# 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:** 2547

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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:** [April 1, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50926 "2017-04-01T20:20:43Z")

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TV shows featuring space aliens

1. Mork & Mindy
2. Alf
3. Alien Nation
4. Starman

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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:** [April 1, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50927 "2017-04-01T20:40:16Z")

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TV shows featuring space aliens

1. Mork & Mindy
2. Alf
3. Alien Nation
4. Starman
5. My Favorite Martian

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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:** [April 1, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50928 "2017-04-01T20:58:44Z")

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TV shows featuring space aliens

1. Mork & Mindy
2. Alf
3. Alien Nation
4. Starman
5. My Favorite Martian
6. The Simpsons (Kang & Kodos)

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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:** [April 1, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50929 "2017-04-01T21:08:52Z")

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TV shows featuring space aliens

1. Mork & Mindy
2. Alf
3. Alien Nation
4. Starman
5. My Favorite Martian
6. The Simpsons (Kang & Kodos)
7. Daria

You mean recurring, or in one episode? Daria had an episode in which it was speculated that their bodies were inhabited by aliens. Jane asked “Why would an advanced being travel across the universe to go to high school?”

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**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:** [April 1, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50930 "2017-04-01T21:44:02Z")

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TV shows featuring space aliens

1. Mork & Mindy
2. Alf
3. Alien Nation
4. Starman
5. My Favorite Martian
6. The Simpsons (Kang & Kodos)
7. Daria
8. The Flintstones (The Great Gazoo)

> [@jtur88](#):
>
> TV shows featuring space aliens
> 
> 1. Mork & Mindy
> 2. Alf
> 3. Alien Nation
> 4. Starman
> 5. My Favorite Martian
> 6. The Simpsons (Kang & Kodos)
> 7. Daria
> 
> You mean recurring, or in one episode? Daria had an episode in which it was speculated that their bodies were inhabited by aliens. Jane asked “Why would an advanced being travel across the universe to go to high school?”

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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:** [April 1, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50931 "2017-04-01T21:54:33Z")

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TV shows featuring space aliens

1. Mork & Mindy
2. Alf
3. Alien Nation
4. Starman
5. My Favorite Martian
6. The Simpsons (Kang & Kodos)
7. Daria
8. The Flintstones (The Great Gazoo)
9. The Twilight Zone

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50932 "2017-04-01T21:59:23Z")

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TV shows featuring space aliens

1. Mork & Mindy
2. Alf
3. Alien Nation
4. Starman
5. My Favorite Martian
6. The Simpsons (Kang & Kodos)
7. Daria
8. The Flintstones (The Great Gazoo)
9. Star Trek

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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:** [April 1, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50933 "2017-04-01T22:06:19Z")

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TV shows featuring space aliens

1. Mork & Mindy
2. Alf
3. Alien Nation
4. Starman
5. My Favorite Martian
6. The Simpsons (Kang & Kodos)
7. Daria
8. The Flintstones (The Great Gazoo)
9. Star Trek
10. Rick and Morty

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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:** [April 1, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50934 "2017-04-01T22:18:23Z")

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TV shows featuring space aliens

1. Mork & Mindy
2. Alf
3. Alien Nation
4. Starman
5. My Favorite Martian
6. The Simpsons (Kang & Kodos)
7. Daria
8. The Flintstones (The Great Gazoo)
9. Star Trek
10. Rick and Morty
11. 3rd Rock from the Sun

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50935 "2017-04-01T22:37:57Z")

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TV shows featuring space aliens

1. Mork & Mindy
2. Alf
3. Alien Nation
4. Starman
5. My Favorite Martian
6. The Simpsons (Kang & Kodos)
7. Daria
8. The Flintstones (The Great Gazoo)
9. Star Trek
10. Rick and Morty
11. 3rd Rock from the Sun
12. Babylon 5

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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:** [April 1, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50936 "2017-04-01T23:09:01Z")

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TV shows featuring space aliens

1. Mork & Mindy
2. Alf
3. Alien Nation
4. Starman
5. My Favorite Martian
6. The Simpsons (Kang & Kodos)
7. Daria
8. The Flintstones (The Great Gazoo)
9. Star Trek
10. Rick and Morty
11. 3rd Rock from the Sun
12. Babylon 5
13. Futurama

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TV shows that\* voluntarily\* went off the air

1. MASH

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**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:** [April 1, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50937 "2017-04-01T23:17:23Z")

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TV shows that voluntarily went off the air

1. MASH
2. House

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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:** [April 1, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50938 "2017-04-01T23:45:39Z")

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TV shows that voluntarily went off the air

1. MASH
2. House
3. Cheers

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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:** [April 2, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50939 "2017-04-02T00:28:08Z")

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TV shows that voluntarily went off the air

1. MASH
2. House
3. Cheers
4. Murphy Brown

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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:** [April 2, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50940 "2017-04-02T01:54:28Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> It’s a cold dreary rainy day (here where I live at least), so what music, TV, film, book or other entertainment (PG rated) can cheer us up?
> 
> …10. “Happy” by Pharrell Williams

Did you see this video of it (dogs and a cat on an Australian beach)?: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DePFiF-nNoE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DePFiF-nNoE)

TV shows that voluntarily went off the air

1. MASH
2. House
3. Cheers
4. Murphy Brown
5. Friends

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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:** [April 2, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50941 "2017-04-02T02:05:57Z")

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TV shows that voluntarily went off the air

1. MASH
2. House
3. Cheers
4. Murphy Brown
5. Friends
6. The Dick Van Dyke Show

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50942 "2017-04-02T02:43:48Z")

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TV shows that voluntarily went off the air

1. MASH
2. House
3. Cheers
4. Murphy Brown
5. Friends
6. The Dick Van Dyke Show
7. Fawlty Towers (“Shakespeare only got 4 hours from Hamlet, so 6 hours of Basil Fawlty is quite enough.” - John Cleese)

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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:** [April 2, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50943 "2017-04-02T03:12:16Z")

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TV shows that voluntarily went off the air

1. MASH
2. House
3. Cheers
4. Murphy Brown
5. Friends
6. The Dick Van Dyke Show
7. Fawlty Towers
8. Star Trek: The Next Generation

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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:** [April 2, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50944 "2017-04-02T03:52:47Z")

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TV shows that voluntarily went off the air

1. MASH
2. House
3. Cheers
4. Murphy Brown
5. Friends
6. The Dick Van Dyke Show
7. Fawlty Towers
8. Star Trek: The Next Generation
9. The Prisoner (1967)

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**Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50945 "2017-04-02T07:02:56Z")

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TV shows that voluntarily went off the air

1. MASH
2. House
3. Cheers
4. Murphy Brown
5. Friends
6. The Dick Van Dyke Show
7. Fawlty Towers
8. Star Trek: The Next Generation
9. The Prisoner (1967)
10. The Mary Tyler Moore Show

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