The Six Degrees of Separation Game

[Bowwowmeow]

Does anybody remember that joke about everybody in the world only being separated from the actor Kevin Bacon by six degrees? You know the sort of thing, you know someone who knows someone,....who knows Kevin Bacon?
It's true, you know. My first cousin, Jim Hechim, starred in the movie Singles (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105415/fullcredits).
He played "Rich", and he was in the roller coaster scene with Kyra Sedgewick, who is married to Kevin Bacon, so anyone who knows me is only separated from Kevin Bacon by four degrees. http://veganforum.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

So, come on, guys! Anyone out there know someone who knows someone who knows someone ..... who knows a famous person? And so on, and so on, and so on......http://veganforum.com/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif Ever meet a famous person yourself? Tell!!!!

(Incidentally, I hated that movie. My mom and I rented it to see "Little Jimmy" (my uncle, his dad, was "Big Jimmy") and we had to fast forward to his scene. We just couldn't watch the rest. Having a friend or relative in the movie business is actually quite funny. I can't take anything I see him in seriously. It just looks like a home movie when he is in it. http://veganforum.com/forums/images/smilies/tongue.gif )

[Rainbow]

We saw David Soul, as in the guy who was originally 50% of Starsky & Hutch, walking down the street just feet away from us in York a few years ago! :friends:, although he wasn't singing Don't give up on us baby!

[Tigerlily]

My English prof is a pretty well-known children's author. Her books have been even translated into Dutch and other languages. (Deirdre Kessler for those who are interested)

[Bowwowmeow]

My dad dated Joan Blackman (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085751/) in high school, and she was in Blue Hawaii with Elvis Presley.
Which makes two degrees of separation between me and Elvis.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/lauralb/elvis.jpg

[Fauxmage]

When I was enrolled in puppy training classes with my first puppy 20 years ago, the teacher, who was affiliated with one of our local TV stations, asked us if we would like to put our puppies in a morning talk show about "How to Choose the Right Puppy" (ironic because I got mine from a box outside a rural grocery store, not from a breeder). The show was called "AM San Francisco", and for some reason, when the regular hosts were on vacation, they would get Andy Gibb (remember the BeeGees' little brother?) and Marsha Wallace of the Bob Newhart Show to substitute for them, and they were substituting that day, so I got to meet Andy Gibb, who was very nice, and he liked my puppy, too, and Marsha Wallace, who handled my puppy during the segment, and got all her makeup licked off. My puppy's name was Honey Bear, and all the other dogs jumped right out of the pen and left her all alone, which made her cry, so the cameras zoomed right in on my poor baby and she was the center of attention!
Now, having met Andy Gibb makes only one degree of separation between me and the BeeGee's, two between me and John Travolta, and three between me and Denney Terrio, the Disco King of all time!!!! :laugh:

Having met Marsha Wallace, that makes one degree of separation between me and Bob Newhart, two between me and Peter Scolari, who costarred with him in his second sitcom where he was an innkeeper in Vermont, and therefore three between me and Tom Hanks, who was in "Bosom Buddies" with Peter Scolari.

Isn't it funny how this works? You don't even have to know anyone really famous, but it all branches out into a great bigf tree when you start to think about who knows who.:cheeky:

[vegan heart]

My beloved partner Lisa went to school with the great,great(not sure how many great's lol)grandson of Bosie Douglas who broke Oscar Wild's Heart.

Ruthie

[vegan heart]

Still on the subject of great grandchildren...I am the great grandaughter of the woman whose identity book and pic is the Immigrants section of The musuem Of Liverpool Life:D

[Bowwowmeow]

Since there are only two degrees of separation between me and Elvis, there are three between his daughter Lisa Marie, and therefore only four between me and her erstwhile husband, Michael Jackson! :blecch::blecch::blecch::blecch::blecch:
But hey, remember that duet he did with Paul McCartney, "The Girl is Mine"? That makes five degrees of separation between me and Sir Paul, and six between me and The Beatles!

