# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=112 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 113 --- ## [So I'm Finally Watching Buffy... \[Progressive unboxed spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-finally-watching-buffy-progressive-unboxed-spoilers/539107)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 837\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-finally-watching-buffy-progressive-unboxed-spoilers/539107 "2024-09-11T19:42:37Z")
My husband and I are finally watching Buffy to see what all the fuss is about. I don’t know exactly how to describe my reaction to this show. You know how when you first see Firefly, you’re like, ‘‘Holy shit, this is g… --- ## [Can anyone guess the title of this movie, beyond the title of "one I've the most hilariously bad movies I've ever seen"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-guess-the-title-of-this-movie-beyond-the-title-of-one-ive-the-most-hilariously-bad-movies-ive-ever-seen/1006837)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-guess-the-title-of-this-movie-beyond-the-title-of-one-ive-the-most-hilariously-bad-movies-ive-ever-seen/1006837 "2024-09-11T17:08:45Z")
\[Album\] imgur.com Of course you can easily Google it, but I’m hone… --- ## [NBC keeps complete Today Show episodes on their site for only 3 days after airing- then, no public archive of them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-keeps-complete-today-show-episodes-on-their-site-for-only-3-days-after-airing-then-no-public-archive-of-them/1007080)
**Author:** [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-keeps-complete-today-show-episodes-on-their-site-for-only-3-days-after-airing-then-no-public-archive-of-them/1007080 "2024-09-11T14:16:52Z")
They do retain certain clips from past episodes that are available on their site, but not the intact full episode. My question- in the modern digital age, there has to be some digital archive where major networks like N… --- ## [Is breaded and fried fish still considered "good" for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-breaded-and-fried-fish-still-considered-good-for-you/1006988)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-breaded-and-fried-fish-still-considered-good-for-you/1006988 "2024-09-11T00:52:06Z")
Or does the added oil override any benefits? --- ## [Star Wars The Acolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-the-acolyte/999056)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-the-acolyte/999056 "2024-09-10T22:05:46Z")
Trailer for the new series --- ## [RIP James Earl Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-james-earl-jones/1007029)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-james-earl-jones/1007029 "2024-09-10T17:48:12Z")
--- ## [Trying to find children's picture book from the 70s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-childrens-picture-book-from-the-70s/1007068)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-childrens-picture-book-from-the-70s/1007068 "2024-09-10T17:32:56Z")
Long shot here but I’m trying to locate a copy of a picture book my grandparents kept for me at their house that was a favorite of mine. Was from the late 70s. Note: It was NOT a Richard Scarry book. The details I reme… --- ## [How much is a 11 1/2 oz bag of Doritos where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-11-1-2-oz-bag-of-doritos-where-you-live/590289)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-11-1-2-oz-bag-of-doritos-where-you-live/590289 "2024-09-10T17:06:18Z")
I lived in China from 2003-2005. One of three things I really missed was Doritos(the other two were Mountain dew and Taco Bell). Anyway, when I returned in 2005, I started buying a bag of Doritos about once a month or so… --- ## [Prince and the documentary that can't be released (NY Times longread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-the-documentary-that-cant-be-released-ny-times-longread/1007051)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-the-documentary-that-cant-be-released-ny-times-longread/1007051 "2024-09-10T15:42:44Z")
A nine-hour documentary shows 1980s pop legend Prince as you’ve never seen him before. But if Prince’s estate has its way, you won’t see it at all. This New York Times story (gift link) is gripping. A must-read. --- ## [Looking for a 60's paperback cookbook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-60s-paperback-cookbook/1007059)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-60s-paperback-cookbook/1007059 "2024-09-10T14:12:52Z")
This is like looking for that needle in a haystack, but in the 60’s I had a paperback ‘counterculture’ cookbook from perhaps a commune. Written by a rather cynical or cynical hippie chick. The title may have had the w… --- ## [What do you think about the two Beowulfs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-two-beowulfs/1006928)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-two-beowulfs/1006928 "2024-09-10T11:28:24Z")
There’s an interesting problem at the beginning of the Old English poem Beowulf. The poem is of course about the Geatish hero named Beowulf who comes to the aid of the Danish king Hrothgar, whose court is being terrorize… --- ## [Top five looney tunes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-looney-tunes/1005663)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-looney-tunes/1005663 "2024-09-10T02:15:55Z")
Mine: Kitty Kornered (The one with the cats as Martians and Teddy Roosevelt) Feed the Kitty One Froggy Evening Chow Hound ( “This time we didn’t forget the gravy” ) Draftee Daffy --- ## ['Bad' actors who you still enjoy watching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-actors-who-you-still-enjoy-watching/1006465)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-actors-who-you-still-enjoy-watching/1006465 "2024-09-09T19:00:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from Actors/resses that makes you NOT want to see a movie: What makes for a ‘bad’ actor is entirely subjective, of course. Hence the quote marks. But this comment from the other thread: …got … --- ## [Who are your favorite characters from the (original) TV series “Frasier”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-characters-from-the-original-tv-series-frasier/1006902)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-characters-from-the-original-tv-series-frasier/1006902 "2024-09-09T15:51:50Z")
poll --- ## [Theme from "The Third Man"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-from-the-third-man/1006706)
**Author:** [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-from-the-third-man/1006706 "2024-09-09T15:33:06Z")
Would someone please tell me who recorded a rock and roll version of “The Third Man” theme? --- ## [After 26 years I'm cutting off DirecTv](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-26-years-im-cutting-off-directv/1006858)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-26-years-im-cutting-off-directv/1006858 "2024-09-09T15:16:11Z")
