# 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:** 661
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13202 "2012-11-12T23:34:14Z")
Songs with a “Twist” 1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke 3. “Peppermint Twist” - Joey Dee and the Starliters 4. Twist and Shout - Originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. Some other little British band had a version too. 5. “Down at the Twist and Shout” - Mary Chapin Carpenter 6. “Twist In My Sobriety” - Tanita Tikaram 7. “She Twists the Knife Again” - Richard Thompson 8. “Twist, Rattle, and Roll” - Jerry Lee Lewis 9. “Twisting” - They Might Be Giants ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13203 "2012-11-13T00:17:01Z")
Songs with a “Twist” 1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke 3. “Peppermint Twist” - Joey Dee and the Starliters 4. Twist and Shout - Originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. Some other little British band had a version too. 5. “Down at the Twist and Shout” - Mary Chapin Carpenter 6. “Twist In My Sobriety” - Tanita Tikaram 7. “She Twists the Knife Again” - Richard Thompson 8. “Twist, Rattle, and Roll” - Jerry Lee Lewis 9. “Twisting” - They Might Be Giants 10. “Twisted” - Keith Sweat ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13204 "2012-11-13T02:03:55Z")
1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke 3. “Peppermint Twist” - Joey Dee and the Starliters 4. Twist and Shout - Originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. Some other little British band had a version too. 5. “Down at the Twist and Shout” - Mary Chapin Carpenter 6. “Twist In My Sobriety” - Tanita Tikaram 7. “She Twists the Knife Again” - Richard Thompson 8. “Twist, Rattle, and Roll” - Jerry Lee Lewis 9. “Twisting” - They Might Be Giants 10. “Twisted” - Keith Sweat 11. “Spiral Twist” - Siouxsie and the Banshees ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13205 "2012-11-13T02:27:41Z")
1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke 3. “Peppermint Twist” - Joey Dee and the Starliters 4. Twist and Shout - Originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. Some other little British band had a version too. 5. “Down at the Twist and Shout” - Mary Chapin Carpenter 6. “Twist In My Sobriety” - Tanita Tikaram 7. “She Twists the Knife Again” - Richard Thompson 8. “Twist, Rattle, and Roll” - Jerry Lee Lewis 9. “Twisting” - They Might Be Giants 10. “Twisted” - Keith Sweat 11. “Spiral Twist” - Siouxsie and the Banshees 12. “Viens, Danser Le Twist” - Johnny Hallyday ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13206 "2012-11-13T02:58:43Z")
Songs with a “Twist” 1. Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke 3. “Peppermint Twist” - Joey Dee and the Starliters 4. Twist and Shout - Originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. Some other little British band had a version too. 5. “Down at the Twist and Shout” - Mary Chapin Carpenter 6. “Twist In My Sobriety” - Tanita Tikaram 7. “She Twists the Knife Again” - Richard Thompson 8. “Twist, Rattle, and Roll” - Jerry Lee Lewis 9. “Twisting” - They Might Be Giants 10. “Twisted” - Keith Sweat 11. “Spiral Twist” - Siouxsie and the Banshees 12. “Viens, Danser Le Twist” - Johnny Hallyday 13. “Let’s Twist Again” - Chubby Checker Next Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13207 "2012-11-13T04:42:21Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13208 "2012-11-13T04:59:56Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects 3. The Sting ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13209 "2012-11-13T06:02:28Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects 3. The Sting 4. The Crying Game ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13210 "2012-11-13T10:39:30Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects 3. The Sting 4. The Crying Game 5. The Da Vinci Code ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13211 "2012-11-13T12:53:09Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects 3. The Sting 4. The Crying Game 5. The Da Vinci Code 6. Se7en ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13212 "2012-11-13T15:55:17Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects 3. The Sting 4. The Crying Game 5. The Da Vinci Code 6. Se7en 7. Frailty [Frailty - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frailty_(film)) ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13213 "2012-11-13T15:56:48Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects 3. The Sting 4. The Crying Game 5. The Da Vinci Code 6. Se7en 7. Frailty [Frailty - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frailty_(film)) 8. Planet of the Apes ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13214 "2012-11-13T16:17:44Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects 3. The Sting 4. The Crying Game 5. The Da Vinci Code 6. Se7en 7. Frailty [Frailty - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frailty_(film)) 8. Planet of the Apes 9. No Way Out (slightly better than average Kevin Costner movie with a GREAT ending) ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13215 "2012-11-13T17:40:57Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects 3. The Sting 4. The Crying Game 5. The Da Vinci Code 6. Se7en 7. Frailty [Frailty - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frailty_(film)) 8. Planet of the Apes 9. No Way Out (slightly better than average Kevin Costner movie with a GREAT ending) 10. The Sixth Sense (seriously, we made it to #10 without this one? I had to double check that the title wasn’t “Movies \*not by M. Night Shyamalan \* with Twist Endings.”) 😃 ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13216 "2012-11-13T18:16:19Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects 3. The Sting 4. The Crying Game 5. The Da Vinci Code 6. Se7en 7. Frailty [Frailty - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frailty_(film)) 8. Planet of the Apes 9. No Way Out (slightly better than average Kevin Costner movie with a GREAT ending) 10. The Sixth Sense 11. Psycho ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13217 "2012-11-13T18:37:22Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects 3. The Sting 4. The Crying Game 5. The Da Vinci Code 6. Se7en 7. Frailty [Frailty - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frailty_(film)) 8. Planet of the Apes 9. No Way Out (slightly better than average Kevin Costner movie with a GREAT ending) 10. The Sixth Sense 11. Psycho 12. Wild Things ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13218 "2012-11-13T19:07:52Z")
Movies with Twist Endings 1. The Shawshank Redemption 2. The Usual Suspects 3. The Sting 4. The Crying Game 5. The Da Vinci Code 6. Se7en 7. Frailty [Frailty - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frailty_(film)) 8. Planet of the Apes 9. No Way Out (slightly better than average Kevin Costner movie with a GREAT ending) 10. The Sixth Sense 11. Psycho 12. Wild Thing 13. Identity New topic: White actors playing Asians on film 1. Mickey Rooney in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” ---
**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:** [November 13, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13219 "2012-11-13T19:10:11Z")
White actors playing Asians on film 1. Mickey Rooney in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” 2. Peter Sellers in “The Party” ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13220 "2012-11-13T19:19:19Z")
White actors playing Asians on film 1. Mickey Rooney in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” 2. Peter Sellers in “The Party” 3. Ben Kingsley as “Gandhi” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13221 "2012-11-13T19:54:18Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > White actors playing Asians on film > > 1. Mickey Rooney in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” > 2. Peter Sellers in “The Party” > 3. Ben Kingsley as “Gandhi” Ben Kingsley is half Indian, though he was born and raised in England. His real name is Krishna Bhanji. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=660) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=662)