# Six degrees of Kevin Bacon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284 "2000-04-20T13:30:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/41 "2000-04-21T18:17:00Z")
I have a Bacon Number of 4. Our Nashville, TN office manager, whom I’ve personally met, is Tom Mulgrew. Tom is the brother of “Star Trek: Voyager”'s Kate Mulgrew. Kate Mulgrew was in _Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins_ with J.A. Preston. J.A. Preston was in _A Few Good Men_ with Kevin Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![lswote](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lswote/32/5737_2.png) [@lswote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lswote)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/42 "2000-04-21T18:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by mouthbreather: > Can anyone come up with a known actor/actress (that is actually in their db) with a KB # or more than 4? Well Thomas A. Edison is listed as an actor in the 1897 movie [Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0216924) and was a [producer](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Edison,+Thomas+A.) in another 19 movies up until 1918. The Oracle says: Thomas A. Edison has a Kevin Bacon number of infinity. ## Granted he didn’t make his name as an actor, but he certainly is famous and he does qualify as an actor. In this world, you must be oh-so smart, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![lswote](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lswote/32/5737_2.png) [@lswote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lswote)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/43 "2000-04-21T18:35:00Z")
I have a Bacon number of 3. In 1991 I met and had my [picture taken](http://www.jump.net/~lswote/doohan.html) with James Doohan, Scottie from Star Trek. The Oracle says: James Doohan has a Bacon number of 2. ## James Doohan was in Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) with Denise Richards Denise Richards was in Wild Things (1998) with Kevin Bacon In this world, you must be oh-so smart, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/44 "2000-04-21T18:43:00Z")
Thank you for reminding me lswote! My Bacon number: 3. I have shaken hands and spoken with Patrick Stewart. Patrick Stewart was in Liberation (1994/I) with Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg was in Destination Anywhere (1997) (V) with Kevin Bacon ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/45 "2000-04-21T18:54:00Z")
I think for high Kevin Bacon numbers you will have to go to foreign films. I looked up the vietnamese movie “_The Scent of Green Papaya_”, aka “_Mui du du xanh_” (1993) and picked an actor from that movie. I ended up with a Kevin Bacon number of 5. Lu Man San was in Mui du du xanh (1993) with Tran Nu Yen-Khe Tran Nu Yen-Khe was in Xich lo (1995) with Manh Cuong Tran Manh Cuong Tran was in Three Seasons (1999) with Harvey Keitel Harvey Keitel was in Little Nicky (2000) with Clint Howard Clint Howard was in My Dog Skip (2000) with Kevin Bacon ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/46 "2000-04-21T18:58:00Z")
My personal Bacon # is 3. I smoked a cigarette with Uma Turman in the Atlanta Airport. Uma Thurman was in Mad Dog and Glory (1993) with Eddie Bo Smith Jr. Eddie Bo Smith Jr. was in Stir of Echoes (1999) with 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:** [April 21, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/47 "2000-04-21T19:23:00Z")
Personal Bacon # of 2, thank you very much. Met Wil Wheaton at a Star Trek convention I was dragged to by a friend. Wil Wheaton was in She’s Having a Baby (1988) with Kevin Bacon ## (btw, Wil seemed a bit of a spoiled prick, and the convention, frankly, frightened the hell out of me.) :eek: You can call me the King of Futility There’s a purpose to my actions, I just haven’t found it yet You can call me the Crown Prince of Irony It’s a crown I wear with dubious pride; it keeps falling down as I swim against the tide ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/48 "2000-04-21T19:31:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by mega the roo: > \*\*Apparently what I’ve done is six degrees ‘of seperation’. > > Horrible, horrible me.\*\* ummmm… I hate to bring this up mega but **YOUR FELCHING WRONG!!!** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/49 "2000-04-21T19:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I hate to bring this up mega but YOUR FELCHING WRONG!!! Yeah. Everybody knows you can’t use a straw that small. And look at all that good stuff you left behind. ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/50 "2000-04-21T20:14:00Z")
