# 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:** 2915
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58287 "2018-04-07T01:01:39Z")
Movies there was absolutely no reason to do a remake (apart from money) 1. Planet of the Apes 2. Total Recall 3. The In-Laws 4. Casablanca 5. Psycho 6. The Manchurian Candidate 7. High Noon 8. Cape Fear 9. The Day the Earth Stood Still ---
**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, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58288 "2018-04-07T02:31:07Z")
Outland had some definite similarities to High Noon, but was a very different movie. Despite its laughable science, I liked it. Movies there was absolutely no reason to do a remake (apart from money) 1. Planet of the Apes 2. Total Recall 3. The In-Laws 4. Casablanca 5. Psycho 6. The Manchurian Candidate 7. High Noon 8. Cape Fear 9. The Day the Earth Stood Still 10. The Vanishing Remade badly, and with a @\*#&$^ happy ending! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58289 "2018-04-07T02:44:58Z")
Movies there was absolutely no reason to do a remake (apart from money) 1. Planet of the Apes 2. Total Recall 3. The In-Laws 4. Casablanca 5. Psycho 6. The Manchurian Candidate 7. High Noon 8. Cape Fear 9. The Day the Earth Stood Still 10. The Vanishing 11. Arthur ---
**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, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58290 "2018-04-07T06:19:04Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > There’s really a remake of Casablanca? There really is. And it really does star Pamela Anderson in the lead role. ---
**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, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58291 "2018-04-07T06:21:59Z")
Movies there was absolutely no reason to do a remake (apart from money) 1. Planet of the Apes 2. Total Recall 3. The In-Laws 4. Casablanca 5. Psycho 6. The Manchurian Candidate 7. High Noon 8. Cape Fear 9. The Day the Earth Stood Still 10. The Vanishing 11. Arthur 12. The Stepford Wives The original, while not a great film, addressed issues that were going on in 1975. The remake just made no sense. ---
**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, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58292 "2018-04-07T10:56:15Z")
Movies there was absolutely no reason to do a remake (apart from money) 1. Planet of the Apes 2. Total Recall 3. The In-Laws 4. Casablanca 5. Psycho 6. The Manchurian Candidate 7. High Noon 8. Cape Fear 9. The Day the Earth Stood Still 10. The Vanishing 11. Arthur 12. The Stepford Wives 13. The Fog New! It’s apparently[Motherhood and Beauty Day.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherhood_and_Beauty_Day) Famous Mothers. 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus ---
**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, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58293 "2018-04-07T13:02:53Z")
Famous Mothers. 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie \*Mommie Dearest \* ---
**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:** [April 7, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58294 "2018-04-07T13:11:51Z")
Famous Mothers. 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie Mommie Dearest 3. Mia Farrow, mother of 14 children (4 biological, 10 adopted) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58295 "2018-04-07T13:51:21Z")
Famous Mothers 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie Mommie Dearest 3. Mia Farrow, mother of 14 children (4 biological, 10 adopted) 4. Mother Hubbard, dog lover ---
**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:** [April 7, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58296 "2018-04-07T13:58:54Z")
Famous Mothers 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie Mommie Dearest 3. Mia Farrow, mother of 14 children (4 biological, 10 adopted) 4. Mother Hubbard, dog lover 5. Mother Mary (speaking words of wisdom “Let It Be”) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58297 "2018-04-07T14:22:39Z")
Famous Mothers 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie Mommie Dearest 3. Mia Farrow, mother of 14 children (4 biological, 10 adopted) 4. Mother Hubbard, dog lover 5. Mother Mary (speaking words of wisdom “Let It Be”) 6. James McNeil Whistler’s mother ---
