# 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
**Page:** 965
### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19283 "2013-08-18T00:16:52Z")
13 Cast replacements they hoped you wouldn’t notice! Character actor replaced by, show
1. Laurie Ann Foreman - Lisa Robin Kelly replaced by Christina Moore, That 70s Show
2. Becky Conner - Sarah Chalke replaced and was replaced by Lecy Goranson, Roseanne
3. Darrin Stevens - Dick Sergeant replaced Dick York, Bewitched
4. Victor [Halliwell] Bennett - James Read replaced Tony Denison, Charmed
5. Lionel Jefferson - Damon Evans replaced and was replaced by Mike Evans, The Jeffersons
6. Miss Ellie Ewing - Barbara Bel Geddes replaced by Donna Reed replaced by Barbara Bel Geddes, Dallas
7. ‘Aunt’ Vivian Banks- Janet Hubert was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid
8. Major Tony Nelson - Larry Hagman was replaced by Christopher Bolton in the sequel, I Still Dream of Jeannie
9. Chris Partridge - Brian Forster replaced Jeremy Gelbwaks, The Partridge Family
10. JohnBoy Walton - Richard Thomas replaced by Robert Wightman replaced by Richard Thomas, The Waltons
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19284 "2013-08-18T02:20:41Z")
13 Cast replacements they hoped you wouldn’t notice! Character actor replaced by, show
1. Laurie Ann Foreman - Lisa Robin Kelly replaced by Christina Moore, That 70s Show
2. Becky Conner - Sarah Chalke replaced and was replaced by Lecy Goranson, Roseanne
3. Darrin Stevens - Dick Sergeant replaced Dick York, Bewitched
4. Victor [Halliwell] Bennett - James Read replaced Tony Denison, Charmed
5. Lionel Jefferson - Damon Evans replaced and was replaced by Mike Evans, The Jeffersons
6. Miss Ellie Ewing - Barbara Bel Geddes replaced by Donna Reed replaced by Barbara Bel Geddes, Dallas
7. ‘Aunt’ Vivian Banks - Janet Hubert was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid
8. Major Tony Nelson - Larry Hagman was replaced by Christopher Bolton in the sequel, I Still Dream of Jeannie
9. Chris Partridge - Brian Forster replaced Jeremy Gelbwaks, The Partridge Family
10. JohnBoy Walton - Richard Thomas replaced by Robert Wightman replaced by Richard Thomas, The Waltons
11. Spartacus - Liam McIntyre replaced Andy Whitfield, _Spartacus_
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19285 "2013-08-18T04:00:20Z")
13 Cast replacements they hoped you wouldn’t notice! Character actor replaced by, show
1. Laurie Ann Foreman - Lisa Robin Kelly replaced by Christina Moore, That 70s Show
2. Becky Conner - Sarah Chalke replaced and was replaced by Lecy Goranson, Roseanne
3. Darrin Stevens - Dick Sergeant replaced Dick York, Bewitched
4. Victor [Halliwell] Bennett - James Read replaced Tony Denison, Charmed
5. Lionel Jefferson - Damon Evans replaced and was replaced by Mike Evans, The Jeffersons
6. Miss Ellie Ewing - Barbara Bel Geddes replaced by Donna Reed replaced by Barbara Bel Geddes, Dallas
7. ‘Aunt’ Vivian Banks - Janet Hubert was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid
8. Major Tony Nelson - Larry Hagman was replaced by Christopher Bolton in the sequel, I Still Dream of Jeannie
9. Chris Partridge - Brian Forster replaced Jeremy Gelbwaks, The Partridge Family
10. JohnBoy Walton - Richard Thomas replaced by Robert Wightman replaced by Richard Thomas, The Waltons
11. Spartacus - Liam McIntyre replaced Andy Whitfield, Spartacus
12. On _ **Batman** _ - Eartha Kitt repalced Julie Newmar as Catwoman, John Astin replaced Frank Gorshin as Riddler, and Eli Wallach replaced Otto Preminger as Mr. Freeze.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19286 "2013-08-18T05:08:01Z")
13 Cast replacements they hoped you wouldn’t notice! Character actor replaced by, show
1. Laurie Ann Foreman - Lisa Robin Kelly replaced by Christina Moore, That 70s Show
2. Becky Conner - Sarah Chalke replaced and was replaced by Lecy Goranson, Roseanne
3. Darrin Stevens - Dick Sergeant replaced Dick York, Bewitched
4. Victor [Halliwell] Bennett - James Read replaced Tony Denison, Charmed
5. Lionel Jefferson - Damon Evans replaced and was replaced by Mike Evans, The Jeffersons
6. Miss Ellie Ewing - Barbara Bel Geddes replaced by Donna Reed replaced by Barbara Bel Geddes, Dallas
7. ‘Aunt’ Vivian Banks - Janet Hubert was replaced by Daphne Maxwell Reid
8. Major Tony Nelson - Larry Hagman was replaced by Christopher Bolton in the sequel, I Still Dream of Jeannie
9. Chris Partridge - Brian Forster replaced Jeremy Gelbwaks, The Partridge Family
10. JohnBoy Walton - Richard Thomas replaced by Robert Wightman replaced by Richard Thomas, The Waltons
11. Spartacus - Liam McIntyre replaced Andy Whitfield, Spartacus
12. On _ **Batman** _ - Eartha Kitt repalced Julie Newmar as Catwoman, John Astin replaced Frank Gorshin as Riddler, and Eli Wallach replaced Otto Preminger as Mr. Freeze.
