# 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:** 465
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9282 "2012-01-04T13:41:41Z")
Top news stories of 2011 1. Death of Osama bin Laden 2. European financial problems 3. Japanese earthquake-tsunami-nuclear crisis 4. GOP presidential campaign, debates 5. Qaddafi overthrown and executed 6. Death of Kim Jong-il and subsequent succession by son Kim Jong-un 7. Deadly Tornadoes across Midwest and Deep South 8. Shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford 9. Charlie Sheen goes nuts 10. Demi and Ashton split 11. Wedding of Prince William and Katherine of Aragon Kate Middleton 12. Standard & Poor’s downgrades United States credit rating from AAA 13. Retirement and Death of Steve Jobs Inspired by a recent TMZ discussion… Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply ---
**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:** [January 4, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9283 "2012-01-04T13:56:01Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about Tough category for me. I’m so uncool I don’t even know what’s uncool. Is Pearl Jam uncool? Nickelback? Sheryl Crow? Fleetwood Mac? Wings? Elvis Costello? I’m worried some these may have become ironically cool without me knowing. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9284 "2012-01-04T14:59:26Z")
Inspired by a recent TMZ discussion… Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees They’re a band that sings songs for kids about history. [Here’s an acoustic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bemkhJ7eRJY) solo (the full band is three members I think) of their song about Marie Curie. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9285 "2012-01-04T15:23:34Z")
Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees 3. ABBA OTOH, I tell as many people as I can how much I like Kesha. ---
**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:** [January 4, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9286 "2012-01-04T16:58:00Z")
Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees 3. ABBA 4. Styx (Bonus answer: Barry Manilow. But he’s not a band. :P) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9287 "2012-01-04T17:15:15Z")
Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees 3. ABBA 4. Styx 5. The New Main Street Singers The group headed by John Michael Higgins and Jane Lynch from _Mighty Wind_. I love that soundtrack, including a couple of their numbers (“Potato’s in the Patty Wagon” and “Wanderin’”). ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9288 "2012-01-04T18:21:06Z")
I can’t contribute to the category, because I am not ashamed of any my musical tastes. But > [@Sampiro](#): > > The group headed by John Michael Higgins and Jane Lynch from _Mighty Wind_. I love that soundtrack, including a couple of their numbers (“Potato’s in the Patty Wagon” and “Wanderin’”). They _totally_ upstaged the Folksmen by singing “Wanderin’” at the concert. It was the Folksmen’s signature song, dammit!. 😉 😃 ---
**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:** [January 4, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9289 "2012-01-04T18:28:26Z")
Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees 3. ABBA 4. Styx 5. The New Main Street Singers 6. The Archies Oh, great. Now I’ll be thinking of “Sugar, Sugar” all day. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9290 "2012-01-05T05:06:07Z")
Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees 3. ABBA 4. Styx 5. The New Main Street Singers 6. The Archies 7. Warrant ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9291 "2012-01-05T05:14:52Z")
Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees 3. ABBA 4. Styx 5. The New Main Street Singers 6. The Archies 7. Warrant 8. Toby Keith ---
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9292 "2012-01-05T14:12:58Z")
Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees 3. ABBA 4. Styx 5. The New Main Street Singers 6. The Archies 7. Warrant 8. Toby Keith 9. The Carpenters ---
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9293 "2012-01-05T15:08:22Z")
Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees 3. ABBA 4. Styx 5. The New Main Street Singers 6. The Archies 7. Warrant 8. Toby Keith 9. The Carpenters 10. Asia Hey, I like Toby Keith too! Saw him in concert last summer. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9294 "2012-01-05T16:54:31Z")
Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees 3. ABBA 4. Styx 5. The New Main Street Singers 6. The Archies 7. Warrant 8. Toby Keith 9. The Carpenters 10. Asia 11. Bay City Rollers ---
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9295 "2012-01-05T17:01:51Z")
Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees 3. ABBA 4. Styx 5. The New Main Street Singers 6. The Archies 7. Warrant 8. Toby Keith 9. The Carpenters 10. Asia 11. Bay City Rollers 12. Europe ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9296 "2012-01-05T17:19:42Z")
Bands that have songs you like but wouldn’t let people know about 1. Air Supply 2. Deedle Deedle Dees 3. ABBA 4. Styx 5. The New Main Street Singers 6. The Archies 7. Warrant 8. Toby Keith 9. The Carpenters 10. Asia 11. Bay City Rollers 12. Europe 13. The Spice Girls If only because they inspired [Peter O’Toole](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxjpQARxWo). Next category: Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles Note: People famous only for their weight (e.g. the thousand pound guy who fell through his bathroom wall a few years ago) are ineligible; it has to be people famous for something else who happened to also be very fat. ---
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9297 "2012-01-05T18:07:57Z")
Next category: Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9298 "2012-01-05T18:35:14Z")
Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft 3. William Conrad ---
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9299 "2012-01-05T19:11:30Z")
Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft 3. William Conrad 4. Chastity Bono ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9300 "2012-01-05T19:14:51Z")
Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft 3. William Conrad 4. Chastity Bono 5. John Candy Are we speaking in the past tense as in deceased or having recently lost weight? In other words, has Chaz slimmed out? ---
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9301 "2012-01-05T19:50:17Z")
Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft 3. William Conrad 4. Chastity Bono 5. John Candy 6. John Belushi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=464) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=466)