And that was kind of the light bulb statement right there. But before that we said no, but Robert De Niro was in "The Untouchables" with Kevin Costner, and Kevin Costner was in "JFK" with Kevin Bacon.
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And then it was sort of like, well, has Kevin Bacon ever worked with Robert De Niro? This was before the movie "Sleepers," which has subsequently put the two of those together in one movie. And that was kind of the statement that we made. And it was like, whoa, what is this, Kevin Bacon marathon on, you know. And then a commercial for another Kevin Bacon movie came on in between those two movies. And "Footloose" was on TV, and then the movie "Quicksilver" came on after that. You get the idea? So where did all this start? Well, it began in 1994 at Albright College in Pennsylvania, where three friends were holed up in a room with the TV on.īRIAN TURTLE: We were snowed in, and we were watching TV, as, you know, you might do at that age when you're snowed in. So that gives Tom Cruise a Bacon number of one. GREENE: Oh, yes, that famous line from "A Few Good Men," which also starred Kevin Bacon.
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Daniel Kaffee) Colonel Jessup, did you order the code red? Does that make sense? Let's try one more: say, Tom Cruise. So that gives Sean Connery a Bacon number of two. KEVIN BACON: (As Carroll Caldwell) It's not going to kill you to talk to your kids. (SOUNDBITE OF MOVIE, "JAYNE MANSFIELD'S CAR") and Tippi Hedren was in the movie "Jayne Mansfield's Car" with. TIPPI HEDREN: (As Marnie) I send you plenty of money, Momma.
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Well, Sean Connery was in "Marnie" with Tippi Hedren. and we'll try and link him to Kevin Bacon. SEAN CONNERY: (as James Bond) Bond, James Bond. Take any celebrity you like, say, Sean Connery. NPR's David Greene has gone in search of the game's origin.ĭAVID GREENE, BYLINE: Let's start with how this original game works. They have incorporated it into their search function. And now Google has decided to get involved. Oh, even if you've never played this game, you have probably heard of it: "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," where you try to connect any movie star, living or dead, to the veteran Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon.