# 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:** 3472
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69429 "2019-12-09T14:40:33Z")
Puppets, muppets, ventriloquists’ dummies 1. Big Bird 2. Walter 3. Charlie McCarthy 4. Topo Gigio 5. Trekkie Monster 6. Wayland Flowers’ Madame ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69430 "2019-12-09T15:07:54Z")
Puppets, muppets, ventriloquists’ dummies 1. Big Bird 2. Walter 3. Charlie McCarthy 4. Topo Gigio 5. Trekkie Monster 6. Wayland Flowers’ Madame 7. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69431 "2019-12-09T15:10:15Z")
Puppets, muppets, ventriloquists’ dummies 1. Big Bird 2. Walter 3. Charlie McCarthy 4. Topo Gigio 5. Trekkie Monster 6. Wayland Flowers’ Madame 7. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 8. Kermit the Frog ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69432 "2019-12-09T15:17:46Z")
Puppets, muppets, ventriloquists’ dummies 1. Big Bird 2. Walter 3. Charlie McCarthy 4. Topo Gigio 5. Trekkie Monster 6. Wayland Flowers’ Madame 7. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 8. Kermit the Frog 9. Lamb Chop ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69433 "2019-12-09T15:26:04Z")
Puppets, muppets, ventriloquists’ dummies 1. Big Bird 2. Walter 3. Charlie McCarthy 4. Topo Gigio 5. Trekkie Monster 6. Wayland Flowers’ Madame 7. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 8. Kermit the Frog 9. Lamb Chop 10. Animal! Animal! _Animal!_ ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69434 "2019-12-09T16:16:41Z")
Puppets, muppets, ventriloquists’ dummies 1. Big Bird 2. Walter 3. Charlie McCarthy 4. Topo Gigio 5. Trekkie Monster 6. Wayland Flowers’ Madame 7. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 8. Kermit the Frog 9. Lamb Chop 10. Animal! Animal! Animal! 11. Howdy Doody ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69435 "2019-12-09T16:23:01Z")
Puppets, muppets, ventriloquists’ dummies 1. Big Bird 2. Walter 3. Charlie McCarthy 4. Topo Gigio 5. Trekkie Monster 6. Wayland Flowers’ Madame 7. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 8. Kermit the Frog 9. Lamb Chop 10. Animal! Animal! Animal! 11. Howdy Doody 12. Beaker ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69436 "2019-12-09T16:23:21Z")
Puppets, muppets, ventriloquists’ dummies 1. Big Bird 2. Walter 3. Charlie McCarthy 4. Topo Gigio 5. Trekkie Monster 6. Wayland Flowers’ Madame 7. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 8. Kermit the Frog 9. Lamb Chop 10. Animal! Animal! Animal! 11. Howdy Doody 12. Bob Campbell ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69437 "2019-12-09T16:28:16Z")
You missed mine, so you’re #13, **Little Nemo**. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69438 "2019-12-09T16:34:05Z")
Bob Campbell does not fit the list. Also, it’s 13, not 12. Puppets, muppets, ventriloquists’ dummies 1. Big Bird 2. Walter 3. Charlie McCarthy 4. Topo Gigio 5. Trekkie Monster 6. Wayland Flowers’ Madame 7. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 8. Kermit the Frog 9. Lamb Chop 10. Animal! Animal! Animal! 11. Howdy Doody 12. Beaker 13. Knucklehead Smith ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69439 "2019-12-09T16:34:09Z")
Puppets, muppets, ventriloquists’ dummies 1. Big Bird 2. Walter 3. Charlie McCarthy 4. Topo Gigio 5. Trekkie Monster 6. Wayland Flowers’ Madame 7. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 8. Kermit the Frog 9. Lamb Chop 10. Animal! Animal! Animal! 11. Howdy Doody 12. Bob Campbell 13. Sweetums Next category: Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” 1. Marley’s Ghost ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69440 "2019-12-09T16:36:25Z")
You got ninja’d, but I’ll go with the topic. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69441 "2019-12-09T16:37:53Z")
Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” 1. Marley’s Ghost 2. Fezziwig ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69442 "2019-12-09T16:43:29Z")
Wow, that’s a pretty big ninja. This might be a good time for a reminder to go back and read the previous few posts before posting your own. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69443 "2019-12-09T16:47:54Z")
Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” 1. Marley’s Ghost 2. Fezziwig 3. Belle ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69444 "2019-12-09T16:48:06Z")
I suggested before, after you post, press the page up key to check. Not hard to do. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69445 "2019-12-09T16:54:32Z")
Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” 1. Marley’s Ghost 2. Fezziwig 3. Belle 4. Fred (Scrooge’s nephew) ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69446 "2019-12-09T17:54:31Z")
Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” 1. Marley’s Ghost 2. Fezziwig 3. Belle 4. Fred (Scrooge’s nephew) 5. Tiny Tim Early drafts show that Dickens considered calling him “Small Sam”, “Little Larry” and “Puny Pete”. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69447 "2019-12-09T18:00:01Z")
Characters from Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” 1. Marley’s Ghost 2. Fezziwig 3. Belle 4. Fred (Scrooge’s nephew) 5. Tiny Tim 6. The Ghost of Christmas Present ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69448 "2019-12-09T18:09:40Z")
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