Sunday, May 31, 2009

I'll take "Kevin Bacon" for $500, Alex...

So, my pal Joanna is going to be on Jeopardy! on Wednesday, June 3rd. Jeopardy! is, of course, hosted by one Alex Trebek, who also appeared in the X-Files episode, "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" with Charles Nelson Reilly, who was in Cannonball Run II with Burt Reynolds, who was in Striptease with Demi Moore, who was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey, Tam:

Apologies if you've seen this already, but I'm so not au courant.

http://oracleofbacon.org/

Tam said...

That is the wildest thing I've seen on the tubes for some time. Congratulations on cratering productivity around Roseholme Cottage for the afternoon. :p

rick said...

My Bacon number is 2: I was an extra in "Joe vs The Volcano" with Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks was in "Apollo 13" with Kevin Bacon. My 15 microseconds of fame - heh.

Joanna said...

I've been Baconated!

Adam said...

I met Cameron Crowe backstage at a Heart concert a few years ago. He worked with Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire. Tom Cruise and Kevin Bacon were both in A Few Good Men.

:)

Joseph said...

You were backstage at a Heart concert? Cool!

Joel said...

I've never met Elizabeth Shue, who was in "Hollow Man" with Kevin Bacon.

And my secret word is "faingen," which might somehow seem relevant after a few beers.

TJP said...

Reading this post is like watching an episode of Connections.

No wait, not that James Burke.

Anonymous said...

"Tom Hanks". Who the hell is that. I think you just made that name up.

OrangeNeckInNY said...

This "Oracle Of Bacon" thing is a knock-off of a thing that the local radio deejays did called "Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon" over 12 years ago.

Tam said...

OrangeNeckInNY,

Behold. :)

Les Jones said...

Before Facebook, before MySpace, before Friendster, there was a social networking site called Sixdegrees.com, based on the idea that you were six friends away from everyone on Earth. This was circa 1999, maybe. Too soon, and it didn't make it.

bedlamite said...

Not quite the same bacon

Quigley said...

Burt Reynolds and Tom Hanks were on Jeopardy! together. Here's proof:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/73362/saturday-night-live-jeopardy

;-)

WV: dhumvi (you are dumb if you bought a humvi...I am not making this up).