# 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:** 2432
**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 31, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48626 "2016-12-31T15:35:27Z")
Sitcom character you’d like to be friends with in real life. 1. Mary Richards - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Elaine Benes – Seinfeld 3. Arthur Dietrich - Barney Miller 4. Rhoda Morgenstern - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. John Caravella (AKA Dr. Johnny Fever) - WKRP in Cincinnati 6. Ernest T. Bass – The Andy Griffith Show 7. Amy Farrah Fowler - The Big Bang Theory 8. Mary Ann Summers - Gilligan’s Island 9. Leonard Hofstadter - The Big Bang Theory ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48627 "2016-12-31T16:06:20Z")
Sitcom character you’d like to be friends with in real life. 1. Mary Richards - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Elaine Benes – Seinfeld 3. Arthur Dietrich - Barney Miller 4. Rhoda Morgenstern - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. John Caravella (AKA Dr. Johnny Fever) - WKRP in Cincinnati 6. Ernest T. Bass – The Andy Griffith Show 7. Amy Farrah Fowler - The Big Bang Theory 8. Mary Ann Summers - Gilligan’s Island 9. Leonard Hofstadtler- The Big Bang Theory 10. Troy & Abed\_ Community Counting them as one because I don’t think you can separate them. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48628 "2016-12-31T16:32:41Z")
Sitcom character you’d like to be friends with in real life. 1. Mary Richards - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Elaine Benes – Seinfeld 3. Arthur Dietrich - Barney Miller 4. Rhoda Morgenstern - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. John Caravella (AKA Dr. Johnny Fever) - WKRP in Cincinnati 6. Ernest T. Bass – The Andy Griffith Show 7. Amy Farrah Fowler - The Big Bang Theory 8. Mary Ann Summers - Gilligan’s Island 9. Leonard Hofstadtler- The Big Bang Theory 10. Troy & Abed\_ Community 11. Sgt Bilko (but I’d have to watch my wallet) ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48629 "2016-12-31T18:31:45Z")
Sitcom character you’d like to be friends with in real life. 1. Mary Richards - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Elaine Benes – Seinfeld 3. Arthur Dietrich - Barney Miller 4. Rhoda Morgenstern - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. John Caravella (AKA Dr. Johnny Fever) - WKRP in Cincinnati 6. Ernest T. Bass – The Andy Griffith Show 7. Amy Farrah Fowler - The Big Bang Theory 8. Mary Ann Summers - Gilligan’s Island 9. Leonard Hofstadtler- The Big Bang Theory 10. Troy & Abed\_ Community 11. Sgt Bilko (but I’d have to watch my wallet) 12. Dick and Paula(from “He & She”, hate to break up a set) It’d be a goddamn laugh riot. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48630 "2016-12-31T19:20:12Z")
Sitcom character you’d like to be friends with in real life. 1. Mary Richards - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 2. Elaine Benes – Seinfeld 3. Arthur Dietrich - Barney Miller 4. Rhoda Morgenstern - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. John Caravella (AKA Dr. Johnny Fever) - WKRP in Cincinnati 6. Ernest T. Bass – The Andy Griffith Show 7. Amy Farrah Fowler - The Big Bang Theory 8. Mary Ann Summers - Gilligan’s Island 9. Leonard Hofstadtler- The Big Bang Theory 10. Troy & Abed\_ Community 11. Sgt Bilko (but I’d have to watch my wallet) 12. Dick and Paula(from “He & She”, hate to break up a set) 13. Darlene – Rosanne Would have been Dietrich, but already taken \Pass. ---
**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 31, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48631 "2016-12-31T19:37:24Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48632 "2016-12-31T20:21:38Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young After a decade of mediocrity Neil returned with this, and I recall exactly where I was when I first heard it. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48633 "2016-12-31T20:57:03Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 3. Orinoco Flow- Enya ---
**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 31, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48634 "2016-12-31T21:20:30Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 3. Orinoco Flow- Enya 4. O Mary Don’t You Weep - Bruce Springsteen (from the Seeger Sessions) I was in a record store (remember those?) and it was blasting through the speakers. I asked the sales guy what it was and purchased it on the spot. mmm ---
**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 31, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48635 "2016-12-31T21:41:24Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 3. Orinoco Flow- Enya 4. O Mary Don’t You Weep - Bruce Springsteen (from the Seeger Sessions) 5. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/L9EKqQWPjyo/maxresdefault.jpg "Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed (Official HD Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9EKqQWPjyo) ---
**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 31, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48636 "2016-12-31T22:24:08Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 3. Orinoco Flow- Enya 4. O Mary Don’t You Weep - Bruce Springsteen (from the Seeger Sessions) 5. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan 6. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson ---
**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 31, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48637 "2016-12-31T22:35:34Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 3. Orinoco Flow- Enya 4. O Mary Don’t You Weep - Bruce Springsteen (from the Seeger Sessions) 5. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan 6. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson 7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48638 "2017-01-01T03:12:56Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 3. Orinoco Flow- Enya 4. O Mary Don’t You Weep - Bruce Springsteen (from the Seeger Sessions) 5. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan 6. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson 7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack 8. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight - Genesis ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48639 "2017-01-01T04:05:29Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 3. Orinoco Flow- Enya 4. O Mary Don’t You Weep - Bruce Springsteen (from the Seeger Sessions) 5. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan 6. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson 7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack 8. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight - Genesis 9. Everything My Heart Desires, by Danielle Brisebois First time I heard this, it was just being thrown away as background music in a restaurant scene in “As Good as it Gets”. I searched it out, and I still love it. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48640 "2017-01-01T04:14:59Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 3. Orinoco Flow- Enya 4. O Mary Don’t You Weep - Bruce Springsteen (from the Seeger Sessions) 5. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan 6. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson 7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack 8. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight - Genesis 9. Everything My Heart Desires, by Danielle Brisebois 10. Eruption - Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48641 "2017-01-01T04:25:45Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 3. Orinoco Flow- Enya 4. O Mary Don’t You Weep - Bruce Springsteen (from the Seeger Sessions) 5. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan 6. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson 7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack 8. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight - Genesis 9. Everything My Heart Desires, by Danielle Brisebois 10. Eruption - Van Halen 11. Lovely Rita - The Beatles ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48642 "2017-01-01T04:42:47Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 3. Orinoco Flow- Enya 4. O Mary Don’t You Weep - Bruce Springsteen (from the Seeger Sessions) 5. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan 6. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson 7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack 8. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight - Genesis 9. Everything My Heart Desires, by Danielle Brisebois 10. Eruption - Van Halen 11. Lovely Rita - The Beatles 12. Seven Bridges Road - The Eagles ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48643 "2017-01-01T06:48:37Z")
Name a song, and artist, that blew you away the first time you heard it. 1. Mechanical World – Spirit 2. Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young 3. Orinoco Flow- Enya 4. O Mary Don’t You Weep - Bruce Springsteen (from the Seeger Sessions) 5. Things Have Changed - Bob Dylan 6. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson 7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack 8. Dancing With the Moonlit Knight - Genesis 9. Everything My Heart Desires, by Danielle Brisebois 10. Eruption - Van Halen 11. Lovely Rita - The Beatles 12. Seven Bridges Road - The Eagles 13. Sweet Baby James - James Taylor ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48644 "2017-01-01T06:49:41Z")
Next: Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48645 "2017-01-01T07:11:22Z")
Countdown, 13 to 1, in titles or quotes 1. Thirteen at Dinner, by Agatha Christie 2. Twelve Angry Men (1957 movie) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2431) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2433)