After another very long week, it’s finally Friday. And now there’s a new way to kill the day at work. In case you haven’t heard, the Kevin Bacon six degrees of separation game has now made its way into Google. Just type in “bacon number” and then an actor’s name, and you get the bacon number, and how they came up with it. This may sound silly but, trust me, it’s addictive. And you’ll be pretty hard-pressed to get a number higher than three. And believe me, I tried.
I mean, Lilian Gish? Two.
Lillian Gish and Vittorio Gassman appeared in A Wedding.
Vittorio Gassman and Kevin Bacon appeared in Sleepers.
Theda Bara? Three.
Theda Bara and Herbert Heyes appeared in The Vixen.
Herbert Heyes and James Hong appeared in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing.
James Hong and Kevin Bacon appeared in R.I.P.D..
Elivs – 2. Tiny Tim – 3. Marc Maron – 3.
Not only will this kill a big part of your day, but it will take your mind off of Mitt Romney and all this nasty business in the Middle East, where everybody’s all riled up (hey, thanks for making that crappy movie, guys. Anybody know the names of the actors in it? I’d like to see what their Bacon Numbers are).
Well, time to go and be productive.
Jack Benny – 2. Dawn Wells – 2. Alan Hale Jr – 2. Alan Hale Sr – 3….
Hey, let me know if you get one higher than three.