# 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:** 228
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4541 "2011-03-28T02:38:27Z")
Jack Lemmon movies 1. Mister Roberts 2. Some Like It Hot 3. Save the Tiger 4. Glengarry Glen Ross 5. The Odd Couple 6. Hamlet 7. The Apartment 8. Grumpy Old Men 9. My Fellow Americans ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4542 "2011-03-28T02:45:49Z")
Jack Lemmon movies 1. Mister Roberts 2. Some Like It Hot 3. Save the Tiger 4. Glengarry Glen Ross 5. The Odd Couple 6. Hamlet 7. The Apartment 8. Grumpy Old Men 9. My Fellow Americans 10. Under the Yum Yum Tree ---
**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 28, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4543 "2011-03-28T03:09:20Z")
Jack Lemmon movies 1. Mister Roberts 2. Some Like It Hot 3. Save the Tiger 4. Glengarry Glen Ross 5. The Odd Couple 6. Hamlet 7. The Apartment 8. Grumpy Old Men 9. My Fellow Americans 10. Under the Yum Yum Tree 11. Short Cuts ---
**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 28, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4544 "2011-03-28T03:55:54Z")
Jack Lemmon movies 1. Mister Roberts 2. Some Like It Hot 3. Save the Tiger 4. Glengarry Glen Ross 5. The Odd Couple 6. Hamlet 7. The Apartment 8. Grumpy Old Men 9. My Fellow Americans 10. Under the Yum Yum Tree 11. Short Cuts 12. The China Syndrome ---
**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, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4545 "2011-03-28T04:04:15Z")
Jack Lemmon movies 1. Mister Roberts 2. Some Like It Hot 3. Save the Tiger 4. Glengarry Glen Ross 5. The Odd Couple 6. Hamlet 7. The Apartment 8. Grumpy Old Men 9. My Fellow Americans 10. Under the Yum Yum Tree 11. Short Cuts 12. The China Syndrome 13. JFK And on that note New category: Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4546 "2011-03-28T04:39:34Z")
Jack Lemmon movies 1. Mister Roberts 2. Some Like It Hot 3. Save the Tiger 4. Glengarry Glen Ross 5. The Odd Couple 6. Hamlet 7. The Apartment 8. Grumpy Old Men 9. My Fellow Americans 10. Under the Yum Yum Tree 11. Short Cuts 12. The China Syndrome 13. JFK And on that note New category: Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4547 "2011-03-28T04:40:56Z")
Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) 3. Nixon ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4548 "2011-03-28T05:32:04Z")
Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) 3. Nixon 4. Jefferson in Paris\* \*To forestall nitpicking, the action takes place before he was president, but it’s book ended by events 80 years later in which he’s referred to as the president. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4549 "2011-03-28T05:39:19Z")
Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) 3. Nixon 4. Jefferson in Paris\* 5. Thirteen Days ---
**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, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4550 "2011-03-28T06:31:45Z")
Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) 3. Nixon 4. Jefferson in Paris 5. Thirteen Days 6. Sunrise at Campobello ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4551 "2011-03-28T08:00:51Z")
Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) 3. Nixon 4. Jefferson in Paris 5. Thirteen Days 6. Sunrise at Campobello 7. Death Of A President ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4552 "2011-03-28T11:30:13Z")
Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) 3. Nixon 4. Jefferson in Paris 5. Thirteen Days 6. Sunrise at Campobello 7. Death Of A President 8. Air Force One ---
**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 28, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4553 "2011-03-28T11:48:48Z")
Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) 3. Nixon 4. Jefferson in Paris 5. Thirteen Days 6. Sunrise at Campobello 7. Death Of A President 8. Air Force One 9. Dave ---
**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 28, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4554 "2011-03-28T13:39:56Z")
Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) 3. Nixon 4. Jefferson in Paris 5. Thirteen Days 6. Sunrise at Campobello 7. Death Of A President 8. Air Force One 9. Dave 10. Frost Nixon ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4555 "2011-03-28T13:51:53Z")
Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) 3. Nixon 4. Jefferson in Paris 5. Thirteen Days 6. Sunrise at Campobello 7. Death Of A President 8. Air Force One 9. Dave 10. Frost Nixon 11. Wag the Dog ---
**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 28, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4556 "2011-03-28T14:07:18Z")
Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) 3. Nixon 4. Jefferson in Paris 5. Thirteen Days 6. Sunrise at Campobello 7. Death Of A President 8. Air Force One 9. Dave 10. Frost Nixon 11. Wag the Dog 12. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (forthcoming) ---
**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, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4557 "2011-03-28T14:12:37Z")
Movies about American Presidents 1. JFK 2. The President’s Lady (Andrew Jackson) 3. Nixon 4. Jefferson in Paris 5. Thirteen Days 6. Sunrise at Campobello 7. Death Of A President 8. Air Force One 9. Dave 10. Frost Nixon 11. Wag the Dog 12. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (forthcoming) 13. The American President I’ll pass as I’ve done a couple of recent categories. ---
**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 28, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4558 "2011-03-28T14:14:33Z")
Thanks, **Little Nemo**. TV show cliche: Fattie hooked up with hottie. (And, to start with the original) 1. The Honeymooners - Ralph and Alice Kramden ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4559 "2011-03-28T14:15:33Z")
Acronyms (NOT abbreviations!) 1. RADAR ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4560 "2011-03-28T14:17:25Z")
Crap - we’ll save that for later, then! TV show cliche: Fattie hooked up with hottie. 1. The Honeymooners - Ralph and Alice Kramden 2. The King of Queens - Doug and Carrie Heffernan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=227) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=229)