# 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:** 138
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2741 "2010-12-15T13:21:57Z")
Straight actors who have successfully portrayed Gay (and the film and/or television) 1. Jude Law - as Alfred Lord “Bosie” Douglas in Wilde 2. Tom Hanks - as Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia 3. Sean Penn - as Harvey Milk 4. Kevin Kline - In & Out 5. Robin Williams - The Birdcage 6. Antonio Banderas - also in Philadelphia 7. Jim Carrey - as Steven Russell in _I Love You Phillip Morris_ 8. Eric Stonestreet - as Cameron Tucker on _Modern Family_ ---
**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:** [December 15, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2742 "2010-12-15T14:15:51Z")
Straight actors who have successfully portrayed Gay (and the film and/or television) 1. Jude Law - as Alfred Lord “Bosie” Douglas in Wilde 2. Tom Hanks - as Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia 3. Sean Penn - as Harvey Milk 4. Kevin Kline - In & Out 5. Robin Williams - The Birdcage 6. Antonio Banderas - also in Philadelphia 7. Jim Carrey - as Steven Russell in I Love You Phillip Morris 8. Eric Stonestreet - as Cameron Tucker on Modern Family 9. Eden Riegel - as Biana Montgomery,on All My Children ---
**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:** [December 15, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2743 "2010-12-15T16:25:30Z")
Straight actors who have successfully portrayed Gay (and the film and/or television) 1. Jude Law - as Alfred Lord “Bosie” Douglas in Wilde 2. Tom Hanks - as Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia 3. Sean Penn - as Harvey Milk 4. Kevin Kline - In & Out 5. Robin Williams - The Birdcage 6. Antonio Banderas - also in Philadelphia 7. Jim Carrey - as Steven Russell in I Love You Phillip Morris 8. Eric Stonestreet - as Cameron Tucker on Modern Family 9. Eden Riegel - as Biana Montgomery,on All My Children 10. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2744 "2010-12-15T16:30:08Z")
Straight actors who have successfully portrayed Gay (and the film and/or television) 1. Jude Law - as Alfred Lord “Bosie” Douglas in Wilde 2. Tom Hanks - as Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia 3. Sean Penn - as Harvey Milk 4. Kevin Kline - In & Out 5. Robin Williams - The Birdcage 6. Antonio Banderas - also in Philadelphia 7. Jim Carrey - as Steven Russell in I Love You Phillip Morris 8. Eric Stonestreet - as Cameron Tucker on Modern Family 9. Eden Riegel - as Biana Montgomery,on All My Children 10. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote 11. Annette Benning - The Kids Are Alright ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2745 "2010-12-15T16:31:14Z")
Straight actors who have successfully portrayed Gay (and the film and/or television) 1. Jude Law - as Alfred Lord “Bosie” Douglas in Wilde 2. Tom Hanks - as Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia 3. Sean Penn - as Harvey Milk 4. Kevin Kline - In & Out 5. Robin Williams - The Birdcage 6. Antonio Banderas - also in Philadelphia 7. Jim Carrey - as Steven Russell in I Love You Phillip Morris 8. Eric Stonestreet - as Cameron Tucker on Modern Family 9. Eden Riegel - as Biana Montgomery,on All My Children 10. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote 11. Martin Mull - Leon Carp on Roseanne ---
**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:** [December 15, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2746 "2010-12-15T16:38:23Z")
Straight actors who have successfully portrayed Gay (and the film and/or television) 1. Jude Law - as Alfred Lord “Bosie” Douglas in Wilde 2. Tom Hanks - as Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia 3. Sean Penn - as Harvey Milk 4. Kevin Kline - In & Out 5. Robin Williams - The Birdcage 6. Antonio Banderas - also in Philadelphia 7. Jim Carrey - as Steven Russell in I Love You Phillip Morris 8. Eric Stonestreet - as Cameron Tucker on Modern Family 9. Eden Riegel - as Biana Montgomery, on All My Children 10. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote 11. Martin Mull - Leon Carp on Roseanne 12. William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2747 "2010-12-15T17:44:24Z")
Straight actors who have successfully portrayed Gay (and the film and/or television) 1. Jude Law - as Alfred Lord “Bosie” Douglas in Wilde 2. Tom Hanks - as Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia 3. Sean Penn - as Harvey Milk 4. Kevin Kline - In & Out 5. Robin Williams - The Birdcage 6. Antonio Banderas - also in Philadelphia 7. Jim Carrey - as Steven Russell in I Love You Phillip Morris 8. Eric Stonestreet - as Cameron Tucker on Modern Family 9. Eden Riegel - as Biana Montgomery, on All My Children 10. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote 11. Martin Mull - Leon Carp on Roseanne 12. William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman 13. Hank Azaria - The Birdcage Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis ---
**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:** [December 15, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2748 "2010-12-15T18:14:52Z")
I think we should require pics. Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis 2. Lance Armstrong [http://www.realclearsports.com/blognetwork/rcs\_sidelines/Kurt%20Rambis%20glasses.jpg](http://www.realclearsports.com/blognetwork/rcs_sidelines/Kurt%20Rambis%20glasses.jpg) [http://sagittarius-news.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Oakley-Jawbone-Lance-Armstrong-Sunglasses1.jpg](http://sagittarius-news.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Oakley-Jawbone-Lance-Armstrong-Sunglasses1.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2749 "2010-12-15T18:19:34Z")
