# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938>\
**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:** 426

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8504 "2022-02-08T17:56:20Z")

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**Real-Life Judges**

1. Judge Joseph Force Crater
2. Judge Roy Bean
3. Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes
4. Judge Lance Ito _(the judge in the O.J. Simpson trial)_
5. Judge Joseph Wapner
6. Judge Oswald Rothaug

Presided over Nazi ‘show trials’ and was the inspiration for the character Ernst Janning in _Judgment at Nuremberg_ .

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**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:** [February 8, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8505 "2022-02-08T18:05:39Z")

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**Real-Life Judges**

1. Judge Joseph Force Crater
2. Judge Roy Bean
3. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
4. Judge Lance Ito
5. Judge Joseph Wapner
6. Judge Oswald Rothaug
7. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

Chief Justice of the United States.

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**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:** [February 8, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8506 "2022-02-08T18:08:17Z")

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**Real-Life Judges**

1. Judge Joseph Force Crater
2. Judge Roy Bean
3. Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes
4. Judge Lance Ito _(the judge in the O.J. Simpson trial)_
5. Judge Joseph Wapner
6. Judge Oswald Rothaug
7. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
8. Judge Sarah Hughes

She’s the judge who swore in LBJ on Air Force One, a longtime friend of his.

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**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:** [February 8, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8507 "2022-02-08T18:19:37Z")

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**Real-Life Judges**

1. Judge Joseph Force Crater
2. Judge Roy Bean
3. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
4. Judge Lance Ito
5. Judge Joseph Wapner
6. Judge Oswald Rothaug
7. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
8. Judge Sarah Hughes
9. Baron Reed of Allermuir

President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and now the top British judge: [Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reed,_Baron_Reed_of_Allermuir)

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**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:** [February 8, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8508 "2022-02-08T19:55:11Z")

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**Real-Life Judges**

1. Judge Joseph Force Crater
2. Judge Roy Bean
3. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
4. Judge Lance Ito
5. Judge Joseph Wapner
6. Judge Oswald Rothaug
7. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
8. Judge Sarah Hughes
9. Baron Reed of Allermuir
10. Mike Judge

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8509 "2022-02-08T21:55:46Z")

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**Real-Life Judges**

1. Judge Joseph Force Crater
2. Judge Roy Bean
3. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
4. Judge Lance Ito
5. Judge Joseph Wapner
6. Judge Oswald Rothaug
7. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
8. Judge Sarah Hughes
9. Baron Reed of Allermuir
10. Mike Judge
11. Judge John Sirica

Presided over the trial of the Watergate burglars, and through his use of provisional sentencing – by which judges could give defendants a few months to ponder their sentence before it became final – was able to blow the lid off the coverup and expose the connections to Nixon’s re-election campaign committee… and eventually to Nixon himself.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [February 8, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8510 "2022-02-08T22:17:45Z")

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**Real-Life Judges**

1. Judge Joseph Force Crater
2. Judge Roy Bean
3. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
4. Judge Lance Ito
5. Judge Joseph Wapner
6. Judge Oswald Rothaug
7. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
8. Judge Sarah Hughes
9. Baron Reed of Allermuir
10. Mike Judge
11. Judge John Sirica
12. Judge Reinhold

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8511 "2022-02-09T01:29:04Z")

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**Real-Life Judges**

1. Judge Joseph Force Crater
2. Judge Roy Bean
3. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
4. Judge Lance Ito
5. Judge Joseph Wapner
6. Judge Oswald Rothaug
7. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
8. Judge Sarah Hughes
9. Baron Reed of Allermuir
10. Mike Judge
11. Judge John Sirica
12. Judge Reinhold
13. Judge Billings Learned Hand

**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8512 "2022-02-09T02:34:04Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason

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**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:** [February 9, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8513 "2022-02-09T03:01:06Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason
3. Matlock

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8514 "2022-02-09T05:44:02Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason
3. Matlock
4. Judd, for the Defense

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8515 "2022-02-09T07:38:45Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason
3. Matlock
4. Judd, for the Defense
5. Rake

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8516 "2022-02-09T12:18:13Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason
3. Matlock
4. Judd, for the Defense
5. Rake
6. The Defenders

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**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:** [February 9, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8517 "2022-02-09T13:34:35Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason
3. Matlock
4. Judd, for the Defense
5. Rake
6. The Defenders
7. Bull

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8518 "2022-02-09T14:04:35Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason
3. Matlock
4. Judd, for the Defense
5. Rake
6. The Defenders
7. Bull
8. L.A. Law

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8519 "2022-02-09T15:30:40Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason
3. Matlock
4. Judd, for the Defense
5. Rake
6. The Defenders
7. Bull
8. L.A. Law
9. Judging Amy

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**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:** [February 9, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8520 "2022-02-09T16:21:37Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason
3. Matlock
4. Judd, for the Defense
5. Rake
6. The Defenders
7. Bull
8. L.A. Law
9. Judging Amy
10. Law & Order

Can’t believe no one else did it first!

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**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:** [February 9, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8521 "2022-02-09T17:52:00Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason
3. Matlock
4. Judd, for the Defense
5. Rake
6. The Defenders
7. Bull
8. L.A. Law
9. Judging Amy
10. Law & Order
11. Boston Legal

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**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:** [February 9, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8522 "2022-02-09T18:38:15Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason
3. Matlock
4. Judd, for the Defense
5. Rake
6. The Defenders
7. Bull
8. L.A. Law
9. Judging Amy
10. Law & Order
11. Boston Legal
12. Harvey Birdman, Attorney-at-Law

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**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:** [February 10, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8523 "2022-02-10T14:37:28Z")

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**Television Series Involving a Courtroom**

1. Night Court
2. Perry Mason
3. Matlock
4. Judd, for the Defense
5. Rake
6. The Defenders
7. Bull
8. L.A. Law
9. Judging Amy
10. Law & Order
11. Boston Legal
12. Harvey Birdman, Attorney-at-Law
13. The Practice

They lost me when their early ads blared, “They hate lawyers, too.”

Pass.

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