# 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:** 1533
**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 29, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30644 "2014-10-29T21:37:38Z")
New topic: Famous People Who Lived to be 100 1. Bob Hope 2. George Burns 3. Irving Berlin 4. Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30645 "2014-10-29T21:53:09Z")
New topic: Famous People Who Lived to be 100 1. Bob Hope 2. George Burns 3. Irving Berlin 4. Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD 5. Grandma Moses ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30646 "2014-10-29T21:54:14Z")
New topic: Famous People Who Lived to be 100 1. Bob Hope 2. George Burns 3. Irving Berlin 4. Albert Hofmann, 5. Grandma Moses 6. Ken Hechler, former Congressman (D-WV) turned 100 thirty nine days ago. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30647 "2014-10-29T23:51:20Z")
Famous People Who Lived to be 100 1. Bob Hope 2. George Burns 3. Irving Berlin 4. Albert Hofmann, 5. Grandma Moses 6. Ken Hechler, former Congressman (D-WV) turned 100 thirty nine days ago. 7. Strom Thurmond ---
**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 30, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30648 "2014-10-30T00:53:04Z")
Famous People Who Lived to be 100 1. Bob Hope 2. George Burns 3. Irving Berlin 4. Albert Hofmann, 5. Grandma Moses 6. Ken Hechler, former Congressman (D-WV) turned 100 thirty nine days ago. 7. Strom Thurmond 8. Prof. Irwin Corey turned 100 this July. ---
**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 30, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30649 "2014-10-30T02:16:34Z")
Famous People Who Lived to be 100 1. Bob Hope 2. George Burns 3. Irving Berlin 4. Albert Hofmann, 5. Grandma Moses 6. Ken Hechler, former Congressman (D-WV) turned 100 thirty nine days ago. 7. Strom Thurmond 8. Prof. Irwin Corey turned 100 this July 9. Rose Kennedy ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30650 "2014-10-30T02:24:37Z")
Famous People Who Lived to be 100 1. Bob Hope 2. George Burns 3. Irving Berlin 4. Albert Hofmann, 5. Grandma Moses 6. Ken Hechler, former Congressman (D-WV) turned 100 thirty nine days ago. 7. Strom Thurmond 8. Prof. Irwin Corey turned 100 this July 9. Rose Kennedy 10. Queen Mother Elizabeth ---
**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:** [October 30, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30651 "2014-10-30T14:45:52Z")
Famous People Who Lived to be 100 1. Bob Hope 2. George Burns 3. Irving Berlin 4. Albert Hofmann, 5. Grandma Moses 6. Ken Hechler, former Congressman (D-WV) turned 100 thirty nine days ago. 7. Strom Thurmond 8. Prof. Irwin Corey turned 100 this July 9. Rose Kennedy 10. Queen Mother Elizabeth 11. Hal Roach ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30652 "2014-10-30T14:50:45Z")
Famous People Who Lived to be 100 1. Bob Hope 2. George Burns 3. Irving Berlin 4. Albert Hofmann, 5. Grandma Moses 6. Ken Hechler, former Congressman (D-WV) turned 100 thirty nine days ago. 7. Strom Thurmond 8. Prof. Irwin Corey turned 100 this July 9. Rose Kennedy 10. Queen Mother Elizabeth 11. Hal Roach 12. Alf Landon ---
**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:** [October 30, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30653 "2014-10-30T15:49:24Z")
Famous People Who Lived to be 100 1. Bob Hope 2. George Burns 3. Irving Berlin 4. Albert Hofmann, 5. Grandma Moses 6. Ken Hechler, former Congressman (D-WV) turned 100 thirty nine days ago. 7. Strom Thurmond 8. Prof. Irwin Corey turned 100 this July 9. Rose Kennedy 10. Queen Mother Elizabeth 11. Hal Roach 12. Alf Landon 13. Leni Riefenstahl New: Popular TV Characters Who Debuted After Their Show’s First Season 1. Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager ---
**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 30, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30654 "2014-10-30T16:27:48Z")
New: Popular TV Characters Who Debuted After Their Show’s First Season 1. Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager 2. Emma Peel, The Avengers ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30655 "2014-10-30T16:32:20Z")
