Google has entered the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon fray, creating an algorithm that allows you to play the cult game using the search engine.
The idea of Six Degrees is to connect one actor to another using the least amount of films, so for example Marilyn Monroe has a ‘Bacon Number’ of two, because she starred with Jack Lemon in Some Like It Hot, and Jack Lemon starred in JFK with… Kevin Bacon.
Google has now made it super-easy to play the game – simply type the word ‘Bacon Number’ followed by the name of the actor you want to test, and voila, the search engine spews forth said celeb’s Bacon number as well as the films that connect them.
We’ve had a play in the office, and have found it extremely difficult to find an actor with a Bacon Number that’s higher than three. For example Charlie Chaplin and Muhammad Ali are both twos, while Lulu and Suggs from Madness are both threes.
So check it out for yourselves, and let us know if you can find a four or above in the comments below.
Chris Tilly is the Entertainment Editor for IGN in the UK and was surprised to discover that Tommy Cannon - of 1980s comedy duo Cannon & Ball - has a Bacon Number of three. You can follow Chris, not Tommy, on both Twitter and MyIGN.
Source : ign[dot]com
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