[thevegantwins]

My husband had to desperately go to the bathroom when we were in NYC years ago so he pulled over and illegally parked, ran out of the car and down the street to a restaurant. I was sitting in the passenger seat but couldn't drive the car (it was our manual transmission car which I now can drive :D ) so he was trying to be very quick (NYC give parking tickets in a flash). As he was running back to the car, he nearly ran over a couple standing waiting to cross the street. It was Woody Allen and his daughter/wife, Sun Yee. :laugh: My husband never even knew, I told him when he got back to the car that he nearly killed Woody Allen. I'm sure Mia Farrow would not have minded. :rofl:

[Bowwowmeow]

he nearly killed Woody Allen. I'm sure Mia Farrow would not have minded. :rofl: :D:laugh::D:laugh::D:laugh::D:laugh::D:laugh::D

[Gliondrach]

I don't know about Kevin Bacon but I play two of my own games. The Wacky Jacky game and the Hitler game. When I was a young lad, perhaps aged 9 or 10, I saw Jack Haig coming out of the local telly studio. He played a very popular character on local television called Wacky Jacky. When I saw him I inadvertently blurted out: 'You're Wacky Jacky!'. The great man patted me on the head and said: 'Hello son'. Then he continued on his way. For him, it would have been a forgetable moment. For me, it was something I'd remember all my life - as proved by the fact that I'm writing about it now. He was later in 'Allo allo' as Le Clerc. I've noticed that most of the British, and a few of the foreign, actors that I see on telly and in flims have a connection with him or to someone who acted with him. That's that game - finding how close an actor is to Wacky Jacky, the man who patted me on the head. Through him I am connected to just about all the people who have appeared in British television and films. He acted with Terry Scott and Scott was in a couple of the Carry On films. This connects me to Sid James, Kenneth Williams and the rest of the gang. Willaim Hartnell was in the first Carry On and he was the first Doctor Who. I'm particulary glad about the connection with three television series. Haig was in a couple of episodes of Dad's Army. So, I am a friend of a friend of Captain Mainwaring! And Sergeant Wilson. And, don't panic, Corporal Jones ('They don't like it up 'em, they do not like it up 'em.'). That stupid boy, Ian Lavendar (private Pike), was in Goodnight Sweetheart. This starred Nicholas Lyndhurst - Rodders from Only Fools and Horses. This leads me to my old mate David Jason (Sir David) and The Darling Buds of May. I used to fancy Catherine Zeta Jones, in that. Lots of other connections from this and Dad's Army to Heartbeat and the gorgeous Claire Calbraith (I'm very happy to have a connection to her. Steady, Martin, me lad, steady) and to Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), and Coronation Street. And Sean Connery. Michael Caine. Nigel Greene. I could go on but I won't. All that from a pat on the head. The gods were truly directing my steps that fateful day. Had I not met Jacky, I wouldn't now be on first-name terms with all these well known people.

The other game is the Hitler handshake game. I am only four handshakes away from Hitler and this game involves finding influential figures of the 20th Century who are just a few handshakes away from me - through their handshakes with Hitler or people who shook hands with the scum. I'm sure that Neville Chamberlain would have shaken the monster's hand (I think I've seen a photograph) and Chamberlain would have shaken the hand of that great man, Churchill. I sometimes run it backwards into other centuries, although this is not as provable as the 20th Century figures. For example, he would have shaken hands with von Hindenburg and, through him, would have been connected to various European leaders of the 19th Century and beyond. And, the first handshake makes me one handshake away from Muhammad Ali. It all started when I shook Joe Bugner's hand. He had shaken hands with Muhammad Ali, who shook hands with Joe Louis, who shook hands with Max Schmelling, who shook hands with old Adolf. This Ali and Louis connection links me to John L, Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson, Jim Corbett, and to earlier prize fighters like Hen Pearce, Jem Belcher, Tom Cribb, Perry the Tipton Slasher, perhaps even Jack Broughton andJames Figg.

There'll also be a connection to Marshall Bat Masterson of Dodge City, deputy marshall to Wyatt Earp, who refereered some early boxing matches involving these people or people they fought.

