Google search now does six degrees of Kevin Bacon

120_Minutes · 14-09-2012 12:37pm #1

Put any actors name in google followed by "bacon" and "number" and google will calculate the six degrees. allegedly a score higher than 4 is rare.

Miley from glenroe's bacon number is 2.

zef · 14-09-2012 12:42pm

Anyone I tried the score is always 2. Trying hard for a three...

Thundercats Ho · 14-09-2012 12:52pm

I got a 4 !!! Joe Rooney (aka Fr Damo from Fr Ted)

Joe Rooney's Bacon number is 4
Joe Rooney and Tim Loane appeared in Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll.
Tim Loane and Brian Cox appeared in Mad About Mambo.
Brian Cox and John Lithgow appeared in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
John Lithgow and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose.

ride-the-spiral · 14-09-2012 12:54pm

Ah, they aren't supporting anyone's Bacon-Erdos number yet though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erdős–Bacon_number

seamus · 14-09-2012 12:57pm

Every search I do ultimately ends up linking them to someone that Kevn Bacon starred in X-Men with. Did half of bloody Hollywood star in that movie or something?

120_Minutes · 14-09-2012 1:17pm

I just realised that I myself have a bacon number, and it's 3 .

Shryke · 14-09-2012 1:31pm

Patti Smith and Eamon Holmes are 3. I can't get a 4 yet.

r3nu4l · 14-09-2012 1:44pm

Stan Laurel = 3
Oliver Hardy = 3

CardBordWindow · 14-09-2012 1:46pm

Pat Shortt is a 3.
This is going to make the rest of the day very unproductive!

Noopti · 14-09-2012 1:50pm

Colm Meaney = 2

sbsquarepants · 14-09-2012 1:54pm

This is cool!
Charlie Chaplin is only 2

Jason Todd · 14-09-2012 2:00pm

f*cking everyone has been in Crazy, Stupid, Love!!

Loughc · 14-09-2012 2:01pm

Jason Todd wrote: »

f*cking everyone has been in Crazy, Stupid, Love!!

And Apollo 13, and JFK and X-Men:First Class.... Damn you Bacon, damn you!

Jason Todd · 14-09-2012 2:16pm

Unbelievably Samuel L. Jackson has a Bacon Number of 2. Michael Fassbender is the link.

14-09-2012 2:43pm

Am I the only one that doesn't understand this..? Is it "bacon number (actor name)"?

Ah, it's (actor name) bacon number, without the quotation marks.

AwayWithFaries · 14-09-2012 3:00pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Am I the only one that doesn't understand this..? Is it "bacon number (actor name)"?

Ah, it's (actor name) bacon number, without the quotation marks.

This website should be of use:

http://oracleofbacon.org/

Edit: Works with any actors, not just Kevin Bacon.

Wisesmurf · 14-09-2012 3:08pm

Justin Bieber's Bacon number is 4 ... kill me now for searching that..

CardBordWindow · 14-09-2012 3:17pm

Wisesmurf wrote: »

Justin Bieber's Bacon number is 4 ... kill me now for searching that..

/ Add Wisesmurf to Ignore List

14-09-2012 3:24pm

In a similar manner.. Frankie Jonas has a Bacon Number of three.

steve_r · 14-09-2012 3:38pm

Robert Sheehan from Love/Hate has a 2.

I went really obsure with Fair City actors (wouldn't work for me). Sally from Home and Away wouldn't work for me.

Robb Wells from Trailer Park Boys got a 2!

120_Minutes · 14-09-2012 4:27pm

steve_r wrote: »

Sally from Home and Away wouldn't work for me.

i can fix that for you, heath ledger was in home and away....take it from there...

p to the e · 14-09-2012 5:27pm

Apparently this guy has a bacon number of infinity unless you cheat a little.

William Rufus Shafter

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_has_a_Kevin_bacon_number_of_9

Valentina · 14-09-2012 5:58pm

120_Minutes wrote: »

I just realised that I myself have a bacon number, and it's 3 .

My bf's Bacon number is 2

MarkR · 14-09-2012 6:15pm

mary mcevoy - no bacon number. I can quit now.

quickbeam · 14-09-2012 6:44pm

Got an actor's who's 5: Grigori Aleksandrov from Battleship Potempkin (thinking of an old foreign film to go with):

Grigori Aleksandrov and Aleksandr Antonov appeared in Battleship Potemkin.
Aleksandr Antonov and Sergei Bondarchuk appeared in Dream of a Cossack.
Sergei Bondarchuk and Milena Dravić appeared in The Battle of Neretva.
Milena Dravić and Rade Serbedzija appeared in The Return.
Rade Serbedzija and Kevin Bacon appeared in X-Men: First Class.

