# 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:** 1346
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26904 "2014-06-24T21:22:10Z")
TV Shows featuring Orson Bean 1. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 2. Ellery Queen 3. Normal, Ohio 4. To Tell the Truth (he was always a panelist, with Peggy Cass and Kitty Carlisle) 5. I’ve Got A Secret (another show where he was a panelist) 6. The United States Steel Hour 7. What’s My Line? (panelist) 8. Murder, She Wrote 9. Desparate Housewives ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26905 "2014-06-25T11:54:08Z")
TV Shows featuring Orson Bean 1. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 2. Ellery Queen 3. Normal, Ohio 4. To Tell the Truth (he was always a panelist, with Peggy Cass and Kitty Carlisle) 5. I’ve Got A Secret (another show where he was a panelist) 6. The United States Steel Hour 7. What’s My Line? (panelist) 8. Murder, She Wrote 9. Desparate Housewives 10. The Twilight Zone (episode “Mr. Bevis”) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26906 "2014-06-25T12:34:42Z")
TV Shows featuring Orson Bean 1. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 2. Ellery Queen 3. Normal, Ohio 4. To Tell the Truth (he was always a panelist, with Peggy Cass and Kitty Carlisle) 5. I’ve Got A Secret (another show where he was a panelist) 6. The United States Steel Hour 7. What’s My Line? (panelist) 8. Murder, She Wrote 9. Desparate Housewives 10. The Twilight Zone (episode “Mr. Bevis”) 11. How I Met Your Mother (episode “Slapsgiving”; appeared as Robin’s much older boyfriend) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26907 "2014-06-25T14:27:54Z")
TV Shows featuring Orson Bean 1. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 2. Ellery Queen 3. Normal, Ohio 4. To Tell the Truth (he was always a panelist, with Peggy Cass and Kitty Carlisle) 5. I’ve Got A Secret (another show where he was a panelist) 6. The United States Steel Hour 7. What’s My Line? (panelist) 8. Murder, She Wrote 9. Desparate Housewives 10. The Twilight Zone (episode “Mr. Bevis”) 11. How I Met Your Mother (episode “Slapsgiving”; appeared as Robin’s much older boyfriend) 12. Two and a Half Men; Appeared as the husband of a young girl that Charley was dating. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26908 "2014-06-25T15:36:22Z")
TV Shows featuring Orson Bean 1. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 2. Ellery Queen 3. Normal, Ohio 4. To Tell the Truth (he was always a panelist, with Peggy Cass and Kitty Carlisle) 5. I’ve Got A Secret (another show where he was a panelist) 6. The United States Steel Hour 7. What’s My Line? (panelist) 8. Murder, She Wrote 9. Desparate Housewives 10. The Twilight Zone (episode “Mr. Bevis”) 11. How I Met Your Mother (episode “Slapsgiving”; appeared as Robin’s much older boyfriend) 12. Two and a Half Men; Appeared as the husband of a young girl that Charley was dating. 13. Tattletales (Bert Convy game show that Orson and his wife often appeared on) Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s _ **The Twilight Zone** _ 14. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) ---
**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 25, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26909 "2014-06-25T15:48:04Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s _ **The Twilight Zone** _ 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26910 "2014-06-25T16:10:18Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s _ **The Twilight Zone** _ 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) _Side note: that episode was a cool early example of both metafiction and self-insertion, as Wynn played a writer who made Rod Serling disappear._ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26911 "2014-06-25T16:15:35Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s _ **The Twilight Zone** _ 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) 4. Burgess Meredith (“Time Enough at Last” among others.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26912 "2014-06-25T16:45:53Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) 4. Burgess Meredith (“Time Enough at Last” among others.) 5. Charles Bronson (“Two,” in which he played one of final pair of survivors of a nuclear war) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26913 "2014-06-25T16:51:21Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) 4. Burgess Meredith (“Time Enough at Last” among others.) 5. Charles Bronson (“Two,” in which he played one of final pair of survivors of a nuclear war) 6. Robert Duvall (“Miniature”) ---
**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 25, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26914 "2014-06-25T16:55:35Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) 4. Burgess Meredith (“Time Enough at Last” among others.) 5. Charles Bronson (“Two,” in which he played one of final pair of survivors of a nuclear war) 6. Robert Duvall (“Miniature”) 7. Elizabeth Montgomery (“Two,” in which she played the other one of the in a final pair of nuclear-war survivors) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26915 "2014-06-25T17:50:40Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) 4. Burgess Meredith (“Time Enough at Last” among others.) 