# 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:** 497
**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:** [March 7, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9922 "2012-03-07T02:57:24Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah ---
**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:** [March 7, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9923 "2012-03-07T03:43:25Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah 3. My Fellow Americans ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9924 "2012-03-07T04:56:40Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah 3. My Fellow Americans 4. The Best Man ---
**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:** [March 7, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9925 "2012-03-07T05:38:34Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah 3. My Fellow Americans 4. The Best Man 5. Citizen Kane Not the only thing the movie was about but it was a significant element. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9926 "2012-03-07T07:25:32Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah 3. My Fellow Americans 4. The Best Man 5. Citizen Kane 6. Primary Colors ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9927 "2012-03-07T12:23:24Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah 3. My Fellow Americans 4. The Best Man 5. Citizen Kane 6. Primary Colors 7. Bullworth ---
**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:** [March 7, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9928 "2012-03-07T14:36:26Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah 3. My Fellow Americans 4. The Best Man 5. Citizen Kane 6. Primary Colors 7. Bullworth 8. State of the Union ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9929 "2012-03-07T16:27:27Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah 3. My Fellow Americans 4. The Best Man 5. Citizen Kane 6. Primary Colors 7. Bullworth 8. State of the Union 9. The Seduction of Joe Tynan ---
**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:** [March 7, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9930 "2012-03-07T18:14:59Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah 3. My Fellow Americans 4. The Best Man 5. Citizen Kane 6. Primary Colors 7. Bulworth 8. State of the Union 9. The Seduction of Joe Tynan 10. The Adjustment Bureau ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9931 "2012-03-07T18:20:30Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah 3. My Fellow Americans 4. The Best Man 5. Citizen Kane 6. Primary Colors 7. Bulworth 8. State of the Union 9. The Seduction of Joe Tynan 10. The Adjustment Bureau 11. All the King’s Men ---
**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:** [March 7, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9932 "2012-03-07T18:59:19Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah 3. My Fellow Americans 4. The Best Man 5. Citizen Kane 6. Primary Colors 7. Bulworth 8. State of the Union 9. The Seduction of Joe Tynan 10. The Adjustment Bureau 11. All the King’s Men 12. The Great McGinty ---
**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 7, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9933 "2012-03-07T19:32:16Z")
Movies about political campaigns 1. The Candidate 2. The Last Hurrah 3. My Fellow Americans 4. The Best Man 5. Citizen Kane 6. Primary Colors 7. Bulworth 8. State of the Union 9. The Seduction of Joe Tynan 10. The Adjustment Bureau 11. All the King’s Men 12. The Great McGinty 13. Head of State I started this category; someone else can do the next. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9934 "2012-03-08T03:02:42Z")
Products best known for being featured on infomercials 1. The Flowbee The haircut+vacuum cleaner combo. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2012, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9935 "2012-03-08T03:42:19Z")
Products best known for being featured on infomercials 1. The Flowbee 2. ShamWOW! ---
**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:** [March 8, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9936 "2012-03-08T04:15:14Z")
Products best known for being featured on infomercials 1. The Flowbee 2. ShamWOW! 3. Ginsu knives ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9937 "2012-03-08T04:38:37Z")
Products best known for being featured on infomercials 1. The Flowbee 2. ShamWOW! 3. Ginsu knives 4. Xpress Redi Set Go [This item](http://www.carolwrightgifts.com/images/items/80170_large.gif)- mentioned because a recent Readers Digest article reviewed several ‘as seen on TV’ items and it got by far the lowest score. (Among other complaints, the enamel comes off after a few uses.) ---
**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:** [March 8, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9938 "2012-03-08T05:30:53Z")
Products best known for being featured on infomercials 1. The Flowbee 2. ShamWOW! 3. Ginsu knives 4. Xpress Redi Set Go 5. George Foreman grill Foreman astutely asked for a percentage of the sales for his endorsement. At one point he was making over four million dollars a month from this. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9939 "2012-03-08T05:40:18Z")
Products best known for being featured on infomercials 1. The Flowbee 2. ShamWOW! 3. Ginsu knives 4. Xpress Redi Set Go 5. George Foreman grill 6. No-No Hair Removal System ---
**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:** [March 8, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9940 "2012-03-08T05:54:57Z")
Products best known for being featured on infomercials 1. The Flowbee 2. ShamWOW! 3. Ginsu knives 4. Xpress Redi Set Go 5. George Foreman grill 6. No-No Hair Removal System 7. Pocket Fisherman ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9941 "2012-03-08T06:00:56Z")
Products best known for being featured on infomercials 1. The Flowbee 2. ShamWOW! 3. Ginsu knives 4. Xpress Redi Set Go 5. George Foreman grill 6. No-No Hair Removal System 7. Pocket Fisherman 8. GLH (aka Hair in a Can) [For anybody](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GeF7A05zQ8) who doesn’t remember. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=496) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=498)