# 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:** 2789
**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:** [November 10, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55767 "2017-11-10T17:05:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But it did inspire this brilliant parody; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgWUq0fdKk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgWUq0fdKk) LOL good one! I never realized what a hot mess that video is until seeing the parody! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55768 "2017-11-10T20:24:31Z")
13 of the worst 80’s videos with links (and comments if desired) 1. Abracadabra - Steve Miller - [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCuTrfTfGd0) 2. Rock Me Tonight - Billy Squier [Billy Squier "Rock Me Tonite" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI) 3. Separate Ways - Journey - [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatorN4P9) 4. Waiting On A Friend - Rolling Stones - [The Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend - OFFICIAL PROMO - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU) 5. “Leave It” by Yes [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hJ...e_polymer=true) 6. Torture - The Jacksons - [The Jacksons - Torture (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxSfQeCoFUM) 7. Africa - Toto - [Toto - Africa (Official HD Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY) 8. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQPp-cWumJM) 9. “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor [Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (Official HD Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJPFnesV4&disable_polymer=true) Watching these guys march down the street trying (and failing!) to look tough is hilarious! ---
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13 of the worst 80’s videos with links (and comments if desired) 1. Abracadabra - Steve Miller - [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCuTrfTfGd0) 2. Rock Me Tonight - Billy Squier [Billy Squier "Rock Me Tonite" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI) 3. Separate Ways - Journey - [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatorN4P9) 4. Waiting On A Friend - Rolling Stones - [The Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend - OFFICIAL PROMO - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU) 5. “Leave It” by Yes [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hJ...e_polymer=true) 6. Torture - The Jacksons - [The Jacksons - Torture (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxSfQeCoFUM) 7. Africa - Toto - [Toto - Africa (Official HD Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY) 8. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQPp-cWumJM) 9. “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJ...e_polymer=true) 10. “Safety Dance,” Men Without Hats [Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (Official Music Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs) Morris dancers, a dwarf with a lute, people in chicken masks … it’s like watching the cast of a ren fair trip on acid. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55770 "2017-11-11T07:46:43Z")
I always thought that the “Safety Dance” video was tongue-in-cheek, a parody? 13 of the worst 80’s videos with links (and comments if desired) 1. Abracadabra - Steve Miller - [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCuTrfTfGd0) 2. Rock Me Tonight - Billy Squier [Billy Squier "Rock Me Tonite" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI) 3. Separate Ways - Journey - [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatorN4P9) 4. Waiting On A Friend - Rolling Stones - [The Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend - OFFICIAL PROMO - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU) 5. “Leave It” by Yes [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hJ...e_polymer=true) 6. Torture - The Jacksons - [The Jacksons - Torture (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxSfQeCoFUM) 7. Africa - Toto - [Toto - Africa (Official HD Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY) 8. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQPp-cWumJM) 9. “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJ...e_polymer=true) 10. “Safety Dance,” Men Without Hats [Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (Official Music Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs) 11. “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” - Wham! [Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A) Just as lame as I remembered it 30 years ago, the hair, the clothes, the low budget. Another one that looks like middle school kids came up with it. A fun song that deserved a better video. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55771 "2017-11-11T18:22:05Z")
I always thought that the “Safety Dance” video was tongue-in-cheek, a parody? 13 of the worst 80’s videos with links (and comments if desired) 1. Abracadabra - Steve Miller - [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCuTrfTfGd0) 2. Rock Me Tonight - Billy Squier [Billy Squier "Rock Me Tonite" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI) 3. Separate Ways - Journey - [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatorN4P9) 4. Waiting On A Friend - Rolling Stones - [The Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend - OFFICIAL PROMO - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU) 5. “Leave It” by Yes [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hJ...e_polymer=true) 6. Torture - The Jacksons - [The Jacksons - Torture (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxSfQeCoFUM) 7. Africa - Toto - [Toto - Africa (Official HD Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY) 8. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQPp-cWumJM) 9. “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJ...e_polymer=true) 10. “Safety Dance,” Men Without Hats [Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (Official Music Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs) 11. “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” - Wham! [Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A) 12. [“Dancing in the Streets” - Bowie and Jagger (this version with no music is really something to behold)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkhIjG0DKc) ---
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> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I always thought that the “Safety Dance” video was tongue-in-cheek, a parody? Dunno, but the literal version is better. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi7mBzdDHyY](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi7mBzdDHyY) ---
