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8. Marisa Tomei?
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Both of those are correct with the addition that they backdoor pilots were to be for superhero shows where they were the lead. Thor was hoped to spin out of Incredible Hulk Returns, Daredevil out of Trial of the Incredible Hulk, Painkiller out of Black Lightning, Mia Smoak's Green Arrow and the Canaries out of Arrow. Some see Aquaman's first appearance in Smallville as such, but I'm dubious since there was an actual failed pilot for him.
Troma has admitted to not realizing Marisa Tomei was in one of their movies until she was asked what her first movie was and she replied the Toxic Avenger.
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I'll add some of the bigger clues.
1. George W. Bush, Kim Jung un. Joe Pantoliano, Jennifer Tilly, Meg Tilly, Bill Murray
They share a specific difference. That is to say, most other living famous people do not share this. For half of these the link is TV, the other half movies.
In the second second above I actually reveal half the answer. If you compare that to the first sentence you may be able to extrapolate the answer.
3. Unbreakable, Pulp Fiction, Terror Firmer, Iron Man, The Expendables, Rocky II, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
The connection is roles. I'm thinking two kinds of roles but there might be more. Think of the camera.
What's behind is as important as what's in front.
6. Fear, Storm, Thunder, Strong, Comet, Compass, Stingaree, Carrot, Cold
The link is twofold. One part of the links is a company. The other part relates to names
7. Sonny Bonds, Roger Wilco, Larry Laffer, Graham, Rosella
The link is not related to one of the media normally covered in these questions but it's still part of pop culture. All of these characters first appeared in the 1980s, but that's not the link I'm looking for.
The above characters are respectively a police officer, a space janitor, a lounge lizard, and two members of royalty.
All of the above have embarked on quests tailored to their characters.
The medium is PC games.
9. Danny Seagren, Jim Boyd, Bill Cosby, Irene Cara, Luis Avalos, Skip Hinnant, Judy Graubart, Hattie Winston, Rita Moreno, Morgan Freeman
The link is TV related. The link spans many years within a specific decade.
10. I Love You to Death, Milkshake, Samantha, Liberation, The Sound of the City, Magic Night, titular song, YMCA
All of these are songs but it's not enough to just name the singer/s. The link was the first to win a specific award that continues to this day.
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6. DC Comics characters whose names all start with "Captain".
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6 is correct. For Storm the spelling is Capt. but that's just a short version of Captain so I figured it still counted.
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Final clues. Will reveal the answers some time tomorrow Pacific time.
1. George W. Bush, Kim Jung un. Joe Pantoliano, Jennifer Tilly, Meg Tilly, Bill Murray
They share a specific difference. That is to say, most other living famous people do not share this. For half of these the link is TV, the other half movies.
In the second second above I actually reveal half the answer. If you compare that to the first sentence you may be able to extrapolate the answer.
Think state of being.
3. Unbreakable, Pulp Fiction, Terror Firmer, Iron Man, The Expendables, Rocky II, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Iron Man 2, Unforgiven
The connection is roles. I'm thinking two kinds of roles but there might be more. Think of the camera.
What's behind is as important as what's in front.
7. Sonny Bonds, Roger Wilco, Larry Laffer, Graham, Rosella
The link is not related to one of the media normally covered in these questions but it's still part of pop culture. All of these characters first appeared in the 1980s, but that's not the link I'm looking for.
The above characters are respectively a police officer, a space janitor, a lounge lizard, and two members of royalty.
All of the above have embarked on quests tailored to their characters.
The medium is PC games.
Larry Laffer is also known as Leisure Suit Larry.
9. Danny Seagren, Jim Boyd, Bill Cosby, Irene Cara, Luis Avalos, Skip Hinnant, Judy Graubart, Hattie Winston, Rita Moreno, Morgan Freeman
The link is TV related. The link spans many years within a specific decade.
The decade is the 1970s.
10. I Love You to Death, Milkshake, Samantha, Liberation, The Sound of the City, Magic Night, titular song, YMCA
All of these are songs but it's not enough to just name the singer/s. The link was the first to win a specific award that continues to this day.
Think movie.
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3. The film's director also acted in the film?
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3 is correct, and with speaking lines, not just Hitchcock style cameos.
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Calling one hour on the above. Get your last minute guesses in while you can!
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The remaining answers:
1. George W. Bush, Kim Jung un. Joe Pantoliano, Jennifer Tilly, Meg Tilly, Bill Murray
They share a specific difference. That is to say, most other living famous people do not share this. For half of these the link is TV, the other half movies.
In the second second above I actually reveal half the answer. If you compare that to the first sentence you may be able to extrapolate the answer.
Think state of being.
All of the above are currently alive in the real world but dead in at least one fictional reality
George W. Bush
Movie: Not really a spoiler in this instance but just in case:
Cause of Death:
Kim Jung un
Cause of Death:
Joe Pantoliano
Episode:
Cause of Death:
Jennifer Tilly
Episode:
Cause of Death:
Meg Tilly
Episode:
Cause of Death:
Bill Murray
Cause of Death:
7. Sonny Bonds, Roger Wilco, Larry Laffer, Graham, Rosella