quote:Originally posted by ThistleSoftware: However, I am four degrees from Hitler.
Well, Hitler has a Bacon Number of 4. And George W Bush's Great Grandfather was head of the Union Banking Corporation owned by Fritz Thyssen, who was a major financial backer of the Nazi Party.
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I hung out with Brian Krause who was in Sleepwalkers (1992) with Diane Delano Diane Delano was in River Wild, The (1994) with Kevin Bacon.
I used to bartend for a guy named Norbet, who was a major financial contributor to the Democratic party, so got to meet Bill Clinton, who met George W Bush during Bush's first swearing into office.
I've got quite a few second degree connections to Seattle, so I'm sure Bill Gates isn't too far off, but I don't know how to complete the chain.
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GWB: 3 degrees My brother(1) knows NC Congreesman Robin Hayes(2) who knows GWB(3). My brother has also met and had a long conversation with Elizabeth Dole.
Richard Nixon is not on the list but two friends in my colllege dorm went to boarding school with Tricia and Julie Nixon so I'm also 3 degrees from him.
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With Kevin Bacon, it's either 4 or 5, depending if it's one or two steps from anyone on Roseanne.
See, in 2005 I submitted a Magic: The Gathering deck that was used in an invitational tournament. That deck was first revealed to the public by Mark Gottlieb (1) who works with Mark Rosewater (2). Mark Rosewater wrote two episodes of Roseanne. From there, it's at most 3 steps to Kevin Bacon.
I have no idea how close I am to Dubya or Bill Gates. Though I do have a cousin in the military right now, so you go up through the CoC and you'll eventually get to the C-in-C.
Grev (And I will leave it to the reader to figure out just which deck is mine... )
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If all else fails, remember that even the 3 target people are linked to each other indirectly, like anyone else. So if you can link even one, you're part of the web of connections. They don't all have to be 2nd or 3rd degrees, you can keep extending it further by linking via some intermediary.
Bill Gates was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II (1) who has had formal receptions with George W Bush (2).
George W Bush knows former President Clinton(1), who was in Bamboozled with Mos Def(2), who was in the Woodsman with Kevin Bacon (3).
Bill Gates appeared in an episode of Frasier, with Kelsey Grammer(1), who was in 15 Minutes with David Alan Grier(2), who was in The Woodsman with Kevin Bacon(3).
Thus, if you can link to a single person of the 3, then your number for the others is no more than that +3.
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George Bush 2 Degrees. My mother got to shake his hand while he was campaigning in Scranton for his second term in office.
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George Bush: I know the sister(1) of a Republican Senator (2) who knows GWB(3)
Kevin Bacon: My dance instructor (1) knows Miles Coupland (2), brother of Stewart Coupland (3) who did the soundtrack for a movie Kevin Bacon worked on (4)
Bill Gates: I got nuttin!
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Kevin Bacon: My friend (1) did an internship with Sara* (2, who I actually met) who had worked at the dinner theater of Burt Reynolds (3) who was in Starting Over with Kevin Bacon (4).
Bill Gates: My dad (1) directed projects for Virginia* (2) who had many a meeting with Bill Gates (3). I think my dad was actually at the same reception as Bill Gates, but didn't really meet.
George Bush: Nada. Even though, I might be able to do something along the lines of U.S. President => Swiss government => company boss (the company I work for is quite large, by Swiss standards) => multiple coworkers.
* Not real names.
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Kevin Bacon: My friend met Frankie Muniz who was in My Dog Skip with him
Bill Gates: no clue, but, uh, everything Errata said
George Bush: I know a number of people who got to meet him.
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Kevin Bacon: A friend's (1) daughter(2) is dating a guy (3) who was in a movie with Rob Moran (4). Rob Moran was in "We Married Margo" with Kevin Bacon.
Bill Gates: The dean (1) of my law school knows Phil Knight (2). Phil Knight knows Michael Jordan (3), who played with Clyde Drexler (4) of the Trailblazers. Clyde knows Paul Allen (5), who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates.
George Bush: I know several people (1) who know the governor, Ted Kulongoski (2). The Gov. knows Sen. Gordon Smith (3), who at least used to be on speaking terms with W.
I'm actually really surprised. I didn't expect to get to any of them. I thought Gates would be the easiest, but it took the most degrees (I also don't know anyone who used to work for MS).
Bush and Bacon wound up being pretty easy once I thought of the right initial connections. I think I could actually make the W connection a different way, too, since I also know a delegate to the Democratic national convention. But I don't know if she met Kerry or not.
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Thanks, erwins, for showing me a connection to Bill Gates. My daughter(1) met Michael Jordan(2)... Clyde Drexler(3)... Paul Allen(4)... Bill Gates(5).
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The only easy one I can think of for me is that my Dad worked for IBM in the UK for over 30 years, & they worked with Microsoft on various projects over the years.
