19 January 2007, by Webmaster
You’ve no doubt played (or heard of) that game, “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”. It was popular back when I was in High School (circa ‘96) and refers to the idea that any actor in film history can be connected to Bacon through movie roles.
The goal of the game is to connect a given actor to Bacon using the fewest number of links, which is then deemed his or her Bacon number.
It’s frighteningly a very easy game. According to Wikipedia, as of December 2005, there were 9,692 actors in (...)