13. Dr Rudy Wells - played by Martin Balsam, Alan Oppenheimer, and Martin E. Brooks, _The Six Million Dollar Man_
During one episode, to save money, they used old footage of Oppenheimer (in a flashback scene) along with with current footage of Brooks.
I’ll pass
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19287 "2013-08-18T17:19:55Z")
New! Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19288 "2013-08-18T17:25:05Z")
New! Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19289 "2013-08-18T17:45:41Z")
Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
3. pots/stop
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19290 "2013-08-18T17:54:13Z")
Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
3. pots/stop
4. desserts/stressed
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19291 "2013-08-18T18:00:45Z")
Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
3. pots/stop
4. desserts/stressed
5. wolf/flow
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19292 "2013-08-18T18:06:57Z")
Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
3. pots/stop
4. desserts/stressed
5. wolf/flow
6. devil/lived
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19293 "2013-08-18T19:26:32Z")
Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
3. pots/stop
4. desserts/stressed
5. wolf/flow
6. devil/lived
7. star/rats
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19294 "2013-08-18T19:37:52Z")
Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
3. pots/stop
4. desserts/stressed
5. wolf/flow
6. devil/lived
7. star/rats
8. recaps/spacer
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19295 "2013-08-18T20:18:13Z")
Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
3. pots/stop
4. desserts/stressed
5. wolf/flow
6. devil/lived
7. star/rats
8. recaps/spacer
9. reward/drawer
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19296 "2013-08-18T21:01:35Z")
Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
3. pots/stop
4. desserts/stressed
5. wolf/flow
6. devil/lived
7. star/rats
8. recaps/spacer
9. reward/drawer
10. pal/lap
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19297 "2013-08-18T21:11:26Z")
Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
3. pots/stop
4. desserts/stressed
5. wolf/flow
6. devil/lived
7. star/rats
8. recaps/spacer
9. reward/drawer
10. pal/lap
11. Dog/God
(It took 11 entries? 😉 )
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### Author:  [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19298 "2013-08-18T21:47:46Z")
Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
3. pots/stop
4. desserts/stressed
5. wolf/flow
6. devil/lived
7. star/rats
8. recaps/spacer
9. reward/drawer
10. pal/lap
11. Dog/God
12. flog/golf
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### Author:  [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19299 "2013-08-18T22:15:46Z")
Words that are a different word when spelled backwards. (No Brand Names, please.)
1. diaper/repaid
2. pupils/slipup
3. pots/stop
4. desserts/stressed
5. wolf/flow
6. devil/lived
7. star/rats
8. recaps/spacer
9. reward/drawer
10. pal/lap
11. Dog/God
12. flog/golf
13. Dennis/sinned
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Unusual instruments used in rock/pop songs\*\*
1. Oboe, “I Got You Babe” (Sonny and Cher)
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19300 "2013-08-18T22:26:28Z")
Unusual instruments used in rock/pop songs
1. Oboe, “I Got You Babe” (Sonny and Cher)
2. Cowbell, "Don’t Fear The Reaper (BOC)
Oh, come on. You knew someone was going to throw that in - I was just first.
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19301 "2013-08-18T22:32:58Z")
Unusual instruments used in rock/pop songs
1. Oboe, “I Got You Babe” (Sonny and Cher)
2. Cowbell, "Don’t Fear The Reaper (BOC)
3. Theramin, “Good Vibrations” (Beach Boys)
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### Author:  [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19302 "2013-08-18T22:42:15Z")
Unusual instruments used in rock/pop songs
1. Oboe, “I Got You Babe” (Sonny and Cher)
2. Cowbell, "Don’t Fear The Reaper (BOC)
3. Theramin, “Good Vibrations” (Beach Boys)
4. Bagpipes, “It’s a Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll” (AC/DC)
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