OT: Six Degrees Of MGoBlog.
The wife, who has become interested in the going-ons here has made a suggestion. It may be fun, or just an exercise in lunacy. She didn't understand the 6 degress of Kevin Bacon exercise, but once she did, suggested a MGoBlog version. To that end: Kevin Bacon + Michigan, in 6, if you are so inclined.
EDIT: Whatever you may be drinking rationale is encouraged.
January 30th, 2013 at 12:33 AM ^
1) Kevin Bacon was in Wild Things with Matt Dillon.
2) Matt Dillon was in Crash with Ryan Phillipe
3) Ryan Phillipe was in Cruel Intentions with Reese Witherspoon
4) Reese Witherspoon was in Legally Blonde with Selma Blair
5) Selma Blair went to Cranbrook/Kingswood with my wife, who went to Michigan.
OR
1) Kevin Bacon was in Apollo 13 with Tom Hanks
2) Tom Hanks was in A League of their Own with Madonna, who is blue.
January 30th, 2013 at 12:44 AM ^
In bold below.
5) Selma Blair went to Michigan and Cranbrook/Kingswood with my wife, who went to Michigan.
January 30th, 2013 at 1:03 AM ^
Selma Blair was in "Cruel Intentions" too
EDIT: In fact you can go way faster because Blair did a guest spot on Season 9 of "Friends" alongside Jennifer Aniston who co-starred in "Picture Perfect" with Kevin Bacon.
/Wikipedia'd
EDIT part deux: Seriously, who doesn't remember Selma Blair making out with Sarah Michelle Gellar in "Cruel Intentions"?
January 30th, 2013 at 12:19 PM ^
Cranbrook. That's a private school.
January 30th, 2013 at 12:34 AM ^
Russell Crowe
was in
Mystery Alaska
with
Maury Chaykin
was in
Where the Truth Lies
with
Kevin Bacon+ Lloyd Carr. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/18688740/
Lloyd Mgoblog
January 30th, 2013 at 12:36 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 12:40 AM ^
1. Kevin Bacon was in Criminal Law
2. Criminal Law was written and produced by Mark Kasdan
3. Mark Kasdan is brother of Lawrence Kasdan, a Michigan alumni
January 30th, 2013 at 8:22 AM ^
Wait - you're telling me that, not only was Kasdan a copywriter at an ad agency (and famed screenwriter, of course), he's also a Michigan grad?
I think I have a new hero, you guys.
January 30th, 2013 at 9:05 AM ^
Kasdan = Big Chill = UM-MSU Hockey @ The Big House
I thought everyone knew that!
January 30th, 2013 at 6:45 PM ^
He also wrote on the extremely popular and wildly successful student publication, the Gargoyle :)
January 30th, 2013 at 12:43 AM ^
Kevin Bacon was in Apollo 13 with Brett Cullen, who plays CAPCOM 1 (Jack Lousma). Lousma graduated from Michigan.
(And remained in Ann Arbor after he finished his Astronaut career; nice guy. His wife made dinner for our family when my dad was suffering from cancer).
January 30th, 2013 at 2:02 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 10:00 AM ^
It all comes back to space. Bitches.
January 30th, 2013 at 12:44 AM ^
Robert De Niro was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon..
Owen Wilson was in Meet the Parents with Robert De Niro
Lucy Liu was in Shanghai Noon with Owen Wilson
Lucy Liu lived in East Quad and is Blue
January 30th, 2013 at 12:46 AM ^
1. Kevin Bacon was in Beauty Shop with Queen Latifah.
2. Queen Latifah was in Chicago with Lucy Liu. Lucy graduated from Michigan.
January 30th, 2013 at 9:00 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 12:46 AM ^
1. Kevin Bacon was in James Gunn's Super.
2. James Gunn directed a short in the Farrelly brothers' project Movie 43.
3. The Farrelly brothers cast Kate Upton in The Three Stooges.
January 30th, 2013 at 12:51 AM ^
Great site to do this with. Found out my dad's roommate when he was at UofM has a bacon degree of two, pretty neat.
January 30th, 2013 at 9:44 AM ^
.org is the oracle of bacon. .com redirects you to spam
January 30th, 2013 at 12:52 AM ^
1. Kevin Bacon with Kevin Costner in JFK
2. Kevin Costner with James Earl Jones in Field of Dreams
3. James Earl Jones is a Michigan alumnus
January 30th, 2013 at 12:55 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 12:56 AM ^
1. Kevin Bacon was in Frost/Nixon with Googy Gress.
2. Googy Gress was in Stuck on You with Tom Brady
January 30th, 2013 at 1:02 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 1:12 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 11:23 AM ^
Dick Tracy was also in Madonna
January 30th, 2013 at 1:13 AM ^
I graduated from the University of Michigan and have spent far too much time on MGoBlog.com
My gal did not attend the University of Michigan, but she has lived with me for almost 5 years and her favorite movie is...
"Tremors" starring KEVIN BACON!!!
/YeahSheKindOfSucksAtWatchingMovies
January 30th, 2013 at 2:07 AM ^
Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward...impeccable cast.
Fred Ward = Remo Williams!!!
January 30th, 2013 at 5:38 AM ^
+1 for the Remo Williams reference. Loved that movie!
January 30th, 2013 at 7:23 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 8:18 AM ^
"Women should stay home and make babies....preferably manchild".*
* - I do not endorse this sentiment, but it still makes me chuckle everytime I see that scene.
January 30th, 2013 at 2:07 AM ^
(I)
Kevin Bacon was in End of the Line with
Michael Beach who was in Casualties with
Mark Harmon who is the son of
Tom Harmon
(II)
Kevin Bacon was in The Air I Breathe with
Forest Whitaker who was in Green Dragon with
Gerald Ford in an uncredited role
(III)
Kevin Bacon was in Novocaine with
Mindy Bell who was in The Program with
Bo Schembechler
(IV)
Kevin Bacon was in My One and Only with
Troy Garity who was in Barbershop with
Jalen Rose
(V)
Kevin Bacon was in Elephant White with
Byron gibson who was in The Eagle Path with
Josef Cannon who was in Like Mike with
Chris Webber
This according to the Oracle of Bacon.
January 30th, 2013 at 1:37 PM ^
Take the Schembechler connection a step further.
Kevin Bacon was in Novocaine with
Mindy Bell who was in The Program with
Bo Schembechler who was in the documentary "The Rivalry" with
John U. Bacon
Bacon to Bacon. Double Bacon.
January 30th, 2013 at 2:00 AM ^
1. Kevin Bacon is in The Following
2. I'm watching The Following on my tv right now
Boom. Bacon'd!
January 30th, 2013 at 2:37 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 9:11 AM ^
Working actors make far more money than non-working actors
Money can be exchanged for goods and services
Profit
January 30th, 2013 at 2:45 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 2:49 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 3:52 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 10:31 AM ^
Sorry to be a buzzkill, but since his face didn't appear, it doesn't count. The official rules say that you would have to be able to tell it was him by looking at him. Voiceovers don't count, apparently. The JFK->Field of Dreams one is as close as I could get to Bacon-James Earl Jones connection.
January 30th, 2013 at 6:56 AM ^
P.S. Try their Bananas Foster!
January 30th, 2013 at 3:04 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 4:02 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 6:04 AM ^
1) Kevin Bacon was in a "JFK" in 1991 with veteran character actor George R. Robertson, who is perhaps most famous for his role of Commissioner Hurst in the "Police Academy" films.
2) Among Robertson's roles is a short appearance in a largely (and rightfully) overlooked 1969 film called "Marooned".
3) Among the supporting cast of "Marooned" is Michigan alum Nancy Kovack.
Here's a straight-to-Michigan Bacon connection:
1) Kevin Bacon played Chip Diller in "Animal House", and Chip was in the ROTC unit commanded by one Douglas Niedermeyer, played in turn by Michigan alum Mark Metcalf.
January 30th, 2013 at 6:50 AM ^
My Dad is a Michigan grad/fraternity brother with Joe Walsh's father
Joe Walsh was in Blues Brothers with Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher was in Stateside with Val Kilmer.
Val Kilmer was in Heat with Robert DeNiro
Robert Deniro was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon
January 30th, 2013 at 7:46 AM ^
January 30th, 2013 at 7:04 AM ^
I did a week long Habitat for Humanity build in Compton with Barry Pepper.
Barry Pepper was in Enemy of the State with Jason Lee
Jason Lee was in Stealing Harvard with Chris Penn
Chris Penn was in Footloose with Kevin Bacon
January 30th, 2013 at 7:06 AM ^
* Jessica Cauffiel (UMich *and* nearby Chelsea), http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004814/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1, was in Legally Blonde.
* Reese Witherspoon was in Legally Blonde.
That's all.
January 30th, 2013 at 7:08 AM ^
Using Chelsea (tie to my prior post):
* Ada Tai (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846715/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) and her twin sister Arlene were in Rush Hour.
* Jackie Chan was in Rush Hour.
January 30th, 2013 at 7:24 AM ^
John Cho with Adam Herz in American Pie
Adam Herz lived with my brother's friends (two of them inspired The Shermanator)
January 30th, 2013 at 7:43 AM ^
Michigan plays basketball.
Boom baconball'd.