# 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\
**Page:** 1567

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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:** [November 18, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31324 "2014-11-18T23:59:59Z")

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Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote)
2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)
3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita)
4. “O Brother Where Art Thou” (film parallels Homer’s Odyssey)
5. Louisa May Alcott’s **Little Women** –character’s stories parallel parts of John Bunyan’s \*\*Pilgrim’s Progress.  
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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:** [November 19, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31325 "2014-11-19T02:15:32Z")

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Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote)
2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)
3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita)
4. “O Brother Where Art Thou” (film parallels Homer’s Odyssey)
5. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women–character’s stories parallel parts of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
6. “Drivin’ with Your Eyes Closed” by Don Henley (two good puns: “Some guys were born to Rimbaud / some guys breathe Baudelaire”).

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**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:** [November 19, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31326 "2014-11-19T02:41:55Z")

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Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote
2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)
3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita)
4. “O Brother Where Art Thou” (film parallels Homer’s Odyssey)
5. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women–character’s stories parallel parts of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
6. “Drivin’ with Your Eyes Closed” by Don Henley (two good puns: “Some guys were born to Rimbaud / some guys breathe Baudelaire”)
7. “A Thousand Acres” by Jane Smiley (parallels King Lear)

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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:** [November 19, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31327 "2014-11-19T02:48:47Z")

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Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote
2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)
3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita)
4. “O Brother Where Art Thou” (film parallels Homer’s Odyssey)
5. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women–character’s stories parallel parts of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
6. “Drivin’ with Your Eyes Closed” by Don Henley (two good puns: “Some guys were born to Rimbaud / some guys breathe Baudelaire”)
7. “A Thousand Acres” by Jane Smiley (parallels King Lear)
8. “Feast of Love,” book and 2007 film adaptation (parallels A Midsummer Night’s Dream)

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**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:** [November 19, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31328 "2014-11-19T03:03:37Z")

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Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote
2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)
3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita)
4. “O Brother Where Art Thou” (film parallels Homer’s Odyssey)
5. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women–character’s stories parallel parts of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
6. “Drivin’ with Your Eyes Closed” by Don Henley (two good puns: “Some guys were born to Rimbaud / some guys breathe Baudelaire”)
7. “A Thousand Acres” by Jane Smiley (parallels King Lear)
8. “Feast of Love,” book and 2007 film adaptation (parallels A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
9. “The Gap Cycle”, book series by Stephen R. Donaldson (parallels Wagner’s _Ring_ cycle.)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31329 "2014-11-19T03:04:36Z")

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Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote
2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)
3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita)
4. “O Brother Where Art Thou” (film parallels Homer’s Odyssey)
5. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women–character’s stories parallel parts of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
6. “Drivin’ with Your Eyes Closed” by Don Henley (two good puns: “Some guys were born to Rimbaud / some guys breathe Baudelaire”)
7. “A Thousand Acres” by Jane Smiley (parallels King Lear)
8. “Feast of Love,” book and 2007 film adaptation (parallels A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
9. “The Gap Cycle”, book series by Stephen R. Donaldson (parallels Wagner’s Ring cycle.)
10. “Roll Over Beethoven” by Chuck Berry

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31330 "2014-11-19T03:33:11Z")

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Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote
2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)
3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita)
4. “O Brother Where Art Thou” (film parallels Homer’s Odyssey)
5. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women–character’s stories parallel parts of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
6. “Drivin’ with Your Eyes Closed” by Don Henley (two good puns: “Some guys were born to Rimbaud / some guys breathe Baudelaire”)
7. “A Thousand Acres” by Jane Smiley (parallels King Lear)
8. “Feast of Love,” book and 2007 film adaptation (parallels A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
9. “The Gap Cycle”, book series by Stephen R. Donaldson (parallels Wagner’s Ring cycle.)
10. “Roll Over Beethoven” by Chuck Berry
11. “What’s Opera, Doc?” a Warner Bros. cartoon parodying Wagner’s Ring Cycle

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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:** [November 19, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31331 "2014-11-19T04:28:09Z")

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Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote
2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)
3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita)
4. “O Brother Where Art Thou” (film parallels Homer’s Odyssey)
5. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women–character’s stories parallel parts of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
6. “Drivin’ with Your Eyes Closed” by Don Henley (two good puns: “Some guys were born to Rimbaud / some guys breathe Baudelaire”)
7. “A Thousand Acres” by Jane Smiley (parallels King Lear)
8. “Feast of Love,” book and 2007 film adaptation (parallels A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
9. “The Gap Cycle”, book series by Stephen R. Donaldson (parallels Wagner’s Ring cycle.)
10. “Roll Over Beethoven” by Chuck Berry
11. “What’s Opera, Doc?” a Warner Bros. cartoon parodying Wagner’s Ring Cycle
12. _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ quotes the opening and closing lines from Charles Dickens’ _A Tale of Two Cities_, a birthday gift given to Capt. Kirk.