5. Charles Bronson (“Two,” in which he played one of final pair of survivors of a nuclear war) 6. Robert Duvall (“Miniature”) 7. Elizabeth Montgomery (“Two,” in which she played the other one of the in a final pair of nuclear-war survivors) 8. Cloris Leachman - “It’s a Good Life” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26916 "2014-06-25T18:36:54Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) 4. Burgess Meredith (“Time Enough at Last” among others.) 5. Charles Bronson (“Two,” in which he played one of final pair of survivors of a nuclear war) 6. Robert Duvall (“Miniature”) 7. Elizabeth Montgomery (“Two,” in which she played the other one of the in a final pair of nuclear-war survivors) 8. Cloris Leachman - “It’s a Good Life” 9. Dennis Hopper (he was a neo-Nazi in “He’s Alive”) ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26917 "2014-06-25T19:08:45Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) 4. Burgess Meredith (“Time Enough at Last” among others.) 5. Charles Bronson (“Two,” in which he played one of final pair of survivors of a nuclear war) 6. Robert Duvall (“Miniature”) 7. Elizabeth Montgomery (“Two,” in which she played the other one of the in a final pair of nuclear-war survivors) 8. Cloris Leachman - “It’s a Good Life” 9. Dennis Hopper (he was a neo-Nazi in “He’s Alive”) 10. Billy Mumy - “It’s a Good Life” (the evil kid with godlike powers) ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26918 "2014-06-25T19:11:19Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) 4. Burgess Meredith (“Time Enough at Last” among others.) 5. Charles Bronson (“Two,” in which he played one of final pair of survivors of a nuclear war) 6. Robert Duvall (“Miniature”) 7. Elizabeth Montgomery (“Two,” in which she played the other one of the in a final pair of nuclear-war survivors) 8. Cloris Leachman - “It’s a Good Life” 9. Dennis Hopper (he was a neo-Nazi in “He’s Alive”) 10. Billy Mumy - “It’s a Good Life” (the evil kid with godlike powers) 11. Agnes Moorehead - “The Invaders” (old woman who encounters tiny aliens at her home) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26919 "2014-06-25T19:18:11Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) 4. Burgess Meredith (“Time Enough at Last” among others.) 5. Charles Bronson (“Two,” in which he played one of final pair of survivors of a nuclear war) 6. Robert Duvall (“Miniature”) 7. Elizabeth Montgomery (“Two,” in which she played the other one of the in a final pair of nuclear-war survivors) 8. Cloris Leachman - “It’s a Good Life” 9. Dennis Hopper (he was a neo-Nazi in “He’s Alive”) 10. Billy Mumy - “It’s a Good Life” (the evil kid with godlike powers) 11. Agnes Moorehead - “The Invaders” (old woman who encounters tiny aliens at her home) 12. Jack Klugman (he starred in several episodes, including “A Game of Pool”) ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26920 "2014-06-25T19:22:44Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) 4. Burgess Meredith (“Time Enough at Last” among others.) 5. Charles Bronson (“Two,” in which he played one of final pair of survivors of a nuclear war) 6. Robert Duvall (“Miniature”) 7. Elizabeth Montgomery (“Two,” in which she played the other one of the in a final pair of nuclear-war survivors) 8. Cloris Leachman - “It’s a Good Life” 9. Dennis Hopper (he was a neo-Nazi in “He’s Alive”) 10. Billy Mumy - “It’s a Good Life” (the evil kid with godlike powers) 11. Agnes Moorehead - “The Invaders” (old woman who encounters tiny aliens at her home) 12. Jack Klugman (he starred in several episodes, including “A Game of Pool”) 13. Lee Marvin -in “Steel” and “The Grave” New! Classic Arcade Games 1. Tetris ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26921 "2014-06-25T19:27:11Z")
Future big stars who appeared on Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone 1. Robert Redford (he played Death in the episode “Nothing in the Dark”) 2. William Shatner (“Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”) 3. Keenan Wynn (“A World of his Own”) 4. Burgess Meredith (“Time Enough at Last” among others.) 5. Charles Bronson (“Two,” in which he played one of final pair of survivors of a nuclear war) 6. Robert Duvall (“Miniature”) 7. Elizabeth Montgomery (“Two,” in which she played the other one of the in a final pair of nuclear-war survivors) 8. Cloris Leachman - “It’s a Good Life” 9. Dennis Hopper (he was a neo-Nazi in “He’s Alive”) 10. Billy Mumy - “It’s a Good Life” (the evil kid with godlike powers) 11. Agnes Moorehead - “The Invaders” (old woman who encounters tiny aliens at her home) 12. Jack Klugman (he starred in several episodes, including “A Game of Pool”) 13. Dick York “The Purple Testament” He saw the faces of soldiers in his platoon who were about to die. New topic: Books you own that probably no other Dopers have in their possession. 1. The Household Physician (Book published about 100 yrs ago that gives interesting “State of the Art” Medical Treatments for common maladies.) Edit: NINJA- Boo ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26922 "2014-06-25T19:30:29Z")
New! Classic Arcade Games 1. Tetris 2. Time Pilot ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26923 "2014-06-25T21:14:53Z")
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