Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Says James Franco

James Franco, while hosting the Oscars 2011 tonight, mentioned the phrase “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” and then told the viewers to go online and Google the meaning. James Franco mentioned that everyone has much appreciation of Kevin Bacon and to be part of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a badge of honor in Hollywood!

So here I am Googling…

“Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a trivia game based on the concept of the small world phenomenon and rests on the assumption that any individual can be linked through his or her film roles to actor Kevin Bacon within six steps. The name of the game is a play on the “six degrees of separation” concept. In 2007, Bacon started a charitable organization named SixDegrees.org.’