# 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:** 542
**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:** [May 8, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10822 "2012-05-08T23:57:36Z")
Books or movies where the main character has only one name 1. Burke–Andrew Vachss’s mysteries series 2. Eli - Denzel Washington movie, The Book of Eli 3. Spenser - the detective series by Robert B. Parker 4. NCIS:LA - Special Agent Callen 5. Blade - Vampire Killer ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10823 "2012-05-09T00:18:08Z")
Books or movies where the main character has only one name 1. Burke–Andrew Vachss’s mysteries series 2. Eli - Denzel Washington movie, The Book of Eli 3. Spenser - the detective series by Robert B. Parker 4. NCIS:LA - Special Agent Callen 5. Blade - Vampire Killer 6. Spock - _Star Trek_ Okay, it was a TV show. But it was adapted into books and movies. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10824 "2012-05-09T00:42:04Z")
Books or movies where the main character has only one name 1. Burke–Andrew Vachss’s mysteries series 2. Eli - Denzel Washington movie, The Book of Eli 3. Spenser - the detective series by Robert B. Parker 4. NCIS:LA - Special Agent Callen 5. Blade - Vampire Killer 6. Spock - _Star Trek_ 7. Shane - _Shane_ (book and movie) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10825 "2012-05-09T01:05:12Z")
Books or movies where the main character has only one name 1. Burke–Andrew Vachss’s mysteries series 2. Eli - Denzel Washington movie, The Book of Eli 3. Spenser - the detective series by Robert B. Parker 4. NCIS:LA - Special Agent Callen 5. Blade - Vampire Killer 6. Spock - Star Trek 7. Shane - Shane (book and movie) 8. Dr Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog - Penny ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10826 "2012-05-09T02:16:07Z")
Books or movies where the main character has only one name 1. Burke–Andrew Vachss’s mysteries series 2. Eli - Denzel Washington movie, The Book of Eli 3. Spenser - the detective series by Robert B. Parker 4. NCIS:LA - Special Agent Callen 5. Blade - Vampire Killer 6. Spock - Star Trek 7. Shane - Shane (book and movie) 8. Dr Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog - Penny 9. Conan (I believe ‘the Barbarian’, ‘the Destroyer’, ‘the Cimmerian’, ‘the Not Quite Profitable Remake’ were all titles given to him by others, but his name was simply ‘Conan’.) ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10827 "2012-05-09T03:43:23Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > 1. Conan > > (I believe ‘the Barbarian’, ‘the Destroyer’, ‘the Cimmerian’, ‘the Not Quite Profitable Remake’ were all titles given to him by others, but his name was simply ‘Conan’.) I thought his last name was O’Brien. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10828 "2012-05-09T03:44:26Z")
Books or movies where the main character has only one name 1. Burke–Andrew Vachss’s mysteries series 2. Eli - Denzel Washington movie, The Book of Eli 3. Spenser - the detective series by Robert B. Parker 4. NCIS:LA - Special Agent Callen 5. Blade - Vampire Killer 6. Spock - Star Trek 7. Shane - Shane (book and movie) 8. Dr Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog - Penny 9. Conan 10. Quincy Again stretching it to cover what was mainly a TV series. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10829 "2012-05-09T13:31:40Z")
Books or movies where the main character has only one name 1. Burke–Andrew Vachss’s mysteries series 2. Eli - Denzel Washington movie, The Book of Eli 3. Spenser - the detective series by Robert B. Parker 4. NCIS:LA - Special Agent Callen 5. Blade - Vampire Killer 6. Spock - Star Trek 7. Shane - Shane (book and movie) 8. Dr Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog - Penny 9. Conan 10. Quincy 11. The Odyssey - Odysseus ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10830 "2012-05-09T14:49:04Z")
Books or movies where the main character has only one name 1. Burke–Andrew Vachss’s mysteries series 2. Eli - Denzel Washington movie, The Book of Eli 3. Spenser - the detective series by Robert B. Parker 4. NCIS:LA - Special Agent Callen 5. Blade - Vampire Killer 6. Spock - Star Trek 7. Shane - Shane (book and movie) 8. Dr Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog - Penny 9. Conan 10. Quincy 11. The Odyssey - Odysseus 12. Columbo ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10831 "2012-05-09T15:29:07Z")
Books or movies where the main character has only one name 1. Burke–Andrew Vachss’s mysteries series 2. Eli - Denzel Washington movie, The Book of Eli 3. Spenser - the detective series by Robert B. Parker 4. NCIS:LA - Special Agent Callen 5. Blade - Vampire Killer 6. Spock - Star Trek 7. Shane - Shane (book and movie) 8. Dr Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog - Penny 9. Conan 10. Quincy 11. The Odyssey - Odysseus 12. Columbo 13. Serpico Stereotypical things you would say to impersonate someone famous: whether that person actually used the phrase or not. 1. “Ah, yes my little chickadee.” - W.C. Fields ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10832 "2012-05-09T15:59:45Z")
