# 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:** ![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:** [January 16, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32464 "2015-01-16T16:10:41Z")

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Songs that should have been on movie soundtracks (with links)

1. Steve Winwood, “In the Light of Day,” in “Watchmen”: [steve winwood- The Light of Day - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPr3ERaVXI)
2. Devin Townsend Project, “Awake!!!”
3. AC/DC’s “Night Prowler” in a Halloween sequel [Night Prowler by AC/DC - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6TzeuxwO7A)
4. Judas Priest’s “The Sentinel” as the opener for Mad Max as he’s ripping down the highway.
5. The Ohio Express’ “Yummy Yummy Yummy” in a George Romero movie
6. Alice Cooper’s “Billion Dollar Babies” - on Million Dollar Baby
7. Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” in The Sting
8. Blue Oyster Cult’s “Godzilla” in Jurassic Park
9. Hall & Oates “She’s Gone” for Gone Girl

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32465 "2015-01-16T16:12:04Z")

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Songs that should have been on movie soundtracks (with links)

1. Steve Winwood, “In the Light of Day,” in “Watchmen”: [steve winwood- The Light of Day - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPr3ERaVXI)
2. Devin Townsend Project, “Awake!!!”
3. AC/DC’s “Night Prowler” in a Halloween sequel [Night Prowler by AC/DC - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6TzeuxwO7A)
4. Judas Priest’s “The Sentinel” as the opener for Mad Max as he’s ripping down the highway.
5. The Ohio Express’ “Yummy Yummy Yummy” in a George Romero movie
6. Alice Cooper’s “Billion Dollar Babies” - on Million Dollar Baby
7. Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” in The Sting
8. Blue Oyster Cult’s “Godzilla” in Jurassic Park
9. Hall & Oates “She’s Gone” for Gone Girl
10. Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” in JFK

“The problem is all inside your head she said to me” and “Slip out the back, Jack” both seem relevant.

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32466 "2015-01-16T16:34:01Z")

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Songs that should have been on movie soundtracks (with links)

1. Steve Winwood, “In the Light of Day,” in “Watchmen”: [steve winwood- The Light of Day - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPr3ERaVXI)
2. Devin Townsend Project, “Awake!!!”
3. AC/DC’s “Night Prowler” in a Halloween sequel [Night Prowler by AC/DC - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6TzeuxwO7A)
4. Judas Priest’s “The Sentinel” as the opener for Mad Max as he’s ripping down the highway.
5. The Ohio Express’ “Yummy Yummy Yummy” in a George Romero movie
6. Alice Cooper’s “Billion Dollar Babies” - on Million Dollar Baby
7. Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” in The Sting
8. Blue Oyster Cult’s “Godzilla” in Jurassic Park
9. Hall & Oates “She’s Gone” for Gone Girl
10. Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” in JFK
11. 3 Doors Down “Kryptonite” in Superman (1978), played during the scene where Lex puts the kryptonite necklace on Supes and Miss Tessmacher is debating whether to remove it.

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32467 "2015-01-16T16:38:43Z")

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Songs that should have been on movie soundtracks (with links)

1. Steve Winwood, “In the Light of Day,” in “Watchmen”
2. Devin Townsend Project, “Awake!!!”
3. AC/DC’s “Night Prowler” in a Halloween sequel
4. Judas Priest’s “The Sentinel” as the opener for Mad Max as he’s ripping down the highway.
5. The Ohio Express’ “Yummy Yummy Yummy” in a George Romero movie
6. Alice Cooper’s “Billion Dollar Babies” - on Million Dollar Baby
7. Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” in The Sting
8. Blue Oyster Cult’s “Godzilla” in Jurassic Park
9. Hall & Oates “She’s Gone” for Gone Girl
10. Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” in JFK
11. 3 Doors Down “Kryptonite” in Superman (1978)
12. Patty Griffin, “Up to the Mountain,” in “Selma”: [Up to the Mountain - Patty Griffin - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3_UaW7TFZQ)

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32468 "2015-01-16T16:40:46Z")

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Songs that should have been on movie soundtracks (with links)

