# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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\
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**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42225 "2016-03-28T05:31:59Z")

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Easter Songs and Hymns

1. Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
2. Peter Cottontail - Jimmy Wakely
3. Easter Parade-Irving Berlin
4. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
5. That Easter Day with Joy was Bright
6. Low In The Grave He Lay (Up From The Grave He Arose)
7. The Stride is O’er
8. Alleluia, Alleluia

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42226 "2016-03-28T09:46:35Z")

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Easter Songs and Hymns

1. Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
2. Peter Cottontail - Jimmy Wakely
3. Easter Parade-Irving Berlin
4. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
5. That Easter Day with Joy was Bright
6. Low In The Grave He Lay (Up From The Grave He Arose)
7. The Stride is O’er
8. Alleluia, Alleluia
9. Handel’s Messiah

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**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:** [March 28, 2016, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42227 "2016-03-28T10:21:26Z")

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Easter Songs and Hymns

1. Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
2. Peter Cottontail - Jimmy Wakely
3. Easter Parade-Irving Berlin
4. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
5. That Easter Day with Joy was Bright
6. Low In The Grave He Lay (Up From The Grave He Arose)
7. The Stride is O’er
8. Alleluia, Alleluia
9. Handel’s Messiah
10. I Serve A Risen Savior (He Lives)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42228 "2016-03-28T12:58:41Z")

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Easter Songs and Hymns

1. Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
2. Peter Cottontail - Jimmy Wakely
3. Easter Parade-Irving Berlin
4. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
5. That Easter Day with Joy was Bright
6. Low In The Grave He Lay (Up From The Grave He Arose)
7. The Stride is O’er
8. Alleluia, Alleluia
9. Handel’s Messiah
10. I Serve A Risen Savior (He Lives)
11. Were You There?

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42229 "2016-03-28T14:51:14Z")

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Easter Songs and Hymns

1. Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
2. Peter Cottontail - Jimmy Wakely
3. Easter Parade-Irving Berlin
4. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
5. That Easter Day with Joy was Bright
6. Low In The Grave He Lay (Up From The Grave He Arose)
7. The Stride is O’er
8. Alleluia, Alleluia
9. Handel’s Messiah
10. I Serve A Risen Savior (He Lives)
11. Were You There?
12. Amen (by Jester Hairston)

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**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42230 "2016-03-28T20:24:36Z")

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Easter Songs and Hymns

1. Christ The Lord Is Risen Today
2. Peter Cottontail - Jimmy Wakely
3. Easter Parade-Irving Berlin
4. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
5. That Easter Day with Joy was Bright
6. Low In The Grave He Lay (Up From The Grave He Arose)
7. The Stride is O’er
8. Alleluia, Alleluia
9. Handel’s Messiah
10. I Serve A Risen Savior (He Lives)
11. Were You There?
12. Amen (by Jester Hairston)
13. In the Gentle Springtime

Next: Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42231 "2016-03-28T20:27:57Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)

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**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:** [March 28, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42232 "2016-03-28T20:36:01Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)
3. Clueless (based on Jane Austen’s novel _Emma_)

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**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 28, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42233 "2016-03-28T21:29:09Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)
3. Clueless (based on Jane Austen’s novel _Emma_)
4. _Blade Runner_ (film adaptation of _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?_)

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**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:** [March 28, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42234 "2016-03-28T21:41:23Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)
3. Clueless (based on Jane Austen’s novel _Emma_)
4. _Blade Runner_ (film adaptation of _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?_)
5. Promises, Promises (musical adaptation of the movie **The Apartment** )

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**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42235 "2016-03-28T22:12:21Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)
3. Clueless (based on Jane Austen’s novel _Emma_)
4. _Blade Runner_ (film adaptation of _Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?_)
5. Promises, Promises (musical adaptation of the movie **The Apartment** )
6. Charly (film adaptation of _Flowers for Algernon)_

