# 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\
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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30604 "2014-10-28T15:24:19Z")

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TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD

1. Dr. Niles Crane
2. Jack McFarland, star of “Just Jack” and “Jack 2000” (Will & Grace)
3. Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost in Space)

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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:** [October 28, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30605 "2014-10-28T15:25:43Z")

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TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD

1. Dr. Niles Crane
2. Jack McFarland, star of “Just Jack” and “Jack 2000” (Will & Grace)
3. Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost in Space)
4. Deputy Barney Fife (after he put his one bullet in some zombie’s brain, THEN what?)

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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:** [October 28, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30606 "2014-10-28T15:30:37Z")

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TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD

1. Dr. Niles Crane
2. Jack McFarland, star of “Just Jack” and “Jack 2000” (Will & Grace)
3. Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost in Space)
4. Deputy Barney Fife (after he put his one bullet in some zombie’s brain, THEN what?)
5. Mork (1st Season: “Oh, this biting is some kind of human welcoming ceremony? Chomp!”)

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**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30607 "2014-10-28T15:38:39Z")

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How did we switch from naming an undesirable leader to naming an undesirable group member?

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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:** [October 28, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30608 "2014-10-28T15:44:53Z")

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TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD

1. Dr. Niles Crane
2. Jack McFarland, star of “Just Jack” and “Jack 2000” (Will & Grace)
3. Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost in Space)
4. Deputy Barney Fife (after he put his one bullet in some zombie’s brain, THEN what?)
5. Mork (1st Season: “Oh, this biting is some kind of human welcoming ceremony? Chomp!”)
6. Counselor Deanna Troi (“I sense they want to eat our brains, sir.”)

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30609 "2014-10-28T15:47:32Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD  
> 4. Deputy Barney Fife (after he put his one bullet in some zombie’s brain, THEN what?)

I would pay more money to see a zombie attack on Mayberry than I’ve ever paid to see an Imax movie. Howard Sprague driving sharpened toothbrush handles through eyes, Malcolm Merriwether biting people, Ernest T. Bass madly in love with the zombies of the Fun Girls- there’s so many ways to go.

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TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD

1. Dr. Niles Crane
2. Jack McFarland, star of “Just Jack” and “Jack 2000” (Will & Grace)
3. Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost in Space)
4. Deputy Barney Fife (after he put his one bullet in some zombie’s brain, THEN what?)
5. Mork (1st Season: “Oh, this biting is some kind of human welcoming ceremony? Chomp!”)
6. Counselor Deanna Troi (“I sense they want to eat our brains, sir.”)
7. Adrian Monk

“Wipe! Wipe! WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE WIPE!!!”

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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:** [October 28, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30610 "2014-10-28T16:14:45Z")

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TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD

1. Dr. Niles Crane
2. Jack McFarland, star of “Just Jack” and “Jack 2000” (Will & Grace)
3. Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost in Space)
4. Deputy Barney Fife (after he put his one bullet in some zombie’s brain, THEN what?)
5. Mork (1st Season: “Oh, this biting is some kind of human welcoming ceremony? Chomp!”)
6. Counselor Deanna Troi (“I sense they want to eat our brains, sir.”)
7. Adrian Monk
8. Hans Moleman

Just not sure how useful he’d be: [List of recurring The Simpsons characters - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Moleman)

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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:** [October 28, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30611 "2014-10-28T16:18:24Z")

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TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD

1. Dr. Niles Crane
2. Jack McFarland, star of “Just Jack” and “Jack 2000” (Will & Grace)
3. Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost in Space)
4. Deputy Barney Fife (after he put his one bullet in some zombie’s brain, THEN what?)
5. Mork (1st Season: “Oh, this biting is some kind of human welcoming ceremony? Chomp!”)
6. Counselor Deanna Troi (“I sense they want to eat our brains, sir.”)
7. Adrian Monk
8. Hans Moleman
9. Dr. Frank Burns (M_A_S\*H)

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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:** [October 28, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30612 "2014-10-28T16:25:12Z")

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TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD

1. Dr. Niles Crane
2. Jack McFarland, star of “Just Jack” and “Jack 2000” (Will & Grace)
3. Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost in Space)
4. Deputy Barney Fife (after he put his one bullet in some zombie’s brain, THEN what?)
5. Mork (1st Season: “Oh, this biting is some kind of human welcoming ceremony? Chomp!”)
6. Counselor Deanna Troi (“I sense they want to eat our brains, sir.”)
7. Adrian Monk
8. Hans Moleman
9. Dr. Frank Burns (M_A_S\*H)
10. Chief Robert Ironside - sorry, when the zombies come, I ain’t pushing him!!!

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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:** [October 28, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30613 "2014-10-28T16:43:49Z")

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TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD

1. Dr. Niles Crane
2. Jack McFarland, star of “Just Jack” and “Jack 2000” (Will & Grace)
3. Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost in Space)
4. Deputy Barney Fife (after he put his one bullet in some zombie’s brain, THEN what?)
5. Mork (1st Season: “Oh, this biting is some kind of human welcoming ceremony? Chomp!”)
6. Counselor Deanna Troi (“I sense they want to eat our brains, sir.”)
7. Adrian Monk
8. Hans Moleman
9. Dr. Frank Burns (M_A_S\*H)
10. Chief Robert Ironside - sorry, when the zombies come, I ain’t pushing him!!!
11. Whitley Gilbert from A Different World

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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:** [October 28, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30614 "2014-10-28T16:44:40Z")

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TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD

1. Dr. Niles Crane
2. Jack McFarland, star of “Just Jack” and “Jack 2000” (Will & Grace)
3. Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost in Space)
4. Deputy Barney Fife (after he put his one bullet in some zombie’s brain, THEN what?)
5. Mork (1st Season: “Oh, this biting is some kind of human welcoming ceremony? Chomp!”)
6. Counselor Deanna Troi (“I sense they want to eat our brains, sir.”)
7. Adrian Monk
8. Hans Moleman
9. Dr. Frank Burns (M_A_S\*H)
10. Chief Robert Ironside - sorry, when the zombies come, I ain’t pushing him!!!
11. Whitley Gilbert from A Different World
12. Urkel!

