# 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:** 2253
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45046 "2016-07-15T17:37:10Z")
Famous Show Tunes and the Musicals They Came From 1. “The Trolley Song,” Meet Me in St. Louis 2. “It Might as Well Be Spring” – State Fair 3. “Defying Gravity,” Wicked 4. “76 Trombones” - The Music Man 5. “The Rain in Spain” - My Fair Lady 6. “Ol’ Man River” - Show Boat 7. “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” – Evita 8. “Wilkommen” - Cabaret ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45047 "2016-07-15T17:48:46Z")
Famous Show Tunes and the Musicals They Came From 1. “The Trolley Song,” Meet Me in St. Louis 2. “It Might as Well Be Spring” – State Fair 3. “Defying Gravity,” Wicked 4. “76 Trombones” - The Music Man 5. “The Rain in Spain” - My Fair Lady 6. “Ol’ Man River” - Show Boat 7. “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” – Evita 8. “Wilkommen” - Cabaret 9. “I Feel Pretty” - West Side Story ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45048 "2016-07-15T17:50:55Z")
Famous Show Tunes and the Musicals They Came From 1. “The Trolley Song,” Meet Me in St. Louis 2. “It Might as Well Be Spring” – State Fair 3. “Defying Gravity,” Wicked 4. “76 Trombones” - The Music Man 5. “The Rain in Spain” - My Fair Lady 6. “Ol’ Man River” - Show Boat 7. “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” – Evita 8. “Wilkommen” - Cabaret 9. “I Feel Pretty” - West Side Story 10. “You Naughty, Naughty Men” – “The Black Crook”. The first original song from the first performance of what is now regarded as the Broadway Musical genre, 1866. 150-th anniversary September 12. If impatient, cue in to 1:30) (This is "Must-See Baker's Dozen") ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45049 "2016-07-15T17:59:20Z")
Famous Show Tunes and the Musicals They Came From 1. “The Trolley Song,” Meet Me in St. Louis 2. “It Might as Well Be Spring” – State Fair 3. “Defying Gravity,” Wicked 4. “76 Trombones” - The Music Man 5. “The Rain in Spain” - My Fair Lady 6. “Ol’ Man River” - Show Boat 7. “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” – Evita 8. “Wilkommen” - Cabaret 9. “I Feel Pretty” - West Side Story 10. “You Naughty, Naughty Men” – “The Black Crook”. 11. “Memory” - Cats ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45050 "2016-07-15T17:59:49Z")
Note to Number 10. There are only two renditions of this song on YouTube, with a total of less than 1,000 views, so y u are definitely cutting edge on this one. Here’s the other one: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCzfB0pIhz4) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45051 "2016-07-15T18:56:10Z")
Famous Show Tunes and the Musicals They Came From 1. “The Trolley Song,” Meet Me in St. Louis 2. “It Might as Well Be Spring” – State Fair 3. “Defying Gravity,” Wicked 4. “76 Trombones” - The Music Man 5. “The Rain in Spain” - My Fair Lady 6. “Ol’ Man River” - Show Boat 7. “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” – Evita 8. “Wilkommen” - Cabaret 9. “I Feel Pretty” - West Side Story 10. “You Naughty, Naughty Men” – “The Black Crook”. 11. “Memory” - Cats 12. “Camelot” - Camelot ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45052 "2016-07-15T19:00:12Z")
Famous Show Tunes and the Musicals They Came From 1. “The Trolley Song,” Meet Me in St. Louis 2. “It Might as Well Be Spring” – State Fair 3. “Defying Gravity,” Wicked 4. “76 Trombones” - The Music Man 5. “The Rain in Spain” - My Fair Lady 6. “Ol’ Man River” - Show Boat 7. “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” – Evita 8. “Wilkommen” - Cabaret 9. “I Feel Pretty” - West Side Story 10. “You Naughty, Naughty Men” – “The Black Crook”. 11. “Memory” - Cats 12. “Camelot” - Camelot 13. [“The Internet Is For Porn” - Avenue Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTJvdGcb7Fs) I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45053 "2016-07-15T19:19:13Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45054 "2016-07-15T19:36:48Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45055 "2016-07-15T19:38:54Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” 3. “Where is everybody?” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45056 "2016-07-15T19:53:47Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” 3. “Where is everybody?” 4. “Confidentially… my Dad DID whack the Kennedy brothers.” ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45057 "2016-07-15T20:48:13Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” 3. “Where is everybody?” 4. “Confidentially… my Dad DID whack the Kennedy brothers.” 5. “Has anybody seen Tebow?” