Well that is the whole theory (from a Kevin Bacon movie). Everybody in the world is connect with 6 degrees of separation. Its the less than 6 that makes it interesting.This is crazy, and I know it's boasting, for that I apologize, but I'm pretty sure I can get to anyone you name in six or less. Here's just some examples why:
Politics: I worked in the federal government at the state and Washington DC level for a while, working with senators, congress members, and cabinet secretaries. People that worked for/with me had contact with presidents. Oh, and I ran into Muhammed Ali once on a fire assignment. Gary Johnson is an acquaintance.
Entertainment: my daughter's long-time boyfriend starred in a successful long-running tv series and has been in several movies - he's got great stories. I work as a movie extra regularly, brushing up against Hollywood types. When I worked in an outdoor shop in Santa Fe I helped lots of celebrities, including but not limited to Bill Murray, Alan Arkin, Jeremy Irons, Tommy Lee Jones, and Harry Connick Jr. I also helped Cormac McCarthy and N. Scott Momaday there. Living in Santa Fe I've run into people in places like restaurants like Jake Gyllenhall, Robert Duvall, Shirley McLaine and Renee Zellweger. I'm not going to go into the news and music industry connections.
Skiing/Outdoors: A friend has been featured in ski porn - Steep - and has been on the Steve Colbert Show and at least one of the morning news shows (Good Morning America?). Now, there's a key six degree connection. And I've high-fived Johnny Moseley in the Wolf Creek parking lot. Had dinner with Conrad Anker and Jimmy Chin. Todd Skinner was married to a friend from my fire crew days. I got tons more.
A couple of my high school acquaintances went on to a certain level of fame. One of them was the Snowman in The Falcon and The Snowman book/movie.
Then there's you guys and people on other forums. For someone that's kind of unsociable, I've gotten around.
I think it also requires "knowing", not just "oh I saw (or rubbed buts with ".
I saw Mr. T once. The school my daughter attended featured the children of Peter Krause (6 feet under/parenthood), Les Claypool (Primus), Duskie Estes (Iron Chef), Douglas Keane (Top Chef Masters) among others. I saw all of them around from time to time, but I didn't really know any of them. Of course, I knew lots of people at the school, some of whom surely knew these people. But I can't specifically trace the lineage . . .
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