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Re: Lee Iacocca's Kevin Bacon number <= 3 (Was: LDraw Parts Update 9905)
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Date: 
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 19:07:43 GMT
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Jeff Stembel wrote:
This reminded me to check on how many degrees of separation I am from Kevin
Bacon.  As it turns out, I am closer than Lee Iacocca!
  Kevin Bacon was in Planes, Trains & Automobiles with Ben Stein
  I shook hands with Ben Stein at my graduation

Did Ben Stein have scenes (on-screen) in common with Kevin Bacon?  I believe
that's a rule of the original game.

But you can kindly ignore the rule I broke about no TV shows, just movies!
:-,

Wondering am I, degrees of separation from Yoda are there, hmmm?

Frank Oz (the Man Behind Yoda) was in the Muppet Movie with Steve Martin.
Steve Martin was in Planes Trains & Automobiles with Kevin Bacon.

Eerie, is it not?  Check it out, you must; or Bacon lacking forever wander
you will:

http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/

Akira Kurosawa's Bacon number is 4 (!) while Richard Nixon beats him out
with a 3.

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com>
http://www.io.com/~jsproat
Darth Maul Lives



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  Re: Lee Iacocca's Kevin Bacon number <= 3 (Was: LDraw Parts Update 9905)
 
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(...) I missed out on this while it was hot: does anyone know if Willie Nelson or Randy Travis has been in a scene with Kevin Bacon? I'm trying to ascertain my degrees here. -Tom McD. when replying, the Treaty of Spamcake was actually signed in 971 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) This reminded me to check on how many degrees of separation I am from Kevin Bacon. As it turns out, I am closer than Lee Iacocca! Kevin Bacon was in Planes, Trains & Automobiles with Ben Stein I shook hands with Ben Stein at my graduation Of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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