1. Herman was in The Blues Brothers with Carrie Fisher http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/fullcredits#cast

2. Fisher was in The Empire Strikes Back with Billy Dee Williams

3. Me and Billy Dee Williams

But you are also a showoff!!!! Three steps---jeez.

Check out the John Lennon answer below. That's me showing off.

1. Beck played an uncredited customer in an episode of CHEERS with Kirstie Alley http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0539853/fullcredits#cast

2. Alley played Saavik in ST II: The Wrath of Khan with Walter Koenig
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084726/

3. Me and Walter Koenig:

1. Anniston was in an episode of the Larry Sanders Show with Penny Johnson
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0625348/

2. Johnson Played Avery Brooks love interest in ST: DS9

3. I met Brooks the same day that I met Koenig and Billy Dee

1. Myers was in The Magnificent Ambersons with James Cromwell
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252147/

2. Cromwell was also in an episode of DS9 with Avery Brooks
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708605/

3. Me and Brooks

1. Borgnine starred with Erik Estrada in The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095022/

2. I met Estrada the same day that I met Williams, Brooks and Koenig



By the way, it was Lou Ferigno who was sitting in the both next to him… I met him too.

1. Jeremy was in an episode of Nash Bridges with Cheech Marin
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0657494/

2. Marin was in an episode of Judging Amy with Gregory Itzin
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0617323/fullcredits#cast

3. Me and Itzin

How about Diamanda Galás?

EDIT: I have already figured it out based on the solutions already here.

1. Galas was in a doc named Human Nature with Sasha Trudeau
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431818/

2. Sasha is the son of Pierre Trudeau

3. Pierre Trudeau dated Margot Kidder

4. Me and Margot Kidder

You could have gone with the Cheers connection.

1. Galás' voice is featured in the film and on the soundtrack of Natural Born Killers

2. Woody Harrelson quak quak quak....

Here's some pics that I founds online

http://detroit.metromix.com/events/standard_photo_gallery/party-pics-motor-city/424230/content

http://scifichick.com/2008/05/20/motor-city-comic-con-08/

1. Stang was once on The John Stewart Show with John Stewart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Stang

2. Stewart once hosted William Shatner on the same show
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jon_Stewart_Show

3. Shatner - Koenig

4. Koenig - Me

1. Lindsay once appeared on an episode of Oprah
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0666907/

2. Oprah also once had Billy Dee Williams as a guest
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1858717/

3. Billy Dee - Me

the talking mule...

1. Francis was in Francis in the Navy with Jim Backus
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048092/

2. Backus was in an episode of CHiPs with Erik Estrada
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207177/

3. Estrada - Me

1. Charo was in The Concorde... Airport '79 with David Warner
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078740/

2. Warner was in ST: V - The Final Frontier with Walter Koenig
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098382/

3. Koenig - Me

1. Jagger was once on an episode of SNL with John Belushi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0694919/

2. My wife knew Belushi back in Wheaton, IL

3. My wife - Me

or

2. Belushi was in The Blues Brothers with Carrie Fisher

3. Fisher was in The Empire Strikes back with Billy Dee

4. Billy Dee - Me

1. Atkinson was in Never Say Never Again with Bernie Casey
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086006/

2. Casey was in a couple of episodes of ST S9 with with Avery Brooks
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0708630/

3. Brooks and myself

1. Bartman intercepted Moises' Alou's flyball


2. Alou played against Derek Jeter on 18 May 08
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2043627/

3. Jeter was in The Other Guys with Samuel L. Jackson
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386588/

4. Samuel L. Jackson and Billy Dee Williams
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdevroe/3026042/

5. Billy Dee and Me

Sorry for the evil.

1. Palin was once on Conan with William Shatner
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1565765/

2. Shatner - Koenig

3. Koenig - Me

1. Pat Boone was once on an episode of 7th Heaven with Stephen Collins
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0503732/

2. Collins was in ST: TMP with Walter Koenig
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079945/

3. Koenig - Me

1. Betty was once in an episode of Boston Legal with Gregory Itzin
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0530530/fullcredits#cast

2. Itzin and Me

1. Rodriguez was in Deep Blue Sea with Samuel L. Jackson
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149261/

2. Jackson and Billy Dee (See above)

3. Me and Billy Dee

You must be in the entertainment business to be able to claim all these connections. I know of only one for myself. Sidney Pollock was best man at my aunt's wedding when I was 9 years old (I'm now 66). I don't think I ever exchanged a word with him since I was just a kid. Actually at the time, he wasn't a big star yet anyway.

1. Kim Jong-un is the grandson of Kim Il-Sung

2. Kim Il-Sung and Jimmy Carter


3. Jimmy Carter and Muhammad Ali


4. Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis


5. Joe Louis is my Great Uncle.
Here he is with my mom

F the rest of this thread. I have met tons of celebrities and they kinda bore me but this is impressive.

Well done

Here's Keith Moon with Mick Jagger:


Add one more degree to the Mick Jagger post listed above

1. Fischer and Fidel Castro


2. Castro and Joe Louis


3. Joe Louis - Me

1. Mirren was in Mosquito Coast with Harrison Ford
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091557/

2. Ford and Billy Dee in The Empire Strikes Back

3. Me and Billy Dee

1. Hogan was in Flipper with Jonathan Banks
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116322/

2. Banks was in Airplane with Gregory Itzin
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/fullcredits#cast

3. Me and Itzin

1. Hogan was in Crocodile Dundee II with Kenneth Welsh

2. Ken Welsh was on Twin Peaks with David Warner

3. See Scorpio's response to 21. Charo above...

1. Sandusky - Joe Pa

2. Joe Pa - GWB


3. GWB - Obama


4. Obama - Oprah


5. Oprah - Billy Dee


6. Billy Dee - Me

Gosford Park w/Helen Mirren!

