# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=171 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 172 --- ## [Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-season-3/787200)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-season-3/787200 "2023-10-04T16:05:45Z")
3 Episodes in, so far it’s really good! Been excited for this for a while. --- ## [Anyone else watching The Windsors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watching-the-windsors/991091)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watching-the-windsors/991091 "2023-10-04T15:14:29Z")
It’s a comedy on (I think) Acorn that does a parody of the Royal Family as a soap opera. Mostly pretty funny (if sometimes crude if that’s not your thing). And they don’t have a version of Queen Elizabeth. Apparently tha… --- ## [Recommend some Victorian or Edwardian porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-victorian-or-edwardian-porn/376860)
**Author:** [@Sonia\_Montdore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sonia_Montdore)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-victorian-or-edwardian-porn/376860 "2023-10-04T15:03:17Z")
I like Victorian and Edwardian erotica. So far, I’ve read A Man with a Maid and the memoirs of Cora Pearl and the autobiography of Frank Harris. Can you recommend some other titles? Thanks. --- ## [Starbuck's "Moonlight Feels Right"- what's a tricky french connection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-moonlight-feels-right-whats-a-tricky-french-connection/410814)
**Author:** [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-moonlight-feels-right-whats-a-tricky-french-connection/410814 "2023-10-04T15:00:04Z")
Small sample of lyric- The wind blew some luck in my direction I caught it in my hands today I finally made a tricky French connection You winked and gave me your o.k. The song goes on to say the girl in question is… --- ## [Shows where “everyone” eventually had a part](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-eventually-had-a-part/990951)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-where-everyone-eventually-had-a-part/990951 "2023-10-04T14:42:12Z")
It seems as if a lot of English actors showed up on Midsomer Murders ( if only until they died), and I’ve seen more than a few famous faces on Perry Mason, such as Harvey Korman and James Coburn. Any other shows that ha… --- ## [Fiendishly obscure question: Identify this \[snip of a \] cartoon (1930s?, cats, skunks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-identify-this-snip-of-a-cartoon-1930s-cats-skunks/991052)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiendishly-obscure-question-identify-this-snip-of-a-cartoon-1930s-cats-skunks/991052 "2023-10-04T12:55:36Z")
From the “My Three Sons” episode Tramp and the Prince. You can see a snip of a cartoon starting at about 24:09. BTW: There is a website called “The Big Cartoon Database,” which had a forum for identifying half-remembe… --- ## [Patrick Rothfusss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-rothfusss/990379)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-rothfusss/990379 "2023-10-04T08:31:16Z")
Why are fantasy writers not finishing their series?- Patrick Rothfuss. The first two books of his Kingkiller “trilogy” were very well received. The first The Name of the Wind came out in 2007, the second The Wise Man’s… --- ## [Pay-per-view Streaming Service NOT Amazon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-per-view-streaming-service-not-amazon/982754)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-per-view-streaming-service-not-amazon/982754 "2023-10-03T21:42:14Z")
Sometimes I want to stream a film that is not available on Amazon. I am willing to pay but I do not want another subscription or watch commercials. I know of no other option. Any ideas? --- ## [Are there any great singers these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-great-singers-these-days/990860)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-great-singers-these-days/990860 "2023-10-03T21:18:29Z")
I’m going to say right up front that I don’t listen to current music and I have just a passing familiarity with some of the names. When I’m in the car, I listen to a local station that plays an eclectic mix that includes… --- ## [America's Got Talent 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-2023/990487)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-got-talent-2023/990487 "2023-10-03T08:48:02Z")
I’m a little surprised there isn’t much talk about this show any more… Anyway, did anyone else notice how obviously disappointed Sofia Vergara was when her Golden Buzzer finished third (the other three judges were clapp… --- ## [The first lines of "The Good Times Are Killing Me" by Modest Mouse - ??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-lines-of-the-good-times-are-killing-me-by-modest-mouse/364743)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-lines-of-the-good-times-are-killing-me-by-modest-mouse/364743 "2023-10-02T23:46:52Z")
I love this song and it’s a perfect closer for the album. I’ve always puzzled over the opening lines, though. In fact, I’ve had discussions with friends over them. But I’m not talking about the lyrics of the song here. I… --- ## [Identify well-known on hold song maybe from TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-well-known-on-hold-song-maybe-from-tv-show/990971)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-well-known-on-hold-song-maybe-from-tv-show/990971 "2023-10-02T20:55:56Z")
I keep coming across this well-known song when I’m waiting on hold on the phone. I think it may have been used as the theme song on a '90s TV show, but I can’t remember which one. Which is it then? --- ## [Gimmick Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimmick-books/974167)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimmick-books/974167 "2023-10-02T00:30:58Z")
Book publishers are constantly bedeviled by the need to make their books stand out from the piles of others issued every year. Every once in a while they’ll come up with ways to make them distinctive that I call gimmick … --- ## [What is your threshold tolerance for unusual or oft repeated words in books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-threshold-tolerance-for-unusual-or-oft-repeated-words-in-books/983327)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-threshold-tolerance-for-unusual-or-oft-repeated-words-in-books/983327 "2023-10-01T21:52:01Z")