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45058 "2016-07-15T21:11:19Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” 3. “Where is everybody?” 4. “Confidentially… my Dad DID whack the Kennedy brothers.” 5. “Has anybody seen Tebow?” 6. “Chris Christie is my second choice, after the mayor of Toronto, who died.” ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45059 "2016-07-15T22:23:03Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” 3. “Where is everybody?” 4. “Confidentially… my Dad DID whack the Kennedy brothers.” 5. “Has anybody seen Tebow?” 6. “I don’t know about Pence, I think Sarah Palin should have been the running mate.” ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45060 "2016-07-15T22:32:07Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” 3. “Where is everybody?” 4. “Confidentially… my Dad DID whack the Kennedy brothers.” 5. “Has anybody seen Tebow?” 6. “Chris Christie is my second choice, after the mayor of Toronto, who died” 7. “I don’t know about Pence, I think Sarah Palin should have been the running mate.” Just fixing up the number and including the number I missed ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45061 "2016-07-15T22:44:58Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” 3. “Where is everybody?” 4. “Confidentially… my Dad DID whack the Kennedy brothers.” 5. “Has anybody seen Tebow?” 6. “Chris Christie is my second choice, after the mayor of Toronto, who died” 7. “I don’t know about Pence, I think Sarah Palin should have been the running mate.” 8. “Do you mean to say none of the networks sent reporters or crews to cover this?” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45062 "2016-07-15T22:54:25Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” 3. “Where is everybody?” 4. “Confidentially… my Dad DID whack the Kennedy brothers.” 5. “Has anybody seen Tebow?” 6. “Chris Christie is my second choice, after the mayor of Toronto, who died” 7. “I don’t know about Pence, I think Sarah Palin should have been the running mate.” 8. “Do you mean to say none of the networks sent reporters or crews to cover this?” 9. “Oh boy, Wayne Newton’s doing the national anthem again this year!” ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45063 "2016-07-15T23:50:48Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” 3. “Where is everybody?” 4. “Confidentially… my Dad DID whack the Kennedy brothers.” 5. “Has anybody seen Tebow?” 6. “Chris Christie is my second choice, after the mayor of Toronto, who died” 7. “I don’t know about Pence, I think Sarah Palin should have been the running mate.” 8. “Do you mean to say none of the networks sent reporters or crews to cover this?” 9. “Oh boy, Wayne Newton’s doing the national anthem again this year!” 10. “Seriously, do you think it’s made out of real hair or something synthetic?” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45064 "2016-07-16T00:33:47Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” 3. “Where is everybody?” 4. “Confidentially… my Dad DID whack the Kennedy brothers.” 5. “Has anybody seen Tebow?” 6. “Chris Christie is my second choice, after the mayor of Toronto, who died” 7. “I don’t know about Pence, I think Sarah Palin should have been the running mate.” 8. “Do you mean to say none of the networks sent reporters or crews to cover this?” 9. “Oh boy, Wayne Newton’s doing the national anthem again this year!” 10. “Seriously, do you think it’s made out of real hair or something synthetic?” 11. “Oh crud, they’re playing “Cleveland Rocks” AGAIN!” ---
**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:** [July 16, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45065 "2016-07-16T04:11:24Z")
Overheard in and around the Republican National Convention in Cleveland 1. “I don’t know, I found the new Trump/Pence campaign logo kind of… arousing.” 2. “Okay, the joke’s gone on long enough. I’m not really running, I just wanted to be adored by the masses.” 3. “Where is everybody?” 4. “Confidentially… my Dad DID whack the Kennedy brothers.” 5. “Has anybody seen Tebow?” 6. “Chris Christie is my second choice, after the mayor of Toronto, who died” 7. “I don’t know about Pence, I think Sarah Palin should have been the running mate.” 8. “Do you mean to say none of the networks sent reporters or crews to cover this?” 9. “Oh boy, Wayne Newton’s doing the national anthem again this year!” 10. “Seriously, do you think it’s made out of real hair or something synthetic?” 11. “Oh crud, they’re playing “Cleveland Rocks” AGAIN!” 12. “Whaddya mean LeBron’s not coming? I love the blacks! Sad.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2252) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2254)