I would need to a fair bit of work on the other 2.
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Some 15 years ago, I was in music class with a girl named Audrey Tautou (1), who later starred in Da Vinci Code with Tom Hanks (2), who was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon (3).
I'm a fan of Olympique de Marseille. One of the members of the group I used to belong to is a "Developer Evangelist" at Microsoft France (1). In 2001, he organized a developers conference in Paris, where Bill Gates came and delivered a speech (2).
I know personally the president of the French Chess Federation (1), who is regularly in contact with the French Sports Minister (2), who attends weekly Government Councils with Jacques Chirac (3), who has probably met George W. Bush a couple of times (4).
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In the early 80's I played softball against Gary Sinese in Chicago. Gary was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon.
I've met Gov. Rendell a couple of times, Gov. Rendell knows Pres. Clinton who knows Pres. Bush. (This is also a connection to Kevin Bacon - Gov. Rendell knew Kevin Bacon's dad.)
I can't think of any connection to Bill Gates.
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I know a woman in Canada (1) who works for the Senate of Canada and knows all the Senators (2). One of them (probably several) will know GWB personally (3).
For Kevin Bacon and Bill Gates I'm not sure, but given the importance of Senators and the likelyhood of them taking part in Charity Events and the like, there's probably a "bacon number" of 3 for those, too.
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Not sure about the others, but Bacon is quite easy.
I worked with Craig Conolly, who was 2nd AD on Jackass: The Movie with Johnny Knoxville. Who was in Men In Black II with Tommy Lee Jones. Who was in JFK with Kevin Bacon.
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Kevin Bacon: I met Travis Tritt (had a lovely conversation with him about painting) who was in "The Cowboy Way" with Kiefer Sutherland, who was in "A Few Good Men" with Kevin Bacon.
George W. Bush: My husband and I met Bob Dole during some kind of tour he was doing shortly before Operation Desert Storm. He was going around in Kansas and meeting with "real soldiers and their families". He shook our hands, cooed at our toddler, posed for a photo op (which we never received a copy of!) and was on his way.
Bill Gates: No idea.
But, I'm delighted in this connection (I've just realized it): I am connected to Vincent D'Onofrio (*sigh*) through my meeting with Travis Tritt, who was in "The Cowboy Way" with Kiefer, who was in "A Few Good Men" with Kevin Bacon, who was in "Stir of Echoes" with Katherine Erbe, who is currently in "Law & Order CI" with Vincent D'Onofrio.
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but for Bill Gates. I know a long time AOL friend whose husband's best friend worked for Microsoft, thus his managers would know Bill Gates. I did meet Gary (the best friend) at a birthday bash for MY friend
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OK. I can come up with a better example than I did above for Kevin Bacon.
My Daughter (1) went to summer camp with Tim Allen's Daughter Katie (2)(3); Tim Allen was in Christmas With The Kranks with Jamie Lee Curtis (4); who was in Queens Logic with Kevin Bacon (5).
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Kevin Bacon - rented "Footloose", should have known better.
George W. Bush - my number two pencil crossed over the little oval next to his name on the general election ballot in 2000 to vote for Al Gore, again in 2004 to vote for John Kerry.
Bill Gates - Windows 95 made me re-start my computer 3,697 times.
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I'm 4 degrees from Kevin Bacon. (1) guy I went to high school with was in Ashore with (2) Roger Maunder who was in Behind the Red Door with (3) Kyra Sedgwick who was in Loverboy with (4)Kevin Bacon.
I am three degrees from George W. Bush. (1)Someone I know very well works closely with (2)Steven Harper who has contact with (3) George Bush.
I don't know about Bill Gates. I'll have to think about that one.
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I went to school with the daughter (1) of Grand Funk Railroad drummer Don Brewer (2). Don Brewer is a personal friend of radio talk show hosts The Love Doctors (3) who used to routinely interview Zsa Zsa Gabor (4). Zsa Zsa Gabor was in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 with Laurence Fishburne (5) who was in Mystic River with Kevin Bacon.
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A High School friend (1) was an extra in "School Ties" with Matt Damon.
Matt Damon (2) was in "Good Will Hunting" with Minnie Driver.
Minnie Driver (3) was in "Sleepers" with Kevin Bacon (4).
I'm 3 degrees from GWB.
A male relative (1) went to business school with Bob Kraft (owner of the New England Patriots.)
Bob Kraft (2) has met President Bush (3) at the White House (I am 99% sure of this; if he hasn't, add another degree since Mr. Kraft has definitely met Vladimir Putin, who has met with President Bush.)
Bill Gates, I have no clue.
Edited because it's "School Ties" and not "School Days."
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Kevin Bacon: Mu friend Allison (1)has a niece, Danielle (2), who dated Sarah Jessica Parkers Brother (3), Sarah Jessica was in Footloose with Kevin Bacon
W: I peronally knew fomer NJ Gov. McGreevey, so since he was Gov I'm sure he knew W.
