There was a movie called 6 degrees of seperation. The premise was that everyone on earth was seperated from everyone else by no more than six people. So I know Joe, Joe knows Juan, Juan knows Chang, etc. A spin off idea is the old Six Degree's to Kevin Bacon. You name someone, and try to connect them to Kevin Bacon in the least number of degrees possible. Take me, for instance, I beat up a guy in fifth grade who later went out with Elisabeth Shue while he was QB at Harvard. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! And she was in hollow man with Kevin Bacon. So that makes me three degrees to Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Kevin Bacon. How about you?
Good luck. But I thought you were a vegetarian, are you allowed to, um, eat Bacon?? I wasn't the bully. I was just a new kid at the school, and he tried to push me around. And you just barely made it on the six degrees. You're exactly six degrees from Kevin Bacon.
It's an actual game, Peta, I guess because he's been in so many movies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon
The six degrees works for anyone, I don't know why Bacon was originally chosen for some computer project that popularized the idea. : o
I don't think it would. Just like Mac said. KB was chosen because he has been in so many movies. And another reason is that his name in the name of the game title sounds like the original title of the notion "Six Degrees of Separation" (Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon...even the same amount of syllables) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation I bet Ben Stiller would be another good candidate for the game considering how many movies he's been in.
My daughter knows a professor who was a student at her school who knew Roy Scheider (Chief Brody in JAWS)
You could have just said, "My cousin was in a movie with Spike Lee", just like I said I beat up a guy in high school without giving his name. Anyway, we're tied for lowest Bacon number. Will anyone come in with a 2?
I grew up with Jon Seda. Jon Seda was in Price of Glory with John Lafayette. John Lafayette was in Loverboy with Kevin Bacon. 2
I passed Kevin Bacon on the street in NYC once and gave him a dirty look. Does that make my number 0?
I think that's 3. You to Seda=1 Seda to Lafayette=2 Lafayette to Bacon=3 The same as mine: Me to guy in fifth grade*=1 Guy in fifth grade to Elizabeth Shue=2 Shue to Bacon=3 *Actually, I went to school with him from fifth grade thru high school. But our fifth grade fight was probably our most intimate association. PS I don't see Kevin Bacon in this picture. And which one is Jon Seda? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I know a guy who works at a Fishing Club (resort) He told me that Kevin Bacon is now a member there. He also was their guide for one afternoon.