# 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:** 2386
**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:** [November 21, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47706 "2016-11-21T17:00:14Z")
Non-musical movies made into stage musicals 1. Dance of the Vampires 2. Carrie 3. Elf 4. The Lord of the Rings 5. All About Eve (became Applause) 6. Shrek 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (became Spamalot) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47707 "2016-11-21T17:31:52Z")
Non-musical movies made into stage musicals 1. Dance of the Vampires 2. Carrie 3. Elf 4. The Lord of the Rings 5. All About Eve (became Applause) 6. Shrek 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (became Spamalot) 8. Miracle on 34th Street (became Here’s Love by Meredith Willson) The show is the origin of the song “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” ---
**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:** [November 21, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47708 "2016-11-21T17:32:41Z")
Non-musical movies made into stage musicals 1. Dance of the Vampires 2. Carrie 3. Elf 4. The Lord of the Rings 5. All About Eve (became Applause) 6. Shrek 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (became Spamalot) 8. Miracle on 34th Street (became Here’s Love by Meredith Willson) 9. The Goodbye Girl ---
**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:** [November 21, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47709 "2016-11-21T18:57:51Z")
Non-musical movies made into stage musicals 1. Dance of the Vampires 2. Carrie 3. Elf 4. The Lord of the Rings 5. All About Eve (became Applause) 6. Shrek 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (became Spamalot) 8. Miracle on 34th Street (became Here’s Love by Meredith Willson) 9. The Goodbye Girl 10. The Little Shop of Horrors ---
**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:** [November 21, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47710 "2016-11-21T19:08:15Z")
Non-musical movies made into stage musicals 1. Dance of the Vampires 2. Carrie 3. Elf 4. The Lord of the Rings 5. All About Eve (became Applause) 6. Shrek 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (became Spamalot) 8. Miracle on 34th Street (became Here’s Love by Meredith Willson) 9. The Goodbye Girl 10. The Little Shop of Horrors 11. The Full Monty ---
**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:** [November 21, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47711 "2016-11-21T21:17:20Z")
Non-musical movies made into stage musicals 1. Dance of the Vampires 2. Carrie 3. Elf 4. The Lord of the Rings 5. All About Eve (became Applause) 6. Shrek 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (became Spamalot) 8. Miracle on 34th Street (became Here’s Love by Meredith Willson) 9. The Goodbye Girl 10. The Little Shop of Horrors 11. The Full Monty 12. The Producers ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47712 "2016-11-21T21:37:34Z")
Non-musical movies made into stage musicals 1. Dance of the Vampires 2. Carrie 3. Elf 4. The Lord of the Rings 5. All About Eve (became Applause) 6. Shrek 7. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (became Spamalot) 8. Miracle on 34th Street (became Here’s Love by Meredith Willson) 9. The Goodbye Girl 10. The Little Shop of Horrors 11. The Full Monty 12. The Producers 13. Evil Dead Next: Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47713 "2016-11-21T21:44:53Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff 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:** [November 21, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47714 "2016-11-21T21:57:49Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff in prison. 3. Mike Pence getting booed at Hamilton. ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47715 "2016-11-21T22:03:58Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff in prison. 3. Mike Pence getting booed at Hamilton. 4. The elevator door shuts on someone just as he reaches for the button. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47716 "2016-11-21T22:34:23Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff in prison. 3. Mike Pence getting booed at Hamilton. 4. The elevator door shuts on someone just as he reaches for the button. 5. Hunter shot in woods ---
**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:** [November 21, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47717 "2016-11-21T22:44:22Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff in prison. 3. Mike Pence getting booed at Hamilton. 4. The elevator door shuts on someone just as he reaches for the button. 5. Hunter shot in woods 6. A driver with unpaid parking tickets gets his car booted or towed ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47718 "2016-11-21T23:33:02Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff in prison. 3. Mike Pence getting booed at Hamilton. 4. The elevator door shuts on someone just as he reaches for the button. 5. Hunter shot in woods 6. A driver with unpaid parking tickets gets his car booted or towed 7. Seeing the maniac driver who zoomed past you get pulled over up ahead. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47719 "2016-11-21T23:39:20Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff in prison. 3. Mike Pence getting booed at Hamilton. 