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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:47 PM
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What's your Bacon Number?
The Bacon Number is the "degrees of separation" between anyone and Kevin Bacon.

Mine is 3:

I have printed Roger Willie's illustrations

Roger Willie was in "Adaptation" with Nancy Lenehan

Nancy Lenehan was in "Beauty Shop" with Kevin Bacon
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:49 PM
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1. 3 also.
My grandfather was an actor named Eddie Bracken.

Eddie Bracken was in "National Lampoon's Vacation" with John Candy.

John Candy was in "JFK" with Kevin Bacon.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:50 PM
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3. Eddie Bracken was your grandfather?!
Did I know that already and somehow forget that information?
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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:52 PM
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4. I posted about it a lot when he died about 5 years ago.
It doesn't seem that long ago. I had to look it up on the Internet Movie Data Base to make sure I had the date right.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:56 PM
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5. It doesn't seem to me that it should be that long ago either.
It's odd, though, that the first thing I think of when I think of Eddie Bracken was a role he played on The Golden Girls.
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GigiMommy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:08 PM
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6. I remember your Grandfather...
I watched a lot of "old" movies and I remember him. Is that you that wrote that touching post on IMDB?

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Pale Blue Dot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:10 PM
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7. Wow, look at that...
Edited on Thu Jan-24-08 10:12 PM by Finnfan
No, that's my cousin Caitlin! Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't noticed that before.

On edit: Hey, my son is on there too! :D
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:31 PM
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13. Eddie Bracken rocked!
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 09:50 AM
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33. Eddie Bracken?!?!?!...He was awesome! "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" is one of my faves..
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 09:49 PM
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2. I'm a 3 also.
I met and chatted with Herb Alpert.
Herb Alpert was in Ten Commandments, The (1956) with Yvonne Peattie
Yvonne Peattie was in Big Picture, The (1989) with Kevin Bacon

I'm pretty sure that's the closest I can get.

Here's the Oracle Of Bacon site, if anyone needs to use it:

http://oracleofbacon.org/
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:12 PM
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8. 42
:(
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:13 PM
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9. 3 for me too.
I sang in Disney's Candlelight Processional one year with David Ogden Stiers narrating.

David Ogden Stiers was in Everyone Says I Love You with Julia Roberts.

Julia Roberts was in Flatliners with Kevin Bacon.


I did that all four years I was in high school though, so there might have been other narrators who I didn't recognize offhand that had been in movies with Kevin Bacon. Who knows? :) The only other narrator I remember performing with is Levar Burton.
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:19 PM
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10. 2.
I "met" Kyra Sedgwick in an airport waiting lounge. Kyra is, of course, married to Kevin Bacon.

Disclaimer: When I say "met" I mean she asked me if the seat next to me was taken, I looked up, realized one of my fantasy women was talking to me and, super smooth ladies' man that I am, immediately blushed red as a beet and began to babble. I think I made an impression, though, because she went and sat somewhere else.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:20 PM
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11. My bacon goes to 11.
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:28 PM
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12. One!
I met the late Walter Matthau once. He appeared in "JFK" with Kevin Bacon.

King me!
:woohoo:
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:40 PM
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17. That's two I believe
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:44 PM
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18. The Bacon generator said that was one
I tried Monty Hall in it before that and the generator said the number was infinity.

Sadly, I have never had the pleasure to meet Mr. Bacon.
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:55 PM
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19. where's the bacon generator?
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:58 PM
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20. I misspoke. It's the oracle of bacon
http://oracleofbacon.org/
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 10:58 PM
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41. Matthau's Bacon Number is one; yours is two
According to the Oracle of Bacon, Kevin Bacon's Bacon Number is Zero; a person appearing in a film with Kevin Bacon has a Bacon Number of One; meeting such a person puts your Bacon Number at Two.
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:33 PM
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14. I am a 4
One of my best friends fathers is Dr. John.

Dr. John was in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) with Steve Martin (I)
Steve Martin (I) was in Novocaine (2001) with Kevin Bacon
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:37 PM
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15. 2
A coworker sat across the aisle from Kyra and Kevin on a plane trip.
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 10:39 PM
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16. 3
I was in a movie called Chicken of the Sea with a comedian name Jaffe Cohen.

