# 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:** 1709
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34164 "2015-03-28T21:08:58Z")
Recast An Old Sitcom (Any Character) With A ‘Modern’ Actor - Reuse of Character or Actor Allowed 1. Hugh Jackman as Colonel Hogan; Hogan’s Heroes 2. Ben Stiller as Wilbur Post; Mister Ed 3. Amy Adams as Samantha Stevens; Bewitched 4. Drew Barrymore as Ann Marie; That Girl 5. Johnny Galecki as Frank Burns, M_A_S\*H 6. Jim Parsons as Barney Fife, The Andy Griffith Show 7. Marty Feldman as Barney Fife; The Andy Griffith Show 8. Simon Helberg as Larry Dallas, Three’s Company 9. Lewis Black as Alan Brady, The Dick Van Dyke Show 10. Kristen Bell as Samantha (and Sarina); Bewitched 11. Jennifer Lawrence as Lucy Ricardo; I Love Lucy 12. Timothy Olyphant as Jim Rockford; The Rockford Files 13. Nina Dobrev as Mary Ann Summers; _Gilligan’s Island_ Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park ---
**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:** [March 28, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34165 "2015-03-28T22:31:16Z")
Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty Back before you had to make reservations and pass a security checkpoint. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34166 "2015-03-28T22:47:47Z")
Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty 3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Indianapolis ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34167 "2015-03-29T00:30:52Z")
Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty 3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Indianapolis 4. Lassen Peak (Mount Lassen) ---
**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:** [March 29, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34168 "2015-03-29T01:42:15Z")
Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty 3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Indianapolis 4. Lassen Peak (Mount Lassen) 5. Stone Mountain, Georgia. Well, it isn’t really scary or long… but I was 8yo when I did it so it _seemed_ scary and long! ---
**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:** [March 29, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34169 "2015-03-29T04:28:40Z")
Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty 3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Indianapolis 4. Lassen Peak (Mount Lassen) 5. Stone Mountain, Georgia 6. Tooth of Time, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, N.M. One of the Scouts in our patrol got altitude sickness. Good times… ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34170 "2015-03-29T13:45:43Z")
Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty 3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Indianapolis 4. Lassen Peak (Mount Lassen) 5. Stone Mountain, Georgia 6. Tooth of Time, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, N.M. 7. North Chalone Peak, Pinnacles N.M. That was on a Boy Scouts hike. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34171 "2015-03-29T23:07:48Z")
Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty 3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Indianapolis 4. Lassen Peak (Mount Lassen) 5. Stone Mountain, Georgia 6. Tooth of Time, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, N.M. 7. North Chalone Peak, Pinnacles N.M. 8. Mt. Mansfield, VT (highest Mountain in Vermont) ---
**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:** [March 29, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34172 "2015-03-29T23:47:27Z")
Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty 3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Indianapolis 4. Lassen Peak (Mount Lassen) 5. Stone Mountain, Georgia 6. Tooth of Time, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, N.M. 7. North Chalone Peak, Pinnacles N.M. 8. Mt. Mansfield, VT (highest Mountain in Vermont) 9. Emory Peak (Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34173 "2015-03-31T00:17:24Z")
Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty 3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Indianapolis 4. Lassen Peak (Mount Lassen) 5. Stone Mountain, Georgia 6. Tooth of Time, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, N.M. 7. North Chalone Peak, Pinnacles N.M. 8. Mt. Mansfield, VT (highest Mountain in Vermont) 9. Emory Peak (Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park) 10. Sears/Willis Tower, 2109 steps ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34174 "2015-03-31T00:42:08Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > 1. Sears/Willis Tower, 2109 steps Nice. Although are you sure you didn’t just spidey-web-swing your way to the top? On the outside? Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty 3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Indianapolis 4. Lassen Peak (Mount Lassen) 5. Stone Mountain, Georgia 6. Tooth of Time, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, N.M. 7. North Chalone Peak, Pinnacles N.M. 8. Mt. Mansfield, VT (highest Mountain in Vermont) 9. Emory Peak (Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park) 10. Sears/Willis Tower, 2109 steps 11. Goettingen Street, San Francisco, between Campbell and Wilde One of the steepest streets in San Francisco. At the end of my nightly 3-mile run, I’d run up San Bruno then up Campbell, and finish with a sprint up that steep block of Goettingen. Back in my youth. Hey, this category is dragging. I tossed that in to help us finish it. Who started this category anyway? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34175 "2015-03-31T00:49:48Z")
Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty 3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Indianapolis 4. Lassen Peak (Mount Lassen) 5. Stone Mountain, Georgia 6. Tooth of Time, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, N.M. 7. North Chalone Peak, Pinnacles N.M. 8. Mt. Mansfield, VT (highest Mountain in Vermont) 9. Emory Peak (Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park) 10. Sears/Willis Tower, 2109 steps 11. Goettingen Street, San Francisco, between Campbell and Wilde 12. An unnamed peak in the Smoky Mountains ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34176 "2015-03-31T01:06:53Z")
Climbs/Hikes to Summits or Up Long/Steep/Scary Stairs That You Topped - No Repeats, No Rides/Elevators/Escalators, etc.: purely on your own power 1. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park 2. The Statue of Liberty 3. Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Indianapolis 4. Lassen Peak (Mount Lassen) 5. Stone Mountain, Georgia 6. Tooth of Time, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, N.M. 7. North Chalone Peak, Pinnacles N.M. 8. Mt. Mansfield, VT (highest Mountain in Vermont) 9. Emory Peak (Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park) 10. Sears/Willis Tower, 2109 steps 11. Goettingen Street, San Francisco, between Campbell and Wilde 12. An unnamed peak in the Smoky Mountains 13. [“Stairway to Heaven”, in the Confidence Course, MCRD San Diego](https://www.google.com/search?q=stairway+to+heaven+mcrd+san+diego&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=q_EZVa3JEtL3yQTx_4CQCw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1024&bih=671) Travel Plans This Year, 2015? 14. Phoenix, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta: the last 4 of the 30 MLB stadiums ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34177 "2015-03-31T01:53:27Z")
Travel Plans This Year, 2015? 1. Phoenix, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta: the last 4 of the 30 MLB stadiums 2. Boston area to see family. I lead an exciting life. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34178 "2015-03-31T02:04:18Z")
Travel Plans This Year, 2015? 1. Phoenix, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta: the last 4 of the 30 MLB stadiums 2. Boston area to see family. I lead an exciting life. 3. Louisville, KY, for a Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention; we go every year. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34179 "2015-03-31T02:42:17Z")
Travel Plans This Year, 2015? 1. Phoenix, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta: the last 4 of the 30 MLB stadiums 2. Boston area to see family. I lead an exciting life. 3. Louisville, KY, for a Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention; we go every year. 4. Disneyland for a week in October: wife’s 50th & that’s what she wants to do! ---
**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:** [March 31, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34180 "2015-03-31T03:39:28Z")
Travel Plans This Year, 2015? 1. Phoenix, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta: the last 4 of the 30 MLB stadiums 2. Boston area to see family. I lead an exciting life. 3. Louisville, KY, for a Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention; we go every year. 4. Disneyland for a week in October: wife’s 50th & that’s what she wants to do! 5. Atlanta, Ga. - we’re there right now! ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34181 "2015-03-31T11:27:22Z")
Travel Plans This Year, 2015? 1. Phoenix, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta: the last 4 of the 30 MLB stadiums 2. Boston area to see family. I lead an exciting life. 3. Louisville, KY, for a Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention; we go every year. 4. Disneyland for a week in October: wife’s 50th & that’s what she wants to do! 5. Atlanta, Ga. - we’re there right now! 6. Back to Vero Beach, Florida next winter. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34182 "2015-03-31T13:43:06Z")
Travel Plans This Year, 2015? 1. Phoenix, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta: the last 4 of the 30 MLB stadiums 2. Boston area to see family. I lead an exciting life. 3. Louisville, KY, for a Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention; we go every year. 4. Disneyland for a week in October: wife’s 50th & that’s what she wants to do! 5. Atlanta, Ga. - we’re there right now! 6. Back to Vero Beach, Florida next winter. 7. Boca Raton, as soon as school is out ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34183 "2015-03-31T14:18:04Z")
Travel Plans This Year, 2015? 1. Phoenix, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Atlanta: the last 4 of the 30 MLB stadiums 2. Boston area to see family. I lead an exciting life. 3. Louisville, KY, for a Sci-Fi/Fantasy convention; we go every year. 4. Disneyland for a week in October: wife’s 50th & that’s what she wants to do! 5. Atlanta, Ga. - we’re there right now! 6. Back to Vero Beach, Florida next winter. 7. Boca Raton, as soon as school is out 8. Nothing huge, but a few day/weekend trips to Moab/Bryce/Zion National Parks. This might be my last summer in Utah, gotta make it count… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1708) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1710)