Six Degrees of Joss Whedon by cioccolata

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Six Degrees of Joss Whedon

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UPDATED: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 08:04
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007 7:58 AM

I came across this article about Joss Whedon's dad,thought might be an interesting read.

Six degrees of Joss Whedon
It is at http://www.tvsquad.com/page/3/

Posted Jan 23rd 2007 2:30PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities

So I was watching an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show this weekend. What does this have to do with Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Firefly mastermind Joss Whedon? Read on.

The episode I was watching was "Scratch My Car and Die," the one where Rob buys a new sports car and Laura accidentally scratches it while shopping. Watching the credits (I often watch the credits to see who was in an episode and then I run to the comptuer to check the IMdB to see what else they've done, if they're still alive, etc) I noticed that it was written by someone named John Whedon. Now, Whedon isn't the most common name, and he did work in television, so I checked and...yup, it's Joss Whedon's grandfather! He wrote another episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show and also wrote episodes of Leave It To Beaver, The Donna Reed Show, The Wonderful World of Disney, and several episodes of The Andy Griffith Show (though it's hard to figure out how many exactly with the IMdB's odd credits system).

Whedon died in 1991.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:04 AM

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I think I could connect myself to Joss in 6 moves...

Lets see: My friend Ferrell had a bit part in "North" with Bruce Willis. Willis worked with Michael Bay on "Armageddon". Bay worked with Will Smith on "Bad Boys". Will Smith worked with Adam Baldwin in "Independance Day". Has that Baldwin guy ever worked with Joss?

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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