# 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:** 1152
**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 22, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23024 "2014-02-22T21:52:10Z")
Good point about ol’ Marcel. Famous Circus Performers 1. Emmett Kelly 2. Tom Thumb 3. Kurt Wallenda ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23025 "2014-02-22T22:16:45Z")
Famous Circus Performers 1. Emmett Kelly 2. Tom Thumb 3. Kurt Wallenda 4. Frank “Cannonball” Richards Who, despite his nickname, was not shot out of a cannon. His act was being hit by, among other things, cannonballs. He was pictured on the cover of [Van Halen III](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Van_Halen_-_Van_Halen_III.jpg). ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23026 "2014-02-22T22:20:44Z")
Famous Circus Performers 1. Emmett Kelly 2. Tom Thumb 3. Kurt Wallenda 4. Frank “Cannonball” Richards 5. Clyde Beatty ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23027 "2014-02-22T22:40:03Z")
Famous Circus Performers 1. Emmett Kelly 2. Tom Thumb 3. Kurt Wallenda 4. Frank “Cannonball” Richards 5. Clyde Beatty 6. Jumbo ---
**Author:** ![WheatCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@WheatCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WheatCat)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23028 "2014-02-23T01:58:27Z")
Famous Circus Performers 1. Emmett Kelly 2. Tom Thumb 3. Kurt Wallenda 4. Frank “Cannonball” Richards 5. Clyde Beatty 6. Jumbo 7. Gunther Gebel-Williams ---
**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 23, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23029 "2014-02-23T02:42:42Z")
Famous Circus Performers 1. Emmett Kelly 2. Tom Thumb 3. Kurt Wallenda 4. Frank “Cannonball” Richards 5. Clyde Beatty 6. Jumbo 7. Gunther Gebel-Williams 8. Harry Houdini (He got his start with the Welsh Brothers Circus in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1895.) ---
**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 23, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23030 "2014-02-23T02:45:40Z")
Famous Circus Performers 1. Emmett Kelly 2. Tom Thumb 3. Kurt Wallenda 4. Frank “Cannonball” Richards 5. Clyde Beatty 6. Jumbo 7. Gunther Gebel-Williams 8. Harry Houdini 9. Martin Lacey ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23031 "2014-02-23T02:51:22Z")
Famous Circus Performers 1. Emmett Kelly 2. Tom Thumb 3. Kurt Wallenda 4. Frank “Cannonball” Richards 5. Clyde Beatty 6. Jumbo 7. Gunther Gebel-Williams 8. Harry Houdini 9. Martin Lacey 10. Jules Léotard (acrobat for whom a type of tights was named) ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23032 "2014-02-23T04:06:54Z")
Famous Circus Performers 1. Emmett Kelly 2. Tom Thumb 3. Kurt Wallenda 4. Frank “Cannonball” Richards 5. Clyde Beatty 6. Jumbo 7. Gunther Gebel-Williams 8. Harry Houdini 9. Martin Lacey 10. Jules Léotard (acrobat for whom a type of tights was named) 11. Jo-Jo the Dogface Boy ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23033 "2014-02-23T05:03:52Z")
Famous Circus Performers 1. Emmett Kelly 2. Tom Thumb 3. Kurt Wallenda 4. Frank “Cannonball” Richards 5. Clyde Beatty 6. Jumbo 7. Gunther Gebel-Williams 8. Harry Houdini 9. Martin Lacey 10. Jules Léotard (acrobat for whom a type of tights was named) 11. Jo-Jo the Dogface Boy 12. John Ringling ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23034 "2014-02-23T06:23:18Z")
Famous Circus Performers 1. Emmett Kelly 2. Tom Thumb 3. Kurt Wallenda 4. Frank “Cannonball” Richards 5. Clyde Beatty 6. Jumbo 7. Gunther Gebel-Williams 8. Harry Houdini 9. Martin Lacey 10. Jules Léotard (acrobat for whom a type of tights was named) 11. Jo-Jo the Dogface Boy 12. John Ringling 13. Mabel Stark Walter Matthau characters 1. Oscar Madison ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23035 "2014-02-23T06:25:31Z")
Walter Matthau characters 1. Oscar Madison 2. Coach Buttermaker ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23036 "2014-02-23T06:25:44Z")
Walter Matthau characters 1. Oscar Madison 2. Max Goldman ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23037 "2014-02-23T06:50:17Z")
Walter Matthau characters 1. Oscar Madison 2. Coach Buttermaker 3. Max Goldman 4. George Wilson ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23038 "2014-02-23T06:54:31Z")
Walter Matthau characters 1. Oscar Madison 2. Coach Buttermaker 3. Max Goldman 4. George Wilson 5. Stan Bodine ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23039 "2014-02-23T12:33:02Z")
Walter Matthau characters 1. Oscar Madison 2. Coach Buttermaker 3. Max Goldman 4. George Wilson 5. Stan Bodine 6. Willy Clark ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23040 "2014-02-23T12:38:54Z")
Walter Matthau characters 1. Oscar Madison 2. Coach Buttermaker 3. Max Goldman 4. George Wilson 5. Stan Bodine 6. Willy Clark 7. Charley Varrick ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23041 "2014-02-23T15:06:31Z")
Walter Matthau characters 1. Oscar Madison 2. Coach Buttermaker 3. Max Goldman 4. George Wilson 5. Stan Bodine 6. Willy Clark 7. Charley Varrick 8. Horace Vandergelder ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23042 "2014-02-23T16:00:15Z")
Walter Matthau characters 1. Oscar Madison 2. Coach Buttermaker 3. Max Goldman 4. George Wilson 5. Stan Bodine 6. Willy Clark 7. Charley Varrick 8. Horace Vandergelder 9. Lieutenant Zachary “Gesundheit” Garber (_ **The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3** _) ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23043 "2014-02-23T16:50:01Z")
Walter Matthau characters 1. Oscar Madison 2. Coach Buttermaker 3. Max Goldman 4. George Wilson 5. Stan Bodine 6. Willy Clark 7. Charley Varrick 8. Horace Vandergelder 9. Lieutenant Zachary “Gesundheit” Garber (_ **The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3** _) 10. Henry Graham Anyone who hasn’t watched _A New Leaf_ should do so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1153)