From: taschoene	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:00 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Why is this a big deal? Williams only did TV, and the Oracle doesn't count TV.

	From: jeffwik	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:03 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Yeah. Anson Williams to Ron Howard ("Happy Days") to Lawrence Fishburne (Osmosis Jones) to Kevin Bacon (Mystic River).

	From: chadu	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:06 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Only film is orthodox.

Heretics, the lot of you.


CU

	From: chadu	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:08 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I find it fascinating that any actor can have a Bacon Number of infinity.

I also find it fascinating that he hasn't acted in a single movie, even in a cameo, despite being on one of the top rated TV shows of all time.

CU

	From: taschoene	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:16 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Well, the first part I can believe; the math kinda demands it. The second is slightly odd (but necessary to explain the first part). Maybe it was a deliberate choice?

	From: bananadiameter	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:34 pm (UTC)		(Link)

He could've been in a film that wasn't "registered" on IMDb. They're pretty strict about verifying, and I know with a new film, a producer of the film has to provide certain documentation that they're legit, etc. I don't know how they do it for older, pre-IMDb-launch films.

OR... he could've been in something uncredited, in which case it's likely that he wouldn't get an IMDb credit for it either. Though they do list some uncredited appearances.

OR... he seems more interested in directing, really, from his credits. He may simply not be interested in film, either acting or directing. Which makes sense, since he spent a lot of time on TV sets; he'd know the schedule, people, navigation, etc. Film & TV sets have a completely different vibe/pace. I have a camera operator friend who has no trouble going off for 2 months in the jungle/swamp in Alabama/Louisiana for long days humping gear a mile in to location etc on a film, but was wiped by the schedule on a sound stage on a single-camera sit-com. He's just a film guy. Maybe Anson is just a TV guy?

	From: chadu	Date: April 20th, 2006 11:43 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Maybe Anson is just a TV guy?

Looks that way.

It's just neat, determining your interest/niche and going full steam in it solely.


CU

	From: notthebuddha	Date: April 21st, 2006 05:37 am (UTC)		(Link)

I find it fascinating that any actor can have a Bacon Number of infinity.

It may actually be larger than infinity; that is, since he's outside the set of connected actors, you can traverse an infinite number of connections and still not reach him. This would put him somwhere between aleph-0 and aleph-1, or just into the surreal numbers, since you count an infinte number of traversals, then add one to that. I'm not sure how to do the arrow notation in html, but it would be one up arrow with an arch over it, followed by a bare upward arrow.

	From: ratmmjess	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:01 pm (UTC)		(Link)

What I'm chewing on is that he's 58.

Jebus.

	From: ratmmjess	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:01 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Um...57.

	From: macklinr	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:10 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Some of the folks I roll with play a variant on this game, but with game designers and having gamed with them rather than His Baconness and having been in a feature film with him.

Fr ex: I have a Robin Laws number of 2, as I have a couple friends I've gamed with who have played in con games with him.

This is really because none of us will never gain a Kevin Bacon number, so we empower ourselves differently!

	From: taschoene	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:14 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I have a Gygax number of two. My uncle gamed with him, and I've gamed with my uncle. How's that?

	From: macklinr	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:21 pm (UTC)		(Link)

If anyone would be the Kevin Bacon of gaming, it'd probably be Gygax. I have no idea what my Gygax number is.

Given how often game writers contribute to the work of others, you could also have a number based on that.

	From: boadiccea	Date: April 21st, 2006 02:45 am (UTC)		(Link)

Oh I dunno - last thing I ever expected was a Bacon number of 3...so who knows if you'll ever have one or not? With the past couple of weeks you're having, you *never* know... :)

	From: macklinr	Date: April 21st, 2006 03:14 am (UTC)		(Link)

That is a true and scary statement.

	From: notthebuddha	Date: April 21st, 2006 05:40 am (UTC)		(Link)

This is really because none of us will never gain a Kevin Bacon number.

I know several folks who've been movie extras, or had the chance to be. No big deal. In fact, I passed Martin Beck at the Wal-Mart last week.

	From: macklinr	Date: April 21st, 2006 07:34 pm (UTC)		(Link)

By "none of us," I means none of the people who came up with the GM number idea along with me. It's not a lack of talent or anything like that, but a lack of connections and desire to forge them.

	From: bananadiameter	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I have a Bacon Number of 3! :)

	From: taschoene	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:55 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Showoff :-)

	From: bananadiameter	Date: April 20th, 2006 09:59 pm (UTC)		(Link)

HAAAAAAAA!!!!

(But I have no gaming number. Ummm, what's a Gygax..?)

	From: taschoene	Date: April 20th, 2006 11:55 pm (UTC)		(Link)

E. Gary Gygax is one of the guys who created Dungeons and Dragons. (You have heard of that, right? :-)

	From: bananadiameter	Date: April 21st, 2006 02:36 am (UTC)		(Link)

Ohhhhhhhhh, that Gygax... *slaps forehead* Of course, how silly of me! (did I pull that one off?)

And of course I've heard of Dungeons and Dragons! I've even played it! (I was 12 at the time -- I think I was an elf and I was very nimble though ugly. I don't know if these are qualities you can have, but that's what I remember.)

	From: boadiccea	Date: April 21st, 2006 12:42 am (UTC)		(Link)

I think that's what mine is, too, but it's not showing up today for some reason.

	From: bananadiameter	Date: April 21st, 2006 02:40 am (UTC)		(Link)

You do have a Bacon Number of 3!

Beth Underkoffler was in Open Cam (2005) with Amir Darvish
Amir Darvish was in Pink Panther, The (2006) with Steve Martin (I)
Steve Martin (I) was in Novocaine (2001) with Kevin Bacon

I was trying to find the entries from the first time you guys posted about the Oracle of Bacon -- I got a 3 several different ways, through both films I've done, but I can't get it to do it again. I love it that I have a Bacon Number! :)

	From: boadiccea	Date: April 21st, 2006 02:42 am (UTC)		(Link)

Hooray! I'm glad you found it - I don't know why I couldn't all of the sudden. :)

	From: boadiccea	Date: April 21st, 2006 02:47 am (UTC)		(Link)

Wow, I didn't know Amir was in The Pink Panther. He frequently gets the "Arab" parts...

	From: bananadiameter	Date: April 21st, 2006 05:35 pm (UTC)		(Link)

I heard an interview with an Arab comedian one time. He was talking about availability and types of roles and how he was offended by the whole "wear a turban and be a terrorist" thing. And then he got offered a role in some movie, and then he was like "$30,000? to wear a turban and be a terrorist? Where's my turban!?"

	From: lysystratae	Date: April 23rd, 2006 03:03 am (UTC)		(Link)

Hell, I have a KB of 5, who said it has to be strictly film? Add TV to the mix, and Anson connects in 3