It's harmless fun and it keeps me out of mischief.

I mentioned the boxer Jim Corbett above. Actually, I am connected to the ex-tiger and leopard hunter, Jim Corbett. My mother met him when she was a little girl. He was friends with family friends, Bunty and Robert Stiffles, who had an estate near Naini Tal, in the Himalyas. Here it is, Jilling: http://www.nivalink.com/jilling/ My mother and her siblings spent their school holidays there. Corbett later became a conservationist. India's first National Park is named after him. http://www.itnatureclub.com/kumaon_jilling.htm

http://www.jilling.net/index1.html

There's another connection I have with Hitler. I haven't proved it definitely, yet, though. It all depends on his moustache. There's a good chance that my grandfather had the opportunity to kill Hitler but declined because of his moustache. If this is true, he could have ended Hitler's life with a quick burst from his machine gun. No Second World War. A very different Twentieth Century. And I and most of us on this forum wouldn't have been born.

[Bowwowmeow]

Wow, that handshake game is thought-provoking, Gliondrach. I shook hands with the mayor once, when I was eighteen, for winning an honorable mention in an art contest. I wonder who he has shaken hands with.
My stepmom has shaken hands with then VP Dan Quayle, which puts me three handshakes away from George Bush, and four handshakes away from our current pres, George Dubya. I never thought of that before. But, it makes a very long handshaking chain into the past, since every president probably shook hands with his predecessor at some time or another during their political careers, if not during inaugurations for new presidents. I wonder how many handshakes there are between you and me then?
:hug:

[Bowwowmeow]

Oh yeah, William Hartnell has always been my favorite Dr Who. I have the whole original series on video. :smallheart:

[Gliondrach]

We are quite close. Muhammad Ali and Joe Louis will have shaken hands with various presidents. Churchill will have shaken FDR and Truman's hands - and Stalin's. That reminds me, Joe Louis spent some time in the company of the murderous Kray twins, Reggie and Ronnie. I'm connected to them. So are you. And, through them, to all of the London East End and 'South of the River' criminal 'aristocracy'. Thunderation! I've just remembered, I shook hands with Jolly Johnny Prescott in 2001. The Deputy Prime Minister. This was two or three days after he'd thrown a punch at an egg-thrower. I'm only one handshake away from Tony Bliar. I'm going to wash my hand with a scrubbing brush.

Most importantly, for you, as you are connected to me by handshakes, you are very close to the great Fuzzy!!! And that hand you can see wrestling with Fuzzy (we practise fighting every day) is the hand with all those historical connections.

[Oracl]

And that hand you can see wrestling with Fuzzy (we practise fighting every day) is the hand with all those historical connections.
Poor little Fuzzy! :sorry: You big bully! :rollingpin:

[Gliondrach]

Don't feel sorry for him - he usually comes off best. My neck is still sore from the headlock he put on me yesterday. He used to be an unarmed-combat instructor for the SAS. Have you ever seen an angry bear? Frightening, I can tell you.

[thevegantwins]

Fuzzy look's a bit like Mr. Bean's teddy, I hope you didn't torture Fuzzy in a similar manner. :rolleyes:

[Gliondrach]

I suppose there is a slight resemblance. No one could torture Fuzzy. He would rip their head off. He really is enormously strong and very fierce.

He has six degrees of separation with many famous bears. He has met Winnie The Pooh. He persuaded Paddington to give up honey. Padders eats marmalade now. Fuzzy's cousin, had his chair broken and porridge eaten by a little strumpet with blonde hair. Baloo, in the Jungle Book, sometimes visits Fuzzy. And, Running Bear who loved Little White Dove, was named after one of Fuzzy's great-uncles.

[Candy]

When I was a kid I used to go to recordings of the Goon Show (My sister worked at the BBC) and after one show Ray Ellington gave me his script which he took around and got autographed by Milligan, Sellers and Secombe. So, via Peter Sellers, I'm only 2 degress from Princess Margaret, Liz, Phil The Greek et al.
A while back, Spike was good enough to send me this letter to pass onto the Qld. Premier:

[Gliondrach]

And, via Spike, you are only once removed from Charlie Windsor and two from Camilla. You'll be connected to me by my close friendships with many British actors. As we are so close, can you lend me some money?

