# 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:** 1326
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26504 "2014-06-10T21:58:51Z")
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 12. The Man Who Would Be King/ King of Marvin Gardens/ Gardens of the Night ---
**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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26505 "2014-06-10T22:48:10Z")
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 12. The Man Who Would Be King/ King of Marvin Gardens/ Gardens of the Night 13. Sleeping Beauty/Beauty and the Beast/The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms I’ll pass. ---
**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, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26506 "2014-06-10T22:52:35Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 _35 is young for anyone, but blues musicians in particular often have things to say in their 70s that they didn’t in their 30s. Would love to have seen where he went._ ---
**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, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26507 "2014-06-10T23:13:08Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26508 "2014-06-10T23:51:06Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 3. John Lennon, 40 ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26509 "2014-06-11T01:20:42Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 3. John Lennon, 40 4. Mitch Hedberg, 37 ---
**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:** [June 11, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26510 "2014-06-11T01:28:29Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 3. John Lennon, 40 4. Mitch Hedberg, 37 5. Steve Jobs, 56 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26511 "2014-06-11T02:12:20Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 3. John Lennon, 40 4. Mitch Hedberg, 37 5. Steve Jobs, 56 6. Janis Joplin, 27 ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26512 "2014-06-11T02:27:03Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 3. John Lennon, 40 4. Mitch Hedberg, 37 5. Steve Jobs, 56 6. Janis Joplin, 27 7. Darrell Lance Abbott (aka Dimebag Darrell), 38 ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26513 "2014-06-11T02:34:58Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 3. John Lennon, 40 4. Mitch Hedberg, 37 5. Steve Jobs, 56 6. Janis Joplin, 27 7. Darrell Lance Abbott (aka Dimebag Darrell), 38 8. [Stanley G. Weinbaum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_G._Weinbaum), 33 Isaac Asimov once wrote that Weinbaum could have become the most famous SF writers in the history of the genre if he hadn’t died almost immediately after starting his career. ---
**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 11, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26514 "2014-06-11T03:01:43Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 3. John Lennon, 40 4. Mitch Hedberg, 37 5. Steve Jobs, 56 6. Janis Joplin, 27 7. Darrell Lance Abbott (aka Dimebag Darrell), 38 8. Stanley G. Weinbaum, 33 9. John F. Kennedy, 46 The centennial of his birth will be in three years. ---
**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:** [June 11, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26515 "2014-06-11T03:15:46Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 3. John Lennon, 40 4. Mitch Hedberg, 37 5. Steve Jobs, 56 6. Janis Joplin, 27 7. Darrell Lance Abbott (aka Dimebag Darrell), 38 8. Stanley G. Weinbaum, 33 9. John F. Kennedy, 46 10. Martin Luther King, Jr: 39 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26516 "2014-06-11T03:20:41Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 3. John Lennon, 40 4. Mitch Hedberg, 37 5. Steve Jobs, 56 6. Janis Joplin, 27 7. Darrell Lance Abbott (aka Dimebag Darrell), 38 8. Stanley G. Weinbaum, 33 9. John F. Kennedy, 46 10. Martin Luther King, Jr: 39 11. John Belushi, 33 ---
**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:** [June 11, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26517 "2014-06-11T03:41:18Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 3. John Lennon, 40 4. Mitch Hedberg, 37 5. Steve Jobs, 56 6. Janis Joplin, 27 7. Darrell Lance Abbott (aka Dimebag Darrell), 38 8. Stanley G. Weinbaum, 33 9. John F. Kennedy, 46 10. Martin Luther King, Jr: 39 11. John Belushi, 33 12. Brian Piccolo, 26 ---
**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 11, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26518 "2014-06-11T04:48:46Z")
Famous People Who Died Way Too Young 1. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35 2. Bill Hicks, 32 3. John Lennon, 40 4. Mitch Hedberg, 37 5. Steve Jobs, 56 6. Janis Joplin, 27 7. Darrell Lance Abbott (aka Dimebag Darrell), 38 8. Stanley G. Weinbaum, 33 9. John F. Kennedy, 46 10. Martin Luther King, Jr: 39 11. John Belushi, 33 12. Brian Piccolo, 26 13. Emily Brontë, 30 Martial Arts Movies 1. Fist of Fury ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26519 "2014-06-11T04:55:36Z")
Martial Arts Movies 1. Fist of Fury 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) ---
**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:** [June 11, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26520 "2014-06-11T04:56:20Z")
Martial Arts Movies 1. Fist of Fury 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ---
**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:** [June 11, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26521 "2014-06-11T04:57:52Z")
Wow, that’s a cool ninja! ---
**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:** [June 11, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26522 "2014-06-11T04:59:28Z")
Oh, alright, I’ll fix it… Martial Arts Movies 1. Fist of Fury 2. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 3. Enter the Dragon ---
**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 11, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26523 "2014-06-11T05:49:49Z")
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