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**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:** [March 28, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42236 "2016-03-28T23:21:23Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)
3. Clueless (based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma)
4. Blade Runner (film adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
5. Promises, Promises (musical adaptation of the movie The Apartment)
6. Charly (film adaptation of Flowers for Algernon)
7. Cats (musical adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42237 "2016-03-28T23:49:45Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)
3. Clueless (based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma)
4. Blade Runner (film adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
5. Promises, Promises (musical adaptation of the movie The Apartment)
6. Charly (film adaptation of Flowers for Algernon)
7. Cats (musical adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats)
8. Boccaccio’s Decameron, from Panchatantra,

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**Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42238 "2016-03-29T00:34:06Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)
3. Clueless (based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma)
4. Blade Runner (film adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
5. Promises, Promises (musical adaptation of the movie The Apartment)
6. Charly (film adaptation of Flowers for Algernon)
7. Cats (musical adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats)
8. Boccaccio’s Decameron, from Panchatantra
9. _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb_ (based on Peter George’s non-comedy thriller _Red Alert_ aka _Two Hours to Doom_)

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**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:** [March 29, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42239 "2016-03-29T00:38:12Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)
3. Clueless (based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma)
4. Blade Runner (film adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
5. Promises, Promises (musical adaptation of the movie The Apartment)
6. Charly (film adaptation of Flowers for Algernon)
7. Cats (musical adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats)
8. Boccaccio’s Decameron, from Panchatantra
9. _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb_ (based on Peter George’s non-comedy thriller _Red Alert_ aka _Two Hours to Doom_)
10. _The Heiress_ (play based on the Henry James novel _Washington Square_)

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**Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42240 "2016-03-29T01:02:23Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)
3. Clueless (based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma)
4. Blade Runner (film adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
5. Promises, Promises (musical adaptation of the movie The Apartment)
6. Charly (film adaptation of Flowers for Algernon)
7. Cats (musical adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats)
8. Boccaccio’s Decameron, from Panchatantra
9. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (based on Peter George’s non-comedy thriller Red Alert aka Two Hours to Doom)
10. The Heiress (play based on the Henry James novel Washington Square)
11. My Fair Lady (based on Pygmalion by GB Shaw)

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**Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42241 "2016-03-29T01:25:54Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)
3. Clueless (based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma)
4. Blade Runner (film adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
5. Promises, Promises (musical adaptation of the movie The Apartment)
6. Charly (film adaptation of Flowers for Algernon)
7. Cats (musical adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats)
8. Boccaccio’s Decameron, from Panchatantra
9. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (based on Peter George’s non-comedy thriller Red Alert aka Two Hours to Doom)
10. The Heiress (play based on the Henry James novel Washington Square)
11. My Fair Lady (based on Pygmalion by GB Shaw)
12. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (film adaptation based on Homer’s Odyssey)

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**Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42242 "2016-03-29T01:27:00Z")

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Adaptations with a Different Title (and the original title)

1. 110 in the Shade (musical version of The Rainmaker)
2. Here’s Love (musical version of Miracle on 34th Street)
3. Clueless (based on Jane Austen’s novel Emma)
4. Blade Runner (film adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?)
5. Promises, Promises (musical adaptation of the movie The Apartment)
6. Charly (film adaptation of Flowers for Algernon)
7. Cats (musical adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats)
8. Boccaccio’s Decameron, from Panchatantra
9. _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb_ (based on Peter George’s non-comedy thriller _Red Alert_ aka _Two Hours to Doom_)
10. _The Heiress_ (play based on the Henry James novel _Washington Square_)
11. My Fair Lady (based on Pygmalion by GB Shaw)
12. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (film adaptation based on Homer’s Odyssey)
13. _Kiss Me, Kate_ (based on Shakespeare’s _Taming of the Shrew_)  
Songs, films, musicals, books with a Spring-related title
14. _Spring Awakening_

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**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:** [March 29, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42243 "2016-03-29T01:40:49Z")

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Songs, films, musicals, books with a Spring-related title

1. Spring Awakening
2. It Might As Well Be Spring

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**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:** [March 29, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42244 "2016-03-29T01:58:50Z")

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Songs, films, musicals, books with a Spring-related title

1. Spring Awakening
2. It Might As Well Be Spring
3. _Absent in the Spring_

by Mary Westmancott, aka Agatha Christie

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