# 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:** 498
**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, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9942 "2012-03-08T06:31:58Z")
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) 9. Chia pets ---
**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, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9943 "2012-03-08T06:35:48Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] 1. Chia pets [/QUOTE] “Cha-cha-cha-chia!” is now in my head, thank you very much. ---
**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 8, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9944 "2012-03-08T19:24:45Z")
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) 9. Chia pets 10. Head On “Apply directly to the forehead!” ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9945 "2012-03-08T20:25:22Z")
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) 9. Chia pets 10. Head On 11. Enzyte “Look, there’s Bob. Look how happy he is.” ---
**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:** [March 8, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9946 "2012-03-08T20:47:18Z")
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 7. Pocket Fisherman 8. GLH (aka Hair in a Can) 9. Chia pets 10. Head On 11. Enzyte 12. OxyClean Have we forgotten Billy Mays so soon? 😉 ---
**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:** [March 8, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9947 "2012-03-08T20:53:35Z")
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) 9. Chia pets 10. Head On 11. Enzyte 12. OxyClean 13. Thighmaster Next up: People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover ---
**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, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9948 "2012-03-08T21:09:49Z")
People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover 2. M. Night Shyamalan ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9949 "2012-03-08T21:33:38Z")
People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) Added in the first names for trivia interest. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9950 "2012-03-08T21:35:36Z")
People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) 4. C. Thomas Howell (Christopher) ---
**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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9951 "2012-03-08T21:37:37Z")
People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) 4. C. Thomas Howell (Christopher) 5. G. Gordon Liddy (George) ---
**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, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9952 "2012-03-08T21:50:21Z")
People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) 4. C. Thomas Howell (Christopher) 5. G. Gordon Liddy (George) 6. A. Whitney Brown (Alan) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9953 "2012-03-09T02:05:54Z")
People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) 4. C. Thomas Howell (Christopher) 5. G. Gordon Liddy (George) 6. A. Whitney Brown (Alan) 7. L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9954 "2012-03-09T02:24:04Z")
1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) 4. C. Thomas Howell (Christopher) 5. G. Gordon Liddy (George) 6. A. Whitney Brown (Alan) 7. L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald) 8. F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9955 "2012-03-09T02:46:24Z")
1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) 4. C. Thomas Howell (Christopher) 5. G. Gordon Liddy (George) 6. A. Whitney Brown (Alan) 7. L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald) 8. F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key) 9. S. Epatha Merkerson (Sharon) ---
**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 9, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9956 "2012-03-09T03:10:31Z")
People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) 4. C. Thomas Howell (Christopher) 5. G. Gordon Liddy (George) 6. A. Whitney Brown (Alan) 7. L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald) 8. F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key) 9. S. Epatha Merkerson (Sharon) 10. S. Frederick Starr (Stephen) Diplomat, musician, college president: [S. Frederick Starr - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._frederick_starr) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9957 "2012-03-09T03:13:26Z")
People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) 4. C. Thomas Howell (Christopher) 5. G. Gordon Liddy (George) 6. A. Whitney Brown (Alan) 7. L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald) 8. F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key) 9. S. Epatha Merkerson (Sharon) 10. S. Frederick Starr (Stephen) 11. nevermind ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9958 "2012-03-09T03:14:47Z")
People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) 4. C. Thomas Howell (Christopher) 5. G. Gordon Liddy (George) 6. A. Whitney Brown (Alan) 7. L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald) 8. F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key) 9. S. Epatha Merkerson (Sharon) 10. S. Frederick Starr (Stephen) 11. H. Jon Benjamin (Henry) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9959 "2012-03-09T03:19:38Z")
People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) 4. C. Thomas Howell (Christopher) 5. G. Gordon Liddy (George) 6. A. Whitney Brown (Alan) 7. L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald) 8. F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key) 9. S. Epatha Merkerson (Sharon) 10. S. Frederick Starr (Stephen) 11. H. Jon Benjamin (Henry) 12. L. Frank Baum (Lyman) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9960 "2012-03-09T03:50:34Z")
People who go by First initial-Middle Name-Last Name 1. J. Edgar Hoover (John) 2. M. Night Shyamalan (Manoj) 3. F. Murray Abraham (Fahrid) 4. C. Thomas Howell (Christopher) 5. G. Gordon Liddy (George) 6. A. Whitney Brown (Alan) 7. L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald) 8. F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key) 9. S. Epatha Merkerson (Sharon) 10. S. Frederick Starr (Stephen) 11. H. Jon Benjamin (Henry) 12. L. Frank Baum (Lyman) 13. F. Lee Bailey (Francis) Right to start next one up for grabs. ---
**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 9, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9961 "2012-03-09T04:03:32Z")
A follow-up category: famous people that use two initials and a last name 1. W.C. Fields (William Claude) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=497) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=499)