# 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:** 1873
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37444 "2015-09-03T16:28:36Z")
Items at Every Tourist Trap Gift Shop 1. Snow globe 2. Tacky T-Shirts 3. Baseball caps with stupid sayings ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37445 "2015-09-03T16:37:33Z")
Items at Every Tourist Trap Gift Shop 1. Snow globe 2. Tacky T-Shirts 3. Baseball caps with stupid sayings 4. Pencil sharpeners ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37446 "2015-09-03T16:42:46Z")
Items at Every Tourist Trap Gift Shop 1. Snow globe 2. Tacky T-Shirts 3. Baseball caps with stupid sayings 4. Pencil sharpeners 5. Shotglasses ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37447 "2015-09-03T16:57:20Z")
Items at Every Tourist Trap Gift Shop 1. Snow globe 2. Tacky T-Shirts 3. Baseball caps with stupid sayings 4. Pencil sharpeners 5. Shotglasses 6. Pens with some item related to the site “floating” back and forth when you tilt it. (A train, for example.) My brother collects these. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37448 "2015-09-03T17:03:37Z")
Items at Every Tourist Trap Gift Shop 1. Snow globe 2. Tacky T-Shirts 3. Baseball caps with stupid sayings 4. Pencil sharpeners 5. Shotglasses 6. Pens with some item related to the site “floating” back and forth when you tilt it. (A train, for example.) My brother collects these. 7. Cursed Frogurt ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37449 "2015-09-03T17:23:42Z")
Items at Every Tourist Trap Gift Shop 1. Snow globe 2. Tacky T-Shirts 3. Baseball caps with stupid sayings 4. Pencil sharpeners 5. Shotglasses 6. Pens with some item related to the site “floating” back and forth when you tilt it. (A train, for example.) My brother collects these. 7. Cursed Frogurt 8. Small, old, overpriced pieces of homemade fudge ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37450 "2015-09-03T17:32:35Z")
Items at Every Tourist Trap Gift Shop 1. Snow globe 2. Tacky T-Shirts 3. Baseball caps with stupid sayings 4. Pencil sharpeners 5. Shotglasses 6. Pens with some item related to the site “floating” back and forth when you tilt it. (A train, for example.) My brother collects these. 7. Cursed Frogurt 8. Small, old, overpriced pieces of homemade fudge 9. Artisanal items of historical or regional interest that were actually made in China. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37451 "2015-09-03T17:33:19Z")
Items at Every Tourist Trap Gift Shop 1. Snow globe 2. Tacky T-Shirts 3. Baseball caps with stupid sayings 4. Pencil sharpeners 5. Shotglasses 6. Pens with some item related to the site “floating” back and forth when you tilt it. (A train, for example.) My brother collects these. 7. Cursed Frogurt 8. Small, old, overpriced pieces of homemade fudge 9. Fridge magnets & key chains (I collect these) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37452 "2015-09-03T18:06:48Z")
Items at Every Tourist Trap Gift Shop 1. Snow globe 2. Tacky T-Shirts 3. Baseball caps with stupid sayings 4. Pencil sharpeners 5. Shotglasses 6. Pens with some item related to the site “floating” back and forth when you tilt it. (A train, for example.) My brother collects these. 7. Cursed Frogurt 8. Small, old, overpriced pieces of homemade fudge 9. Fridge magnets & key chains (I collect these) 10. Souvenir spoons ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37453 "2015-09-03T18:42:31Z")
Items at Every Tourist Trap Gift Shop 1. Snow globe 2. Tacky T-Shirts 3. Baseball caps with stupid sayings 4. Pencil sharpeners 5. Shotglasses 6. Pens with some item related to the site “floating” back and forth when you tilt it. (A train, for example.) My brother collects these. 7. Cursed Frogurt 8. Small, old, overpriced pieces of homemade fudge 9. Artisanal items of historical or regional interest that were actually made in China 10. Fridge magnets & key chains (I collect these) 11. Souvenir spoons 12. Bumper stickers with dumb slogans like, “I Got Wood at Sequoia National Park” ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37454 "2015-09-03T19:11:34Z")
