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0 Subject: OT -- Six Degrees of (mmmmm) Bacon

Posted by: James K Polk
- [4455731] Fri, May 17, 2002, 14:55

Surely everyone's heard of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game. Check out this site. It's been around for a few years, but I've just rediscovered it, and how oddly fascinating it is. (Work? What work?) Pick any actor/actress, and it will calculate that person's Bacon number.

There are also several variants here, like the Link Any Actors game, and tons of useless trivia, like Centers of the Hollywood Universe.

Kevin Bacon is not the best center of the universe, as it turns out. The average number of actor links it takes to get to him is 2.917, putting him 1,161st on the list. Sean Connery, for example, is better; he has an average link number of 2.682, good enough for 12th on the list.

Trivia question time: Without looking, who do you think is No. 1 on the list? I'll award points for Top 10 answers as well.
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45Mattinglyinthehall
      ID: 1832399
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:22
Walter Mattheau
46James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:22
Henry Fonda #92.
Peter Fonda #148.
Jane Fonda #313
Bridget Fonda #571.

Bruce Willis #191.
47beastiemiked
      ID: 17414316
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:23
Booyah!! BTW, SDOS is a great flick, I recommend renting it.
48Mattinglyinthehall
      ID: 1832399
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:23
Oooh Stewart Quinn and Hopper are good guesses.
49James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:24
Doubleplusgood for biliruben! Anthony Quinn and Dennis Hopper are Nos. 7 and 8, respectively.

Jimmy Stewart #867.
Walter Matthau #158.
50TimmyBogar
      ID: 444321710
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:24
woohoo what do I get with a point?
51James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:25
so many punch lines for that one ... :)
52James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:26
OK, folks, I've got about 5 minutes til I've GOT to do some work. Get your last guesses in, and I'll post the whole top 10 in about 5 ...
53ChicagoTRS
      Sustainer
      ID: 3948815
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:27
out of left field...Steve Buscemi...
54Mattinglyinthehall
      ID: 1832399
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:27
Mickey Rooney
55ukula
      ID: 34231715
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:27
Laetitia Casta?
56TimmyBogar
      ID: 444321710
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:27
Peter North
57ChicagoTRS
      Sustainer
      ID: 3948815
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:28
Telly Savalas...
58James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:28
Nope x 4.
59ChicagoTRS
      Sustainer
      ID: 3948815
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:28
Charles Bronson...
60James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:28
No soup for Telly.
61James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:29
Bronson #58.
62John Budge
      Donor
      ID: 29141112
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:29
Martin Sheen
63gibby88@WORK
      ID: 588371414
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:30
Kirk Douglas

Michael Douglas
64ChicagoTRS
      Sustainer
      ID: 3948815
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:30
damn I was going to say Martin Sheen
65biliruben
      Sustainer
      ID: 3502218
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:30
Marlon Brando
66ChicagoTRS
      Sustainer
      ID: 3948815
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:30
Michael Douglas has got to be there

67biliruben
      Sustainer
      ID: 3502218
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:31
Oooh. Sheen is good.

I was working my way through Apocalypse Now... ;)
68GoatLocker
      Sustainer
      ID: 482202812
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:31
Tom Cruise
69James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:31
Nice guess Martin Sheen, but he's #16.

Nope on the Douglas boys.
70ChicagoTRS
      Sustainer
      ID: 3948815
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:32
Nicolas Cage?
71James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:32
No Brando, No Cruise. (on the list, though)
72James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:33
No Cage.
73JeffG
      Sustainer
      ID: 40451227
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:33
A few wild guesses

Charlton Heston
David Niven
Edward G Robinson
74James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:33
Top 10 list coming up...
75gibby88@WORK
      ID: 588371414
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:33
Robert Redford
76biliruben
      Sustainer
      ID: 3502218
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:33
Mel Brooks.
77James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:34
Oooh, but first, JeffG hits the shot under pressure! Heston is #9.
78James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:34
Top 10 Centers of Hollywood Universe
1. Lee, Christopher (2.622940)
2. Steiger, Rod (2.627270)
3. Pleasence, Donald (2.651306)
4. Welles, Orson (2.661389)
5. Sutherland, Donald (2.662426)
6. von Sydow, Max (2.662549)
7. Hopper, Dennis (2.665564)
8. Quinn, Anthony (2.667077)
9. Heston, Charlton (2.670193)
10. Hackman, Gene (2.675916)
79Mattinglyinthehall
      ID: 1832399
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:35
Humphry Bogart
80James K Polk
      ID: 4455731
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:35
The collective gets half the top 10 in what, about 40 minutes? Not bad!
81ChicagoTRS
      Sustainer
      ID: 3948815
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:36
I would have never got any of the rest...who the hell is Donald Pleasence?
82biliruben
      Sustainer
      ID: 3502218
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:39
Halloween
83biliruben
      Sustainer
      ID: 3502218
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:40
I didn't know Christopher Lee was in Apocalypse Now! ;)
84JeffG
      Sustainer
      ID: 40451227
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:41
IMDB links to the filmographies of

Christopher Lee
Rod Steiger
Donald Pleasence
86biliruben
      Sustainer
      ID: 3502218
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 15:44
Lee has either played Death himself (4) or Death has been in the title 18 times! I guess if you want work in Hollywood, Death is kinda like playing catcher. ;)
87Perm Dude
      Leader
      ID: 22347210
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 16:15
Doesn't hurt when he has a hit or two, either!

pd
88Seattle Zen
      Donor
      ID: 37241120
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 16:40
Of course, it's Sarumon, that dirty bastard!

Amazing that Max von Sydow is on the list considering how many films he made in Sweden before jumping the pond.
89CansecoInTheHall
      ID: 422581220
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 17:27
Anybody try their own name? I was surprised to find out I have a bacon number of 2
90Bungers
      Leader
      ID: 5311343110
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 17:46
Makes sense, CITH. Canseco fooled around with Madonna or someone who was in a Bacon flick. Had to be. ;)
91Perm Dude
      Leader
      ID: 22347210
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 18:04
It appears I have a Bacon Index number of 4. Cool.
92KevinL
      Donor
      ID: 2357199
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 19:28
Saruman AND Count Dooku / Lord Tyrannus
93Ender
      ID: 13443221
      Fri, May 17, 2002, 19:33
Darth Tyranus
94Tu Papi
      ID: 10231614
      Sat, May 18, 2002, 00:26
WOW. Jenna Jameson....Bacon number is 2.
95Perm Dude
      Leader
      ID: 493261822
      Sat, May 18, 2002, 00:32
So does Ron Jeremy. Weird.

BTW, it's kind of funny to look through Mr. Jeremy's filmography.

pd
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