1. Steve Winwood, “In the Light of Day,” in “Watchmen”
2. Devin Townsend Project, “Awake!!!”
3. AC/DC’s “Night Prowler” in a Halloween sequel
4. Judas Priest’s “The Sentinel” as the opener for Mad Max as he’s ripping down the highway.
5. The Ohio Express’ “Yummy Yummy Yummy” in a George Romero movie
6. Alice Cooper’s “Billion Dollar Babies” - on Million Dollar Baby
7. Motorhead’s “Ace of Spades” in The Sting
8. Blue Oyster Cult’s “Godzilla” in Jurassic Park
9. Hall & Oates “She’s Gone” for Gone Girl
10. Paul Simon’s “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” in JFK
11. 3 Doors Down “Kryptonite” in Superman (1978)
12. Patty Griffin, “Up the Mountain”, in “Selma”:
13. Blondie, “One Way or Another”, in Donnie Brasco

I bought the CD in a discount bin for this song and it wasn’t on the CD. (I couldn’t check to see because I didn’t know the song’s name.)

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch _Mad Men_, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32469 "2015-01-16T16:46:10Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32470 "2015-01-16T16:51:43Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”
3. “Wait. All I did was slap her ass and call her ‘toots’. And I’m being fired?”

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32471 "2015-01-16T16:55:25Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”
3. “Wait. All I did was slap her ass and call her ‘toots’. And I’m being fired?”
4. Cracking open a decanter of Canadian Club in the office is frowned upon, let alone at 1:30PM on a Tuesday

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32472 "2015-01-16T16:58:36Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”
3. “Wait. All I did was slap her ass and call her ‘toots’. And I’m being fired?”
4. Cracking open a decanter of Canadian Club in the office is frowned upon, let alone at 1:30PM on a Tuesday
5. “Whaddaya mean _ **he’s** _ my secretary?”

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32473 "2015-01-16T17:04:49Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”
3. “Wait. All I did was slap her ass and call her ‘toots’. And I’m being fired?”
4. Cracking open a decanter of Canadian Club in the office is frowned upon, let alone at 1:30PM on a Tuesday
5. “Whaddaya mean _ **he’s** _ my secretary?”
6. “He’s dating another _guy_ and he doesn’t even lie about it or get married to cover it up?”

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32474 "2015-01-16T17:09:59Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”
3. “Wait. All I did was slap her ass and call her ‘toots’. And I’m being fired?”
4. Cracking open a decanter of Canadian Club in the office is frowned upon, let alone at 1:30PM on a Tuesday
5. “Whaddaya mean _ **he’s** _ my secretary?”
6. “He’s dating another _guy_ and he doesn’t even lie about it or get married to cover it up?”
7. So you’re saying I shouldn’t move to Detroit?

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**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:** [January 16, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32475 "2015-01-16T17:12:34Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”
3. “Wait. All I did was slap her ass and call her ‘toots’. And I’m being fired?”
4. Cracking open a decanter of Canadian Club in the office is frowned upon, let alone at 1:30PM on a Tuesday
5. “Whaddaya mean he’s my secretary?”
6. “He’s dating another guy and he doesn’t even lie about it or get married to cover it up?”
7. So you’re saying I shouldn’t move to Detroit?
8. “Google? Tweet? Yahoo? Did I land in a f#$%in’ _kindergarten_?”

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32476 "2015-01-16T17:14:07Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”
3. “Wait. All I did was slap her ass and call her ‘toots’. And I’m being fired?”
4. Cracking open a decanter of Canadian Club in the office is frowned upon, let alone at 1:30PM on a Tuesday
5. “Whaddaya mean _ **he’s** _ my secretary?”
6. “He’s dating another _guy_ and he doesn’t even lie about it or get married to cover it up?”
7. So you’re saying I shouldn’t move to Detroit?
8. “Google? Tweet? Yahoo? Did I land in a f#$%in’ kindergarten?”
9. OK, so your wife is going to childbirth classes…why do YOU need to be there?

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32477 "2015-01-16T17:58:43Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”
3. “Wait. All I did was slap her ass and call her ‘toots’. And I’m being fired?”
4. Cracking open a decanter of Canadian Club in the office is frowned upon, let alone at 1:30PM on a Tuesday
5. “Whaddaya mean _ **he’s** _ my secretary?”
6. “He’s dating another _guy_ and he doesn’t even lie about it or get married to cover it up?”
7. So you’re saying I shouldn’t move to Detroit?
8. “Google? Tweet? Yahoo? Did I land in a f#$%in’ kindergarten?”
9. OK, so your wife is going to childbirth classes…why do YOU need to be there?
10. (After #3) “What do you mean, she’s pressing charges? For what?”