It’s been a long ride with DirecTv. I learned about the service in Best Buy. I bought the dish and receiver. Did my own install in 1998. It felt so good cutting off my crappy Cable. It was so unreliable. My original Dir… --- ## [Doomsday Mission question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doomsday-mission-question/1006697)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doomsday-mission-question/1006697 "2024-09-09T13:54:02Z")
Back in 1967 most of Doomsday Mission was filmed, then shelved. In 1972 money was gathered and the film was finished, but since the original cast and sets weren’t available, they killed off most of the crew, leaving the… --- ## [Is it necessary to season a new pipe with honey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-necessary-to-season-a-new-pipe-with-honey/1004771)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-necessary-to-season-a-new-pipe-with-honey/1004771 "2024-09-09T06:45:45Z")
In case anybody is unclear, I’m talking about a pipe that is used to smoke tobacco. I recently was gifted a nice, new Lorenzetti briar pipe. It appears to be tobacco-ready, but I’ve always ever seasoned my pipes with h… --- ## [Identify this cartoon/old movie short](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-cartoon-old-movie-short/1006974)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-cartoon-old-movie-short/1006974 "2024-09-09T03:40:24Z")
Today I had a memory of someone accidentally making biscuits with gunpowder instead of baking powder, and maybe (after the mistake was discovered) using the biscuits in a mortar. Ring any bells or am I imagining the who… --- ## [Dolomites: any recommendations for ~5 days hut to hut trek that avoids ferratas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolomites-any-recommendations-for-5-days-hut-to-hut-trek-that-avoids-ferratas/1006975)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolomites-any-recommendations-for-5-days-hut-to-hut-trek-that-avoids-ferratas/1006975 "2024-09-08T23:10:19Z")
I may be on a business trip near Milan soon, and be able to take some time off to do 4 or 5 day hike. I don’t mind sleeping in mountain hut dorms, but can afford something pricey as well. May end up signing up for a “sol… --- ## [Agatha Christie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/1004809)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christie/1004809 "2024-09-08T20:13:05Z")
I’m looking for Agatha Christie recommendations, but specifically, I’m listening to her on Audible right now, in my car to and from work, and once a week, when I have an hour-long drive, which is why I decided to go ahea… --- ## [LOTR: by what sorts of processes did Sauron reconstitute himself and his power after losing the Ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-by-what-sorts-of-processes-did-sauron-reconstitute-himself-and-his-power-after-losing-the-ring/1006493)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-by-what-sorts-of-processes-did-sauron-reconstitute-himself-and-his-power-after-losing-the-ring/1006493 "2024-09-08T15:22:41Z")
We all know the story, from the beginning of the films: at the end of the 2nd Age, the Last Alliance of Elves and Men succeeds in defeating Sauron and his forces, when Isildur cuts the One Ring from his hand. In the film… --- ## [Poll - Favourite Classical Composers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-favourite-classical-composers/1006426)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-favourite-classical-composers/1006426 "2024-09-08T15:12:15Z")
You’ll find composers from every era, starting from the Renaissance and including three composers who are still alive and active as I write these lines. I had to make some really tough choices since polls are limited to… --- ## [Should I undercook my marinara?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-undercook-my-marinara/1006825)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-undercook-my-marinara/1006825 "2024-09-08T04:17:24Z")
I am going to start canning my world-famous marinara sauce for use at home so hopefully Mrs Cad stops buying that crap from the store. I will be using a pressure cooker and have a run time of 45 minutes so we don’t all … --- ## [Sergio Mendes, Brazilian Bossa Nova Great, Dies at 83](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sergio-mendes-brazilian-bossa-nova-great-dies-at-83/1006864)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2024, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sergio-mendes-brazilian-bossa-nova-great-dies-at-83/1006864 "2024-09-08T02:57:04Z")
Just loved his music. So fresh with driving rhythms and melody. https://pitchfork.com/news/sergio-mendes-brazilian-bossa-nova-great-dies-at-83/?utm\_source=flipboard&utm\_content=topic%2Fmusicnews --- ## [The latest in a long line of classical music identification requests by pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-a-long-line-of-classical-music-identification-requests-by-pjd/1006915)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-in-a-long-line-of-classical-music-identification-requests-by-pjd/1006915 "2024-09-07T18:19:38Z")
Hi classical fans, can someone remind me where this tune comes from please, TIA !! --- ## [Jerkish characters (beginning with The Beatles) in songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerkish-characters-beginning-with-the-beatles-in-songs/1006330)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerkish-characters-beginning-with-the-beatles-in-songs/1006330 "2024-09-07T13:48:34Z")
I was going to make this just about The Beatles yet I reckon I’ve got them covered. If I missed any, add them in. Now these aren’t necessarily evil characters (excepting Maxwell yet he was misunderstood and it was the … --- ## [Most prescient piece of science fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prescient-piece-of-science-fiction/1006128)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prescient-piece-of-science-fiction/1006128 "2024-09-07T12:12:08Z")
In 1967, the Star Trek episode Court Martial had the falsification of video evidence by a computer expert as it’s major plot point. I remember watching it as a kid, and not understanding how someone could fake a video re… --- ## [Where are all the new bands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-new-bands/1006823)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-new-bands/1006823 "2024-09-07T02:47:58Z")
Driving in to the office this morning I was behind a metro bus with an advertisement on the rear promoting the 2024 HFSstival. It looked exactly like this: For those who a… --- ## [Peak R 'n R moments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-r-n-r-moments/1006771)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-r-n-r-moments/1006771 "2024-09-06T23:31:44Z")
. what’s your personal fav. peak RnR moment? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=113)