# 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:** 2313
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46246 "2016-09-12T22:43:48Z")
I watched it in syndication, but I can only offer a generalization that possibly applies to several episodes: “attractive young woman hires them to help her father get his business/farm/home back from the rich bastards who cheated him out of it” ---
**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:** [September 12, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46247 "2016-09-12T22:55:39Z")
People Who Hired the A-Team 1. Watermelon farmers 2. A group of pacifists 3. Two college girls, to rescue their professor nabbed by the mob for a gambling system he’s created 4. Rick James (Season 4, Episode 6, “The Heart of Rock & Roll”), to help an old rocker in prison ---
**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:** [September 13, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46248 "2016-09-13T00:22:22Z")
People Who Hired the A-Team 1. Watermelon farmers 2. A group of pacifists 3. Two college girls, to rescue their professor nabbed by the mob for a gambling system he’s created 4. Rick James (Season 4, Episode 6, “The Heart of Rock & Roll”), to help an old rocker in prison 5. A small cab company. There was one with weapons hidden in bread and a coke deal but I don’t remember who hired them that time… ---
**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:** [September 13, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46249 "2016-09-13T04:12:37Z")
People Who Hired the A-Team 1. Watermelon farmers 2. A group of pacifists 3. Two college girls, to rescue their professor nabbed by the mob for a gambling system he’s created 4. Rick James (Season 4, Episode 6, “The Heart of Rock & Roll”), to help an old rocker in prison 5. A small cab company. 6. Daughter of a dead diamond mine owner ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46250 "2016-09-13T04:40:08Z")
People Who Hired the A-Team 1. Watermelon farmers 2. A group of pacifists 3. Two college girls, to rescue their professor nabbed by the mob for a gambling system he’s created 4. Rick James (Season 4, Episode 6, “The Heart of Rock & Roll”), to help an old rocker in prison 5. A small cab company. 6. Daughter of a dead diamond mine owner 7. Templeton “Faceman” Peck In “The Only Church in Town,” Face can’t persuade the team to help out his ex-girlfriend, so he hires the A-Team himself. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46251 "2016-09-13T12:44:16Z")
People Who Hired the A-Team 1. Watermelon farmers 2. A group of pacifists 3. Two college girls, to rescue their professor nabbed by the mob for a gambling system he’s created 4. Rick James (Season 4, Episode 6, “The Heart of Rock & Roll”), to help an old rocker in prison 5. A small cab company. 6. Daughter of a dead diamond mine owner 7. Templeton “Faceman” Peck 8. General Hunt Stockwell The last season they switched up the premise a bit and the A Team worked for a general in an attempt to secure their pardons. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46252 "2016-09-13T13:57:04Z")
People Who Hired the A-Team 1. Watermelon farmers 2. A group of pacifists 3. Two college girls, to rescue their professor nabbed by the mob for a gambling system he’s created 4. Rick James (Season 4, Episode 6, “The Heart of Rock & Roll”), to help an old rocker in prison 5. A small cab company. 6. Daughter of a dead diamond mine owner 7. Templeton “Faceman” Peck 8. General Hunt Stockwell 9. The kid brother of an old friend of B.A. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46253 "2016-09-13T14:00:32Z")
People Who Hired the A-Team 1. Watermelon farmers 2. A group of pacifists 3. Two college girls, to rescue their professor nabbed by the mob for a gambling system he’s created 4. Rick James (Season 4, Episode 6, “The Heart of Rock & Roll”), to help an old rocker in prison 5. A small cab company. 6. Daughter of a dead diamond mine owner 7. Templeton “Faceman” Peck 8. General Hunt Stockwell 9. The kid brother of an old friend of B.A. 10. A small group of Viet Nam vets ---
**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:** [September 13, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46254 "2016-09-13T14:54:21Z")
People Who Hired the A-Team 1. Watermelon farmers 2. A group of pacifists 3. Two college girls, to rescue their professor nabbed by the mob for a gambling system he’s created 4. Rick James (Season 4, Episode 6, “The Heart of Rock & Roll”), to help an old rocker in prison 5. A small cab company. 6. Daughter of a dead diamond mine owner 7. Templeton “Faceman” Peck 8. General Hunt Stockwell 9. The kid brother of an old friend of B.A. 10. A small group of Viet Nam vets 11. The CIA ---
