# 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:** 1448
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28944 "2014-09-05T14:35:53Z")
Political countries that came into being, and ceased to exist, within the 20th century. 1. South Vietnam 2. East Germany 3. Czechoslovakia 4. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 5. Newfoundland 6. United Arab Republic (a joint venture, Egypt+Syria) 7. Yugoslavia 8. West Berlin 9. People’s Republic of Kampuchea 10. Myanmar -Depending on who you believe, they went back to Burma. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28945 "2014-09-05T15:13:24Z")
Political countries that came into being, and ceased to exist, within the 20th century. 1. South Vietnam 2. East Germany 3. Czechoslovakia 4. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 5. Newfoundland 6. United Arab Republic (a joint venture, Egypt+Syria) 7. Yugoslavia 8. West Berlin 9. People’s Republic of Kampuchea 10. Myanmar -Depending on who you believe, they went back to Burma. 11. Sikkim Sikkim’s sovereign status was nebulous so it’s hard to say exactly when it became a country and when it ceased to be a country. But the best estimate is that both events occurred during the twentieth century. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28946 "2014-09-05T15:16:35Z")
Political countries that came into being, and ceased to exist, within the 20th century. 1. South Vietnam 2. East Germany 3. Czechoslovakia 4. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 5. Newfoundland 6. United Arab Republic (a joint venture, Egypt+Syria) 7. Yugoslavia 8. West Berlin 9. People’s Republic of Kampuchea 10. Myanmar -Depending on who you believe, they went back to Burma. 11. Sikkim 12. North Yemen Come on – using name changes is cheating. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28947 "2014-09-05T15:23:44Z")
Political countries that came into being, and ceased to exist, within the 20th century. 1. South Vietnam 2. East Germany 3. Czechoslovakia 4. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 5. Newfoundland 6. United Arab Republic (a joint venture, Egypt+Syria) 7. Yugoslavia 8. West Berlin 9. People’s Republic of Kampuchea 10. Myanmar -Depending on who you believe, they went back to Burma. 11. Sikkim 12. North Yemen 13. The Republic of Hawaii Next up: People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28948 "2014-09-05T15:25:25Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28949 "2014-09-05T15:49:07Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) 3. Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel ---
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28950 "2014-09-05T16:07:46Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) 3. Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel [/QUOTE] 4. Michael Jackson - As a white asylum patient named Michael Jackson ---
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28951 "2014-09-05T16:09:07Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) 3. Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel 4. Michael Jackson - As a white asylum patient named Michael Jackson 5. Johnny Cash - The Talking Coyote ---
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28952 "2014-09-05T16:13:15Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) 3. Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel 4. Michael Jackson - As a white asylum patient named Michael Jackson 5. Johnny Cash - The Talking Coyote 6. Ron Taylor - Bleeding Gums Murphy ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28953 "2014-09-05T16:15:45Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) 3. Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel 4. Michael Jackson - As a white asylum patient named Michael Jackson 5. Johnny Cash - The Talking Coyote 6. Ron Taylor - Bleeding Gums Murphy 7. George Fenneman - Narrator ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28954 "2014-09-05T16:29:20Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) 3. Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel 4. Michael Jackson - As a white asylum patient named Michael Jackson 5. Johnny Cash - The Talking Coyote 6. Ron Taylor - Bleeding Gums Murphy 7. George Fenneman - Narrator 8. Phil Hartmann - Troy McClure (among others) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28955 "2014-09-05T18:35:08Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) 3. Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel 4. Michael Jackson - As a white asylum patient named Michael Jackson 5. Johnny Cash - The Talking Coyote 6. Ron Taylor - Bleeding Gums Murphy 7. George Fenneman - Narrator 8. Phil Hartmann - Troy McClure (among others) 9. Liz Taylor - Maggie ---
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28956 "2014-09-05T19:10:11Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) 3. Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel 4. Michael Jackson - As a white asylum patient named Michael Jackson 5. Johnny Cash - The Talking Coyote 6. Ron Taylor - Bleeding Gums Murphy 7. George Fenneman - Narrator 8. Phil Hartmann - Troy McClure (among others) 9. Liz Taylor - Maggie 10. Doris Grau - Lunchlady Doris ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28957 "2014-09-05T19:17:43Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) 3. Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel 4. Michael Jackson - As a white asylum patient named Michael Jackson 5. Johnny Cash - The Talking Coyote 6. Ron Taylor - Bleeding Gums Murphy 7. George Fenneman - Narrator 8. Phil Hartmann - Troy McClure (among others) 9. Liz Taylor - Maggie 10. Doris Grau - Lunchlady Doris 11. Linda McCartney (herself - “Lisa the Vegetarian”) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28958 "2014-09-05T19:32:00Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) 3. Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel 4. Michael Jackson - As a white asylum patient named Michael Jackson 5. Johnny Cash - The Talking Coyote 6. Ron Taylor - Bleeding Gums Murphy 7. George Fenneman - Narrator 8. Phil Hartmann - Troy McClure (among others) 9. Liz Taylor - Maggie 10. Doris Grau - Lunchlady Doris 11. Linda McCartney (herself - “Lisa the Vegetarian”) 12. George Carlin - Seth ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28959 "2014-09-05T19:45:32Z")
People who voiced a Simpson character and later died IRL 1. Joan Rivers - Annie Dubinsky 2. George Harrison (himself, in the barber shop quartet episode) 3. Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel 4. Michael Jackson - As a white asylum patient named Michael Jackson 5. Johnny Cash - The Talking Coyote 6. Ron Taylor - Bleeding Gums Murphy 7. George Fenneman - Narrator 8. Phil Hartmann - Troy McClure (among others) 9. Liz Taylor - Maggie 10. Doris Grau - Lunchlady Doris 11. Linda McCartney (herself - “Lisa the Vegetarian”) 12. George Carlin - Seth 13. Rodney Dangerfield - Mr. Burns’ long lost son Larry New Topic: Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28960 "2014-09-05T19:47:55Z")
New Topic: Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo 2, Blatz Beer ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28961 "2014-09-05T20:24:51Z")
Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo 2, Blatz Beer 2. Metrocal drinks and cookies ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28962 "2014-09-05T20:31:18Z")
Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo 2, Blatz Beer 2. Metrocal drinks and cookies 3. Shakey’s Pizza (I know they’re back, or still around, but I haven’t seen one in 30 years.) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28963 "2014-09-05T20:33:13Z")
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