# Bakers Dozen

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22864 "2014-02-16T06:41:25Z")

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In honor of Valentine’s Day 2014, Your Plans for Your Loved One

1. Dinner and movie, maybe The Wolf of Wall Street. Dinner likely at Tomatina, Santa Clara.
2. Pizza and the Olympics. When my tax check comes, I’m buying her art supplies.
3. Some catnip in her kibble. =^.^=
4. The usual, champagne and wild women.
5. Nothing. After only 2 years together we decided never to go out on the 14th. We do it on the 16th.
6. Open that special folder for Ms. Rosie Palm…
7. An XOXO greeting card and a dozen red roses; maybe dinner out next week.
8. Fancy burgers, TV, and a bouquet of kittens!  
(actually he gave me that–he knows it’s way better than flowers)
9. He shovels, I salt. (Snow is a four letter word.)
10. We saw Gravity in 3D.
11. Dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant, then eating chocolate covered strawberries outside in the snow. Mmmmmmmmmmm…
12. The usual: dinner, show, return home, make love, only complicated by having to avoid all of the paparazzi determined to see this much older mystery guy Joseph Gordon Levitt is dating now.

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**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22865 "2014-02-16T13:30:09Z")

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In honor of Valentine’s Day 2014, Your Plans for Your Loved One

1. Dinner and movie, maybe The Wolf of Wall Street. Dinner likely at Tomatina, Santa Clara.
2. Pizza and the Olympics. When my tax check comes, I’m buying her art supplies.
3. Some catnip in her kibble. =^.^=
4. The usual, champagne and wild women.
5. Nothing. After only 2 years together we decided never to go out on the 14th. We do it on the 16th.
6. Open that special folder for Ms. Rosie Palm…
7. An XOXO greeting card and a dozen red roses; maybe dinner out next week.
8. Fancy burgers, TV, and a bouquet of kittens!  
(actually he gave me that–he knows it’s way better than flowers)
9. He shovels, I salt. (Snow is a four letter word.)
10. We saw Gravity in 3D.
11. Dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant, then eating chocolate covered strawberries outside in the snow. Mmmmmmmmmmm…
12. The usual: dinner, show, return home, make love, only complicated by having to avoid all of the paparazzi determined to see this much older mystery guy Joseph Gordon Levitt is dating now.
13. Mrs. B and I played Duplicate Bridge with friends, and kicked ass

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, **Beuhlah** (1950)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22866 "2014-02-16T13:52:30Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beuhlah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, _ **Hogans Heroes** _

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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 16, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22867 "2014-02-16T14:02:21Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beuhlah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, _Julia_(1968-1971)

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**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22868 "2014-02-16T14:54:09Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beuhlah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, Julia(1968-1971)
4. Bill Cosby, I Spy (1965-1968)

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22869 "2014-02-16T15:11:43Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beuhlah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, Julia(1968-1971)
4. Bill Cosby, I Spy (1965-1968)
5. Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek (1966-1969)

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22870 "2014-02-16T15:24:11Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beuhlah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, Julia(1968-1971)
4. Bill Cosby, I Spy (1965-1968)
5. Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek (1966-1969)
6. Billie Thomas, Our Gang (Little Rascals), 1934-1944

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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 16, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22871 "2014-02-16T15:25:13Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beuhlah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, Julia(1968-1971)
4. Bill Cosby, I Spy (1965-1968)
5. Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek (1966-1969)
6. Billie Thomas, Our Gang (Little Rascals), 1934-1944
7. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, The Jack Benny Program (1950-1965)

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**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22872 "2014-02-16T15:36:04Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beuhlah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, Julia(1968-1971)
4. Bill Cosby, I Spy (1965-1968)
5. Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek (1966-1969)
6. Billie Thomas, Our Gang (Little Rascals), 1934-1944
7. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, The Jack Benny Program (1950-1965)
8. Cicely Tyson, East Side, West Side (1963-64)

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22873 "2014-02-16T15:47:48Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beuhlah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, Julia(1968-1971)
4. Bill Cosby, I Spy (1965-1968)
5. Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek (1966-1969)
6. Billie Thomas, Our Gang (Little Rascals), 1934-1944
7. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, The Jack Benny Program (1950-1965)
8. Cicely Tyson, East Side, West Side (1963-64)
9. Greg Morris, _Mission Impossible_ (1966-1973)  
ETA: I played Greg Morris; my original play was Sammy Davis, Jr., _The Sammy Davis Jr Show_ (1966); but that’s not really a regular role.

