It's who you know...even if you don't know it.

[Rich Lane]

So I'm having coffee with my nephew Aaron who's in town for a few days, and we're catching up. He's talking about his old crew, ninety percent of whom I taught during my days of student teaching. He mentioned one friend of his who's doing quite well in Hollywood behind the scenes on Extreme Home Makeover, and I said, "I'll have to get his number from you for when Pat graduates," as Pat's a communications major. He said that would be a great idea, and further suggested he get in contact with another former student who also has had success out there. He's Stan Lee's assistant. I stammered out that Stan was going to be at the convention in a couple of weeks in Pittsburgh. Aaron said he wasn't sure if his buddy/my student would be there, but he'd check and see if he could hook Pat and me up with a handshake picture. Ah, teaching...I knew you'd pay off someday...

[Doc Beechler (mod-MD)]

Nice!

[Doctor Hmmm?]

Rich Lane knows Mr. X.

Mr. X knows Stan Lee.

Stan Lee was in Spider-Man with Kirsten Dunst.

Kirsten Dunst was in Interview with the Vampire with Tom Cruise.

Tom Cruise was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon.

Rich has a Bacon Number of 5.

[Rich Lane]

HAH!

Doctor Hmmm? said:

Rich Lane knows Mr. X.

Mr. X knows Stan Lee.

Stan Lee was in Spider-Man with Kirsten Dunst.

Kirsten Dunst was in Interview with the Vampire with Tom Cruise.

Tom Cruise was in A Few Good Men with Kevin Bacon.

Rich has a Bacon Number of 5.

[Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)]

Sweeet!

[Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)]

You've all got a Bacon number of three, actually. One of my best friends lit the Bacon Brothers for a fundraising concert. Also, I used to work with a woman who played a newscaster in one of Bacon's movies (She's Having a Baby, I think.) All of her lines/scenes were cut, though she shows up on a TV or two in the background, so I've been told.

In more terrifying news: (highlight to reveal):

You also all have a Ron Jeremy number of three.

[Doctor Hmmm?]

Rob Staeger said:

In more terrifying news: (highlight to reveal):

You also all have a Ron Jeremy number of three.

We could really use the "flaming head" smiley right about now.

And yet, I'm strangely curious ...

[Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)]

It's actually more innocent than you might think. A friend of my was a guest (and did the video for) a wedding where RJ was the best man. As far as I know, there was no funky baseline added during the sound mixing.