# 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:** 2085
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41685 "2016-02-27T14:30:55Z")
Academy Award Winning Songs: love, hate, meh? 1. “Let it Go” from Frozen, meh at first, hate after hearing it for the tenth-twentieth-hundredth time 2. “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys - loved it then, love it still! 3. “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic - If it went any slower, it’d be backing up. The song is meh, C. Dion is the worst. 4. “The Way We Were” from The Way We Were - loved it, parodied it, made up harmonies to it. 5. “Man Or Muppet” from The Muppets, really? this was the best song from a movie that year? 6. “You Must Love Me” from Evita - Written for the movie. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41686 "2016-02-27T17:39:42Z")
Academy Award Winning Songs: love, hate, meh? 1. “Let it Go” from Frozen, meh at first, hate after hearing it for the tenth-twentieth-hundredth time 2. “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys - loved it then, love it still! 3. “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic - If it went any slower, it’d be backing up. The song is meh, C. Dion is the worst. 4. “The Way We Were” from The Way We Were - loved it, parodied it, made up harmonies to it. 5. “Man Or Muppet” from The Muppets, really? this was the best song from a movie that year? 6. “You Must Love Me” from Evita - Written for the movie. I like it. 7. “Over The Rainbow” from Wizard of Oz. Love. My father saw it as a kid and loved it…I love it, sang it to my kids as a lullaby and hope they love it too. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41687 "2016-02-27T17:44:38Z")
Academy Award Winning Songs: love, hate, meh? 1. “Let it Go” from Frozen, meh at first, hate after hearing it for the tenth-twentieth-hundredth time 2. “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys - loved it then, love it still! 3. “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic - If it went any slower, it’d be backing up. The song is meh, C. Dion is the worst. 4. “The Way We Were” from The Way We Were - loved it, parodied it, made up harmonies to it. 5. “Man Or Muppet” from The Muppets, really? this was the best song from a movie that year? 6. “You Must Love Me” from Evita - Written for the movie. I like it. 7. “Over The Rainbow” from Wizard of Oz. Love. My father saw it as a kid and loved it…I love it, sang it to my kids as a lullaby and hope they love it too. 8. “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” from Against All Odds - a fine song, but how do I justify a world where Phil Collins has an Oscar? :smack: :eek: ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41688 "2016-02-27T18:01:11Z")
Academy Award Winning Songs: love, hate, meh? 1. “Let it Go” from Frozen, meh at first, hate after hearing it for the tenth-twentieth-hundredth time 2. “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys - loved it then, love it still! 3. “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic - If it went any slower, it’d be backing up. The song is meh, C. Dion is the worst. 4. “The Way We Were” from The Way We Were - loved it, parodied it, made up harmonies to it. 5. “Man Or Muppet” from The Muppets, really? this was the best song from a movie that year? 6. “You Must Love Me” from Evita - Written for the movie. I like it. 7. “Over The Rainbow” from Wizard of Oz. Love. My father saw it as a kid and loved it…I love it, sang it to my kids as a lullaby and hope they love it too. 8. “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” from Against All Odds - a fine song, but how do I justify a world where Phil Collins has an Oscar? 9. “When You Wish Upon A Star” from Pinocchio; love it; I think it’s the quintessential Disney song. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41689 "2016-02-27T18:25:07Z")
Academy Award Winning Songs: love, hate, meh? 1. “Let it Go” from Frozen, meh at first, hate after hearing it for the tenth-twentieth-hundredth time 2. “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys - loved it then, love it still! 3. “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic - If it went any slower, it’d be backing up. The song is meh, C. Dion is the worst. 4. “The Way We Were” from The Way We Were - loved it, parodied it, made up harmonies to it. 5. “Man Or Muppet” from The Muppets, really? this was the best song from a movie that year? 6. “You Must Love Me” from Evita - Written for the movie. I like it. 7. “Over The Rainbow” from Wizard of Oz. Love. My father saw it as a kid and loved it…I love it, sang it to my kids as a lullaby and hope they love it too. 8. “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” from Against All Odds - a fine song, but how do I justify a world where Phil Collins has an Oscar? 9. “When You Wish Upon A Star” from Pinocchio; love it; I think it’s the quintessential Disney song. 10. “Let the River Run” from Working Girl. I love it, and it’s often an earworm of mine. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41690 "2016-02-27T18:35:37Z")
