# 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:** 354
**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:** [August 22, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7062 "2011-08-22T16:59:29Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the barber 2. Barney Fife 3. Ernest T. Bass 4. Otis Campbell (the drunk) 5. Opie Taylor 6. Goober Pyle 7. Aunt Bea 8. Sheriff Andy Taylor ---
**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:** [August 22, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7063 "2011-08-22T17:53:50Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the barber 2. Barney Fife 3. Ernest T. Bass 4. Otis Campbell (the drunk) 5. Opie Taylor 6. Goober Pyle 7. Aunt Bea 8. Sheriff Andy Taylor 9. Howard Sprague ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7064 "2011-08-22T18:35:18Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the barber 2. Barney Fife 3. Ernest T. Bass 4. Otis Campbell (the drunk) 5. Opie Taylor 6. Goober Pyle 7. Aunt Bea 8. Sheriff Andy Taylor 9. Howard Sprague 10. Jim Lindsey James “Roscoe P. Coltrane” Best’s guitarist character who was in a couple of episodes. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7065 "2011-08-22T19:19:20Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the barber 2. Barney Fife 3. Ernest T. Bass 4. Otis Campbell (the drunk) 5. Opie Taylor 6. Goober Pyle 7. Aunt Bea 8. Sheriff Andy Taylor 9. Howard Sprague 10. Jim Lindsey 11. Andy’s girlfriend/Opie’s teacher ---
**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:** [August 22, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7066 "2011-08-22T19:38:45Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the barber 2. Barney Fife 3. Ernest T. Bass 4. Otis Campbell (the drunk) 5. Opie Taylor 6. Goober Pyle 7. Aunt Bea 8. Sheriff Andy Taylor 9. Howard Sprague 10. Jim Lindsey 11. Andy’s girlfriend/Opie’s teacher 12. Gomer Pyle 11 is Helen Crump: [Helen Crump - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Crump) ---
**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:** [August 22, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7067 "2011-08-22T20:00:30Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the barber 2. Barney Fife 3. Ernest T. Bass 4. Otis Campbell (the drunk) 5. Opie Taylor 6. Goober Pyle 7. Aunt Bea 8. Sheriff Andy Taylor 9. Howard Sprague 10. Jim Lindsey 11. Helen Crump 12. Gomer Pyle 13. Thelma Lou I did one recently so I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7068 "2011-08-22T20:26:30Z")
How about the opposite of one of the topics done last week: Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this Hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance ---
**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:** [August 22, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7069 "2011-08-22T21:31:39Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this Hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7070 "2011-08-22T22:44:29Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this Hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God 3. Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire And I’ve heard from people who’ve been there the reality is much worse. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7071 "2011-08-23T00:02:40Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this Hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God 3. Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire 4. The Ocean, Jaws ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7072 "2011-08-23T00:16:13Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this Hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God 3. Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire 4. The Ocean, Jaws 5. Camelot, Monty Python and the Holy Grail Apparently, it’s a silly place. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7073 "2011-08-23T00:54:02Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God 3. Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire 4. The Ocean, Jaws 5. Camelot, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 6. Flint, Michigan - Roger and Me ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7074 "2011-08-23T01:40:12Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God 3. Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire 4. The Ocean, Jaws 5. Camelot, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 6. Flint, Michigan - Roger and Me 7. Manhattan, Devil’s Advocate Some movies make Manhattan look great, but the Pacino movie Devil’s Advocate made even the nice areas look like the most sterile, unwelcoming, overcrowded and generally evil concrete and steel corpse imaginable. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7075 "2011-08-23T01:46:37Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God 3. Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire 4. The Ocean, Jaws 5. Camelot, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 6. Flint, Michigan - Roger and Me 7. Manhattan, Devil’s Advocate 8. Space, Apollo 13 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7076 "2011-08-23T02:04:57Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God 3. Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire 4. The Ocean, Jaws 5. Camelot, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 6. Flint, Michigan - Roger and Me 7. Manhattan, Devil’s Advocate 8. Space, Apollo 13 9. Iraq, The Hurt Locker ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7077 "2011-08-23T02:10:53Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God 3. Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire 4. The Ocean, Jaws 5. Camelot, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 6. Flint, Michigan - Roger and Me 7. Manhattan, Devil’s Advocate 8. Space, Apollo 13 9. Iraq, The Hurt Locker 10. Saudi Arabia, Lawrence of Arabia Or really pretty much anything else filmed in or near the Arabian desert. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7078 "2011-08-23T02:33:04Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God 3. Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire 4. The Ocean, Jaws 5. Camelot, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 6. Flint, Michigan - Roger and Me 7. Manhattan, Devil’s Advocate 8. Space, Apollo 13 9. Iraq, The Hurt Locker 10. Saudi Arabia, Lawrence of Arabia 11. rural Texas, No Country for Old Men ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7079 "2011-08-23T02:47:37Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God 3. Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire 4. The Ocean, Jaws 5. Camelot, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 6. Flint, Michigan - Roger and Me 7. Manhattan, Devil’s Advocate 8. Space, Apollo 13 9. Iraq, The Hurt Locker 10. Saudi Arabia, Lawrence of Arabia 11. rural Texas, No Country for Old Men 12. Cartagena, Colombia, _Romancing the Stone_ > [@Sampiro](#): > > 1. Manhattan, Devil’s Advocate > > Some movies make Manhattan look great, but the Pacino movie Devil’s Advocate made even the nice areas look like the most sterile, unwelcoming, overcrowded and generally evil concrete and steel corpse imaginable. It also made good old Gainesville, Florida look like a total redneck town. I was going to school there at the time the movie came out. The audience burst out laughing when Keanu Reeves said, “I’m not going back to Gainesville!” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7080 "2011-08-23T02:53:34Z")
Places you HESITATE to visit because of a movie, and the film that stoked this hesitation. 1. Appalachia, Deliverance 2. Rio de Janeiro, City of God 3. Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire 4. The Ocean, Jaws 5. Camelot, Monty Python and the Holy Grail 6. Flint, Michigan - Roger and Me 7. Manhattan, Devil’s Advocate 8. Space, Apollo 13 9. Iraq, The Hurt Locker 10. Saudi Arabia, Lawrence of Arabia 11. rural Texas, No Country for Old Men 12. Cartagena, Colombia, _Romancing the Stone_ 13. The Philippines (the interior part), Apocalypse Now Next up: In honor of Jerry Leiber’s death today, link to a YouTube of a classic Jerry Leiber song- any artist is fine. ([Here’s a partial list of Leiber’s songs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller#Definitive_songs)- there are many more, and you will definitely know at least some of them even if you don’t know Leiber’s name.) 1. [Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70b25AOZunE&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7081 "2011-08-23T12:17:54Z")
Next up: In honor of Jerry Leiber’s death today, link to a YouTube of a classic Jerry Leiber song- any artist is fine. ([Here’s a partial list of Leiber’s songs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller#Definitive_songs)- there are many more, and you will definitely know at least some of them even if you don’t know Leiber’s name.) 1. [Hound Dog by Big Mama Thornton](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70b25AOZunE&feature=related) 2. [On Broadway, George Benson](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ib5WApnEno) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=353) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=355)