# 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:** 1898
**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 24, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37944 "2015-09-24T17:29:00Z")
People Who Lived to Regret Leaving Successful TV Shows 1. Pernell Roberts (Bonanza) 2. David Caruso, NYPD Blue 3. Shelly Long, Cheers 4. McLean Stevenson, MASH 5. George Peppard, Banacek 6. Suzanne Somers, Three’s Company 7. Denise Crosby, ST:TNG 8. Chevy Chase, Saturday Night Live When he was interviewed about ten years later, Chase said he should’ve waited another season before leaving. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37945 "2015-09-24T17:29:08Z")
People Who Lived to Regret Leaving Successful TV Shows 1. Pernell Roberts (Bonanza) 2. David Caruso, NYPD Blue 3. Shelly Long, Cheers 4. McLean Stevenson, MASH 5. George Peppard, Banacek 6. Suzanne Somers, Three’s Company 7. Denise Crosby, ST:TNG 8. Chevy Chase, SNL 9. Sasha Alexander (_ **NCIS** _) ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37946 "2015-09-24T17:48:35Z")
People Who Lived to Regret Leaving Successful TV Shows 1. Pernell Roberts (Bonanza) 2. David Caruso, NYPD Blue 3. Shelly Long, Cheers 4. McLean Stevenson, MASH 5. George Peppard, Banacek 6. Suzanne Somers, Three’s Company 7. Denise Crosby, ST:TNG 8. Chevy Chase, SNL 9. Sasha Alexander (_ **NCIS** _) 10. Wayne Rogers, MASH ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37947 "2015-09-24T19:21:46Z")
People Who Lived to Regret Leaving Successful TV Shows 1. Pernell Roberts (Bonanza) 2. David Caruso, NYPD Blue 3. Shelly Long, Cheers 4. McLean Stevenson, MASH 5. George Peppard, Banacek 6. Suzanne Somers, Three’s Company 7. Denise Crosby, ST:TNG 8. Chevy Chase, SNL 9. Sasha Alexander (NCIS) 10. Wayne Rogers, MASH 11. Herve Villechaize, _ **Fantasy island** _ ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37948 "2015-09-24T20:02:05Z")
People Who Lived to Regret Leaving Successful TV Shows 1. Pernell Roberts (Bonanza) 2. David Caruso, NYPD Blue 3. Shelly Long, Cheers 4. McLean Stevenson, MASH 5. George Peppard, Banacek 6. Suzanne Somers, Three’s Company 7. Denise Crosby, ST:TNG 8. Chevy Chase, SNL 9. Sasha Alexander (NCIS) 10. Wayne Rogers, MASH 11. Herve Villechaize, _ **Fantasy island** _ 12. Valerie Harper - _Valerie_ aka\* Valerie’s Family\* aka _The Hogans_ aka _The Hogan Family_ AKA - How to get written off your own show under your own moniker! ---
**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 24, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37949 "2015-09-24T20:08:14Z")
People Who Lived to Regret Leaving Successful TV Shows 1. Pernell Roberts (Bonanza) 2. David Caruso, NYPD Blue 3. Shelly Long, Cheers 4. McLean Stevenson, MASH 5. George Peppard, Banacek 6. Suzanne Somers, Three’s Company 7. Denise Crosby, ST:TNG 8. Chevy Chase, SNL 9. Sasha Alexander (NCIS) 10. Wayne Rogers, MASH 11. Herve Villechaize, Fantasy island 12. Valerie Harper - Valerie aka Valerie’s Family aka The Hogans aka The Hogan Family 13. Adrian Paul - Highlander Next: Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37950 "2015-09-24T20:21:51Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > People Who Lived to Regret Leaving Successful TV Shows > 13. Adrian Paul - Highlander Can you elaborate? The way I remember it is that the show had run it’s course by the end of season 5, then was unexpectedly renewed after the principal actors had gone on to other commitments but Adrian Paul returned for the 6th season as well as the Highlander Endgame (2000) and Highlander: The Source (2007) films. I’ve never heard he left the show ever. ---
**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 24, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37951 "2015-09-24T20:35:59Z")
Eh… I thought he left the last season to do movies, obviously I am misremembering. I’ll change it to someone who left two shows. People Who Lived to Regret Leaving Successful TV Shows 1. Pernell Roberts (Bonanza) 2. David Caruso, NYPD Blue 3. Shelly Long, Cheers 4. McLean Stevenson, MASH 5. George Peppard, Banacek 6. Suzanne Somers, Three’s Company 7. Denise Crosby, ST:TNG 8. Chevy Chase, SNL 9. Sasha Alexander (NCIS) 10. Wayne Rogers, MASH 11. Herve Villechaize, Fantasy island 12. Valerie Harper - Valerie aka Valerie’s Family aka The Hogans aka The Hogan Family 13. Shannen Doherty - 90210 and Charmed Next: Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing ---
