Yesman's Six Degrees of Yes

Okay. Obviously,  I have a crazy obsession with the progressive rock band, Yes.

People say that everyone is connected to everyone else by six degrees. I believe that this is because everyone has some sort of connection to Yes. (For more info on Yes, click here) . For instance Eurythmics is connected to Yes by a separation of 3 degrees. Bill Bruford who played drums in Yes, created a band called Bill Bruford Earthworks and in that band was guitarist Dave Stuart, who along with Annie Lennox formed the Eurythmics.

Okay so.. this is how the game works:
I'll name two actors, singers, custodians, etc... You connect the two of them with the fewest amount of degrees (steps) possible. Now I realize nobody cares about Yes as much as me.. so connecting them to Yes is not the purpose, but if you can connect them to Yes.. you'll be that much cooler. 

Let's first do an example:

TOM CRUISE-------------> ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

It could be done in 3 steps:

TOM CRUISE---> Jeanne Tripplehorn (The Firm)---> Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct)---> ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (Total Recall)

(Tom Cruise was in The Firm with Jeanne Tripplehorn who was in Basic Instinct with Sharon Stone who was in Total Recall with Arnold Schwarzenegger)

Or better yet... 2 steps:

TOM CRUISE----> Michael Ironside (Top Gun)----> ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (Total Recall)

BONUS: CAN YOU GET TOM CRUISE TO YES? 
          TOM CRUISE---> Jon Anderson---> YES
   (Jon Anderson, the lead singer of YES, sang a song in the ending credits of Legend which starred Tom Cruise)

So that's the game! If you can solve it in less steps than I did or if you are as sick as me and can actually connect the first name back to YES, email me and I'll put your name on this page!

Game #3-  1/13/02  

JACK BLACK
-------> PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN

 
HOLLY HUNTER
-------> HELEN HUNT


JOHN LITHGOW


------->

CHRISTOPHER WALKEN



ANNE HECHE


------->

ELLEN DEGENERES



BILL COSBY


------->

GWYNETH PALTROW


Come back in a month and I'll have the answers plus another game for ya!

See the answers for the last game!

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