# Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440 "2003-05-30T02:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/21 "2003-05-30T17:11:15Z")
Hey, I just realized my degree of Baconness has shrunk! Before: My h.s. lit teacher Mr. Shifflet also taught Madonna (in high school in Detroit) who was in Dick Tracy with Dustin Hoffman who was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon. Now: I was an extra in Head of State with Chris Rock Who was in Lethal Weapon 4 with Joe Pesci Who was in JFK with Kevin Bacon. I’m a 3!!! And anyone who knows me is thus a 4!!! ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/22 "2003-05-30T17:11:48Z")
Humphery Bogart was in “Casablanca” with Peter Lorre, who was in “Tales of Terror” with Vincent Price," who was in “Edward Scissorhands” with Dianne Wiest, who was in “Footloose” with Kevin Bacon. James Earl Jones ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/23 "2003-05-30T17:30:57Z")
Too easy. James Earl Jones was in _Field of Dreams_ with Kevin Costner who was in _JFK_ with Kevin Bacon Charlie Chaplin ---
**Author:** ![angelabaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@angelabaca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelabaca)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/24 "2003-05-30T17:39:26Z")
i play this game, only i connect myself to celebrities in 7 degrees or less. I am connected to the entire cast of “Firends”. Oh, and Brad Pitt. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/25 "2003-05-30T19:09:35Z")
I’m a 5, myself. 1. Olentzero is married to 2. Mrs. O, who dated this Irishman named Ciaran, who is the cousin of 3. Neal McDonough (that blond dude in Boomtown), who was in “Three Wishes” with 4. Colleen Camp, who was in “Trapped” with 5. some guy or other. ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/26 "2003-05-30T19:27:27Z")
I did craft service on _Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre_ with Matthew McConaughey who was in _A Time to Kill_ with Kiefer Sutherland who was in _Flatliners_ with KB. (I can also use Renee Zellweger from the same film, same number of hops.) Bacon did that VISA commercial that played on the game, which I thought was pretty cool of him. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/27 "2003-05-30T19:35:32Z")
1. Charlie Chaplin was in “Limelight” with Claire Bloom 2. Claire Bloom was in “Crimes & Misdemeanors” with Martin Landau 3. Martin Landau was in “Ed Wood” with Bill Murray 4. Bill Murray was in “Wild Things” with Kevin Bacon ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/28 "2003-05-30T19:37:34Z")
So, how about… Sabu ! ---
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/29 "2003-05-30T19:50:38Z")
[QUOTE] _Originally posted by DeVena \* **Chris Farley** was in \* Coneheads with **Dan Akroyd** who was in \* My Girl with **Macculey Culkin** who was in \* Home Alone_ with **John Candy** who was in \* JFK\* with **Kevin Bacon** geez, I can do it faster than that… chris Farley in coneheads with Dan Aykroyd who was in _the Blues Brothers_ with John Belushi who was in _animal House_ with Kevin Bacon. Animal House is a _wonderful_ resource for this game… Um…Let’s see…Oh, heck, \*\* John Astin \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/30 "2003-05-30T19:51:47Z")
I’m friends with an actor who was on a soap (name obviously deleted). Aforementioned actor was on this soap with Kyra Sedgwick. Kyra Sedgwick is married to Kevin Bacon. I can get there in two:). Ava ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/31 "2003-05-30T19:53:47Z")
D’oh!:smack: Make that three. I can count. Ava ---
**Author:** ![DogMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DogMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DogMom)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/32 "2003-05-30T20:18:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > \*\*So, how about… > Sabu ! \*\* Ooooo, Dirty Pool… OK, here goes. \ **Sabu** was in _A Tiger Walks_ with **Brian Keith** who was in _National Lampoon’s Favorite Deadly Sins_ with **Joe Mantegna** who was in _Queen’s Logic_ with \*\* You - Know - Who\*\* ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/33 "2003-05-30T20:20:57Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by kfwilkinson \* \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DeVena \* > \*\* > Um…Let’s see…Oh, heck, \*\* John Astin \*\* \*\* 1. John Astin was in “National Lampoon’s European vacation” with Chevy Chase. 2. Chevy Chase was in “Three Amigos” with Steve Martin 3. Steve Martin raced Kevin Bacon for a cab in “Planes, Trains & Automobiles.” ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/34 "2003-05-30T20:38:34Z")
How about Johnny Weismueller? (Since no one threw another one out) Sorry if the name is misspelled, but I mean the guy who played Tarzan. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/35 "2003-05-30T20:53:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*How about Johnny Weismueller? (Since no one threw another one out) > > Sorry if the name is misspelled, but I mean the guy who played Tarzan. \*\* 1. Johnny Weissmuller was in a host of Tarzan movies (let’s say “Tarzan’s New York Adventure”) with Maureen O’Sullivan. 2. Maureen O’Sullivan was in “Hannah & her Sisters” with Dianne Wiest. 3. Dianne Wiest was in “Footloose” with Kevin Bacon. My turn again… Ahhhh yessssss… JERRY COLONNA (in honor of Bob Hopes’ 100th birthday) ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/36 "2003-05-30T21:39:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > **Casting down the gauntlet, eh Duke?** After I posted I got to thinking…I have another path to KB that’s even fewer degrees. (Ex-wife again) whose uncle (actually, aunt’s ex-husband) was (one of the scriptwriters of _Pale Rider_). **Chris Penn** appeared in _Pale Rider_ Penn also appeared in _Footloose_, as of course did Kevin Bacon. That’s four then. Though the earlier path, taking in a Nobel laureate, is much more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/37 "2003-05-30T22:26:31Z")
I was an Extra in _Iron Eagle IV_ With Lou Gossett Jr., who was in _Return to Lonesome Dove_ with Chris Cooper who was in _October Sky_ with Laura Dern who was in _Novocaine_ with Kevin Bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/38 "2003-05-30T22:57:20Z")
Jerry Colonna (had to look him up) was in _Meet Me in Las Vegas_, which had a Frank Sinatra cameo. Sinatra was in _Guys and Dolls_ with Marlon Brando. Brando and Sutherland were in _A Dry White Season_. Sutherland & Bacon – _JFK_. Edward G. Robinson ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440/39 "2003-05-30T23:21:05Z")
Edward G. Robinson was in Key Largo with Lauren Bacall. Lauren Bacall was in Altman’s Ready to Wear with Stephen Rea. Stephen Rea was in Interview with the Vampire with Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon. And now for me… Cbawlmer was in Texas (the concert film of his band) with Russell Crowe. Russell Crowe was in A Beautiful Mind with Ed Harris. Ed Harris was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/178440.md?page=1)