# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 280
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5584 "2021-04-25T01:32:44Z")
**Noted Academy Award snubs:** 1. 1942 - _Citizen Kane_ loses Best Picture to _How Green Was My Valley_ 2. 1999 - _Saving Private Ryan_ loses Best Picture to _Shakespeare in Love_ 3. 1991 - _Goodfellas_ loses Best Picture to _Dances With Wolves_ 4. 1991 - Barbra Streisand isn’t even nominated for directing _The Prince of Tides_ (the movie that apparently directed itself). 5. 1985- _The Color Purple_ won 11 Oscars, but Stephen Spielberg wasn’t even nominated for Best Director. 6. 1995 - _The Shawshank Redemption_ won 0 awards 7. Lifetime - Alfred Hitchcock never won Best Director. 8. 1969 - _2001: A Space Odyssey_ isn’t even nominated for Best Picture. ---
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**Noted Academy Award snubs:** 1. 1942 - _Citizen Kane_ loses Best Picture to _How Green Was My Valley_ 2. 1999 - _Saving Private Ryan_ loses Best Picture to _Shakespeare in Love_ 3. 1991 - _Goodfellas_ loses Best Picture to _Dances With Wolves_ 4. 1991 - Barbra Streisand isn’t even nominated for directing _The Prince of Tides_ (the movie that apparently directed itself). 5. 1985- _The Color Purple_ won 11 Oscars, but Stephen Spielberg wasn’t even nominated for Best Director. 6. 1995 - _The Shawshank Redemption_ won 0 awards 7. Lifetime - Alfred Hitchcock never won Best Director. 8. 1969 - _2001: A Space Odyssey_ isn’t even nominated for Best Picture. 9. 1983 to 2019: Glenn Close, nominated 7 times for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, never won. Nominated again this year; maybe she’ll be snubbed again? ---
**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:** [April 25, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5586 "2021-04-25T17:43:29Z")
**Noted Academy Award snubs:** 1. 1942 - _Citizen Kane_ loses Best Picture to _How Green Was My Valley_ 2. 1999 - _Saving Private Ryan_ loses Best Picture to _Shakespeare in Love_ 3. 1991 - _Goodfellas_ loses Best Picture to _Dances With Wolves_ 4. 1991 - Barbra Streisand isn’t even nominated for directing _The Prince of Tides_ (the movie that apparently directed itself). 5. 1985- _The Color Purple_ won 11 Oscars, but Stephen Spielberg wasn’t even nominated for Best Director. 6. 1995 - _The Shawshank Redemption_ won 0 awards 7. Lifetime - Alfred Hitchcock never won Best Director. 8. 1969 - _2001: A Space Odyssey_ isn’t even nominated for Best Picture. 9. 1983 to 2019: Glenn Close, nominated 7 times for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, never won. Nominated again this year; maybe she’ll be snubbed again? 10. 2011: Bradley Cooper isn’t even nominated for Best Actor in _Limitless_ For an amazing performance, convincingly playing a character who goes from being a schlub of a struggling writer, to a hotshot investment wiz, to a junkie in withdrawal, to a U.S. Senate candidate. A great movie, and he’s great in it. ---
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**Noted Academy Award snubs:** 1. 1942 - _Citizen Kane_ loses Best Picture to _How Green Was My Valley_ 2. 1999 - _Saving Private Ryan_ loses Best Picture to _Shakespeare in Love_ 3. 1991 - _Goodfellas_ loses Best Picture to _Dances With Wolves_ 4. 1991 - Barbra Streisand isn’t even nominated for directing _The Prince of Tides_ (the movie that apparently directed itself). 5. 1985- _The Color Purple_ won 11 Oscars, but Stephen Spielberg wasn’t even nominated for Best Director. 6. 1995 - _The Shawshank Redemption_ won 0 awards 7. Lifetime - Alfred Hitchcock never won Best Director. 8. 1969 - _2001: A Space Odyssey_ isn’t even nominated for Best Picture. 9. 1983 to 2019: Glenn Close, nominated 7 times for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, never won. Nominated again this year; maybe she’ll be snubbed again? 10. 2011: Bradley Cooper isn’t even nominated for Best Actor in _Limitless_ 11. 2006 - _Brokeback Mountain_ loses best picture in favor of _Crash_. Racism is bad, mmkay? ---
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> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > Actually, Mark Twain published TWO sequels to _‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’_ . > > The first was _‘Tom Sawyer Abroad’_ (1894). In that story, generally acknowledged to be a parody of adventure stories like those of Jules Verne, Tom, Huck, and Jim travel to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon, where they survive encounters with lions, robbers, and fleas to see some of the world’s greatest wonders, including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. > > The other was _‘Tom Sawyer, Detective’_ , published two years later. In that one, Tom and Huck solve the mystery of a lost twin and missing diamonds. Incidentally, it is this incarnation of Tom Sawyer that makes an appearance in the 2003 film, _‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’,_ as an employee of the US Secret Service and _(in the novelization of the film)_ makes reference to the fact that he once worked as a detective. > > Although since _‘Huckleberry Finn’_ was itself a sequel to _‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’_ , it can just as easily be argued that these were in fact a second and third sequel to the original novel. _Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians_ – started by Mark Twain, finished by Lee Nelson. (If you haven’t read it yet, don’t bother.) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5589 "2021-04-26T02:58:08Z")