[Rainbow]

:master: Sadly I've not personally come close on a physical level to the one and the only Spike Milligan, but thank you Gliondrach for helping to remedy that a little :D (Although the Spike biography I read was brilliant - orange cover).
But I have been in a very small audience listening to Benjamin Zephaniah and yes we almost touched, his poetry simply ooses vegan thought-waves to whatever audience is listening, it was wonderful to be there - enlightening.:meditate:

[thevegantwins]

I did meet Mike Rutherford (lead singer of Mike & The Mechanics and fomerly of Genesis) queing to get in to see Starlight Express (amazing that anyone would queu for that show! :laugh: ) and got his autograph on a London tube map so that's 2 steps from Phil Collins and 3 steps from Peter Gabriel (much preferred to Phil Collins). :)

[Oracl]

I never seem to meet anyone famous. :no:

I once flew on the same plane as Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards ("Viv" to his mates apparently). :) Unfortunately I am not in the least bit interested in cricket so I had no idea who he was, even when I was told who he was. :bhead:

[Bowwowmeow]

It isn't that you meet them yourself, Oracl, but that you know someone who knows someone, etc. Though I have met a few famous people, like Dr. John. I did get to shake his hand, after a concert he played in a small night club, and though he is not extremely well known, amongst his fans are musicians like Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones, so that's one degree of separation between me and those guys.

My grandparents were in Vaudeville, and they worked with Milton Berle's older brother, and knew Milton Berle before he became famous. So that's one degree of separation between me and Uncle Miltie:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/lauralb/berle.jpg


And two degrees between me and RATT!!!!!!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/lauralb/ratt.jpg

Are you impressed now Oracl? RATT ought to be right up your street! ;)

[Oracl]

Are you impressed now Oracl? RATT ought to be right up your street! ;)
Now I'm impressed! :agree:

I didn't know much about Ratt but I Googled them and found they are a hair metal band influenced by the likes of Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and Aerosmith. :D

[Bowwowmeow]

Now I'm impressed! :agree:

I didn't know much about Ratt but I Googled them and found they are a hair metal band influenced by the likes of Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and Aerosmith. :D
:rofl:
When my brother was a small, ignorant child with no musical taste whatsoever he was quite a fan of RATT, and of course was very excited to know our grandparents knew someone who starred in a RATT video. :beanie:

During the Prohibition here in the US, when alcohol was outlawed, my grampa and his cousin Rolly were walking down a Chicago street, carrying musical instrument cases, which actually contained their saxophone and clarinet, when a strange car pulled up. The man inside asked them if they were musicians, and they said yes. They were told "You're coming with us. Get in!" and they of course obeyed! They were taken to a speakeasy where they were to keep the patrons entertained, and amongst the crowd was Al Capone himself, and it was his man who "abducted" my grampa and his cousin. So that's two degrees of separation between me and Scarface. :eek:

[Gliondrach]

I have another one.

Just before the 2001 General Election Jolly Johnny Prescott - the Deputy PM - shook my hand. This was two days after he had punched that bloke who had thrown an egg at him.

This means that I am only one handshake away from Tony Bliar. Arggggh! Don't shun me because of that. The evil influence has worn off.

[my3labs]

In my former life, I was in the movie business. We used to have celebrities come to promote their movies. I also used to do business with radio stations so I've met a few musicians as well.
Destiny's Child (my daughter and I had backstage passes at a concert)
Nichelle Nichols ("Uhura" from Star Trek) I actually sat in a bar with her and had martini's. She's a very nice lady.
James Doohan ("Scotty" - Star Trek)
Tim Conway (Carol Burnett show and various movies)
Avril Lavigne (backstage passes for my daughter)
Kelly Osbourne (NOT A NICE PERSON)
And a host of "B" movie actors that you've probably never heard of.