RandolphEsq · 14-09-2012 7:17pm

Fúck you Michael Fassbender!

The Hill Billy · 14-09-2012 7:25pm

Sweet Jebus - Barbara Windsor has a bacon number of 2!

The Recliner · 14-09-2012 8:11pm

MarkR wrote: »

mary mcevoy - no bacon number. I can quit now.

The first post in this thread would indicate otherwise

120_Minutes wrote: »

Put any actors name in google followed by "bacon" and "number" and google will calculate the six degrees. allegedly a score higher than 4 is rare.

Miley from glenroe's bacon number is 2.

fuzzy_wuzzy · 14-09-2012 8:55pm

First post! Brendan Grace has a bacon number of 3

uberwolf · 14-09-2012 9:14pm

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

I got a 4 !!! Joe Rooney (aka Fr Damo from Fr Ted)

Joe Rooney's Bacon number is 4
Joe Rooney and Tim Loane appeared in Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll.
Tim Loane and Brian Cox appeared in Mad About Mambo.
Brian Cox and John Lithgow appeared in Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
John Lithgow and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose.

funnily, that's wrong. Dermot Morgan was only two.

Mmmm_Lemony · 14-09-2012 11:20pm

Ronan Keating's Bacon number is 3

Ronan Keating!!!! FFS!

Fooot looooshhhh ahhhhhhh

IsThisIt??? · 14-09-2012 11:40pm

Everyone seems to be linked through John Lithgow-Kevin Bacon in footloose

The Hill Billy · 14-09-2012 11:45pm

fuzzy_wuzzy wrote: »

First post! Brendan Grace has a bacon number of 3

[off-topic]What a great first post! Stick around. In 10 years this will come back to haunt you.

[/off-topic]

120_Minutes · 15-09-2012 12:18am

quickbeam wrote: »

Got an actor's who's 5: Grigori Aleksandrov from Battleship Potempkin (thinking of an old foreign film to go with):

Grigori Aleksandrov and Aleksandr Antonov appeared in Battleship Potemkin.
Aleksandr Antonov and Sergei Bondarchuk appeared in Dream of a Cossack.
Sergei Bondarchuk and Milena Dravić appeared in The Battle of Neretva.
Milena Dravić and Rade Serbedzija appeared in The Return.
Rade Serbedzija and Kevin Bacon appeared in X-Men: First Class.

Well done!

Average-Ro · 15-09-2012 7:47am

uberwolf wrote: »

funnily, that's wrong. Dermot Morgan was only two.

I think they only link actors through movies, not TV shows; so Father Ted wouldn't count.

TeaServer · 15-09-2012 6:07pm

MarkR wrote: »

mary mcevoy - no bacon number. I can quit now.

Apparently not, she has a bacon number of 3!

Mary McEvoy
was in
Moll Flanders (1996)
with
Stockard Channing
was in
Without a Trace (1983)
with
David Dukes (I)
was in
Only When I Laugh (1981)
with
Kevin Bacon

witty username · 15-09-2012 8:42pm

hehe, Phil Lynott has a bacon number of 4, but google has mistaken the Thin Lizzy drummer Brian Downey for the actor Brian Downey. Still take it though...

15-09-2012 8:52pm

Robbie Williams has a Bacon number of 3 ...

Robbie Williams and Dennis Hopper appeared in 1 Giant Leap.
Dennis Hopper and Chris Penn appeared in True Romance.
Chris Penn and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose.

Even Sinead O' Connor has a Bacon Number of 2

Sinéad O'Connor and Levon Helm appeared in Roger Waters: The Wall: Live in Berlin.
Levon Helm and Kevin Bacon appeared in End of the Line.

cafecolour · 15-09-2012 9:24pm

I just got a 5...with a gay porn actor. I entered it as a joke, and was shocked when it turns out even gay porn actors have bacon numbers (and that porn films are on imdb, which I never realized).

lukas ridgeston bacon number:

Lukas Ridgeston's Bacon number is 5
Lukas Ridgeston and Aleš Hanák appeared in Lucky Lukas.
Aleš Hanák and Thomas Lloyd appeared in Czech Point.
Thomas Lloyd and Richard Riehle appeared in The Fluffer.
Richard Riehle and Frances Lee McCain appeared in Stitch in Time.
Frances Lee McCain and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose.

ZombieMed · 15-09-2012 9:45pm

I got one who was a 4, but it's an actor whose co-star is a 1 so he should be a 2 from this.. so not completely perfect.

