# 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:** 15
**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:** [March 15, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/282 "2014-03-15T14:16:28Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Mine is probably also 2 since I have met Mel Gibson. I can’t imagine the two of them haven’t run into each other at some party or awards ceremony. Officially the bacon number is through actors working with other actors in film or tv. Gibson’s number is 2 since he never worked with Bacon on a project but worked with someone who did. Us non-celebrities are using it more loosely to include celebrities we met otherwise it would be very difficult to play for most of us. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/283 "2014-03-15T14:26:21Z")
I just realized I have an actual Bacon Number playing by the real rules (or close to it). Matthew Broderick has a Bacon Number of 1. He was in a movie with Kevin Bacon. A friend of mine is an opera and broadway singer (I won’t mention the name because she has some level of niche fame and I don’t want to give away my location that closely). She worked on the movie The Producers giving her a 2. I worked with her on a couple high school plays giving me a real Bacon number of 3. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/284 "2014-03-15T14:38:43Z")
Since there’s a currently active Kevin Bacon thread in Cafe Society, **weef** , I merged your thread into that. **twicks** , who’s met Kevin’s father, famed urban planner Ed Bacon ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/285 "2014-03-17T03:52:04Z")
Someone who is a friend is one degree… and I used LinkedIn to try to get a 2. Nuh-uh. Thayt shyte ain’t a-happenin’. Not now, not ever. Nice guy, agree with his and his wifes politics, would probably have a really fun 20-30 conversations… but no. The man clicked no and who am I to disagree? Gah… maybe I’d just annoy the ever-living shyte out of him (and who needs that?). The die is cast & snake-eyes it is… * * * So, I will honestly stop trying to annoy Kevin Bacon and will try to move on to a more contemporary individual who might actually put up with my shennanigans… well at least for a ball game. _PEOPLE OF THE DOPE: I BESEACH THEE!!!_ To pull this off, I will need the following: \*Possible overnight accommodations in the Greater Chicago Area \*Donations of several bottles of fine wine and a keg of the finest beer possible. \*30+ cooked links of the single finest brats ever stuffed from pig. \*Fresh bread rolls (for the brats) \*(10) tickets next to each other at either a Bears or Cubs home game. Tix must be of a game that is Meaningful and Fun to watch. What I propose has never been proposed by either sane man nor sober beast (luckily I am neither), but silly though it may be, I shall propose it: What… if I/we invited the Cusak family (spouses included) out to a ball game? Do you think that if the game was good, if the beer was cold, if the brats were fresh, and we were Quite Humble and didn’t bother them much… …that we might get our Cusak number down to… _looks left_ _looks right_ …2? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/286 "2014-03-17T05:06:50Z")
Do you mean “Cusack”?: > **[John Cusack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cusack)** > > John Paul Cusack (/ˈkjuːsæk/; born June 28, 1966) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and political activist. He is a son of filmmaker Dick Cusack and the younger brother of actresses Joan and Ann Cusack. > Cusack began acting in films during the 1980s, starring in coming-of-age dramedies such as Sixteen Candles (1984), The Sure Thing (1985), Better Off Dead (1985), and Say Anything... (1989). He then started appearing in independent films such as Eight Men Out (1988), The Grifters (1... > **[Joan Cusack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Cusack)** > > Joan Mary Cusack (/ˈkjuːsæk/; born October 11, 1962) is an American actress. She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in the comedy-drama Working Girl (1988) and the romantic comedy In & Out (1997). Her other starring roles include those in Addams Family Values (1993), Runaway Bride (1999), School of Rock (2003), Ice Princess (2005), and Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009). She has also provided the voice of Jessie in the Toy Story franchise (1 Cus... > **[Ann Cusack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Cusack)** > > Ann Cusack (born May 22, 1961) is an American actress. She had minor roles in Multiplicity (1996), A League of Their Own (1992), and The Informant! (2009). Additionally, she has made guest appearances in a number of television series, including Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, One Tree Hill, Charmed, Ghost Whisperer, The Unit, Boston Legal, Bones, Frasier, Ally McBeal, Criminal Minds, Private Practice, Fargo, Better Call Saul, The Boys and The Good Doctor. > Cusack was born in New York City and was raised... And why are you asking here? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/287 "2014-03-17T13:30:21Z")
\*\*\* a retraction and an apology \*\*\* Have you ever written down an idea or a scenario based on events that you are reading at the time and thought it was pretty funny and cool? One that you laughed at after writing it down for a few minutes because of the sheer left-field of it? Then, even 10 minutes later, you still think its pretty cool, so you hit that send button? Then you go to sleep, wake up the next day, re-read what you’ve written and realize that this was an idea so bad, so truly embarrassingly bad, that you never should have hit the send button? An Idea where your keyboard should have had an F13 button just to jump up, slap you and say, “No! Don’t send this…” ? I apologize for the hijack. \*\*\*\* no animals were either harmed or converted to brats in either the typing of my post, in this subsequent apology, or in my misspelling the honorable name of “Cusack” \*\*\*\* Play ball…! ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/288 "2014-07-08T14:26:57Z")
