# 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:** 2456
**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 20, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49106 "2017-01-20T04:31:59Z")
Novelty, catchy songs that were actually good music and complex arrangements: 1. “Kokomo,” by the Beach Boys: [The Beach Boys - Kokomo (1988) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWmbLS2_ec) 2. “The Saga Begins” - “Weird Al” Yankovic: ["Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU) 3. “Oops!.. I Did It Again” by Britney Spears: [Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Official HD Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow) 4. “Super Skrull” by Ookla the Mok [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk_tu2MwZDw) 5. “Take the Skinheads Bowling” by Camper Van Beethoven [Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INnFvMgET1E) 6. “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” by Steam 7. “Hot Rod Lincoln” by [Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R7l7nDuj1o) 8. “Intermission Song” by the Carpenters: [The Carpenters - It's going to take some time - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2ae2vJ-GA8) 9. “The Blob” by Burt Bacharach [Burt Bacharach ~ The Blob - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4V-8GlPpQ) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49107 "2017-01-20T04:36:47Z")
Novelty, catchy songs that were actually good music and complex arrangements: 1. “Kokomo,” by the Beach Boys: [The Beach Boys - Kokomo (1988) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWmbLS2_ec) 2. “The Saga Begins” - “Weird Al” Yankovic: ["Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU) 3. “Oops!.. I Did It Again” by Britney Spears: [Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Official HD Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow) 4. “Super Skrull” by Ookla the Mok [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk_tu2MwZDw) 5. “Take the Skinheads Bowling” by Camper Van Beethoven [Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INnFvMgET1E) 6. “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” by Steam 7. “Hot Rod Lincoln” by [Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R7l7nDuj1o) 8. “Intermission Song” by the Carpenters: [The Carpenters - It's going to take some time - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2ae2vJ-GA8) 9. “The Blob” by Burt Bacharach [Burt Bacharach ~ The Blob - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4V-8GlPpQ) 10. “Cat Food” by King Crimson ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49108 "2017-01-20T10:54:26Z")
Novelty, catchy songs that were actually good music and complex arrangements: 1. “Kokomo,” by the Beach Boys: [The Beach Boys - Kokomo (1988) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWmbLS2_ec) 2. “The Saga Begins” - “Weird Al” Yankovic: ["Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU) 3. “Oops!.. I Did It Again” by Britney Spears: [Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Official HD Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow) 4. “Super Skrull” by Ookla the Mok [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk_tu2MwZDw) 5. “Take the Skinheads Bowling” by Camper Van Beethoven [Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INnFvMgET1E) 6. “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” by Steam 7. “Hot Rod Lincoln” by Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen 8. “Intermission Song” by the Carpenters: [The Carpenters - It's going to take some time - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2ae2vJ-GA8) 9. “The Blob” by Burt Bacharach [Burt Bacharach ~ The Blob - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4V-8GlPpQ) 10. “Cat Food” by King Crimson 11. “Twisted” by [Joni Mitchell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iisYw0epV_Q) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49109 "2017-01-20T17:39:12Z")
Novelty, catchy songs that were actually good music and complex arrangements: 1. “Kokomo,” by the Beach Boys: [The Beach Boys - Kokomo (1988) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWmbLS2_ec) 2. “The Saga Begins” - “Weird Al” Yankovic: ["Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU) 3. “Oops!.. I Did It Again” by Britney Spears: [Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Official HD Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow) 4. “Super Skrull” by Ookla the Mok [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk_tu2MwZDw) 5. “Take the Skinheads Bowling” by Camper Van Beethoven [Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INnFvMgET1E) 6. “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” by Steam 7. “Hot Rod Lincoln” by Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen 8. “Intermission Song” by the Carpenters: [The Carpenters - It's going to take some time - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2ae2vJ-GA8) 9. “The Blob” by Burt Bacharach [Burt Bacharach ~ The Blob - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4V-8GlPpQ) 10. “Cat Food” by King Crimson 11. “Twisted” by [Joni Mitchell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iisYw0epV_Q) 12. “A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request” by Steve Goodman [Steve Goodman: A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xBxZGQ1dJk) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49110 "2017-01-20T19:39:17Z")
