Connect Natalie Wood to L.A. session guitarist Waddy Wachtel! nt

[bbernardini]

[driver8]

1. Natalie Wood was married to Robert Wagner.

Robert Wagner starred in "Hart to Hart".

Stella Stevens appeared in an episode of "Hart to Hart".

Stella Stevens was in "The Poseidon Adventure".

Waddy Wachtel played guitar on the soundtrack and appeared in "The Poseidon Adventure."

[bbernardini]

2. Not bad. Not what I expected, but not bad. nt

[Bryan]

3. In how many steps?

This one's a little ungainly:

-Waddy Wachtel played on Warren Zevon's album Excitable Boy,

-Zevon's album The Wind featured Billy Bob Thornton,

-Billy Bob Thornton appeared in Monster's Ball with Peter Boyle;

-Peter Boyle was in Young Frankenstein with Gene Wilder;

-Gene Wilder was in Bonnie and Clyde with Warren Beatty;

-Warren Beatty was in Splendor in the Grass with Natalie Wood.

[bbernardini]

4. As few as possible, but that's quite imaginative. nt

[driver8]

5. How about this? (Changed yours a little...)

-- Waddy Wachtel played with Warren Zevon

-- Billy Bob Thornton is featured on Zevon's album, "The Wind"

-- Billy Bob Thornton is in Monster's Ball with Peter Boyle.

-- Peter Boyle and Natalie Wood are in the movie "The Candidate."

[mitchum]

6. Waddy Wachtel played with Zevon...

Zevon was an alcoholic
A drunk Natalie Wood fell into the water and drowned

[mitchum]

7. Waddy Wachtel appeared on SNL with Keith and the X Pensive Winos...

Christopher Walken has hosted SNL numerous times
Natalie Wood was having an affair with Walken at the time of her death

3 steps

edit: typo

[bbernardini]

8. It seems like a lot of solutions involve Christopher Walken. Let's try it without Walken.

:)

[driver8]

9. How about this one?

-- Waddy Wachtel played with Warren Zevon

-- Billy Bob Thornton is featured on Zevon's album, "The Wind"

-- Billy Bob Thornton is in Monster's Ball with Peter Boyle.

-- Peter Boyle and Natalie Wood are in the movie "The Candidate."

[bbernardini]

10. I said "a lot," not all of them.

:)

[driver8]

12. You lost me...

?????? :eyes:

[bbernardini]

11. My solution:

Natalie Wood's singing voice in "West Side Story" was dubbed by Marni Nixon.
Marni Nixon is the mother of Andrew Gold.
Andrew Gold worked with Waddy Wachtel on a number of musical projects.

(In this way, we can also connect John Larroquette to Bea Arthur. Why we would want to is another matter.)

[mitchum]

13. Natalie Wood was a child actress...

Wachtel had kiddie porn charges brought against him