# 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:** 1957
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39124 "2015-11-05T17:04:10Z")
Name three people who have never been in your kitchen. 1. Stephen King, Peter Jackson, Angelina Jolie. 2. Groucho, Chico & Harpo Marx 3. Gordon Ramsay, Chef Tell, Georges Perrier 4. Joel Hodgson, Pocahontas, Lao-Tzu 5. Archibald Leach, Bernard Schwartz, Lucille LeSueur 6. Joe Biden, Dick Cheney, Al Gore 7. George, Paul, and Ringo 8. Zooey Deschanel, Raquel Welch, Joey Heatherton 9. Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Joni Mitchell 10. A Catholic priest, a Baptist minister, and a rabbi. 11. Neil Patrick Harris, David Hyde Pierce, John Cameron Mitchell (or any other openly gay actor that goes by three names) 12. Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Matt Smith 13. Alice Cooper, Linda Lovelace and Chubby Checker Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book 14. Matt Hooper from “Jaws” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39125 "2015-11-05T17:06:30Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes I like **astorian** ’s idea, though; we should do that one next! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39126 "2015-11-05T17:12:09Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes 3. cornbread stuffing (dressing) with celery and sausage ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39127 "2015-11-05T17:19:42Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes 3. cornbread stuffing (dressing) with celery and sausage 4. Green bean casserole ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39128 "2015-11-05T17:27:56Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes 3. cornbread stuffing (dressing) with celery and sausage 4. Green bean casserole 5. cranberry sauce ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39129 "2015-11-05T17:38:07Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes 3. cornbread stuffing (dressing) with celery and sausage 4. Green bean casserole 5. cranberry sauce 6. turkey ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39130 "2015-11-05T17:38:34Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes 3. cornbread stuffing (dressing) with celery and sausage 4. Green bean casserole 5. turkey 6.cranberry sauce 6. Nescafe con leche ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39131 "2015-11-05T18:02:46Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes 3. cornbread stuffing (dressing) with celery and sausage 4. Green bean casserole 5. turkey 6.cranberry sauce 6. Nescafe con leche 7. Asparagus with a cheese sauce Yeah, I’m weird that way. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39132 "2015-11-05T18:06:47Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes 3. cornbread stuffing (dressing) with celery and sausage 4. Green bean casserole 5. turkey 6. Cranberry sauce 7. Nescafe con leche 8. Asparagus with a cheese sauce 9. Pumpkin pie ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39133 "2015-11-05T18:08:10Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes 3. cornbread stuffing (dressing) with celery and sausage 4. Green bean casserole 5. turkey 6. Cranberry sauce 7. Nescafe con leche 8. Asparagus with a cheese sauce 9. Pumpkin pie 10. Fresh baked Pillsbury crescent rolls ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39134 "2015-11-05T18:28:04Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes 3. cornbread stuffing (dressing) with celery and sausage 4. Green bean casserole 5. turkey 6. Cranberry sauce 7. Nescafe con leche 8. Asparagus with a cheese sauce 9. Pumpkin pie 10. Fresh baked Pillsbury crescent rolls 11. Sweet potatoes/Yams ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39135 "2015-11-05T22:00:50Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes 3. cornbread stuffing (dressing) with celery and sausage 4. Green bean casserole 5. turkey 6. Cranberry sauce 7. Nescafe con leche 8. Asparagus with a cheese sauce 9. Pumpkin pie 10. Fresh baked Pillsbury crescent rolls 11. Sweet potatoes/Yams 12. Giblet gravy ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39136 "2015-11-05T22:30:40Z")
Thanksgiving Dinner 1. Hot spiced cider 2. mashed potatoes 3. cornbread stuffing (dressing) with celery and sausage 4. Green bean casserole 5. turkey 6. Cranberry sauce 7. Nescafe con leche 8. Asparagus with a cheese sauce 9. Pumpkin pie 10. Fresh baked Pillsbury crescent rolls 11. Sweet potatoes/Yams 12. Giblet gravy 13. a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book 14. Matt Hooper from “Jaws” 15. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” Dies in the book, lives in many of the film adaptations. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39137 "2015-11-05T23:04:54Z")
Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book 1. Matt Hooper from “Jaws” 2. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” 3. Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39138 "2015-11-06T00:59:20Z")
Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book 1. Matt Hooper from “Jaws” 2. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” 3. Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries 4. John Hammond from “Jurassic Park” ---
**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:** [November 6, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39139 "2015-11-06T01:10:42Z")
Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book 1. Matt Hooper from “Jaws” 2. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” 3. Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” 4. John Hammond from “Jurassic Park” 5. Eddie Spinola AKA Morra in “Limitless” In the book, Eddie has run out the miracle drug and is very likely going to die in a Vermont motel. At the end of the movie, he’s a big success, running for the U.S. Senate and probably bound for the White House. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39140 "2015-11-06T01:42:55Z")
Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book 1. Matt Hooper from “Jaws” 2. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” 3. Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” 4. John Hammond from “Jurassic Park” 5. Eddie Spinola AKA Morra in “Limitless” 6. John Rambo from First Blood Dies at the end of one of the most poignant books ever about the human cost of war, and one so short as to barely qualify as a novel. Lives long enough to still be standing at the end of a four-film series that is probably the most varied of all time in terms of quality. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39141 "2015-11-06T02:07:10Z")
Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book 1. Matt Hooper from “Jaws” 2. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” 3. Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” 4. John Hammond from “Jurassic Park” 5. Eddie Spinola AKA Morra in “Limitless” 6. John Rambo from First Blood 7. Jean Valjean, in Liam Neeson’s “Les Miserables” ---
**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:** [November 6, 2015, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39142 "2015-11-06T03:53:06Z")
Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book 1. Matt Hooper from “Jaws” 2. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” 3. Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” 4. John Hammond from “Jurassic Park” 5. Eddie Spinola AKA Morra in “Limitless” 6. John Rambo from First Blood 7. Jean Valjean, in Liam Neeson’s “Les Miserables” 8. Tad Trenton in “Cujo” ---
**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:** [November 6, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/39143 "2015-11-06T16:06:09Z")
Characters Who Survive In Movies But Died In the Book 1. Matt Hooper from “Jaws” 2. Quasimodo from “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame” 3. Lafayette Reynolds in “True Blood”, based on “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” 4. John Hammond from “Jurassic Park” 5. Eddie Spinola AKA Morra in “Limitless” 6. John Rambo from First Blood 7. Jean Valjean, in Liam Neeson’s “Les Miserables” 8. Tad Trenton in “Cujo” 9. Dr. Ian Malcolm in “Jurassic Park” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1956) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1958)