There are six degrees of Kevin Bacon ... all good.

Here's the 27-year-old "Footloose" star back in 1986 (left) -- and 26 years later, the 53-year-old at an event in L.A. last month (right).

That's one lean Bacon.

Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald star in the new remake of "Footloose," while Lori Singer and Kevin Bacon did their best in the 1984 original.

Question is ...

When you live in Hollywood ... you never know who you're gonna bump into. Check out some of the celebrity photos TMZ's Matt Weiss has collected through the years.

Move over Dane Cook -- Kevin Bacon has just made a serious bid for worst joke of ALL TIME -- but it's OK ... because it's for a great cause! 



Bacon threw on a hood and shades for AOL's  "You've Got ... " series -- and proclaimed that he wants to be a "rapper." Moments later he began WRAPPING presents instead ... GET IT!?!?!?!!? 

Anyway ... Bacon did it all to help promote his non-profit charity fund SixDegrees.Org -- which helps raise money for various worthwhile causes.

Mmmmmm ... Bacon.

Leslie Nielsen -- who died yesterday -- is forever entangled in Hollywood -- so much so ... there's even a Kevin Bacon connection!


So how did the careers of Leslie and Kevin intersect?

Check out the photo gallery to find out.

Kevin Bacon has been busted ... out of real bacon.



Made entirely of the pork product, the life-sized recreation of the actor's head called "Bacon Kevin Bacon" was commissioned by JD Foods and will be auctioned off for the charity Ashley's Team, which benefits children with cancer.

Who says bacon can't do good?

No one can get within six degrees of Kevin Bacon ... when it comes to being the nicest celebrity airline passenger in the sky.



The 50-year-old routinely jets first class on United Airlines between NY and LA and an inside source tells us he is the most polite flier ever. We're told Kevin is so courteous he even folds and puts away his blanket every time his flight lands. Do you do that?!

Despite being mugged on the subway and screwed by Bernie Madoff, it's nice to hear Kevs isn't bitter.

A mugger got himself one degree closer to Kevin Bacon -- by jacking his Blackberry in a NY subway station.

It all went down Thursday morning -- Bacon was futzin' around on his BB when some dude allegedly pulled the ol' snatch and grab in the crowded station and took the device right out of his hands, this according to the NY Post. Bacon allegedly tried to chase down the thief, but lost him in the crowd.

This isn't the first time Bacon got screwed over by a New Yorker -- Kevin got burned by that scumbag Bernie Madoff when the whole Ponzi-sceme thing went down.

Lori Singer is best known for playing Ariel opposite Kevin Bacon in the 1984 film "Footloose." Guess what she looks like now!

Now it's time for a little Six Degrees of .... Wait, what the eff is that?! No, seriously.

Kevin Bacon proves cadaverous cleavages aren't just for the supermodels and Amy Winehouses of the world.

The 50-year-old "Hollow Man" showed off his lovely bones in London on Tuesday.

Time to eat some bacon, Kevin.