# 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:** 2553
**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:** [April 7, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51046 "2017-04-07T01:01:45Z")
Old-timey sounding names of corporations, sports teams, etc.: 1. Knickerbockers 2. Globetrotters 3. Acme 4. International Business Machines 5. Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons (now Detroit Pitons) 6. Metropolitans ---
**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 7, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51047 "2017-04-07T02:56:03Z")
Old-timey sounding names of corporations, sports teams, etc.: 1. Knickerbockers 2. Globetrotters 3. Acme 4. International Business Machines 5. Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons (now Detroit Pitons) 6. Metropolitans 7. National Cash Register ---
**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:** [April 7, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51048 "2017-04-07T03:02:26Z")
Old-timey sounding names of corporations, sports teams, etc.: 1. Knickerbockers 2. Globetrotters 3. Acme 4. International Business Machines 5. Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons (now Detroit Pitons) 6. Metropolitans 7. National Cash Register 8. Toledo Mudhens ---
**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 7, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51049 "2017-04-07T03:03:57Z")
Old-timey sounding names of corporations, sports teams, etc.: 1. Knickerbockers 2. Globetrotters 3. Acme 4. International Business Machines 5. Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons (now Detroit Pitons) 6. Metropolitans 7. National Cash Register 8. Toledo Mudhens 9. American Telephone & Telegraph Company ---
**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 7, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51050 "2017-04-07T03:22:40Z")
Old-timey sounding names of corporations, sports teams, etc.: 1. Knickerbockers 2. Globetrotters 3. Acme 4. International Business Machines 5. Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons (now Detroit Pitons) 6. Metropolitans 7. National Cash Register 8. Toledo Mudhens 9. American Telephone & Telegraph Company 10. General Motors ---
**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 7, 2017, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51051 "2017-04-07T04:17:58Z")
Old-timey sounding names of corporations, sports teams, etc.: 1. Knickerbockers 2. Globetrotters 3. Acme 4. International Business Machines 5. Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons (now Detroit Pitons) 6. Metropolitans 7. National Cash Register 8. Toledo Mudhens 9. American Telephone & Telegraph Company 10. General Motors 11. Twentieth Century Fox ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51052 "2017-04-07T04:43:08Z")
Old-timey sounding names of corporations, sports teams, etc.: 1. Knickerbockers 2. Globetrotters 3. Acme 4. International Business Machines 5. Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons (now Detroit Pitons) 6. Metropolitans 7. National Cash Register 8. Toledo Mudhens 9. American Telephone & Telegraph Company 10. General Motors 11. Twentieth Century Fox 12. General Electric ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51053 "2017-04-07T05:18:40Z")
Old-timey sounding names of corporations, sports teams, etc.: 1. Knickerbockers 2. Globetrotters 3. Acme 4. International Business Machines 5. Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons (now Detroit Pitons) 6. Metropolitans 7. National Cash Register 8. Toledo Mudhens 9. American Telephone & Telegraph Company 10. General Motors 11. Twentieth Century Fox 12. General Electric 13. Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Pass ---
**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 7, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51054 "2017-04-07T05:19:05Z")
Old-timey sounding names of corporations, sports teams, etc.: 1. Knickerbockers 2. Globetrotters 3. Acme 4. International Business Machines 5. Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons (now Detroit Pitons) 6. Metropolitans 7. National Cash Register 8. Toledo Mudhens 9. American Telephone & Telegraph Company 10. General Motors 11. Twentieth Century Fox 12. General Electric 13. Hudson’s Bay Company I’ll pass ---
**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 7, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51055 "2017-04-07T06:15:05Z")
New: Sitcoms featuring characters with New York accents: 1. All in the Family ---
**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 7, 2017, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51056 "2017-04-07T09:47:37Z")
Sitcoms featuring characters with New York accents: 1. All in the Family 2. The King of Queens ---
**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 7, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51057 "2017-04-07T12:00:14Z")
Sitcoms featuring characters with New York accents: 1. All in the Family 2. The King of Queens 3. The Nanny ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51058 "2017-04-07T12:13:45Z")
Sitcoms featuring characters with New York accents: 1. All in the Family 2. The King of Queens 3. The Nanny 4. The Honeymooners ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51059 "2017-04-07T12:16:43Z")
Sitcoms featuring characters with New York accents: 1. All in the Family 2. The King of Queens 3. The Nanny 4. The Honeymooners 5. Friends ---
**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:** [April 7, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51060 "2017-04-07T15:14:59Z")
Sitcoms featuring characters with New York accents: 1. All in the Family 2. The King of Queens 3. The Nanny 4. The Honeymooners 5. Friends 6. Car 54, Where Are You? ---
**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 7, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51061 "2017-04-07T15:16:49Z")
Sitcoms featuring characters with New York accents: 1. All in the Family 2. The King of Queens 3. The Nanny 4. The Honeymooners 5. Friends 6. Car 54, Where Are You? 7. Rhoda ---
**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 7, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51062 "2017-04-07T15:26:05Z")
Sitcoms featuring characters with New York accents: 1. All in the Family 2. The King of Queens 3. The Nanny 4. The Honeymooners 5. Friends 6. Car 54, Where Are You? 7. Rhoda 8. The Flintstones (Fred [Alan Reed] channeling Ralph Kramden [Jackie Gleason]. ---
**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 7, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51063 "2017-04-07T16:10:43Z")
Sitcoms featuring characters with New York accents: 1. All in the Family 2. The King of Queens 3. The Nanny 4. The Honeymooners 5. Friends 6. Car 54, Where Are You? 7. Rhoda 8. The Flintstones (Fred [Alan Reed] channeling Ralph Kramden [Jackie Gleason]. 9. Welcome Back, Kotter By coincidence or intent, almost all of the cast was from NYC or its surrounding area. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51064 "2017-04-07T16:35:19Z")
Sitcoms featuring characters with New York accents: 1. All in the Family 2. The King of Queens 3. The Nanny 4. The Honeymooners 5. Friends 6. Car 54, Where Are You? 7. Rhoda 8. The Flintstones (Fred [Alan Reed] channeling Ralph Kramden [Jackie Gleason]. 9. Welcome Back, Kotter 10. Barney Miller ---
**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:** [April 7, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51065 "2017-04-07T18:02:32Z")
Sitcoms featuring characters with New York accents: 1. All in the Family 2. The King of Queens 3. The Nanny 4. The Honeymooners 5. Friends 6. Car 54, Where Are You? 7. Rhoda 8. The Flintstones (Fred [Alan Reed] channeling Ralph Kramden [Jackie Gleason]. 9. Welcome Back, Kotter 10. Barney Miller 11. Futurama Well, _New_ New York, I guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2552) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2554)