My daughter has a letter from former President Clinton
My grandma sat next to John Denver on a plane

[my3labs]

Oh, and one of my friends "did" Adam Sandler once at a movie premier in Vegas. I was there as well but I didn't meet him.

[Gliondrach]

martin's a very nice lad.


Thank you.

[Gliondrach]

I've just thought, when I shook hands with Prescott, I would have been only two handshakes away from Bush - Bliar has shaken hands with him. If Prezza has shaken hands with Bush, I will only be one handshake away from him. I must wear gloves more often.

[my3labs]

Thank you.
You're welcome! ;)

[dreamer]

A fellow instructor who recently retired is also an actor and told me that he had met Whoopi Goldberg at a party (he said she was really nice). My oldest brother actually had a class taught by James Dickey (author of Deliverance). He also had a friend who was supposedly "helped" by Johnny Depp when the guy almost overdosed on some drug...apparently JD visits Austin (TX) on occasion, though I kinda wondered what drugs the guy was on:updn: I worked at a small amusement park and met Lane Smith (Perry on "Lois and Clark"). I also briefly spoke to Alan Jackson after one of his first concerts once his first CD was released.

[my3labs]

[QUOTE=dreamer]My oldest brother actually had a class taught by James Dickey (author of Deliverance). QUOTE]

"Sure do got a pretty mouth"

[Bowwowmeow]

A fellow instructor who recently retired is also an actor and told me that he had met Whoopi Goldberg at a party (he said she was really nice).
My brother met Robin Williams at the veterinary hospital he used to work at, which makes two degrees of separation between me and Whoopi Goldberg, who has worked with Robin Williams, and therefore you and I are only separated by four degrees, dreamer. :psing:Its a small world, isn't it. :agree:

[Bowwowmeow]

[quote=dreamer]My oldest brother actually had a class taught by James Dickey (author of Deliverance). QUOTE]

"Sure do got a pretty mouth"
:D
"Squeal like a pig" is always the first thing that comes to my mind when someone mentions Deliverance. :covereyes:

[Gliondrach]

I have met Nicholas Rhea, the author whose books inspired the Heartbeat television series. The early books were based on his life as a policman on the Yorkshire Moors. I met him when I was in a writers' circle and he came to give us a talk. He told us about his writing routine and said that he goes to his local outdoor market every Wednesday. Someone asked him if he goes there for research. He said: 'No, I go there for potatoes.' I bought a copy of his first book from him. Though we didn't shake hands I did receive the specially signed book from his own hands. This gives me a connection to the characters in the telly series, including the beautiful Clare Calbraith. And, I've just this second remembered - I was on a car mechanic/car maintenance short course a few years ago. The tutor said that he was a regular extra on Heartbeat. He had been in an episode that had been shown the week before he mentioned it. I must remember to watch out for him. The series is being repeated every weekday at 4pm on ITV1. We are in the first series now.

I would like to be an extra on that. Some strange countryman sitting by the fire in the Aidensfield Arms, playing dominoes, enigmatically smiling to myself. After all, some of my people come from not too far away in the Yorkshire Dales.

[pandora]

the guy from SPACED (the band from liverpool) asked me for a cigarette outside tesco a few days ago

[paul]

the guy from SPACED (the band from liverpool) asked me for a cigarette outside tesco a few days ago

hope you told him it was bad for his health:D

[Gliondrach]

I am probably about six wotsits separated from 1Vegan. An old mate of mine was at Arnhem in 1944. He met quite a few of the Dutch civilians. These people probably met someone who later knew someone who knows 1Vegan. Disprove it if you can.

[Seymour]

My Mom's brother Brian had a best friend from high school called Neazle, who became a manager for Brian Setzer, which means that there are only four degrees of separation between me and the lead singer of The Stray Cats. :cat3: :band:

[Bowwowmeow]

Another anticlimactic one. I just found out that the second little boy to ever have a crush on me when I was a little girl grew up to become one of the drummers for Faith No More. Yeah, the dorks who had that poor goldfish flopping around on a table in their video.