4. The elevator door shuts on someone just as he reaches for the button. 5. Hunter shot in woods 6. A driver with unpaid parking tickets gets his car booted or towed 7. Seeing the maniac driver who zoomed past you get pulled over up ahead 8. An obnoxious unruly airplane passenger gets escorted off the plane by police (I actually saw this happen one time; many passengers applauded as the police took her away. She later sued the airline for a million dollars. They offered her 12,000 as a settlement; she refused and got nothing when the case came to trial. Hubby testified as a witness at the trial) ---
**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:** [November 22, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47720 "2016-11-22T05:07:37Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff in prison. 3. Mike Pence getting booed at Hamilton. 4. The elevator door shuts on someone just as he reaches for the button. 5. Hunter shot in woods 6. A driver with unpaid parking tickets gets his car booted or towed 7. Seeing the maniac driver who zoomed past you get pulled over up ahead 8. An obnoxious unruly airplane passenger gets escorted off the plane by police 9. Holier-than-thou public official busted for conduct for which he’d criticized others ---
**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:** [November 22, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47721 "2016-11-22T14:10:39Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff in prison. 3. Mike Pence getting booed at Hamilton. 4. The elevator door shuts on someone just as he reaches for the button. 5. Hunter shot in woods 6. A driver with unpaid parking tickets gets his car booted or towed 7. Seeing the maniac driver who zoomed past you get pulled over up ahead 8. An obnoxious unruly airplane passenger gets escorted off the plane by police 9. Holier-than-thou public official busted for conduct for which he’d criticized others 10. Holier-than-thou religious leader busted for conduct for which he’d criticized others ---
**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:** [November 22, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47722 "2016-11-22T15:28:39Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff in prison. 3. Mike Pence getting booed at Hamilton. 4. The elevator door shuts on someone just as he reaches for the button. 5. Hunter shot in woods 6. A driver with unpaid parking tickets gets his car booted or towed 7. Seeing the maniac driver who zoomed past you get pulled over up ahead 8. An obnoxious unruly airplane passenger gets escorted off the plane by police 9. Holier-than-thou public official busted for conduct for which he’d criticized others 10. Holier-than-thou religious leader busted for conduct for which he’d criticized others 11. Kid you hated in school years ago going to prison tomorrow ---
**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:** [November 22, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47723 "2016-11-22T15:42:05Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff in prison. 3. Mike Pence getting booed at Hamilton. 4. The elevator door shuts on someone just as he reaches for the button. 5. Hunter shot in woods 6. A driver with unpaid parking tickets gets his car booted or towed 7. Seeing the maniac driver who zoomed past you get pulled over up ahead 8. An obnoxious unruly airplane passenger gets escorted off the plane by police 9. Holier-than-thou public official busted for conduct for which he’d criticized others 10. Holier-than-thou religious leader busted for conduct for which he’d criticized others 11. Kid you hated in school years ago going to prison tomorrow 12. Anti-gay crusader gets caught in gay bar. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47724 "2016-11-22T16:41:33Z")
Examples of schadenfreude we can all relate to. 1. Hearing tires squealing in the distance followed by a loud crunch. 2. Bernie Madoff in prison. 3. Mike Pence getting booed at Hamilton. 4. The elevator door shuts on someone just as he reaches for the button. 5. Hunter shot in woods 6. A driver with unpaid parking tickets gets his car booted or towed 7. Seeing the maniac driver who zoomed past you get pulled over up ahead 8. An obnoxious unruly airplane passenger gets escorted off the plane by police 9. Holier-than-thou public official busted for conduct for which he’d criticized others 10. Holier-than-thou religious leader busted for conduct for which he’d criticized others 11. Kid you hated in school years ago going to prison tomorrow 12. Anti-gay crusader gets caught in gay bar. 13. The cops show up at the house of the loud-partying kids across the street And stay off my lawn, dammit. New: The first sentence of a favorite book 1. “Jackie Brown, at 26, with no expression on his face, said that he could get some guns.” - The Friends of Eddie Coyle, George V. Higgins ---
**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:** [November 22, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47725 "2016-11-22T16:51:08Z")
The first sentence of a favorite book 1. “Jackie Brown, at 26, with no expression on his face, said that he could get some guns.” - The Friends of Eddie Coyle, George V. Higgins 2. “All of this happened, more or less.” - Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2385) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2387)