# 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:** 1465
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29284 "2014-09-16T12:53:31Z")
Participants in the “Battle of the Network Stars” 1. Gabe Kaplan 2. Catherine Bach 3. Lynda Carter 4. William Shatner 5. Farah Fawcett 6. Adrienne Barbeau (who had two very large “floaties” in her swimsuit) 7. Charlene Tilton 8. Telly Savalas 9. Heather Thomas 10. Lou Ferrigno 11. Robert Conrad (NBC captain who took the whole thing way too seriously) 12. Ron Howard 13. Kristy McNichol New: Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29285 "2014-09-16T13:23:58Z")
Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29286 "2014-09-16T13:27:27Z")
Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball 3. Married with Children: bowling ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29287 "2014-09-16T13:38:07Z")
Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball 3. Married with Children: bowling 4. _Ben-Hur_ - chariot racing Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29288 "2014-09-16T13:39:04Z")
Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball 3. Married with Children: bowling 4. Harry Potter: Quidditch ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29289 "2014-09-16T14:22:27Z")
Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball 3. Married with Children: bowling 4. Harry Potter: Quidditch 5. M_A_S\*H (movie) - football ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29290 "2014-09-16T14:24:06Z")
Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball 3. Married with Children: bowling 4. Harry Potter: Quidditch 5. M_A_S\*H (movie) - football 6. Bad News Bears - baseball ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29291 "2014-09-16T14:33:49Z")
Fixing… 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball 3. Married with Children: bowling 4. Ben Hur: Chariot Racing 5. Harry Potter: Quidditch 6. M_A_S\*H (movie) - football 7. Bad News Bears - baseball 8. North Dallas Forty: Football ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29292 "2014-09-16T14:50:48Z")
Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball 3. Married with Children: bowling 4. Ben Hur: Chariot Racing 5. Harry Potter: Quidditch 6. M_A_S\*H (movie) - football 7. Bad News Bears - baseball 8. North Dallas Forty: Football 9. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Parrises squares > **[Parrises squares](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Parrises_squares)** > > Parrises squares, or parisses squares, was a vigorous and rather violent athletic game played by people from many worlds and ages during the 24th century. Its popularity among youth was a concern for parents. (VOY: "Real Life") Players were called... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29293 "2014-09-16T14:58:53Z")
Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball 3. Married with Children: bowling 4. Ben Hur: Chariot Racing 5. Harry Potter: Quidditch 6. M_A_S\*H (movie) - football 7. Bad News Bears - baseball 8. North Dallas Forty: Football 9. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Parrises squares 10. American History X - basketball (the Skinheads vs. the blacks) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29294 "2014-09-16T14:59:53Z")
Wait- \*\*\*North Dallas 40 \*\*\*was all about pro football players! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29295 "2014-09-16T15:05:31Z")
Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball 3. Married with Children: bowling 4. Ben Hur: Chariot Racing 5. Harry Potter: Quidditch 6. M_A_S\*H (movie) - football 7. Bad News Bears - baseball 8. North Dallas Forty: Football 9. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Parrises squares 10. American History X - basketball (the Skinheads vs. the blacks) 11. The Longest Yard - football ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29296 "2014-09-16T15:06:36Z")
Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball 3. Married with Children: bowling 4. Ben Hur: Chariot Racing 5. Harry Potter: Quidditch 6. M_A_S\*H (movie) - football 7. Bad News Bears - baseball 8. North Dallas Forty: Football 9. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Parrises squares 10. American History X - basketball (the Skinheads vs. the blacks) 11. The Longest Yard - football 12. Bend it Like Beckham – soccer. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29297 "2014-09-16T15:14:45Z")
Fiction in which non-professional athletes (in other words, the characters, not the cast, aren’t pro athletes) are shown playing a sport 1. WKRP in Cincinnati: softball 2. Calvin and Hobbes: Calvinball 3. Married with Children: bowling 4. Ben Hur: Chariot Racing 5. Harry Potter: Quidditch 6. M_A_S\*H (movie) - football 7. Bad News Bears - baseball 8. North Dallas Forty: Football 9. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Parrises squares 10. American History X - basketball (the Skinheads vs. the blacks) 11. The Longest Yard - football 12. Bend it Like Beckham – soccer 13. Big Bang Theory - wrestling Bad movies that you have an inexplicable soft spot for 1. _Xanadu_ ---
**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:** [September 16, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29298 "2014-09-16T15:32:06Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Wait- \*\*\*North Dallas 40 \*\*\*was all about pro football players! You know, I was trying to think of “The Longest Yard” and came up with the wrong movie. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29299 "2014-09-16T15:48:27Z")
Bad movies that you have an inexplicable soft spot for 1. Xanadu 2. Sylvester Stallone’s _ **Oscar** _ I’m pretty sure most people will name campy “so bad they’re good” movies. I don’t regard \*\*\*Oscar \*\*\*as a bad movie. Personally, I thought it was hilarious. But it WAS univerally panned by the critics, and wound up on almost everybody’s Ten Worst Movies lists that year. ---
**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 16, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29300 "2014-09-16T16:05:17Z")
Bad movies that you have an inexplicable soft spot for 1. Xanadu 2. Sylvester Stallone’s Oscar 3. Independence Day Yeah, it has plot holes you could drive a truck through. I still like it. (The problem for me here is the word “inexplicable”. There’s a lotta bad movies out there I like, but I can normally tell you why, and it’s usually revolving around sentiment. Or snarkiness.) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29301 "2014-09-16T16:07:02Z")
Bad movies that you have an inexplicable soft spot for 1. Xanadu 2. Sylvester Stallone’s Oscar 3. Independence Day 4. 2012 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29302 "2014-09-16T16:07:31Z")
Bad movies that you have an inexplicable soft spot for 1. Xanadu 2. Sylvester Stallone’s Oscar 3. Independence Day 4. “Last Night” (and “Double Happiness”). I was in love with Sandra Oh years before she was “discovered”, and appeared only in low-budget Canadian films… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29303 "2014-09-16T16:27:29Z")
Bad movies that you have an inexplicable soft spot for 1. Xanadu 2. Sylvester Stallone’s Oscar 3. Independence Day 4. “Last Night” (and “Double Happiness”). I was in love with Sandra Oh years before she was “discovered”, and appeared only in low-budget Canadian films… 5. Patrick Swayze’s sublimely ridiculous _ **Road House** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1464) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1466)