Jaffe Cohen had one line in As Good As It Gets with Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:03 PM
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21. 3
I have met Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson was in Gone Fishin' (1997) with Maury Chaykin
Maury Chaykin was in Where the Truth Lies (2005) with Kevin Bacon

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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:04 PM
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22. I'm a 2 but don't remember why n/t
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:09 PM
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23. I met Famous Amos in the National Airport in D.C
I have no idea,

but I did have a BLT from Sonic yesterday. That's like the same thing only completely different.
:shrug:
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:13 PM
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24. Is there any way to connect Geraldo Rivera to Kevin Bacon
If you can, add one and you get to me. I was two feet away from Geraldo Rivera at LAX a few years ago.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-24-08 11:56 PM
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25. Geraldo Rivera was in Cop Land with John Doman, who was in Mystic River with Kevin Bacon.
Edited on Fri Jan-25-08 12:11 AM by DarkTirade
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 12:16 AM
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26. I am 4 degrees from Kevin Bacon!
:wow:
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 12:31 AM
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30. I think that's actually 3, not 4. :P
You met Geraldo
Geraldo worked with that other guy
that other guy worked with Kevin Bacon.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 12:18 AM
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27. I'm just one degree away.
I have seen Kevin Bacon in Diner.

:woohoo:
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 12:23 AM
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29. Piffel!
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 12:21 AM
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28. I know my brother, who has met the Dixie Chicks numerous times (his work)...
and they were in the American Music Awards with William Shatner, who was in the Emmys with Kevin Bacon!

Bacon number is 4, I guess.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 12:34 AM
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31. My score is 2.
Henry Winkler was my college graduation speaker.

Henry Winkler was in Happy Days with Ron Howard.

Ron Howard directed Kevin Bacon in Apollo 13.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 09:46 AM
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32. That's a three
Kevin Bacon is zero

Ron Howard is a one--he has a direct line to Kevin

Henry Winkler has a direct line to Ron, so he has a two

You have a direct line to Henry, so you're a three
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 09:43 PM
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36. No, you don't count yourself.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 11:02 PM
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42. Yes you do
If not, then Ron Howard's Bacon Number would be Zero.

Only Bacon's Bacon Number is Zero, you blasphemer!
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urbanhermit Donating Member (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 10:09 AM
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34. 2
I was an extra in Grand Canyon with Steve Martin.

Steve Martin was in Novocaine with Kevin Bacon.
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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 10:12 AM
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35. 3
I went to school with Brad Rowe
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005388/

Brad Rowe was in Nailed (2001) with Rachel Blanchard
Rachel Blanchard was in Where the Truth Lies (2005) with Kevin Bacon
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 09:52 PM
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37. 2
I was an engineer on The Incredibles starring Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter was in End of the Line with Kevin Bacon
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 09:54 PM
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38. I'm a 4
Jack Nicholson was in "A Few Good Men" with Kevin Bacon
Burl Ives was in "Ensign Pulver" with Jack Nicholson
My grandfather knew Burl Ives.
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susanr516 Donating Member (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 10:24 PM
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39. I'm a 3, too
In high school, I was in two plays with Vince Davis, who had a bit part in "Bad Girls" with Andie McDowell. She was in "Beauty Shop" with Kevin Bacon.
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 10:34 PM
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40. I think it's a 6 for me.
I know my sister who has met Princess Anne, who is the daughter of Queen Elizabeth, who has met John Cleese who worked with Kevin Bacon.

So my Bacon number is 6 I guess.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 11:04 PM
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43. Three
I appeared in an episode of Amazing America with the astonishingly unfunny Kevin Nealon.

Nealon was in Anger Management with Jack Nicholson

Nicholson was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 11:05 PM
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44. One.
Edited on Fri Jan-25-08 11:06 PM by Peake
I met Paul Reiser a couple of times, and he worked with Kevin in "Diner".
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Tafiti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 11:15 PM
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45. Wow. I guess I'm a 3.
Jeffrey Ross and I walked past each other on the sidewalk in London. (does that count?)

Jeffrey Ross was in Heartbreak Hospital with Nick Gregory.

Nick Gregory was in Loverboy with Kevin Bacon.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 11:17 PM
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46. My number is also 3
Based on my connection to William Weld.
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