# 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:** 562
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11222 "2012-06-14T22:13:01Z")
Famous actors who appeared in the Our Gang shorts and their role. 1.) Jackie Cooper - Jackie 2.) Robert Blake- Mickey 3.) Dwayne Hickman - (character name unknown, Melodies Old and New) 4.) Marianne Edwards – Daisy Dimple Among other claims to “fame”, she appeared in _The Wizard of Oz_ and is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11223 "2012-06-14T22:48:20Z")
Famous actors who appeared in the Our Gang shorts and their role. 1.) Jackie Cooper - Jackie 2.) Robert Blake- Mickey 3.) Dwayne Hickman - (character name unknown, Melodies Old and New) 4.) Marianne Edwards – Daisy Dimple 5.) Carl Switzer-- Alfalfa He did have a few adult stage and screen roles. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11224 "2012-06-15T03:10:27Z")
Famous actors who appeared in the Our Gang shorts and their role. 1.) Jackie Cooper - Jackie 2.) Robert Blake- Mickey 3.) Dwayne Hickman - (character name unknown, Melodies Old and New) 4.) Marianne Edwards – Daisy Dimple 5.) Carl Switzer-- Alfalfa 6.) George McFarland - Spanky Again, this stuff is available by Google and not much fun. For me anyway. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11225 "2012-06-15T03:12:11Z")
Famous actors who appeared in the Our Gang shorts and their role. 1.) Jackie Cooper - Jackie 2.) Robert Blake- Mickey 3.) Dwayne Hickman - (character name unknown, Melodies Old and New) 4.) Marianne Edwards – Daisy Dimple 5.) Carl Switzer-- Alfalfa 6.) George McFarland - Spanky 7.) Tommy Bond - Butch Went on the play Jimmy Olsen in the _Superman_ serials. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11226 "2012-06-15T11:21:00Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I think we’re going to have to use a pretty loose definition of “famous” to get this one filled. 🙂 Sorry everyone, I worded it poorly. I will modify it. Famous Our Gang actors and their roles 1.) Jackie Cooper - Jackie 2.) Robert Blake- Mickey 3.) Dwayne Hickman - (character name unknown, Melodies Old and New) 4.) Marianne Edwards – Daisy Dimple 5.) Carl Switzer-- Alfalfa 6.) George McFarland - Spanky 7.) Tommy Bond - Butch 8.0 Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas, Jr. > [@Leaffan](#): > > Again, this stuff is available by Google and not much fun. For me anyway. ??? Almost every list is googleable, so what’s your point? ---
**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:** [June 15, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11227 "2012-06-15T16:13:02Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > ??? Almost every list is googleable, so what’s your point? Sorry. I was in a bad mood last night… Yes, lists are Googleable. That’s why we need more imaginative topics where one can’t simply pull up the Wikipedia list and \ c, \ v the next item. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11228 "2012-06-15T16:23:02Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Sorry. I was in a bad mood last night… > > Yes, lists are Googleable. That’s why we need more imaginative topics where one can’t simply pull up the Wikipedia list and \ c, \ v the next item. But not _too_ esoteric, please, or we end up waiting multiple days for more people to show up and remember where they had their first kiss. 😃 ---
**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:** [June 15, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11229 "2012-06-15T16:45:13Z")
Famous Our Gang actors and their roles 1.) Jackie Cooper - Jackie 2.) Robert Blake- Mickey 3.) Dwayne Hickman - (character name unknown, Melodies Old and New) 4.) Marianne Edwards – Daisy Dimple 5.) Carl Switzer-- Alfalfa 6.) George McFarland - Spanky 7.) Tommy Bond - Butch 8.) Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas, Jr. 9.) Dickie Moore - Dickie Made his screen debut at the age of 18 months, appeared in over fifty movies mostly as a child actor, gave Shirley Temple her first onscreen kiss, wrote a book about child acting _Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: (But Don’t Have Sex or Take the Car)_, was nominated for an Oscar in 1949 (as a producer not an actor), married actress Jane Powell in 1988, the [couple](http://www.mykindofnewyork.com/dickandjane.htm) live in New York City. “People have a tendency to remember you as you were. Unless you’re careful, you have a tendency to remember you as you were, too.” ---
