# 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:** 1191
**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:** [March 19, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23804 "2014-03-19T12:58:14Z")
TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family 4. 8 Simple Rules ---
**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:** [March 19, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23805 "2014-03-19T13:01:34Z")
TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family 4. 8 Simple Rules 5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23806 "2014-03-19T13:26:04Z")
TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family 4. 8 Simple Rules 5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6. Alice ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23807 "2014-03-19T14:34:18Z")
TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family 4. 8 Simple Rules 5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6. Alice 7. The Andy Griffith Show ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23808 "2014-03-19T14:37:17Z")
TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family 4. 8 Simple Rules 5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6. Alice 7. The Andy Griffith Show 8. Different Strokes ---
**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:** [March 19, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23809 "2014-03-19T14:43:03Z")
TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family 4. 8 Simple Rules 5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6. Alice 7. The Andy Griffith Show 8. Different Strokes 9. The Love Boat ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23810 "2014-03-19T14:43:19Z")
TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family 4. 8 Simple Rules 5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6. Alice 7. The Andy Griffith Show 8. Different Strokes 9. The Love Boat 10. Parenthood, the film (1989) and both incarnations (1990) and (2010-) I would argue that few shows are actually about single parent families but alot do contain them. ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23811 "2014-03-19T15:35:29Z")
TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family 4. 8 Simple Rules 5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6. Alice 7. The Andy Griffith Show 8. Different Strokes 9. The Love Boat 10. Parenthood, the film (1989) and both incarnations (1990) and (2010-) 11. One Day at a Time > [@Sparky812](#): > > I would argue that few shows are actually about single parent families but alot do contain them. I disagree, there at least a couple of dozen shows where the main theme is having to be both a mother AND father to kids. Single parenthood is a great situation for situation-comedy, since you have the kid(s) to write about, plus mom/dad gets to be put in romantic situations ---
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TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family 4. 8 Simple Rules 5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6. Alice 7. The Andy Griffith Show 8. Different Strokes 9. The Love Boat 10. Parenthood, the film (1989) and both incarnations (1990) and (2010-) 11. One Day at a Time 12. Gilmore Girls ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23813 "2014-03-19T15:38:32Z")
TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family 4. 8 Simple Rules 5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6. Alice 7. The Andy Griffith Show 8. Different Strokes 9. The Love Boat 10. Parenthood, the film (1989) and both incarnations (1990) and (2010-) 11. One Day at a Time 12. Gilmore Girls 13. Full House New topic: Movie/TV Characters Who Never (or Almost Never) Speak 14. Michael Myers, in _ **Halloween** _ horror series ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23814 "2014-03-19T15:40:04Z")
FIX… TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family 4. 8 Simple Rules 5. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 6. Alice 7. The Andy Griffith Show 8. Different Strokes 9. The Love Boat 10. Parenthood, the film (1989) and both incarnations (1990) and (2010-) 11. One Day at a Time 12. Gilmore Girls 13. Full House **Astorian** , your category… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23815 "2014-03-19T15:44:09Z")
Movie/TV Characters Who Never (or Almost Never) Speak 1. Michael Myers, in Halloween horror series 2. Silent Bob ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23816 "2014-03-19T16:23:33Z")
Movie/TV Characters Who Never (or Almost Never) Speak 1. Michael Myers, in Halloween horror series 2. Silent Bob 3. Lurch (Addams Family) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23817 "2014-03-19T16:30:29Z")
Movie/TV Characters Who Never (or Almost Never) Speak 1. Michael Myers, in Halloween horror series 2. Silent Bob 3. Lurch (Addams Family) 4. Snoopy ---
**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:** [March 19, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23818 "2014-03-19T16:46:33Z")
Movie/TV Characters Who Never (or Almost Never) Speak 1. Michael Myers, in Halloween horror series 2. Silent Bob 3. Lurch (Addams Family) 4. Snoopy 5. Clarabell the Clown (Howdy Doody Show) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23819 "2014-03-19T16:51:27Z")
Movie/TV Characters Who Never (or Almost Never) Speak 1. Michael Myers, in Halloween horror series 2. Silent Bob 3. Lurch (Addams Family) 4. Snoopy 5. Clarabell the Clown (Howdy Doody Show) 6. The Thing (Addams Family) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23820 "2014-03-19T16:58:01Z")
Movie/TV Characters Who Never (or Almost Never) Speak 1. Michael Myers, in Halloween horror series 2. Silent Bob 3. Lurch (Addams Family) 4. Snoopy 5. Clarabell the Clown (Howdy Doody Show) 6. Thing (Addams Family) 7. Larry’s brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl (Newhart) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23821 "2014-03-19T17:14:57Z")
Movie/TV Characters Who Never (or Almost Never) Speak 1. Michael Myers, in Halloween horror series 2. Silent Bob 3. Lurch (Addams Family) 4. Snoopy 5. Clarabell the Clown (Howdy Doody Show) 6. Thing (Addams Family) 7. Larry’s brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl (Newhart) 8. Any character played by Harpo Marx ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23822 "2014-03-19T17:24:26Z")
Movie/TV Characters Who Never (or Almost Never) Speak 1. Michael Myers, in Halloween horror series 2. Silent Bob 3. Lurch (Addams Family) 4. Snoopy 5. Clarabell the Clown (Howdy Doody Show) 6. Thing (Addams Family) 7. Larry’s brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl (Newhart) 8. Any character played by Harpo Marx 9. Chief in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23823 "2014-03-19T17:26:57Z")
Movie/TV Characters Who Never (or Almost Never) Speak 1. Michael Myers, in Halloween horror series 2. Silent Bob 3. Lurch (Addams Family) 4. Snoopy 5. Clarabell the Clown (Howdy Doody Show) 6. Thing (Addams Family) 7. Larry’s brother Darryl and his other brother Darryl (Newhart) 8. Any character played by Harpo Marx 9. Chief in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 10. Mr. Foley (“Remember Wenn”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1190) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1192)