# 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:** 201
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4001 "2011-03-07T02:42:50Z")
Movies starring Kathy Bates 1. Dolores Clairborne 2. Misery 3. Primary Colors 4. Titanic 5. At Play in the Fields of the Lord 6. A Home of Our Own 7. Fried Green Tomatoes 8. About Schmidt 9. Curse of the Starving Class 10. Taking Off 11. Relative Strangers She wasn’t actually the star, but she and Danny Devito stole every scene they were in as the “carnie trash” birth parents of Ron Livingston (“Mother Juggs and Speed! Mother Juggs and Speed!”). ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4002 "2011-03-07T03:10:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Movies starring Kathy Bates > > 1. Dolores Clairborne OMG! I thought I typoed that! My namesake. Thank goodness it was player #3. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4003 "2011-03-07T03:30:46Z")
Movies starring Kathy Bates 1. Dolores Clairborne 2. Misery 3. Primary Colors 4. Titanic 5. At Play in the Fields of the Lord 6. A Home of Our Own 7. Fried Green Tomatoes 8. About Schmidt 9. Curse of the Starving Class 10. Taking Off 11. Relative Strangers 12. Revolutionary Road ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4004 "2011-03-07T04:03:10Z")
Movies starring Kathy Bates 1. Dolores Clairborne 2. Misery 3. Primary Colors 4. Titanic 5. At Play in the Fields of the Lord 6. A Home of Our Own 7. Fried Green Tomatoes 8. About Schmidt 9. Curse of the Starving Class 10. Taking Off 11. Relative Strangers 12. Revolutionary Road 13. North (nominated for a Razzie!) New category: Real and fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4005 "2011-03-07T04:19:09Z")
Real and fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble 2. Barney Miller ---
**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:** [March 7, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4006 "2011-03-07T04:21:49Z")
Real and fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble 2. Barney Miller 3. Barney Fife ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4007 "2011-03-07T04:26:05Z")
Real and fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble 2. Barney Miller 3. Barney Fife 4. Barney Hefner ---
**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:** [March 7, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4008 "2011-03-07T04:55:33Z")
Real and fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble 2. Barney Miller 3. Barney Fife 4. Barney Hefner 5. Barney Frank ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4009 "2011-03-07T05:04:19Z")
Real or Fictional Barneys 1.Barney Rubble 2.Barney Miller 3.Barney Fife 4.Barney Hefner 5.Barney Frank 6.Barney Stinson ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4010 "2011-03-07T05:29:42Z")
Real and Fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble 2. Barney Miller 3 .Barney Fife 3. Barney Hefner 4. Barney Frank 5. Barney Stinson 6. Barney, North Dakota ---
**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:** [March 7, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4011 "2011-03-07T05:33:55Z")
Real and Fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble 2. Barney Miller 3 .Barney Fife 3. Barney Hefner 4. Barney Frank 5. Barney Stinson 6. Barney, North Dakota 7. Barney Gumble [http://www.vectorjunky.com/gallery/b/Barney-Gumble-01-The-Simpsons.jpg](http://www.vectorjunky.com/gallery/b/Barney-Gumble-01-The-Simpsons.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4012 "2011-03-07T06:05:49Z")
Real and Fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble 2. Barney Miller 3 .Barney Fife 3. Barney Hefner 4. Barney Frank 5. Barney Stinson 6. Barney, North Dakota 7. Barney Gumble 8. Barney Google ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4013 "2011-03-07T08:31:14Z")
Real and Fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble 2. Barney Miller 3 .Barney Fife 3. Barney Hefner 4. Barney Frank 5. Barney Stinson 6. Barney, North Dakota 7. Barney Gumble 8. Barney Google 9. Barney the Dinosaur ---
**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:** [March 7, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4014 "2011-03-07T14:41:14Z")
Real and Fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble 2. Barney Miller 3 .Barney Fife 3. Barney Hefner 4. Barney Frank 5. Barney Stinson 6. Barney, North Dakota 7. Barney Gumble 8. Barney Google 9. Barney the Dinosaur 10. [Barney Bush](http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/barney/) ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4015 "2011-03-07T15:55:59Z")
Real and Fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble 2. Barney Miller 3 .Barney Fife 3. Barney Hefner 4. Barney Frank 5. Barney Stinson 6. Barney, North Dakota 7. Barney Gumble 8. Barney Google 9. Barney the Dinosaur 10. [Barney Bush](http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/barney/) [/QUOTE] 11. [Bar NY](http://www.nysba.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4016 "2011-03-07T16:00:58Z")
Real and Fictional Barneys 1. Barney Rubble 2. Barney Miller 3 .Barney Fife 3. Barney Hefner 4. Barney Frank 5. Barney Stinson 6. Barney, North Dakota 7. Barney Gumble 8. Barney Google 9. Barney the Dinosaur 10. Barney Bush 11. Bar NY 12. [Rex Barney](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Barney) Since I started this category, I’ll let someone else pick the next one, with a twist: The first entry must come from this list. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4017 "2011-03-07T16:09:12Z")
New list: Supporting characters in shows written or produced by Norman Lear. 1. Barney Hefner ---
**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:** [March 7, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4018 "2011-03-07T16:14:29Z")
Supporting characters in shows written or produced by Norman Lear. 1. Barney Hefner 2. Lionel Jefferson ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4019 "2011-03-07T16:29:48Z")
Supporting characters in shows written or produced by Norman Lear. 1. Barney Hefner 2. Lionel Jefferson 3. Florida Evans (how does a maid live in Chicago and commute to New York City to work for Maude?) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4020 "2011-03-07T17:22:38Z")
[QUOTE=notfrommensa] (how does a maid live in Chicago and commute to New York City to work for Maude?) [/QUOTE] The same way her husband changes names. Also strange is that no matter how broke and in debt they get her husband is too proud to let her work as a maid. Supporting characters in shows written or produced by Norman Lear. 1. Barney Hefner 2. Lionel Jefferson 3. Florida Evans 4. “Aunt” Esther Anderson [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=200) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=202)