# Six Degrees of Separation Game

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 8, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-separation-game/492433 "2009-04-08T21:13:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![WorkInProgress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@WorkInProgress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WorkInProgress)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-separation-game/492433/1 "2009-04-08T21:13:05Z")

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I was thinking of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon type game.

Here are the rules:

1. Take any two actors and provide the links between them. Must include the movie/TV show name.
2. To make it more difficult, no internet searches allowed and you must have exactly six degrees.
3. The person who gives a correct answer gets to post the next query.

For Example

Steven Segal to Kevin Bacon

Steven Segal - Hard to Kill  
Kelly LeBrock - Weird Science  
Anthony Michael Hall - The Breakfast Club  
Emilio Esteves - The Outsiders  
Matt Dillon - Wild Things  
Kevin Bacon  
Does anyone want to play?

If so  
James Gandolfini to Kurt Russell.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-separation-game/492433/2 "2009-04-09T01:25:44Z")

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> [@WorkInProgress](#):
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> If so  
> James Gandolfini to Kurt Russell.

It’s so easy to do it in two:

1. Gandolfini & Julia Roberts in “The Mexican”
2. Julia & Kevin Bacon in “Flatliners”

Or Gandolfini & Brad Pitt in “The Mexican,” then Pitt & Bacon in “Sleepers.”

But if we have to do it in 6…

1. Gandolfini & Gene Hackman in “The Mexican”
2. Hackman & Roy Scheider in “The French Connection”
3. Scheider & Richard Dreyfuss in “Jaws”
4. Dreyfuss & Danny DeVito in “Tin Men”
5. DeVito & Jack Nicholson in “Hoffa”
6. Nicholson & Kevin Bacon in “A Few Good Men”

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-separation-game/492433/3 "2009-04-09T03:08:41Z")

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Oops, rewind:

1. Gandolfini & Julia Roberts in “The Mexican”
2. Julia Roberts & Kevin Bacon in “Flatliners”
3. Kevin Bacon & Tom Cruise in “A Few Good Men”
4. Tom Cruise & Elisabeth Shue in “Cocktail”
5. Elisabeth Shue & Val Kilmer in “The Saint”
6. Val Kilmer & Kurt Russell in “Tombstone”

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**Author:** ![WorkInProgress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@WorkInProgress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WorkInProgress)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-separation-game/492433/4 "2009-04-09T14:23:28Z")

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You get to supply the next pair.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-separation-game/492433/5 "2009-04-09T14:45:58Z")

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BE1: Kevin Bacon to Cathy Lee Crosby, in three  
BE2: Kevin Bacon to Robin Williams, in two, with similar titles  
BE3: Kevin Bacon to Michael Landon in four, without using television appearances, which I think is cheating.  
Okay, none of them are exactly six degrees, but no matter.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-degrees-of-separation-game/492433/6 "2009-04-09T15:48:46Z")

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Okay, my suggestion:

Bela Lugosi to Rodney Dangerfield