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A few weeks ago, I was chatting to my friend Melissa in the pub, and the conversation moved on to the old 'six degrees of separation' game and its most common form, with the actor Kevin Bacon being the end-leap.
Since Melissa already has a celebrity-'in' as she met Stephen Fry last year, we thought we'd try and link her to Kevin Bacon. I'd said that it's nowhere near as difficult as people make out, and in many cases, it's actually harder to do it in six connections than it is in less. Now although she has one of those fancy 'new' telephones with the internets on it, the fact remains that we were drinking in a pub and it's not the ideal environment to do research, so I couldn't really illustrate this.
I'll be honest, I forgot about it for a bit, but I've done it now. Normally I'd hyperlink all of the actors, actresses and movies below; but due to the quantity involved, you can look them up yourselves if you don't believe me. The IMDB will tell you everything you need to know.
What you will need: A little patience and the IMDB. That's it.
Six degrees of separation:
• Melissa met Stephen Fry last year in Oxford.
• Stephen Fry starred as the voice of the Cheshire Cat in 'Alice in Wonderland', along with Johnny Depp.
• Johnny Depp was in 'The Tourist' with Angelina Jolie.
• Angelina Jolie was in 2004's 'Taking Lives', with Kiefer Sutherland.
• Kiefer Sutherland starred in 'The Lost Boys', with Jason Patrick.
• Jason Patrick was in the 1996 film 'Sleepers' with Kevin Bacon.
Actually, six is way too easy. Let's do it in five...
• Melissa met Stephen Fry last year in Oxford.
• Stephen Fry made an appearance in 2007's 'St. Trinians', alongside Rupert Everett.
• Rupert Everett voiced Prince Charming in the Shrek films, also starring Cameron Diaz.
• Cameron Diaz was in 1995's 'The Last Supper', alongside Bill Paxton.
• Bill Paxton starred in 'Apollo 13' with Kevin Bacon.
What's that? One example of each set of links is ridiculous and proves nothing?
You'd like me to do four different connections in four steps?
• Melissa met Stephen Fry last year in Oxford.
• Stephen Fry performed for a long time with his comedy partner Hugh Laurie.
• Hugh Laurie appeared in the 2008 movie 'Street Kings', with Forest Whitaker.
• Forest Whitaker was in the 2007 movie 'The Air I Breathe' with Kevin Bacon.
or...
• Melissa met Stephen Fry last year in Oxford.
• Stephen Fry played various roles in Blackadder, alongside Rowan Atkinson.
• Rowan Atkinson had a part in 'Love, Actually', as did January Jones.
• January Jones stars in 'X-Men: First Class', alongside Kevin Bacon.
or...
• Melissa met Stephen Fry last year in Oxford.
• Stephen Fry was in 'Blackadder', which was partly written by Richard Curtis.
• Richard Curtis was also the writer of 'Notting Hill', starring Julia Roberts.
• Julia Roberts appeared in 1990's 'Flatliners', with Kevin Bacon.
or...
• Melissa met Stephen Fry last year in Oxford.
• Stephen Fry provided voice-work for 'Alice in Wonderland', as did Crispin Glover.
• Recycled footage of Crispin Glover was used in 'Back To the Future II', which also starred Elizabeth Shue.
• Elizabeth Shue starred in 2000's 'Hollowman' with Kevin Bacon.
I know what you're thinking. Three connections in three steps would be ridiculous, wouldn't it?
• Melissa met Stephen Fry last year in Oxford.
• Stephen Fry was the voice of the book in 2005's 'Hitchhikers' adaptation, starring Sam Rockwell.
• Sam Rockwell played in 2008's 'Frost/Nixon', as did Kevin Bacon.
or...
• Melissa met Stephen Fry last year in Oxford.
• Stephen Fry was in 2010's 'Alice in Wonderland', which also starred Michael Sheen.
• Michael Sheen was in 2008's 'Frost/Nixon', alongside Kevin Bacon.
or...
• Melissa met Stephen Fry last year in Oxford.
• Stephen Fry provided voice-work for the game 'Fable III', as did Nicholas Hoult.
• Nicholas Hoult plays Beast in 'X-Men: First Class', alongside Kevin Bacon.
...And that, Melissa, is as far as I got. To connect you in two steps would require a direct link between Fry and Bacon.
And other than the obvious puns about breakfast, I can't find any, sorry.
Maybe you should commission a sitcom starring them both, in which they play mis-matched flatmates?
Actually, that'd probably work if we can get Sean Bean on board too...
Fry, Bacon and Bean starts on BBC3 this Autumn...
Anyway, Melissa; you're very, very welcome.
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• ^^^ That's dry, British humour, and most likely sarcasm or facetiousness.
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