# 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:** 1597
**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 12, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31924 "2014-12-12T01:46:23Z")
Lesser Characters From “A Christmas Carol” 1. Old Fezziwig 2. Belle 3. Mrs. Cratchit 4. Fan 5. Boy Sent to Buy Goose 6. Joe, the rag and bone man 7. Fred 8. Martha Cratchit 9. Mrs. Dilber, the thieving charwoman 10. Dick Wilkins, fellow apprentice 11. Peter Cratchit, oldest son of Bob 12. Ignorance and Want 13. The Ghost of Christmas Past Next: Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman We see a photo of him giving the Medal of Honor to Harry Bailey. ---
**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 12, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31925 "2014-12-12T01:51:04Z")
Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31926 "2014-12-12T03:05:37Z")
“It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31927 "2014-12-12T05:25:05Z")
“It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright 4. Man whose grandfather planted tree ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31928 "2014-12-12T12:31:47Z")
Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright 4. Man whose grandfather planted tree 5. Mary Bailey ---
**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 12, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31929 "2014-12-12T14:20:52Z")
Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright 4. Man whose grandfather planted tree 5. Mary Bailey 6. George Bailey ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31930 "2014-12-12T15:46:08Z")
Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright 4. Man whose grandfather planted tree 5. Mary Bailey 6. George Bailey 7. The Martini Family ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31931 "2014-12-12T16:10:59Z")
Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright 4. Man whose grandfather planted tree 5. Mary Bailey 6. George Bailey 7. The Martini Family 8. Mary Hatch ---
**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:** [December 12, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31932 "2014-12-12T16:28:19Z")
Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright 4. Man whose grandfather planted tree 5. Mary Bailey 6. George Bailey 7. The Martini Family 8. Mary Hatch 9. Zuzu (Isn’t “Mary Bailey” and “Mary Hatch” the same (extremely hawt) person? Also, what sort of name is “Zuzu”?) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31933 "2014-12-12T16:29:34Z")
Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright 4. Man whose grandfather planted tree 5. Mary Bailey 6. George Bailey 7. The Martini Family 8. Mary Hatch 9. Zuzu 10. Annie “I been savin’ this money for a divorce, if I ever got a husband.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31934 "2014-12-12T17:10:11Z")
Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright 4. Man whose grandfather planted tree 5. Mary Bailey 6. George Bailey 7. The Martini Family 8. Mary Hatch 9. Zuzu 10. Annie 11. Mr. Gower The negligent pharmacist who bops George’s ear. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31935 "2014-12-12T17:41:08Z")
Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright 4. Man whose grandfather planted tree 5. Mary Bailey 6. George Bailey 7. The Martini Family 8. Mary Hatch 9. Zuzu 10. Annie 11. Mr. Gower 12. Harry Bailey [nitpick] 5 and 8 are the same person [/nitpick] ---
**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 12, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31936 "2014-12-12T17:48:49Z")
Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright 4. Man whose grandfather planted tree 5. Mary Hatch Bailey 6. George Bailey 7. The Martini Family 8. Zuzu 9. Annie 10. Mr. Gower 11. Harry Bailey 12. Mr. Potter Adjusted for festive holiday nitpick. ---
**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 12, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31937 "2014-12-12T18:28:20Z")
Characters from “It’s A Wonderful Life” 1. President Harry S. Truman 2. Clarence, the Angel 3. Sam “Hee Haw” Wainwright 4. Man whose grandfather planted tree 5. Mary Hatch Bailey 6. George Bailey 7. The Martini Family 8. Zuzu 9. Annie 10. Mr. Gower 11. Harry Bailey 12. Mr. Potter 13. Nick, the bartender New! Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man ---
**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 12, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31938 "2014-12-12T18:34:08Z")
Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie ---
**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:** [December 12, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31939 "2014-12-12T18:36:06Z")
Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie 3. Newhart - the best ending ever! ---
**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:** [December 12, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31940 "2014-12-12T18:37:08Z")
Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie 3. Newhart - the best ending ever! 4. The Chicago Code They were faced with a difficult situation. The show’s ratings had been low and it was unlikely it would be renewed for a second season. At that point, the writers could have just stopped caring and written some hack ending. But they came up up with a good final episode that offered closure to the series but at the same time left opportunities to reopen the stories if the show had been renewed. I thought it showed dedication that they made this kind of effort for a show they knew was a dead end. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31941 "2014-12-12T18:44:37Z")
Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie 3. Newhart - the best ending ever! 4. The Chicago Code 5. M_A_S\*H - Well. Solid finale to a good series. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31942 "2014-12-12T18:49:11Z")
Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie 3. Newhart - the best ending ever! 4. The Chicago Code 5. M_A_S\*H - Well. Solid finale to a good series. 6. Breaking Bad - wrapped up almost all the loose ends and was very emotionally satisfying ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31943 "2014-12-12T18:55:16Z")
Name a TV series that you think ended well or badly and why. 1. The Fugitive - well, Kimble found the one-armed man 2. Star Trek: The Next Generation - last episode was better than the cast’s first movie 3. Newhart - the best ending ever! 4. The Chicago Code 5. M_A_S\*H - Well. Solid finale to a good series. 6. Breaking Bad - wrapped up almost all the loose ends and was very emotionally satisfying 7. Quantum leap The promo NBC ran said “All your questions will be answered” in the series finale. Well, 1) I had dozens more questions about the characters, and 2) Sam never got home. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1596) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1598)