# 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:** 2500
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49986 "2017-02-27T16:49:02Z")
Performances or Movies that SHOULD Have Been Nominated For an Oscar But Weren’t 1. Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up 2. Gary Oldman, The Contender (2000) 3. Judy Parfitt, Dolores Claiborne 4. Barbra Streisand, director, The Prince of Tides 5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49987 "2017-02-27T16:54:54Z")
Performances or Movies that SHOULD Have Been Nominated For an Oscar But Weren’t 1. Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up 2. Gary Oldman, The Contender (2000) 3. Judy Parfitt, Dolores Claiborne 4. Barbra Streisand, director, The Prince of Tides 5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 6. Matthew Lillard, Scooby Doo Absolutely serious: if he had portrayed a famous person (or Casey Kasem) in a biopic with as much skill as he gave Shaggy he’d have been nominated. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49988 "2017-02-27T18:00:09Z")
Performances or Movies that SHOULD Have Been Nominated For an Oscar But Weren’t 1. Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up 2. Gary Oldman, The Contender (2000) 3. Judy Parfitt, Dolores Claiborne 4. Barbra Streisand, director, The Prince of Tides 5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 6. Matthew Lillard, Scooby Doo 7. Michael Moriarty, in “Q” This 1982 picture was so deeply enbedded in the B-movie genre, it is doubtful any member of the Academy even knew of its existence, but ti was a wonderfully refreshing performance by a great talent in an otherwise horrible picture. Put it on your must-see list. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49989 "2017-02-27T18:04:27Z")
Performances or Movies that SHOULD Have Been Nominated For an Oscar But Weren’t 1. Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up 2. Gary Oldman, The Contender (2000) 3. Judy Parfitt, Dolores Claiborne 4. Barbra Streisand, director, The Prince of Tides 5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 6. Matthew Lillard, Scooby Doo 7. Michael Moriarty, in “Q” 8. ‘Miller’s Crossing’, Best Picture 1990 Much, \*much \*better than 4 of the 5 nominees. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49990 "2017-02-27T18:11:47Z")
Performances or Movies that SHOULD Have Been Nominated For an Oscar But Weren’t 1. Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up 2. Gary Oldman, The Contender (2000) 3. Judy Parfitt, Dolores Claiborne 4. Barbra Streisand, director, The Prince of Tides 5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 6. Matthew Lillard, Scooby Doo 7. Michael Moriarty, in “Q” 8. ‘Miller’s Crossing’, Best Picture 1990 9. Uma Thurman, Kill Bill/Kill Bill Part 2 I’m not saying it was high art, but she was at least as good as Christoph Waltz was in Django (though Waltz as Landa was a notch above) in both acting and physicality. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49991 "2017-02-27T18:24:34Z")
Performances or Movies that SHOULD Have Been Nominated For an Oscar But Weren’t 1. Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up 2. Gary Oldman, The Contender (2000) 3. Judy Parfitt, Dolores Claiborne 4. Barbra Streisand, director, The Prince of Tides 5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 6. Matthew Lillard, Scooby Doo 7. Michael Moriarty, in “Q” 8. ‘Miller’s Crossing’, Best Picture 1990 9. Uma Thurman, Kill Bill/Kill Bill Part 2 10. Andy Serkis, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49992 "2017-02-27T19:14:30Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > ‘Miller’s Crossing’, Best Picture 1990 > > Much, \*much \*better than 4 of the 5 nominees. Just want to jump in to second this post. Besides bad Best Pictures nominees, 1990 was notable for some terrible and belated sequels to great movies: _The Godfather Part III_, _Texasville_, and _The Two Jakes_. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49993 "2017-02-27T21:22:16Z")
Performances or Movies that SHOULD Have Been Nominated For an Oscar But Weren’t 1. Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up 2. Gary Oldman, The Contender (2000) 3. Judy Parfitt, Dolores Claiborne 4. Barbra Streisand, director, The Prince of Tides 5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 6. Matthew Lillard, Scooby Doo 7. Michael Moriarty, in “Q” 8. ‘Miller’s Crossing’, Best Picture 1990 9. Uma Thurman, Kill Bill/Kill Bill Part 2 10. Andy Serkis, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 11. Steve Martin for All of Me. At one point I wondered “How did they get Lilly Tomlin into Steve Martin’s body?” And Roger Ebert agreed that Martin’s performance was Oscar worthy. ---
