Talk:Grauman's Chinese Theatre

Connections
I've been looking at some of the Connections lists today, and noticing that we're including quite a few names where the connection is just a Reference, rather than actual interaction between the celebrity and the Muppets/Henson.

This list has the clearest examples -- it lists Abbott and Costello, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Duck, Nelson Eddy, Cary Grant, Jack Lemmon, Groucho Marx, Jeanette McDonald, Carmen Miranda, Daniel Radcliffe, Ginger Rogers, Frank Sinatra, Meryl Streep and Rudy Vallee. None of them have worked with the Muppets, and a couple of them actually died before the Muppets existed.

My understanding of the "Connections" game that we play is that we're tracking people who have worked with the Muppets. There's a long list of celebrities who have interacted with Muppet/Henson stuff, and it's fun to see how they hook up with other bits of the Muppet universe.

But there's an even bigger list of celebrities who have been parodied, referenced or just name-dropped... and if we include those in our "Connections" lists, then it starts to be less meaningful (and in my opinion, less fun). On this list, we don't even have a page for Daniel Radcliffe -- that link just goes to Harry Potter, the role that Radcliffe is most associated with.

So -- I love the Connections stuff, but I think it's only fun if we "play fair". Nate and Andrew, I know you guys will have a lot to say about this... What do you think? -- Danny (talk ) 20:15, March 8, 2010 (UTC)