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Six degrees of separation… and random celebrities you've met

 
  

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foolish fat finger
21:29 / 09.07.06
Six degrees of separation, as you probably know, is the theory that anyone on earth can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances with no more than five intermediaries. An interesting concept, however as this is conversation, I thought I’d make it into a frivolous one-upmanship parlour game…

For instance, I once met a guy who had spoken to Hitler. I find that quite freaky. He was in the camps, of course. My sister met Rolf Harris… hmmm, slightly less impressive… I can do Bill Clinton in two… and Christopher Biggins once smiled at me, which I think tops anything anyone else might come up with…

Ok, so can you beat that?!

(An additional thought that interests me- did you ever fly from London to New York, only to meet the guy who works in your local deli as soon as you stepped off the plane?)
 
 
*
21:58 / 09.07.06
I had sex with someone who had sex with someone who had sex with Allen Ginsburg.

Gives me chills. Both kinds.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
22:10 / 09.07.06
What's the degree of separation? If you are friends with someone who has met another person is that one degree?
 
 
unbecoming
23:21 / 09.07.06
i think it goes like this...

my brother has been in a crap sci fi tv program with Fred Ward...Who was in Tremors with Kevin Bacon

so i'm 2 away from Mr. Bacon
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
23:35 / 09.07.06
I was an extra in a scene from Hackers which featured Angelina Jolie (we were in the same room and everything... unfortunately her dialogue was rubbish)... does that mean I nearly fucked Brad Pitt?

Fucking hell!
 
 
unbecoming
00:17 / 10.07.06
oh and Liam Neeson once waved at me which makes me a hairy space monk.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
00:29 / 10.07.06
I met John Noakes once which makes me whimper slightly in my sleep.
 
 
alas
00:36 / 10.07.06
I have had brief conversations with Dave Chapelle and Sam Shepard. And Adam Sandler. And Dr. Betty Shabazz. And Angela Davis. And I used to live on the same block as William S. Burroughs.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
00:37 / 10.07.06
My babysitter as a child was The Chinese Detective.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
01:58 / 10.07.06
I am one degree from Angelina, Brad, Halle, Pierce and Orlando.
 
 
Baz Auckland
02:20 / 10.07.06
I once sold coffee to Posh Spice. That makes me... um... nothing good probably... 2 degrees from Kofi Annan?
 
 
stabbystabby
02:33 / 10.07.06
i was on a film shoot for a silverchair clip and met Natalie Imbruglia. She's very short.
 
 
Jake, Colossus of Clout
02:55 / 10.07.06
I've chatted with Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman. I also live right down the street from Martha Stewart.
 
 
astrojax69
03:35 / 10.07.06
russell crowe told me who shot mr burns. [before that simpsons episode aired in oz] i shall never forgive him (even taking his performance in 'romper stomper' into account. on both counts) i know, i know, i should have thrown the phone at him...

and my nan, as a 'young thing', danced with the [then] prince of wales and he gave her his lapel flower!

i wonder if she'd have danced with russell and what he'd have given her...
 
 
***
08:07 / 10.07.06
This is a fun game ...

I'm one degree further removed than Stoatie from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, via an old friend I've since sadly lost touch with, who played the bartender in the bizzarre skater/hacker nightclub.

I'm two degrees from Richard Attenborough via one of my partners, Two degrees from Motorhead via Raging Speedhorn (We supported them, they supported Motorhead), Two degrees of separation from Neil Gaiman via my friend Julia (who knew him back in the day when he was a journalist) and from the sadly departed Razzle of Hanoi Rocks via the same route.

Hmm, finishing off with 'met and had a chat once ...' links, I'm one degree from Tori Amos, Ginger Wildheart, Tarrie B and Brian Molko. That's as many as I can remember without getting overly convoluted.
 
 
Whisky Priestess
08:21 / 10.07.06
I'm one degree away from the Queen (my ex met her) and one from Freddie Mercury through schoolfriends (there's a Queen theme developing ...)

That's all I can think of at the moment.
 
 
MissGogo
08:29 / 10.07.06
I'm one degree away of Nelson Mandela (met the SA ambassador, yes), one of Gisele Bündchen (know her massage therapist), one of Dianne Fossey (she almost run over my dad in Olduwai valley) and ha! Zero away from Dolly Parton (met her shopping for undies).
 
 
Mistoffelees
08:46 / 10.07.06
Two week ago a friend of mine stumbled and fell into the arms of Helmut Markwort, a famous german press guy, that nobody likes and that everyone got interviewed by. So now I got links to every important sports politics movie whathaveyou flavour-of-the-month.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
09:18 / 10.07.06
i wonder if she'd have danced with russell and what he'd have given her...

