# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=169 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 170 --- ## [Suzanne Somers has passed away at 76](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suzanne-somers-has-passed-away-at-76/991610 "2023-10-18T00:32:03Z")
Article below --- ## [Re-watching My Fair Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-my-fair-lady/991329)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-my-fair-lady/991329 "2023-10-17T21:45:44Z")
Just how rich is Prof Higgins? 2 male and 6 female servants that I counted. Next, Higgins uses “blaggard” several times, which is slang for Blackguard, hmm, isn’t that the sorta thing he hates? I notice that Col Picker… --- ## [The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-daryl-dixon-open-spoilers/990893)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-daryl-dixon-open-spoilers/990893 "2023-10-17T19:49:03Z")
I’m surprised there wasn’t already a thread. This is definitely better than Dead City. France is still picturesque after a zombie apocalypse. Soo full of culture :wink:. --- ## [Eminem: appropriate for kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-appropriate-for-kids/131437)
**Author:** [@fader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fader)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-appropriate-for-kids/131437 "2023-10-17T17:55:21Z")
So I on my spare time I watch my sister’s kids on the weekend so she can get some QT and chores done. I never thought to censor my music in front of them. So one day, I picked up my sister and she got in the car. I wa… --- ## [Reality Families are the very worst TV has to offer. What's THIS family's deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-families-are-the-very-worst-tv-has-to-offer-whats-this-familys-deal/991602)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-families-are-the-very-worst-tv-has-to-offer-whats-this-familys-deal/991602 "2023-10-17T17:24:35Z")
Do any of you know the hook on that Discovery network reality show Village of the Damned? I mean Welcome to Plathville? All of the promos are just different blond people saying they aren’t speaking to each other after so… --- ## [My wife's peanut butter cookies are my Achilles heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wifes-peanut-butter-cookies-are-my-achilles-heel/991517)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wifes-peanut-butter-cookies-are-my-achilles-heel/991517 "2023-10-17T17:00:23Z")
There’s probably nothing all that special about her recipe, but whenever my wife makes peanut butter cookies, I can’t help but down them all within a 24 hour period. I try and leave some for the kids, but I’ve gotten to … --- ## [Do one hit wonders really play their signature song multiple times in concert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-one-hit-wonders-really-play-their-signature-song-multiple-times-in-concert/991690)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-one-hit-wonders-really-play-their-signature-song-multiple-times-in-concert/991690 "2023-10-17T15:48:44Z")
I’ve always heard that joke story, “I saw the Baha Men and they played Who Let The Dogs Out four times in a 30 minute set”. I’m curious if they actually do that, does anyone here have any experience of seeing a “one hit… --- ## [The Twilight Zone Episode "People Are Alike All Over"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twilight-zone-episode-people-are-alike-all-over/991588)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-twilight-zone-episode-people-are-alike-all-over/991588 "2023-10-16T18:10:31Z")
I can’t believe I’ve never seen this one, or maybe I did and forgot, but did Star Trek blatantly rip this off in the pilot episode? I think it has the same actress coaxing him into his cage of illusion, hell the planet … --- ## [Taylor swifts eras tour to boost US economy 4-6 billion dollars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-swifts-eras-tour-to-boost-us-economy-4-6-billion-dollars/991636)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taylor-swifts-eras-tour-to-boost-us-economy-4-6-billion-dollars/991636 "2023-10-16T16:33:42Z")
this is something i saw at another online place not believing it … but apparently by the time shes finished her tour will have added 4-6 billion to the us economy pretty much by itself …is that record? I don’t remember … --- ## [SNL October 14th 2023-Pete Davidson Host](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-october-14th-2023-pete-davidson-host/991589)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-october-14th-2023-pete-davidson-host/991589 "2023-10-16T15:15:44Z")
SNL is back and Pete Davidson was the host. His opening was perfect. --- ## [Recent products that have gone away that I will miss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-products-that-have-gone-away-that-i-will-miss/991536)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-products-that-have-gone-away-that-i-will-miss/991536 "2023-10-16T15:10:17Z")
Pre-Pandemic, Walmart had a wonderful cookie from it’s Great Value brand called Sugar Free Frosted Oatmeal cookies https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Sugar-Free-Frosted-Oatmeal-Cookies-11-25-Oz/36073906 Cheap and a… --- ## [Michael Caine announces retirement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-caine-announces-retirement/991582)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-caine-announces-retirement/991582 "2023-10-16T04:11:06Z")
90 years old now and his last movie has just come out. One of the most unique actors to grace the big screen with his old fashioned cockney accent that never went away and how he reinvented himself a few times over to st… --- ## [Your favorite Mark Knopfler album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mark-knopfler-album/990970)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-mark-knopfler-album/990970 "2023-10-16T02:40:07Z")
Mark Knopfler is a brilliant musician, both with Dire Straits and as a solo artist. Of all his albums, I consider “Get Lucky” his best, both for the quality of the songs and because taken as a whole it tells the arc of … --- ## [Does the Tropes site have this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-this/991615)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-this/991615 "2023-10-15T22:01:46Z")
What I’d call “example in search of a trope”. That is, something you think doesn’t quite shoehorn into an established category but is close to or sorta like one? --- ## [Peter Gunn fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunn-fans/973608)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunn-fans/973608 "2023-10-15T18:39:34Z")
Home after being laid low by 3rd Covid booster, I’m binging Peter Gunn. I think it’s a great show, and the fact that Craig Stevens was the model for Sterling Archer just sweetens it. Any other fans out there? --- ## [Watch this short film I made about mental illness (Starring me)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-short-film-i-made-about-mental-illness-starring-me/991449)
