Bacon Challenge:

PistolPete · 14 Sep 2012 at 12:43

Isn't this something from the late 1990s??

Theophany · 14 Sep 2012 at 12:43

Kevin Bacon. I win.

Craig1981 · 14 Sep 2012 at 12:44

Mat said:
Why isn't this a bacon eating challenge?!

Raymond Lin · 14 Sep 2012 at 12:45

Pestilence said:
Old as the sun (not the newspaper).

The game, yes.

The Google side of it, no.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/sep/13/google-six-degrees-kevin-bacon?newsfeed=true

The story is 1 day old.

steve45 · 14 Sep 2012 at 12:46

Mat said:
Why isn't this a bacon eating challenge?!

MoRT489 · 14 Sep 2012 at 12:47

This is crazy, so many people are 2! Even picking a Russian actor or long dead actors I get a 3.

pooley · 14 Sep 2012 at 12:48

Mat said:
Why isn't this a bacon eating challenge?!

TheMightyTen · 14 Sep 2012 at 12:50

Best I can get so far is Eric Cantona with a 3

dowie · 14 Sep 2012 at 12:57

Its a graph theory problem - also covered in a udacity course if anyone is interested:

http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/cs215/CourseRev/1

Ma'am · 14 Sep 2012 at 12:58

simulatorman said:
I fancy some bacon for lunch.

I've just had bacon. And eggs, sausages, mushrooms and beans. It was lovely too.

TheMightyTen · 14 Sep 2012 at 12:59

Not that I cheated

but

William Rufus Shafter's Bacon number is 7

William Rufus Shafter and Joseph Wheeler appeared in Surrender of General Toral.
Joseph Wheeler and Russell A. Alger appeared in General Wheeler and Secretary of War Alger at Camp Wikoff.
Russell A. Alger and William McKinley appeared in President McKinley Inauguration Footage.
William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt appeared in President McKinley Inauguration.
Theodore Roosevelt and Walter McGrail appeared in Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation.
Walter McGrail and Patty McCormack appeared in Here Comes the Groom.
Patty McCormack and Kevin Bacon appeared in Frost/Nixon.

sHo0sH · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:03

I think we may have a winner there!

anything I don't mind · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:04

James dean a 3

Bella Heathcote does not come up so I win. no bacon prize ?

Kazz · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:11

Raymond Lin · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:15

Justin Bieber is 4 !

BoonMonkey · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:19

Raymond Lin said:
Justin Bieber is 4 !

Raymond!

Raymond Lin · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:26

lol, oops !

antijoke · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:27

Frank Sinatra's Bacon number is 2

Jenna Jameson's Bacon number is 2 :eek:

GravyMonster · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:29

Best I can get is 3 with Ronald Reagan.

Sleeve · 14 Sep 2012 at 13:31

3 - Noel Fielding