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32478 "2015-01-16T18:01:09Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”
3. “Wait. All I did was slap her ass and call her ‘toots’. And I’m being fired?”
4. Cracking open a decanter of Canadian Club in the office is frowned upon, let alone at 1:30PM on a Tuesday
5. “Whaddaya mean he’s my secretary?”
6. “He’s dating another guy and he doesn’t even lie about it or get married to cover it up?”
7. So you’re saying I shouldn’t move to Detroit?
8. “Google? Tweet? Yahoo? Did I land in a f#$%in’ kindergarten?”
9. OK, so your wife is going to childbirth classes…why do YOU need to be there?
10. (After #3) “What do you mean, she’s pressing charges? For what?”
11. How the _fuck_ did we _lose_ in Vietnam?

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32479 "2015-01-16T18:21:55Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”
3. “Wait. All I did was slap her ass and call her ‘toots’. And I’m being fired?”
4. Cracking open a decanter of Canadian Club in the office is frowned upon, let alone at 1:30PM on a Tuesday
5. “Whaddaya mean he’s my secretary?”
6. “He’s dating another guy and he doesn’t even lie about it or get married to cover it up?”
7. So you’re saying I shouldn’t move to Detroit?
8. “Google? Tweet? Yahoo? Did I land in a f#$%in’ kindergarten?”
9. OK, so your wife is going to childbirth classes…why do YOU need to be there?
10. (After #3) “What do you mean, she’s pressing charges? For what?”
11. How the fuck did we lose in Vietnam?
12. Never mind these Arabs! What are the Commies doing?

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32480 "2015-01-16T19:49:30Z")

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If Don Draper fell through a hole in time and wound up in the same ad agency offices in 2015, what would be the biggest culture shockers?  
(For those who don’t watch Mad Men, all you need to know is it’s set in a Manhattan office in the 1960s.)

1. Smoke free office policy
2. “Good one. But seriously, who’s really President?”
3. “Wait. All I did was slap her ass and call her ‘toots’. And I’m being fired?”
4. Cracking open a decanter of Canadian Club in the office is frowned upon, let alone at 1:30PM on a Tuesday
5. “Whaddaya mean he’s my secretary?”
6. “He’s dating another guy and he doesn’t even lie about it or get married to cover it up?”
7. So you’re saying I shouldn’t move to Detroit?
8. “Google? Tweet? Yahoo? Did I land in a f#$%in’ kindergarten?”
9. OK, so your wife is going to childbirth classes…why do YOU need to be there?
10. (After #3) “What do you mean, she’s pressing charges? For what?”
11. How the fuck did we lose in Vietnam?
12. Never mind these Arabs! What are the Commies doing?
13. “What the hell is a Kardashian?”  
Love this category - keep it going

Don Draper’s Culture Shock, round 2

1. It gets _ **how** _ many channels??

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32481 "2015-01-16T20:05:50Z")

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Don Draper’s Culture Shock, round 2

1. It gets _ **how** _ many channels??
2. What do you mean you don’t want to pay for newspaper ads?

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32482 "2015-01-16T20:40:36Z")

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Don Draper’s Culture Shock, round 2

1. It gets how many channels??
2. What do you mean you don’t want to pay for newspaper ads?
3. “I’ve been gone 51 years? Thank God my money was all in good, safe, stable stocks like Pan Am, Woolworth, Lehman Brothers, Schlitz Breweries, Chrysler, Zenith Electronics, and Eastman Kodak.”

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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:** [January 16, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32483 "2015-01-16T20:50:12Z")

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Don Draper’s Culture Shock, round 2

1. It gets how many channels??
2. What do you mean you don’t want to pay for newspaper ads?
3. “I’ve been gone 51 years? Thank God my money was all in good, safe, stable stocks like Pan Am, Woolworth, Lehman Brothers, Schlitz Breweries, Chrysler, Zenith Electronics, and Eastman Kodak.”
4. “We want the models to look sophisticated and glamorous, so cover them in mink or seal coats.”

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