Items at Every Tourist Trap Gift Shop 1. Snow globe 2. Tacky T-Shirts 3. Baseball caps with stupid sayings 4. Pencil sharpeners 5. Shotglasses 6. Pens with some item related to the site “floating” back and forth when you tilt it. (A train, for example.) My brother collects these. 7. Cursed Frogurt 8. Small, old, overpriced pieces of homemade fudge 9. Artisanal items of historical or regional interest that were actually made in China 10. Fridge magnets & key chains (I collect these) 11. Souvenir spoons 12. Bumper stickers with dumb slogans like, “I Got Wood at Sequoia National Park” 13. Postcards New: Songs Overused in Movie Trailers 1. “Bad to the Bone,” George Thorogood ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37455 "2015-09-03T19:36:40Z")
Songs Overused in Movie Trailers 1. “Bad to the Bone,” George Thorogood 2. “I Feel Good”, James Brown ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37456 "2015-09-03T19:54:22Z")
Songs Overused in Movie Trailers 1. “Bad to the Bone,” George Thorogood 2. “I Feel Good”, James Brown 3. “Chariots of Fire”, Vangelis ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37457 "2015-09-03T19:58:41Z")
Songs Overused in Movie Trailers 1. “Bad to the Bone,” George Thorogood 2. “I Feel Good”, James Brown 3. “Chariots of Fire”, Vangelis 4. "Peter Gabriel’s “Rhythm of the Heat” (a great song that gets no radio airplay, but is used constantly in movie trailers!) ---
**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:** [September 3, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37458 "2015-09-03T20:01:09Z")
Songs Overused in Movie Trailers 1. “Bad to the Bone,” George Thorogood 2. “I Feel Good”, James Brown 3. “Chariots of Fire”, Vangelis 4. Peter Gabriel’s “Rhythm of the Heat” 5. “Mr. Blue Sky” by ELO I think there should be a law against using songs in trailers that don’t actually appear in the movie itself. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37459 "2015-09-03T20:10:03Z")
Songs Overused in Movie Trailers 1. “Bad to the Bone,” George Thorogood 2. “I Feel Good”, James Brown 3. “Chariots of Fire”, Vangelis 4. Peter Gabriel’s “Rhythm of the Heat” 5. “Mr. Blue Sky” by ELO 6. “O Fortuna” from Orff’s _ **Carmina Burana** _ ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37460 "2015-09-03T20:28:32Z")
Songs Overused in Movie Trailers 1. “Bad to the Bone,” George Thorogood 2. “I Feel Good”, James Brown 3. “Chariots of Fire”, Vangelis 4. Peter Gabriel’s “Rhythm of the Heat” 5. “Mr. Blue Sky” by ELO 6. “O Fortuna” from Orff’s _ **Carmina Burana** _ 7. “Sirius” by Alan Parsons Project Nobody knows the name of the song, but everyone recognizes it as “that movie trailer song.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37461 "2015-09-03T21:13:02Z")
Songs Overused in Movie Trailers 1. “Bad to the Bone,” George Thorogood 2. “I Feel Good”, James Brown 3. “Chariots of Fire”, Vangelis 4. Peter Gabriel’s “Rhythm of the Heat” 5. “Mr. Blue Sky” by ELO 6. “O Fortuna” from Orff’s Carmina Burana 7. “Sirius” by Alan Parsons Project 8. “Born to Be Wild” by Steppenwolf ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37462 "2015-09-03T21:21:00Z")
Songs Overused in Movie Trailers 1. “Bad to the Bone,” George Thorogood 2. “I Feel Good”, James Brown 3. “Chariots of Fire”, Vangelis 4. Peter Gabriel’s “Rhythm of the Heat” 5. “Mr. Blue Sky” by ELO 6. “O Fortuna” from Orff’s Carmina Burana 7. “Sirius” by Alan Parsons Project 8. “Born to Be Wild” by Steppenwolf 9. “Clocks” by Coldplay Not so bad anymore, but there was a stretch of a couple years in the mid 00s where it seemed to be in every third or fourth trailer, no matter the genre. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37463 "2015-09-04T11:07:59Z")
Songs Overused in Movie Trailers 1. “Bad to the Bone,” George Thorogood 2. “I Feel Good”, James Brown 3. “Chariots of Fire”, Vangelis 4. Peter Gabriel’s “Rhythm of the Heat” 5. “Mr. Blue Sky” by ELO 6. “O Fortuna” from Orff’s Carmina Burana 7. “Sirius” by Alan Parsons Project 8. “Born to Be Wild” by Steppenwolf 9. “Clocks” by Coldplay 10. “More Human than Human” - White Zombie [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1872) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1874)