Rodney Dickson I accept your challenge and will connect Frankie Valli to KISS in six steps or less.
1. Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons had a number one hit in 1963 with a song called “Walk Like a Man.”
2. A cover of “Walk Like a Man” was released as a single by iconic drag queen Divine in 1985.
3. Divine starred in many John Waters films in the seventies and eighties including the 1988 film Hairspray which also featured veteran comedian Jerry Stiller (who would later portray George Costanza’s father on Seinfeld).
4. Jerry Stiller’s son Ben Stiller was a featured player in Wes Anderson’s excellent 2001 film The Royal Tenenbaums.
5. Wes Anderson’s first film (and my favorite movie ever) is called Bottle Rocket and features the song “2000 Man” by The Rolling Stones prominently in a climactic scene. Here’s legendary director Martin Scorsese’s take on the interplay between song and scene in the film:
Now watch:
6. The song “2000 Man” was wonderfully transformed by Ace Frehley and KISS for the 1979 album Dynasty.
