# Baker’s Dozen IV **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 18, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177 "2026-09-18T13:39:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
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**“The Next Voice You Hear… "** _Unseen Voices (cartoon voices, radio stars, ad voice-overs)_ 1. James Earl Jones (“This is CNN”) 2. Lorenzo Music (Carleton the Doorman on “Rhoda”) 3. Bob Johnson (the voice on the self-destructing tapes on Mission Impossible) 4. Johnny Gilbert (“This…is…Jeopardy!”) 5. Don Pardo (“It’s Saturday Night Live!”) 6. June Foray (Rocket J. Squirrel and many other voices) 7. Frank Welker (Fred Jones, Megatron, Soundwave, Garfield, Nibbler, Jabberjaw, Fangface, Uni, Iceman, Scooter, Santa’s Little Helper, Snowball II, Curious George, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Dr. Claw, MAD Cat, Darkseid, Baby Kermit, Slimer, Man-Bat, Darwin the Dolphin, Bronx, Godzilla, Odin, and much, much more) 8. Johnny Olson (“Come on down!”) ---
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**“The Next Voice You Hear… "** _Unseen Voices (cartoon voices, radio stars, ad voice-overs)_ 1. James Earl Jones (“This is CNN”) 2. Lorenzo Music (Carleton the Doorman on “Rhoda”) 3. Bob Johnson (the voice on the self-destructing tapes on Mission Impossible) 4. Johnny Gilbert (“This…is…Jeopardy!”) 5. Don Pardo (“It’s Saturday Night Live!”) 6. June Foray (Rocket J. Squirrel and many other voices) 7. Frank Welker (Fred Jones, Megatron, Soundwave, Garfield, Nibbler, Jabberjaw, Fangface, Uni, Iceman, Scooter, Santa’s Little Helper, Snowball II, Curious George, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Dr. Claw, MAD Cat, Darkseid, Baby Kermit, Slimer, Man-Bat, Darwin the Dolphin, Bronx, Godzilla, Odin, and much, much more) 8. Johnny Olson (“Come on down!”) 9. Mel Blanc (voice of Looney Tunes cartoons and much more) ---
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**“The Next Voice You Hear… "** _Unseen Voices (cartoon voices, radio stars, ad voice-overs)_ 1. James Earl Jones (“This is CNN”) 2. Lorenzo Music (Carleton the Doorman on “Rhoda”) 3. Bob Johnson (the voice on the self-destructing tapes on Mission Impossible) 4. Johnny Gilbert (“This…is…Jeopardy!”) 5. Don Pardo (“It’s Saturday Night Live!”) 6. June Foray (Rocket J. Squirrel and many other voices) 7. Frank Welker (Fred Jones, Megatron, Soundwave, Garfield, Nibbler, Jabberjaw, Fangface, Uni, Iceman, Scooter, Santa’s Little Helper, Snowball II, Curious George, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Dr. Claw, MAD Cat, Darkseid, Baby Kermit, Slimer, Man-Bat, Darwin the Dolphin, Bronx, Godzilla, Odin, and much, much more) 8. Johnny Olson (“Come on down!”) 9. Mel Blanc (voice of Looney Tunes cartoons and much more) 10. Don LaFontaine (Best known for voice-overs on numerous movie trailers: “In a world…”) ---
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**“The Next Voice You Hear… "** _Unseen Voices (cartoon voices, radio stars, ad voice-overs)_ 1. James Earl Jones (“This is CNN”) 2. Lorenzo Music (Carleton the Doorman on “Rhoda”) 3. Bob Johnson (the voice on the self-destructing tapes on Mission Impossible) 4. Johnny Gilbert (“This…is…Jeopardy!”) 5. Don Pardo (“It’s Saturday Night Live!”) 6. June Foray (Rocket J. Squirrel and many other voices) 7. Frank Welker (Fred Jones, Megatron, Soundwave, Garfield, Nibbler, Jabberjaw, Fangface, Uni, Iceman, Scooter, Santa’s Little Helper, Snowball II, Curious George, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Dr. Claw, MAD Cat, Darkseid, Baby Kermit, Slimer, Man-Bat, Darwin the Dolphin, Bronx, Godzilla, Odin, and much, much more) 8. Johnny Olson (“Come on down!”) 9. Mel Blanc (voice of Looney Tunes cartoons and much more) 10. Don LaFontaine (Best known for voice-overs on numerous movie trailers: “In a world…”) 11. Nancy Cartwright (best known as the voice of Bart Simpson) ---
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**“The Next Voice You Hear… "** _Unseen Voices (cartoon voices, radio stars, ad voice-overs)_ 1. James Earl Jones (“This is CNN”) 2. Lorenzo Music (Carleton the Doorman on “Rhoda”) 3. Bob Johnson (the voice on the self-destructing tapes on Mission Impossible) 4. Johnny Gilbert (“This…is…Jeopardy!”) 5. Don Pardo (“It’s Saturday Night Live!”) 6. June Foray (Rocket J. Squirrel and many other voices) 7. Frank Welker (Fred Jones, Megatron, Soundwave, Garfield, Nibbler, Jabberjaw, Fangface, Uni, Iceman, Scooter, Santa’s Little Helper, Snowball II, Curious George, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Dr. Claw, MAD Cat, Darkseid, Baby Kermit, Slimer, Man-Bat, Darwin the Dolphin, Bronx, Godzilla, Odin, and much, much more) 8. Johnny Olson (“Come on down!”) 9. Mel Blanc (voice of Looney Tunes cartoons and much more) 10. Don LaFontaine (Best known for voice-overs on numerous movie trailers: “In a world…”) 11. Nancy Cartwright (best known as the voice of Bart Simpson) 12. Billy Crudup (“…For everything else, there’s MasterCard”) ---
