Paid Members Up Chuck Posted September 14, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 14, 2012 You may or may not have heard of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon theory. It's an extension of Six Degrees of Separation which states that the vast majority of actors on this earth can be linked to Kevin Bacon by six degrees of collaboration or less. Using this, you can calculate an actor's "Bacon Number". For example, Kevin Bacon's Bacon Number is 0. Tom Hanks' is 1, because he was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon. Leonardo DiCaprio's is 2, because he was in Catch Me If You Can with Tom Hanks (alternatively, because he was in Inception with Ellen Page, who was in Super with Kevin Bacon). Â Well, now, to make the whole process easier, Google has made the logical next step from having a calculator, currency converter, international clocks and sport fixtures, and has included a Bacon Number function. If you search "[name of actor] bacon number", it'll tell you. It's not perfect - Nigel McGuinness is incorrectly listed as a 4 when he's actually a 2, and some wrestling shows are included while others aren't (I'd exclude all of them if we're playing to proper rules). Â The upshot of this is that loads of people are coming out with stunningly low Bacon Numbers. For example, Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant and Charlie Chaplin are all 2s. So are Barrack Obama, Dave Grohl and OJ Simpson. Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean and Anne Frank are all 3s. The highest I've found that didn't involve a wrestling show was William Roache, who's a 4. Â So go forth and bring back Bacon Numbers. Post them here. This could develop into some great discussion or be a fun list of surprising connections. Or it could die on its arse. You decide. I'll stick a list of wrestlers here (spoilered for size) and update it as we find more. Â <-- click on 'spoiler' to show/hide the spoiler Andre The Giant - 2 Hulk Hogan - 2 Kurrgan - 2 Randy Orton - 2 Roddy Piper - 2 Ted DiBiase - 3 Ted DiBiase Jnr - 2 Terry Funk - 2 The Big Show - 3 Vince McMahon - 2 Kane - 3 The Undertaker - 2 Kevin Nash - 2 Scott Hall - 3 The Rock - 2 Steve Austin - 2 Rey Mysterio - 2 Â Â [close spoiler] ");document.close(); Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daily Buzzard Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 I think counting people that appeared in TV series when they didn't appear in the same episode is cheating a bit tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Up Chuck Posted September 14, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 14, 2012 Agreed. Have I done that somewhere? Still, William Roache has been in Corrie since the dawn of time so pretty much everyone in it is a 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daily Buzzard Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Most of the others will have lower numbers I reckon. Ken will be high because he's hardly appeared in anything else. Â I can't find anyone else with even a 4, let alone anything higher. Even actors from the early 1900s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum1993 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Brock Lesnar's is 3. The only one thus far with 4 or more was Justin Bieber oddly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby dazzler Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Me and the guys in the office have been searching for hours to find a 4 or higher. We found a 4 but its being disputed as one of the links seems to be a documentary rather than acting. Its Gary Barlow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 14, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 14, 2012 Got a 5 for one of the actresses in Dogtooth, but I do think the algorithm is flawed when it comes to TV shows and the suchlike. They should have kept it to films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Registration_Form Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Cool function. Â I got a 5 for Beatrice Vitoldi who was 'mother with the baby carriage' in Battleship Potemkin. Does it count if I don't have a fucking clue who I Bacon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted September 14, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 14, 2012 Andy Murray is a 4. Hours will be wasted now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Antoine Doinel doesnt appear to have a Bacon Number, unless I'm getting it wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 14, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 14, 2012 In BritWres, some folk use a 'degrees of separation from Hogan' to determine how successful you are as a wrestler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Got a 3 with Ricky Tomlinson. Everyone else seems to be a 2. I'm only a 3 myself, it's going to be impossible to find a 6 with anyone that Google acknowledges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted September 14, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 14, 2012 William Rufus Shafter (Old american general) is 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 14, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 14, 2012 Even Todd Carty is a 2! Â I'm determined to find a 5. If I do, can somebody (RICKETY RICK) send me a box of confectionary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 14, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted September 14, 2012 Even Todd Carty is a 2! I'm determined to find a 5. If I do, can somebody (RICKETY RICK) send me a box of confectionary?  No! I found a bloody 5 already and if anyone should be getting Jaffa Cakes it's me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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