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Most complicated game of Six of Degrees of Kevin Bacon[0] that I've heard of. :) [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon https://en.wiki

Most complicated game of Six of Degrees of Kevin Bacon[0] that I've heard of. :) [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon

parenthesis 7y ago
What I find funny about Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is that he is married to Kyra Sedgwick, who is the half-sister of jazz guitarist Mike Stern. Mike Stern played with Miles Davis and Miles Davis is basically the Paul Erdos or Kevin Bacon of jazz.
- iainmerrick 7y ago
  I've heard that Kevin Bacon isn't actually the Kevin Bacon of the Kevin Bacon game; some researchers a few years back crunched the numbers and determined that the most-connected actor was actually Rod Steiger (having starred in a wide range of highbrow and lowbrow movies over a very long career). Maybe somebody else has since overtaken Steiger, though. Maybe even Kevin Bacon himself! Edit to add: ha, I see there's a calculation at The Oracle of Bacon: http://oracleofbacon.org/center_list.php http://oracleofbacon.org/center_list.php Not sure how frequently this is updated, but the top few names definitely sound plausible.
  - excalibur 7y ago
    Bacon is actually #565 on that list. Probably not a serious contender :)
  - chillydawg 7y ago
    Interesting to see the first woman on that list is at #21 (Geraldine Chaplin).
  - jacquesm 7y ago
    > https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-pig-virus-potential-threat-humans.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-pig-virus-potential-t... I submit Danny Trejo as a candidate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Trejo_filmography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Trejo_filmography
  - martinclayton 7y ago
    Could have been Steiger at some point - only Trevor Howard (just) above him in the list predeceased him.
- benj111 7y ago
  If you find it funny that Kevin Bacon is within 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon of someone else, you're kind of misunderstanding the idea of 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon. Challenge: Find the link between Kevin Bacon and President Tyler
bluedevil2k 7y ago
On a podcast I listened to recently, Kevin Bacon said he didn't really like the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon because he felt it was fun of him at his expense.

parenthesis 7y ago

What I find funny about Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is that he is married to Kyra Sedgwick, who is the half-sister of jazz guitarist Mike Stern. Mike Stern played with Miles Davis and Miles Davis is basically the Paul Erdos or Kevin Bacon of jazz.

iainmerrick 7y ago
I've heard that Kevin Bacon isn't actually the Kevin Bacon of the Kevin Bacon game; some researchers a few years back crunched the numbers and determined that the most-connected actor was actually Rod Steiger (having starred in a wide range of highbrow and lowbrow movies over a very long career). Maybe somebody else has since overtaken Steiger, though. Maybe even Kevin Bacon himself! Edit to add: ha, I see there's a calculation at The Oracle of Bacon: http://oracleofbacon.org/center_list.php http://oracleofbacon.org/center_list.php Not sure how frequently this is updated, but the top few names definitely sound plausible.
- excalibur 7y ago
  Bacon is actually #565 on that list. Probably not a serious contender :)
- chillydawg 7y ago
  Interesting to see the first woman on that list is at #21 (Geraldine Chaplin).
- jacquesm 7y ago
  > https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-pig-virus-potential-threat-humans.html https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-pig-virus-potential-t... I submit Danny Trejo as a candidate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Trejo_filmography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Trejo_filmography
- martinclayton 7y ago
  Could have been Steiger at some point - only Trevor Howard (just) above him in the list predeceased him.
benj111 7y ago
If you find it funny that Kevin Bacon is within 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon of someone else, you're kind of misunderstanding the idea of 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon. Challenge: Find the link between Kevin Bacon and President Tyler

bluedevil2k 7y ago

On a podcast I listened to recently, Kevin Bacon said he didn't really like the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon because he felt it was fun of him at his expense.