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**“The Next Voice You Hear… "** _Unseen Voices (cartoon voices, radio stars, ad voice-overs)_ 1. James Earl Jones (“This is CNN”) 2. Lorenzo Music (Carleton the Doorman on “Rhoda”) 3. Bob Johnson (the voice on the self-destructing tapes on Mission Impossible) 4. Johnny Gilbert (“This…is…Jeopardy!”) 5. Don Pardo (“It’s Saturday Night Live!”) 6. June Foray (Rocket J. Squirrel and many other voices) 7. Frank Welker (Fred Jones, Megatron, Soundwave, Garfield, Nibbler, Jabberjaw, Fangface, Uni, Iceman, Scooter, Santa’s Little Helper, Snowball II, Curious George, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Dr. Claw, MAD Cat, Darkseid, Baby Kermit, Slimer, Man-Bat, Darwin the Dolphin, Bronx, Godzilla, Odin, and much, much more) 8. Johnny Olson (“Come on down!”) 9. Mel Blanc (voice of Looney Tunes cartoons and much more) 10. Don LaFontaine (Best known for voice-overs on numerous movie trailers: “In a world…”) 11. Nancy Cartwright (best known as the voice of Bart Simpson) 12. Billy Crudup (“…For everything else, there’s MasterCard”) 13. Adolph Caesar (many ‘70s movie trailers: Jaws, Dawn of the Dead) Pass ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/187 "2026-10-14T21:22:23Z")
**“The Next Voice You Hear… "** _Unseen Voices (cartoon voices, radio stars, ad voice-overs)_ 1. James Earl Jones (“This is CNN”) 2. Lorenzo Music (Carleton the Doorman on “Rhoda”) 3. Bob Johnson (the voice on the self-destructing tapes on Mission Impossible) 4. Johnny Gilbert (“This…is…Jeopardy!”) 5. Don Pardo (“It’s Saturday Night Live!”) 6. June Foray (Rocket J. Squirrel and many other voices) 7. Frank Welker (Fred Jones, Megatron, Soundwave, Garfield, Nibbler, Jabberjaw, Fangface, Uni, Iceman, Scooter, Santa’s Little Helper, Snowball II, Curious George, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Dr. Claw, MAD Cat, Darkseid, Baby Kermit, Slimer, Man-Bat, Darwin the Dolphin, Bronx, Godzilla, Odin, and much, much more) 8. Johnny Olson (“Come on down!”) 9. Mel Blanc (voice of Looney Tunes cartoons and much more) 10. Don LaFontaine (Best known for voice-overs on numerous movie trailers: “In a world…”) 11. Nancy Cartwright (best known as the voice of Bart Simpson) 12. Billy Crudup (“…For everything else, there’s MasterCard”) 13. Julianne Moore (the uncredited voice of the AI in the 2008 thriller _Eagle Eye_) Next up: **Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / 'Cross the water on a 747…” ---
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**Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” ---
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**Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” 3. “I believe” by the Not the Nine O’Clock News team - “I believe that pigs and even DC10s can fly” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmWLJmbytkk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmWLJmbytkk) ---
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**Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” 3. “I believe” by the Not the Nine O’Clock News team - “I believe that pigs and even DC10s can fly” 4. “Back in the USSR” by The Beatles - “Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC…” ---
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**Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” 3. “I believe” by the Not the Nine O’Clock News team - “I believe that pigs and even DC10s can fly” 4. “Jet Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band - “Riding along on this big old jet plane / I’ve been thinking about my home” ---
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**Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” 3. “I believe” by the Not the Nine O’Clock News team - “I believe that pigs and even DC10s can fly” 4. “Jet Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band - “Riding along on this big old jet plane / I’ve been thinking about my home” 5. “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen - “Up in the sky, a man in a plane/ Baron von Richthofen was his name/ 80 men tried, and 80 men died/ Now, they’re buried together on the countryside” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iv/1033177/193 "2026-10-14T21:52:27Z")
**Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” 3. “I Believe” by the Not the Nine O’Clock News team - “I believe that pigs and even DC10s can fly” 4. “Back in the USSR” by The Beatles - “Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC…” 5. “Jet Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band - “Riding along on this big old jet plane / I’ve been thinking about my home” 6. “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen - “Up in the sky, a man in a plane/ Baron von Richthofen was his name/ 80 men tried, and 80 men died/ Now, they’re buried together on the countryside” 7. “Treetop Flyer” - Stephen Stills - “People been asking me, ‘Where’d you learn to fly that way?’ Was over in Vietnam, chasin’ NVA.” housekeeping ---
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**Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” 3. “I Believe” by the Not the Nine O’Clock News team - “I believe that pigs and even DC10s can fly” 4. “Back in the USSR” by The Beatles - “Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC…” 5. “Jet Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band - “Riding along on this big old jet plane / I’ve been thinking about my home” 6. “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen - “Up in the sky, a man in a plane/ Baron von Richthofen was his name/ 80 men tried, and 80 men died/ Now, they’re buried together on the countryside” 7. “Treetop Flyer” - Stephen Stills - “People been asking me, ‘Where’d you learn to fly that way?’ Was over in Vietnam, chasin’ NVA.” 8. “The Biplane, Evermore” – The Irish Rovers – “Way out in London airport in hangar number four / A lonely little biplane lived whose name was Evermore …” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” 3. “I Believe” by the Not the Nine O’Clock News team - “I believe that pigs and even DC10s can fly” 4. “Back in the USSR” by The Beatles - “Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC…” 5. “Jet Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band - “Riding along on this big old jet plane / I’ve been thinking about my home” 6. “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen - “Up in the sky, a man in a plane/ Baron von Richthofen was his name/ 80 men tried, and 80 men died/ Now, they’re buried together on the countryside” 7. “Treetop Flyer” - Stephen Stills - “People been asking me, ‘Where’d you learn to fly that way?’ Was over in Vietnam, chasin’ NVA.” 8. “The Biplane, Evermore” – The Irish Rovers – “Way out in London airport in hangar number four / A lonely little biplane lived whose name was Evermore …” 9. “Leaving on a Jet Plane”, John Denver (originally titled “Babe I Hate to Go”, but producer Milt Okun told him to change the title to the line from the chorus, which appears 4 times in the song) ---
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1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” 3. “I Believe” by the Not the Nine O’Clock News team - “I believe that pigs and even DC10s can fly” 4. “Back in the USSR” by The Beatles - “Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC…” 5. “Jet Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band - “Riding along on this big old jet plane / I’ve been thinking about my home” 6. “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen - “Up in the sky, a man in a plane/ Baron von Richthofen was his name/ 80 men tried, and 80 men died/ Now, they’re buried together on the countryside” 7. “Treetop Flyer” - Stephen Stills - “People been asking me, ‘Where’d you learn to fly that way?’ Was over in Vietnam, chasin’ NVA.” 8. “The Biplane, Evermore” – The Irish Rovers – “Way out in London airport in hangar number four / A lonely little biplane lived whose name was Evermore …” 9. “Leaving on a Jet Plane”, John Denver (originally titled “Babe I Hate to Go”, but producer Milt Okun told him to change the title to the line from the chorus, which appears 4 times in the song) 10. “Jump Jet” - Ride, “And a jet could take me far, but I couldn’t escape this feeling, that I don’t know where I’m bound, if I did get away…” ---
