Talk:Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
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Well, math was never my strong suit. So would a Bacon number of 0 mean that the actor is Kevin Bacon? --KQ
Yes, that's right. Distance = infinity for unconnected objects is a common shorthand in computer-science graph theory -- not so sure about pure-maths graph theory, not being a pure mathematician. The Anome
Ok then, thanks. :-) --KQ
Delighted to see a Bacon number of 8! As you probably all know the Virginia site has a similar program called Star Links, which allows you to link any two actors (Kevin Bacon doesn't have to be involved). Has anybody ever got an 8 on that? My best was a 5 (but I had to use Lassie to get it!) Adam
(Next day) Apparently Reese Witherspoon has a William Rufus Shafter number of 9. (I need to get a life!) :-) Adam
I think Christopher Lee is either first or second as the person who can be connected to the most people with this thing. He's been in more films and probably worked with more actors than anyone else in the business (I think he's even in the Guiness Book for this). I think that his recent appearances in blockbusters (LOTR, Star Wars, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) has greatly increased this, having worked with so many actors in these films increasing the number. Morhange 01:01, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Not a proof
Here is an example, using Elvis Presley:
1. Elvis Presley was in Change of Habit (1969) with Edward Asner 2. Edward Asner was in JFK (1991) with Kevin Bacon
Therefore Elvis Presley has a Bacon number of 2.
But that doesn't proof Elvis Presley has a Bacon number of 2. Maybere there is a movie with both of them. Than the Bacon number is 1. --Abdull 12:19, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
It stated it was an example, not a proof, Abudll.
.. I do wonder what Kevin Bacon thinks of this, however...
Maybe we could generalise the forward-linking example to any kind of virus, or just use something different than a disease... It seems a bit distasteful.
Akbar Abdi doesnt have a Bacon Number of 11, he has a Bacon number of 4:
Akbar Abdi was in Ali and Danny with Nick Robinson
Nick Robinson was in Vatel with Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman was in Where the Heart Is with Maury Chaykin
Maury Chaykin was in Where the Truth Lies with Kevin Bacon
[edit] Reeve vs. Steiger
The page has been edited to indicate that Christopher Reeve, not Rod Steiger, is the best center in IMDb - a claim also appearing on the page for Bacon number. I assume this information comes from IMDbPro, which calculates Bacon numbers and perhaps similar statistics for other actors. Can anyone verify that Reeve currently has the lowest number? This seems odd, since he doesn't even make the top 1000 best centers on the Oracle of Bacon list [1]. --Ben Zimmer 19:07, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
- I've responded on Talk: Bacon number. Everyone, please respond there so we can keep discussion in one place. --Chan-Ho (Talk) 01:28, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
- That would be Christopher Lee, not Christopher Reeve. Reeve isn't close. The current leader, though, is Dennis Hopper. The place to type in someone's name is [2]. The 1000 best centers list that has Steiger on top is [3]. Dennis Hopper is currently ahead of everyone else in the top 20 of that list. I didn't bother to go beyond that. I'm not sure how to cite that as a source. Is that supposed to count as original research and thus off-limits? If I posted it on my blog, I could cite it as me claiming this is true, but I don't know the general convention on that sort of thing here. --Parableman 02:33, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
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- I've copied over your comment to Talk: Bacon number. Please continue discussion (and see my response) there. --Chan-Ho (Talk) 01:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not devised by 3 college students
6 degrees of Kevin bacon was mentioned on an episode of the Jon Stewert Show on MTV. This was aired in 1993.
- The article says that the name was suggested by a producer when the students were on the Daily Show, implying that they created it and the show popularized it.
[edit] Wikipedia variations
My sister told me of the funniest variation of this game: the Wikipedia version. We were discussing Wikipedia, and she said that she and her friends had done a Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon variant using his Wikipedia page. Someone would shout out a topic, and using only the page's hyperlinks they had to link to that topic. They got to "polar bears" in 37 steps, though I'm guessing someone could beat that fairly handily. (By the way, my sister is two degrees from Kevin personally, having recently met a makeup artist who worked with Kevin on a movie. Oh, sure, it's not a filmography, but I had to add that.)--Raulpascal 16:55, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
I have subsequently been told by my sister that I am on crack; she has never met someone who worked with Kevin Bacon. Disregard the last. However, I've found that if you hit the "random article" link, then use the hyperlinks in the article to work your way to Kevin Bacon, you will get nothing accomplished at work.--Raulpascal 14:16, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- That's exactly what a friend of mine came up with over summer: Six Wikis to Kevin Bacon. Start with the "Random article" link and work your way to Kevin Bacon in 6 steps or less. His most prized accomplishment is going from a school district in the back country of Sweden to Bacon in only 5 wikis! And you're right, he got very little done at work this summer! :) Coredumperror 02:25, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
