how many degrees are you from Kevin Bacon?

[momophile]

Kevin Bacon only has 17 connections on linkedin.com

http://www.linkedin.com/

I'm almost a nobody and I have 37. And yet, Kevin is not within 4 degrees of me.

Are you on linkedin.com?

[ZombieNixon]

1. 1. I've seen Animal House and Apollo 13. They had Kevin Bacon in them.

That counts, right? :shrug: :P

[graywarrior]

3. I don't go near anything with bacon in it.

:rofl:

[SarahB]

2. Kevin's easy

1. my husband 2. his grandfather was in Vacation with 3. John Candy- who was in JFK with 4. Kevin Bacon

[Parche]

4. 69?

:shrug: :shrug: :hi:

[SteppingRazor]

5. On linkedin, he's a third degree from me. Although even better than that...

Herbie Hancock is a second degree! B-)

[flvegan]

6. Let's make this interesting:

1. Kevin Bacon hosted SNL in 1991 with Kevin Nealon;

2. Kevin Nealon has done a bunch of stuff with HSUS and their CEO is Wayne Pacelle;

3. Wayne Pacelle is a friend of mine.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. I'm only one degree from Michael Jackson, Cher, Phil Spector,

and I'm not comfortable with this sort of thing.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. I broil bacon at about 400 degrees

:shrug:

[MissMillie]

9. let's see

I work for my boss, "Mr. Nice Boss" who had a skate-by role in "Love Story" where Tommy Lee Jones played Oliver Barrett IV's roommate. Tommy Lee Jones was in JFK with Kevin Bacon.

[Z_I_Peevey]

10. I played basketball with somebody who was in Tremors.

Does that count?

[unpossibles]

11. four degrees from Kevin Bacon.

1 - My brother worked for N'Sync
2 - Justin Timberlake was in Shrek 3 with Ian McShane
3 - McShane was in The Golden Compass with Kevin Bacon.

Or is that five? Not sure how they count these....

[taterguy]

12. I could actually do that

But then my cover would be blown

[huskerlaw]

13. Three

1. My roomate works for an agent who
2. Is really good friends with Kyra Sedgwick's manager
3. Kyra is obviously married to Kevin

I could look on LinkedIn, but I'm lazy.

[peacefreak]

14. Let's see...

My daughter's friend fixed Kyra Sedgewick's bicycle chain & Kyra's married to Kevin. So that's 4.

[Arugula Latte]

15. Mine:

My very first best friend as a kid is now friends with Julia Roberts and Julia Roberts starred in "Flatliners" with Kevin.

[mzteris]

16. is it one or two

if you know a person who knows him?

Actually, I know three people who were in movies with him.

Wow. I never even realized that before.

[truedelphi]

17. My son's best friend Eric is always running into Woody Harrelson

Was out shooting baskets in San Francisco and who comes along to shoot with him but WOody Harrelson.

On 9-11 Eric's plane was turned around while flying from the UK to NYC. They landed in Ireland.

Went to a bar to kill some time. And then heard a voice: "Hey Eric!"

It was Woody.

[Generic Brad]

18. Three for me

I used to work for Hugh O'Brien who appeared in "The Shootist" with Ron Howard who directed Kevin Bacon in "Apollo 13".

[bbernardini]

19. It depends...is Bill Bacon the drummer related to Kevin Bacon?

And why can't I type "bacon" without typing "backon" the first time?

[MANative]

20. Hmm, I think it would be 5, for the connection I can make quickly

1. My best friend is a big-market Radio DJ.
2. She is very close to Michael Bolton.
3. Who is engaged to Nicollete Sheridan.
4. Who is in Desperate Housewives with Teri Hatcher.
5. Who appeared in "The Big Picture" with Kevin in 1989.

I'm on linkedin.com, and most of my contacts are in my business circle.