# 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:** 1396
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27904 "2014-07-30T23:47:49Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Failed comic book heroes (doesn’t have to be real) > > \ > > 1. Gazebo Boy (Could turn into one. Useless against Termite Man. Read about him in a D&D magazine, unless it was somewhere else.) Do you mean the one who ate [Eric](http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/98/Jul/gazebo.html)? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27905 "2014-07-31T01:01:52Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING ---
**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 31, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27906 "2014-07-31T01:08:12Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel ---
**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:** [July 31, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27907 "2014-07-31T01:12:58Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel 4. ben Affleck, The Town ---
**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 31, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27908 "2014-07-31T01:13:31Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel 4. Albert Brooks: _Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life,_ etc. …waitaminute, did **Bullitt** just ninja himself? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27909 "2014-07-31T01:15:40Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING, The Town 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel 4. Albert Brooks: _Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life,_ etc. 5. Mel Brooks, HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Part 1 ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27910 "2014-07-31T04:08:28Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING, The Town 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel 4. Albert Brooks: Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life, etc. 5. Mel Brooks, HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Part 1 6. Gene Wilder, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27911 "2014-07-31T04:19:55Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING, The Town 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel 4. Albert Brooks: Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life, etc. 5. Mel Brooks, HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Part 1 6. Gene Wilder, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 7. David Niven, _Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly_ (a novel) ---
**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 31, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27912 "2014-07-31T05:34:37Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING, The Town 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel 4. Albert Brooks: Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life, etc. 5. Mel Brooks, HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Part 1 6. Gene Wilder, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 7. David Niven, _Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly_ (a novel) 8. Steve Martin, “Shopgirl” and lots of other stuff ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27913 "2014-07-31T05:57:21Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING, The Town 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel 4. Albert Brooks: Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life, etc. 5. Mel Brooks, HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Part 1 6. Gene Wilder, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 7. David Niven, _Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly_ (a novel) 8. Steve Martin, “Shopgirl” and lots of other stuff 9. Woody Allen, Far too many to list. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2014, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27914 "2014-07-31T09:33:35Z")
Will any women make the list? ---
**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:** [July 31, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27915 "2014-07-31T09:35:47Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > …waitaminute, did **Bullitt** just ninja himself? 😕 No. There is no requirement for No Repeats. Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING, The Town 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel 4. Albert Brooks: Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life, etc. 5. Mel Brooks, HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Part 1 6. Gene Wilder, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 7. David Niven, _Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly_ (a novel) 8. Steve Martin, “Shopgirl” and lots of other stuff 9. Woody Allen, Far too many to list. 10. Harold Ramis, Groundhog Day ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27916 "2014-07-31T11:13:15Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING, The Town 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel 4. Albert Brooks: Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life, etc. 5. Mel Brooks, HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Part 1 6. Gene Wilder, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 7. David Niven, Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly (a novel) 8. Steve Martin, “Shopgirl” and lots of other stuff 9. Woody Allen, Far too many to list. 10. Harold Ramis, Groundhog Day 11. Emma Thompson - Oscar winning screenplay for\*\*\* Sense and Sensibility\*\*\* Happy, Bullitt? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27917 "2014-07-31T12:41:55Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING, The Town 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel 4. Albert Brooks: Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life, etc. 5. Mel Brooks, HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Part 1 6. Gene Wilder, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 7. David Niven, Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly (a novel) 8. Steve Martin, “Shopgirl” and lots of other stuff 9. Woody Allen, Far too many to list. 10. Harold Ramis, Groundhog Day 11. Emma Thompson - Oscar winning screenplay for Sense and Sensibility 12, Hugh Laurie, “The Gun Seller” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27918 "2014-07-31T12:50:13Z")
Actors with writing credits (Doesn’t have to be a screenplay) 1. Matt Damon, GOOD WILL HUNTING 2. Ben Affleck, GOOD WILL HUNTING, The Town 3. Stephen Fry, “The Stars’ Tennis Balls,” novel 4. Albert Brooks: Modern Romance, Lost in America, Defending Your Life, etc. 5. Mel Brooks, HISTORY OF THE WORLD, Part 1 6. Gene Wilder, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 7. David Niven, Go Slowly, Come Back Quickly (a novel) 8. Steve Martin, “Shopgirl” and lots of other stuff 9. Woody Allen, Far too many to list. 10. Harold Ramis, Groundhog Day 11. Emma Thompson - Oscar winning screenplay for Sense and Sensibility 12, Hugh Laurie, “The Gun Seller” 12. Quentin Tarantino, “True Romance” Next: Great actors (of either gender) who have never won an Oscar. 1. Sir Ian McKellen ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27919 "2014-07-31T14:18:32Z")
Next: Great actors (of either gender) who have never won an Oscar. 1. Sir Ian McKellen 2. Edwin Booth 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 31, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27920 "2014-07-31T14:25:09Z")
Great actors (of either gender) who have never won an Oscar. 1. Sir Ian McKellen 2. Edwin Booth 3. Cary Grant (to me, honorary “lifetime achievement” type awards don’t count) ---
**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 31, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27921 "2014-07-31T14:38:06Z")
Great actors (of either gender) who have never won an Oscar. 1. Sir Ian McKellen 2. Edwin Booth 3. Cary Grant (to me, honorary “lifetime achievement” type awards don’t count) 4. Steve Martin (and if you’ve ever seen “All of Me” you know he was robbed!) ---
**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 31, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27922 "2014-07-31T14:50:44Z")
Great actors (of either gender) who have never won an Oscar. 1. Sir Ian McKellen 2. Edwin Booth 3. Cary Grant (to me, honorary “lifetime achievement” type awards don’t count) 4. Steve Martin (and if you’ve ever seen “All of Me” you know he was robbed!) 5. Gary Oldman Presumably the Jews had something to do with it. ---
**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 31, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27923 "2014-07-31T15:04:39Z")
Ooo, ouch. Great actors (of either gender) who have never won an Oscar. 1. Sir Ian McKellen 2. Edwin Booth 3. Cary Grant (to me, honorary “lifetime achievement” type awards don’t count) 4. Steve Martin (and if you’ve ever seen “All of Me” you know he was robbed!) 5. Gary Oldman 6. Edward Woodward Should’ve won for _Breaker Morant_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1395) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1397)