Academy Award Winning Songs: love, hate, meh? 1. “Let it Go” from Frozen, meh at first, hate after hearing it for the tenth-twentieth-hundredth time 2. “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys - loved it then, love it still! 3. “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic - If it went any slower, it’d be backing up. The song is meh, C. Dion is the worst. 4. “The Way We Were” from The Way We Were - loved it, parodied it, made up harmonies to it. 5. “Man Or Muppet” from The Muppets, really? this was the best song from a movie that year? 6. “You Must Love Me” from Evita - Written for the movie. I like it. 7. “Over The Rainbow” from Wizard of Oz. Love. My father saw it as a kid and loved it…I love it, sang it to my kids as a lullaby and hope they love it too. 8. “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” from Against All Odds - a fine song, but how do I justify a world where Phil Collins has an Oscar? 9. “When You Wish Upon A Star” from Pinocchio; love it; I think it’s the quintessential Disney song. 10. “Let the River Run” from Working Girl. I love it, and it’s often an earworm of mine. 11. “Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Love. A sweet, wistful Audrey Hepburn. Can’t believe that studio execs wanted to delete it. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41691 "2016-02-27T20:06:08Z")
Academy Award Winning Songs: love, hate, meh? 1. “Let it Go” from Frozen, meh at first, hate after hearing it for the tenth-twentieth-hundredth time 2. “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys - loved it then, love it still! 3. “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic - If it went any slower, it’d be backing up. The song is meh, C. Dion is the worst. 4. “The Way We Were” from The Way We Were - loved it, parodied it, made up harmonies to it. 5. “Man Or Muppet” from The Muppets, really? this was the best song from a movie that year? 6. “You Must Love Me” from Evita - Written for the movie. I like it. 7. “Over The Rainbow” from Wizard of Oz. Love. My father saw it as a kid and loved it…I love it, sang it to my kids as a lullaby and hope they love it too. 8. “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” from Against All Odds - a fine song, but how do I justify a world where Phil Collins has an Oscar? 9. “When You Wish Upon A Star” from Pinocchio; love it; I think it’s the quintessential Disney song. 10. “Let the River Run” from Working Girl. I love it, and it’s often an earworm of mine. 11. “Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Love. A sweet, wistful Audrey Hepburn. Can’t believe that studio execs wanted to delete it. 12. “Into the West” by Howard Shore, sung by Annie Lennox, from LOTR: The Return of the King. Love it - and would, even it weren’t for the LOTR connection. Beautifully wistful: [The Return of the King Soundtrack-19-Into the West - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgcoBKWTW14) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41692 "2016-02-27T22:34:05Z")
Academy Award Winning Songs: love, hate, meh? 1. “Let it Go” from Frozen, meh at first, hate after hearing it for the tenth-twentieth-hundredth time 2. “Things Have Changed” from Wonder Boys - loved it then, love it still! 3. “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic - If it went any slower, it’d be backing up. The song is meh, C. Dion is the worst. 4. “The Way We Were” from The Way We Were - loved it, parodied it, made up harmonies to it. 5. “Man Or Muppet” from The Muppets, really? this was the best song from a movie that year? 6. “You Must Love Me” from Evita - Written for the movie. I like it. 7. “Over The Rainbow” from Wizard of Oz. Love. My father saw it as a kid and loved it…I love it, sang it to my kids as a lullaby and hope they love it too. 8. “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” from Against All Odds - a fine song, but how do I justify a world where Phil Collins has an Oscar? 9. “When You Wish Upon A Star” from Pinocchio; love it; I think it’s the quintessential Disney song. 10. “Let the River Run” from Working Girl. I love it, and it’s often an earworm of mine. 11. “Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Love. A sweet, wistful Audrey Hepburn. Can’t believe that studio execs wanted to delete it. 12. “Into the West” by Howard Shore, sung by Annie Lennox, from LOTR: The Return of the King. Love it - and would, even it weren’t for the LOTR 13. Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire- love it I pass. ---
**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41693 "2016-02-27T22:57:45Z")
The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41694 "2016-02-27T23:46:36Z")
