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Google search now does six degrees of Kevin Bacon

  • 14-09-2012 12:37pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,706 ✭✭✭


    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.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 947 ✭✭✭zef


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,580 ✭✭✭Thundercats Ho


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,263 ✭✭✭ride-the-spiral


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

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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    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?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,706 ✭✭✭120_Minutes


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


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Stan Laurel = 3
    Oliver Hardy = 3


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭CardBordWindow


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,776 ✭✭✭Noopti


    Colm Meaney = 2


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    This is cool!
    Charlie Chaplin is only 2


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Jason Todd


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


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    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!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Jason Todd


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


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭AwayWithFaries


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭Wisesmurf


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭CardBordWindow


    Wisesmurf wrote: »
    Justin Bieber's Bacon number is 4 ... kill me now for searching that..
    / Add Wisesmurf to Ignore List :p


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭steve_r


    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!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,706 ✭✭✭120_Minutes


    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...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,323 ✭✭✭p to the e


    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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,281 ✭✭✭Valentina


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

    My bf's Bacon number is 2 :D


  • Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 11,144 Mod ✭✭✭✭MarkR


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


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    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.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,296 ✭✭✭RandolphEsq


    Fúck you Michael Fassbender!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,797 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,630 ✭✭✭The Recliner


    MarkR wrote: »
    mary mcevoy - no bacon number. I can quit now.

    The first post in this thread would indicate otherwise
    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 fuzzy_wuzzy


    First post! Brendan Grace has a bacon number of 3


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,580 ✭✭✭uberwolf


    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.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭Mmmm_Lemony


    Ronan Keating's Bacon number is 3

    Ronan Keating!!!! FFS!


    Fooot looooshhhh ahhhhhhh


  • Registered Users Posts: 412 ✭✭IsThisIt???


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,797 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    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]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,706 ✭✭✭120_Minutes


    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!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,161 ✭✭✭Average-Ro


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 158 ✭✭TeaServer


    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


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  • Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭witty username


    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...


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭cafecolour


    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.


  • Registered Users Posts: 732 ✭✭✭ZombieMed


    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.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    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.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭eviltimeban


    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!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭mr chips


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,332 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


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


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 688 ✭✭✭Albection


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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,210 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    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


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭BigDuffman


    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.


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    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..


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight



    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Custardpi


    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,364 ✭✭✭washiskin


    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.


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