# 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:** 1815
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36284 "2015-07-23T23:58:02Z")
Characters who visited Gilligan’s Island. 1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) - Obviously a call-out to The Beatles. 2. Jungle Boy (Kurt Russell) 3. Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti) Visited the island twice. ---
**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 24, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36285 "2015-07-24T00:05:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > 1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) - Obviously a call-out to The Beatles. They had an existing connection with the show. Three members of the “Mosquitos” were an actual band called the Wellingtons. And the Wellingtons are the band that sang the show’s theme song. ---
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Characters who visited Gilligan’s Island. 1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) 2. Jungle Boy (Kurt Russell) 3. Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti) 4. Erika Tiffany-Smith (Zsa-Zsa Gabor) ---
**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 24, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36287 "2015-07-24T11:23:50Z")
Characters who visited Gilligan’s Island. 1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) 2. Jungle Boy (Kurt Russell) 3. Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti) 4. Erika Tiffany-Smith (Zsa-Zsa Gabor) 5. Wrongway Feldman (Hans Conreid) ---
**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 24, 2015, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36288 "2015-07-24T11:45:57Z")
Characters who visited Gilligan’s Island. 1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) 2. Jungle Boy (Kurt Russell) 3. Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti) 4. Erika Tiffany-Smith (Zsa-Zsa Gabor) 5. Wrongway Feldman (Hans Conreid) 6. Eva Grubb (Ginger’s double, also played by Tina Louise) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36289 "2015-07-24T12:44:59Z")
Characters who visited Gilligan’s Island. 1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) 2. Jungle Boy (Kurt Russell) 3. Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti) 4. Erika Tiffany-Smith (Zsa-Zsa Gabor) 5. Wrongway Feldman (Hans Conreid) 6. Eva Grubb (Ginger’s double, also played by Tina Louise) 7. Broadway producer Harold Hecuba (Phil Silvers) ---
**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 24, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36290 "2015-07-24T16:20:23Z")
Characters who visited Gilligan’s Island. 1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) 2. Jungle Boy (Kurt Russell) 3. Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti) 4. Erika Tiffany-Smith (Zsa-Zsa Gabor) 5. Wrongway Feldman (Hans Conreid) 6. Eva Grubb (Ginger’s double, also played by Tina Louise) 7. Broadway producer Harold Hecuba (Phil Silvers) 8. Lord Beasley Waterford (John McGiver) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36291 "2015-07-24T16:25:18Z")
Characters who visited Gilligan’s Island. 1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) 2. Jungle Boy (Kurt Russell) 3. Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti) 4. Erika Tiffany-Smith (Zsa-Zsa Gabor) 5. Wrongway Feldman (Hans Conreid) 6. Eva Grubb (Ginger’s double, also played by Tina Louise) 7. Broadway producer Harold Hecuba (Phil Silvers) 8. Lord Beasley Waterford (John McGiver) 9. The Harlem Globetrotters ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36292 "2015-07-24T17:26:21Z")
1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) 2. Jungle Boy (Kurt Russell) 3. Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti) 4. Erika Tiffany-Smith (Zsa-Zsa Gabor) 5. Wrongway Feldman (Hans Conreid) 6. Eva Grubb (Ginger’s double, also played by Tina Louise) 7. Broadway producer Harold Hecuba (Phil Silvers) 8. Lord Beasley Waterford (John McGiver) 9. The Harlem Globetrotters 10. The gorilla with the hand grenades. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36293 "2015-07-24T17:28:55Z")
Characters WHo Visited Gilligan’s Island 1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) 2. Jungle Boy (Kurt Russell) 3. Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti) 4. Erika Tiffany-Smith (Zsa-Zsa Gabor) 5. Wrongway Feldman (Hans Conreid) 6. Eva Grubb (Ginger’s double, also played by Tina Louise) 7. Broadway producer Harold Hecuba (Phil Silvers) 8. Lord Beasley Waterford (John McGiver) 9. The Harlem Globetrotters 10. The gorilla with the hand grenades. 11. Hunter Jonathan Kincaid (Rory Calhoun), in a spoof of “The Most Dangerous Game” ---
