Friday, March 22, 2013

A Few Degrees of Kevin Bacon


Time to mingle with the stars, and see who's who on the red carpet. Here are the players in the 2013 March Madness pool - friends, relatives, and confidants alike.
As you can see, I have assigned a Bacon Number and Zane Number to each actor and actress.
A Bacon Number represents the degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon. Number 1 means the actor appeared in the same movie as Bacon, Number 2 means the actor appeared in a movie with another actor who appeared in a different movie with Bacon, and so on...
The Zane Number is the same principle, but applies to the wonderful and mysterious Billy Zane.
(Thanks to the Oracle of Bacon website for connecting the dots for me!)

Peter L. (stepcousin)
Name: Kevin Bacon
Bacon Number: 0
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "In The Cut" and "Zoolander"

Erica (co-worker)
Name: Julia Roberts
Bacon Number: 1
*Connected through "Flatliners"
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "My Best Friend's Wedding" and "Critters"

Rick (brother)
Name: Burt Reynolds
Bacon Number: 1
*Connected through "Starting Over"
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "Nickelodeon" and "Critters"

Missy
Name: Meryl Streep
Bacon Number: 1
*Connected through "The River Wild"
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "Silkwood" and "Critters"

Jim (Dad)
Name: Sean Penn
Bacon Number: 1
*Connected through "Mystic River"
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "At Close Range" and "Back to the Future"

Ryan Talbot
Name: Pauly Shore
Bacon Number: 1
*Connected through "Skum Rocks!" (2013) - a little misleading because this movie hasn't come out yet
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "For Keeps?" and "Critters"

Brian
Name: Your Friend, Billy Zane
Bacon Number: 2
*Connected through "Zoolander" and "In The Cut"
Zane Number: 0

Uncle Bill
Name: William Holden
Bacon Number: 2
*Connected through "The Towering Inferno" and "Wild Things"
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "The Devil's Brigade" and "Back to the Future"

Commish
Name: Tony Danza
Bacon Number: 2
*Connected through "Crash" and "Loverboy"
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "Angels in the Outfield" and "Back to the Future"

Greg
Name: The Fightin' Bob Rosses
Bacon Number: Infinity
Zane Number: Infinity

Brock
Name: Steve Buscemi
Bacon Number: 2
*Connected through "Handsome Harry" and "Cavedweller"
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "Youth in Revolt" and "Critters"

Tim D.
Name: Bubba Gump (Mykelti Williamson)
Bacon Number: 2
*Connected through "Heat" and "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home" and "Critters"

Tom
Name: Sam Shepard
Bacon Number: 2
*Connected through "Curtain Call" and "Mystic River"
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "Black Hawk Down" and "The Ghost of Goodnight Lane"

Nancy (Mom)
Name: Melissa McBride
Bacon Number: 2
*Connected through "The Mist" and "Mystic River"
Zane Number: 2
*Connected through "Delgo" and "The Employer"

Stay tuned for more player introductions...and awards!

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