# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1068
**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:** [December 8, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21344 "2013-12-08T15:57:25Z")
Movie characters with dumb names 1. Spurgeon Tanner (Robert Duvall), “Deep Impact” 2. Dink Heimowitz (Bruce Willis) “Lay the Favorite” 3. Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood), “Every Which Way But Loose” 4. Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever 5. Cuthbert J. Twillie (W. C. Fields), “My Little Chickadee” 6. any Sean Connery era Bond-girl. 7. President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) “Dr. Strangelove” (0r virtually any other character name in that movie.) 8. Pootie Tang 9. Gay Langland (Clark Gable), “The Misfits” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21345 "2013-12-08T16:12:36Z")
Movie characters with dumb names 1. Spurgeon Tanner (Robert Duvall), “Deep Impact” 2. Dink Heimowitz (Bruce Willis) “Lay the Favorite” 3. Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood), “Every Which Way But Loose” 4. Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever 5. Cuthbert J. Twillie (W. C. Fields), “My Little Chickadee” 6. any Sean Connery era Bond-girl. 7. President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) “Dr. Strangelove” (0r virtually any other character name in that movie.) 8. Pootie Tang 9. Gay Langland (Clark Gable), “The Misfits” 10. Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder), “Napoleon Dynamite” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21346 "2013-12-08T16:46:05Z")
Movie characters with dumb names 1. Spurgeon Tanner (Robert Duvall), “Deep Impact” 2. Dink Heimowitz (Bruce Willis) “Lay the Favorite” 3. Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood), “Every Which Way But Loose” 4. Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever 5. Cuthbert J. Twillie (W. C. Fields), “My Little Chickadee” 6. any Sean Connery era Bond-girl. 7. President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) “Dr. Strangelove” (0r virtually any other character name in that movie.) 8. Pootie Tang 9. Gay Langland (Clark Gable), “The Misfits” 10. Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder), “Napoleon Dynamite” 11. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) “The Man with Two Brains” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21347 "2013-12-08T20:23:40Z")
Movie characters with dumb names 1. Spurgeon Tanner (Robert Duvall), “Deep Impact” 2. Dink Heimowitz (Bruce Willis) “Lay the Favorite” 3. Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood), “Every Which Way But Loose” 4. Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever 5. Cuthbert J. Twillie (W. C. Fields), “My Little Chickadee” 6. any Sean Connery era Bond-girl. 7. President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) “Dr. Strangelove” (0r virtually any other character name in that movie.) 8. Pootie Tang 9. Gay Langland (Clark Gable), “The Misfits” 10. Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder), “Napoleon Dynamite” 11. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) “The Man with Two Brains” 12. Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) in \*\*\*Duck Soup \*\*\* ---
**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:** [December 8, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21348 "2013-12-08T20:33:58Z")
Movie characters with dumb names 1. Spurgeon Tanner (Robert Duvall), “Deep Impact” 2. Dink Heimowitz (Bruce Willis) “Lay the Favorite” 3. Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood), “Every Which Way But Loose” 4. Flipper Purify (Wesley Snipes) in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever 5. Cuthbert J. Twillie (W. C. Fields), “My Little Chickadee” 6. any Sean Connery era Bond-girl. 7. President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) “Dr. Strangelove” (0r virtually any other character name in that movie.) 8. Pootie Tang (Lance Crouther), “Pootie Tang” 9. Gay Langland (Clark Gable), “The Misfits” 10. Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder), “Napoleon Dynamite” 11. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) “The Man with Two Brains” 12. Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) in “Duck Soup” 13. Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin), “The Jerk” I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21349 "2013-12-08T20:52:24Z")
It’s Sammy Davis, Jr.'s birthday! New! 13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21350 "2013-12-08T21:10:03Z")
It’s Sammy Davis, Jr.'s birthday! New! 13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 Davis, Martin, Sinatra, and Shirley MacLaine, none of whom could do a thing to save it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21351 "2013-12-08T21:19:51Z")
New! 13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21352 "2013-12-08T21:29:56Z")
13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21353 "2013-12-08T21:42:36Z")
13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 5. Airport ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21354 "2013-12-08T21:43:16Z")
13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 5. From Here to Eternity ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21355 "2013-12-08T22:15:30Z")
13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 5. From Here to Eternity 6. A Hole in the Head Mainly remembered for the song _High Hopes_, which became a Rat Pack staple. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21356 "2013-12-08T22:33:17Z")
13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 5. From Here to Eternity 6. A Hole in the Head 7. Sergeants 3 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21357 "2013-12-08T22:59:08Z")
13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 5. From Here to Eternity 6. A Hole in the Head 7. Sergeants 3 8. _ **Airport** _ (Dean Martin was the pilot) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21358 "2013-12-08T23:48:01Z")
13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 5. From Here to Eternity 6. A Hole in the Head 7. Sergeants 3 8. Airport (Dean Martin was the pilot) 9. Guys And Dolls ---
**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:** [December 8, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21359 "2013-12-08T23:56:02Z")
13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 5. From Here to Eternity 6. A Hole in the Head 7. Sergeants 3 8. Airport (Dean Martin was the pilot) 9. Guys And Dolls 10. Bells Are Ringing ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21360 "2013-12-09T00:37:04Z")
13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 5. From Here to Eternity 6. A Hole in the Head 7. Sergeants 3 8. Airport (Dean Martin was the pilot) 9. Guys And Dolls 10. Bells Are Ringing 11. 4 for Texas Co-starring Charles Bronson and the Three Stooges. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21361 "2013-12-09T01:40:30Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. > > 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods > 2. Cannonball Run 2 > 3. Salt and Pepper > 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) > 5. From Here to Eternity > 6. A Hole in the Head > 7. Sergeants 3 > 8. _ **Airport** _ (Dean Martin was the pilot) Thank you for adding that back in, astorian. I have no idea why it was deleted after I added it to the list. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21362 "2013-12-09T01:51:15Z")
13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 5. From Here to Eternity 6. A Hole in the Head 7. Sergeants 3 8. Airport (Dean Martin was the pilot) 9. Guys And Dolls 10. Bells Are Ringing 11. 4 for Texas 12. On The Town ---
**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:** [December 9, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21363 "2013-12-09T02:00:23Z")
13 Movies starring one or more of the Rat Pack. 1. Robin and the Seven Hoods 2. Cannonball Run 2 3. Salt and Pepper 4. Ocean’s 11 (1960) 5. From Here to Eternity 6. A Hole in the Head 7. Sergeants 3 8. Airport 9. Guys And Dolls 10. Bells Are Ringing 11. 4 for Texas 12. On The Town 13. The Man with the Golden Arm Next category: Things that shouldn’t appear on holiday cards 1. nipples “Hey, Nips!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1067) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1069)