# 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:** 3
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/41 "2011-12-24T04:45:36Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > _Tremors_ is High Art. “See, we plan ahead, that way we don’t do anything right now. Earl explained it to me.” is one of the great lines in film. Probably my favorite line from that movie, which has lots of great ones. Besides “Consider it stepped on”, two other faves, misquoted from memory: “…I know, he thinks he knows everything, just let it go…” and “Sure Earl, _everybody_ knows about (the monsters). We just didn’t tell _you_.” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/42 "2011-12-24T06:10:48Z")
More! More! I have an “in” with Atlanta TV News! I used to be their “stringer” when I worked local radio, and I know a lady who has been on Channel Two forever and ever! Can we do this thing, and get on NETWORK NEWS? Let’s go for it! Think of your favorite film, his favorite line (s), and just what a great guy he is , all the way around! I don’t know how y’all are keeping The Dope up on google, but I hope he sees it and responds. If he needs validation for his art, well, here we are, right? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/43 "2011-12-24T06:14:20Z")
Was Kevin Bacon the “Thank you, Sir. May I have another?” guy in _Animal House_? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/44 "2011-12-24T06:45:43Z")
Yes he was. That was Kevin Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/45 "2011-12-24T07:06:31Z")
We should encourage Kevin to get together with Keanu to cheer him up. Also, you did a good job performing with Meryl Streep in that one movie, Kevin–something about a wild river? ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/46 "2011-12-24T07:08:25Z")
I, for one, welcome Kevin Bacon as our new overlord. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/47 "2011-12-24T07:12:40Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Celebrities do start trends sometimes. It could become hot, hip, and trendy to be a Doper, and everybody will be doing it. There will be t-shirts, hats, twitter exposure, gossip columns, a book, and then a movie. And we can all say that we were Dopers before it was cool. And it could all start with Kevin Bacon. No pressure, Kevin. In that case, I definitely have to post. Tremors!!! And the River Wild. And possibly everything else you’ve ever been in, Keven Bacon. We appreciate you. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/48 "2011-12-24T07:18:15Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > If KB does deign to reply, does that mean all Dopers are First Degree Baconites? I wanna wear the cool robe! And be one of the Flag Bearers. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/49 "2011-12-24T07:34:30Z")
I’ve been a long-time Kevin Bacon admirer from way back. Hell, I even paid good money to see Quicksilver in the theater and thought it was a moving portrayal. So sign me up for the fan club. If Kevin needs waving at, virtually or otherwise, I’m so there. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/50 "2011-12-24T08:34:32Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > What…no mention of Flatliners? > Pfft. I’m surprised no one’s mentioned the scene in _Wild Things_ where Kevin Bacon shows off his sausage. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/51 "2011-12-24T08:42:57Z")
Kevin, my friend [Liam](http://postimage.org/image/5mrb0d41x/) looks like you. [Another view.](http://postimage.org/image/ars1ym01n/) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/52 "2011-12-24T08:56:32Z")
Odd thing about this thread…apparently I haven’t seen that many Kevin Bacon movies? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/53 "2011-12-24T09:56:01Z")
I don’t just like Kevin, I also like Streaky and Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/54 "2011-12-24T10:36:10Z")
I saw Kevin on Ellen a while back. He seems to have such a good attitude. He has a great body of work. Footloose was an early favorite. So, if you’re reading this Kevin, Hi and Happy Holidays! ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/55 "2011-12-24T10:56:34Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Ooh, ooh, me, too! And a big hi to Hungarian math guru Paul Erdos. > > [So now this thread has a Erdos-Bacon number… but it’s imaginary, and probably irrational, too.] Curiously, Erdős number numbers, Bacon numbers and Erdős-Bacon numbers have come up around the dinner table lately at my house. Also, _Tremors_ is on the to-watch list, if my son ever recovers from _Poltergeist_. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/56 "2011-12-24T13:45:02Z")
[My favorite actor? Aw that’s easy. Kevin Bacon, obviously. His best movie is probably a tie, between all of 'em.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP5QZNhGsF4) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/57 "2011-12-24T14:27:37Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Kevin Bacon, Kevin Costner, Kevin Pollak, and Kevin Spacey should work together on something. > > They could call it the _Bacon-Costner-Pollak-Spacey Project_. That project will be doomed without [Kevin Gage](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0300824/) who was superlative as Waingro in _Heat_ (among other baddies roles). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/58 "2011-12-24T15:55:27Z")
I wonder if Kevin Bacon has seen the Flight of The Conchords [parody](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMjgSkfQPSY) of his dance number in _Footloose_. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/59 "2011-12-24T15:58:15Z")
Still waiting for Godot, er, Kevin… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213/60 "2011-12-24T16:01:05Z")
Maybe this thread will be twice-blessed and receive a visit from Uncle Cecil himself… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-kevin-bacon/607213.md?page=4)