Bespectacled athletes 1. [Kurt Rambis](http://www.realclearsports.com/blognetwork/rcs_sidelines/Kurt%20Rambis%20glasses.jpg) 2. [Lance Armstrong](http://sagittarius-news.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Oakley-Jawbone-Lance-Armstrong-Sunglasses1.jpg) 3. [Kareem Abdul Jabbar](http://bostonsportsu18.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/kareem-abdul-jabbar.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2750 "2010-12-15T18:24:28Z")
Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis 2. Lance Armstrong 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 4.[Billie Jean King](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Billie_Jean_King_by_David_Shankbone.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2751 "2010-12-15T18:36:21Z")
Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis 2. Lance Armstrong 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 4. Billie Jean King 5. [Éric Gagné](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XmFW9XJVH68/TJKpDr8S61I/AAAAAAAAAJE/WCcXplXXZYo/s400/Eric%2BGagne.bmp&imgrefurl=http://toofarsports.blogspot.com/2010_09_12_archive.html&usg=__Hpy3BSWxcCtHm2Hw9ShjSsEyLoc=&h=390&w=300&sz=18&hl=en&start=0&sig2=fDk5m4DJiPNMrap-Af0TSw&zoom=1&tbnid=tISzlb6kU3LrxM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=135&ei=ewoJTdGhLMyBswaVsqiUAw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deric%2Bgagne%2Bgoogle%2Bimages%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26biw%3D995%26bih%3D521%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=458&vpy=65&dur=4093&hovh=256&hovw=197&tx=102&ty=281&oei=ewoJTdGhLMyBswaVsqiUAw&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2752 "2010-12-15T18:41:52Z")
Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis 2. Lance Armstrong 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 4. Billie Jean King 5. Éric Gagné 6. Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn [![](https://oriolecentral.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/sheen.jpg?w=307&h=319) ](https://oriolecentral.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/sheen.jpg?w=307&h=319) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2753 "2010-12-15T18:57:49Z")
Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis 2. Lance Armstrong 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 4. Billie Jean King 5. Éric Gagné 6. Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn 7. Leon Durham > **[The Top 100 Cubs Of All Time - #62 Leon Durham](https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2006/12/19/990/82469)** > > Sports Illustrated's cover of June 11, 1984, featuring Durham and the Cubs > For a man who spent only seven full seasons in a Cub uniform, Leon Durham is part of more Cub lore than some others who... ---
**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:** [December 15, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2754 "2010-12-15T19:05:58Z")
Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis 2. Lance Armstrong 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 4. Billie Jean King 5. Éric Gagné 6. Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn 7. Leon Durham 8. [Daniel Vettori](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Vettori) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2755 "2010-12-15T19:17:54Z")
Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis 2. Lance Armstrong 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 4. Billie Jean King 5. Éric Gagné 6. Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn 7. Leon Durham 8. Daniel Vettori 9. Joe Lavender ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2756 "2010-12-15T19:47:58Z")
Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis 2. Lance Armstrong 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 4. Billie Jean King 5. Éric Gagné 6. Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn 7. Leon Durham 8. Daniel Vettori 9. Joe Lavender 10. Chuck Muncie ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2757 "2010-12-15T22:13:26Z")
Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis 2. Lance Armstrong 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 4. Billie Jean King 5. Éric Gagné 6. Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn 7. Leon Durham 8. Daniel Vettori 9. Joe Lavender 10. Chuck Muncie 11. [George Mikan](http://www.nba.com/history/mikan_050602.html) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2758 "2010-12-15T22:18:52Z")
Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis 2. Lance Armstrong 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 4. Billie Jean King 5. Éric Gagné 6. Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn 7. Leon Durham 8. Daniel Vettori 9. Joe Lavender 10. Chuck Muncie 11. George Mikan 12. [Martina Navratilova](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qkZrZDdzrqQ/S6oBGxEXd4I/AAAAAAAAABI/QadAfeNftAE/s320/navratilova__28.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 16, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2759 "2010-12-16T01:24:06Z")
Bespectacled athletes 1. Kurt Rambis 2. Lance Armstrong 3. Kareem Abdul Jabbar 4. Billie Jean King 5. Éric Gagné 6. Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn 7. Leon Durham 8. Daniel Vettori 9. Joe Lavender 10. Chuck Muncie 11. George Mikan 12. Martina Navratilova 13. LeBron James [![](https://www.eurweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/lebron_james2009-headshot-glasses-tie-great-med1.jpg) ](https://www.eurweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/lebron_james2009-headshot-glasses-tie-great-med1.jpg) Next category: Ways to make Santa avoid your house 1. Missile battery on the roof ---
**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:** [December 16, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2760 "2010-12-16T01:26:36Z")
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