# 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:** 551
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11002 "2012-05-21T00:22:03Z")
Adjectives you never want to hear your doctor use 1. Necrotizing 2. Palliative 3. Cthulhuish 4. Metastasized 5. Inoperable 6. Amputated 7. Challenging 8. terminal 9. End-stage 10. Invasive 11. Deadly 12. Malignant 13. Icky New category : Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith ---
**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:** [May 21, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11003 "2012-05-21T05:06:03Z")
Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis ---
**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 21, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11004 "2012-05-21T12:47:48Z")
Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis 3. _Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ_ - Lew Wallace ---
**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:** [May 21, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11005 "2012-05-21T12:51:04Z")
Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis 3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace 4. Jesus Christ Superstar ---
**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 21, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11006 "2012-05-21T13:00:19Z")
Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis 3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace 4. Jesus Christ Superstar 5. The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas Pretty big in its day: [The Robe - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Robe) ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11007 "2012-05-21T20:57:33Z")
Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis 3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace 4. Jesus Christ Superstar 5. The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas 6. Life of Brian - Monty Python ---
**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 21, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11008 "2012-05-21T22:42:59Z")
Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis 3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace 4. Jesus Christ Superstar 5. The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas 6. Life of Brian - Monty Python 7. The Grand Inquisitor - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (albeit one chapter in _The Brothers Karamazov_) ---
**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 22, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11009 "2012-05-22T00:35:47Z")
Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis 3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace 4. Jesus Christ Superstar 5. The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas 6. Life of Brian - Monty Python 7. The Grand Inquisitor - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (albeit one chapter in _The Brothers Karamazov_) 8. _Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal_ - Christopher Moore ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11010 "2012-05-22T16:33:53Z")
Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis 3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace 4. Jesus Christ Superstar 5. The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas 6. Life of Brian - Monty Python 7. The Grand Inquisitor - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (albeit one chapter in The Brothers Karamazov) 8. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore 9. The Life of Christ: The Road to Cana - Anne Rice ---
**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 22, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11011 "2012-05-22T18:46:35Z")
Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis 3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace 4. Jesus Christ Superstar 5. The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas 6. Life of Brian - Monty Python 7. The Grand Inquisitor - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (albeit one chapter in The Brothers Karamazov) 8. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore 9. The Life of Christ: The Road to Cana - Anne Rice 10. Quarantine - Jim Crace ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11012 "2012-05-22T23:05:52Z")
Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis 3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace 4. Jesus Christ Superstar 5. The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas 6. Life of Brian - Monty Python 7. The Grand Inquisitor - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (albeit one chapter in The Brothers Karamazov) 8. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore 9. The Life of Christ: The Road to Cana - Anne Rice 10. Quarantine - Jim Crace 11. Light in August – William Faulkner [Joe Christmas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Christmas) is major character ---
**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 22, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11013 "2012-05-22T23:58:19Z")
Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis 3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace 4. Jesus Christ Superstar 5. The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas 6. Life of Brian - Monty Python 7. The Grand Inquisitor - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (albeit one chapter in The Brothers Karamazov) 8. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore 9. The Life of Christ: The Road to Cana - Anne Rice 10. Quarantine - Jim Crace 11. Light in August – William Faulkner 12. Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter As Wikipedia puts it: _“a 2001 cult film which deals with Jesus’ modern-day struggle to protect the lesbians of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from vampires with the help of Mexican wrestler El Santo”_. It’s a loose interpretation of Jesus’ ministry. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11014 "2012-05-23T17:53:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 1. Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter > > As Wikipedia puts it: _“a 2001 cult film which deals with Jesus’ modern-day struggle to protect the lesbians of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from vampires with the help of Mexican wrestler El Santo”_. > > It’s a loose interpretation of Jesus’ ministry. I can’t believe you dug that one out! **Sparky812** and some of his friends appeared in this gem! LOL Fictional works based on the life of Jesus 1. Unholy Night - Seth Grahame-Smith 2. The Last Temptation of Christ - Nikos Kazantzakis 3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace 4. Jesus Christ Superstar 5. The Robe - Lloyd C. Douglas 6. Life of Brian - Monty Python 7. The Grand Inquisitor - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (albeit one chapter in The Brothers Karamazov) 8. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore 9. The Life of Christ: The Road to Cana - Anne Rice 10. Quarantine - Jim Crace 11. Light in August – William Faulkner 12. Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter 13. Jesus of Montreal Actors/Actresses with worst luck on new shows being cancelled, include shows. 1. Laura Innes - The Event, Awake ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11015 "2012-05-23T19:19:28Z")
Actors/Actresses with worst luck on new shows being cancelled, include shows. 1. Laura Innes - The Event, Awake 2. Don Rickles - Don Rickles Show (2), CPO Sharkey, Daddy Dearest. Not sure it was entirely attributable to luck. Unless your category is more aimed at good actors/actresses in bad series. ---
**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 23, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11016 "2012-05-23T19:26:41Z")
Actors/Actresses with worst luck on new shows being cancelled, include shows. 1. Laura Innes - The Event, Awake 2. Don Rickles - Don Rickles Show (2), CPO Sharkey, Daddy Dearest. 3. Lindsay Price - _Coupling_ (cancelled after 4 episodes), _Pepper Dennis_ (14 episodes), _Lipstick Jungle_ (20 episodes), _Eastwick_ (8 episodes). Laura Innes was also a regular on _The Louie Show_, which was cancelled after six episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11017 "2012-05-24T01:22:37Z")
Actors/Actresses with worst luck on new shows being cancelled, include shows. 1. Laura Innes - The Event, Awake 2. Don Rickles - Don Rickles Show (2), CPO Sharkey, Daddy Dearest. 3. Lindsay Price - _Coupling_ (cancelled after 4 episodes), _Pepper Dennis_ (14 episodes), _Lipstick Jungle_ (20 episodes), _Eastwick_ (8 episodes). 4. Sean Maher- in the past year he’s been a regular in _The Playboy Club_ (7 episodes [cancelled after the 2nd episode aired]) and _Make it or Break It_ (8 episodes), but is most famous for his role in _Firefly_ (14 episodes) ---
**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 24, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11018 "2012-05-24T01:23:00Z")
Actors/Actresses with worst luck on new shows being cancelled, include shows. 1. Laura Innes - The Event, Awake 2. Don Rickles - Don Rickles Show (2), CPO Sharkey, Daddy Dearest. 3. Lindsay Price - _Coupling_ (cancelled after 4 episodes), _Pepper Dennis_ (14 episodes), _Lipstick Jungle_ (20 episodes), _Eastwick_ (8 episodes). 4. Leslie Nielsen - Police Squad - I don’t know about bad luck, but the 6 pilot episodes of this series were astronomically funny. Apparently the show was cancelled because “the viewer had to actually pay close attention to the show in order to get much of the humor.” :smack: ---
**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 24, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11019 "2012-05-24T01:37:34Z")
Actors/Actresses with worst luck on new shows being cancelled, include shows. 1. Laura Innes - The Event, Awake 2. Don Rickles - Don Rickles Show (2), CPO Sharkey, Daddy Dearest. 3. Lindsay Price - Coupling (cancelled after 4 episodes), Pepper Dennis (14 episodes), Lipstick Jungle (20 episodes), Eastwick (8 episodes). 4. Leslie Nielsen - Police Squad 5. Paget Brewster - Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Huff, Stacked, etc. For a long time, considered a “showkiller.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11020 "2012-05-24T02:16:48Z")
Actors/Actresses with worst luck on new shows being cancelled, include shows. 1. Laura Innes - The Event, Awake 2. Don Rickles - Don Rickles Show (2), CPO Sharkey, Daddy Dearest. 3. Lindsay Price - Coupling (cancelled after 4 episodes), Pepper Dennis (14 episodes), Lipstick Jungle (20 episodes), Eastwick (8 episodes). 4. Leslie Nielsen - Police Squad 5. Paget Brewster - Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Huff, Stacked, etc. 6. Tim Conway- _Turn On_ and several shows (before and after Carol Burnett) with _Tim Conway Show_ in the title in some form Conway had a sense of humor about it; his license plate for years was **13 WKS**. ---
**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 24, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11021 "2012-05-24T02:20:49Z")
Actors/Actresses with worst luck on new shows being cancelled, include shows. 1. Laura Innes - The Event, Awake 2. Don Rickles - Don Rickles Show (2), CPO Sharkey, Daddy Dearest. 3. Lindsay Price - Coupling, Pepper Dennis, Lipstick Jungle, Eastwick 4. Leslie Nielsen - Police Squad 5. Paget Brewster - Andy Richter Controls the Universe, Huff, Stacked, etc. 6. Tim Conway - Turn On and several shows (before and after Carol Burnett) with Tim Conway Show in the title in some form 7. Summer Glau - Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Cape [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=550) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=552)