What are your 6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon?

Question

Thanks for answering everybody. My husband asked me to ask this question. I had no idea what it meant.

Answer 1

This game was developed by three college friends who went to Albright College (Reading, PA). They first appeared on the Jon Stewart show on MTV (his old show--not the daily show). It is based on the theory that Kevin Bacon is the center of the entertainment universe, and that any actor or actress can be linked back to him, typically within six degrees (six connections) (variations on this game are based on the assumption that almost anyone in the world can be linked to anyone else in the world by six or seven degrees). How can you tell?

Simple. By looking at movies that actors and actresses have in common, you can link them to Kevin Bacon. For example, Jack Nicholson was in "A Few Good Men" with Kevin Bacon. Michelle Pfeiffer was in "Wolf" (or "The Witches of Eastwick") with Jack Nicholson, who was in "A Few Good Men" with Kevin Bacon. And so on. The number of intervening movies is that actor or actresses' Bacon Number or degree number. Thus, in this example, Nicholson would have a Bacon Number of 1 and Michelle Pfeiffer a Bacon Number of 2.
Here is another example:

Bela Lugosi, has a Bacon number of 3:

1. Bela Lugosi was in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) with Vincent Price

2. Vincent Price was in The Raven (1963) with Jack Nicholson

3. Jack Nicholson was in A Few Good Men (1992) with Kevin Bacon

These guys could link any actor to Kevin Bacon with this method.

Answer 2

Bacon Number John Wayne

Answer 3

John Wayne Bacon Number

Answer 4

It means that Kevin Bacon has done movies with just about everyone.. if you say any actors name they have been in a movie with someone who's been in amovie with someone and when you get to six that person has been in a movie with Kevin Bacon. You can never get to seven cuz he's done so many movies with so many people. So everyone has 6 degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon. Works for TV shows. (Will and Grace)

Answer 5

I once served as John Glenn's Bodyguard.

Ed Harris played John Glenn in "The Right Stuff".

Ed Harris and Kevin Bacon were in "Apollo 13".

My separation factor is 3.

PS: If you want to email me, I have the picture of me with Senator Glenn as proof.

Answer 6

When I was a baby in 1971, Joan Crawford stopped at my stroller and told my mother I was a beautiful baby, as she was leaving a department store in Los Angeles.

Joan Crawford was in Journey to Murder (1971) with Roddy McDowall, who was in Big Picture, The (1989) with Kevin Bacon

Answer 7

HHHMMMMM......
I met George Romero at a comic convention 2 years ago.....
George Romero directed Ed Harris in Knight Riders......
Ed Harris was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon.

3 degrees. What do I win??

Answer 8

I have a friend named Shane Helms who was the stunt double of David Arquette in Ready to Rumble, David was in Beautiful Girls with Matt Dillon and Matt was in Loverboy with Kevin Bacon. lol

Answer 9

I worked with Kristin Kreuk at a photo shoot for Smallville.
Kristin Kreuk was in "Partition" with Neve Campbell.
Neve Campbell was in "Wild Things" with Kevin Bacon.

Answer 10

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