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Performances or Movies that SHOULD Have Been Nominated For an Oscar But Weren’t 1. Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up 2. Gary Oldman, The Contender (2000) 3. Judy Parfitt, Dolores Claiborne 4. Barbra Streisand, director, The Prince of Tides 5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 6. Matthew Lillard, Scooby Doo 7. Michael Moriarty, in “Q” 8. ‘Miller’s Crossing’, Best Picture 1990 9. Uma Thurman, Kill Bill/Kill Bill Part 2 10. Andy Serkis, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 11. Steve Martin for All of Me. 12. 2001, A Space Odyssey, Best Picture 1968 ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49995 "2017-02-27T22:39:13Z")
Performances or Movies that SHOULD Have Been Nominated For an Oscar But Weren’t 1. Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up 2. Gary Oldman, The Contender (2000) 3. Judy Parfitt, Dolores Claiborne 4. Barbra Streisand, director, The Prince of Tides 5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 6. Matthew Lillard, Scooby Doo 7. Michael Moriarty, in “Q” 8. ‘Miller’s Crossing’, Best Picture 1990 9. Uma Thurman, Kill Bill/Kill Bill Part 2 10. Andy Serkis, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 11. Steve Martin for All of Me. 12. 2001, A Space Odyssey, Best Picture 1968 13. ‘Memento’, Best Picture 2000 Next: Name an Oscar, real or fictional 1. Oscar Madison ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49996 "2017-02-27T22:40:29Z")
Performances or Movies that SHOULD Have Been Nominated For an Oscar But Weren’t 1. Chadwick Boseman, Get On Up 2. Gary Oldman, The Contender (2000) 3. Judy Parfitt, Dolores Claiborne 4. Barbra Streisand, director, The Prince of Tides 5. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 6. Matthew Lillard, Scooby Doo 7. Michael Moriarty, in “Q” 8. ‘Miller’s Crossing’, Best Picture 1990 9. Uma Thurman, Kill Bill/Kill Bill Part 2 10. Andy Serkis, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 11. Steve Martin for All of Me. 12. 2001, A Space Odyssey, Best Picture 1968 13. Limitless, Best Picture 2011 Also should’ve been nominated IMHO for Best Actor (Bradley Cooper), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Score and - arguably - Best Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro). Next category: Overheard backstage at the Oscars 1. “Eh, take any envelope out there. No one cares.” ---
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Name an Oscar, real or fictional 1. Oscar Madison 2. Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49998 "2017-02-27T23:09:01Z")
Name an Oscar, real or fictional 1. Oscar Madison 2. Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador 3. Oskar Matzerath,child protagonist in Gunter Grass’ “The Tin Drum” (German spelling). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49999 "2017-02-27T23:22:25Z")
Name an Oscar, real or fictional 1. Oscar Madison 2. Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador 3. Oskar Matzerath,child protagonist in Gunter Grass’ “The Tin Drum” (German spelling). 4. Oscar Hammerstein II, writing partner of Jerome Kern and of Richard Rodgers/mentor to Stephen Sondheim Overheard backstage at the Oscars 1. “Eh, take any envelope out there. No one cares.” 2. “That concludes the two hour 2016 in memorium section.” ---
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Name an Oscar, real or fictional 1. Oscar Madison 2. Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador 3. Oskar Matzerath,child protagonist in Gunter Grass’ “The Tin Drum” (German spelling). 4. Oscar Hammerstein II, writing partner of Jerome Kern and of Richard Rodgers/mentor to Stephen Sondheim 5. Oscar Wilde Overheard backstage at the Oscars 1. “Eh, take any envelope out there. No one cares.” 2. “That concludes the two hour 2016 in memorium section.” 3. “Hey, let’s watch Faye Dunaway get thrown under the bus.” ---
