9:56 pm - 09/14/2012
THE INTERNET JUST BECAME USEFUL (NO SHADE, LJ)
What’s Your Bacon Number? Google Plays ‘Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon’
Google can give curious minds a lot of helpful hints. It can help answer that trivia question that no one seems to be able to answer. It can help you with spelling, give you the weather, do calculations — almost anything you need.
Now, it can give you your Bacon number.
A Bacon number refers to the trivia game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” in which you try to connect different actors to Kevin Bacon via the films they have appeared in. For example, Harrison Ford starred in “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark” with Karen Allen. Allen starred in “Animal House” alongside Bacon, therefore giving Ford a Bacon number of two.
To search, just type “Bacon number” and an actor’s name into the Google search bar. You will then get a number with the actor’s connection to Bacon. (Some non-actors are included as well.)
“What am I…zero!” Bacon tweeted Thursday with a link to directions.
“I guess in my heart of hearts I kinda knew I was a ZERO,” he later added.
The game that launched the phenomenon was invented in 1994 by three college buddies, Craig Fass, Brian Turtle and Mike Ginelli. An advertisement for Bacon’s film “The Air Up There” appeared on television while the three friends shared a bottle of Southern Comfort.
“Somehow this occurred to us: Kevin Bacon had been in so many different types of movies, it was possible to connect a lot of unlikely people together through his work,” they wrote in their 1996 book, “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.”
And their idea took off.
“There could only be one explanation,” they wrote. “Kevin Bacon was at the center of the entertainment universe.”
With the help of Google’s new feature, it’s difficult to find an actor with a Bacon number higher than three. Even Kim Kardashian has a Bacon number of two. The reality star appeared in “Deep in the Valley” alongside Denise Richards, who starred with Bacon in “Wild Thing.”
A Mixed Set of People:
SOURCE
ONTD, what will you do with this new found power?
Google can give curious minds a lot of helpful hints. It can help answer that trivia question that no one seems to be able to answer. It can help you with spelling, give you the weather, do calculations — almost anything you need.
Now, it can give you your Bacon number.
A Bacon number refers to the trivia game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” in which you try to connect different actors to Kevin Bacon via the films they have appeared in. For example, Harrison Ford starred in “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark” with Karen Allen. Allen starred in “Animal House” alongside Bacon, therefore giving Ford a Bacon number of two.
To search, just type “Bacon number” and an actor’s name into the Google search bar. You will then get a number with the actor’s connection to Bacon. (Some non-actors are included as well.)
“What am I…zero!” Bacon tweeted Thursday with a link to directions.
“I guess in my heart of hearts I kinda knew I was a ZERO,” he later added.
The game that launched the phenomenon was invented in 1994 by three college buddies, Craig Fass, Brian Turtle and Mike Ginelli. An advertisement for Bacon’s film “The Air Up There” appeared on television while the three friends shared a bottle of Southern Comfort.
“Somehow this occurred to us: Kevin Bacon had been in so many different types of movies, it was possible to connect a lot of unlikely people together through his work,” they wrote in their 1996 book, “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.”
And their idea took off.
“There could only be one explanation,” they wrote. “Kevin Bacon was at the center of the entertainment universe.”
With the help of Google’s new feature, it’s difficult to find an actor with a Bacon number higher than three. Even Kim Kardashian has a Bacon number of two. The reality star appeared in “Deep in the Valley” alongside Denise Richards, who starred with Bacon in “Wild Thing.”
A Mixed Set of People:
SOURCE
ONTD, what will you do with this new found power?
Giancarlo Esposito and Dianne Wiest appeared in Rabbit Hole.
Dianne Wiest and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose.
This rocks
AARON PAUL'S IS 2 TOO
3 if you go by real celebrities.
Geena Davis filmed parts of Long Kiss Goodnight in my hometown
Geena Davis and Brad Pitt appeared in Thelma & Louise
Brad Pitt and Kevin Bacon appeared in Sleepers
Samuel L. Jackson was also in Long Kiss Goodnight
SLJ was in The Avengers with Son of Coul
Son of Coul and KB were in The Air I Breathe
(Does meeting / speaking with / having your boobs stared at by count? If so:
Met / spoke with / had boobs stared at by Christina Hendricks at a con
Christina Hendricks and Ryan Gosling appeared in Drive
Ryan Gosling and Kevin Bacon appeared in Crazy, Stupid, Love)
I was in the Olympic Opening Ceremony with Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson and January Jones appeared in Love Actually.
January Jones and Kevin Bacon appeared in X-Men: First Class.
My best friend from high school went to RADA (Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts), where she met Alan Rickman. He was in Love Actually with January Jones, who was in X-Men: First Class with KB.
I met Ben Stein when touring the Today show.
Ben Stein and Kevin Bacon appeared in Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Miranda Hart and Miriam Margolyes appeared in The Itch of the Golden Nit.
Miriam Margolyes and Kevin Bacon appeared in Balto.
me - my cousin - darius rucker - kevin bacon
although it could be lower.
I was an extra in Miracle with Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell was in Lalawood with Linda Cardellini
Linda Cardellini was in Super with Kevin Bacon
3 degrees, ah-ha-ha :3
omw i didn't think she'd have a bacon number tbh
Masatoshi Nagase and Lili Taylor appeared in Cold Fever.
Lili Taylor and Kevin Bacon appeared in She's Having a Baby.
Choi Si Won's Bacon number is 3
Choi Si Won and Andy Lau appeared in A Battle of Wits.
Andy Lau and Victor Wong appeared in The Adventurers.
Victor Wong and Kevin Bacon appeared in Tremors.
Shun Oguri and Quentin Tarantino appeared in Sukiyaki Western: Django.
Quentin Tarantino and Chris Penn appeared in Reservoir Dogs.
Chris Penn and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose.