Let's Play! Six Degrees of Lorelai Gilmore
With apologies to Kevin Bacon
Alright so I can’t believe we didn’t do this already. You already know ‘Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon’ right? Where you link Kevin Bacon to any actor via other actors who’ve been in the same movies? Take for example, Lorelai Gilmore to Ted Koppel in one move (see featured image above).
But seriously… Here’s my example for how to get from our lovely Lauren Graham to the ubiquitous Kevin Bacon in six moves or less:
[Disclaimer: I’m doing this on the fly so this might not be very elegant. Or it might take days.]
Let’s see. Lauren Graham was in Bad Santa with Billy Bob Thornton who was in Pushing Tin with John Cusack who was in … wait. I can work it backwards from Kevin Bacon in Footloose to Sarah Jessica Parker… um, no, Kevin Bacon in A Few Good Men with Demi Moore – or in Apollo 13… wait, just leave me a minute. I can’t concentrate with you staring at me.
[… literally twenty minutes later… ]
OK.
Lauren Graham was in Arlen Faber with Jeff Daniels who was in Dumb and Dumber with Jim Carrey who was in The Mask with Cameron Diaz who was in Knight and Day with Tom Cruise (‘With me. Without me’) who was in A Few Good Men with (fanfare please) Kevin Bacon! Five moves / movies.
Obviously, no internet allowed. Here’s my working:
Hey that’s my fancy keyboard! So, your turn:
Move from Lauren Graham to Alexis Bledel in six movies or less.
Whoever gets there first sets the next challenge, from Alexis to, say Milo etc. Bonus points if the movies are great. I was really trying to include Pleasantville in that chain, love that flick.
Also Super Bonus Points if you can link Lauren Graham to Kevin Bacon quicker or more elegantly than my five moves above.
Remember, no internet!!
Have at it.