# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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\
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**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12922 "2012-10-27T19:07:45Z")

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Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare

1. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\*
2. John Steinbeck’s _ **The Winter of Our Discontent** _
3. Alfred Hitchcock’s _ **North by Northwest** _
4. Ernst Lubitsch’s _ **To Be or Not to Be** _
5. The mini-series, _ **Band of Brothers** _
6. Moss Hart’s _ **Light Up The Sky** _
7. Frederick Forsyth’s _ **The Dogs of War** _

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12923 "2012-10-27T19:28:56Z")

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Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare

1. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\*
2. John Steinbeck’s _ **The Winter of Our Discontent** _
3. Alfred Hitchcock’s _ **North by Northwest** _
4. Ernst Lubitsch’s _ **To Be or Not to Be** _
5. The mini-series, _ **Band of Brothers** _
6. Moss Hart’s _ **Light Up The Sky** _
7. Frederick Forsyth’s _ **The Dogs of War** _
8. Ray Bradbury’s _ **Something Wicked this Way Comes** _

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12924 "2012-10-27T21:39:44Z")

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Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare

1. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\*
2. John Steinbeck’s _ **The Winter of Our Discontent** _
3. Alfred Hitchcock’s _ **North by Northwest** _
4. Ernst Lubitsch’s _ **To Be or Not to Be** _
5. The mini-series, _ **Band of Brothers** _
6. Moss Hart’s _ **Light Up The Sky** _
7. Frederick Forsyth’s _ **The Dogs of War** _
8. Ray Bradbury’s _ **Something Wicked this Way Comes** _
9. Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury”

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**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:** [October 27, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12925 "2012-10-27T21:43:19Z")

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Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare

1. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\*
2. John Steinbeck’s _ **The Winter of Our Discontent** _
3. Alfred Hitchcock’s _ **North by Northwest** _
4. Ernst Lubitsch’s _ **To Be or Not to Be** _
5. The mini-series, _ **Band of Brothers** _
6. Moss Hart’s _ **Light Up The Sky** _
7. Frederick Forsyth’s _ **The Dogs of War** _
8. Ray Bradbury’s _ **Something Wicked this Way Comes** _
9. Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury”
10. Kate Wilhelm’s _ **Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang** _

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12926 "2012-10-27T21:50:08Z")

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Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare

1. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\*
2. John Steinbeck’s _ **The Winter of Our Discontent** _
3. Alfred Hitchcock’s _ **North by Northwest** _
4. Ernst Lubitsch’s _ **To Be or Not to Be** _
5. The mini-series, _ **Band of Brothers** _
6. Moss Hart’s _ **Light Up The Sky** _
7. Frederick Forsyth’s _ **The Dogs of War** _
8. Ray Bradbury’s _ **Something Wicked this Way Comes** _
9. Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury”
10. Kate Wilhelm’s _ **Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang** _
11. David Foster Wallace’s _ **Infinite Jest** _

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12927 "2012-10-27T22:46:18Z")

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Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare

1. Aldous Huxley’s\*\*\* Brave New World\*\*\*

2. John Steinbeck’s _ **The Winter of Our Discontent** _

3. Alfred Hitchcock’s _ **North by Northwest** _

4. Ernst Lubitsch’s _ **To Be or Not to Be** _

5. The mini-series, _ **Band of Brothers** _

6. Moss Hart’s _ **Light Up The Sky** _

7. Frederick Forsyth’s _ **The Dogs of War** _

8. Ray Bradbury’s _ **Something Wicked this Way Comes** _

9. Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury”

10. Kate Wilhelm’s _ **Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang** _

11. David Foster Wallace’s _ **Infinite Jest** _  
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12. Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe mystery\*\*\* And Be a Villain\*\*\* (quote from Hamlet: “Meet it is I set it down that one may smile, and smile, and be a villain.”)

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**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:** [October 28, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12928 "2012-10-28T00:23:00Z")

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Movie or Literary Titles That Come From Shakespeare

1. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World

2. John Steinbeck’s The Winter of Our Discontent

3. Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest

4. Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be

5. The mini-series, Band of Brothers

6. Moss Hart’s Light Up The Sky

7. Frederick Forsyth’s The Dogs of War

8. Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked this Way Comes

9. Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury”

10. Kate Wilhelm’s Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

11. David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest  
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12. Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe mystery And Be a Villain (quote from Hamlet: “Meet it is I set it down that one may smile, and smile, and be a villain.”)  
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13. _Star Trek VI the Undiscovered Country_

Hugely optimistic songs

1. Beginnings, Chicago

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**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12929 "2012-10-28T00:30:32Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings,” Chicago
2. “Tomorrow,” Annie

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**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:** [October 28, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12930 "2012-10-28T04:06:34Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings,” Chicago
2. “Tomorrow,” Annie
3. “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12931 "2012-10-28T04:15:11Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings,” Chicago
2. “Tomorrow,” Annie
3. “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong
4. “Everything Is Beautiful” – Ray Stevens

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**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12932 "2012-10-28T04:19:31Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings,” Chicago
2. “Tomorrow,” Annie
3. “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong
4. “Everything Is Beautiful” – Ray Stevens
5. “Crazy Beautiful Life,” Ke$ha

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12933 "2012-10-28T04:33:18Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings,” Chicago
2. “Tomorrow,” Annie
3. “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong
4. “Everything Is Beautiful” – Ray Stevens
5. “Crazy Beautiful Life,” Ke$ha
6. “Enormous Penis” by Da Vinci’s Notebook (listen for yourself: [Enormous Penis a cappella (Da Vinci's Notebook) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY3ggKAPIE))

