# 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:** 1585
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31684 "2014-12-04T17:40:42Z")
A TV, movie, or book character who plays a musical instrument 1. The Second Doctor (recorder) 2. Nick Rivers (guitar) 3. Gregory House, MD (piano, guitar) 4. Sherlock Homes (violin) 5. Lieutenant Commander Riker, on Star Trek: The Next Generation (trombone) 6. Toshiko, in Jane Flory’s novel One Hundred and Eight Bells (samisen) 7. Captain Jack Aubrey, from Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander series (violin) 8. Spock (Vulcan lute) 9. The Duchess, played by Peter Sellers, (harpsichord) in “The Mouse that Roared”. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31685 "2014-12-04T17:44:23Z")
A TV, movie, or book character who plays a musical instrument 1. The Second Doctor (recorder) 2. Nick Rivers (guitar) 3. Gregory House, MD (piano, guitar) 4. Sherlock Homes (violin) 5. Lieutenant Commander Riker, on Star Trek: The Next Generation (trombone) 6. Toshiko, in Jane Flory’s novel One Hundred and Eight Bells (samisen) 7. Captain Jack Aubrey, from Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander series (violin) 8. Spock (Vulcan lute) 9. The Duchess, played by Peter Sellers, on the harpsichord in “The Mouse that Roared” 10. Ignatius J. Reilly, _Confederacy of Dunces_, trumpet He also apparently owns a lute since in the opening chapter he has bought some sheet music for his trumpet and a lute string. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31686 "2014-12-04T17:49:41Z")
A TV, movie, or book character who plays a musical instrument 1. The Second Doctor (recorder) 2. Nick Rivers (guitar) 3. Gregory House, MD (piano, guitar) 4. Sherlock Homes (violin) 5. Lieutenant Commander Riker, on Star Trek: The Next Generation (trombone) 6. Toshiko, in Jane Flory’s novel One Hundred and Eight Bells (samisen) 7. Captain Jack Aubrey, from Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander series (violin) 8. Spock (Vulcan lute) 9. The Duchess, played by Peter Sellers, on the harpsichord in “The Mouse that Roared” 10. Ignatius J. Reilly, Confederacy of Dunces, trumpet 11. Jughead Jones (drums) Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire ---
**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:** [December 4, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31687 "2014-12-04T18:04:34Z")
A TV, movie, or book character who plays a musical instrument 1. The Second Doctor (recorder) 2. Nick Rivers (guitar) 3. Gregory House, MD (piano, guitar) 4. Sherlock Homes (violin) 5. Lieutenant Commander Riker, on Star Trek: The Next Generation (trombone) 6. Toshiko, in Jane Flory’s novel One Hundred and Eight Bells (samisen) 7. Captain Jack Aubrey, from Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander series (violin) 8. Spock (Vulcan lute) 9. The Duchess, played by Peter Sellers, on the harpsichord in “The Mouse that Roared” 10. Ignatius J. Reilly, Confederacy of Dunces, trumpet 11. Jughead Jones (drums) 12. Lisa Simpson (saxo-mo-phone) Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31688 "2014-12-04T18:08:49Z")
A TV, movie, or book character who plays a musical instrument 1. The Second Doctor (recorder) 2. Nick Rivers (guitar) 3. Gregory House, MD (piano, guitar) 4. Sherlock Homes (violin) 5. Lieutenant Commander Riker, on Star Trek: The Next Generation (trombone) 6. Toshiko, in Jane Flory’s novel One Hundred and Eight Bells (samisen) 7. Captain Jack Aubrey, from Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander series (violin) 8. Spock (Vulcan lute) 9. The Duchess, played by Peter Sellers, on the harpsichord in “The Mouse that Roared” 10. Ignatius J. Reilly, Confederacy of Dunces, trumpet 11. Jughead Jones (drums) 12. Edith Bunker (piano) Sort of. Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden This is cool! It’s kind of like that swordfighting in some movies where you have a sword in one hand and a dagger in the other. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31689 "2014-12-04T19:44:06Z")
