# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 1325

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26484 "2014-06-10T03:36:25Z")

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TV shows or movies that are narrated by an older version of the main character

1. The Wonder Years
2. Stand By Me
3. The Sandlot
4. A Christmas Story
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26485 "2014-06-10T03:55:10Z")

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TV shows or movies that are narrated by an older version of the main character

1. The Wonder Years
2. Stand By Me
3. The Sandlot
4. A Christmas Story
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. How I Met Your Mother

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26486 "2014-06-10T04:28:20Z")

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TV shows or movies that are narrated by an older version of the main character

1. The Wonder Years
2. Stand By Me
3. The Sandlot
4. A Christmas Story
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. How I Met Your Mother
7. Amadeus

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26487 "2014-06-10T08:28:34Z")

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TV shows or movies that are narrated by an older version of the main character

1. The Wonder Years
2. Stand By Me
3. The Sandlot
4. A Christmas Story
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. How I Met Your Mother
7. Amadeus
8. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26488 "2014-06-10T11:23:48Z")

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TV shows or movies that are narrated by an older version of the main character

1. The Wonder Years
2. Stand By Me
3. The Sandlot
4. A Christmas Story
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. How I Met Your Mother
7. Amadeus
8. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
9. Fight Club

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26489 "2014-06-10T12:29:44Z")

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TV shows or movies that are narrated by an older version of the main character

1. The Wonder Years
2. Stand By Me
3. The Sandlot
4. A Christmas Story
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. How I Met Your Mother
7. Amadeus
8. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
9. Fight Club
10. Little Big Man

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26490 "2014-06-10T13:34:04Z")

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TV shows or movies that are narrated by an older version of the main character

1. The Wonder Years
2. Stand By Me
3. The Sandlot
4. A Christmas Story
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. How I Met Your Mother
7. Amadeus
8. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
9. Fight Club
10. Little Big Man
11. Casanova

The 2005 mini-series with Peter O’Toole as old Casanova and David Tennant as the young Casanova. This is the role that got David the role of the Tenth Doctor.

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26491 "2014-06-10T16:53:46Z")

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TV shows or movies that are narrated by an older version of the main character

1. The Wonder Years
2. Stand By Me
3. The Sandlot
4. A Christmas Story
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. How I Met Your Mother
7. Amadeus
8. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
9. Fight Club
10. Little Big Man
11. Casanova
12. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26492 "2014-06-10T18:12:53Z")

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TV shows or movies that are narrated by an older version of the main character

1. The Wonder Years

2. Stand By Me

3. The Sandlot

4. A Christmas Story

5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

6. How I Met Your Mother

7. Amadeus

8. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

9. Fight Club

10. Little Big Man

11. Casanova

12. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

13. The Waltons  
Next: Movie Trios in which the last word of one is the first of the next, and so on. (Initial articles do not count.)

14. Animal House/ House of Sand and Fog/ The Fog of War

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26493 "2014-06-10T18:27:00Z")

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Next: Movie Trios in which the last word of one is the first of the next, and so on. (Initial articles do not count.)

1. Animal House/ House of Sand and Fog/ The Fog of War
2. Ocean’s Twelve/Twelve Angry Men/Men in Black

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26494 "2014-06-10T18:28:11Z")

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26495 "2014-06-10T18:43:52Z")

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Movie Trios in which the last word of one is the first of the next, and so on. (Initial articles do not count.)

1. Animal House/ House of Sand and Fog/ The Fog of War
2. Ocean’s Twelve/Twelve Angry Men/Men in Black
3. The Amityville Horror/The Horror of Spider Island/The Island of Doctor Moreau

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26496 "2014-06-10T18:53:13Z")

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Movie Trios in which the last word of one is the first of the next, and so on. (Initial articles do not count.)

1. Animal House/ House of Sand and Fog/ The Fog of War
2. Ocean’s Twelve/Twelve Angry Men/Men in Black
3. The Amityville Horror/The Horror of Spider Island/The Island of Doctor Moreau
4. Time After Time / A Time to Die / Die Hard

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26497 "2014-06-10T19:37:17Z")

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Movie Trios in which the last word of one is the first of the next, and so on. (Initial articles do not count.)

1. Animal House/ House of Sand and Fog/ The Fog of War
2. Ocean’s Twelve/Twelve Angry Men/Men in Black
3. The Amityville Horror/The Horror of Spider Island/The Island of Doctor Moreau
4. Time After Time / A Time to Die / Die Hard
5. The Gods Must Be Crazy / Crazy Heart / The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26498 "2014-06-10T19:47:48Z")

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Movie Trios in which the last word of one is the first of the next, and so on. (Initial articles do not count.)