At least he wasn't on board when they did that.

I'll have to see if they are connected to anyone more interesting, since I am only separated from them by one degree.

[boogabaah]

back to mr. kevin bacon.

my boyfriend's friend who lives in hawaii ran into mr. bacon out walking with his kid. my boyfriends friend shook mr. bacon's hand.. so that makes me 3 degrees from him. :thumbsup:

[bradders]

Not far removed from Barack Obama as things turn out. My ex and good friend is a friend of Ken Livingstone, he knows Gordon Brown and he knows Barack. Though through my ex I've known Ken so long now that you could probably remove that separation.
Me-Ken-Gordon Brown-Barack so that's three degrees of separation.

The Queen
Me-Beatrice York-Queen (go to uni with princess Beatrice)

I guess that it's quite easy for the 6 degrees to work. I also guess the further afield your family and fiends are spread the easier it is.

[Gliondrach]

We seem to have some very powerfully connected people here.

[Gliondrach]

No one is more powerful than Fuzzy. Nor better connected. And I'm his best friend.

[bradders]

I quite like ken livingston except about the pigeon issue.
and the newt breeding and support for the London Zoo as well surely. (He has considered altering his patronage after some words from me and others, I seem to remember him saying Peter Tatchel having a go at him about it too.)

the pigeon issue in truth was little different to most councils in the country given the serious health hazards they pose. Not feeding them is sensible, we shouldn't hurt them but at the same time there is no need to encourage them. And remember they cause problems for birds such as sparrows which are in decline. Sadly in Farnworth in Bolton they hired a sniper to stand on the roof of the shopping precinct shooting them. That was truly awful.
I believe there was a brief proposal to poison them but thankfully that wasn't taken up.

Think of what he has done though, cheap travel (the oil deal was mutually beneficial), massive improvements in transport, pushed (sadly unsuccessfully) for a bond issue rather than PFI on the underground for investment, was bringing hydrogen buses to London (boris cancelled the order even though we'd almost paid for it, same with the hybrid buses), and so much else besides

He is a brilliant man and I just hope that people realize what a stupid mistake they made voting Boris in (who takes credit for many of the achievements of the form mayor and uses every opportunity to criticize him)

[bradders]

other than having a debate with Ken in the pub I don't really have any power or influence there. What power or influence has Beatrice got despite being 4th or 5th in line? none and she likes to keep it that way.

[Gliondrach]

Penelope Lively once 'phoned me. We talked a bit about one of her books. And so did Mick McManus's wife. I don't mean we talked about one of P. Lively's books - I mean she also 'phoned me. And so did Frank Carson - 'phone me, that is. Frank told me a joke but it is not the kind I would wish to repeat in mixed company.

I used to watch Mick wrestling on Saturday afternoon telly all those many years ago, never dreaming his wife would one day 'phone me.

No, I don't know them.

[Myria]

My friend April used to be friends with the daughter of Gary Burghoff (who played radar on M*A*S*H). So that's three degrees between me and Radar, and only four between me and Hawkeye :psing:

[cyanidedust]

My aunt went to her prom with, I believe Matt Damon (It could have been Casey Affleck though, actually, I'm pretty sure it was now.) She was also in Saved the Bell the new class so I'm 2 degrees seperated from Screech. Hahaha.
She was also in The Cruisible, so that's two degrees from Winona Ryder.
My uncle did lighting on Meet the Fockers...and other stuff that I'm not sure of.
I personally met Courtney Cox, she was pleasant. I also had the unfortunate luck of bumping into an always drunk Andy Dick. He more or less forced his way into the store I was working at with a big dog, luckily the people he was with steered him back out.

This is embarrassing, but when I was little I met Aaron Carter. Hahaha.

[mole]

I was pretty good friends with someone who introduced me to tons of celebrities and I ended up doing some work for some past olympic athletes.

He seemed to know everyone for some reason and hung around both current and past stars... his facebook friends list looks like a list of whos who from hollywood.

I'm typically not blown away by fame, but some of the athletes I thought were cool, gold medal winners.