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**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:** [November 19, 2014, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31332 "2014-11-19T04:48:20Z")

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Pop-culture works (songs, movies, TV, books) that include a person or item that references a classic work

1. “Cygnus X-1” by Rush (spaceship is called Rocinante, referencing Don Quixote
2. “Anthem” by Rush (title references an Ayn Rand book and is lyrically very much in line with her work)
3. “Don’t Stand So Close” by the Police (references Nabokov’s book Lolita)
4. “O Brother Where Art Thou” (film parallels Homer’s Odyssey)
5. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women–character’s stories parallel parts of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
6. “Drivin’ with Your Eyes Closed” by Don Henley (two good puns: “Some guys were born to Rimbaud / some guys breathe Baudelaire”)
7. “A Thousand Acres” by Jane Smiley (parallels King Lear)
8. “Feast of Love,” book and 2007 film adaptation (parallels A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
9. “The Gap Cycle”, book series by Stephen R. Donaldson (parallels Wagner’s Ring cycle.)
10. “Roll Over Beethoven” by Chuck Berry
11. “What’s Opera, Doc?” a Warner Bros. cartoon parodying Wagner’s Ring Cycle
12. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan quotes the opening and closing lines from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, a birthday gift given to Capt. Kirk.
13. “Ballad of the Sad Cafe” by the Eagles (named for a Carson McCullers novella)

New: Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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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:** [November 19, 2014, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31333 "2014-11-19T04:49:43Z")

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New: Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
2. The Doors

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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:** [November 19, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31334 "2014-11-19T12:50:34Z")

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Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
2. The Doors
3. Dumbo

Man, give me some of _that_ champagne. Three ounces of bubbly in a five gallon bucket of water, and they’re literally seeing pink elephants?

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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:** [November 19, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31335 "2014-11-19T13:06:06Z")

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Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
2. The Doors
3. Dumbo
4. The Big Lebowski

It involves a nude woman and bowling.

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31336 "2014-11-19T13:11:11Z")

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Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
2. The Doors
3. Dumbo
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Requiem for a Dream

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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:** [November 19, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31337 "2014-11-19T14:35:00Z")

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Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
2. The Doors
3. Dumbo
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. _ **Beavis and Butthead Do America** _

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**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:** [November 19, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31338 "2014-11-19T15:33:54Z")

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Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
2. The Doors
3. Dumbo
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. Beavis and Butthead Do America
7. Trainspotting

At least I’m pretty sure that baby crawling across the ceiling was a hallucination.

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**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:** [November 19, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31339 "2014-11-19T15:59:14Z")

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Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
2. The Doors
3. Dumbo
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. Beavis and Butthead Do America
7. Trainspotting
8. Altered States

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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:** [November 19, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31340 "2014-11-19T16:12:52Z")

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Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
2. The Doors
3. Dumbo
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. Beavis and Butthead Do America
7. Trainspotting
8. Altered States
9. Cheech and Chong’s\*\*\* Nice Dreams\*\*\*

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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:** [November 19, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31341 "2014-11-19T18:24:16Z")

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Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
2. The Doors
3. Dumbo
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. Beavis and Butthead Do America
7. Trainspotting
8. Altered States
9. Cheech and Chong’s\*\*\* Nice Dreams\*\*\*
10. Go Ask Alice

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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:** [November 19, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31342 "2014-11-19T20:20:26Z")

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Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
2. The Doors
3. Dumbo
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. Beavis and Butthead Do America
7. Trainspotting
8. Altered States
9. Cheech and Chong’s\*\*\* Nice Dreams\*\*\*
10. Go Ask Alice
11. Hair

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**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:** [November 19, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31343 "2014-11-19T20:35:06Z")

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Movies depicting drug-induced hallucinations

1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
2. The Doors
3. Dumbo
4. The Big Lebowski
5. Requiem for a Dream
6. Beavis and Butthead Do America
7. Trainspotting
8. Altered States
9. Cheech and Chong’s _ **Nice Dreams** _
10. Go Ask Alice
11. Hair
12. _[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6cPSKLRR2A)_

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