# 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:** 2272
**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 31, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45426 "2016-07-31T19:06:23Z")
Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not) 1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours 2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man 3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition 4. Glenn Holland / Patrick Duncan / Mr. Holland’s Opus 5. Leopold! / Bugs Bunny / Long-Haired Hare Based on Leopold Stokowski: [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fdnv1](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fdnv1) > **[Long-Haired Hare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-Haired_Hare)** > > Long-Haired Hare is a 1949 American animated short film directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. It was produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures as part of the Looney Tunes series, and was the 60th short to feature Bugs Bunny. In addition to including the homophones "hair" and "hare", the title is also a pun on "longhairs", a characterization of classical music lovers. Nicolai Shutorov provides the singing voice of Giovanni Jones. > On a hillside, ... ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45427 "2016-07-31T20:08:39Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > ETA: Wait, what? #4 Claire Quilty? He was a playwright perv not a detective. There is one in Lolita, though, but not worth citing. Why “not worth citing”? He functioned in the story line (Lolita) as a fictional inspector, which is a pretty inexact descriptive term. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45428 "2016-07-31T20:24:34Z")
Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not) 1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours 2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man 3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition 4. Glenn Holland / Patrick Duncan / Mr. Holland’s Opus 5. Leopold! / Bugs Bunny / Long-Haired Hare 6. Rodrigo de Souza / Gael Garcia Bernal / Mozart in the Jungle ---
**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 31, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45429 "2016-07-31T20:31:52Z")
Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not) 1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours 2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man 3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition 4. Glenn Holland / Patrick Duncan / Mr. Holland’s Opus 5. Leopold! / Bugs Bunny / Long-Haired Hare 6. Rodrigo de Souza / Gael Garcia Bernal / Mozart in the Jungle 7. Stanley Tibbets / Dudley Moore / Foul Play ---
**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 31, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45430 "2016-07-31T21:46:17Z")
Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not) 1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours 2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man 3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition 4. Glenn Holland / Patrick Duncan / Mr. Holland’s Opus 5. Leopold! / Bugs Bunny / Long-Haired Hare 6. Rodrigo de Souza / Gael Garcia Bernal / Mozart in the Jungle 7. Stanley Tibbets / Dudley Moore / Foul Play 8. Mickey Mouse / Walt Disney / Symphony Hour From the 50s when Walt Disney was still voicing Mickey ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45431 "2016-07-31T22:02:37Z")
Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not) 1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours 2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man 3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition 4. Glenn Holland / Patrick Duncan / Mr. Holland’s Opus 5. Leopold! / Bugs Bunny / Long-Haired Hare 6. Rodrigo de Souza / Gael Garcia Bernal / Mozart in the Jungle 7. Stanley Tibbets / Dudley Moore / Foul Play 8. Mickey Mouse / Walt Disney / Symphony Hour 9. Ricky Ricardo / I Love Lucy (Desi Arnaz was a band leader himself) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45432 "2016-07-31T22:12:47Z")
Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not) 1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours 2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man 3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition 4. Glenn Holland / Patrick Duncan / Mr. Holland’s Opus 5. Leopold! / Bugs Bunny / Long-Haired Hare 6. Rodrigo de Souza / Gael Garcia Bernal / Mozart in the Jungle 7. Stanley Tibbets / Dudley Moore / Foul Play 8. Mickey Mouse / Walt Disney / Symphony Hour 9. Ricky Ricardo / I Love Lucy (Desi Arnaz was a band leader himself) 10. Dr. Teeth / Electric Mayhem / The Muppets ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45433 "2016-07-31T22:48:22Z")
Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not) 1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours 2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man 3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition 4. Glenn Holland / Patrick Duncan / Mr. Holland’s Opus 5. Leopold! / Bugs Bunny / Long-Haired Hare 6. Rodrigo de Souza / Gael Garcia Bernal / Mozart in the Jungle 7. Stanley Tibbets / Dudley Moore / Foul Play 8. Mickey Mouse / Walt Disney / Symphony Hour 9. Ricky Ricardo / I Love Lucy (Desi Arnaz was a band leader himself) 10. Dr. Teeth / Electric Mayhem / The Muppets 11. Danny / Pete Postelthwaite / “Brassed Off” ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45434 "2016-08-01T03:26:26Z")
Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not) 1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours 2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man 3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition 4. Glenn Holland / Patrick Duncan / Mr. Holland’s Opus 5. Leopold! / Bugs Bunny / Long-Haired Hare 6. Rodrigo de Souza / Gael Garcia Bernal / Mozart in the Jungle 7. Stanley Tibbets / Dudley Moore / Foul Play 8. Mickey Mouse / Walt Disney / Symphony Hour 9. Ricky Ricardo / I Love Lucy (Desi Arnaz was a band leader himself) 10. Dr. Teeth / Electric Mayhem / The Muppets 11. Danny / Pete Postelthwaite / “Brassed Off” 12. Unnamed conductor / David Ogden Stiers / The Man With One Red Shoe ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45435 "2016-08-01T03:29:26Z")
Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not) 1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours 2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man 3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition 4. Glenn Holland / Patrick Duncan / Mr. Holland’s Opus 5. Leopold! / Bugs Bunny / Long-Haired Hare 6. Rodrigo de Souza / Gael Garcia Bernal / Mozart in the Jungle 7. Stanley Tibbets / Dudley Moore / Foul Play 8. Mickey Mouse / Walt Disney / Symphony Hour 9. Ricky Ricardo / I Love Lucy (Desi Arnaz was a band leader himself) 10. Dr. Teeth / Electric Mayhem / The Muppets 11. Danny / Pete Postelthwaite / “Brassed Off” 12. Frankie Hart / Georgie Auld / New York, New York In real life he was a saxophonist and bandleader; he recorded most of the saxophone solos on the film soundtrack and showed Robert Di Niro how to hold the sax convincingly. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45436 "2016-08-01T05:31:07Z")
Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not) 1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours 2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man 3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition 4. Glenn Holland / Patrick Duncan / Mr. Holland’s Opus 5. Leopold! / Bugs Bunny / Long-Haired Hare 6. Rodrigo de Souza / Gael Garcia Bernal / Mozart in the Jungle 7. Stanley Tibbets / Dudley Moore / Foul Play 8. Mickey Mouse / Walt Disney / Symphony Hour 9. Ricky Ricardo / I Love Lucy (Desi Arnaz was a band leader himself) 10. Dr. Teeth / Electric Mayhem / The Muppets 11. Danny / Pete Postelthwaite / “Brassed Off” 12. Frankie Hart / Georgie Auld / New York, New York 13. Frasier Crane / The ep in which he wrote and conducted his show’s theme song Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45437 "2016-08-01T12:32:20Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45438 "2016-08-01T12:51:45Z")
(I had to Google this) Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45439 "2016-08-01T13:25:47Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 3. MD 20/20 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45440 "2016-08-01T13:33:35Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 3. MD 20/20 4. PBR ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45441 "2016-08-01T14:41:47Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 3. MD 20/20 4. PBR 5. Richards Wild Irish Rose ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45442 "2016-08-01T15:05:18Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 3. MD 20/20 4. PBR 5. Richards Wild Irish Rose 6. Night Train Express ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45443 "2016-08-01T16:04:26Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 3. MD 20/20 4. PBR 5. Richards Wild Irish Rose 6. Night Train Express 7. Shoe polish filtered through a loaf of bread (thanks SD GQ!) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45444 "2016-08-01T16:08:18Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 3. MD 20/20 4. PBR 5. Richards Wild Irish Rose 6. Night Train Express 7. Shoe polish filtered through a loaf of bread (thanks SD GQ!) 8. [Pruno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruno) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45445 "2016-08-01T16:54:52Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 3. MD 20/20 4. PBR 5. Richards Wild Irish Rose 6. Night Train Express 7. Shoe polish filtered through a loaf of bread (thanks SD GQ!) 8. Pruno 9. Arbor Mist Tastes like alcoholic Fanta. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2271) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2273)