Fun #42 - Mark Lindsay / Silver Bird / Yamaha / Ford SHO

Otto Puzzell · September 17, 2011, 05:57:11 AM

One picture is some guy. The other pic is a car. His car? Maybe, but probably not. And yet, in a very Kevin Bacon-y way, there is a connection.

For 1 point, sleuth the (indirect) connection between the guy, and the car

Be sure to answer all parts of the question, if you'd like the point. No points or accolades for Google searching the image of the car. Many (most?) auto enthusiasts can name it on sight, anyway.

And Google image search won't identify the other picture for you, either.

As always, only complete answers will earn a point

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Otto Puzzell · September 23, 2011, 03:48:45 AM

There is a clue to the identity of that guy, right here on this page.

whcgt · September 23, 2011, 08:56:34 AM

I will guess, something to do with Emma Roberts..daughter of Eric Roberts & niece of Julia Roberts. So, I will say Emma Roberts recent birthday coinciding with the Ford Taurus SHO being released 20 years ago.

Ray B. · September 23, 2011, 09:34:08 AM

Is there something devilish about this guy?

Otto Puzzell · September 23, 2011, 12:30:07 PM

Quote from: whcgt on September 23, 2011, 08:56:34 AM
I will guess, something to do with Emma Roberts..daughter of Eric Roberts & niece of Julia Roberts. So, I will say Emma Roberts recent birthday coinciding with the Ford Taurus SHO being released 20 years ago.

No connection to the Roberts clan that I am aware of.

Otto Puzzell · September 23, 2011, 12:32:06 PM

Quote from: Ray B. on September 23, 2011, 09:34:08 AM
Is there something devilish about this guy?

Some may say say selling out his rock and roll roots was evil, but he's no more devilish than many others who have done the same.

The clue is farther toward the left side of this page.

Ray B. · September 23, 2011, 04:48:51 PM

All right. Did I become suddenly more inteligent, or is this your charity day?
So, let's say that this guy is Mark Lindsay...

Otto Puzzell · September 23, 2011, 06:18:35 PM

Well done!

...so, what is his connection with that car?

Otto Puzzell · September 24, 2011, 06:23:41 AM

and, of course, whcgt is correct in his ID of the car.

So, we have a Taurus SHO, and we have the once-popular singer Mark Lindsay. As a 'solo' artist, the latter had a short list of songs that charted.

I'd look there, if I were you.

Otto Puzzell · September 25, 2011, 04:24:33 AM

I can't give points away, it seems... $:-\$

whcgt · September 27, 2011, 12:58:50 AM

Mark Lindsay in 1980....dubbed a voice and co-wrote the musical score(with W. Michael Lewis), for the American version of the Japanese movie Shogun Assassin. So, the loose connection being...Mark Lindsay-Shogun Assassin & Ford Taurus SHO...sharing the letters SHO.

Otto Puzzell · September 27, 2011, 05:41:40 AM

Quote from: whcgt on September 27, 2011, 12:58:50 AM
Mark Lindsay in 1980....dubbed a voice and co-wrote the musical score(with W. Michael Lewis), for the American version of the Japanese movie Shogun Assassin. So, the loose connection being...Mark Lindsay-Shogun Assassin & Ford Taurus SHO...sharing the letters SHO.

That's interesting; but not the connection I'm after.

Tom_I · September 27, 2011, 08:29:04 AM

I suspect there's more than one way to do this, Kevin Bacon-wise, but here goes.

Mark Lindsay co-wrote the song Amanda which was sung by Dionne Warwick in the film The Love Machine (1971).

Dionne Warwick appeared in the film Rent-A-Cop (1987), which starred Burt Reynolds.

Burt Reynolds starred in Starting Over (1979), in which Kevin Bacon also appeared (had to get him in somewhere

).

Kevin Bacon appeared with Tom Hanks in Apollo 13 (1995).

Tom Hanks provided the voice of Woody in Toy Story (1995), in which Buzz Lightyear was voiced by Tim Allen.

Tim Allen starred in the film The Santa Clause (1994), in which he drove a silver 1990 Ford Taurus SHO.

Otto Puzzell · September 27, 2011, 09:33:25 AM

That's very good, and bacon-y too.

That's not the connection I'm after. This connection is a little more direct than that.

Otto Puzzell · October 05, 2011, 04:18:36 PM

Open to all

QuoteThe clue is farther toward the left side of this page

...said clue is history, so don't knock yourself out looking for it.

And to clarify further, Mr. Bacon is not part of this puzzle. Just using a common reference many can relate to, for the type of connection to be made. The connections are not necessarily person-to-person. Could be person-to-thing, person-to-work, etc....

So, fill in missing bits:

Mark Lindsay ---- (connection) ---- (connection) ---- (connection) ---- Ford Taurus SHO

Otto Puzzell · October 12, 2011, 02:21:21 PM

Black hole.

Otto Puzzell · October 22, 2011, 04:21:06 AM

Two clues

Ray B. · October 22, 2011, 04:57:23 AM

Some connection with the word "bicentennial"?

Otto Puzzell · October 22, 2011, 05:17:10 AM

No. The second clue is not a number.

Tom_I · October 22, 2011, 10:47:35 AM

I decided that I wasn't going to have another try at this, but here I am again.

The clues point to Mark Lindsay's song Silver Bird. There's an airport stand numbered 19, and the astrological sign for Capricorn. The first stanza goes:

Get aboard the silver bird, departing Gate 19.
Satisfy your Walter Mitty mind, tryin' out a dream.
Your sign is Capricorn and every corner of your mind,
Says you'll remain my friend, my friend until you're mine.

The name and song link to Yamaha, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer.

Silver Bird was the name given by Don Vesco to the streamlined twin-engined Yamaha-based machine he built in 1975, and in which he broke the 300-mph barrier at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

At about the same time Yamaha also started using the Mark Lindsay song in their television adverts, with the first line modified to "Get aboard the silver bird, it's a magical machine".

Then in the late 1980s, Yamaha were contracted by the Ford Motor Company to develop and produce a compact 3-litre twin-overhead-cam V6 engine, designated SHO (for Super High Output).

This engine was used in the first generation Ford Taurus SHO.

Ray B. · October 22, 2011, 11:57:02 AM

Brilliant!

Otto Puzzell · October 23, 2011, 03:32:06 AM

Quote from: Tom_I on October 22, 2011, 10:47:35 AM
I decided that I wasn't going to have another try at this, but here I am again.

The clues point to Mark Lindsay's song Silver Bird. There's an airport stand numbered 19, and the astrological sign for Capricorn. The first stanza goes:

Get aboard the silver bird, departing Gate 19.
Satisfy your Walter Mitty mind, tryin' out a dream.
Your sign is Capricorn and every corner of your mind,
Says you'll remain my friend, my friend until you're mine.

The name and song link to Yamaha, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer.

Silver Bird was the name given by Don Vesco to the streamlined twin-engined Yamaha-based machine he built in 1975, and in which he broke the 300-mph barrier at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

At about the same time Yamaha also started using the Mark Lindsay song in their television adverts, with the first line modified to "Get aboard the silver bird, it's a magical machine".

Then in the late 1980s, Yamaha were contracted by the Ford Motor Company to develop and produce a compact 3-litre twin-overhead-cam V6 engine, designated SHO (for Super High Output).

This engine was used in the first generation Ford Taurus SHO.

Well solved

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Fun #42 - Mark Lindsay / Silver Bird / Yamaha / Ford SHO