# Google can now search for a person's "Bacon Number" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615 "2012-09-13T18:13:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/1 "2012-09-13T18:13:34Z")
They take the fun out of everything… [Louis CK’s Bacon Number is 2.](https://www.google.com/search?q=Bacon+number+Louis+CK) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/2 "2012-09-13T18:23:00Z")
Everyone I search for has a Bacon number of 2. Or no number at all. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/3 "2012-09-13T18:29:13Z")
They don’t have mine. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/4 "2012-09-13T18:31:28Z")
I’m having difficulty getting anyone past 2. I’ve gone to lists of silent movie stars and still haven’t passed 4 (Max Linder: Max Linder and Léon Belières appeared in _Max and His Mother-in-Law_, Léon Belières and Marcel Dalio appeared in _Conflit_, Marcel Dalio and Eli Wallach appeared in _How to Steal a Million_, Eli Wallach and Kevin Bacon appeared in _Mystic River_). ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/5 "2012-09-13T18:41:33Z")
Wil Wheaton just tweeted that Google has his number wrong, it is in fact 1. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/6 "2012-09-13T18:45:53Z")
Bonita Granville (Nancy Drew in the 1930’s) has a bacon number of 3. Silent movie stars have some quick connections to Bacon (Chaplin’s number is 2, Buster Keaton’s is 2, Lillian Gish’s is 2), so anybody who appeared with any of these ‘quick connections’ in a movie is only at 3 at most. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/7 "2012-09-13T18:46:22Z")
I don’t have a Bacon Number. But if you count meeting someone it would be 3. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/8 "2012-09-13T18:47:24Z")
I get 2’s for everyone as well, even some that seem implausible (Nell Carter for example). Maybe Google took the easy way out when they programmed it. ETA: Shirley Temple has a Bacon number of 3. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/9 "2012-09-13T18:50:47Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Wil Wheaton just tweeted that Google has his number wrong, it is in fact 1. Will Wheaton was in a MOVIE with Kevin Bacon? Update: I checked, and he was in _[She’s Having A Baby](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096094/fullcredits#cast)_. But listed as “uncredited”. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/10 "2012-09-13T18:55:39Z")
Silent Film Czech actor Karel Hašler is a 5. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/11 "2012-09-13T18:56:51Z")
They don’t have the Erdős–Bacon numbers up yet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/12 "2012-09-13T19:00:32Z")
I got a 4: Shane Carruth, who made and played the lead role in _Primer_. He’s the first one I could think of who has a) been in a reasonably well-known movie, b) somewhat recently, c) in which there were no well-known actors. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/13 "2012-09-13T19:12:28Z")
I have no Bacon number. Or bacon. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/14 "2012-09-13T19:22:05Z")
It correctly gives Erland van Lidth de Jeude’s Bacon number of 2. When I plug my neme in, though, I get zilch. As i remarked in an earlier thread, I appeared on TV with someone (Tate Steinseik) who had a Bacon number of 3, whichI’d kinda hoped would give me a Bacon Number of 4. But a.) They probably don’t count TV appearances and b.) I’m probably not listed on iMDB or whatever their reference is. In fact, they don’t give Steinseik a Bacon Number, either. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/15 "2012-09-13T19:25:44Z")
It’s the [Erdös-Bacon-Sabbath number](http://timeblimp.com/?page_id=195) that really counts. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/16 "2012-09-13T19:33:52Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > It’s the [Erdös-Bacon-Sabbath number](http://timeblimp.com/?page_id=195) that really counts. Damn! I’ve definitely got an Erdos number, and arguably a Bacon number, but no way do I have a Sabbath number. I am terminally unhip. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/17 "2012-09-13T19:38:21Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I get 2’s for everyone as well, even some that seem implausible (Nell Carter for example). The number is immediately followed by an explanation of the connections- with links, even. [What do you find implausible about:](https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&safe=off&site=&source=hp&q=bacon+number+nell+carter&oq=bacon+number+nell+carter&gs_l=hp.3...2121.2121.1.2348.1.1.0.0.0.0.93.93.1.1.0.les%3B..0.0...1.1.tjSc5NuCr10&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.&fp=af80270f88432b16&biw=1024&bih=655) [QUOTE=Google] [Nell Carter](https://www.google.com/#q=nell+carter&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.&fp=af80270f88432b16&biw=1024&bih=655) and [Brian Doyle-Murray](https://www.google.com/#q=brian+doyle+murray&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.&fp=af80270f88432b16&biw=1024&bih=655) appeared in [Modern Problems](https://www.google.com/#q=modern+problems&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.&fp=af80270f88432b16&biw=1024&bih=655). [Brian Doyle-Murray](https://www.google.com/#q=brian+doyle+murray&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.&fp=af80270f88432b16&biw=1024&bih=655) and [Kevin Bacon](https://www.google.com/#q=kevin+bacon&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.&fp=af80270f88432b16&biw=1024&bih=655) appeared in [JFK](https://www.google.com/#q=jfk+1991&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.&fp=af80270f88432b16&biw=1024&bih=655). [/QUOTE] ? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/18 "2012-09-13T19:45:35Z")
Ron Jeremy, Jenna Jameson and Diana Ross all have 2s. Ronald Reagan is a 3. As is his wife, Nancy. Jane Wyman, however, is a 2. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/19 "2012-09-13T19:46:51Z")
So I opened the OP’s link, it is a google search. I scanned the first two pages of returns, none of them look promising for “Bacon number” for Louis CK. A handful seem to mention “bacon” lowercase. What am I missing? Oh yeah, there are also several listings for “Louis CK at the Beacon Theater”. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615/20 "2012-09-13T19:52:48Z")
This looks like a mistake: > [@google](#): > > Lon Chaney, Sr.'s Bacon number is 3 > Lon Chaney, Sr. and Kenneth Branagh appeared in\*\*\* The Unknown\*\*\*. > Kenneth Branagh and January Jones appeared in _ **The Boat That Rocked** _. > January Jones and Kevin Bacon appeared in\*\*\* X-Men: First Class\*\*\*. Lon Chaney and Kenneth Branagh were in a movie together? “The Unknown” is a 1927 movie with Lon Chaney, but not Branagh! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-can-now-search-for-a-persons-bacon-number/634615.md?page=2)