# 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:** 1217
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24324 "2014-03-30T17:06:29Z")
I remembered my idea - but I have nothing to add to this one. ::sits back and waits:: ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24325 "2014-03-30T17:15:52Z")
People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Bill Walsh 4. Ronald Reagan He was 70 when he became president. I don’t think he would have been remembered much for his acting career. ---
**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 30, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24326 "2014-03-30T17:30:37Z")
People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Bill Walsh 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Alan Rickman He didn’t get his first movie role until he was 46. ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24327 "2014-03-30T17:43:15Z")
People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Bill Walsh 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Alan Rickman 6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders Sanders was in his 40s when he got into the restaurant biz; in his 60’s when he started the KFC franchise. ---
**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 30, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24328 "2014-03-30T18:02:29Z")
People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Bill Walsh 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Alan Rickman 6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders 7. John Houseman Spend most of his career in show business working behind the camera as a producer, director, and writer. His appearance in _The Paper Chase_ at the age of 71 was his first real acting role. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24329 "2014-03-30T18:33:13Z")
People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Bill Walsh 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Alan Rickman 6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders 7. John Houseman 8. Julia Child Didn’t even learn to cook until she was almost 40; didn’t start her famous TV show until she was 50. ---
**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 30, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24330 "2014-03-30T19:59:20Z")
People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Bill Walsh 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Alan Rickman 6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders 7. John Houseman 8. Julia Child 9. Helen Hooven Santmyer ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24331 "2014-03-30T20:06:33Z")
People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Bill Walsh 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Alan Rickman 6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders 7. John Houseman 8. Julia Child 9. Helen Hooven Santmyer 10. Milly Cooper Cooper didn’t become a call-girl until she was in her 40s. As of 2011, she was still “receiving” gentleman at the age of 96. I guess that would make her the world’s oldest practitioner of the world’s oldest prefession. ---
**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 30, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24332 "2014-03-30T20:34:40Z")
People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Bill Walsh 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Alan Rickman 6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders 7. John Houseman 8. Julia Child 9. Helen Hooven Santmyer 10. Milly Cooper 11. Rabbi Akiva Rabbi Akiva entered yeshiva, they say, at age 40. You heard of the Talmud? Why the Song of Songs is part of the Bible? Yeah, that guy, he kinda started both. ETA: who’s Santmyer? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24333 "2014-03-30T21:05:32Z")
Helen Santmyer published _…And Ladies of the Club_, her best-selling debut novel, at age 88. She’s actually who I was thinking of when I picked this category. ---
**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 30, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24334 "2014-03-30T21:56:25Z")
People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Bill Walsh 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Alan Rickman 6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders 7. John Houseman 8. Julia Child 9. Helen Hooven Santmyer 10. Milly Cooper 11. Rabbi Akiva 12. Joshua Millner British Olympian who won a gold medal, 1000 yard Free Rifle, at the age of 61. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24335 "2014-03-30T22:26:05Z")
People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Bill Walsh 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Alan Rickman 6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders 7. John Houseman 8. Julia Child 9. Helen Hooven Santmyer 10. Milly Cooper 11. Rabbi Akiva 12. Joshua Millner 13. Clara Peller The “Where’s the Beef?” lady got her first acting job at age 80 New category Catch phrases [movie quotes] that have gotten out of hand 1. Show me the money! ---
**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 30, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24336 "2014-03-30T22:27:09Z")
nm ---
**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 30, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24337 "2014-03-30T22:27:47Z")
People who got into the field of endeavor that made them famous late in life 1. Frank McCourt 2. Grandma Moses 3. Bill Walsh 4. Ronald Reagan 5. Alan Rickman 6. “Colonel” Harlan Sanders 7. John Houseman 8. Julia Child 9. Helen Hooven Santmyer 10. Milly Cooper 11. Rabbi Akiva 12. Joshua Millner 13. King William IV (started job in 1830, age 64. Oldest yet. Go Bess!) Films that were really about your father: 1. The Man Who Would Be King ---
**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 30, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24338 "2014-03-30T22:28:52Z")
::let’s you and me jump him next time:: ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24339 "2014-03-30T22:31:26Z")
Catch phrases [movie quotes] that have gotten out of hand 1. Show me the money! 2. Houston, we have a problem. ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24340 "2014-03-30T23:03:34Z")
1. Show me the money! 2. Houston, we have a problem. 3. Something tells me we’re not in Kansas any more. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24341 "2014-03-30T23:09:19Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > ::let’s you and me jump him next time:: who you callin’ “him”? :dubious: ---
**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 30, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24342 "2014-03-30T23:12:15Z")
Catch phrases [movie quotes] that have gotten out of hand 1. Show me the money! 2. Houston, we have a problem. 3. Something tells me we’re not in Kansas any more. 4. You had me at hello. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24343 "2014-03-30T23:31:55Z")
Catch phrases [movie quotes] that have gotten out of hand 1. Show me the money! 2. Houston, we have a problem. 3. Something tells me we’re not in Kansas any more. 4. You had me at hello. 5. Life is like a box of chocolates. “Houston, we have a problem” was famous way before the movie Apollo 13. The real quote was actually “Houston we’ve had a problem.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1218)