# 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:** 1376
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27504 "2014-07-15T14:59:01Z")
Books that became movies and TV series 1. The Dead Zone 2. First Blood 3. Tarzan of the Apes 4. In the Heat of the Night 5. Dracula 6. Psycho ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27505 "2014-07-15T15:06:12Z")
Books that became movies and TV series 1. The Dead Zone 2. First Blood 3. Tarzan of the Apes 4. In the Heat of the Night 5. Dracula 6. Psycho 7. Red Dragon, Hannibal ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27506 "2014-07-15T15:07:48Z")
Books that became movies and TV series 1. The Dead Zone 2. First Blood 3. Tarzan of the Apes 4. In the Heat of the Night 5. Dracula 6. Psycho 7. Red Dragon, Hannibal 8. Addie Pray Inspired first a movie and then a short-lived TV series, both called _Paper Moon_. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27507 "2014-07-15T15:08:43Z")
Books that became movies and TV series 1. The Dead Zone 2. First Blood 3. Tarzan of the Apes 4. In the Heat of the Night 5. Dracula 6. Psycho 7. Red Dragon, Hannibal 8. Addie Pray 9. The Southern Vampire Mysteries (aka True Blood) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27508 "2014-07-15T15:16:02Z")
Books that became movies and TV series 1. The Dead Zone 2. First Blood 3. Tarzan of the Apes 4. In the Heat of the Night 5. Dracula 6. Psycho 7. Red Dragon, Hannibal 8. Addie Pray 9. The Southern Vampire Mysteries (aka True Blood) 10. Peyton Place ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27509 "2014-07-15T15:41:11Z")
Books that became movies and TV series 1. The Dead Zone 2. First Blood 3. Tarzan of the Apes 4. In the Heat of the Night 5. Dracula 6. Psycho 7. Red Dragon, Hannibal 8. Addie Pray 9. The Southern Vampire Mysteries (aka True Blood) 10. Peyton Place 11. Richard Hooker’s _MAS_H\*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27510 "2014-07-15T16:37:28Z")
Books that became movies and TV series 1. The Dead Zone 2. First Blood 3. Tarzan of the Apes 4. In the Heat of the Night 5. Dracula 6. Psycho 7. Red Dragon, Hannibal 8. Addie Pray 9. The Southern Vampire Mysteries (aka True Blood) 10. Peyton Place 11. Richard Hooker’s M_A_S\*H 12. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes \*Several Holmes books would fit, but this is one that was the title of a work in all three media. I was going to throw out Avatar: The Last Airbender, but that’s actually a TV series that became a movie and books.\* ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27511 "2014-07-15T17:05:16Z")
Books that became movies and TV series 1. The Dead Zone 2. First Blood 3. Tarzan of the Apes 4. In the Heat of the Night 5. Dracula 6. Psycho 7. Red Dragon, Hannibal 8. Addie Pray 9. The Southern Vampire Mysteries (aka True Blood) 10. Peyton Place 11. Richard Hooker’s M_A_S\*H 12. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 13. Dune New: Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27512 "2014-07-15T17:21:11Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27513 "2014-07-15T17:40:53Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five 3. The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two Step ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27514 "2014-07-15T17:56:37Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five 3. The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two Step 4. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens ---
**Author:** ![Jsei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Jsei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jsei)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27515 "2014-07-15T18:00:19Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five 3. The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two Step 4. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 5. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27516 "2014-07-15T18:19:58Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five 3. The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two Step 4. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 5. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission) - Simon and Garfunkle ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27517 "2014-07-15T18:45:46Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five 3. The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two Step 4. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 5. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission) - Simon and Garfunkle 7. She Left Me for a Destitute Quadriplegic Because of the Good Sex - Mr. Zipp ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27518 "2014-07-15T18:53:15Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five 3. The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two Step 4. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 5. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission) - Simon and Garfunkel 7. She Left Me for a Destitute Quadriplegic Because of the Good Sex - Mr. Zipp 8. My Uncle Used To Love Me (But She Died) - Roger Miller ---
**Author:** ![Javan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@Javan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Javan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27519 "2014-07-15T18:59:01Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five 3. The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two Step 4. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 5. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission) - Simon and Garfunkel 7. She Left Me for a Destitute Quadriplegic Because of the Good Sex - Mr. Zipp 8. My Uncle Used To Love Me (But She Died) - Roger Miller 9. Daddy was a Preacher but Mommy was a Go-Go Girl - Southern Culture on the Skids ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27520 "2014-07-15T19:51:30Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five 3. The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two Step 4. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 5. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission) - Simon and Garfunkel 7. She Left Me for a Destitute Quadriplegic Because of the Good Sex - Mr. Zipp 8. My Uncle Used To Love Me (But She Died) - Roger Miller 9. Daddy was a Preacher but Mommy was a Go-Go Girl - Southern Culture on the Skids 10. Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee - Captain Beefheart ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27521 "2014-07-15T19:53:40Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five 3. The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two Step 4. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 5. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission) - Simon and Garfunkel 7. She Left Me for a Destitute Quadriplegic Because of the Good Sex - Mr. Zipp 8. My Uncle Used To Love Me (But She Died) - Roger Miller 9. Daddy was a Preacher but Mommy was a Go-Go Girl - Southern Culture on the Skids 10. Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee - Captain Beefheart 11. I’m A Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doing Those Neat-o, Beat-o, Flat-on-My-Seat-o, Hirohito, Blues - Hoagy Carmichael Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27522 "2014-07-15T20:17:57Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five 3. The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two Step 4. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 5. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission) - Simon and Garfunkel 7. She Left Me for a Destitute Quadriplegic Because of the Good Sex - Mr. Zipp 8. My Uncle Used To Love Me (But She Died) - Roger Miller 9. Daddy was a Preacher but Mommy was a Go-Go Girl - Southern Culture on the Skids 10. Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee - Captain Beefheart 11. I’m A Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doing Those Neat-o, Beat-o, Flat-on-My-Seat-o, Hirohito, Blues - Hoagy Carmichael 12. When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind, I’ll Be Your Valentine - Emerson, Lake & Palmer ---
**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:** [July 15, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27523 "2014-07-15T20:39:40Z")
Ridiculous (But Real) Song Titles 1. Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Pink Floyd) 2. One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces - Ben Folds Five 3. The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty (On The Road) - Aztec Two Step 4. Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills - Ray Stevens 5. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park - Tom Lehrer 6. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission) - Simon and Garfunkel 7. She Left Me for a Destitute Quadriplegic Because of the Good Sex - Mr. Zipp 8. My Uncle Used To Love Me (But She Died) - Roger Miller 9. Daddy was a Preacher but Mommy was a Go-Go Girl - Southern Culture on the Skids 10. Making Love to a Vampire with a Monkey on My Knee - Captain Beefheart 11. I’m A Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with My Honolulu Mama Doing Those Neat-o, Beat-o, Flat-on-My-Seat-o, Hirohito, Blues - Hoagy Carmichael 12. When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind, I’ll Be Your Valentine - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 13. Drop-Kick Me Jesus (Through the Goalposts of Life) - Bobby Bare In honor of the release of Weird Al’s new album “Mandatory Fun” today: A Weird Al style parody, and the artist it’s parodying (note: style, not song) 1. Genius in France - Frank Zappa [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1375) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1377)