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**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22874 "2014-02-16T15:56:28Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beuhlah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, Julia(1968-1971)
4. Bill Cosby, I Spy (1965-1968)
5. Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek (1966-1969)
6. Billie Thomas, Our Gang (Little Rascals), 1934-1944
7. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, The Jack Benny Program (1950-1965)
8. Cicely Tyson, East Side, West Side (1963-64)
9. Greg Morris, Mission Impossible (1966-1973)
10. Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Room 222 (1969-74)

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22875 "2014-02-16T16:20:16Z")

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No addition. Minor typo correction in first entry: Beulah, not Beuhlah.

In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beulah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, Julia(1968-1971)
4. Bill Cosby, I Spy (1965-1968)
5. Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek (1966-1969)
6. Billie Thomas, Our Gang (Little Rascals), 1934-1944
7. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, The Jack Benny Program (1950-1965)
8. Cicely Tyson, East Side, West Side (1963-64)
9. Greg Morris, Mission Impossible (1966-1973)
10. Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Room 222 (1969-74)

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22876 "2014-02-16T17:39:12Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beulah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, Julia(1968-1971)
4. Bill Cosby, I Spy (1965-1968)
5. Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek (1966-1969)
6. Billie Thomas, Our Gang (Little Rascals), 1934-1944
7. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, The Jack Benny Program (1950-1965)
8. Cicely Tyson, East Side, West Side (1963-64)
9. Greg Morris, Mission Impossible (1966-1973)
10. Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Room 222 (1969-74)
11. Clarence Williams III, The Mod Squad (1968-1973)

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**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:** [February 16, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22877 "2014-02-16T17:52:32Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beulah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, Julia(1968-1971)
4. Bill Cosby, I Spy (1965-1968)
5. Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek (1966-1969)
6. Billie Thomas, Our Gang (Little Rascals), 1934-1944
7. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, The Jack Benny Program (1950-1965)
8. Cicely Tyson, East Side, West Side (1963-64)
9. Greg Morris, Mission Impossible (1966-1973)
10. Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Room 222 (1969-74)
11. Clarence Williams III, The Mod Squad (1968-1973)
12. Otis Young, The Outcasts (1968-1969)

First black star on a TV western.

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**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22878 "2014-02-16T18:04:48Z")

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In honor of Black History month, African-American performers who had regular roles on American TV before 1970

1. Ethel Waters, Beulah (1950)
2. Ivan Dixon, Hogans Heroes
3. Diahann Carroll, Julia(1968-1971)
4. Bill Cosby, I Spy (1965-1968)
5. Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek (1966-1969)
6. Billie Thomas, Our Gang (Little Rascals), 1934-1944
7. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, The Jack Benny Program (1950-1965)
8. Cicely Tyson, East Side, West Side (1963-64)
9. Greg Morris, Mission Impossible (1966-1973)
10. Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, Room 222 (1969-74)
11. Clarence Williams III, The Mod Squad (1968-1973)
12. Otis Young, The Outcasts (1968-1969)
13. Leslie Uggams, The Leslie Uggams show (1969)

News events with their own media-supplied “catchy names”

1. Snowpocalypse

(not things like hurricane names–names that the media gave a particular event)

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**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22879 "2014-02-16T18:28:19Z")

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News events with their own media-supplied “catchy names”

1. Snowpocalypse
2. America held Hostage: Day xx (ABC’s name for the 1979-80 Iran crisis, which became **Nightline** )

(not things like hurricane names–names that the media gave a particular event)

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22880 "2014-02-16T18:37:07Z")

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News events with their own media-supplied “catchy names”

1. Snowpocalypse
2. America held Hostage: Day xx (ABC’s name for the 1979-80 Iran crisis, which became **Nightline** )
3. Thundersnow  
(not things like hurricane names–names that the media gave a particular event)

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22881 "2014-02-16T18:37:08Z")

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News events with their own media-supplied “catchy names”

1. Snowpocalypse
2. America held Hostage: Day xx (ABC’s name for the 1979-80 Iran crisis, which became **Nightline** )
3. Frankenstorm

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22882 "2014-02-16T18:38:07Z")

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News events with their own media-supplied “catchy names”

1. Snowpocalypse
2. America held Hostage: Day xx (ABC’s name for the 1979-80 Iran crisis, which became **Nightline** )
3. Frankenstorm
4. Thundersnow

(Fixed ninja’d.)

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**Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22883 "2014-02-16T18:46:57Z")

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News events with their own media-supplied “catchy names”

1. Snowpocalypse
2. America held Hostage: Day xx (ABC’s name for the 1979-80 Iran crisis, which became Nightline)
3. Frankenstorm
4. Thundersnow
5. The millions of -gate scandals inspired by Watergate

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