# 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:** 2403
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48046 "2016-12-06T14:51:44Z")
TV shows named after the person who starred in them 1. The Patty Duke Show 2. John Larroquette Show 3. The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob 4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48047 "2016-12-06T14:52:29Z")
TV shows named after the person who starred in them 1. The Patty Duke Show 2. John Larroquette Show 3. The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob 4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show) 5. The Dick Van Dyke Show ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48048 "2016-12-06T15:03:10Z")
TV shows named after the person who starred in them 1. The Patty Duke Show 2. John Larroquette Show 3. The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob 4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show) 5. The Dick Van Dyke Show 6. The Jack Benny Program ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48049 "2016-12-06T15:09:30Z")
TV shows named after the person who starred in them 1. The Patty Duke Show 2. John Larroquette Show 3. The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob 4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show) 5. The Dick Van Dyke Show 6. The Jack Benny Program 7. The Jackie Gleason Show ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48050 "2016-12-06T15:33:31Z")
TV shows named after the person who starred in them 1. The Patty Duke Show 2. John Larroquette Show 3. The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob 4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show) 5. The Dick Van Dyke Show 6. The Jack Benny Program 7. The Jackie Gleason Show 8. The Ed Sullivan Show ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48051 "2016-12-06T15:41:30Z")
TV shows named after the person who starred in them 1. The Patty Duke Show 2. John Larroquette Show 3. The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob 4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show) 5. The Dick Van Dyke Show 6. The Jack Benny Program 7. The Jackie Gleason Show 8. The Ed Sullivan Show 9. Roseanne ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48052 "2016-12-06T15:45:45Z")
TV shows named after the person who starred in them 1. The Patty Duke Show 2. John Larroquette Show 3. The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob 4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show) 5. The Dick Van Dyke Show 6. The Jack Benny Program 7. The Jackie Gleason Show 8. The Ed Sullivan Show 9. Roseanne 10. Seinfeld ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48053 "2016-12-06T15:48:15Z")
TV shows named after the person who starred in them 1. The Patty Duke Show 2. John Larroquette Show 3. The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob 4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show) 5. The Dick Van Dyke Show 6. The Jack Benny Program 7. The Jackie Gleason Show 8. The Ed Sullivan Show 9. Roseanne 10. Seinfeld 11. The Dana Carvey Show ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48054 "2016-12-06T15:54:41Z")
TV shows named after the person who starred in them 1. The Patty Duke Show 2. John Larroquette Show 3. The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob 4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show) 5. The Dick Van Dyke Show 6. The Jack Benny Program 7. The Jackie Gleason Show 8. The Ed Sullivan Show 9. Roseanne 10. Seinfeld 11. The Dana Carvey Show 12. The Bill Cosby Show (not the same as The Cosby Show) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48055 "2016-12-06T18:26:20Z")
TV shows named after the person who starred in them 1. The Patty Duke Show 2. John Larroquette Show 3. The Bob Newhart Show/Newhart/Bob 4. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show) 5. The Dick Van Dyke Show 6. The Jack Benny Program 7. The Jackie Gleason Show 8. The Ed Sullivan Show 9. Roseanne 10. Seinfeld 11. The Dana Carvey Show 12. The Bill Cosby Show (not the same as The Cosby Show) 13. The Red Skelton Show Virtually all old radio shows were of this type, and morphed into TV. Next: US cities whose names are single Scrabble-eligible dictionary words. (Not double, like Little Rock or Salt Lake City.) Preferably well-known cities. 1. Flint MI ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48056 "2016-12-06T18:30:46Z")
US cities whose names are single Scrabble-eligible dictionary words. (Not double, like Little Rock or Salt Lake City.) Preferably well-known cities. 1. Flint MI 2. Phoenix AZ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48057 "2016-12-06T18:39:22Z")
US cities whose names are single Scrabble-eligible dictionary words. (Not double, like Little Rock or Salt Lake City.) Preferably well-known cities. 1. Flint MI 2. Phoenix AZ 3. Mesa, Arizona ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48058 "2016-12-06T18:53:00Z")
US cities whose names are single Scrabble-eligible dictionary words. (Not double, like Little Rock or Salt Lake City.) Preferably well-known cities. 1. Flint MI 2. Phoenix AZ 3. Mesa, Arizona 4. Boise, Idaho ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48059 "2016-12-06T18:56:07Z")
US cities whose names are single Scrabble-eligible dictionary words. (Not double, like Little Rock or Salt Lake City.) Preferably well-known cities. 1. Flint MI 2. Phoenix AZ 3. Mesa, Arizona 4. Weed, CA ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48060 "2016-12-06T19:00:09Z")
US cities whose names are single Scrabble-eligible dictionary words. (Not double, like Little Rock or Salt Lake City.) Preferably well-known cities. 1. Flint MI 2. Phoenix AZ 3. Mesa, Arizona 4. Weed, CA 5. Butte, MT ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48061 "2016-12-06T19:17:57Z")
US cities whose names are single Scrabble-eligible dictionary words. (Not double, like Little Rock or Salt Lake City.) Preferably well-known cities. 1. Flint MI 2. Phoenix AZ 3. Mesa, Arizona 4. Weed, CA 5. Butte, MT 6. Boulder, CO ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48062 "2016-12-06T20:08:33Z")
US cities whose names are single Scrabble-eligible dictionary words. (Not double, like Little Rock or Salt Lake City.) Preferably well-known cities. 1. Flint MI 2. Phoenix AZ 3. Mesa, Arizona 4. Weed, CA 5. Butte, MT 6. Boulder, CO 7. Buffalo, NY ---
**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:** [December 6, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48063 "2016-12-06T20:46:03Z")
US cities whose names are single Scrabble-eligible dictionary words. (Not double, like Little Rock or Salt Lake City.) Preferably well-known cities. 1. Flint MI 2. Phoenix AZ 3. Mesa, Arizona 4. Weed, CA 5. Butte, MT 6. Boulder, CO 7. Buffalo, NY 8. Orange, NJ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48064 "2016-12-06T20:51:03Z")
US cities whose names are single Scrabble-eligible dictionary words. (Not double, like Little Rock or Salt Lake City.) Preferably well-known cities. 1. Flint MI 2. Phoenix AZ 3. Mesa, Arizona 4. Weed, CA 5. Butte, MT 6. Boulder, CO 7. Buffalo, NY 8. Orange, NJ 9. Mobile, AL ---
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US cities whose names are single Scrabble-eligible dictionary words. (Not double, like Little Rock or Salt Lake City.) Preferably well-known cities. 1. Flint MI 2. Phoenix AZ 3. Mesa, Arizona 4. Weed, CA 5. Butte, MT 6. Boulder, CO 7. Buffalo, NY 8. Orange, NJ 9. Mobile, AL 10. Gap, Pa. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2402) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2404)