Thirty odd foot of grunts, presumably.
 
 
Jub
09:37 / 10.07.06
John Barnes came round my house for Sunday lunch once. I used to go out with Gavin Rossdale’s cousin. I met John Hegley in Kent even though we’re both from the same town elsewhere. Saw Ken Livinstone on Saturday at the Rise festival – he was behind me in the ice-cream queue.
 
 
ghadis
09:48 / 10.07.06
I once broke one of the Nolan Sisters legs. That would count as a degree i guess. Or professional misconduct. Whatever it is i do feel sorry about it.
 
 
Jub
09:49 / 10.07.06
how did you manage that ghadis?
 
 
***
10:08 / 10.07.06
I must second that question .. enquiring minds want to know!
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
10:11 / 10.07.06
You wouldn't if you'd heard the noise it made. Like somebody ziplining into a pile of twigs. Disgusting.
 
 
kidninjah
11:37 / 10.07.06
When I was a kid, I met Darth Vader. So that puts me one degree away from George Lucus, Harrison Ford, The Emperor & Yoda.

David Prowse (the guy who wore the outfit, not James Earl Jones, who did the voice) lived near/in my home town and did signings in and out of costume every so often.

This, means I'm 2 steps away from Speilberg, half of Hollywood & most of the Muppets. I guess I'm 2 or 3 steps from Kevin Bacon. I have my suspicions that Kevin Bacon is himself a product of the Jim Henson Creature Shop.
 
 
All Acting Regiment
11:43 / 10.07.06
My auntie did the singing bits on the new Dr Who soundtrack, so I'm basically one or two degrees away from everything that matters.
 
 
Dark side of the Moonfrog1
12:04 / 10.07.06
I once borrowed a copy of Mulholland Drive off a friend of mine, who borrowed it from a friend of his, who got it from someone he knows, who borrowed it from Alan Moore.

For a few nights I had Alan Moore's copy of Mulholland Drive.

I felt very special.

(Not to mention slightly scared that he might hex me if i didn't return it...)
 
 
Ticker
12:33 / 10.07.06
I met Bruce Campbell which was worth being hip deep in a room of fanboys. 'Sides it was fabulous to watch himself hasslehoff the crap out of the guy whose cell phone rang during the lecture. Mmmm...Brucie....
 
 
ibis the being
12:51 / 10.07.06
In college I found out my friend was really my second cousin. SMALL WORLD MAN!
 
 
Essential Dazzler
12:54 / 10.07.06
One of the guys in my Co-Sinner's new house grew up with Alan Moore's Kid(s?) and he knows most of the Moore tribe, his also mum dated Jamie Delano.

I'm convinced I served Dave McKean at Ikea, although I didn't realise until he was walking away.
 
 
Triplets
12:58 / 10.07.06
Which scene, Stoatie? Were you able to keep your ticks under control?
 
 
paranoidwriter waves hello
13:19 / 10.07.06
In my teens I spent a wonderful evening kissing and cuddling a young lady who (many years later) had an affair with Keanu Reeves. Poor woman. I suppose after our glorious night of passion it was downhill for both of us...


Oh and I met Norman Wisdom once when I was kid.
 
 
Lama glama
13:21 / 10.07.06
Legba, your aunt sings the lonely time-lord/Bad Wolf theme? That's pretty cool. In the commentaries RTD and Phil Collinson have nick-named her President Flavia.

I'm one degree away from Dennis Cooper and two degrees from Christian Bale. My brother hosted a conference last spring where Dennis Cooper was the main guest and the two have become quite chummy. Cooper is friends with Bale (and now that I've just remembered, he's pally with the guy who plays Xander too).
 
 
Mysterious Transfer Student
15:07 / 10.07.06
Hmm. Thinking about it for the first time, I realise that the most famous person I can fit into my personal six degrees is John Cusack - to whit: I was once friends with Louis Jones, lead singer of London Britpop-era band the Warm Jets, who at that time was dating Zoe Ball, who later married Norman Cook, who repeatedly collaborated with Spike Jonze, who directed Being John Malkovich starring - John Cusack.

As a close friend, John, I urge you to stop making shitty romantic comedies and find another role that somehow involves kickboxing!

(This post will irritate my girlfriend in a contradictory manner, as she [a] thinks I spend too much time crapping about celebrities I once vaguely met when I lived in London and [b] agrees with me 100% about Mr. Cusack's latter film career.)
 
 
Jub
15:42 / 10.07.06
Hey Lee - you could combine the two - with Say Anything 2!
 
  

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