The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41695 "2016-02-27T23:55:43Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > 1. “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” from Against All Odds - a fine song, but how do I justify a world where Phil Collins has an Oscar? :smack: :eek: Nitpick: “Against All Odds” did not win an Oscar. In fact, Collins was quite vocal about not only losing to Stevie Wonder (he liked the song “I Just Called to Say I Love You” but felt it had nothing to do with the movie it was from) but also not being allowed to perform his song at the ceremony. He did win several years later for _Tarzan’s_ “You’ll Be in My Heart”, so your point about the universe still stands. 🙂 The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) 3. Peter Sellers (3 Nominations) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41696 "2016-02-28T02:07:48Z")
The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) 3. Peter Sellers (3 Nominations) 4. Edward G. Robinson (not even a nomination) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41697 "2016-02-28T03:43:24Z")
The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) 3. Peter Sellers (3 Nominations) 4. Edward G. Robinson (not even a nomination) 5. Johnny Depp (so far) ---
**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:** [February 28, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41698 "2016-02-28T03:52:33Z")
The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) 3. Peter Sellers (3 Nominations) 4. Edward G. Robinson (not even a nomination) 5. Johnny Depp (so far) 6. Jeff Daniels (never nominated yet) Should’ve won for his role as Col. Chamberlain in _Gettysburg_. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41699 "2016-02-28T04:54:47Z")
The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) 3. Peter Sellers (3 Nominations) 4. Edward G. Robinson (not even a nomination) 5. Johnny Depp (so far) 6. Jeff Daniels (never nominated yet) 7. Richard Burton (7 nominations) Burton and O’Toole were tied at 7 nominations at the time of Burton’s death at age 58: had he lived longer he might have been nominated again. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41700 "2016-02-28T04:59:11Z")
The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) 3. Peter Sellers (3 Nominations) 4. Edward G. Robinson (not even a nomination) 5. Johnny Depp (so far) 6. Jeff Daniels (never nominated yet) 7. Richard Burton (7 nominations) 8. Robert Downey Jr. (another so far) Surprisingly, he’s only been nominated twice. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41701 "2016-02-28T18:25:20Z")
The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) 3. Peter Sellers (3 Nominations) 4. Edward G. Robinson (not even a nomination) 5. Johnny Depp (so far) 6. Jeff Daniels (never nominated yet) 7. Richard Burton (7 nominations) 8. Robert Downey Jr. (another so far) 9. Bradley Cooper (4 nominations, 3 for acting, 1 for producing) Should’ve won for _Limitless_, in which he convincingly played a schlub of a writer, a desperate junkie, a Wall Street tycoon and a polished U.S. Senate candidate. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41702 "2016-02-28T18:33:28Z")
The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) 3. Peter Sellers (3 Nominations) 4. Edward G. Robinson (not even a nomination) 5. Johnny Depp (so far) 6. Jeff Daniels (never nominated yet) 7. Richard Burton (7 nominations) 8. Robert Downey Jr. (another so far) 9. Bradley Cooper (4 nominations, 3 for acting, 1 for producing) 10. Amy Adams (5 nominations so far) ---
**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:** [February 29, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41703 "2016-02-29T02:11:08Z")
The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) 3. Peter Sellers (3 Nominations) 4. Edward G. Robinson (not even a nomination) 5. Johnny Depp (so far) 6. Jeff Daniels (never nominated yet) 7. Richard Burton (7 nominations) 8. Robert Downey Jr. (another so far) 9. Bradley Cooper (4 nominations, 3 for acting, 1 for producing) 10. Amy Adams (5 nominations so far) 11. Jessica Chastain (2 nominations) Very, very good in _The Help, Zero Dark Thirty, Interstellar_ and _The Martian_. ---
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The greatest actors and actresses who never won an Oscar: 1. Peter O’Toole (8 Nominations) 2. Glenn Close (6 Nominations) 3. Peter Sellers (3 Nominations) 4. Edward G. Robinson (not even a nomination) 5. Johnny Depp (so far) 6. Jeff Daniels (never nominated yet) 7. Richard Burton (7 nominations) 8. Robert Downey Jr. (another so far) 9. Bradley Cooper (4 nominations, 3 for acting, 1 for producing) 10. Amy Adams (5 nominations so far) 11. Jessica Chastain (2 nominations) 12. Sigourney Weaver (3 nominations) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2084) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2086)