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Ladysmokeater
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20 Nov 2005, 2:58 am

For those that have never played, here are the rules:
You pick an actor/actress that has been in a movie sometime in the last 40 years. You then link them to Kevin bacon in as few leaps as possible. Here is an example:

BD wong (he is the shrink on Law and Order)
B.D. Wong was in Stay with Jose Ramon Rosario
Jose Ramon Rosario was in Mystic River with Kevin Bacon

or
Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel was in xXx with Eve (II)
Eve (II) was in The Woodsman with Kevin Bacon

or
Richard Petty
Richard Petty was in Days of Thunder with Tom Cruise who was in a Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon

Get the Idea? try not to use an internet data base. This is a game to work your mind.
Try to pick an actor that no one else has done, or at least dont use the same link (for example if YOU did Richard Petty, you should some one else in the movie to make the link, like randy quaid or nicole Kidman)
The more obsecure a person is, the harder the link. Stick to movies (made for TV movies are ok in a pinch)
See how ya do!



PS here is a short history of this silly game:

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This game was developed by three college friends who went to Albright College (Reading, PA). They first appeared on the Jon Stewart show on MTV (his old show--not the daily show). It is based on the theory that Kevin Bacon is the center of the entertainment universe, and that any actor or actress can be linked back to him, typically within six degrees (six connections) (variations on this game are based on the assumption that almost anyone in the world can be linked to anyone else in the world by six or seven degrees).
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20 Nov 2005, 3:25 am

oh, this is great - there's more information on erdos-bacon numbers, and further links [url=http://www.simonsingh.net/Erdos-Bacon_Numbers.html
]here[/url].

what fun!



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20 Nov 2005, 8:23 am

Me and my sisters used to play a variation of this game where we would link any two actors via 6 degrees.

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22 Nov 2005, 2:20 am

What?! no one wants to play the Kevin Bacon game? :wink:

oh alright, you may do as galleoace suggested and link other another actor....