# 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:** 514
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10262 "2012-03-29T18:24:14Z")
TV shows that came as a direct result of the popularity of another TV show or movie (name both) 1. Webster (Diff’rent Strokes) 2. I Dream of Jeannie (Bewitched) 3. Melrose Place (Beverly Hills 90210) 4. Dynasty (Dallas) 5. Trapper John MD (M_A_S\*H) 6. Facts of Life (Diff’rent Strokes) 7. Curb Your Enthusiasm (Seinfeld) 8. Mork & Mindy (Happy Days) 9. Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 10. Judge Judy (The People’s Court) 11. Frasier (Cheers) 12. Lou Grant (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) ---
**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 29, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10263 "2012-03-29T18:32:15Z")
Not going to do #13 since I started this one, but I wanted to say I’m amused by how different people interpreted my topic. I realize now that I didn’t word it clearly to get the result I was looking for, but that’s nobody’s fault but mine! 🙂 What I was looking for was not spinoffs, but shows where another network (or even the same network in some cases!) looked at a popular show and said, “Let’s do our take on that!” For example, network looks at “Diff’rent Strokes,” says, “Hey! They’re getting big ratings with short wiseacre black kid–let’s get our own short wiseacre black kid and we’ll get big ratings too!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10264 "2012-03-29T19:28:06Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Not going to do #13 since I started this one, but I wanted to say I’m amused by how different people interpreted my topic. I realize now that I didn’t word it clearly to get the result I was looking for, but that’s nobody’s fault but mine! 🙂 > > What I was looking for was not spinoffs, but shows where another network (or even the same network in some cases!) looked at a popular show and said, “Let’s do our take on that!” For example, network looks at “Diff’rent Strokes,” says, “Hey! They’re getting big ratings with short wiseacre black kid–let’s get our own short wiseacre black kid and we’ll get big ratings too!” 🙂 that was my initial interpretation - but spinoffs would not be produced if their parent shows were flops; so a spinoff, successful or not is a direct result of the parent show’s popularity. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10265 "2012-03-29T19:29:07Z")
TV shows that came as a direct result of the popularity of another TV show or movie (name both) 1. Webster (Diff’rent Strokes) 2. I Dream of Jeannie (Bewitched) 3. Melrose Place (Beverly Hills 90210) 4. Dynasty (Dallas) 5. Trapper John MD (M_A_S\*H) 6. Facts of Life (Diff’rent Strokes) 7. Curb Your Enthusiasm (Seinfeld) 8. Mork & Mindy (Happy Days) 9. Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) 10. Judge Judy (The People’s Court) 11. Frasier (Cheers) 12. Lou Grant (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) 13. Family Guy (The Simpsons) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10266 "2012-03-29T19:30:20Z")
new topic Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. stamps spent on mailing the returns ---
**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 29, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10267 "2012-03-29T19:38:09Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Not going to do #13 since I started this one, but I wanted to say I’m amused by how different people interpreted my topic. I realize now that I didn’t word it clearly to get the result I was looking for, but that’s nobody’s fault but mine! 🙂 > > What I was looking for was not spinoffs, but shows where another network (or even the same network in some cases!) looked at a popular show and said, “Let’s do our take on that!” For example, network looks at “Diff’rent Strokes,” says, “Hey! They’re getting big ratings with short wiseacre black kid–let’s get our own short wiseacre black kid and we’ll get big ratings too!” 🙂 That was my interpretation. That’s why I posted Seinfeld/Curb Your Enthusiasm. I figured the latter was just due to somebody deciding to give Larry David a sitcom of his own after the success of the former. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10268 "2012-03-29T20:13:21Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention ---
**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 29, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10269 "2012-03-29T22:12:45Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. Stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention 3. Paying off foreign officials ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10270 "2012-03-30T00:26:40Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. Stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention 3. Paying off foreign officials 4. Nigerian Advance Fee ---
**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 30, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10271 "2012-03-30T00:41:23Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. Stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention 3. Paying off foreign officials 4. Nigerian Advance Fee 5. Pets as dependents (“Hey, I consider Fido and Mr. Paws as my children!”) ---
**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 30, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10272 "2012-03-30T01:41:05Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. Stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention 3. Paying off foreign officials 4. Nigerian Advance Fee 5. Pets as dependents 6. Depreciation of sex toys ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10273 "2012-03-30T01:45:40Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. Stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention 3. Paying off foreign officials 4. Nigerian Advance Fee 5. Pets as dependents 6. Depreciation of sex toys 7. Child support for frozen embryos made with your ex ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10274 "2012-03-30T13:02:58Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. Stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention 3. Paying off foreign officials 4. Nigerian Advance Fee 5. Pets as dependents 6. Depreciation of sex toys 7. Child support for frozen embryos made with your ex 8. Classifying your bi-polar disorder as a dependent because your spouse says “it’s like living with two separate people.” (Sparky, LOL @ #4.) ---
**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 30, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10275 "2012-03-30T13:18:10Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. Stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention 3. Paying off foreign officials 4. Nigerian Advance Fee 5. Pets as dependents 6. Depreciation of sex toys 7. Child support for frozen embryos made with your ex 8. Classifying your bi-polar disorder as a dependent because your spouse says “it’s like living with two separate people.” 9. Writeoffs for British East India Co. stock ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10276 "2012-03-30T19:59:45Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. Stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention 3. Paying off foreign officials 4. Nigerian Advance Fee 5. Pets as dependents 6. Depreciation of sex toys 7. Child support for frozen embryos made with your ex 8. Classifying your bi-polar disorder as a dependent because your spouse says “it’s like living with two separate people.” 9. Writeoffs for British East India Co. stock 10. $5,000 in lottery tickets as retirement plan ---
**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 30, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10277 "2012-03-30T20:03:51Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. Stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention 3. Paying off foreign officials 4. Nigerian Advance Fee 5. Pets as dependents 6. Depreciation of sex toys 7. Child support for frozen embryos made with your ex 8. Classifying your bi-polar disorder as a dependent because your spouse says “it’s like living with two separate people” 9. Writeoffs for British East India Co. stock 10. $5,000 in lottery tickets as retirement plan 11. Deduction for hypothetical state and local “air consumption taxes” ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10278 "2012-03-30T21:56:06Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. Stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention 3. Paying off foreign officials 4. Nigerian Advance Fee 5. Pets as dependents 6. Depreciation of sex toys 7. Child support for frozen embryos made with your ex 8. Classifying your bi-polar disorder as a dependent because your spouse says “it’s like living with two separate people” 9. Writeoffs for British East India Co. stock 10. $5,000 in lottery tickets as retirement plan 11. Deduction for hypothetical state and local “air consumption taxes” 12. Political donations 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10279 "2012-03-31T02:06:19Z")
Sketchy Tax Deductions 1. Stamps spent on mailing the returns 2. Hookers and blow at Vegas carpeting convention 3. Paying off foreign officials 4. Nigerian Advance Fee 5. Pets as dependents 6. Depreciation of sex toys 7. Child support for frozen embryos made with your ex 8. Classifying your bi-polar disorder as a dependent because your spouse says “it’s like living with two separate people” 9. Writeoffs for British East India Co. stock 10. $5,000 in lottery tickets as retirement plan 11. Deduction for hypothetical state and local “air consumption taxes” 12. Political donations 13. Mortgage payments and lack of income for 5 hotels and 9 rental houses from Mediterranean Avenue to Ventnor Avenue (Waive rights to next category) ---
**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 31, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10280 "2012-03-31T02:47:47Z")
Things overheard on Newt Gingrich’s campaign plane 1. “Who could I marry that would clinch the nomination for me?” ---
**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 31, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10281 "2012-03-31T11:35:01Z")
Things overheard on Newt Gingrich’s campaign plane 1. “Who could I marry that would clinch the nomination for me?” 2. “Okay, I know the Vice Presidency and State Department are out. How about Treasury or Defense?..No, huh. Commerce? Veteran’s Affair?..Well, maybe an ambassadorship…Yes, I’ll take something below the equator…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=513) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=515)