# 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:** 511
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10202 "2012-03-25T15:00:02Z")
Celebrity Scientologists 1. Jason Lee 2. Tom Cruise 3. John Travolta 4. Nicole Kidman 5. Kirstie Alley 6. Nancy Cartwright 7. Isaac Hayes 8. Laura Prepon 9. Beck 10. Greta Van Susteren 11. Karen Black 12. L. Ron Hubbard Too easy? ---
**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 25, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10203 "2012-03-25T16:27:32Z")
Celebrity Scientologists 1. Jason Lee 2. Tom Cruise 3. John Travolta 4. Nicole Kidman 5. Kirstie Alley 6. Nancy Cartwright 7. Isaac Hayes 8. Laura Prepon 9. Beck 10. Greta Van Susteren 11. Karen Black 12. L. Ron Hubbard 13. Jenna Elfman Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The \*Twilight \*series ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10204 "2012-03-25T16:38:29Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic\* \*Which is about to be re-released in 3D. ---
**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 25, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10205 "2012-03-25T18:21:24Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic 3. The Apprentice ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10206 "2012-03-25T18:25:17Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic 3. The Apprentice 4. “Friday” by Rebecca Black ---
**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 25, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10207 "2012-03-25T18:27:27Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic 3. The Apprentice 4. “Friday” by Rebecca Black 5. Atlas Shrugged ---
**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 25, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10208 "2012-03-25T18:42:04Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic 3. The Apprentice 4. “Friday” by Rebecca Black 5. Atlas Shrugged 6. The Da Vinci Code ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10209 "2012-03-25T20:21:29Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic 3. The Apprentice 4. “Friday” by Rebecca Black 5. Atlas Shrugged 6. The Da Vinci Code 7. The Harry Potter Series ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10210 "2012-03-26T00:04:50Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic 3. The Apprentice 4. “Friday” by Rebecca Black 5. Atlas Shrugged 6. The Da Vinci Code 7. The Harry Potter Series 8. The Bridges of Madison County ---
**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 26, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10211 "2012-03-26T00:28:33Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic 3. The Apprentice 4. “Friday” by Rebecca Black 5. Atlas Shrugged 6. The Da Vinci Code 7. The Harry Potter Series 8. The Bridges of Madison County 9. “We Built This City” by Starship ---
**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 26, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10212 "2012-03-26T00:51:25Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic 3. The Apprentice 4. “Friday” by Rebecca Black 5. Atlas Shrugged 6. The Da Vinci Code 7. The Harry Potter Series 8. The Bridges of Madison County 9. “We Built This City” by Starship 10. Baywatch ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10213 "2012-03-26T06:14:06Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic 3. The Apprentice 4. “Friday” by Rebecca Black 5. Atlas Shrugged 6. The Da Vinci Code 7. The Harry Potter Series 8. The Bridges of Madison County 9. “We Built This City” by Starship 10. Baywatch 11. The Jerry Springer Show ---
**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 26, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10214 "2012-03-26T14:17:06Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic 3. The Apprentice 4. “Friday” by Rebecca Black 5. Atlas Shrugged 6. The Da Vinci Code 7. The Harry Potter Series 8. The Bridges of Madison County 9. “We Built This City” by Starship 10. Baywatch 11. The Jerry Springer Show 12. Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10215 "2012-03-26T22:19:11Z")
Movies, books, songs, or TV shows that are very popular but also widely reviled: 1. The Twilight series 2. Titanic 3. The Apprentice 4. “Friday” by Rebecca Black 5. Atlas Shrugged 6. The Da Vinci Code 7. The Harry Potter Series 8. The Bridges of Madison County 9. “We Built This City” by Starship 10. Baywatch 11. The Jerry Springer Show 12. Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals 13. The second and third Matrix movies Next up: Professional athletes who developed successful TV/movie careers 1. Merlin Olsen ---
**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 26, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10216 "2012-03-26T22:45:11Z")
Professional athletes who developed successful TV/movie careers 1. Merlin Olsen 2. Dick Butkus ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10217 "2012-03-27T00:25:18Z")
Professional athletes who developed successful TV/movie careers 1. Merlin Olsen 2. Dick Butkus 3. Alex Karras ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10218 "2012-03-27T00:27:46Z")
Professional athletes who developed successful TV/movie careers 1. Merlin Olsen 2. Dick Butkus 3. Alex Karras 4. Frank Gifford ---
**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 27, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10219 "2012-03-27T00:30:07Z")
Professional athletes who developed successful TV/movie careers 1. Merlin Olsen 2. Dick Butkus 3. Alex Karras 4. Frank Gifford 5. OJ Simpson ---
**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 27, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10220 "2012-03-27T00:49:08Z")
Professional athletes who developed successful TV/movie careers 1. Merlin Olsen 2. Dick Butkus 3. Alex Karras 4. Frank Gifford 5. OJ Simpson 6. Arnold Schwarzenegger ---
**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 27, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10221 "2012-03-27T01:04:33Z")
Professional athletes who developed successful TV/movie careers 1. Merlin Olsen 2. Dick Butkus 3. Alex Karras 4. Frank Gifford 5. OJ Simpson 6. Arnold Schwarzenegger 7. Jason Lee Granted, skateboarding may not be a mainstream sport. But it is an athletic event and Lee made a living at it before turning to acting. Plus, I get to recycle my Celebrity Scientologist answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=510) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=512)