Showing posts with label Six Degrees of Separation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Six Degrees of Separation. Show all posts

Monday, January 25, 2010

Bacon and Eggs

I write another blog, Bjork's BLEEP Blog.  I just finished a post I titled, "Sucker for Great Sax".  I was reminded of how much I love to hear great saxophone (sax) in songs like Hall & Oates', "Do What You Want, Be Who You Are".  I have enjoyed many moments listening to Hall & Oates.  Made me curious about them.  Had me pondering what it must be like to have had so much public attention only to be less in the limelight.  This got me to thinking about Will & Grace season 8, episode 15 where Karen hires a now less popular seeming Hall & Oates to sing at Will's wedding, among other chores she has for them.  I loved that Hall & Oates were game enough to poke a little fun at their expense.  Since I couldn't find a (a first) YouTube video of this (you can watch the entire episode if you like, click here), it got me to thinking of what I suspect is my favorite Will & Grace episode, Bacon and Eggs.  The episode with Mr. Six Degrees himself, Mr. Kevin Bacon, who also seemed to enjoy having a bit of fun at his own expense.

With that, our game begins.  Let's Play!

Video #1,  Will and Grace foot loose

Okay, when I decided to write this blog, I didn't check to see if the embedding code was available for this video.  It is not.  If you want to see this video, click here.  To see the entire episode 2 from season 5, click here.

Video #2, Random Top Gun Reference on Will and Grace



Video #3, Will and Grace "My Work Here Is Done"



Video #4, Will and Grace Jack and Will Singing Carpenters



Video #5, Will & Grace Jack Coffee



Video #6, Will and Grace Season 8 Bloopers

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

What's a girl to do on a rainy day when there's no cat with a hat to play with?

That's right!  Think up a new game.  A game I am happy to name,

Six Degrees of Separation:  YouTube Style

Here's how you play.

Input something in the search box once you have arrived at your destination (http://www.youtube.com).  Find a video you like.  Play it.  Then from related videos, pick another video to play until you have done this six times.  Now how related does the first video seem to be to the sixth video?

So, I have to (okay, I don't have to but I am) dedicate the inspiration for this blog to Daniel Sandercock, one of my Facebook Friends.  Besides being the inspiration for this blog, back in the day (7 whole months ago from writing this) he was the one person who took the time to help me figure out how to get a phot to show up for my twitter profile.  I know, I've come a long way baby!

Today he posted a video from WAY back in the day with Eric Clapton in it.  First, joy of joys it reminded me how much I love Eric Clapton and his music.  Second, when the video finished it showed 15 related videos I could click on and one of them was Eric Clapton and B B King performing Rock Me Baby.  Words cannot express how much joy I feel from the blues and these type of performances.  And it is amazing to watch the looks of pure bliss that make the videos so worth it compared to just the audio.

Now some hours later I have gone from related video to related video ending up watching a fake Ron Burgundy interview with Jim Caviezel, which I never knew existed.  It made me wonder what else might be on YouTube I had no idea about.  And why not make a game out of it?  And maybe even a blog?

So for my first official game play, I started by seeing if there is a video of Don Henley performing this version of Hotel California I remembered fondly seeing once when I was lucky enough to see him in concert in 2000.  Luckily, such a video exists.  It is below.  And then let's see where I end up with from there for my virginal outing.



Here's what I chose next for video #2



Here's #3




Here's video #4.



Video #5



 And I know no one likes a cheater, which I am technically doing by having the my video #6 be my video #6 since it is not one of the suggested related videos from the iPod video.  I am using my supreme ruler power to include as video #6 a video my son is in that was a school project.  It is a spoof on the Mac v. PC commercials.  So it sort of fits.
Enjoy!
P.S.  I didn't know video #6 would end up being what it is when I started.  That's the fun of it.  And my son's never had one acting lesson nor has he ever lived in the south.  Nice cowboy hat, though, don't you think?




And that's how it's done!