1. Cronin was on Jimmy Kimmel Live with Wanda Sykes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0615745/

2. Sykes was at the WH Correspondents Dinner with The Prez
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.411115!/img/httpImage/image.jpg

3. Prez - Oprah

4. Oprah - Billy Dee

5. Billy Dee - Me

I pale in your shadow my friend... and that's not sarcasm.

I know it's late, but whenever you see this, please lemme know the results.

1. Lazar was in Maximum Revenge with Michelle Bauer (Otherwise known as "Pia Snow&quot
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119634/

2. Snow was in Bad Girls with Ron Jeremy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082044/

3. Jeremy - Cheech

4. Cheech - Itzin

5. Itzin - Me

Since note of them have been known to do voice work for the very same character from time to time

1. Miyoshi was in The Hidden Fortress with Toshiro Mifune
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051808/

2. Mifune was in 1941 with John Belushi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078723/

3. My wife knew the Belushis back in Wheaton, IL (She went to high school with Jim)

4 My wife - Me

1. Shigeru Tsuyuguchi starred with Hiroki Matsukata in Hiken yaburi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164641/

2. Hiroki Matsukata starred with Toshiro Mifune in The Shogun's Samurai
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078513/fullcredits#cast

3. Mifune - Belushi

4. Belushi - My Wife

5. My Wife - Me

1. John Lennon meeting Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II



2. Then Princess Elizabeth with His Majesty King Edward VIII



3. Former King Edward with German Chancellor Adolf Hitler



4. Hitler with Max Schmelling



5. Schmelling with My Great Uncle, Boxing Champ Joe Louis



6. The last time I met my uncle Joe was in 1980 before he passed away.


Here he is, sitting with my mom, who's seated on the far right.

How closely connected are you to the Oracle of Omaha?

1. Buffett with Pres Obama



2. Obama - Oprah

3. Oprah - Billy Dee

4. Billy Dee - Me

OR…

1. Buffett with Jay-Z



2. Jay-Z with Easy Mo Bee



3. Me with Easy Mo Bee

1. Kermit the Frog with First Lady, Michele Obama


2. Mrs. Obama with Oprah


3. Oprah - Billy Dee

4. Billy Dee - Me

1. Al Gore with Oprah



2. Oprah - Billy Dee

3. Billy Dee - Me

1. Lemmy with Slash



2. Slash with Jagger



3. Jagger - Belushi

4. Belushi - My Wife

5. My Wife - Me

... you could do this with Woodrow Wilson.

1. FDR was Pres. Wilson's Assistant Secretary of the Navy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt

2. My great uncle one went to the White House to visit FDR, where the President was said to tell him, "Joe, we need muscles like yours to beat Germany."

http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016109.html

3. Uncle Joe - Me

1. Count Basie - Frank Sinatra



2. Sinatra - Joe Louis



3. Joe Louis - Me

I met him personally backstage at the Armadillo in 1980.

1. Joy with Oprah


2. Oprah - Billy Dee

3. Billy Dee - Me

1. Marks starred with Robert Carlyle in I Know You Know
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029123/

2. Carlyle was in 24 with Kiefer Sutherland
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0813980/

3. Later Gregory Itzin joined Sutherland in the cast of 24
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1463813/

4. Itzin - Me

1. Here's Aimee with Andie MacDowell
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Aimee+Mullins+Karen+Fondu+6th+Annual+L+Oreal+mtFAqS30QDel.jpg

2. MacDowell was in Muppets in Space with Kermit the Frog
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158811/

3. Kermit - Mrs Obama

4. Mrs Obama - Oprah

5. Oprah - Billy Dee

6. Billy Dee - Me

I thought they had to be people.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it

On edit: But if you insist on a human

1. Aimee is also in that pic with Julianna Margulies

2. Margulies starred in an episode of ER with Gregory Itzin as guest
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0568119/

3. Itzin - Me

1. Angelina - Brad

2. Brad with Oprah
http://hollywoodlifemag.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/e81d3_brad-pitt-on-oprah.bmp

3. Oprah - Billy Dee

4. Billy Dee - Me

1. B.B. with Oprah


2. Oprah - Billy Dee

3. Billy Dee - Me

I was going to say Joseph Stalin, but I see you can get there through Ribbentrop/Hitler/Schmelling

1. Hughes with FDR


2. FDR - Joe Louis

3. Joe Louis - Me

1. Hank Williams Sr. - Hank Williams Jr.

2. Hank Williams Jr starred with Clu Galager in Willa
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080134/

3. Galager was in an episode of CHiPs with Erik Estrada
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0534526/

4. Estrada - Me

1. Hoover with FDR


2. FDR - Joe Louis

3. Joe Louis - Me

Let's see, Shania Twain ?

Three Degrees

I'm guessing it's been covered in some fashion already. You might be less linked with historical figures however.

- that's probably too easy

1. Santorum - Junior


2. GWB - BHO

3. BHO - Oprah

4. Oprah - Billy Dee

5. Billy Dee - Me

1. Arnold Schwarzenegger & Lou Ferrigno


2. I met Ferrigno at the Comic Com with the others

just A W E S O M E, and I'm trying to think of someone.....how bout Alan Alda?

1. Alda - Gary Burghoff (Radar)

2. Burghoff - Donald Sutherland (M.A.S.H. Movie)

3. Donald Sutherland - Kiefer Sutherland

4. K. Sutherland - Itzin

5. Itzin - Me