**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, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58298 "2018-04-07T14:54:32Z")
Famous Mothers 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie Mommie Dearest 3. Mia Farrow, mother of 14 children (4 biological, 10 adopted) 4. Mother Hubbard, dog lover 5. Mother Mary (speaking words of wisdom “Let It Be”) 6. James McNeil Whistler’s mother 7. Shaft > [@](#): > > “Who’s the cat that won’t cop out when there’s danger all about? (Shaft) > Right on > You see this cat Shaft is a bad mother (Shut your mouth) > But I’m talkin’ about Shaft (Then we can dig it)” ---
**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 7, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58299 "2018-04-07T16:28:09Z")
Famous Mothers 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie Mommie Dearest 3. Mia Farrow, mother of 14 children (4 biological, 10 adopted) 4. Mother Hubbard, dog lover 5. Mother Mary (speaking words of wisdom “Let It Be”) 6. James McNeil Whistler’s mother 7. Shaft 8. Mother Nature ---
**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:** [April 7, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58300 "2018-04-07T16:32:54Z")
Famous Mothers 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie Mommie Dearest 3. Mia Farrow, mother of 14 children (4 biological, 10 adopted) 4. Mother Hubbard, dog lover 5. Mother Mary (speaking words of wisdom “Let It Be”) 6. James McNeil Whistler’s mother 7. Shaft 8. Mother Nature 9. Mother Theresa ---
**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, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58301 "2018-04-07T17:02:36Z")
Famous Mothers 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie Mommie Dearest 3. Mia Farrow, mother of 14 children (4 biological, 10 adopted) 4. Mother Hubbard, dog lover 5. Mother Mary (speaking words of wisdom “Let It Be”) 6. James McNeil Whistler’s mother 7. Shaft 8. Mother Nature 9. Mother Theresa 10. Mitochondrial Eve Everyone has to send her a card ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58302 "2018-04-07T17:04:46Z")
Famous Mothers 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie Mommie Dearest 3. Mia Farrow, mother of 14 children (4 biological, 10 adopted) 4. Mother Hubbard, dog lover 5. Mother Mary (speaking words of wisdom “Let It Be”) 6. James McNeil Whistler’s mother 7. Shaft 8. Mother Nature 9. Mother Theresa 10. Mitochondrial Eve 11. The Mother of All Bombs [GBU-43/B MOAB - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB) ---
**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 7, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58303 "2018-04-07T23:22:41Z")
Famous Mothers 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie Mommie Dearest 3. Mia Farrow, mother of 14 children (4 biological, 10 adopted) 4. Mother Hubbard, dog lover 5. Mother Mary (speaking words of wisdom “Let It Be”) 6. James McNeil Whistler’s mother 7. Shaft 8. Mother Nature 9. Mother Theresa 10. Mitochondrial Eve 11. The Mother of All Bombs [GBU-43/B MOAB - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB) 12. Susannah Wesley (mother of Charles and John, founders of the Methodist Church, and eight others) ---
**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 8, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58304 "2018-04-08T02:05:49Z")
Famous Mothers 1. Jocasta, mother of Oedipus 2. Joan Crawford, subject of the movie Mommie Dearest 3. Mia Farrow, mother of 14 children (4 biological, 10 adopted) 4. Mother Hubbard, dog lover 5. Mother Mary (speaking words of wisdom “Let It Be”) 6. James McNeil Whistler’s mother 7. Shaft 8. Mother Nature 9. Mother Theresa 10. Mitochondrial Eve 11. The Mother of All Bombs [GBU-43/B MOAB - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBU-43/B_MOAB) 12. Susannah Wesley (mother of Charles and John, founders of the Methodist Church, and eight others) 13. Her Majesty the Queen Mother Next: Songs that irritate you, and you’re not really sure why 1. Hall and Oates, “Sarah” ---
**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 8, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58305 "2018-04-08T02:22:04Z")
Songs that irritate you, and you’re not really sure why 1. Hall and Oates, “Sarah” 2. Paul McCartney, “Silly Love Songs” ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58306 "2018-04-08T03:54:50Z")
Songs that irritate you, and you’re not really sure why 1. Hall and Oates, “Sarah” 2. Paul McCartney, “Silly Love Songs” 3. The Chambers Brothers, “Time Has Come Today” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2914) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2916)