# 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:** 1292
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25824 "2014-05-19T10:00:39Z")
Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in JFK 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in Argo 3. Robin (Alia Shawkat) in The Runaways 4. Lieutenant Tom Garth (Edward Albert) in Midway 5. Amos the mouse in Ben and Me 6. Frank Stokes (George Clooney) in Monuments Men 7. Basically everyone in Schindler’s List besides the three main characters 8. Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in Moneyball 9. Congressman Josiah “Beanpole” Burton of Jeff. City, MO in Lincoln 10. Aram Nicholas (Roger Rees) in _Star 80_ and David Palmer (Robert Reed) in _Death of a Centerfold_ Peter Bogdanovich refused to sign over rights to his story so the two movies about Dorothy Stratten’s murder replaced him with a fictional character. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25825 "2014-05-19T11:18:15Z")
Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in JFK 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in Argo 3. Robin (Alia Shawkat) in The Runaways 4. Lieutenant Tom Garth (Edward Albert) in Midway 5. Amos the mouse in Ben and Me 6. Frank Stokes (George Clooney) in Monuments Men 7. Basically everyone in Schindler’s List besides the three main characters 8. Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in Moneyball 9. Congressman Josiah “Beanpole” Burton of Jeff. City, MO in Lincoln 10. Aram Nicholas (Roger Rees) in Star 80 and David Palmer (Robert Reed) in Death of a Centerfold 11. Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) in Titanic ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25826 "2014-05-19T13:32:48Z")
Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in JFK 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in Argo 3. Robin (Alia Shawkat) in The Runaways 4. Lieutenant Tom Garth (Edward Albert) in Midway 5. Amos the mouse in Ben and Me 6. Frank Stokes (George Clooney) in Monuments Men 7. Basically everyone in Schindler’s List besides the three main characters 8. Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in Moneyball 9. Congressman Josiah “Beanpole” Burton of Jeff. City, MO in Lincoln 10. Aram Nicholas (Roger Rees) in Star 80 and David Palmer (Robert Reed) in Death of a Centerfold 11. Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) in Titanic 12. John Falstaff in Henry IV ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25827 "2014-05-19T13:45:24Z")
Made-up characters in movies that are supposedly based on true events 1. Willie O’Keefe (Kevin Bacon) in JFK 2. Lester Siegel (Alan Arkin) in Argo 3. Robin (Alia Shawkat) in The Runaways 4. Lieutenant Tom Garth (Edward Albert) in Midway 5. Amos the mouse in Ben and Me 6. Frank Stokes (George Clooney) in Monuments Men 7. Basically everyone in Schindler’s List besides the three main characters 8. Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) in Moneyball 9. Congressman Josiah “Beanpole” Burton of Jeff. City, MO in Lincoln 10. Aram Nicholas (Roger Rees) in Star 80 and David Palmer (Robert Reed) in Death of a Centerfold 11. Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) in Titanic 12. John Falstaff in Henry IV 13. Isabella of France (Sophie Marceau) in Braveheart _(sure she was a real person, but completely fictionalized for the film in all but name.)_ Next: **People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn** 1. Otis Spunkmeyer ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25828 "2014-05-19T13:47:27Z")
Next: People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25829 "2014-05-19T13:49:04Z")
People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle 3. Peterbilt ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25830 "2014-05-19T14:09:38Z")
People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle 3. Peterbilt 4. Percy Sledge ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25831 "2014-05-19T14:23:00Z")
People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle 3. Peterbilt 4. Percy Sledge 5. Schwing _Even better is that they are a concrete pump manufacturer._ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25832 "2014-05-19T14:41:18Z")
People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle 3. Peterbilt 4. Percy Sledge 5. Schwing 6. William Hung ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25833 "2014-05-19T14:56:48Z")
People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle 3. Peterbilt 4. Percy Sledge 5. Schwing 6. William Hung 7. Ridgid Tools Not porn, but they issue annual cheesecake calendars which hang in many a garage: [https://www.ridgid.com/](https://www.ridgid.com/) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25834 "2014-05-19T16:22:42Z")
People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle 3. Peterbilt 4. Percy Sledge 5. Schwing 6. William Hung 7. Ridgid Tools 8. Brandy Loving (real name of my son’s pediatric dentist!) ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25835 "2014-05-19T16:28:01Z")
People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle 3. Peterbilt 4. Percy Sledge 5. Schwing 6. William Hung 7. Ridgid Tools 8. Brandy Loving 9. Silver Anne Gold A girl my wife once tutored. I kid you not. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25836 "2014-05-19T16:28:43Z")
People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle 3. Peterbilt 4. Percy Sledge 5. Schwing 6. William Hung 7. Ridgid Tools 8. Brandy Loving (real name of my son’s pediatric dentist!) 9. Silver Anne Gold 10. John Shaft (shut yo mouth!) _Wow, Silver Anne Gold. Future stripper for sure._ :smack: ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25837 "2014-05-19T19:11:56Z")
People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle 3. Peterbilt 4. Percy Sledge 5. Schwing 6. William Hung 7. Ridgid Tools 8. Brandy Loving (real name of my son’s pediatric dentist!) 9. Silver Anne Gold 10. John Shaft (shut yo mouth!) 11. Baseball player Peter Lacock ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25838 "2014-05-19T19:13:58Z")
People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle 3. Peterbilt 4. Percy Sledge 5. Schwing 6. William Hung 7. Ridgid Tools 8. Brandy Loving (real name of my son’s pediatric dentist!) 9. Silver Anne Gold 10. John Shaft (shut yo mouth!) 11. Baseball player Peter Lacock 12. Dick Smothers ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25839 "2014-05-19T19:23:50Z")
People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn 1. Otis Spunkmeyer 2. Dick Trickle 3. Peterbilt 4. Percy Sledge 5. Schwing 6. William Hung 7. Ridgid Tools 8. Brandy Loving (real name of my son’s pediatric dentist!) 9. Silver Anne Gold 10. John Shaft (shut yo mouth!) 11. Baseball player Peter Lacock 12. Dick Smothers 13. Magic Johnson A person who became so famous so quickly that nobody realized the porn implications of his name until 1983. 😉 ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25840 "2014-05-19T19:27:17Z")
New Topic: Types of advertising 1. Door hangers ---
**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:** [May 19, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25841 "2014-05-19T19:38:09Z")
Types of advertising 1. Door hangers 2. Skywriting ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25842 "2014-05-19T19:38:09Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > People or companies that completely missed their calling by not going into porn > > 1. Otis Spunkmeyer > 2. Dick Trickle > 3. Peterbilt > 4. Percy Sledge > 5. Schwing > 6. William Hung > 7. Ridgid Tools > 8. Brandy Loving (real name of my son’s pediatric dentist!) > 9. Silver Anne Gold > 10. John Shaft (shut yo mouth!) > 11. Baseball player Peter Lacock > 12. Dick Smothers Actually, Dick SMothers Jr. DID go into that line of work! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25843 "2014-05-19T19:39:10Z")
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