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Hmm. #4 and 7 don’t actually mention aircraft. **Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” 3. “I Believe” by the Not the Nine O’Clock News team - “I believe that pigs and even DC10s can fly” 4. “Back in the USSR” by The Beatles - “Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC…” 5. “Jet Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band - “Riding along on this big old jet plane / I’ve been thinking about my home” 6. “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen - “Up in the sky, a man in a plane/ Baron von Richthofen was his name/ 80 men tried, and 80 men died/ Now, they’re buried together on the countryside” 7. “Treetop Flyer” - Stephen Stills - “People been asking me, ‘Where’d you learn to fly that way?’ Was over in Vietnam, chasin’ NVA.” 8. “The Biplane, Evermore” – The Irish Rovers – “Way out in London airport in hangar number four / A lonely little biplane lived whose name was Evermore …” 9. “Leaving on a Jet Plane”, John Denver (originally titled “Babe I Hate to Go”, but producer Milt Okun told him to change the title to the line from the chorus, which appears 4 times in the song) 10. “Jump Jet” - Ride, “And a jet could take me far, but I couldn’t escape this feeling, that I don’t know where I’m bound, if I did get away…” 11. “Mighty Wings” by Cheap Trick - “There’s a raging fire in the sky tonight / I wanna ride on the silver dove, far into the night…” ---
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**Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” 3. “I Believe” by the Not the Nine O’Clock News team - “I believe that pigs and even DC10s can fly” 4. “Back in the USSR” by The Beatles - “Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC…” 5. “Jet Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band - “Riding along on this big old jet plane / I’ve been thinking about my home” 6. “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen - “Up in the sky, a man in a plane/ Baron von Richthofen was his name/ 80 men tried, and 80 men died/ Now, they’re buried together on the countryside” 7. “Treetop Flyer” - Stephen Stills - “People been asking me, ‘Where’d you learn to fly that way?’ Was over in Vietnam, chasin’ NVA.” 8. “The Biplane, Evermore” – The Irish Rovers – “Way out in London airport in hangar number four / A lonely little biplane lived whose name was Evermore …” 9. “Leaving on a Jet Plane”, John Denver (originally titled “Babe I Hate to Go”, but producer Milt Okun told him to change the title to the line from the chorus, which appears 4 times in the song) 10. “Jump Jet” - Ride, “And a jet could take me far, but I couldn’t escape this feeling, that I don’t know where I’m bound, if I did get away…” 11. “Mighty Wings” by Cheap Trick - “There’s a raging fire in the sky tonight / I wanna ride on the silver dove, far into the night…” 12. “Daniel” by Elton John - “Daniel is traveling tonight on a plane/I can see the red taillights heading for Spain” ---
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**Songs that mention aircraft** 1. “Calling America” by the Electric Light Orchestra - “Somebody / Told her that there was a place like Heaven / ‘Cross the water on a 747…’" 2. “The Letter” by The Box Tops or Joe Cocker - “Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane / I ain’t got time to take no fast train …” 3. “I Believe” by the Not the Nine O’Clock News team - “I believe that pigs and even DC10s can fly” 4. “Back in the USSR” by The Beatles - “Flew in from Miami Beach, BOAC…” 5. “Jet Airliner” by the Steve Miller Band - “Riding along on this big old jet plane / I’ve been thinking about my home” 6. “Snoopy vs. The Red Baron” by the Royal Guardsmen - “Up in the sky, a man in a plane/ Baron von Richthofen was his name/ 80 men tried, and 80 men died/ Now, they’re buried together on the countryside” 7. “Treetop Flyer” - Stephen Stills - “People been asking me, ‘Where’d you learn to fly that way?’ Was over in Vietnam, chasin’ NVA.” 8. “The Biplane, Evermore” – The Irish Rovers – “Way out in London airport in hangar number four / A lonely little biplane lived whose name was Evermore …” 9. “Leaving on a Jet Plane”, John Denver (originally titled “Babe I Hate to Go”, but producer Milt Okun told him to change the title to the line from the chorus, which appears 4 times in the song) 10. “Jump Jet” - Ride, “And a jet could take me far, but I couldn’t escape this feeling, that I don’t know where I’m bound, if I did get away…” 11. “Mighty Wings” by Cheap Trick - “There’s a raging fire in the sky tonight / I wanna ride on the silver dove, far into the night…” 12. “Daniel” by Elton John - “Daniel is traveling tonight on a plane/I can see the red taillights heading for Spain” 13. “Night in the City” by ELO - “Seven-four-seven just left from gate 11 and there’s no turning ‘round ‘cause it’s just leaving the ground and getting higher (higher)” **At the Last Supper** 1. Judas ---
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