The Six Degrees of Michael Jackson

The Six Degrees of Michael Jackson

The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a trivia game based on the concept of the small world phenomenon and rests on the assumption that any actor can be linked through his or her film roles to actor Kevin Bacon within six steps.  (Quote from Wikipedia)

Between the Liberian Girl video and the We are the World video, finding anyone in the mainstream entertainment world more than 4 degrees of separation from Michael Jackson's work would be difficult.

Folks appearing in the We are the World video include:

Dan Aykroyd
Harry Belafonte
Lindsey Buckingham
Kim Carnes
Ray Charles
Bob Dylan
Sheila E.
Jane Fonda
Bob Geldof
Daryl Hall
Dan Hill
James Ingram
Jackie Jackson
La Toya Jackson
Marlon Jackson
Michael Jackson
Randy Jackson
Tito Jackson
Al Jarreau
Waylon Jennings
Billy Joel
Quincy Jones
Cyndi Lauper
Huey Lewis
Kenny Loggins
Bette Midler
Willie Nelson
John Oates
Jeffrey Osborne
Steve Perry
Anita Pointer
June Pointer
Ruth Pointer
The Pointer Sisters
Lionel Richie
Smokey Robinson
Kenny Rogers
Diana Ross
Paul Simon
Bruce Springsteen
Tina Turner
Dionne Warwick
Stevie Wonder

(Source: IMBD)

The list of celebs in the Liberian Girl Video is also impressive.

Paula Abdul
Rosanna Arquette
Dan Aykroyd
Mayim Bialik
Bubbles
Jackie Collins
David Copperfield
Emily Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
Corey Feldman
Lou Ferrigno
Debbie Gibson
Danny Glover
Steve Guttenberg
Jasmine Guy
Whoopi Goldberg
Sherman Hemsley
Olivia Hussey
Amy Irving
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Beverly Johnson
Quincy Jones
Don King
Virginia Madsen
Olivia Newton-John
Brigitte Nielsen
Lou Diamond Phillips
Ricky Schroder
Steven Spielberg
Suzanne Somers
John Travolta
Blair Underwood
Carl Weathers
Billy Dee Williams
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Boy George

(Source: Wikipedia)