Novelty, catchy songs that were actually good music and complex arrangements: 1. “Kokomo,” by the Beach Boys: [The Beach Boys - Kokomo (1988) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJWmbLS2_ec) 2. “The Saga Begins” - “Weird Al” Yankovic: ["Weird Al" Yankovic - The Saga Begins (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU) 3. “Oops!.. I Did It Again” by Britney Spears: [Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again (Official HD Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow) 4. “Super Skrull” by Ookla the Mok [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk_tu2MwZDw) 5. “Take the Skinheads Bowling” by Camper Van Beethoven [Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INnFvMgET1E) 6. “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” by Steam 7. “Hot Rod Lincoln” by Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen 8. “Intermission Song” by the Carpenters: [The Carpenters - It's going to take some time - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2ae2vJ-GA8) 9. “The Blob” by Burt Bacharach [Burt Bacharach ~ The Blob - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4V-8GlPpQ) 10. “Cat Food” by King Crimson 11. “Twisted” by [Joni Mitchell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iisYw0epV_Q) 12. “A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request” by Steve Goodman [Steve Goodman: A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xBxZGQ1dJk) 13. “Don’t You Just Know It” by Huey “Piano” Smith and the Clowns: [Don't You Just Know It - Huey "Piano" Smith - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sxnXO2RjVg) Next: Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49111 "2017-01-20T19:46:06Z")
Next: Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49112 "2017-01-20T20:07:00Z")
Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer 3. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends Oh I had a lot through the years. I’ll go with this one because of the timing. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49113 "2017-01-20T20:34:45Z")
Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer 3. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 4. Mighty Mouse. ETA: I also had a thing for the movie’s Intermission cartoon, and was extremely upset when they told me it was a full length feature. ---
**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 20, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49114 "2017-01-20T21:01:51Z")
Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer 3. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 4. Mighty Mouse. 5. Popeye ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49115 "2017-01-20T21:25:24Z")
Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer 3. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 4. Mighty Mouse. 5. Popeye 6. Tom and Jerry ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49116 "2017-01-20T21:27:40Z")
Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer 3. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 4. Mighty Mouse. 5. Popeye 6. Tom and Jerry 7. Crusader Rabbit ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49117 "2017-01-20T21:43:42Z")
Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer 3. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 4. Mighty Mouse. 5. Popeye 6. Tom and Jerry 7. Crusader Rabbit 8. Bugs Bunny ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49118 "2017-01-20T21:58:19Z")
Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer 3. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 4. Mighty Mouse. 5. Popeye 6. Tom and Jerry 7. Crusader Rabbit 8. Bugs Bunny 9. Droopy There was no TV when I was that age, so I saw cartoons only at movie houses. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49119 "2017-01-20T22:14:48Z")
Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer 3. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 4. Mighty Mouse. 5. Popeye 6. Tom and Jerry 7. Crusader Rabbit 8. Bugs Bunny 9. Droopy 10. Spider-Man ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49120 "2017-01-20T22:50:09Z")
Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer 3. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 4. Mighty Mouse. 5. Popeye 6. Tom and Jerry 7. Crusader Rabbit 8. Bugs Bunny 9. Droopy 10. Spider-Man 11. Star Blazers ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49121 "2017-01-21T02:07:31Z")
Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer 3. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 4. Mighty Mouse. 5. Popeye 6. Tom and Jerry 7. Crusader Rabbit 8. Bugs Bunny 9. Droopy 10. Spider-Man 11. Star Blazers 12. Since Bugs Bunny is taken… Deputy Dawg ---
**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 21, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49122 "2017-01-21T03:39:46Z")
Your favorite cartoon when you were a young’n 1. The Mighty Heroes 2. Speed Racer 3. Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends 4. Mighty Mouse. 5. Popeye 6. Tom and Jerry 7. Crusader Rabbit 8. Bugs Bunny 9. Droopy 10. Spider-Man 11. Star Blazers 12. Since Bugs Bunny is taken… Deputy Dawg 13. Road Runner (Beep beep!!) Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 14. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49123 "2017-01-21T03:42:55Z")
nm. ninjaed, nearly 5 hours after the last post. ---
**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 21, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49124 "2017-01-21T03:55:59Z")
Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem _On The Pulse Of Morning_ at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). ---
**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:** [January 21, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49125 "2017-01-21T03:57:37Z")
Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem On The Pulse Of Morning at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). 3. Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address. John Wilkes Booth is among the crowd listening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2455) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2457)