Stereotypical things you would say to impersonate someone famous: whether that person actually used the phrase or not. 1. “Ah, yes my little chickadee.” - W.C. Fields 2. “I am not a crook.” – Richard Nixon ---
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Stereotypical things you would say to impersonate someone famous: whether that person actually used the phrase or not. 1. “Ah, yes my little chickadee.” - W.C. Fields 2. “I am not a crook.” – Richard Nixon 3. “It’s not a TOOmah!” - Arnold Schwarzenegger ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10834 "2012-05-09T16:30:48Z")
Stereotypical things you would say to impersonate someone famous: whether that person actually used the phrase or not. 1. “Ah, yes my little chickadee.” - W.C. Fields 2. “I am not a crook.” – Richard Nixon 3. “It’s not a TOOmah!” - Arnold Schwarzenegger 4. “I know you are but what am I?” - Peewee Herman ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10835 "2012-05-09T16:35:21Z")
Stereotypical things you would say to impersonate someone famous: whether that person actually used the phrase or not. 1. “Ah, yes my little chickadee.” - W.C. Fields 2. “I am not a crook.” – Richard Nixon 3. “It’s not a TOOmah!” - Arnold Schwarzenegger 4. “I know you are but what am I?” - Peewee Herman 5. “Elementary, my dear Watson!” - Sherlock Holmes Incidentally, Spock did have a last name, but it couldn’t be pronounced by most humans. See ST:TOS “This Side of Paradise” and “Journey to Babel.” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10836 "2012-05-09T17:56:59Z")
Stereotypical things you would say to impersonate someone famous: whether that person actually used the phrase or not. 1. “Ah, yes my little chickadee.” - W.C. Fields 2. “I am not a crook.” – Richard Nixon 3. “It’s not a TOOmah!” - Arnold Schwarzenegger 4. “I know you are but what am I?” - Peewee Herman 5. “Elementary, my dear Watson!” - Sherlock Holmes 6. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” - Clark Gable ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10837 "2012-05-09T18:00:40Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > 1. Serpico For the record, he was a real person and his name was Francesco “Frank” Vincent Serpico. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10838 "2012-05-09T18:01:42Z")
Stereotypical things you would say to impersonate someone famous: whether that person actually used the phrase or not. 1. “Ah, yes my little chickadee.” - W.C. Fields 2. “I am not a crook.” – Richard Nixon 3. “It’s not a TOOmah!” - Arnold Schwarzenegger 4. “I know you are but what am I?” - Peewee Herman 5. “Elementary, my dear Watson!” - Sherlock Holmes 6. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” - Clark Gable 7. “Judy, Judy, Judy” - Cary Grant ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10839 "2012-05-09T18:32:30Z")
Stereotypical things you would say to impersonate someone famous: whether that person actually used the phrase or not. 1. “Ah, yes my little chickadee.” - W.C. Fields 2. “I am not a crook.” – Richard Nixon 3. “It’s not a TOOmah!” - Arnold Schwarzenegger 4. “I know you are but what am I?” - Peewee Herman 5. “Elementary, my dear Watson!” - Sherlock Holmes 6. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” - Clark Gable 7. “Judy, Judy, Judy” - Cary Grant 8. “Yo Adrian!” - Rocky Balboa/Sly Stallone ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10840 "2012-05-09T18:32:57Z")
Stereotypical things you would say to impersonate someone famous: whether that person actually used the phrase or not. 1. “Ah, yes my little chickadee.” - W.C. Fields 2. “I am not a crook.” – Richard Nixon 3. “It’s not a TOOmah!” - Arnold Schwarzenegger 4. “I know you are but what am I?” - Peewee Herman 5. “Elementary, my dear Watson!” - Sherlock Holmes 6. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” - Clark Gable 7. “Judy, Judy, Judy” - Cary Grant 8. “Peter, Peter, Peter. Give me the letter.” - Bette Davis ---
**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:** [May 9, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10841 "2012-05-09T19:01:34Z")
Stereotypical things you would say to impersonate someone famous: whether that person actually used the phrase or not. 1. “Ah, yes my little chickadee.” - W.C. Fields 2. “I am not a crook.” – Richard Nixon 3. “It’s not a TOOmah!” - Arnold Schwarzenegger 4. “I know you are but what am I?” - Peewee Herman 5. “Elementary, my dear Watson!” - Sherlock Holmes 6. “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” - Clark Gable 7. “Judy, Judy, Judy” - Cary Grant 8. “Peter, Peter, Peter. Give me the letter.” - Bette Davis 9. “Play it again, Sam.” - Rick Blaine What’s #8 from? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=541) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=543)