for most of you claiming your bacon numbers, you are wrong. if your bacon numbers were valid, then most people in hollywood would have a bacon number of 1, considering most have met him at parties, awards ceremonies, etc. the point of the kevin bacon game is to link through movies. a nitpick, yes. but games do have rules. the lineup may now resume. * * * _what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox_ ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/51 "2000-04-21T20:20:00Z")
and why do everyone’s connections seem to be through star trek actors? 🙂 * * * _what is essential is invisible to the eye -the fox_ ---
**Author:** ![lswote](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lswote/32/5737_2.png) [@lswote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lswote)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/52 "2000-04-21T21:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Kilgore Trout: > for most of you claiming your bacon numbers, you are wrong. > > if your bacon numbers were valid, then most people in hollywood would have a bacon number of 1, considering most have met him at parties, awards ceremonies, etc. > > the point of the kevin bacon game is to link through movies. > > a nitpick, yes. but games do have rules. > > the lineup may now resume. We know Kilgore, but its boring to talk about actors links to each other. This is as close as I am going to come to my 15 minutes of fame. * * * In this world, you must be oh-so smart, or oh-so pleasant. For years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![Absynthetic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@Absynthetic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absynthetic)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/53 "2000-04-21T22:43:00Z")
OK granted, this is not a connection through movies, but: A friend from grade school is Kyra Sedgewick’s cousin. Kyra Sedgewick is married to Kevin Bacon. Friend is currently nanny to the Sedgewick/Bacon children. I haven’t spoken to friend in more than a decade but we have a mutual friend who is still close to both of us. So that makes me a (3) or a (4) depending on how you count. And I still don’t have an espresso. * * * If life gives you lemons, stuff them down your shirt to make your boobs look bigger. ---
**Author:** ![sorrel554](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/54 "2000-04-21T23:52:00Z")
My brother’s friend, whom I used to drive to soccer practice and whatnot, had a relatively big part in a relatively tiny, independent film. (Think $50,000 gross.) He has a Bacon number of 3! I never knew I was hobnobbing with movie stars. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2000, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/55 "2000-04-22T00:09:00Z")
Kevin Bacon was in \* Picture Perfect \* with Jennifer Aniston. Jennifer Aniston had (maybe still has) an assistant named Tracy. Tracy was one of my sister’s closest friends in LA. SisterRiddles has toured Jenn’s house. I have a \* Friends \* t-shirt signed by Jenn, who refuses to sign anything. I am, obviously, my sister’s sister. That’s 4 degrees! Yahooie! * * * A little persistance goes a long way. Announcing: “I go on guilt trips a couple of time a year. Mom books them for me.” A custom made Wally .sig! ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2000, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/56 "2000-04-22T07:47:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by B\_Line12: > **anna nicole smith has a bacon degree of 2!** Does this mean I have a Bacon # of 3? I have met and **had my[picture](http://www.spacestar.net/users/flattum/pic1.jpg)taken** with ANS. Of course I was never in a movie with her. Bo ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Basil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sweet\_Basil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Basil)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284/57 "2000-04-23T20:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by SwimmingRiddles: > \*\*Kevin Bacon was in \* Picture Perfect \* with Jennifer Aniston. > > Jennifer Aniston had (maybe still has) an assistant named Tracy. > > Tracy was one of my sister’s closest friends in LA. SisterRiddles has toured Jenn’s house. I have a \* Friends \* t-shirt signed by Jenn, who refuses to sign anything. > > I am, obviously, my sister’s sister. > > That’s 4 degrees! Yahooie! > > \*\* I’m **WAY** more interested in your connection to Jennifer Anniston than your connection to Kevin Bacon!! Sweet Basil * * * [SRB](http://www.selfrighteousbrothers.com) will get you girls!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/16284.md?page=2)