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Postby Dominic Rougier » Feb 9th, '09, 12:06



Heh, Bacon number, hadn't seen that one before.

It's "3" I think:
Me -- David Suchet -- Oliver Platt -- Kevin Bacon

That's the best one I've found...

Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash, and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.
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Postby TheStoner » Feb 9th, '09, 13:04

I can't do the "Bacon" thing but I was nearly in The Beatles!

I used to play guitar in a band called "Dr Rock". The drummer used to play with Denny Laine. Who was in Wings. With Paul McCartney. Who was in The Beatles. So, pretty much, I'm the sixth Beatles! :lol: 8) :lol:

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Postby Mandrake » Feb 9th, '09, 13:07

I used to go and see Denny Laine and his original group The Diplomats - that was, erm, a long time ago..... :oops:

(Drawing of a cartoon dog on the bass drum, bit of loose tape on it which flapped in time to the music as though the dog was wiggling an ear...)

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Postby themagicwand » Feb 9th, '09, 17:10

My dad was in a skiffle band with Joe Cocker. The band was called The Planets who of course sank into obscurity. Joe Cocker however went on to great things.

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Postby Chris » Feb 9th, '09, 17:57

My dad was in a skiffle band


love it...

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Postby daleshrimpton » Feb 9th, '09, 18:14

i have several 3 degrees of separation from Paul Daniels.

My dad used to work with Jess conrad, who lived next to....Paul Daniels.( and whom appeared on the magic show a few times)

My dad delivers courtesy cars. one of his regulars used to be Bert Wheedon, who is best mates with....Paul Daniels.

I used to work with a guy called Andy, whos son was a tiler. He tiled the kitchen of.. Paul Daniels, ( In the old place in Denham)

I used to work for an engineering supply company.one of my customers was Les Williams, who is the web master, and backroom boy too.... Paul Daniels.

you're like Yoda.you dont say much, but what you do say is worth listening to....
Greg Wilson about.... Me.
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Postby Mandrake » Feb 17th, '09, 16:23

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Postby beetlejuiceecis » Feb 17th, '09, 17:52

daleshrimpton wrote:i have several 3 degrees of separation from Paul Daniels.


I have 2 degress of separation:
1. I know my Dad.
2. My dad has met Paul Daniels.

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Postby Lawrence » Feb 17th, '09, 18:18

beetlejuiceecis wrote:
daleshrimpton wrote:i have several 3 degrees of separation from Paul Daniels.


I have 2 degress of separation:
1. I know my Dad.
2. My dad has met Paul Daniels.


OK... here goes....

1. I've met Paul Daniels. (he said I was a man that did magic)

Win?

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Postby Mandrake » Feb 17th, '09, 18:23

I'll raise your met with:

I've worked on stage with Paul Daniels

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Postby Lawrence » Feb 17th, '09, 18:38

Mandrake wrote:I'll raise your met with:

I've worked on stage with Paul Daniels


I've sat on a stage with Paul Daniels while he was working.
OK, i'll concede.

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Postby Mark Waddington » Feb 17th, '09, 18:44

Mandrake wrote:I'll raise your met with:

I've worked on stage with Paul Daniels



Well, hes given me a shoulder massage before... 100% honest to god

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Postby Mandrake » Feb 17th, '09, 18:47

When I say 'worked' what I actually mean is he got me on stage, borrowed a tenner and ripped it in half, eventually gave me the bits back and then did his trademark Electric Chairs routine with yours truly and another guy :D !

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Postby Craig Browning » Feb 17th, '09, 22:35

Mandrake wrote:I'll raise your met with:

I've worked on stage with Paul Daniels


Does being American and having had lunch with the man (at Peter Pit's apartment no less) count? :lol:

:roll: I don't even think I can remember the number of celebrities (not just magicians) I've met and worked with over the past four decades :shock: (:? oooo... that sounds weird, I really don't see myself as being all that old)... there's a handful of us on this board that have more than a few miles, callouses and physically painful memories of traveling about and working with the select few :twisted:

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Postby Magnus » Feb 18th, '09, 09:09

I have nothing to show on my Bacon index, but I have a one degree separation to Keanu Reeves. He's my friends beer buddy when he's in town.

Never met him personally though, but I also got introduced to the band members of The Offspring and Eskimo Joe through her.

Ah, and another one ;) I was once thrown out of the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney (while leaning against a tree and reading for an exam) because they had to prepare exactly this particular spot in the park for a scene in Mission Impossible 2. Watching the movie later, I realized that in the end scene of the movie Tom Cruise stood right next to the tree where I was leaning on two hours before...

... so one could say that I have a one degree separation to Tom Cruise: Me - Tree - Tom Cruise.

Will I be invited to the next Oscar awards now? ;)

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