15-09-2012 9:48pm

cafecolour wrote: »

I just got a 5...with a gay porn actor. I entered it as a joke, and was shocked when it turns out even gay porn actors have bacon numbers (and that porn films are on imdb, which I never realized).

lukas ridgeston bacon number:

Lukas Ridgeston's Bacon number is 5
Lukas Ridgeston and Aleš Hanák appeared in Lucky Lukas.
Aleš Hanák and Thomas Lloyd appeared in Czech Point.
Thomas Lloyd and Richard Riehle appeared in The Fluffer.
Richard Riehle and Frances Lee McCain appeared in Stitch in Time.
Frances Lee McCain and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM3IK8uvQgg

eviltimeban · 16-09-2012 8:59am

John Lennon's Bacon number is 2
John Lennon and Phil Collins appeared in A Hard Day's Night.
Phil Collins and Kevin Bacon appeared in Balto.

Phil Collins was "in" A Hard Day's Night - he was in the crowd during the audience scenes, but so were 100s of other teenagers. Its not like he had any lines or was shown on film!

John Lennon's REAL Bacon number is 3, he was in Help with Leo McKern.
Leo McKern and John Laughlin appeared in Murder with Mirrors.
John Laughlin and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose.

Footloose again!

mr chips · 17-09-2012 1:43am

Tim Minchin's Bacon number is 4

Tim Minchin and Daniel Amalm appeared in Two Fists, One Heart.
Daniel Amalm and Martin Henderson appeared in Cedar Boys.
Martin Henderson and Rade Serbedzija appeared in Battle in Seattle.
Rade Serbedzija and Kevin Bacon appeared in X-Men: First Class.

drunkmonkey · 17-09-2012 2:16am

Eva Brown (I) has a Kevin Bacon number of infinity.

Albection · 17-09-2012 5:38pm

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom's Bacon number is 2. :eek:

Penn · 18-09-2012 4:43pm

sbsquarepants wrote: »

This is cool!
Charlie Chaplin is only 2

Couldn't believe that when I tried it myself. Was sure I had at least a 5

BigDuffman · 18-09-2012 5:42pm

Samantha Mumba's Bacon number is 2
Samantha Mumba and Jeremy Irons appeared in The Time Machine.
Jeremy Irons and Kevin Bacon appeared in The Magic 7.

Even your man from war of the buttons is close!!

Gregg Fitzgerald's Bacon number is 3
Gregg Fitzgerald and Colm Meaney appeared in War of the Buttons.
Colm Meaney and James McAvoy appeared in The Conspirator.
James McAvoy and Kevin Bacon appeared in X-Men: First Class.

iamstop · 18-09-2012 8:26pm

Kool Keith's Bacon number is 3
Kool Keith and Saul Williams appeared in Hip Hop Street Credentials.
Saul Williams and Jeff Bridges appeared in K-PAX.
Jeff Bridges and Kevin Bacon appeared in R.I.P.D..

Capt'n Midnight · 18-09-2012 9:05pm

Sergei Eisenstein's Bacon number is 5
Sergei Eisenstein and Aleksandr Antonov appeared in Battleship Potemkin.
Aleksandr Antonov and Sergei Bondarchuk appeared in Dream of a Cossack.
Sergei Bondarchuk and F. Murray Abraham appeared in Quiet Flows the Don.
F. Murray Abraham and John Lithgow appeared in The Big Fix.
John Lithgow and Kevin Bacon appeared in Footloose.

Custardpi · 18-09-2012 9:27pm

OK, I'm calling bullsh!t on the way Google calculates these. Surely a Bacon connection should depend on actors having actually worked &/or appeared in a film together. Checked the BN of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, whose heyday was 90 years ago or so & got a 2, which seemed ridiculously low. He's linked through Eli Wallach, who starred with Bacon in Mystic River. Eli Wallach is certainly old, but didn't start film acting until 1956, long after the career of the unfortunate Arbuckle came to a premature end. Google have linked them through a DVD called "Slapstick, Too", which as one can see here is only a collection of clips from various films, in one of which Wallach appears. To my mind that's not a proper connection as the two actors never actually worked together in any capacity.

washiskin · 19-09-2012 1:26pm

Well I got me a 4!

William Roache and Johnny Briggs appeared in Coronation Street: Farewell to Mike.
Johnny Briggs and Una Stubbs appeared in Bedtime with Rosie.
Una Stubbs and Michael Fassbender appeared in Angel.
Michael Fassbender and Kevin Bacon appeared in X-Men: First Class.

Google search now does six degrees of Kevin Bacon

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