**Author:** [@chrisjourney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisjourney)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-short-film-i-made-about-mental-illness-starring-me/991449 "2023-10-15T11:49:12Z")
Description: Did you know there’s a mental illness called “Ornithophobia,” which is a fear of birds. Here’s a short video of me portraying someone with that mental illness. I put a lot of time and effort… --- ## [ST:TNG - Darmok: was that a joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-darmok-was-that-a-joke/277761)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-darmok-was-that-a-joke/277761 "2023-10-15T09:48:15Z")
In this classic ST:TNG episode, there is a scene that takes place while Dathon and Picard are still on their ships and trying to communicate. Dathon’s first officer seems to find the human communication funny, and starts… --- ## [What is so special about donut shop coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-so-special-about-donut-shop-coffee/991530 "2023-10-15T00:17:29Z")
I am seeing it everywhere in the stores-by the pound and by the pod. What makes it from other types? Is it a special blend? Is it made a special way? Or is it that coffee tastes different/better once you’ve gobbled a… --- ## [Did Mike Damone get conned by Stacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mike-damone-get-conned-by-stacy/991454)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mike-damone-get-conned-by-stacy/991454 "2023-10-14T23:23:38Z")
In Fast Times at Ridgemont High Stacy Hamilton tells Mike Damone he made her pregnant and she needs an abortion. But wait a minute. She had also recently had sex with stereo salesman and future U.S. Senator Ron Johnson … --- ## [What's the name of this mystery series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-mystery-series/991577)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-mystery-series/991577 "2023-10-14T20:24:37Z")
I saw it once and wanted to check it out again, but the name keeps slipping away. Might be on Netflix or Amazon Prime? It was something like “Monaco Mysteries” with that double M but it wasn’t Monaco. The usual odd pair … --- ## [The Caine Mutiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-caine-mutiny/374761)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-caine-mutiny/374761 "2023-10-14T04:16:42Z")
When we first see José Ferrer in The Caine Mutiny, was he wearing a Marine uniform? --- ## [Phyllis Coates has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phyllis-coates-has-died/991535)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phyllis-coates-has-died/991535 "2023-10-13T22:56:51Z")
I am sad to report that the actress Phyllis Coates has died at age 96. https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/rip-phyllis-coates-tv-s-first-lois-lane/ar-AA1i6Vtr She will be remembered by most … --- ## [The "strings, photos, and newspaper clippings on a bulletin board" trope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strings-photos-and-newspaper-clippings-on-a-bulletin-board-trope/990120)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strings-photos-and-newspaper-clippings-on-a-bulletin-board-trope/990120 "2023-10-13T18:52:57Z")
Does this trope have a single point of origin? You’ve seen it in all the police procedural/serial killer type shows, where our hero pins photos of suspects, articles about events, and scraps of toilet paper on a bulletin… --- ## [Is this pancetta still good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-pancetta-still-good/991423)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-pancetta-still-good/991423 "2023-10-13T18:28:39Z")
Several months ago I decided to make spaghetti carbonara. While shopping for the ingredients I was unsure how much pancetta I needed, and I ended up buying an extra package. So the unused package went in the fridge and… --- ## [Mull River Shuffle: selling the bush?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mull-river-shuffle-selling-the-bush/439089)
**Author:** [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mull-river-shuffle-selling-the-bush/439089 "2023-10-13T18:01:26Z")
I don’t know whether this should go into GQ or CS, but since it is about a song lyric, I’m putting it here. In the Rankin Family’s wonderful song The Mull River Shuffle, there is a bit that says: There they stand by th… --- ## [Seinfeld fans: Jerry says something's a-brewin'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-fans-jerry-says-somethings-a-brewin/991362)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seinfeld-fans-jerry-says-somethings-a-brewin/991362 "2023-10-13T16:57:02Z")
At a stand-up show in Boston on Saturday, an audience member asked Jerry if he liked the ending of the show “Seinfeld.” His response was gold, Jerry, gold! “Something is going to happen that has to do with that ending… --- ## [Bill Watterson writes (but doesn't illustrate) new book, out next week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-watterson-writes-but-doesnt-illustrate-new-book-out-next-week/991066)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-watterson-writes-but-doesnt-illustrate-new-book-out-next-week/991066 "2023-10-13T16:42:57Z")
Bill Watterson – the Northeast Ohio creator of one of the most iconic comic strips and whose legendary vanishing act will rival any public recluse who has ever shunned the societal spotlight – has penned a book called… --- ## [Frasier (2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frasier-2023/991491)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frasier-2023/991491 "2023-10-13T16:40:55Z")
I was really pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the first episode. A little nostalgia and fun new characters. It also had the the same tone for lack of a better word of the old show. Haven’t watched the second y… --- ## [A Question about Oyster Slurping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-oyster-slurping/991510)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-oyster-slurping/991510 "2023-10-13T16:17:30Z")
Here is a recent viral TikTok video. Maybe NSFW for language. Okay, obviously the video poster is not a class act, downing four trays of oysters and also a dinner of crab cakes and potatoes on what was understood to be … --- ## [Movies that could not be made in today’s world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064 "2023-10-12T21:27:42Z")
(Rather than bump an old thread (10 years +) I decided to start a new one) I re-watched Things To Do In Denver When Your Dead recently. I had fond memories of it from when I first watched it in the late 90’s. Now… I’m … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=168) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=170)