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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:** [October 28, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30615 "2014-10-28T17:02:31Z")

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TV Characters You Would Not Want In Your Group During the Zombie Apocalypse in THE WALKING DEAD

1. Dr. Niles Crane
2. Jack McFarland, star of “Just Jack” and “Jack 2000” (Will & Grace)
3. Dr. Zachary Smith (Lost in Space)
4. Deputy Barney Fife (after he put his one bullet in some zombie’s brain, THEN what?)
5. Mork (1st Season: “Oh, this biting is some kind of human welcoming ceremony? Chomp!”)
6. Counselor Deanna Troi (“I sense they want to eat our brains, sir.”)
7. Adrian Monk
8. Hans Moleman
9. Dr. Frank Burns (M_A_S\*H)
10. Chief Robert Ironside - sorry, when the zombies come, I ain’t pushing him!!!
11. Whitley Gilbert from A Different World
12. Urkel!
13. Carter J. Burke, Paul Reiser’s character from _Aliens._

He would deliberately infect some of the survivors for the sake of corporate profits, then later claim it was a “bad call.”

Next: Actors who have won non-acting Oscar awards.

1. Michael Douglas - Best Picture (producer) for _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest._

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30616 "2014-10-28T17:21:55Z")

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Next: Actors who have won non-acting Oscar awards.

1. Michael Douglas - Best Picture (producer) for _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest._
2. Jim Rash (actor best known for _Community_)- Best Adapted Screenplay, The Descendants

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**Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30617 "2014-10-28T17:31:04Z")

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Join Date: Aug 2002  
Next: Actors who have won non-acting Oscar awards.

1. Michael Douglas - Best Picture (producer) for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
2. Jim Rash (actor best known for Community)- Best Adapted Screenplay, The Descendants
3. Barbara Streisand, composer, best original song, “Evergreen”.

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**Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30618 "2014-10-28T18:11:53Z")

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Actors who have won non-acting Oscar awards.

1. Michael Douglas - Best Picture (producer) for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
2. Jim Rash (actor best known for Community)- Best Adapted Screenplay, The Descendants
3. Barbara Streisand, composer, best original song, “Evergreen”.
4. Robert Redford - Best Director, Ordinary People

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30619 "2014-10-28T19:12:01Z")

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Actors who have won non-acting Oscar awards.

1. Michael Douglas - Best Picture (producer) for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
2. Jim Rash (actor best known for Community)- Best Adapted Screenplay, The Descendants
3. Barbara Streisand, composer, best original song, “Evergreen”.
4. Robert Redford - Best Director, Ordinary People
5. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck - Best Screenplay for Good Will Hunting

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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:** [October 28, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30620 "2014-10-28T19:51:49Z")

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Actors who have won non-acting Oscar awards.

1. Michael Douglas - Best Picture (producer) for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
2. Jim Rash (actor best known for Community)- Best Adapted Screenplay, The Descendants
3. Barbara Streisand, composer, best original song, “Evergreen”.
4. Robert Redford - Best Director, Ordinary People
5. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck - Best Screenplay for Good Will Hunting
6. Mel Gibson - Best Director for _ **Braveheart** _

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**Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30621 "2014-10-28T20:15:07Z")

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Actors who have won non-acting Oscar awards.

1. Michael Douglas - Best Picture (producer) for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
2. Jim Rash (actor best known for Community) - Best Adapted Screenplay, The Descendants
3. Barbara Streisand, composer, best original song, “Evergreen”
4. Robert Redford - Best Director, Ordinary People
5. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck - Best Screenplay for Good Will Hunting
6. Mel Gibson - Best Director for Braveheart
7. Clint Eastwood - Best Director for Unforgiven

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30622 "2014-10-28T20:22:45Z")

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Actors who have won non-acting Oscar awards.

1. Michael Douglas - Best Picture (producer) for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
2. Jim Rash (actor best known for Community) - Best Adapted Screenplay, The Descendants
3. Barbara Streisand, composer, best original song, “Evergreen”
4. Robert Redford - Best Director, Ordinary People
5. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck - Best Screenplay for Good Will Hunting
6. Mel Gibson - Best Director for Braveheart
7. Clint Eastwood - Best Director for Unforgiven
8. Emma Thompson, Best Adapted Screenplay, Sense & Sensibility

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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:** [October 28, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30623 "2014-10-28T20:42:07Z")

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Actors who have won non-acting Oscar awards.

1. Michael Douglas - Best Picture (producer) for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
2. Jim Rash (actor best known for Community) - Best Adapted Screenplay, The Descendants
3. Barbara Streisand, composer, best original song, “Evergreen”
4. Robert Redford - Best Director, Ordinary People
5. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck - Best Screenplay for Good Will Hunting
6. Mel Gibson - Best Director for Braveheart
7. Clint Eastwood - Best Director for Unforgiven
8. Emma Thompson, Best Adapted Screenplay, Sense & Sensibility
9. Bob Hope - Five Honorary or Special Oscars for Service to the Motion Picture Industry

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