# 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:** 1813
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36244 "2015-07-22T21:42:59Z")
No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles: 1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII) 2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ)) 3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8) 4. Diet Rite Cola (“Everybody likes it”): [Diet Rite Cola Jingle (Everybody Likes It) 1971 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq00Ih46qfk) 5. Tab (for beautiful people): [Tab Cola - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ) 6. Fresca [Gary McFarland Fresca Commercial - It's A Blizzard! on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/115354256) 7. Funny Face, the Kool-Aid wannabes (two flavors were renamed due to complaints about ethnic stereotyping: Injun Orange became Jolly Ollie Orange and Chinese Cherry became Choo Choo Cherry): [Funny Face Drink Mix - banned commercial - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujip5DxwGQw) 8. Schaefer Beer (perhaps the most popular beer in New York City, when I was a kid… utterly forgotten now): [The Sheafer Jingle 1972 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQHDg6fTZc) 9. Rheingold, the official beer of the NY Mets in my childhood: [My beer is Rheingold - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_51RANXHg0) 10. Ballantine Beer (add a ring, and then another ring…): [Ballantine Beer 1960 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9p_n7Wavs) 11. Fanta ("Its’ fun to be thirsty!): [1970s Commercial for Fanta Soft Drinks - "It's Fun To Be Thirsty" 2 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePtzr3FtRmQ) 12. [Surge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTY8hrvFck8) ---
**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:** [July 22, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36245 "2015-07-22T22:12:45Z")
No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles: 1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII) 2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ)) 3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8) 4. Diet Rite Cola (“Everybody likes it”): [Diet Rite Cola Jingle (Everybody Likes It) 1971 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq00Ih46qfk) 5. Tab (for beautiful people): [Tab Cola - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ) (And there’s an Elle Macpherson version of the original classic: [TaB cola ad 1982 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhGJvGhIzaw)) 6. Fresca [Gary McFarland Fresca Commercial - It's A Blizzard! on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/115354256) 7. Funny Face, the Kool-Aid wannabes (two flavors were renamed due to complaints about ethnic stereotyping: Injun Orange became Jolly Ollie Orange and Chinese Cherry became Choo Choo Cherry): [Funny Face Drink Mix - banned commercial - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujip5DxwGQw) 8. Schaefer Beer (perhaps the most popular beer in New York City, when I was a kid… utterly forgotten now): [The Sheafer Jingle 1972 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQHDg6fTZc) 9. Rheingold, the official beer of the NY Mets in my childhood: [My beer is Rheingold - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_51RANXHg0) 10. Ballantine Beer (add a ring, and then another ring…): [Ballantine Beer 1960 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9p_n7Wavs) 11. Fanta ("Its’ fun to be thirsty!): [1970s Commercial for Fanta Soft Drinks - "It's Fun To Be Thirsty" 2 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePtzr3FtRmQ) 12. [Surge](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTY8hrvFck8) Modified my #5 above. Elle Macpherson did her version of the Tab cola bikini commercial. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36246 "2015-07-23T00:17:28Z")
No-longer popular or defunct brands of beverages with memorable advertising jingles: 1. Royal Crown Cola (RC) [RC Cola Commercial 1970's - YouTube](http://youtu.be/7TsRxZRZRII) 2. No-Cal ([NO CAL SODA - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSHfJ1tgzbQ)) 3. Shasta [I Wanna Pop...I Want a Shasta - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_XEOrAl1J8) 4. Diet Rite Cola (“Everybody likes it”): [Diet Rite Cola Jingle (Everybody Likes It) 1971 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq00Ih46qfk) 5. Tab (for beautiful people): [Tab Cola - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJL4yQn_7qQ) (And there’s an Elle Macpherson version of the original classic: [TaB cola ad 1982 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhGJvGhIzaw)) 6. Fresca [Gary McFarland Fresca Commercial - It's A Blizzard! on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/115354256) 7. Funny Face, the Kool-Aid wannabes (two flavors were renamed due to complaints about ethnic stereotyping: Injun Orange became Jolly Ollie Orange and Chinese Cherry became Choo Choo Cherry): [Funny Face Drink Mix - banned commercial - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujip5DxwGQw) 8. Schaefer Beer (perhaps the most popular beer in New York City, when I was a kid… utterly forgotten now): [The Sheafer Jingle 1972 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMQHDg6fTZc) 9. Rheingold, the official beer of the NY Mets in my childhood: [My beer is Rheingold - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_51RANXHg0) 10. Ballantine Beer (add a ring, and then another ring…): [Ballantine Beer 1960 - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9p_n7Wavs) 11. Fanta ("Its’ fun to be thirsty!): [1970s Commercial for Fanta Soft Drinks - "It's Fun To Be Thirsty" 2 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePtzr3FtRmQ) 12. Surge 13. Faygo [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwpXyiDWhCw) Especially Faygo Brau ginger beer commercials, which I couldn’t find. New! Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer From the restaurants, not the canned stuff. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36247 "2015-07-23T02:34:09Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36248 "2015-07-23T12:21:43Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef 3. Hot Wheels cars ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36249 "2015-07-23T13:30:33Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef 3. Hot Wheels cars 4. Friendly Restaurants ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36250 "2015-07-23T14:01:20Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef 3. Hot Wheels cars 4. Friendly Restaurants 5. DC Comics ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36251 "2015-07-23T14:10:57Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef 3. Hot Wheels cars 4. Friendly Restaurants 5. DC Comics 6. Kraft American cheese single slices ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36252 "2015-07-23T14:19:53Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef 3. Hot Wheels cars 4. Friendly Restaurants 5. DC Comics 6. Kraft American cheese single slices 7. Revell, plastic model kits (airplanes, cars, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36253 "2015-07-23T15:39:44Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef 3. Hot Wheels cars 4. Friendly Restaurants 5. DC Comics 6. Kraft American cheese single slices 7. Revell, plastic model kits (airplanes, cars, etc.) 8. White Castle “belly bombers” ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36254 "2015-07-23T16:01:37Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef 3. Hot Wheels cars 4. Friendly Restaurants 5. DC Comics 6. Kraft American cheese single slices 7. Revell, plastic model kits (airplanes, cars, etc.) 8. White Castle “belly bombers” 9. Frisbees ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36255 "2015-07-23T16:16:08Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef 3. Hot Wheels cars 4. Friendly Restaurants 5. DC Comics 6. Kraft American cheese single slices 7. Revell, plastic model kits (airplanes, cars, etc.) 8. White Castle “belly bombers” 9. Frisbees 10. Hula Hoop (shoop shoop) ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36256 "2015-07-23T16:25:40Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef 3. Hot Wheels cars 4. Friendly Restaurants 5. DC Comics 6. Kraft American cheese single slices 7. Revell, plastic model kits (airplanes, cars, etc.) 8. White Castle “belly bombers” 9. Frisbees 10. Hula Hoop (shoop shoop) 11. Ben and Jerry’s ice cream When I was a kid, you had to go to Vermont to get Ben and Jerry’s. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36257 "2015-07-23T17:20:39Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef 3. Hot Wheels cars 4. Friendly Restaurants 5. DC Comics 6. Kraft American cheese single slices 7. Revell, plastic model kits (airplanes, cars, etc.) 8. White Castle “belly bombers” 9. Frisbees 10. Hula Hoop (shoop shoop) 11. Ben and Jerry’s ice cream 12. Green River ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36258 "2015-07-23T17:30:31Z")
Products or Brands you were fond of as a kid which are still around. 1. A&W Root Beer 2. Arby’s roast beef 3. Hot Wheels cars 4. Friendly Restaurants 5. DC Comics 6. Kraft American cheese single slices 7. Revell, plastic model kits (airplanes, cars, etc.) 8. White Castle “belly bombers” 9. Frisbees 10. Hula Hoop (shoop shoop) 11. Ben and Jerry’s ice cream 12. Green River 13. Prell New: Fiction with one or more spiders in it 1. “The Man With No Heart” by Beth Revis ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36259 "2015-07-23T17:35:45Z")
Fiction with one or more spiders in it 1. “The Man With No Heart” by Beth Revis 2. Charlotte’s Web by EB White ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36260 "2015-07-23T17:36:44Z")
Fiction with one or more spiders in it 1. “The Man With No Heart” by Beth Revis 2. Charlotte’s Web by EB White 3. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36261 "2015-07-23T17:39:55Z")
Fiction with one or more spiders in it 1. “The Man With No Heart” by Beth Revis 2. Charlotte’s Web by EB White 3. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien 4. Spiderman, Marvel Comics ---
**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:** [July 23, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36262 "2015-07-23T17:47:59Z")
Fiction with one or more spiders in it 1. “The Man With No Heart” by Beth Revis 2. Charlotte’s Web by EB White 3. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien 4. Spiderman, Marvel Comics 5. A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge ---
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1. “The Man With No Heart” by Beth Revis 2. Charlotte’s Web by EB White 3. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien 4. Spiderman, Marvel Comics 5. A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge 6. Eight Legged Freaks, directed by Ellory Elkayem [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1812) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1814)