Academy Awards???

missy · Post by **missy** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:33 pm

I usually pay no attention to Oscar night. I haven't seen any of the movies up for an award (and that's usually the way).

But I am rooting for George to get at least one tonight! I grew up with him, although I'm 3 years older. There's a great story in today's Cincinnati Enquirer about him, and I know all the people referenced in it. And the picture is how I remember him in grade school. I also remember the stuck VW and the pie in the face incident.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... /603050344

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:10 pm

I wish I could do that good of name-dropping.

missy · Post by **missy** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:23 pm

ah - it's my one "claim to fame"!!!

As was stated in the article, anyone that knew George back then just knew he was going to go into acting sooner or later. Whomever wrote the script for "Brother Where Art Thou?" and put him in that role must have known him as a kid, too - cuz he was always the "ringleader".

missy · Post by **missy** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:33 am

YEAH!!!!! George WON!!!!!! (Best Supporting Actor)

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:37 am

Glad to hear it. He's one of my favorite actors. The Coen brothers who wrote Oh Brother.

Whistlin'Dixie · Post by **Whistlin'Dixie** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:13 am

not to direct attention away from George (whom I love as well), but:

CRASH SCORED!!!!!

Boy, I was rooting for that one!

Not only the best movie I saw this year, but among the best movies I have ever seen.

Dale, what do you think ?

Mary

OnTheMoor · Post by **OnTheMoor** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:35 pm

I thought Stewart did a great job. Usually the hosts just make me feel awkward, he was pretty darned funny. I especially liked the "Jewish Trilogy" joke about Spielberg.

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:56 pm

Missy (1) grew up with George Clooney (2), who was in ER with Anthony Edwards (3), who was in Top Gun with Tom Cruise (4), who was in Rain Man with Dustin Hoffman (5), who was in Kramer vs. Kramer with Meryl Streep (6), who was in The River Wild with Kevin Bacon (7).

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:09 pm

gonzo914 wrote:Missy (1) grew up with George Clooney (2), who was in ER with Anthony Edwards (3), who was in Top Gun with Tom Cruise (4), who was in Rain Man with Dustin Hoffman (5), who was in Kramer vs. Kramer with Meryl Streep (6), who was in The River Wild with Kevin Bacon (7).

According to The Oracle of Bacon, George Clooney has a Bacon number of 2.
George Clooney was in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) with Anna Silk.
Anna Silk was in Where the Truth Lies (2005) with Kevin Bacon.

Therefore, Missy has a Bacon number of 3.

(BTW, my Bacon number is 4.)

gonzo914 · Post by **gonzo914** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:12 pm

jsluder wrote: Therefore, Missy has a Bacon number of 3.

Even better. I was somewhat handicapped by not knowing more than a couple of Kevin Bacon movies, so I had to work my way to one I'd actually heard of.

That's a cool site. I once cooked french fries for Bob Hope, who was in The Muppet Movie (1979) with Steve Martin, who was in Novocaine (2001) with Kevin Bacon.

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:28 pm

(1) Someone once described me as being footloose.

(2) Kevin Bacon starred in the movie Footloose.

So far, I've beaten all of your Bacon scores!

(edited bcuz I cant speel)

missy · Post by **missy** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:32 pm

gosh - I didn't know I was so famous!!!

Dan Patrick (who does sports commentary on ESPN - and who's REAL last name is Pugh) also went to the same gradeschool - but he was 2 years older then me.
I wonder if he knows Kevin Bacon?????

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:48 pm

jsluder wrote:(BTW, my Bacon number is 4.)

Actually, if the Oracle is correct, my Bacon number is 3. I'm starting to get scared.

hoofbeats · Post by **hoofbeats** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:21 pm

Eeeekkk! I have a Bacon Number of 3!

(1) Went to the same high school as Kelly Clarkson (was in orchestra when she played the lead in Brigadoon)

(2) Kelly Clarkson was in From Justin to Kelly

with Marc Macaulay

(3) Marc Macaulay was in Wild Things with Kevin Bacon

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:59 pm

I have bacon in the freezer!! O-mi-gawd! AND I went to elementary school!!!!