Also, I worked for a law firm that was highly polictically motivated. One Attorney I worked for was a big Bush supporter, and was one of the heads of his re-election committee. There were bunches of photos of the two of him together plastered all over the wall of his office.
I have no connection with Bill Gates (yet)
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quote: In the world of political influence, the president of the United States: George W Bush.
Easy: back when I was an Amway salesman (without any success, might I add), I met the infamous Jean Godzich, who was a friend of Doug Wead, who is (was) a close advisor of Bush the Elder, and Dubya. So, that's three degrees.
quote: In the entertainment industry, the staple of the game: Kevin Bacon.
Easy too: I met french actor Michel Blanc at a signing. He played with Jerry Lewis in a movie best forgotten. Jerry Lewis played with Shirley McLaine in Artists and Models. Shirley McLaine played with Meryl Streep in Postcards from the Edge. Meryl Streep played with Kevin Bacon in The River Runs Wild. Six degrees exactly.
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I'm 3 from Kevin Bacon - I've met Paul Sorvino at a party (1), who was in Goodfellas (1990) with Beau Starr (2), who was in Where the Truth Lies (2005) (3) with Kevin Bacon.
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I took bass lessons from Norwood Fisher (1), who was in Tapeheads (1988) with Tim Robbins (2), who was in Mystic River (2003) (3) with KB.
As for Bush, my friend A (1) worked on the hill for Senator Sarbanes (2), who probably knows Bush (3) - so that's 3 as well.
No clue on the Microsoft.
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Well, let's see. I was in a community theater group with a guy who was later in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Sarah Michelle Gellar was in Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) with Alicia Silverstone; Alicia Silverstone was in Beauty Shop (2005) with Kevin Bacon.
Bill Gates: My husband is working on a video game for the Xbox 360, which is Microsoft, so I'm sure there's a connection there but it may be a bit more than 6 degrees.
George Bush: My best friend is an Air Force Lieutenant, I'm sure I could get there eventually.
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quote:Originally posted by snoozn: George Bush - 4: My father-in-law's (1) uncle, Richard Russell (2) served in the senate with his friend Strom Thurmond (3) who, I am assuming, knew George Bush. If dead people don't count, I'm sure there are lots of other connections I could make the same way as Richard Russell served in the Senate from 1937 to 1963. I just chose the most unsavory connection.
Russell also knew Bush's grandfather, who was a senator from Connecticut in the '50s.
I'm two degrees removed from Bush: I knew his daughter at Yale. Political differences aside, she's a nice gal. I'm sure I'm no more than four degrees removed from Bill Gates as I have had several friends in Seattle and a few of them have worked for Microsoft, but I wouldn't be able to draw the line. No clue about Kevin Bacon, but I did know a guy in high school who has had a few bit parts in movies, so I'm guessing two or three degrees.
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My cousin was an extra on one of the "Police Academy" movies with Steve Guttenberg, who was in "Diner" with Kevin Bacon.
G. W. Bush: 3
I worked the Eric Massa campaign , Massa was an assistant to GEN Wes Clark, who campaigned for the presidency in 2004.
ETA: I dated a girl who's father was a Microsoft employee. That's gotta be 4-5 at most, right?
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Kevn Bacon: 3 Growing up in Maine, I've got a few loose ties to Stephen King. Tim Robbins was in Shawshank Redemption which was based on a short story by Stephen King. Then Tim and Kevin starred together in Mystic River.
George Bush: 3 (not actually sure if this counts)
Former Maine Governor Angus King spoke at my college graduation. He defeated Senator Susan Collins in the gubenatorial (sp?) race. Senator Susan Collins currently serves as chair of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs under George Bush. Also my friend lives in Kennebunk and her house is only about 3 miles from Walker's Point which is where the Bush family vacations in the great state of Maine.
And, finally, like many others, I honestly can't think of any ties to Bill Gates...
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I don't really have any connections to any of them, but I do for P. Diddy
A family friend's (1) chiropractor (2) invented a machine* that helped P. Diddy (& we all got autographs in the end, ) (3)
*There was a recent SI cover that had Lance Armstrong in this machine...it has to do with water or another.
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Kevin Bacon: 1. I sang with a big band, 2. who backed up Megan Mulally, 3. who was on "Will & Grace" 4. where Kevin Bacon guest-starred
George Bush: 1. My BIL worked with him when he (GWB) was Governor
Bill Gates: 1. I worked for a company that reclaimed wood for flooring from old (1860s-1950s) buildings, 2. Some of which was purchased by BG while I was there (though I was not involved in the sale, only the research on the building from which the wood was re-milled) or: 1. Bill Gates used to attend Borland (I think it was) conferences 2. My boss attended these same conferences and met him several times
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