OK, I admit that’s a pretty long title. But, we’re talking about The Ellen Show, and it’s always jam packed and full of guests. I don’t usually write about the show unless there’s something that catches my interest. And today was one of those shows that had a lot of substance.

Brianna Castillo

First off was Six year old Briana Castillo who was in the backseat of her mother’s car when it was carjacked. Briana attacked the carjacker with a school book until he let both her and her 2-year-old brother go free. The police credit Briana with saving herself and her brother. She was just a cute little thing, and when asked if she was scared, she answered with a simple NO.

It happened Thursday morning (March 1) just before school. The two had snugly settled into the back seat of the family car. As their mom, Atheysha Diaz, prepared to take the wheel, a stranger appeared, shoved her out of the way and commandeered the vehicle.

Briana wasn’t going to stand for that. As her brother, Jose Angelus-Diaz, bawled, she flailed away at the carjacker’s back with her fists until he grew weary of dealing with the kids. He slammed on the brakes and ordered them out of the car. Briana unbuckled her little brother’s safety seat and helped him onto the roadside.

”I wanted us to be safe,” she said. “I just wanted Mommy.” (via MiamiHerald)

Kevin Bacon

Also on the show was KEVIN BACON who talked about his charity website www.sixdegrees.org, a project that gives people the opportunity to learn about and support the various charities.

Here’s a brief snippet of what Kevin’s site is all about.

SixDegrees.org is about using this idea (Six Degrees of Separation) to accomplish something good. It’s social networking with a social conscience. Through this web site, you can learn about and support the charities of celebrities and your friends, as well as fundraise for the causes close to your heart.

I started www.SixDegrees.org in partnership with the nonprofit Network for Good in January 2007, more than 10 years after the game, “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” made the rounds of college campuses and lived on to be a shorthand term for the small world phenomenon. It is my hope that Six Degrees will soon be something more than a game or a gimmick. It will also be a force for good.