**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:** [September 13, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46255 "2016-09-13T14:56:53Z")
People Who Hired the A-Team 1. Watermelon farmers 2. A group of pacifists 3. Two college girls, to rescue their professor nabbed by the mob for a gambling system he’s created 4. Rick James (Season 4, Episode 6, “The Heart of Rock & Roll”), to help an old rocker in prison 5. A small cab company. 6. Daughter of a dead diamond mine owner 7. Templeton “Faceman” Peck 8. General Hunt Stockwell 9. The kid brother of an old friend of B.A. 10. A small group of Viet Nam vets 11. The CIA 12. A group of peasants from [insert developing country] ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46256 "2016-09-13T17:00:39Z")
People Who Hired the A-Team 1. Watermelon farmers 2. A group of pacifists 3. Two college girls, to rescue their professor nabbed by the mob for a gambling system he’s created 4. Rick James (Season 4, Episode 6, “The Heart of Rock & Roll”), to help an old rocker in prison 5. A small cab company. 6. Daughter of a dead diamond mine owner 7. Templeton “Faceman” Peck 8. General Hunt Stockwell 9. The kid brother of an old friend of B.A. 10. A small group of Viet Nam vets 11. The CIA 12. A group of peasants from [insert developing country] 13. Amy Allen The A-Team’s first client. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46257 "2016-09-13T17:33:10Z")
Fiction with a mermaid: 1. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46258 "2016-09-13T17:38:02Z")
Fiction with a mermaid: 1. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler 2. Splash ---
**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:** [September 13, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46259 "2016-09-13T17:40:10Z")
Fiction with a mermaid: 1. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler 2. Splash 3. The Little Mermaid ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46260 "2016-09-13T17:54:32Z")
Fiction with a mermaid: 1. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler 2. Splash 3. The Little Mermaid 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Aside: I was in a Georgia Tech Starbucks the other day and the barista asked someone who was in her lit class “Are there mermaids in Moby Dick?” ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46261 "2016-09-13T19:05:33Z")
Fiction with a mermaid: 1. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler 2. Splash 3. The Little Mermaid 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 5. “Miranda,” a 1948 film starring Glynnis Johns ---
**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:** [September 13, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46262 "2016-09-13T19:06:50Z")
Fiction with a mermaid: 1. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler 2. Splash 3. The Little Mermaid 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 5. “Miranda,” a 1948 film starring Glynnis Johns 6. _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_, by C.S. Lewis ---
**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:** [September 13, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46263 "2016-09-13T19:33:10Z")
Fiction with a mermaid: 1. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler 2. Splash 3. The Little Mermaid 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 5. “Miranda,” a 1948 film starring Glynnis Johns 6. _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_, by C.S. Lewis 7. [_Mei Ren Yu_ (aka _The Mermaid_)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmk_NPeCk1I) ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46264 "2016-09-13T19:37:33Z")
Fiction with a mermaid: 1. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler 2. Splash 3. The Little Mermaid 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 5. “Miranda,” a 1948 film starring Glynnis Johns 6. _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_, by C.S. Lewis 7. [_Mei Ren Yu_ (aka _The Mermaid_)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmk_NPeCk1I) 8. _Peter Pan_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46265 "2016-09-13T19:43:15Z")
Fiction with a mermaid: 1. The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler 2. Splash 3. The Little Mermaid 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 5. “Miranda,” a 1948 film starring Glynnis Johns 6. _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_, by C.S. Lewis 7. [_Mei Ren Yu_ (aka _The Mermaid_)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmk_NPeCk1I) 8. _Peter Pan_ 9. Movie\*\*\* Local Hero \*\*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2312) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2314)