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13 of the worst 80’s videos with links (and comments if desired) 1. Abracadabra - Steve Miller - [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCuTrfTfGd0) 2. Rock Me Tonight - Billy Squier [Billy Squier "Rock Me Tonite" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI) 3. Separate Ways - Journey - [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LatorN4P9) 4. Waiting On A Friend - Rolling Stones - [The Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend - OFFICIAL PROMO - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU) 5. “Leave It” by Yes [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hJ...e_polymer=true) 6. Torture - The Jacksons - [The Jacksons - Torture (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxSfQeCoFUM) 7. Africa - Toto - [Toto - Africa (Official HD Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY) 8. Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQPp-cWumJM) 9. “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPJ...e_polymer=true) 10. “Safety Dance,” Men Without Hats [Men Without Hats - Safety Dance (Official Music Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPau5QYtYs) 11. “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” - Wham! [Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Official Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A) 12. [“Dancing in the Streets” - Bowie and Jagger (this version with no music is really something to behold)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkhIjG0DKc) 13. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley [Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ) 369+ million views thanks to Rickrolling New 11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. 3. Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander-in-Chief ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. 3. Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander-in-Chief 4. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, who reluctantly led the U.S. into the war after long favoring neutrality ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. 3. Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander-in-Chief 4. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, who reluctantly led the U.S. into the war after long favoring neutrality 5. Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. 3. Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander-in-Chief 4. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, who reluctantly led the U.S. into the war after long favoring neutrality 5. Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron 6. Mark Helprin, author of [A Soldier of the Great War](https://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Great-War-Mark-Helprin/dp/0156031132/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&dpID=51owrdIrtPL&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=detail) My second favorite novel of all time. ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. 3. Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander-in-Chief 4. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, who reluctantly led the U.S. into the war after long favoring neutrality 5. Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron 6. Mark Helprin, author of A Soldier of the Great War 7. Roland Garros, French aviator and fighter pilot killed a month before the war ended ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. 3. Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander-in-Chief 4. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, who reluctantly led the U.S. into the war after long favoring neutrality 5. Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron 6. Mark Helprin, author of A Soldier of the Great War 7. Roland Garros, French aviator and fighter pilot killed a month before the war ended 8. Kaiser Wilhelm, last German emperor ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. 3. Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander-in-Chief 4. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, who reluctantly led the U.S. into the war after long favoring neutrality 5. Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron 6. Mark Helprin, author of A Soldier of the Great War 7. Roland Garros, French aviator and fighter pilot killed a month before the war ended 8. Kaiser Wilhelm, last German emperor 9. Tsar Nicholas II, last Russian emperor ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. 3. Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander-in-Chief 4. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, who reluctantly led the U.S. into the war after long favoring neutrality 5. Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron 6. Mark Helprin, author of A Soldier of the Great War 7. Roland Garros, French aviator and fighter pilot killed a month before the war ended 8. Kaiser Wilhelm, last German emperor 9. Tsar Nicholas II, last Russian emperor 10. Siegfried Sassoon, English poet, best remembered for his anti-war poems, awarded the Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry"in 1916 ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. 3. Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander-in-Chief 4. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, who reluctantly led the U.S. into the war after long favoring neutrality 5. Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron 6. Mark Helprin, author of A Soldier of the Great War 7. Roland Garros, French aviator and fighter pilot killed a month before the war ended 8. Kaiser Wilhelm, last German emperor 9. Tsar Nicholas II, last Russian emperor 10. Siegfried Sassoon, English poet, best remembered for his anti-war poems, awarded the Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry"in 1916 11. Archduke Ferdinand, whose assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia. ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. 3. Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander-in-Chief 4. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, who reluctantly led the U.S. into the war after long favoring neutrality 5. Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron 6. Mark Helprin, author of A Soldier of the Great War 7. Roland Garros, French aviator and fighter pilot killed a month before the war ended 8. Kaiser Wilhelm, last German emperor 9. Tsar Nicholas II, last Russian emperor 10. Siegfried Sassoon, English poet, best remembered for his anti-war poems, awarded the Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry"in 1916 11. Archduke Ferdinand, whose assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia. 12. Horatio Herbert Kitchener, UK Secretary of State of War ---
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11-11-2017, 99 years after World War I ended: people connected to “The Great War” 1. Wilfred Owen, British poet, killed in action 4 November 1918 2. Gavrilo Princip, Serbian nationalist whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 triggered the whole conflict. 3. Ferdinand Foch, Allied Commander-in-Chief 4. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, who reluctantly led the U.S. into the war after long favoring neutrality 5. Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron 6. Mark Helprin, author of A Soldier of the Great War 7. Roland Garros, French aviator and fighter pilot killed a month before the war ended 8. Kaiser Wilhelm, last German emperor 9. Tsar Nicholas II, last Russian emperor 10. Siegfried Sassoon, English poet, best remembered for his anti-war poems, awarded the Military Cross for "conspicuous gallantry"in 1916 11. Archduke Ferdinand, whose assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against Serbia. 12. Horatio Herbert Kitchener, UK Secretary of State of War 13. John J Pershing, commander of the American forces on the western front Next up… Decorations for a home or business for Thanksgiving. 1. Wreath of autumn leaves ---
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