme" for all three of your names, as in "Sonny Red", "Jesse White", "Vida Blue"; or "Oliver Stone", "Chris Rock", "Pebbles Flintstone".

Any combination of the above approaches is also fair game. I'm probably forgetting some other approaches, but use your imagination.

Lemme see if I can get this off the ground...

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Jim R

J.R. Ewing

J.R.R. Tolkien

Edited 24 Apr 2005 by Jim R

[Jazz Kat]

what? It's very confusing.

[Aggie87]

Jim R

J.R. Ewing

J.R.R. Tolkien

Bilbo Baggins

Jeff Bagwell

Duke of Wellington

[Dan Gould]

Jim R

J.R. Ewing

J.R.R. Tolkien

Bilbo Baggins

Jeff Bagwell

Duke of Wellington

Duke Ellington

Earl of Sandwich

Lord and Lady Douchebag

[Jim R]

Jim R

J.R. Ewing

J.R.R. Tolkien

Bilbo Baggins

Jeff Bagwell

Duke of Wellington

Patty Duke

John Astin

Morticia Addams

(JK, just follow along for awhile... you'll catch on )

[Brad]

Jim R

J.R. Ewing

J.R.R. Tolkien

Bilbo Baggins

Jeff Bagwell

Duke of Wellington

Patty Duke

John Astin

Morticia Addams

(JK, just follow along for awhile... you'll catch on )

John Adams

John Quincy Adams

Adam Sandler

[Jim R]

John Adams

John Quincy Adams

Adam Sandler

The way the quote function works here, it's probably better if we delete everything except for the three names we're responding to.

Sander Vanocur

Evander Holyfield

Sally Field

[rostasi]

Sander Vanocur

Evander Holyfield

Sally Field

Totie Fields

Albert "Tootie" Heath

Joey Heatherton

[Jim R]

Totie Fields

Albert "Tootie" Heath

Joey Heatherton

Joe E. Brown

Joe B. Hall

Tom T. Hall

[rostasi]

Joe E. Brown

Joe B. Hall

Tom T. Hall

Hall & Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce

[Jim R]

Hall & Oates

Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce

Elis Regina

Ellis Marsalis

Wynton... KELLY ( )

[Aggie87]

Elis Regina

Ellis Marsalis

Wynton... KELLY ( )

Kelly Ripa

Minnie Ripperton

Rip Torn

[Brownian Motion]

Kelly Ripa

Minnie Ripperton

Rip Torn

Rip Van Winkle

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Igor Stravinsky

[Dan Gould]

HEY! How come mine was a dead end?

[Jim R]

Rip Van Winkle

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Igor Stravinsky

Max Kaminsky

Med Flory

Min (God of fertility)

[Jim R]

HEY!  How come mine was a dead end?

OOPS. This is one of the hazards of this game. My goof. Please don't take it personally (I know how it feels to be "dead-ended", BTW). B-)

BTW, that's twice that you and I have posted nearly simultaneously here (with you coming in ahead of me both times). KNOCK IT OFF, will ya?

Edited 24 Apr 2005 by Jim R

[rostasi]

So, do we continue with your's Jim? or Dan's?

[Dan Gould]

I was just proud of my connection from Duke to a classic SNL sketch.

[Jim R]

So, do we continue with your's Jim? or Dan's?

I couldn't care less. Have fun, that's the only rule here.

[Jim R]

I was just proud of my connection from Duke to a classic SNL sketch.

As well you should be.

... just don't outdo me (that's the other rule I forgot to mention).

[Aggie87]

Max Kaminsky

Med Flory

Min (God of fertility)

Sal Mineo

Yao Ming

Vanessa Daou

edit: doh! dead end here too

re-edit: I say the thread continues with the "first" posted names, when there are two that come off the same one, if that makes sense.

triple edit: ok, never mind

Edited 24 Apr 2005 by Aggie87

[Dan Gould]

Vanessa Redgrave

Grant Green

Bobby Blues Bland

[Aggie87]

Vanessa Redgrave

Grant Green

Bobby Blues Bland

Jimmy Blanton

Ben Webster

Web Hubbell

[Jim R]

Jimmy Blanton

Ben Webster

Web Hubbell

Weeb Eubank

Eddie Money

Johnny Cash

[BFrank]

Arghhhhhhh, JIM!

How could you do this?

It's hard enough to keep this up in ONE board!