# 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:** 1467
**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 17, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29324 "2014-09-17T17:29:10Z")
Fictional characters who are bald 1. Ilia, in Star Trek: The Motion Picture 2. Captain Jean-Luc Picard 3. Lex Luthor 4. Dr. Evil 5. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 6. Kojak 7. Nick Fury (as portrayed in the current Marvel films) 8. Avatar Aang 9. King Mongkut of Siam (Yul Brynner in The King and I) ---
**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 17, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29325 "2014-09-17T17:48:18Z")
Fictional characters who are bald 1. Ilia, in Star Trek: The Motion Picture 2. Captain Jean-Luc Picard 3. Lex Luthor 4. Dr. Evil 5. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 6. Kojak 7. Nick Fury (as portrayed in the current Marvel films) 8. Avatar Aang 9. King Mongkut of Siam (Yul Brynner in The King and I) 10. Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana ---
**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 17, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29326 "2014-09-17T17:57:28Z")
Fictional characters who are bald 1. Ilia, in Star Trek: The Motion Picture 2. Captain Jean-Luc Picard 3. Lex Luthor 4. Dr. Evil 5. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 6. Kojak 7. Nick Fury (as portrayed in the current Marvel films) 8. Avatar Aang 9. King Mongkut of Siam (Yul Brynner in The King and I) 10. Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana 11. Mr. Clean ---
**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 17, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29327 "2014-09-17T18:03:07Z")
Fictional characters who are bald 1. Ilia, in Star Trek: The Motion Picture 2. Captain Jean-Luc Picard 3. Lex Luthor 4. Dr. Evil 5. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 6. Kojak 7. Nick Fury (as portrayed in the current Marvel films) 8. Avatar Aang 9. King Mongkut of Siam (Yul Brynner in The King and I) 10. Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana 11. Mr. Clean 12. Charles Xavier ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29328 "2014-09-17T18:24:27Z")
Fictional characters who are bald 1. Ilia, in Star Trek: The Motion Picture 2. Captain Jean-Luc Picard 3. Lex Luthor 4. Dr. Evil 5. Ernst Stavro Blofeld 6. Kojak 7. Nick Fury (as portrayed in the current Marvel films) 8. Avatar Aang 9. King Mongkut of Siam (Yul Brynner in The King and I) 10. Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana 11. Mr. Clean 12. Charles Xavier 13. Elmer Fudd New topic: Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1: Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” ---
**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 17, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29329 "2014-09-17T19:28:39Z")
Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1: Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” > **[List of Friends episodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Friends_episodes)** > > The American sitcom Friends was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television for NBC. The series began with the pilot episode, which was broadcast on September 22, 1994; the series finished its ten-season run on May 6, 2004, with 236 episodes. On average, they are 22–23 minutes long, for a 30-minute time slot including commercial breaks. > The series narrative follows six friends living and working in New... ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29330 "2014-09-17T19:31:44Z")
Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1: Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29331 "2014-09-17T19:49:01Z")
Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1: Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) 4. “Two Broke Girls” titties all start with “And the . . .” ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29332 "2014-09-17T20:03:44Z")
Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1: Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) 4. “Two Broke Girls” titties all start with “And the . . .” 5. The Blacklist: titles are the persons name or nickname, and the number in which they appear on Red’s list ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29333 "2014-09-17T20:14:02Z")
1: Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) 4. “Two Broke Girls” titties all start with “And the . . .” 5. The Blacklist: titles are the persons name or nickname, and the number in which they appear on Red’s list 6. The Big Bang Theory: Titles are all “The \<_noun_ (or phrase)\> \<_scientific-sounding word_\>” (like “The Jiminy Conjecture” or “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”) Also, might I add that the Freudian slip in #4 amused my inner 12-year-old… 😃 ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29334 "2014-09-17T20:14:08Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes > > 1: Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” > 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” > 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) > 4. “Two Broke Girls” titties all start with “And the . . .” Man, I gotta start watching “Two Broke Girls.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29335 "2014-09-17T20:16:02Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Man, I gotta start watching “Two Broke Girls.” 😉 Hah. Serves me right for adding frequently used words to my spell check dictionary. ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29336 "2014-09-17T20:26:22Z")
Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1: Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) 4. “Two Broke Girls” titties all start with “And the . . .” 5. The Blacklist: titles are the persons name or nickname, and the number in which they appear on Red’s list 6. The Big Bang Theory: Titles are all “The \ \” (like “The Jiminy Conjecture” or “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”) 7. 3rd Rock from the Sun: Nearly every episode title contains “Dick.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29337 "2014-09-17T20:44:11Z")
Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1: Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) 4. “Two Broke Girls” titties all start with “And the . . .” 5. The Blacklist: titles are the persons name or nickname, and the number in which they appear on Red’s list 6. The Big Bang Theory: Titles are all “The \ \” (like “The Jiminy Conjecture” or “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”) 7. 3rd Rock from the Sun: Nearly every episode title contains “Dick.” 8. Love American Style (every sketch was “Love and the Adjective Noun”) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29338 "2014-09-17T21:04:03Z")
Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1: Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) 4. “Two Broke Girls” titties all start with “And the . . .” 5. The Blacklist: titles are the persons name or nickname, and the number in which they appear on Red’s list 6. The Big Bang Theory: Titles are all “The \ \” (like “The Jiminy Conjecture” or “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”) 7. 3rd Rock from the Sun: Nearly every episode title contains “Dick.” 8. Love American Style (every sketch was “Love and the Adjective Noun”) 9. _The Wild Wild West_ - Titles are all “The Night of…” Regards, Shodan ---
**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 17, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29339 "2014-09-17T21:37:03Z")
Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1: Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) 4. “Two Broke Girls” titties all start with “And the . . .” 5. The Blacklist: titles are the persons name or nickname, and the number in which they appear on Red’s list 6. The Big Bang Theory: Titles are all “The \ \” (like “The Jiminy Conjecture” or “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”) 7. 3rd Rock from the Sun: Nearly every episode title contains “Dick.” 8. Love American Style (every sketch was “Love and the Adjective Noun”) 9. The Wild Wild West - Titles are all “The Night of…” 10. Leverage - “The [insert noun or phrase] Job” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29340 "2014-09-17T21:44:13Z")
Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1. Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) 4. “Two Broke Girls” titties all start with “And the . . .” 5. The Blacklist: titles are the persons name or nickname, and the number in which they appear on Red’s list 6. The Big Bang Theory: Titles are all “The \ \” (like “The Jiminy Conjecture” or “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”) 7. 3rd Rock from the Sun: Nearly every episode title contains “Dick.” 8. Love American Style (every sketch was “Love and the Adjective Noun”) 9. The Wild Wild West - Titles are all “The Night of…” 10. Leverage - “The [insert noun or phrase] Job” 11. Scrubs - each episode was titled “My [Something]” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29341 "2014-09-17T21:57:54Z")
Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1. Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) 4. “Two Broke Girls” titties all start with “And the . . .” 5. The Blacklist: titles are the persons name or nickname, and the number in which they appear on Red’s list 6. The Big Bang Theory: Titles are all “The \ \” (like “The Jiminy Conjecture” or “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”) 7. 3rd Rock from the Sun: Nearly every episode title contains “Dick.” 8. Love American Style (every sketch was “Love and the Adjective Noun”) 9. The Wild Wild West - Titles are all “The Night of…” 10. Leverage - “The [insert noun or phrase] Job” 11. Scrubs - each episode was titled “My [Something]” 12. Seinfeld - each episode was titled with “The” as the first word. (boring) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29342 "2014-09-17T22:39:34Z")
Naming Conventions for Television Series Episodes 1. Monk: Every episode title starts with “Mr. Monk and the …” 2. Friends: Every episode was titled “The One With…” or “The One Where…” 3. Perry Mason: “The Case of the Terrified Tadpole” or “The Case of the Witless Werewolf” (or something similarly alliterative) 4. “Two Broke Girls” titties all start with “And the . . .” 5. The Blacklist: titles are the persons name or nickname, and the number in which they appear on Red’s list 6. The Big Bang Theory: Titles are all “The \ \” (like “The Jiminy Conjecture” or “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”) 7. 3rd Rock from the Sun: Nearly every episode title contains “Dick.” 8. Love American Style (every sketch was “Love and the Adjective Noun”) 9. The Wild Wild West - Titles are all “The Night of…” 10. Leverage - “The [insert noun or phrase] Job” 11. Scrubs - each episode was titled “My [Something]” 12. Seinfeld - each episode was titled with “The” as the first word. (boring) 13. Rocky and Bullwinkel – every episode had an alternate title, connected to the main title with “or”. Next: English words that originated in an Asiatic language Bungalow ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/29343 "2014-09-17T22:45:45Z")
English words that originated in an Asiatic language 1. Bungalow 2. soy (from Japanese “shoyu”; soybeans are named after soy sauce, not the other way around) How about we put the original language as well? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1466) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1468)