**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:** [June 15, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11230 "2012-06-15T17:20:45Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > But not _too_ esoteric, please, or we end up waiting multiple days for more people to show up and remember where they had their first kiss. 😃 For anyone wondering, I edited “esoteric” and changed it to “imaginative” in my post after reading it. Esoteric wasn’t quite the word I was looking for, for exactly the reason **Infovore** states. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11231 "2012-06-15T21:02:38Z")
Famous Our Gang actors and their roles 1.) Jackie Cooper - Jackie 2.) Robert Blake- Mickey 3.) Dwayne Hickman - (character name unknown, Melodies Old and New) 4.) Marianne Edwards – Daisy Dimple 5.) Carl Switzer-- Alfalfa 6.) George McFarland - Spanky 7.) Tommy Bond - Butch 8.) Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas, Jr. 9.) Dickie Moore - Dickie 10.) Jay R. Smith- Freckles Became an extra and film crew person after his child star days. Sadly, he made the news again in 2002 when, at the age of 87, he was murdered by a homeless man he had befriended. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11232 "2012-06-16T02:17:32Z")
Famous Our Gang actors and their roles 1.) Jackie Cooper - Jackie 2.) Robert Blake- Mickey 3.) Dwayne Hickman - (character name unknown, Melodies Old and New) 4.) Marianne Edwards – Daisy Dimple 5.) Carl Switzer-- Alfalfa 6.) George McFarland - Spanky 7.) Tommy Bond - Butch 8.) Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas, Jr. 9.) Dickie Moore - Dickie 10.) Jay R. Smith- Freckles 11.) Scotty Beckett - Scotty Beckett was a fairly successful child actor. He was one of the original leads in the _Our Gang_ series before leaving and being replaced by “Alfalfa”. His best known adult role was “Winky” on the TV series _Rocky Jones, Space Ranger_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11233 "2012-06-16T22:23:46Z")
Famous Our Gang actors and their roles 1.) Jackie Cooper - Jackie 2.) Robert Blake- Mickey 3.) Dwayne Hickman - (character name unknown, Melodies Old and New) 4.) Marianne Edwards – Daisy Dimple 5.) Carl Switzer-- Alfalfa 6.) George McFarland - Spanky 7.) Tommy Bond - Butch 8.) Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas, Jr. 9.) Dickie Moore - Dickie 10.) Jay R. Smith- Freckles 11.) Scotty Beckett - Scott 12.) Matthew Beard- Stymie Most famous as [Stymie](http://www.actwin.com/toaph/life/rascals/stymie2.jpg), but if you watched sitcoms in the '70s then you saw him as he made frequent guest appearances on TV shows, including _Sanford & Son_ and _Good Times_. [Adult pic](http://ourgang.laurelandhardycentral.com/ourgang/buddyh01.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11234 "2012-06-17T02:28:22Z")
Famous Our Gang actors and their roles 1.) Jackie Cooper - Jackie 2.) Robert Blake- Mickey 3.) Dwayne Hickman - (character name unknown, Melodies Old and New) 4.) Marianne Edwards – Daisy Dimple 5.) Carl Switzer-- Alfalfa 6.) George McFarland - Spanky 7.) Tommy Bond - Butch 8.) Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas, Jr. 9.) Dickie Moore - Dickie 10.) Jay R. Smith- Freckles 11.) Scotty Beckett - Scott 12.) Matthew Beard- Stymie 13. Darla Hood – Darla Among her post -_Our Gang_ roles were a member of Edgar Bergen’s ventriloquist troupe and a voice-over artist on Campbell’s Soup commercials. New category: Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11235 "2012-06-17T02:51:13Z")
New category: Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling 2. Long Island Iced Tea We’ve done this one before. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11236 "2012-06-17T06:37:16Z")
Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling 2. Long Island Iced Tea 3. Alabama Slammer Vodka, Southern Comfort, amaretto, sloe gin and orange juice ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11237 "2012-06-17T12:10:11Z")
Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling 2. Long Island Iced Tea 3. Alabama Slammer 4. Colorado Bulldog ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11238 "2012-06-17T12:47:38Z")
Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling 2. Long Island Iced Tea 3. Alabama Slammer 4. Colorado Bulldog 5. Manhattan Clam Chowder ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11239 "2012-06-17T14:14:10Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > Drinks named after geographical locations > > 1. Singapore Sling > 2. Long Island Iced Tea > 3. Alabama Slammer > 4. Colorado Bulldog > 5. Manhattan Clam Chowder I don’t think that would be a very popular beverage, even in a New York bar. 😉 Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling 2. Long Island Iced Tea 3. Alabama Slammer 4. Colorado Bulldog 5. Manhattan Clam Chowder 6. Manhattan ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11240 "2012-06-17T17:36:05Z")
Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling 2. Long Island Iced Tea 3. Alabama Slammer 4. Colorado Bulldog 5. Manhattan Clam Chowder 6. Manhattan 7. Daiquiri The drink was invented in Cuba and named after a local beach. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11241 "2012-06-17T18:06:28Z")
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