**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 24, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37952 "2015-09-24T20:45:11Z")
Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37953 "2015-09-24T21:10:15Z")
Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger 3. Richie Jobcreator ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37954 "2015-09-24T21:42:23Z")
Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger 3. Richie Jobcreator 4. Hilary Swan, winner of two Best Actress Oscars ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37955 "2015-09-24T21:44:09Z")
Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger 3. Richie Jobcreator 4. Wong Computers ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37956 "2015-09-24T21:53:42Z")
Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger 3. Richie Jobcreator 4. Wong Computers 5. Lotta Utensil from Diamonds are Forever ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37957 "2015-09-24T21:58:09Z")
Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger 3. Richie Jobcreator 4. Hilary Swan, winner of two Best Actress Oscars 5. Wong Computers 6. Lotta Utensil from Diamonds are Forever ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37958 "2015-09-24T22:05:35Z")
Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger 3. Richie Jobcreator 4. Hilary Swan, winner of two Best Actress Oscars 5. Wong Computers 6. Lotta Utensil from Diamonds are Forever 7. Olympic swimmer Mark Expectorates ---
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Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger 3. Richie Jobcreator 4. Hilary Swan, winner of two Best Actress Oscars 5. Wong Computers 6. Lotta Utensil from Diamonds are Forever 7. Olympic swimmer Mark Expectorates 8. Race car driver Richard Trickle ---
**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 24, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37960 "2015-09-24T22:24:32Z")
Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger 3. Richie Jobcreator 4. Hilary Swan, winner of two Best Actress Oscars 5. Wong Computers 6. Lotta Utensil from Diamonds are Forever 7. Olympic swimmer Mark Expectorates 8. Race car driver Richard Trickle 9. Singer-songwriter Ron Intercoursesmith ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37961 "2015-09-25T00:58:01Z")
Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger 3. Richie Jobcreator 4. Hilary Swan, winner of two Best Actress Oscars 5. Wong Computers 6. Lotta Utensil from Diamonds are Forever 7. Olympic swimmer Mark Expectorates 8. Race car driver Richard Trickle 9. Singer-songwriter Ron Intercoursesmith 10. The Assigned Responsible Adult (Francis Ford Coppola trilogy) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37962 "2015-09-25T01:07:27Z")
Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger 3. Richie Jobcreator 4. Hilary Swan, winner of two Best Actress Oscars 5. Wong Computers 6. Lotta Utensil from Diamonds are Forever 7. Olympic swimmer Mark Expectorates 8. Race car driver Richard Trickle 9. Singer-songwriter Ron Intercoursesmith 10. The Assigned Responsible Adult (Francis Ford Coppola trilogy) 11. Beavis and Bootyhead ---
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Can you PC up that name a little bit? 1. Ricky Grayson aka Robin/Nightwing 2. Kitty Galore from Goldfinger 3. Richie Jobcreator 4. Hilary Swan, winner of two Best Actress Oscars 5. Wong Computers 6. Lotta Utensil from Diamonds are Forever 7. Olympic swimmer Mark Expectorates 8. Race car driver Richard Trickle 9. Singer-songwriter Ron Intercoursesmith 10. The Assigned Responsible Adult (Francis Ford Coppola trilogy) 11. Beavis and Bootyhead 12. Buttocks, from _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ (sorry for going twice; #11 made me do it) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1897) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1899)