Editing Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon (section)

==History==
In a January 1994 interview with [[Premiere (magazine)|''Premiere'' magazine]], Kevin Bacon mentioned while discussing the film ''[[The River Wild]]'' that "he had worked with everybody in Hollywood or someone who's worked with them."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2012/09/13/google_adds_six_degrees_of_kevin_bacon_to_search_engine.html|title=Google adds Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon to search engine|last=Teotonio|first=Isabel|date=September 13, 2012|website=Toronto Star|access-date=January 31, 2018}}</ref> Following this, a lengthy [[newsgroup]] thread which was headed "Kevin Bacon is the Center of the Universe" appeared.<ref>{{Cite newsgroup |url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies/browse_frm/thread/faa36e7ba4704e7f/58cbe670d2acbcd7 |title=Kevin Bacon is the Center of the Universe |last=Ruthven |first=Alexander |date=April 7, 1994 |newsgroup=rec.arts.movies |via=Google groups |access-date=2009-07-19}}</ref> In 1994, three [[Albright College]] students - Craig Fass, Brian Turtle and Mike Ginelli - invented the game that became known as "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" after seeing two movies on television that featured Bacon back to back, ''[[Footloose (1984 film)|Footloose]]'' and ''[[The Air Up There]]''. During the latter film they began to speculate on how many movies Bacon had been in and the number of people with whom he had worked.<ref>{{cite web |title=6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon: A Social Phenomenon Turns 20 (Full Session) {{!}} Interactive 2014 {{!}} SXSW | date=April 16, 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiHiyF7Tza8 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=28 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The exact history of 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/the-exact-history-of-six-degrees-of-kevin-bacon/NCVVAU73UZ4TNCZAK726ENOBBQ/ |access-date=28 June 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=31 August 2019 |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

They wrote a letter to talk show host [[Jon Stewart]], telling him that "Kevin Bacon was the center of the entertainment universe" and explaining the game.<ref name="book"/> They appeared on ''[[The Jon Stewart Show]]'' and ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' with Bacon to explain the game. Bacon admitted that he initially disliked the game because he believed it was ridiculing him, but he eventually came to enjoy it. The three inventors released a book, ''Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon'' ({{ISBN|9780452278448}}), with an introduction written by Bacon.<ref name="book">{{cite book |last1=Fass |first1=Craig |first2=Brian |last2=Turtle |first3=Mike |last3=Ginelli |title=Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon |year=1996 |publisher=[[Plume (publishing)|Plume]] |location=New York |isbn=978-0-452-27844-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/sixdegreesofkevi00fass }}</ref> A board game based on the concept was released by Endless Games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://endlessgames.com/about-us/ |title=About Us |last1=Gasser |first1=Mike |last2=McNulty | first2=Kevin |last3=Turtle |first3=Brian |website=Endless Games |access-date=June 12, 2021 |quote=Founded by industry veterans Mike Gasser, Kevin McNulty and game inventor Brian Turtle, Endless Games specializes in games that offer classic entertainment and hours of fun at affordable prices.  The three have an uncanny ability for discovering and developing hit games, having been a part in past successes Trivial Pursuit, Pictionary and Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.}}</ref>