Google's "bacon number" calculator

[daveB from Oakland]

Type "Bacon number" and then put in the name of someone famous or not-so-famous.

[Kormod]

I tried out a bunch of dumb names. The largest I got was D.W. Griffith, whose Bakin' number is 4. I don't like how some names don't work. Akira Kurosawa isn't good enough for Google? Shakin' my damn head!

[cavorting with nudists]

Here is an interesting* discussion of the Bacon number.  According to them, there is at least one known film actor with an infinite Bacon number--Fred Ott (a Gary the Squirrel favorite, as some may recall.)  Presently the highest known finite Bacon number is 8, shared by several obscurites such as William Rufus Shafter, a Union Army major general in the Civil War. Back in 2000, there were a few 9s and 10s.

Also, Kevin Bacon is not the most linkable actor in the IMDB. For a fun game, try to guess who is before you go to that article.

*"interesting"--that's an interesting word, isn't it?

[cavorting with nudists]

The largest I got was D.W. Griffith, whose Bakin' number is 4.

Andrei Tarkovsky also gets a 4.  Apparently you have to go foreign and early.

[Frank the Painter]

Maria Falconetti is also a 4 (yep, foreign and early).

[cavorting with nudists]

Bluette Bernon is a 5.

Who is Bluette Bernon, you ask?  You've seen her:

[BadGuyZero]

My Bacon number is five.

Linnea Quigley and I appeared in Revolting Cocks "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" music video.

Linnea Quigley was in A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master with Robert Englund.

Robert Englund and Johnny Depp were in A Nightmare On Elm Street.

Johnny Depp and Bill Murray were in Ed Wood.

Bill Murray was in Wild Things with Kevin Bacon.