# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 450

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8982 "2011-12-06T13:18:35Z")

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Movie roles of Steve Martin

1. Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, “The Man with Two Brains”
2. Navin R. Johnson, The Jerk
3. Harry Telemacher, L.A. Story
4. Insolent Waiter , The Muppet Movie
5. Neal Page - _Plains, Trains and Automobiles_
6. Lucky Day,\* ¡Three Amigos!\*

… doesn’t show up in an alphabetical search where you think it would.:smack:

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**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:** [December 6, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8983 "2011-12-06T13:30:13Z")

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Movie roles of Steve Martin

1. Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, _The Man with Two Brains_
2. Navin R. Johnson, _The Jerk_
3. Harry Telemacher, \*L.A. Story \*
4. Insolent Waiter, \*The Muppet Movie \*
5. Neal Page, _Plains, Trains and Automobiles_
6. Lucky Day,\* ¡Three Amigos!\*
7. Orin Scrivello, DDS, _Little Shop of Horrors_

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**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 6, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8984 "2011-12-06T14:15:12Z")

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Movie roles of Steve Martin

1. Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, The Man with Two Brains
2. Navin R. Johnson, The Jerk
3. Harry Telemacher, L.A. Story
4. Insolent Waiter, The Muppet Movie
5. Neal Page, Plains, Trains and Automobiles
6. Lucky Day, ¡Three Amigos!
7. Orin Scrivello, DDS, Little Shop of Horrors
8. Roger Cobb, All of Me (easily his best performance, and one that should have won an Oscar)

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8985 "2011-12-06T14:27:36Z")

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Movie roles of Steve Martin

1. Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, The Man with Two Brains
2. Navin R. Johnson, The Jerk
3. Harry Telemacher, L.A. Story
4. Insolent Waiter, The Muppet Movie
5. Neal Page, Plains, Trains and Automobiles
6. Lucky Day, ¡Three Amigos!
7. Orin Scrivello, DDS, Little Shop of Horrors
8. Roger Cobb, All of Me (easily his best performance, and one that should have won an Oscar)
9. Freddy Benson, Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels

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**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 6, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8986 "2011-12-06T14:30:57Z")

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Movie roles of Steve Martin

1. Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, The Man with Two Brains
2. Navin R. Johnson, The Jerk
3. Harry Telemacher, L.A. Story
4. Insolent Waiter, The Muppet Movie
5. Neal Page, Plains, Trains and Automobiles
6. Lucky Day, ¡Three Amigos!
7. Orin Scrivello, DDS, Little Shop of Horrors
8. Roger Cobb, All of Me
9. Freddy Benson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
10. C.D. Bales, Roxanne

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8987 "2011-12-06T15:04:02Z")

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Movie roles of Steve Martin

1. Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, The Man with Two Brains
2. Navin R. Johnson, The Jerk
3. Harry Telemacher, L.A. Story
4. Insolent Waiter, The Muppet Movie
5. Neal Page, Plains, Trains and Automobiles
6. Lucky Day, ¡Three Amigos!
7. Orin Scrivello, DDS, Little Shop of Horrors
8. Roger Cobb, All of Me
9. Freddy Benson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
10. C.D. Bales, Roxanne
11. Maxwell Edison, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8988 "2011-12-06T16:32:31Z")

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Movie roles of Steve Martin

1. Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, The Man with Two Brains
2. Navin R. Johnson, The Jerk
3. Harry Telemacher, L.A. Story
4. Insolent Waiter, The Muppet Movie
5. Neal Page, Plains, Trains and Automobiles
6. Lucky Day, ¡Three Amigos!
7. Orin Scrivello, DDS, Little Shop of Horrors
8. Roger Cobb, All of Me
9. Freddy Benson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
10. C.D. Bales, Roxanne
11. Maxwell Edison, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
12. Larry Hubbard, The Lonely Guy

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**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 6, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8989 "2011-12-06T16:35:49Z")

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Movie roles of Steve Martin

1. Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr, The Man with Two Brains
2. Navin R. Johnson, The Jerk
3. Harry Telemacher, L.A. Story
4. Insolent Waiter, The Muppet Movie
5. Neal Page, Plains, Trains and Automobiles
6. Lucky Day, ¡Three Amigos!
7. Orin Scrivello, DDS, Little Shop of Horrors
8. Roger Cobb, All of Me
9. Freddy Benson, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
10. C.D. Bales, Roxanne
11. Maxwell Edison, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
12. Larry Hubbard, The Lonely Guy
13. Ray Porter, Shopgirl

I started this one, so I’ll let someone else start the next one.

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**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 6, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8990 "2011-12-06T17:16:12Z")

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New category: Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

1. Superman

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8991 "2011-12-06T17:16:47Z")

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Beaten to a new topic. Okay then:

Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

1. Superman

1. The Flash (Barry Allen)

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**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 6, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8992 "2011-12-06T18:17:36Z")

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Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

1. Superman
2. The Flash (Barry Allen)
3. Dr. Manhattan

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8993 "2011-12-06T19:09:23Z")

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Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

1. Superman
2. The Flash (Barry Allen)
3. Dr. Manhattan
4. Sandman (Morpheus)

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**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 6, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8994 "2011-12-06T19:48:30Z")

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Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

1. Superman
2. The Flash (Barry Allen)
3. Dr. Manhattan
4. Sandman (Morpheus)
5. Phoenix

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**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 6, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8995 "2011-12-06T19:55:33Z")

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Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

1. Superman
2. The Flash (Barry Allen)
3. Dr. Manhattan
4. Sandman (Morpheus)
5. Phoenix
6. Rond Vidar

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8996 "2011-12-06T20:03:47Z")

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Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

1. Superman
2. The Flash (Barry Allen)
3. Dr. Manhattan
4. Sandman (Morpheus)
5. Phoenix
6. Rond Vidar
7. Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)

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**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 6, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8997 "2011-12-06T22:05:26Z")

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Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

1. Superman
2. The Flash (Barry Allen)
3. Dr. Manhattan
4. Sandman (Morpheus)
5. Phoenix
6. Rond Vidar
7. Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
8. Captain America

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**Author:** ![YoDoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e68b1a/32.png) [@YoDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoDoc)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8998 "2011-12-07T02:09:10Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

Do the Marvel Zombies books count?

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**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 7, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8999 "2011-12-07T03:05:51Z")

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Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

1. Superman
2. The Flash (Barry Allen)
3. Dr. Manhattan
4. Sandman (Morpheus)
5. Phoenix
6. Rond Vidar
7. Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
8. Captain America
9. Batman

In _The Dark Knight Returns_.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9000 "2011-12-07T03:14:47Z")

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Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

1. Superman
2. The Flash (Barry Allen)
3. Dr. Manhattan
4. Sandman (Morpheus)
5. Phoenix
6. Rond Vidar
7. Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
8. Captain America
9. Batman
10. Martian Manhunter

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9001 "2011-12-07T12:19:39Z")

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Comic book superheroes who have “died” and come back to life

1. Superman
2. The Flash (Barry Allen)
3. Dr. Manhattan
4. Sandman (Morpheus)
5. Phoenix
6. Rond Vidar
7. Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
8. Captain America
9. Batman
10. Martian Manhunter
11. Spawn

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