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**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:** [October 28, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12934 "2012-10-28T04:40:48Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings,” Chicago
2. “Tomorrow,” Annie
3. “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong
4. “Everything Is Beautiful” – Ray Stevens
5. “Crazy Beautiful Life,” Ke$ha
6. “Enormous Penis” by Da Vinci’s Notebook (listen for yourself: [Enormous Penis a cappella (Da Vinci's Notebook) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY3ggKAPIE))
7. “I Can See Clearly Now” - Johnny Nash

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**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12935 "2012-10-28T06:42:39Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings” - Chicago
2. “Tomorrow” - Annie
3. “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong
4. “Everything Is Beautiful”-- Ray Stevens
5. “Crazy Beautiful Life” - Ke$ha
6. “Enormous Penis” - Da Vinci’s Notebook (listen for yourself: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY3ggKAPIE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY3ggKAPIE))
7. “I Can See Clearly Now” - Johnny Nash
8. “Annie’s Song” - John Denver

Penned in 1974 after a particularly inspirational ski-run in Colorado (and, we assume, some truly amazing vacation sex (or just lots of it)), John Denver divorced Annie 8 years later and, uh, well… let’s just [go to Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Denver#Personal_life):

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> … the ensuing property settlement caused Denver to become so enraged he nearly choked his ex-wife, then used a chainsaw to cut the marital bed in half.

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**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12936 "2012-10-28T07:47:38Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings” - Chicago
2. “Tomorrow” - Annie
3. “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong
4. “Everything Is Beautiful”-- Ray Stevens
5. “Crazy Beautiful Life” - Ke$ha
6. “Enormous Penis” - Da Vinci’s Notebook (listen for yourself: [Enormous Penis a cappella (Da Vinci's Notebook) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY3ggKAPIE))
7. “I Can See Clearly Now” - Johnny Nash
8. “Annie’s Song” - John Denver
9. “You’re the Inspiration” - Chicago (lyrics: “_You know our love was meant to be, the kind of love to last forever…_”)

\<RANT ON\>  
The first dance song at my first wedding. Bunch of BS that all was. Damned wife (now ex) - I was totally faithful and she just up and left me & 3 kids after 11+ years of marriage.

No I’m not still bearing a grudge, just telling it like it was, 17 years ago.

Let’s continue the game, shall we?  
\<RANT OFF\>

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**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12937 "2012-10-28T08:39:43Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings” - Chicago
2. “Tomorrow” - Annie
3. “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong
4. “Everything Is Beautiful”-- Ray Stevens
5. “Crazy Beautiful Life” - Ke$ha
6. “Enormous Penis” - Da Vinci’s Notebook (listen for yourself: [Enormous Penis a cappella (Da Vinci's Notebook) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY3ggKAPIE))
7. “I Can See Clearly Now” - Johnny Nash
8. “Annie’s Song” - John Denver
9. “You’re the Inspiration” - Chicago (lyrics: “_You know our love was meant to be, the kind of love to last forever…_”)
10. “Everything is Honey” - Winnie the Pooh

It _should_ be.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12938 "2012-10-28T09:54:45Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings” - Chicago
2. “Tomorrow” - Annie
3. “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong
4. “Everything Is Beautiful”-- Ray Stevens
5. “Crazy Beautiful Life” - Ke$ha
6. “Enormous Penis” - Da Vinci’s Notebook (listen for yourself: [Enormous Penis a cappella (Da Vinci's Notebook) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY3ggKAPIE))
7. “I Can See Clearly Now” - Johnny Nash
8. “Annie’s Song” - John Denver
9. “You’re the Inspiration” - Chicago (lyrics: “_You know our love was meant to be, the kind of love to last forever…_”)
10. “Everything is Honey” - Winnie the Pooh
11. “Always and Forever” - Heatwave

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12939 "2012-10-28T12:08:20Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings” - Chicago
2. “Tomorrow” - Annie
3. “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong
4. “Everything Is Beautiful”-- Ray Stevens
5. “Crazy Beautiful Life” - Ke$ha
6. “Enormous Penis” - Da Vinci’s Notebook (listen for yourself: [Enormous Penis a cappella (Da Vinci's Notebook) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY3ggKAPIE))
7. “I Can See Clearly Now” - Johnny Nash
8. “Annie’s Song” - John Denver
9. “You’re the Inspiration” - Chicago (lyrics: “_You know our love was meant to be, the kind of love to last forever…_”)
10. “Everything is Honey” - Winnie the Pooh
11. “Always and Forever” - Heatwave
12. Jerome Kern’s “Look For the Silver Lining”

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**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12940 "2012-10-28T14:25:33Z")

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Hugely optimistic songs

1. “Beginnings” - Chicago
2. “Tomorrow” - Annie
3. “What a Wonderful World” - Louis Armstrong
4. “Everything Is Beautiful”-- Ray Stevens
5. “Crazy Beautiful Life” - Ke$ha
6. “Enormous Penis” - Da Vinci’s Notebook (listen for yourself: [Enormous Penis a cappella (Da Vinci's Notebook) - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpY3ggKAPIE))
7. “I Can See Clearly Now” - Johnny Nash
8. “Annie’s Song” - John Denver
9. “You’re the Inspiration” - Chicago (lyrics: “_You know our love was meant to be, the kind of love to last forever…_”)
10. “Everything is Honey” - Winnie the Pooh
11. “Always and Forever” - Heatwave
12. Jerome Kern’s “Look For the Silver Lining”
13. “We’ve Only Just Begun,” Carpenters

Passing…drawing a blank for a new topic

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/12941 "2012-10-28T15:48:22Z")

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Famous People Who Were Beheaded

1. St. Thomas More

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