**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 24, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36294 "2015-07-24T18:27:24Z")
Characters WHo Visited Gilligan’s Island 1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) 2. Jungle Boy (Kurt Russell) 3. Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti) 4. Erika Tiffany-Smith (Zsa-Zsa Gabor) 5. Wrongway Feldman (Hans Conreid) 6. Eva Grubb (Ginger’s double, also played by Tina Louise) 7. Broadway producer Harold Hecuba (Phil Silvers) 8. Lord Beasley Waterford (John McGiver) 9. The Harlem Globetrotters 10. The gorilla with the hand grenades. 11. Hunter Jonathan Kincaid (Rory Calhoun), in a spoof of “The Most Dangerous Game” 12. The Japanese soldier still in hiding from WWII ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36295 "2015-07-24T20:06:34Z")
Characters WHo Visited Gilligan’s Island 1. The Mosquitos (Bingo, Bango, Bongo, and Irving) 2. Jungle Boy (Kurt Russell) 3. Dr. Boris Balinkoff (Vito Scotti) 4. Erika Tiffany-Smith (Zsa-Zsa Gabor) 5. Wrongway Feldman (Hans Conreid) 6. Eva Grubb (Ginger’s double, also played by Tina Louise) 7. Broadway producer Harold Hecuba (Phil Silvers) 8. Lord Beasley Waterford (John McGiver) 9. The Harlem Globetrotters 10. The gorilla with the hand grenades. 11. Hunter Jonathan Kincaid (Rory Calhoun), in a spoof of “The Most Dangerous Game” 12. The Japanese soldier still in hiding from WWII 13. Bank robber Jackson Farrell (Larry Storch) New topic: Celebrity Guests on TV’s “The Odd Couple” 14. Howard Cosell (as himself, twice) ---
**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 24, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36296 "2015-07-24T20:56:17Z")
Celebrity Guests on TV’s “The Odd Couple” 1. Howard Cosell (as himself, twice) 2. Reta Shaw as US Army Colonel Claire Frost And frosty, she was! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36297 "2015-07-24T21:09:47Z")
Celebrity Guests on TV’s “The Odd Couple” 1. Howard Cosell (as himself, twice) 2. Reta Shaw as US Army Colonel Claire Frost 3. Monty Hall (as himself, twice!) ---
**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 24, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36298 "2015-07-24T22:37:17Z")
Celebrity Guests on TV’s “The Odd Couple” 1. Howard Cosell (as himself, twice) 2. Reta Shaw as US Army Colonel Claire Frost 3. Monty Hall (as himself, twice!) 4. Victor Buono (as Dr. Clove) ---
**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 24, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36299 "2015-07-24T22:52:31Z")
Celebrity Guests on TV’s “The Odd Couple” 1. Howard Cosell (as himself, twice) 2. Reta Shaw as US Army Colonel Claire Frost 3. Monty Hall (as himself, twice!) 4. Victor Buono (as Dr. Clove) 5. Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King ---
**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 25, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36300 "2015-07-25T03:38:47Z")
I don’t remember there ever having been celebrity guests on the show, but I now see there were. Celebrity Guests on TV’s “The Odd Couple” 1. Howard Cosell (as himself, twice) 2. Reta Shaw as US Army Colonel Claire Frost 3. Monty Hall (as himself, twice!) 4. Victor Buono (as Dr. Clove) 5. Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King 6. Wolfman Jack ---
**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 25, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36301 "2015-07-25T04:38:20Z")
Celebrity Guests on TV’s “The Odd Couple” 1. Howard Cosell (as himself, twice) 2. Reta Shaw as US Army Colonel Claire Frost 3. Monty Hall (as himself, twice!) 4. Victor Buono (as Dr. Clove) 5. Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King 6. Wolfman Jack 7. John Astin as Beau Buffingham Which is funny because the character was supposed to be an imitation Hugh Hefner. And then three years later they had the real Hefner guest star. ---
**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 25, 2015, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36302 "2015-07-25T06:39:13Z")
Celebrity Guests on TV’s “The Odd Couple” 1. Howard Cosell (as himself, twice) 2. Reta Shaw as US Army Colonel Claire Frost 3. Monty Hall (as himself, twice!) 4. Victor Buono (as Dr. Clove) 5. Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King 6. Wolfman Jack 7. John Astin as Beau Buffingham 8. Elinor Donahue as Miriam Welby ---
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Celebrity Guests on TV’s “The Odd Couple” 1. Howard Cosell (as himself, twice) 2. Reta Shaw as US Army Colonel Claire Frost 3. Monty Hall (as himself, twice!) 4. Victor Buono (as Dr. Clove) 5. Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King 6. Wolfman Jack 7. John Astin as Beau Buffingham 8. Elinor Donahue as Miriam Welby 9. Brett Sommers as Oscar’s ex wife (wasn’t she married to Klugman at the time?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1814) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1816)