# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 2427

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**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:** [December 27, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48526 "2016-12-27T00:05:21Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure

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**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 27, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48527 "2016-12-27T00:25:40Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Ghostbusters II

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**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 27, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48528 "2016-12-27T01:07:20Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Ghostbusters II
4. M_A_S\*H (TV series)

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**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:** [December 27, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48529 "2016-12-27T04:34:01Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Ghostbusters II
4. M_A_S\*H (TV series)
5. My Life and Times

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**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 27, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48530 "2016-12-27T05:53:00Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Ghostbusters II
4. M_A_S\*H (TV series)
5. My Life and Times
6. That 70s Show (final episode)

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48531 "2016-12-27T06:55:33Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Ghostbusters II
4. M_A_S\*H (TV series)
5. My Life and Times
6. That 70s Show (final episode)
7. Trading Places

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**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:** [December 27, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48532 "2016-12-27T10:37:31Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Ghostbusters II
4. M_A_S\*H (TV series)
5. My Life and Times
6. That 70s Show (final episode)
7. Trading Places
8. Mad Men

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**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:** [December 27, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48533 "2016-12-27T14:53:09Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Ghostbusters II
4. M_A_S\*H (TV series)
5. My Life and Times
6. That 70s Show (final episode)
7. Trading Places
8. Mad Men
9. End of Days

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48534 "2016-12-27T15:46:24Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Ghostbusters II
4. M_A_S\*H (TV series)
5. My Life and Times
6. That 70s Show (final episode)
7. Trading Places
8. Mad Men
9. End of Days
10. Sunset Blvd.

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**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:** [December 27, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48535 "2016-12-27T16:49:36Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Ghostbusters II
4. M_A_S\*H (TV series)
5. My Life and Times
6. That 70s Show (final episode)
7. Trading Places
8. Mad Men
9. End of Days
10. Sunset Blvd.
11. “Itchy & Scratchy Land” \*Simpsons \*episode

At I&S Land, the family went to a restaurant where they had multiple New Year’s Eve countdowns each day. Marge remarked how nice it must be to perpetually be celebrating New Year’s. An employee replies, “please kill me.”

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**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 27, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48536 "2016-12-27T17:39:57Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Ghostbusters II
4. M_A_S\*H (TV series)
5. My Life and Times
6. That 70s Show (final episode)
7. Trading Places
8. Mad Men
9. End of Days
10. Sunset Blvd.
11. “Itchy & Scratchy Land” Simpsons episode
12. The World’s Best New Year’s Eve Party Countdown (2003)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48537 "2016-12-27T18:53:02Z")

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Movies/TV shows that feature the New Year’s Eve countdown

1. When Harry Met Sally
2. The Poseidon Adventure
3. Ghostbusters II
4. M_A_S\*H (TV series)
5. My Life and Times
6. That 70s Show (final episode)
7. Trading Places
8. Mad Men
9. End of Days
10. Sunset Blvd.
11. “Itchy & Scratchy Land” Simpsons episode
12. The World’s Best New Year’s Eve Party Countdown (2003)
13. Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” 1925.

Pass

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**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 27, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48538 "2016-12-27T19:03:53Z")

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Old school professional basketball players (those whose careers began before 1970).

1. Bill Russell

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**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 27, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48539 "2016-12-27T19:06:57Z")

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Old school professional basketball players (those whose careers began before 1970).

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain

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**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:** [December 27, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48540 "2016-12-27T19:38:55Z")

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Old school professional basketball players (those whose careers began before 1970).

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. George Mikan

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**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 27, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48541 "2016-12-27T20:05:36Z")

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Old school professional basketball players (those whose careers began before 1970).

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. George Mikan
4. Oscar Robinson

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48542 "2016-12-27T20:17:17Z")

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Old school professional basketball players (those whose careers began before 1970).

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. George Mikan
4. Oscar Robinson
5. Sweetwater Clifton

The first African American

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**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:** [December 27, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48543 "2016-12-27T21:11:27Z")

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Old school professional basketball players (those whose careers began before 1970).

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. George Mikan
4. Oscar Robinson
5. Sweetwater Clifton
6. Bill Bradley

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**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:** [December 27, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48544 "2016-12-27T21:22:03Z")

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Old school professional basketball players (those whose careers began before 1970).

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. George Mikan
4. Oscar Robinson
5. Sweetwater Clifton
6. Bill Bradley
7. [Jerry West](http://www.logodesignlove.com/images/classic/nba-logo.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48545 "2016-12-27T22:27:28Z")

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Old school professional basketball players (those whose careers began before 1970).

1. Bill Russell
2. Wilt Chamberlain
3. George Mikan
4. Oscar Robinson
5. Sweetwater Clifton
6. Bill Bradley
7. Jerry West
8. Kareem Abdul Jabbar

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