Hmm. I'm not in IMDB, but a former in-law is (for some reason they have him listed under his name and his first and middle initials) and I got this:
Chuck Varesko has a Bacon number of 3.
Chuck Varesko was in Certain Sacrifice, A (1985) with Madonna (I) Madonna (I) was in Next Best Thing, The (2000) with Benjamin Bratt (I) Benjamin Bratt (I) was in Woodsman, The (2004) with Kevin Bacon
According to the page Google found me (http://www.ogeid.com/weblog/archives/2003_04.html),
Osama bin Laden was in Naqoyqatsi (2002) with Paul McCartney Paul McCartney was in Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) with Courtney Love Courtney Love was in Trapped (2002) with Kevin Bacon
and
Saddam Hussein was in Saddam Hussein: Defying the World - A Visual Biography (1990) with George Bush George Bush was in Last Party, The (1993) with Laura Dern Laura Dern was in Novocaine (2001) with Kevin Bacon
So Chuck Varesko has a binLaden number of at most six (possibly less, as there may be a shorter path that doesn't involve Bacon).
Hmm. Actually it turns out that I'm only four steps from Hussein (http://oracleofbacon.org/cgi-bin/oracle/movielinks?firstname=saddam+hussein&secondname=tom+hanks&using=1&game=0), not the five I'd thought.
I'm having trouble getting the tool to link to bin Laden, but I did get it to tell me this:
The Oracle says: saddam hussein has a chuck varesko number of 4.
Saddam Hussein was in Dix, Les (2003) with Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela was in Malcolm X (1992) with Debi Mazar Debi Mazar was in Girl 6 (1996) with Madonna (I) Madonna (I) was in Certain Sacrifice, A (1985) with Chuck Varesko
Actually, I was saying to Osama just the other day (on our secret carrier pigeon to internet radio connnection) that all this 6 degrees of Saddam stuff is just a lot of hooey. I mean, I'm Chuck Varesko and I never met Debi Mazar or Madonna. But I'd bonk 'em given half a chance. Now stop tossing my name around or the next time I have some hummus with a known terrorist I'll sic him on ya.
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Chuck Varesko has a Bacon number of 3.
Chuck Varesko was in Certain Sacrifice, A (1985) with Madonna (I)
Madonna (I) was in Next Best Thing, The (2000) with Benjamin Bratt (I)
Benjamin Bratt (I) was in Woodsman, The (2004) with Kevin Bacon
But I don't know how he connects up to Osama.
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So Chuck Varesko has a binLaden number of at most six (possibly less, as there may be a shorter path that doesn't involve Bacon).
Hmm. Actually it turns out that I'm only four steps from Hussein (http://oracleofbacon.org/cgi-bin/oracle/movielinks?firstname=saddam+hussein&secondname=tom+hanks&using=1&game=0), not the five I'd thought.
Aha
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