# 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:** 3238
**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:** [March 24, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64748 "2019-03-24T03:15:21Z")
For the previous category, #12 above doesn’t fit. 12. “The Man With the Golden Gun” is not a complete sentence. There’s no verb. Let’s substitute 12. Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee) Outstanding documentaries. 1. Free Solo 2. Apollo 11 3. City of Gold 4. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie A really interesting documentary; I saw it on a plane flight, and it’s available on Hulu ---
**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:** [March 24, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64749 "2019-03-24T04:33:13Z")
Outstanding documentaries. 1. Free Solo 2. Apollo 11 3. City of Gold 4. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie 5. Somm A terrific documentary on the wine subculture and those who strive to master it: [Somm Official Trailer 1 (2013) - Wine Documentary HD - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw0PR3zm4z8) ---
**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:** [March 24, 2019, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64750 "2019-03-24T05:01:21Z")
Outstanding documentaries. 1. Free Solo 2. Apollo 11 3. City of Gold 4. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie 5. Somm 6. They Chose China All about what happened to the American POWs in the Korean War who chose not to be repatriated back to the US, and instead, opted to stay in China. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2019, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64751 "2019-03-24T05:54:20Z")
Outstanding documentaries. 1. Free Solo 2. Apollo 11 3. City of Gold 4. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie 5. Somm 6. They Chose China 7. My Life as a Turkey Yes. It sounds ridiculous, but someone on the SDMB, and I can’t recall who, recommended it. You can google it and watch it for free on PBS. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64752 "2019-03-24T14:30:11Z")
Outstanding documentaries. 1. Free Solo 2. Apollo 11 3. City of Gold 4. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie 5. Somm 6. They Chose China 7. My Life as a Turkey 8. [Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shackleton%27s_Antarctic_Adventure) ---
**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:** [March 24, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64753 "2019-03-24T17:59:07Z")
Outstanding documentaries. 1. Free Solo 2. Apollo 11 3. City of Gold 4. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie 5. Somm 6. They Chose China 7. My Life as a Turkey 8. Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure 9. Mandela A great documentary about the South African leader, produced by Jonathan Demme. I challenge you not to cry when Mandela is released and walks free: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxqHkETuwgI) ---
**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:** [March 24, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64754 "2019-03-24T18:56:11Z")
Outstanding documentaries. 1. Free Solo 2. Apollo 11 3. City of Gold 4. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie 5. Somm 6. They Chose China 7. My Life as a Turkey 8. Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure 9. Mandela 10. Rosie the Riveter ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64755 "2019-03-24T19:03:12Z")
Outstanding documentaries. 1. Free Solo 2. Apollo 11 3. City of Gold 4. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie 5. Somm 6. They Chose China 7. My Life as a Turkey 8. Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure 9. Mandela 10. Rosie the Riveter 11. Capturing the Friedmans ---
**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:** [March 25, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64756 "2019-03-25T02:51:01Z")
Outstanding documentaries. 1. Free Solo 2. Apollo 11 3. City of Gold 4. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie 5. Somm 6. They Chose China 7. My Life as a Turkey 8. Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure 9. Mandela 10. Rosie the Riveter 11. Capturing the Friedmans 12. Into Eternity Figuring out how to warn people away from an underground nuclear-waste dump for millennia: [Into Eternity - Official trailer - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoyKe-HxmFk) ---
**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:** [March 25, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64757 "2019-03-25T04:27:52Z")
Outstanding documentaries. 1. Free Solo 2. Apollo 11 3. City of Gold 4. Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie 5. Somm 6. They Chose China 7. My Life as a Turkey 8. Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure 9. Mandela 10. Rosie the Riveter 11. Capturing the Friedmans 12. Into Eternity 13. Red, White, and Beard “What if Captain America wore a turban and roamed the streets fighting intolerance? Sikh Captain America Hits The Streets Of New York” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/n2G8I_Aq5E4/maxresdefault.jpg "Red, White, and Beard") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2G8I_Aq5E4) ---
**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:** [March 25, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64758 "2019-03-25T05:08:23Z")
New Killers from the classics 1. Claudius, from _Hamlet_ ---
**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:** [March 25, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64759 "2019-03-25T08:38:32Z")
Killers from the classics 1. Claudius, from Hamlet 2. Montresor, from “The Cask of Amontillado” ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64760 "2019-03-25T11:41:28Z")
Killers from the classics 1. Claudius, from Hamlet 2. Montresor, from “The Cask of Amontillado” 3. Clytemnestra, from Agamemnon ---
**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:** [March 25, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64761 "2019-03-25T13:46:30Z")
Killers from the classics 1. Claudius, from Hamlet 2. Montresor, from “The Cask of Amontillado” 3. Clytemnestra, from Agamemnon 4. The Narrator, from The Tell-Tale Heart ---
**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:** [March 25, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64762 "2019-03-25T14:05:47Z")
Killers from the classics 1. Claudius, from Hamlet 2. Montresor, from “The Cask of Amontillado” 3. Clytemnestra, from Agamemnon 4. The Narrator, from The Tell-Tale Heart 5. Tybalt and Romeo from Romeo and Juliet ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64763 "2019-03-25T15:26:58Z")
Killers from the classics 1. Claudius, from Hamlet 2. Montresor, from “The Cask of Amontillado” 3. Clytemnestra, from Agamemnon 4. The Narrator, from The Tell-Tale Heart 5. Tybalt and Romeo from Romeo and Juliet 6. MacBeth, aided and abetted by Lady MacBeth ---
**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:** [March 25, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64764 "2019-03-25T17:12:57Z")
Killers from the classics 1. Claudius, from Hamlet 2. Montresor, from “The Cask of Amontillado” 3. Clytemnestra, from Agamemnon 4. The Narrator, from The Tell-Tale Heart 5. Tybalt and Romeo from Romeo and Juliet 6. Macbeth, aided and abetted by Lady Macbeth 7. Casca, Brutus and others, from Julius Caesar ---
**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:** [March 25, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64765 "2019-03-25T17:16:32Z")
Killers from the classics 1. Claudius, from Hamlet 2. Montresor, from “The Cask of Amontillado” 3. Clytemnestra, from Agamemnon 4. The Narrator, from The Tell-Tale Heart 5. Tybalt and Romeo from Romeo and Juliet 6. Macbeth, aided and abetted by Lady Macbeth 7. Casca, Brutus and others, from Julius Caesar 8. Erick from The Phantom of the Opera ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64766 "2019-03-25T17:56:21Z")
Killers from the classics 1. Claudius, from Hamlet 2. Montresor, from “The Cask of Amontillado” 3. Clytemnestra, from Agamemnon 4. The Narrator, from The Tell-Tale Heart 5. Tybalt and Romeo from Romeo and Juliet 6. Macbeth, aided and abetted by Lady Macbeth 7. Casca, Brutus and others, from Julius Caesar 8. Erick from The Phantom of the Opera 9. Lady De Winter from the Three Musketeers ---
**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:** [March 25, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64767 "2019-03-25T18:00:05Z")
Killers from the classics 1. Claudius, from Hamlet 2. Montresor, from “The Cask of Amontillado” 3. Clytemnestra, from Agamemnon 4. The Narrator, from The Tell-Tale Heart 5. Tybalt and Romeo from Romeo and Juliet 6. Macbeth, aided and abetted by Lady Macbeth 7. Casca, Brutus and others, from Julius Caesar 8. Erick from The Phantom of the Opera 9. Lady De Winter from the Three Musketeers 10. Cain (and a whole lot of other people) from the Bible [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3239)