1. Animal House/ House of Sand and Fog/ The Fog of War
2. Ocean’s Twelve/Twelve Angry Men/Men in Black
3. The Amityville Horror/The Horror of Spider Island/The Island of Doctor Moreau
4. Time After Time / A Time to Die / Die Hard
5. The Gods Must Be Crazy / Crazy Heart / The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
6. The Madness of King George / George of the Jungle / Jungle Fever

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26499 "2014-06-10T20:01:33Z")

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Movie Trios in which the last word of one is the first of the next, and so on. (Initial articles do not count.)

1. Animal House/ House of Sand and Fog/ The Fog of War
2. Ocean’s Twelve/Twelve Angry Men/Men in Black
3. The Amityville Horror/The Horror of Spider Island/The Island of Doctor Moreau
4. Time After Time / A Time to Die / Die Hard
5. The Gods Must Be Crazy / Crazy Heart / The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
6. The Madness of King George / George of the Jungle / Jungle Fever
7. Saving Private Ryan / Ryan’s Daughter / Daughter of Shanghai

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26500 "2014-06-10T20:05:13Z")

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Movie Trios in which the last word of one is the first of the next, and so on. (Initial articles do not count.)

1. Animal House/ House of Sand and Fog/ The Fog of War
2. Ocean’s Twelve/Twelve Angry Men/Men in Black
3. The Amityville Horror/The Horror of Spider Island/The Island of Doctor Moreau
4. Time After Time / A Time to Die / Die Hard
5. The Gods Must Be Crazy / Crazy Heart / The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
6. The Madness of King George / George of the Jungle / Jungle Fever
7. Saving Private Ryan / Ryan’s Daughter / Daughter of Shanghai
8. Shanghai Knights / A Knight’s Tale / A Tale of Two Cities

_See what I did?_ 😃

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26501 "2014-06-10T20:19:49Z")

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Movie Trios in which the last word of one is the first of the next, and so on. (Initial articles do not count.)

1. Animal House/ House of Sand and Fog/ The Fog of War
2. Ocean’s Twelve/Twelve Angry Men/Men in Black
3. The Amityville Horror/The Horror of Spider Island/The Island of Doctor Moreau
4. Time After Time / A Time to Die / Die Hard
5. The Gods Must Be Crazy / Crazy Heart / The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
6. The Madness of King George / George of the Jungle / Jungle Fever
7. Saving Private Ryan / Ryan’s Daughter / Daughter of Shanghai
8. Shanghai Knights / A Knight’s Tale / A Tale of Two Cities
9. Pitch Perfect / Perfect Stranger / Stranger Than Fiction

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26502 "2014-06-10T20:48:05Z")

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Movie Trios in which the last word of one is the first of the next, and so on. (Initial articles do not count.)

1. Animal House/ House of Sand and Fog/ The Fog of War
2. Ocean’s Twelve/Twelve Angry Men/Men in Black
3. The Amityville Horror/The Horror of Spider Island/The Island of Doctor Moreau
4. Time After Time / A Time to Die / Die Hard
5. The Gods Must Be Crazy / Crazy Heart / The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
6. The Madness of King George / George of the Jungle / Jungle Fever
7. Saving Private Ryan / Ryan’s Daughter / Daughter of Shanghai
8. Shanghai Knights / A Knight’s Tale / A Tale of Two Cities
9. Pitch Perfect / Perfect Stranger / Stranger Than Fiction
10. Bridget Jones’ Diary/Diary of a Wimpy Kid/Kid Galahad

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**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:** [June 10, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26503 "2014-06-10T21:20:29Z")

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Movie Trios in which the last word of one is the first of the next, and so on. (Initial articles do not count.)

1. Animal House/ House of Sand and Fog/ The Fog of War
2. Ocean’s Twelve/Twelve Angry Men/Men in Black
3. The Amityville Horror/The Horror of Spider Island/The Island of Doctor Moreau
4. Time After Time / A Time to Die / Die Hard
5. The Gods Must Be Crazy / Crazy Heart / The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
6. The Madness of King George / George of the Jungle / Jungle Fever
7. Saving Private Ryan / Ryan’s Daughter / Daughter of Shanghai
8. Shanghai Knights / A Knight’s Tale / A Tale of Two Cities
9. Pitch Perfect / Perfect Stranger / Stranger Than Fiction
10. Bridget Jones’ Diary/Diary of a Wimpy Kid/Kid Galahad
11. Howards End/End of Days/Days of Wine and Roses

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