# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 1429

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**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:** [August 22, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28564 "2014-08-22T17:50:03Z")

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Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener
3. Dr. Sean Maguire - Good Will Hunting
4. Seymour Parrish - One Hour Photo
5. Adrian Cronauer - Good Morning Vietnam
6. John Keating - Dead Poets Society
7. Cozy Carlisle - Dead Again

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**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:** [August 22, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28565 "2014-08-22T18:10:45Z")

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Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener
3. Dr. Sean Maguire - Good Will Hunting
4. Seymour Parrish - One Hour Photo
5. Adrian Cronauer - Good Morning Vietnam
6. John Keating - Dead Poets Society
7. Cozy Carlisle - Dead Again
8. Vladimir Ivanoff - Moscow on the Hudson

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28566 "2014-08-22T18:25:35Z")

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Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener
3. Dr. Sean Maguire - Good Will Hunting
4. Seymour Parrish - One Hour Photo
5. Adrian Cronauer - Good Morning Vietnam
6. John Keating - Dead Poets Society
7. Cozy Carlisle - Dead Again
8. Vladimir Ivanoff - Moscow on the Hudson
9. Walter Finch - Insomnia

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**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:** [August 22, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28567 "2014-08-22T19:22:38Z")

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Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener
3. Dr. Sean Maguire - Good Will Hunting
4. Seymour Parrish - One Hour Photo
5. Adrian Cronauer - Good Morning Vietnam
6. John Keating - Dead Poets Society
7. Cozy Carlisle - Dead Again
8. Vladimir Ivanoff - Moscow on the Hudson
9. Walter Finch - Insomnia
10. Patch Adams - Patch Adams

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28568 "2014-08-22T19:39:43Z")

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Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener
3. Dr. Sean Maguire - Good Will Hunting
4. Seymour Parrish - One Hour Photo
5. Adrian Cronauer - Good Morning Vietnam
6. John Keating - Dead Poets Society
7. Cozy Carlisle - Dead Again
8. Vladimir Ivanoff - Moscow on the Hudson
9. Walter Finch - Insomnia
10. Patch Adams - Patch Adams
11. Dr. Malcolm Sayer -\*\*\* Awakenings\*\*\*

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**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:** [August 22, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28569 "2014-08-22T19:42:57Z")

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Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener
3. Dr. Sean Maguire - Good Will Hunting
4. Seymour Parrish - One Hour Photo
5. Adrian Cronauer - Good Morning Vietnam
6. John Keating - Dead Poets Society
7. Cozy Carlisle - Dead Again
8. Vladimir Ivanoff - Moscow on the Hudson
9. Walter Finch - Insomnia
10. Patch Adams - Patch Adams
11. Dr. Malcolm Sayer - Awakenings
12. Dwight D. Eisenhower - The Butler

And he was _terrible_. Far better as T.R. in the _Night at the Museum_ movies, but those are comedies.

Come to think of it, movies 5 and 8 seem more comic than serious…

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**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:** [August 22, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28570 "2014-08-22T20:17:32Z")

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Robin Williams’s dramatic movie roles

1. T.S. Garp - The World According to Garp
2. Gabriel Noone, The Night Listener
3. Dr. Sean Maguire - Good Will Hunting
4. Seymour Parrish - One Hour Photo
5. Adrian Cronauer - Good Morning Vietnam
6. John Keating - Dead Poets Society
7. Cozy Carlisle - Dead Again
8. Vladimir Ivanoff - Moscow on the Hudson
9. Walter Finch - Insomnia
10. Patch Adams - Patch Adams
11. Dr. Malcolm Sayer - Awakenings
12. Dwight D. Eisenhower - The Butler
13. Dr. Christy Nielsen - What Dreams May Come

Next: your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus.

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**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:** [August 22, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28571 "2014-08-22T20:39:35Z")

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Next: your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus.
2. Stegosaurus.  
I was going to say Thesaurus, but that’s just too obvious.

