Hello Kevin Bacon!

[MonkeyMensch]

Originally Posted by Quasimodem

That is totally awesome, EH!!!

See, you guys? I always ask if we have any celebrities among our number, and here's a 2nd degree Bacon belt!!!

This thread rocks my world!

Q

I, too, have a Kevin Bacon number of 2. Neener-neener-neener!

[Boyo Jim]

I have a Bacon number of 3. I worked a couple of times with a guy named David Ossman on radio productions, who has a bacon number of two.

Actually, I have the 3 through multiple routes. At different times I've been in the same room with Sigourney Weaver, Barbara Streisand, and Cybill Shepherd, each of whom has a Bacon number of 2.

[GuanoLad]

Originally Posted by mlees

I was an extra in Star Trek IV, directed (and co-starred) by Leonard Nimoy.

Were you the whale?

[tumbleddown]

I also have a Bacon number of 2, as he and I have both been on Jeopardy, though he was, obviously, on the celebrity version.

I'm surprised that there has not been any Doper love for Kevin's geekiest role, a little film that he did with Kyra Sedgwick, I think just before they were married, called Pyrates, in which they were a couple that caused accidental fires every time they had (or tried to have) sex.

Kevin had a scene in which he serenaded Kyra from the street by setting off car alarms in order to create the tune of "Tainted Love." It was masterful.

I need to see that movie again, now that I think of it.

[John Mace]

Originally Posted by Irishman

Wow, what a complete non-event. "Distant cousins" is a meaningless term. "Cousin" covers everything from first cousin - the most common use - to anyone with whom you have any blood relation throughout your entire family tree.

Hey look, I'm a distant cousin* with Kevin Bacon!
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*For sufficiently broad definition of "distant". Proof: we're both human. QED.

Watched this last night on PBS. I can't remember the exact degree, but it was either 9th or 13th cousins. I was actually surprised it wasn't closer than that, considering both have deep roots in American history.

Reminds of a time I was introduced to my, alleged, 4th cousin. My first thought: Wow, you could be any random person on the street as far as I'm concerned.

[Elendil's Heir]

I went to college with my fifth cousin, and only knew about our family ties because our fathers grew up with one another. She was very cute and I remember being relieved to learn that, if we ever married, there'd be no legal issue and very likely no genetic one, either.

Originally Posted by Attack from the 3rd dimension

Weird. I just started a thread on that film, which I watched last night. Which appears to be sinking unseen.

Maybe I should mention that it stars Kevin Bacon.

Thanks, I'll check it out.