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Name an Oscar, real or fictional 1. Oscar Madison 2. Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador 3. Oskar Matzerath,child protagonist in Gunter Grass’ “The Tin Drum” (German spelling). 4. Oscar Hammerstein II, writing partner of Jerome Kern and of Richard Rodgers/mentor to Stephen Sondheim 5. Oscar Wilde 6. Oscar Pistorius Overheard backstage at the Oscars 1. “Eh, take any envelope out there. No one cares.” 2. “That concludes the two hour 2016 in memoriam section.” 3. “Hey, let’s watch Faye Dunaway get thrown under the bus.” 4. “Do you think the tuxedos can get any shorter and tighter?” ---
**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:** [February 28, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50002 "2017-02-28T01:04:31Z")
Name an Oscar, real or fictional 1. Oscar Madison 2. Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador 3. Oskar Matzerath,child protagonist in Gunter Grass’ “The Tin Drum” (German spelling). 4. Oscar Hammerstein II, writing partner of Jerome Kern and of Richard Rodgers/mentor to Stephen Sondheim 5. Oscar Wilde 6. Oscar Pistorius 7. Oscar Levant Overheard backstage at the Oscars 1. “Eh, take any envelope out there. No one cares.” 2. “That concludes the two hour 2016 in memoriam section.” 3. “Hey, let’s watch Faye Dunaway get thrown under the bus.” 4. “Do you think the tuxedos can get any shorter and tighter?” 5. “Didja hear Jeff Bridges say to the President ‘Shut the fuck up, Donny!’?” ---
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Name an Oscar, real or fictional 1. Oscar Madison 2. Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador 3. Oskar Matzerath,child protagonist in Gunter Grass’ “The Tin Drum” (German spelling). 4. Oscar Hammerstein II, writing partner of Jerome Kern and of Richard Rodgers/mentor to Stephen Sondheim 5. Oscar Wilde 6. Oscar Pistorius 7. Oscar Levant 8. “Oscar” Gordon in Glory Road by Robert Heinlein Overheard backstage at the Oscars 1. “Eh, take any envelope out there. No one cares.” 2. “That concludes the two hour 2016 in memoriam section.” 3. “Hey, let’s watch Faye Dunaway get thrown under the bus.” 4. “Do you think the tuxedos can get any shorter and tighter?” 5. “Didja hear Jeff Bridges say to the President ‘Shut the fuck up, Donny!’?” 6. We’re wearing the same tuxedo! ---
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Name an Oscar, real or fictional 1. Oscar Madison 2. Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador 3. Oskar Matzerath,child protagonist in Gunter Grass’ “The Tin Drum” (German spelling). 4. Oscar Hammerstein II, writing partner of Jerome Kern and of Richard Rodgers/mentor to Stephen Sondheim 5. Oscar Wilde 6. Oscar Pistorius 7. Oscar Levant 8. “Oscar” Gordon in Glory Road by Robert Heinlein 9. Oscar De La Hoya Overheard backstage at the Oscars 1. “Eh, take any envelope out there. No one cares.” 2. “That concludes the two hour 2016 in memoriam section.” 3. “Hey, let’s watch Faye Dunaway get thrown under the bus.” 4. “Do you think the tuxedos can get any shorter and tighter?” 5. “Didja hear Jeff Bridges say to the President ‘Shut the fuck up, Donny!’?” 6. We’re wearing the same tuxedo! 7. “I just saw Steve Harvey backstage. He was saying something about a secret plan to restore his reputation.” ---
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Name an Oscar, real or fictional 1. Oscar Madison 2. Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador 3. Oskar Matzerath,child protagonist in Gunter Grass’ “The Tin Drum” (German spelling). 4. Oscar Hammerstein II, writing partner of Jerome Kern and of Richard Rodgers/mentor to Stephen Sondheim 5. Oscar Wilde 6. Oscar Pistorius 7. Oscar Levant 8. “Oscar” Gordon in Glory Road by Robert Heinlein 9. Oscar De La Hoya 10. Oscar Mayer Overheard backstage at the Oscars 1. “Eh, take any envelope out there. No one cares.” 2. “That concludes the two hour 2016 in memoriam section.” 3. “Hey, let’s watch Faye Dunaway get thrown under the bus.” 4. “Do you think the tuxedos can get any shorter and tighter?” 5. “Didja hear Jeff Bridges say to the President ‘Shut the fuck up, Donny!’?” 6. We’re wearing the same tuxedo! 7. “I just saw Steve Harvey backstage. He was saying something about a secret plan to restore his reputation.” 8. “Hey, I just found an envelope with HILLARY’s name.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2499) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2501)