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**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:** [August 22, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28572 "2014-08-22T20:40:46Z")

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Next: your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus.
2. Stegosaurus.
3. [Sue](http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101218093433/dresdenfiles/images/3/3a/Sue.jpg)

I got double mileage out of Sue today - used her in a different thread too 🙂

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28573 "2014-08-22T20:41:53Z")

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your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus
2. Stegosaurus
3. [Sue](http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101218093433/dresdenfiles/images/3/3a/Sue.jpg)
4. [Tricey](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma5meodxQg1rtz7u4o2_500.gif)

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**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:** [August 22, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28574 "2014-08-22T20:44:12Z")

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nm

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28575 "2014-08-22T20:57:31Z")

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your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus
2. Stegosaurus
3. Sue
4. Tricey
5. Trachodon (even though most paleontologists no longer believe it existed! It was still my favorite thing at the Museum of Natural History)

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28576 "2014-08-22T21:28:11Z")

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your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus
2. Stegosaurus
3. Sue
4. Tricey
5. Trachodon (even though most paleontologists no longer believe it existed! It was still my favorite thing at the Museum of Natural History)
6. Archeoptryx- great fun at parties!

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**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:** [August 23, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28577 "2014-08-23T02:01:36Z")

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Your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus
2. Stegosaurus
3. Sue
4. Tricey
5. Trachodon (even though most paleontologists no longer believe it existed! It was still my favorite thing at the Museum of Natural History)
6. Archeoptryx- great fun at parties!
7. Do You Think He Saur Us Rex

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28578 "2014-08-23T11:54:55Z")

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Your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus
2. Stegosaurus
3. Sue
4. Tricey
5. Trachodon (even though most paleontologists no longer believe it existed! It was still my favorite thing at the Museum of Natural History)
6. Archeoptryx- great fun at parties!
7. Do You Think He Saur Us Rex
8. [Gertie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY40DHs9vc4)

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28579 "2014-08-23T12:15:17Z")

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Your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus
2. Stegosaurus
3. Sue
4. Tricey
5. Trachodon (even though most paleontologists no longer believe it existed! It was still my favorite thing at the Museum of Natural History)
6. Archeoptryx- great fun at parties!
7. Do You Think He Saur Us Rex
8. Gertie
9. Brontosaurus

(We hardly knew ye… ☹ )

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28580 "2014-08-23T14:14:05Z")

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Your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus
2. Stegosaurus
3. Sue
4. Tricey
5. Trachodon (even though most paleontologists no longer believe it existed! It was still my favorite thing at the Museum of Natural History)
6. Archeoptryx- great fun at parties!
7. Do You Think He Saur Us Rex
8. Gertie
9. Brontosaurus
10. Diplodocus

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**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:** [August 24, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28581 "2014-08-24T02:08:54Z")

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Your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus
2. Stegosaurus
3. Sue
4. Tricey
5. Trachodon (even though most paleontologists no longer believe it existed! It was still my favorite thing at the Museum of Natural History)
6. Archeoptryx- great fun at parties!
7. Do You Think He Saur Us Rex
8. Gertie
9. Brontosaurus
10. Diplodocus
11. Triceratops

Loved 'em since I was a kid: [Triceratops - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triceratops)

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**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:** [August 24, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28582 "2014-08-24T02:17:52Z")

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Your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus
2. Stegosaurus
3. Sue
4. Tricey
5. Trachodon (even though most paleontologists no longer believe it existed! It was still my favorite thing at the Museum of Natural History)
6. Archeoptryx- great fun at parties!
7. Do You Think He Saur Us Rex
8. Gertie
9. Brontosaurus
10. Diplodocus
11. Triceratops
12. the green Sinclair gas station dinosaur

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28583 "2014-08-24T03:03:34Z")

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Your favorite dinosaur

1. Ankylosaurus

2. Stegosaurus

3. Sue

4. Tricey

5. Trachodon (even though most paleontologists no longer believe it existed! It was still my favorite thing at the Museum of Natural History)

6. Archeoptryx- great fun at parties!

7. Do You Think He Saur Us Rex

8. Gertie

9. Brontosaurus

10. Diplodocus

11. Triceratops

12. the green Sinclair gas station dinosaur

13. Dino, from “The Flintstones”  
Next: Maureen O’Hara movies

14. Miracle On 34th Street

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