Just learned there’s a Kevin Bacon in the Ohio Senate: [http://www.ohiosenate.gov/bacon](http://www.ohiosenate.gov/bacon) ---
**Author:** ![MostlyUseless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MostlyUseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyUseless)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/289 "2014-07-08T17:08:56Z")
Just to help the thread. Loved the line thrown at Kevin Bacon in a Few Good Men. You are a lousy softball player. I was military and that was a low, low shot. Loved it. Somebody was in the military helping with the writing. Aside from that…Tremors. On my list of films I will watch even if halfway through anytime it comes on. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/290 "2014-07-08T19:04:06Z")
Just thought I’d throw this in: Here’s a portrait of Kevin done in [bacon](http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/Kevin-Bacon.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/291 "2014-07-08T20:17:07Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > \*\*\* a retraction and an apology \*\*\* > Have you ever written down an idea or a scenario based on events that you are reading at the time and thought it was pretty funny and cool? One that you laughed at after writing it down for a few minutes because of the sheer left-field of it? > Then, even 10 minutes later, you still think its pretty cool, so you hit that send button? > Then you go to sleep, wake up the next day, re-read what you’ve written and realize that this was an idea so bad, so truly embarrassingly bad, that you never should have hit the send button? > An Idea where your keyboard should have had an F13 button just to jump up, slap you and say, “No! Don’t send this…” ? Yes. More than once. > [@MostlyUseless](#): > > Aside from that…Tremors. On my list of films I will watch even if halfway through anytime it comes on. Same here, except that I plan ahead. That way I don’t have to do anything right now. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/292 "2014-07-08T20:19:54Z")
Anyone know what Christopher Lee’s Bacon number is, or did we already do that one? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/293 "2014-07-08T20:35:00Z")
According to the [Oracle of Bacon](http://oracleofbacon.org/), 2. Christopher Lee was in _Corpse Bride_ with Helena Bonham Carter. Carter was in _Novocaine_ with Kevin Bacon/ Also, Christopher Lee was in _Lord of the Rings_ with Brad Dourif. Dourif was in _Murder in the First_ with Kevin Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/294 "2014-07-08T20:53:59Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > According to the [Oracle of Bacon](http://oracleofbacon.org/), 2. > Christopher Lee was in _Corpse Bride_ with Helena Bonham Carter. > Carter was in _Novocaine_ with Kevin Bacon/ > > Also, Christopher Lee was in _Lord of the Rings_ with Brad Dourif. > Dourif was in _Murder in the First_ with Kevin Bacon. On The Oracle of Bacon, I score a 3. Any Doper come closer specifically using that engine? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/295 "2014-07-09T02:52:47Z")
Mel Gibson has a 2. He was in _The Beaver_ with Jon Stewart, and Stewart was in _Skum Rocks_ with Bacon. I’m still not clear how this works. Since I’ve met Mel Gibson, does that give me a number of 3? Or is this only for actors? ---
**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:** [July 9, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/296 "2014-07-09T03:11:16Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > On The Oracle of Bacon, I score a 3. > > Any Doper come closer specifically using that engine? Yes, I have a 2. See post 204. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/297 "2014-07-09T03:19:37Z")
I was thinking, “Gosh, how would I even have a Bacon number?” Then I remembered that stint I did as a stagehand at a local theater. Easiest job I ever had, we’d sit backstage with the actors who were between scenes and then go out when the curtain closed and set up the next set. A couple of the performers I met doing this (Max Showalter and Cheryl Giannini) both have Bacon numbers of two. So that gives me a three. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/298 "2014-07-09T03:23:44Z")
Ah, I see now. So I’m not eligible for a Bacon number. ---
**Author:** ![Orr\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ee59a6/32.png) [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/299 "2014-07-09T05:46:11Z")
I have a Bacon number of 4, but I’ll never show up on an automated thing like the Oracle. I once won a High School contest where one of my short stories was presented as a play. It was a fairly poor story (they _wanted_ to use another story I submitted, but the subject matter was fairly dark, so they compromised and used the other story I submitted), and it was a terrible production. However, some of the actors had done some high school stuff with John Cusack and/or Jeremy Piven, who each have Bacon scores of 2. In some derivations of the Bacon number, wherein one has only to have a connection with a person (rather than being in a production with a person), I have a Bacon score of 2. I’m really not a very “star” oriented person, but it really tickles me that, despite my very mundane and unsuccessful life, I’ve managed to score pretty darn well (for a little person) in a delightful popular obsession. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/300 "2014-07-09T05:48:25Z")
I guess my Bacon number would be 2 - I went to college with Sandra Bullock (including working with her on a couple plays - she as an actress, I as a technician), and she has a Bacon number of 1. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/301 "2014-07-09T16:52:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, I have a 2. See post 204. You’re an extra but listed in the credits? I don’t mean creating a path for yourself using the Oracle as a guide. I meant actually entering your name in the Oracle itself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213.md?page=16)