**Noted Academy Award snubs:** 1. 1942 - _Citizen Kane_ loses Best Picture to _How Green Was My Valley_ 2. 1999 - _Saving Private Ryan_ loses Best Picture to _Shakespeare in Love_ 3. 1991 - _Goodfellas_ loses Best Picture to _Dances With Wolves_ 4. 1991 - Barbra Streisand isn’t even nominated for directing _The Prince of Tides_ (the movie that apparently directed itself). 5. 1985- _The Color Purple_ won 11 Oscars, but Stephen Spielberg wasn’t even nominated for Best Director. 6. 1995 - _The Shawshank Redemption_ won 0 awards 7. Lifetime - Alfred Hitchcock never won Best Director. 8. 1969 - _2001: A Space Odyssey_ isn’t even nominated for Best Picture. 9. 1983 to 2019: Glenn Close, nominated 7 times for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, never won. Nominated again this year; maybe she’ll be snubbed again? 10. 2011: Bradley Cooper isn’t even nominated for Best Actor in _Limitless_ 11. 2006 - _Brokeback Mountain_ loses best picture in favor of _Crash_ . 12. 1963 to 2007 - Peter O’Toole, nominated for Best Actor 8 times and never won. And Glenn Close was snubbed again. ---
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> [@gkster](#): > > And Glenn Close was snubbed again. She may never have won, but at least she was always Close. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5591 "2021-04-26T12:10:41Z")
**Noted Academy Award snubs:** 1. 1942 - _Citizen Kane_ loses Best Picture to _How Green Was My Valley_ 2. 1999 - _Saving Private Ryan_ loses Best Picture to _Shakespeare in Love_ 3. 1991 - _Goodfellas_ loses Best Picture to _Dances With Wolves_ 4. 1991 - Barbra Streisand isn’t even nominated for directing _The Prince of Tides_ (the movie that apparently directed itself). 5. 1985- _The Color Purple_ won 11 Oscars, but Stephen Spielberg wasn’t even nominated for Best Director. 6. 1995 - _The Shawshank Redemption_ won 0 awards 7. Lifetime - Alfred Hitchcock never won Best Director. 8. 1969 - _2001: A Space Odyssey_ isn’t even nominated for Best Picture. 9. 1983 to 2019: Glenn Close, nominated 7 times for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, never won. Nominated again this year; maybe she’ll be snubbed again? 10. 2011: Bradley Cooper isn’t even nominated for Best Actor in _Limitless_ 11. 2006 - _Brokeback Mountain_ loses best picture in favor of _Crash_ . 12. 1963 to 2007 - Peter O’Toole, nominated for Best Actor 8 times and never won. 13. Lifetime - Spike Lee has never won for Best Director. **Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra ---
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**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assembly-A-Aarvark ---
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**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assembly-A-Aarvark 3. Create-A-Cow ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5594 "2021-04-26T13:45:16Z")
**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assembly-A-Aarvark 3. Create-A-Cow 4. Structure-A-Stork ---
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**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assembly-A-Aarvark 3. Create-A-Cow 4. Structure-A-Stork 5. Construct-A-Constrictor ---
**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:** [April 26, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5596 "2021-04-26T14:03:30Z")
**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assemble-An-Aardvark 3. Create-A-Cow 4. Structure-A-Stork 5. Construct-A-Constrictor 6. Develop-A-Deer I hope my spelling corrections for #2 are all right. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5597 "2021-04-26T14:06:04Z")
**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assemble-An-Aardvark 3. Create-A-Cow 4. Structure-A-Stork 5. Construct-A-Constrictor 6. Develop-A-Deer 7. Hatch-A-Hagfish I don’t know why this didn’t work, kids love playing with slime. ---
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**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assemble-An-Aardvark 3. Create-A-Cow 4. Structure-A-Stork 5. Construct-A-Constrictor 6. Develop-A-Deer 7. Hatch-A-Hagfish 8. Whip-Up-A-Whippet ---
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**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assemble-An-Aardvark 3. Create-A-Cow 4. Structure-A-Stork 5. Construct-A-Constrictor 6. Develop-A-Deer 7. Hatch-A-Hagfish 8. Whip-Up-A-Whippet 9. Slap-Together-A-Sturgeon ---
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**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assemble-An-Aardvark 3. Create-A-Cow 4. Structure-A-Stork 5. Construct-A-Constrictor 6. Develop-A-Deer 7. Hatch-A-Hagfish 8. Whip-Up-A-Whippet 9. Slap-Together-A-Sturgeon 10. Make-A-Manta ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5601 "2021-04-26T14:35:06Z")
**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assemble-An-Aardvark 3. Create-A-Cow 4. Structure-A-Stork 5. Construct-A-Constrictor 6. Develop-A-Deer 7. Hatch-A-Hagfish 8. Whip-Up-A-Whippet 9. Slap-Together-A-Sturgeon 10. Make-A-Manta 11. Grow-A-Gorilla ---
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**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assemble-An-Aardvark 3. Create-A-Cow 4. Structure-A-Stork 5. Construct-A-Constrictor 6. Develop-A-Deer 7. Hatch-A-Hagfish 8. Whip-Up-A-Whippet 9. Slap-Together-A-Sturgeon 10. Make-A-Manta 11. Grow-A-Gorilla 12. Adopt-An-Alligator ---
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**Build-A-Bear Imitators Who Never Made It** (reality is optional) 1. Zip-A-Zebra 2. Assemble-An-Aardvark 3. Create-A-Cow 4. Structure-A-Stork 5. Construct-A-Constrictor 6. Develop-A-Deer 7. Hatch-A-Hagfish 8. Whip-Up-A-Whippet 9. Slap-Together-A-Sturgeon 10. Make-A-Manta 11. Grow-A-Gorilla 12. Adopt-An-Alligator 13. Stuff-A-Stoat Pass [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=279) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=281)