# 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:** 1206
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24104 "2014-03-26T19:25:09Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Chris Farley - Matt Foley, motivational speaker One of my favorite odd stories: after Farley died, I read in the New York Times that “Father Matt Foley” would be saying Farley’s funeral Mass. I was sure that was a joke on someone’s part, but it wasn’t. In real life, Matt Foley was a buddy of Farley’s at Marquette University. Farley became an actor while Foley went to the seminary and became a priest. Later, Farley named his best-known character after his old Marquette classmate. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24105 "2014-03-26T19:44:11Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I believe he was a parody of a Yankee player imported from Central America, whose English wasn’t all that great and whose name escapes me just now I think it was Fernando Valenzuela. And I have no idea why I remember that, because I pretty much hate baseball. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 26, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24106 "2014-03-26T19:57:03Z")
“SNL” regulars and their signature character 1. Dana Carvey - Church Lady 2. Tim Kazurinsky - Dr. Jack Buttoffsky 3. Eddie Murphy - Buckwheat 4. Gilda Ratner - Emily Litella 5. Garrett Morris - Chico Escuela (“Bezball bin berry berry good to me.”) 6. Mike Myers - Dieter 7. Billy Crystal - Fernando 8. Don Novello - Father Guido Sarducci 9. John Belushi - Samurai Deli Owner/Tailor/Barber/etc etc etc 10. Chris Farley - Matt Foley, motivational speaker 11. Tracy Morgan - Brian Fellows 12. Al Franken - Stuart Smalley ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24107 "2014-03-26T19:59:28Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I think it was Fernando Valenzuela. And I have no idea why I remember that, because I pretty much hate baseball. 😃 It wasn’t Valenzuela. His rookie year was 1981. In '81, Garrett Morris was already off SNL. “SNL” regulars and their signature character 1. Dana Carvey - Church Lady 2. Tim Kazurinsky - Dr. Jack Buttoffsky 3. Eddie Murphy - Buckwheat 4. Gilda Ratner - Emily Litella 5. Garrett Morris - Chico Escuela (“Bezball bin berry berry good to me.”) 6. Mike Myers - Dieter 7. Billy Crystal - Fernando 8. Don Novello - Father Guido Sarducci 9. John Belushi - Samurai Deli Owner/Tailor/Barber/etc etc etc 10. Chris Farley - Matt Foley, motivational speaker 11. Tracy Morgan - Brian Fellows 12. Al Franken - Stuart Smalley 13. Jon Lovitz - Tommy Flanaygan I’ll pass – (already started category this a.m.) ---
**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 26, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24108 "2014-03-26T20:03:38Z")
19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould ---
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19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24110 "2014-03-26T20:16:56Z")
19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. J.P. Morgan ---
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_psst!_ 19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or **Morgan** 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. J.P. Morgan 4. Henry Clay Frick ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24112 "2014-03-26T20:19:16Z")
19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. J.P. Morgan 4. Henry Clay Frick 5. Jim Fisk ---
**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 26, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24113 "2014-03-26T21:02:53Z")
19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. J.P. Morgan 4. Henry Clay Frick 5. Jim Fisk 6. Collis Huntington ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24114 "2014-03-27T02:38:58Z")
19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. Henry Clay Frick 4. Jim Fisk 5. Collis Huntington 6. James Buchanan Duke ---
**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:** [March 27, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24115 "2014-03-27T02:41:39Z")
19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. Henry Clay Frick 4. Jim Fisk 5. Collis Huntington 6. James Buchanan Duke 7. Charles Crocker ---
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19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. Henry Clay Frick 4. Jim Fisk 5. Collis Huntington 6. James Buchanan Duke 7. Charles Crocker 8. Leland Stanford ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24117 "2014-03-27T05:36:41Z")
19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. Henry Clay Frick 4. Jim Fisk 5. Collis Huntington 6. James Buchanan Duke 7. Charles Crocker 8. Leland Stanford 9. Mark Hopkins ---
**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:** [March 27, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24118 "2014-03-27T05:47:04Z")
19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. Henry Clay Frick 4. Jim Fisk 5. Collis Huntington 6. James Buchanan Duke 7. Charles Crocker 8. Leland Stanford 9. Mark Hopkins 10. Charles M. Schwab The steel magnate. No relation to Charles R. Schwab, the stockbroker guy. ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24119 "2014-03-27T09:58:39Z")
19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. Henry Clay Frick 4. Jim Fisk 5. Collis Huntington 6. James Buchanan Duke 7. Charles Crocker 8. Leland Stanford 9. Mark Hopkins 10. Charles M. Schwab 11. Daniel Drew Cohort of Gould and Fisk ---
**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:** [March 27, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24120 "2014-03-27T10:31:35Z")
19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. Henry Clay Frick 4. Jim Fisk 5. Collis Huntington 6. James Buchanan Duke 7. Charles Crocker 8. Leland Stanford 9. Mark Hopkins 10. Charles M. Schwab 11. Daniel Drew 12. John Jacob Astor ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24121 "2014-03-27T11:04:29Z")
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24122 "2014-03-27T11:14:04Z")
19th-Century “Robber Barons” not named Carnegie, Rockefeller, or Morgan 1. Jay Gould 2. Cornelius Vanderbilt 3. Henry Clay Frick 4. Jim Fisk 5. Collis Huntington 6. James Buchanan Duke 7. Charles Crocker 8. Leland Stanford 9. Mark Hopkins 10. Charles M. Schwab 11. Daniel Drew 12. John Jacob Astor 13. Russell Sage (My Junior High School!) Movies in which discovered writing is crucial or significant 1. The Shining ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24123 "2014-03-27T11:15:39Z")
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