# 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:** 1729
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34564 "2015-04-28T21:06:24Z")
Currently active stand-up comedians. 1. Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias 2. Rob Bartlett 3. Mike Birbiglia 4. Bill Cosby 5. Joey Pepitone 6. Jim Gaffigan 7. Steven Wright 8. Jeff Dunham 9. Amy Schumer- Yeah, but we don’t call them actresses any more either. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34565 "2015-04-28T21:43:43Z")
Currently active stand-up comedians. 1. Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias 2. Rob Bartlett 3. Mike Birbiglia 4. Bill Cosby 5. Joey Pepitone 6. Jim Gaffigan 7. Steven Wright 8. Jeff Dunham 9. Amy Schumer- Yeah, but we don’t call them actresses any more either. 10. Emo Philips ---
**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:** [April 28, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34566 "2015-04-28T22:57:55Z")
Currently active stand-up comedians. 1. Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias 2. Rob Bartlett 3. Mike Birbiglia 4. Bill Cosby 5. Joey Pepitone 6. Jim Gaffigan 7. Steven Wright 8. Jeff Dunham 9. Amy Schumer 10. Emo Philips 11. Bill Maher ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34567 "2015-04-29T01:02:58Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > …Yeah, but we don’t call them actresses any more either. You don’t say! > **[Academy Award for Best Actress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress)** > > The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally presented by the previous year's Best Actor winner. > The Best Actress award has been presented 97 times, to 79 actresses. The first winner was Janet Gaynor for her roles in 7th Heaven, Stre... > **[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama)** > > The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama is a Golden Globe Award that was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture", but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actress – Comedy or Musical. > The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2005, it was officially called "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama"... > **[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Lead_Actress_in_a_Drama_Series)** > > The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series is an award presented annually in the U.S. by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a television drama series for the primetime network season. > The award was first presented at the 6th Primetime Emmy Awards on February 11, 1954. The acting awards presented during the inaugural years were not genre-specific, with a... > **[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Play)** > > The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actresses for quality leading roles in a Broadway play. The awards are named after Antoinette Perry, an American actress who died in 1946. > Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theat... ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34568 "2015-04-29T01:23:47Z")
Currently active stand-up comedians. 1. Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias 2. Rob Bartlett 3. Mike Birbiglia 4. Bill Cosby 5. Joey Pepitone 6. Jim Gaffigan 7. Steven Wright 8. Jeff Dunham 9. Amy Schumer 10. Emo Philips 11. Bill Maher 12. [Russell Peters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uLqrtRnrHw) ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34569 "2015-04-29T02:06:28Z")
Currently active stand-up comedians. 1. Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias 2. Rob Bartlett 3. Mike Birbiglia 4. Bill Cosby 5. Joey Pepitone 6. Jim Gaffigan 7. Steven Wright 8. Jeff Dunham 9. Amy Schumer 10. Emo Philips 11. Bill Maher 12. Russell Peters 13. Louis CK New: Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34570 "2015-04-29T02:23:25Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34571 "2015-04-29T02:28:19Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain 3. Dave Barry ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34572 "2015-04-29T02:44:11Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain 3. Dave Barry 4. Garrison Keillor ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34573 "2015-04-29T03:22:21Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain 3. Dave Barry 4. Garrison Keillor 5. George Ade ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34574 "2015-04-29T03:50:11Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain 3. Dave Barry 4. Garrison Keillor 5. George Ade 6. P.G. Wodehouse ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34575 "2015-04-29T07:55:10Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain 3. Dave Barry 4. Garrison Keillor 5. George Ade 6. P.G. Wodehouse 7. Jerome K. Jerome ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34576 "2015-04-29T11:36:47Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain 3. Dave Barry 4. Garrison Keillor 5. George Ade 6. P.G. Wodehouse 7. Jerome K. Jerome 8. Erma Bombeck ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34577 "2015-04-29T12:20:46Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain 3. Dave Barry 4. Garrison Keillor 5. George Ade 6. P.G. Wodehouse 7. Jerome K. Jerome 8. Erma Bombeck 9. H. Allen Smith ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34578 "2015-04-29T14:03:08Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain 3. Dave Barry 4. Garrison Keillor 5. George Ade 6. P.G. Wodehouse 7. Jerome K. Jerome 8. Erma Bombeck 9. H. Allen Smith 10. David Sedaris ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34579 "2015-04-29T14:15:23Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain 3. Dave Barry 4. Garrison Keillor 5. George Ade 6. P.G. Wodehouse 7. Jerome K. Jerome 8. Erma Bombeck 9. H. Allen Smith 10. David Sedaris 11. Justin Halpern He of “Shit My Dad Says.” ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34580 "2015-04-29T14:33:34Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain 3. Dave Barry 4. Garrison Keillor 5. George Ade 6. P.G. Wodehouse 7. Jerome K. Jerome 8. Erma Bombeck 9. H. Allen Smith 10. David Sedaris 11. Justin Halpern 12. Fran Lebowitz ---
**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:** [April 29, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34581 "2015-04-29T14:34:49Z")
Humorists (i.e., funny writers) 1. James Thurber 2. Mark Twain 3. Dave Barry 4. Garrison Keillor 5. George Ade 6. P.G. Wodehouse 7. Jerome K. Jerome 8. Erma Bombeck 9. H. Allen Smith 10. David Sedaris 11. Justin Halpern 12. Fran Lebowitz 13. Dorothy Parker I’ll pass ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34582 "2015-04-29T15:44:18Z")
New topic: Fictional Crimefighting Organizations 1. C.O.N.T.R.O.L. (from _ **Get Smart** _) ---
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New topic: Fictional Crimefighting Organizations 1. C.O.N.T.R.O.L. (from _ **Get Smart** _) 2. U.N.C.L.E. (from _**The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.)**_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1728) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1730)