# 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:** 210
**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 14, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4181 "2011-03-14T16:22:01Z")
TV shows starring movie stars & the movie stars who star in them 1. “Harry’s Law” - Kathy Bates 2. “Remington Steele” - Pierce Brosnan 3. “30 Rock”- Alec Baldwin 4. “Murphy Brown” - Candice Bergen 5. “The Closer” - Kyra Sedgwick 6. “Damages” - Glenn Close 7. “3rd Rock from the Sun” - John Lithgow 8. “The West Wing” - Martin Sheen 9. “CSI” - Laurence Fishburne 10. “CSI:NY” - Gary Sinise 11. “Hawkins” – Jimmy Stewart 12. “2 and a Half Men” - Charlie Sheen ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4182 "2011-03-14T16:27:37Z")
TV shows starring movie stars & the movie stars who star in them 1. “Harry’s Law” - Kathy Bates 2. “Remington Steele” - Pierce Brosnan 3. “30 Rock”- Alec Baldwin 4. “Murphy Brown” - Candice Bergen 5. “The Closer” - Kyra Sedgwick 6. “Damages” - Glenn Close 7. “3rd Rock from the Sun” - John Lithgow 8. “The West Wing” - Martin Sheen 9. “CSI” - Laurence Fishburne 10. “CSI:NY” - Gary Sinise 11. “Hawkins” – Jimmy Stewart 12. “2 and a Half Men” - Charlie Sheen 13. “The Adventures of Brisco County Junior” - Bruce Campbell Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby ---
**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 14, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4183 "2011-03-14T16:37:25Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter ---
**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 14, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4184 "2011-03-14T16:40:54Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter 3. William Shatner ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4185 "2011-03-14T17:14:15Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter 3. William Shatner 4. Kirk Cameron ---
**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 14, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4186 "2011-03-14T17:15:39Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter 3. William Shatner 4. Kirk Cameron 5. Alan Alda ---
**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 14, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4187 "2011-03-14T17:25:38Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter 3. William Shatner 4. Kirk Cameron 5. Alan Alda 6. Jackie Gleason ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4188 "2011-03-14T18:23:43Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter 3. William Shatner 4. Kirk Cameron 5. Alan Alda 6. Jackie Gleason 7. Ted Danson ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4189 "2011-03-14T18:32:32Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter 3. William Shatner 4. Kirk Cameron 5. Alan Alda 6. Jackie Gleason 7. Ted Danson 8. Roseanne Barr ---
**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 14, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4190 "2011-03-14T18:48:40Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter 3. William Shatner 4. Kirk Cameron 5. Alan Alda 6. Jackie Gleason 7. Ted Danson 8. Roseanne Barr 9. Mary Tyler Moore ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4191 "2011-03-14T19:09:15Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter 3. William Shatner 4. Kirk Cameron 5. Alan Alda 6. Jackie Gleason 7. Ted Danson 8. Roseanne Barr 9. Mary Tyler Moore 10. Andy Griffith ---
**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 14, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4192 "2011-03-14T19:24:18Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter 3. William Shatner 4. Kirk Cameron 5. Alan Alda 6. Jackie Gleason 7. Ted Danson 8. Roseanne Barr 9. Mary Tyler Moore 10. Andy Griffith 11. David Caruso ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4193 "2011-03-14T19:35:14Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter 3. William Shatner 4. Kirk Cameron 5. Alan Alda 6. Jackie Gleason 7. Ted Danson 8. Roseanne Barr 9. Mary Tyler Moore 10. Andy Griffith 11. David Caruso 12. Matt LeBlanc ---
**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 14, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4194 "2011-03-14T19:41:36Z")
Major TV stars who did not make it as big in the movies 1. Bill Cosby 2. John Ritter 3. William Shatner 4. Kirk Cameron 5. Alan Alda 6. Jackie Gleason 7. Ted Danson 8. Roseanne Barr 9. Mary Tyler Moore 10. Andy Griffith 11. David Caruso 12. Matt LeBlanc 13. Milton Berle Next category Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” ---
**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 14, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4195 "2011-03-14T19:44:00Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” (so said author Margaret Mitchell) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4196 "2011-03-14T19:55:19Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” (so said author Margaret Mitchell) 3. Caroline Meeber, “Sister Carrie” (Theodore Dreiser) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4197 "2011-03-14T20:43:37Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” (so said author Margaret Mitchell) 3. Caroline Meeber, “Sister Carrie” (Theodore Dreiser) 4. Anna Karenina, “Anna Karenina” ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4198 "2011-03-14T20:45:10Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” (so said author Margaret Mitchell) 3. Caroline Meeber, “Sister Carrie” (Theodore Dreiser) 4. Anna Karenina, “Anna Karenina” 5. Tess of the D’urbervilles, _Tess of the D’urbervilles_ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4199 "2011-03-14T20:46:09Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” (so said author Margaret Mitchell) 3. Caroline Meeber, “Sister Carrie” (Theodore Dreiser) 4. Anna Karenina, “Anna Karenina” 5. Dagny Taggart, “Atlas Shrugged” (if \*GWTW \*counts as literary, so does \*AS \*:D) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4200 "2011-03-14T21:01:34Z")
Literary heroines 1. Lizzie Bennet, “Pride & Prejudice” 2. Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, “Gone With The Wind” (so said author Margaret Mitchell) 3. Caroline Meeber, “Sister Carrie” (Theodore Dreiser) 4. Anna Karenina, “Anna Karenina” 5. Dagny Taggart, “Atlas Shrugged” 6. Nancy, “Oliver Twist” (she’s not the main character but she is a heroine) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=209) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=211)