# Hello Kevin Bacon! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213 "2011-12-23T21:13:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/221 "2012-01-04T16:58:38Z")
My Bacon number is three. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/222 "2012-01-04T17:05:27Z")
Some say he can yodel in three different languages, and that his saliva has been used to cure whooping cough. All we know isā€¦ Heā€™s called Kevin Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/223 "2012-01-04T17:08:37Z")
The oceans get saltier when Kevin Bacon goes swimming. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/224 "2012-01-04T20:43:53Z")
He also won the Golden Harmonica on Craig Fergusonā€™s show for actually being able to play the harmonica. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/225 "2012-01-04T21:01:25Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Woohoo! According to the Oracle of Bacon, I have a Bacon Number of 2. Iā€™m an extra in the upcoming _Avengers_ movie, in which Mark Ruffalo will appear as Bruce Banner; he and Bacon appeared together in the (not very good) 2003 thriller _In the Cut._ > > [The Oracle of Bacon](http://oracleofbacon.org/cgi-bin/movielinks) This means I have a solid, two-tier Bacon number of 3: 1. Through the Dope and EH hereā€¦ 2. Through Hal Ketchum, whom I met and had a conversation with in the Memphis airport (Hal/Maverick -\> Reba McIntyre/Tremors -\> Kevin Bacon) I also have a Bacon Number of 5 through Trisha Yearwood: Heather Sanders -\> Pioneer Woman -\> Trisha Yearwood -\> Gregory Alpert -\> Kevin Bacon ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/226 "2012-01-04T21:40:05Z")
I had no idea Kevin Bacon was Jewish - but thanks to the wonders of [sequential thread titles](http://i.imm.io/e3U0.png), now I know. Ignorance foughtā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/227 "2012-01-04T21:40:59Z")
I also have a dual Bacon Number of 3. I met Walter Koenig at WorldCon in Anaheim a few years back. Koenig was in _Deadly Weapon_ (1989) with John Lafayette, who was in _Loverboy_ (2005) with Kevin Bacon. I am also a 3 through Penn Jillette (_Toy Story_) and R. Lee Ermey (_Murder In The First_) which also starredā€¦Kevin Bacon. What a surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/228 "2012-01-06T02:52:12Z")
I find Iā€™m cravinā€™ bacon and Kevin is his name. wheneā€™er I get the thick-cut it drives me quite insane. OHHHHHHā€¦ Needs a second chorus. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/229 "2012-01-06T02:58:21Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > I find Iā€™m cravinā€™ bacon > and Kevin is his name. > wheneā€™er I get the thick-cut > it drives me quite insane. > OHHHHHHā€¦ > Needs a second chorus. Uncured is the cure For my achinā€™ Bacon heart. Sizzlinā€™, crispinā€™, breathinā€™ it in, Iā€™ve loved it from the start. Ohhhhhā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/230 "2012-01-06T21:38:45Z")
Gotta have some Bacon So get out that olā€™ griddle Bacon is the answer to every question, The solution to every riddle. Ohhhhhā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/231 "2012-01-06T21:45:30Z")
Ohhh, come on now, Kevin Bacon Weā€™re all a-waitinā€™ on you, Canā€™t you take a moment now To join the Doper crew? ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/232 "2012-01-06T22:39:47Z")
Sorry to interrupt the singalong - but the Bacon Brothers are coming here on tour! ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/233 "2012-01-08T15:15:45Z")
Kevin is a doozy. He pumps up every movie. Makes 'em better, yes he does and always is a cutie! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/235 "2012-01-10T21:13:11Z")
Sorry to hear your dog Paulie died, Kevin. ā˜¹ For the rest of you, [hereā€™s a story on it](http://www.celebgossip.com/2012/01/kyra-sedgewick-kevin-bacons-dog-dies-20809). ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/236 "2012-01-10T21:19:03Z")
So, has Kevin Bacon showed up yet? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/237 "2012-01-10T21:27:39Z")
There should be an ode. No! There should be a haiku For Kevin Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/238 "2012-01-11T09:03:22Z")
OHHHHH (Good one **TheOtherJeffreyLebowski.** ) For heā€™s a jolly good fellow, always cool and mellow. Except for when he strikes a nerve and throws us all a scary curve. And Bacon is his name-o. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/239 "2012-01-11T14:30:47Z")
Kevinā€™s segment on _Wait Waitā€¦ Donā€™t Tell Me_ (mentioned by **Heart of Dorkness** above) was indeed made of awesome - it was really funny. Sounds like a good guy. And Iā€™ll be damned. I have a Bacon number of 3! Wow! I donā€™t know anyone at all, but I have (very briefly) met Mario Andretti at some race back in the 90s - he signed my hat. Heā€™s got a brief bit as a voice actor in the movie **Cars** , which also features a brief bit by John Goodman, who appeared in **Death Sentence** withā€¦Kevin Bacon! Whoo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/240 "2012-01-11T14:47:28Z")
I too am one of the few, the proud, the 846,332 people with a Bacon number of 3. I was in _Not the Messiah (Heā€™s a Very Naughty Boy)_ with 2/3 of Monty Python plus the extended Python entourage, which gives me a dozen or so three-step paths to His Baconage. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/241 "2012-01-11T16:40:09Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > (I canā€™t believe John Mellencamp played the lead role in a movie. I am going to have to watch that.) Mellencamp starred in and directed [Falling From Grace](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104225/) (1992), written by Larry McMurtry. ## Siskel and Ebert gave it two thumbs up and put it on their list of Best Films of the Year, but it cost 3 million and grossed less than half a mill. My own take was that it was a good ā€œslice of lifeā€ story but could have used some plot contrivance and resolution. My memory is that the collaboration between Mellencamp and Larry McMurtry also was the catalyst for James McMurtry getting his start in the music profession. (Wikipedia says: I_n 1987 McMutryā€™s career entered an upswing. A friend in San Antonio suggested McMurtry enter the New Folk songwriter contest; he became one of six winners that year. Also around this time John Mellencamp was starring in a film based on a script by McMurtryā€™s father, which gave McMurtry the opportunity to get a demo tape to Mellencamp. Mellencamp subsequently served as co-producer on McMurtryā€™s 1989 debut album, Too Long in the Wasteland. McMurtry also appeared on the soundtrack of the film Falling from Graceā€¦_) Kevin Bacon did not appear in the TV mini-series, Lonesome Dove. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213.md?page=13)