A TV, movie, or book character who plays a musical instrument 1. The Second Doctor (recorder) 2. Nick Rivers (guitar) 3. Gregory House, MD (piano, guitar) 4. Sherlock Homes (violin) 5. Lieutenant Commander Riker, on Star Trek: The Next Generation (trombone) 6. Toshiko, in Jane Flory’s novel One Hundred and Eight Bells (samisen) 7. Captain Jack Aubrey, from Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander series (violin) 8. Spock (Vulcan lute) 9. The Duchess, played by Peter Sellers, on the harpsichord in “The Mouse that Roared” 10. Ignatius J. Reilly, Confederacy of Dunces, trumpet 11. Jughead Jones (drums) 12. Edith Bunker (piano) 13. Lisa Simpson (sax-mo-phone) This category is done!. Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden 6. Steve McQueen This one is still alive ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31690 "2014-12-04T19:48:01Z")
Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden 6. Steve McQueen 7. Paul Newman ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31691 "2014-12-04T19:49:07Z")
Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden 6. Steve McQueen 7. Paul Newman 8. Susan Blakely ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31692 "2014-12-04T19:50:26Z")
Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden 6. Steve McQueen 7. Paul Newman 8. Susan Blakely 9. Gregory Sierra Character actor who used to be in everything- a regular for a while on _Barney Miller_, _Sanford & Son_, and _Soap_ and a guest star on every other series made in the 1970s and 1980s. Hopefully he made a good living and invested in those years and is having a comfortable old age. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31693 "2014-12-04T19:55:28Z")
Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden 6. Steve McQueen 7. Paul Newman 8. Susan Blakely 9. Gregory Sierra 10. Robert Vaughn ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31694 "2014-12-04T20:13:03Z")
Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden 6. Steve McQueen 7. Paul Newman 8. Susan Blakely 9. Gregory Sierra 10. Robert Vaughn 11. Susan (Rrrrowr!) Blakely ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31695 "2014-12-04T20:57:26Z")
Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden 6. Steve McQueen 7. Paul Newman 8. Susan Blakely 9. Gregory Sierra 10. Robert Vaughn 11. Jennifer Jones ( **astorian** - I corrected #11 Susan B for you [#8]) (I don’t believe this–I get ninja’d, screw up other posters by taking out my category, and you guys fly with it anyway! BIG, BIG KUDOS to youse!) ---
**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:** [December 4, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31696 "2014-12-04T20:59:45Z")
Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden 6. Steve McQueen 7. Paul Newman 8. Susan Blakely 9. Gregory Sierra 10. Robert Vaughn 11. Jennifer Jones 12. Dabney Coleman ---
**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:** [December 4, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31697 "2014-12-04T21:01:30Z")
Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden 6. Steve McQueen 7. Paul Newman 8. Susan Blakely 9. Gregory Sierra 10. Robert Vaughn 11. Jennifer Jones 12. Dabney Coleman I have no memory of him in it - but Wiki says he was. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31698 "2014-12-04T21:03:33Z")
^ DC talks McQueen into taking the explosives up to the roof. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31699 "2014-12-04T21:05:47Z")
Cast of “The Towering Inferno” 1. Faye Dunaway 2. Richard Chamberlain 3. OJ Simpson 4. Fred Astaire 5. William Holden 6. Steve McQueen 7. Paul Newman 8. Susan Blakely 9. Gregory Sierra 10. Robert Vaughn 11. Jennifer Jones 12. Dabney Coleman 13. Mike Lookinland (Bobby Brady - The Brady Bunch) I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31700 "2014-12-04T21:09:41Z")
New: Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31701 "2014-12-04T21:33:27Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31702 "2014-12-04T21:42:25Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO 3. John Cougar Mellencamp (sometimes under the alias “Little Bastard”) ---
**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:** [December 4, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31703 "2014-12-04T22:08:34Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO 3. John Cougar Mellencamp (sometimes under the alias “Little Bastard”) 4. The Beatles - through Apple Corp. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1584) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1586)