New: Popular TV Characters Who Debuted After Their Show’s First Season 1. Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager 2. Amy Farrah Fowler, The Big Bang Theory 3. Frasier, Woody, Lilith and Rebecca, in Cheers ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30656 "2014-10-30T16:34:03Z")
Popular TV Characters Who Debuted After Their Show’s First Season 1. Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager 2. Emma Peel, The Avengers 3. Frasier, Woody, Lilith and Rebecca, in Cheers 4. Detective Lenny Briscoe, _ **Law & Order** _ (in fact, Jerry Orbach played a defense attorney in an early season of the show) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30657 "2014-10-30T16:46:43Z")
Popular TV Characters Who Debuted After Their Show’s First Season 1. Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager 2. Emma Peel, The Avengers 3. Frasier, Woody, Lilith and Rebecca, in Cheers 4. Detective Lenny Briscoe, Law & Order (in fact, Jerry Orbach played a defense attorney in an early season of the show) 5. Ziva David, NCIS ---
**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 30, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30658 "2014-10-30T16:49:17Z")
Popular TV Characters Who Debuted After Their Show’s First Season 1. Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager 2. Emma Peel, The Avengers 3. Frasier, Woody, Lilith and Rebecca, in Cheers 4. Detective Lenny Briscoe, Law & Order (in fact, Jerry Orbach played a defense attorney in an early season of the show) 5. Ziva David, NCIS 6. Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5 ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30659 "2014-10-30T17:09:26Z")
Popular TV Characters Who Debuted After Their Show’s First Season 1. Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager 2. Emma Peel, The Avengers 3. Frasier, Woody, Lilith and Rebecca, in Cheers 4. Detective Lenny Briscoe, Law & Order (in fact, Jerry Orbach played a defense attorney in an early season of the show) 5. Ziva David, NCIS 6. Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5 7. Henry Potter, BJ Hunnicutt - MASH ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30660 "2014-10-30T17:31:59Z")
[nit pick] **Sherman** Potter played by **Harry** Morgan; you were thinking of Henry Blake[/nit pick] ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30661 "2014-10-30T17:36:18Z")
Popular TV Characters Who Debuted After Their Show’s First Season 1. Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager 2. Emma Peel, The Avengers 3. Frasier, Woody, Lilith and Rebecca, in Cheers 4. Detective Lenny Briscoe, Law & Order (in fact, Jerry Orbach played a defense attorney in an early season of the show) 5. Ziva David, NCIS 6. Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5 7. Sherman Potter, BJ Hunnicutt - MASH 8. Dietrich (Steve Landesberg), on\*\*\* Barney Miller\*\*\* ---
**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:** [October 30, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30662 "2014-10-30T17:51:46Z")
Popular TV Characters Who Debuted After Their Show’s First Season 1. Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager 2. Emma Peel, The Avengers 3. Frasier, Woody, Lilith and Rebecca, in Cheers 4. Detective Lenny Briscoe, Law & Order (in fact, Jerry Orbach played a defense attorney in an early season of the show) 5. Ziva David, NCIS 6. Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5 7. Sherman Potter, BJ Hunnicutt - MASH 8. Dietrich (Steve Landesberg), on\*\*\* Barney Miller\*\*\* 9. Grant, Kari, and Tory - _Mythbusters_ ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30663 "2014-10-30T17:52:28Z")
Popular TV Characters Who Debuted After Their Show’s First Season 1. Seven of Nine, Star Trek: Voyager 2. Emma Peel, The Avengers 3. Frasier, Woody, Lilith and Rebecca, in Cheers 4. Detective Lenny Briscoe, Law & Order (in fact, Jerry Orbach played a defense attorney in an early season of the show) 5. Ziva David, NCIS 6. Captain John Sheridan, Babylon 5 7. Sherman Potter, BJ Hunnicutt - MASH 8. Dietrich (Steve Landesberg), on Barney Miller 9. Grant, Kari, and Tori - Mythbusters 10. Faith, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1532) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1534)