I was listening to a writing podcast yesterday and the host was cautioning against using phrases or unusual words more than once in a book. This will means fiction, I’m guessing. Anyway, I remember a book I started read… --- ## [Was the song named after the book or the book named after the song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-song-named-after-the-book-or-the-book-named-after-the-song/990959)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-song-named-after-the-book-or-the-book-named-after-the-song/990959 "2023-10-01T17:06:25Z")
Go Ask Alice. Or am I tripping? --- ## [Today is the 20 year anniversary of Tupac's death.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-20-year-anniversary-of-tupacs-death/765900)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-20-year-anniversary-of-tupacs-death/765900 "2023-10-01T02:14:44Z")
Hard to believe. Also this is his best song. There are a lot of good ones (brenda’s got a baby, pain, dear mama, hit em up, california love, etc). But Changes was his best. --- ## [Measuring Our Lives on an SF Timescale: What's Already Happened in SF? What's Coming Up Soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-our-lives-on-an-sf-timescale-whats-already-happened-in-sf-whats-coming-up-soon/558040)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-our-lives-on-an-sf-timescale-whats-already-happened-in-sf-whats-coming-up-soon/558040 "2023-09-30T21:08:40Z")
A couple months back, it hit me that my son, now 3, could live to see the year 2100. Or even 2101, as in “In A.D. 2101, War Was Beginning.” That made me think of SF landmarks that have already happened: 2001, of “A Spa… --- ## [Explain the Taylor Swift concert ticket brouhaha to me please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-taylor-swift-concert-ticket-brouhaha-to-me-please/975156)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-taylor-swift-concert-ticket-brouhaha-to-me-please/975156 "2023-09-30T12:43:59Z")
I’ve been seeing reports in the news that people around the country are besides themselves with anger because they can’t buy tickets to concerts by pop star Taylor Swift set to take place in 2023. Firstly, why not? Sell… --- ## [Super Mario movie, in theatres holiday 2022 \[upd: April 7, 2023\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-mario-movie-in-theatres-holiday-2022-upd-april-7-2023/951233)
**Author:** [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-mario-movie-in-theatres-holiday-2022-upd-april-7-2023/951233 "2023-09-30T03:36:19Z")
Nintendo is making an animated Mario movie with Illumination (the Minions studio), and they announced the voice cast today. So think in your head who you’d cast, and then check the real cast below. --- ## [Sir Michael Gambon, Dumbledore in the later Harry Potter films, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-michael-gambon-dumbledore-in-the-later-harry-potter-films-has-died/990825)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-michael-gambon-dumbledore-in-the-later-harry-potter-films-has-died/990825 "2023-09-30T02:28:11Z")
May he rest in peace - a very talented actor and, by the sounds of it, a very fun guy: --- ## [My latest single, "Energize", has just been released!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-single-energize-has-just-been-released/990686)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-latest-single-energize-has-just-been-released/990686 "2023-09-29T18:19:54Z")
Hi, everyone! I wanted to let you know about my latest single, “Energize”. It was just released on Friday, Sept. 22. You can find it on YouTube at this link - https://youtu.be/QRfGQTW8IZg?si=wP1v2d82NY02rXhv . Have a… --- ## [Help me find this duet 80s song I heard on Spotify](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-duet-80s-song-i-heard-on-spotify/990873)
**Author:** [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-duet-80s-song-i-heard-on-spotify/990873 "2023-09-29T17:56:39Z")
There’s a song I heard on Spotify back when I was 15, it was a 80s song, I remember hearing the lyrics ‘‘and I ain’t pretending’’ and it had the word ‘‘love’’ on the title and it wasn’t on the beginning on the title, I h… --- ## [Some new scripted-type shows are starting up -- where are they coming from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-new-scripted-type-shows-are-starting-up-where-are-they-coming-from/990754)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-new-scripted-type-shows-are-starting-up-where-are-they-coming-from/990754 "2023-09-29T13:15:20Z")
So last night there was the premiere of Irrational, which seems to be a typical ‘amateur with a special skill helps the police’ type scripted show. And I’ve also seen commercials for another new show starting later this… --- ## [Was the Merchant of Venice ever performed at the Globe Theater during Shakespeare's lifetime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-merchant-of-venice-ever-performed-at-the-globe-theater-during-shakespeares-lifetime/990811)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-merchant-of-venice-ever-performed-at-the-globe-theater-during-shakespeares-lifetime/990811 "2023-09-29T02:32:48Z")
I couldn’t find any evidence of the Merchant of Venice ever being performed at the Globe Theater in Shakespeare’s lifetime. I looked at chronologies and Globe Theater performances of all his plays. Maybe I missed someth… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - September 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-september-2023-edition/989241)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-september-2023-edition/989241 "2023-09-29T02:27:21Z")
Only TWO months til Halloween! I can already hear my animated skeletons calling from their box in the basement… my life, the set up to a cheesy horror film. :laughing: Seriously though, I’m ready for it to not be 70F/21C… --- ## [Vegetables and Lean Protein](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetables-and-lean-protein/990559)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegetables-and-lean-protein/990559 "2023-09-28T13:22:59Z")
A former mentee from my pre-retirement days is coming to visit. I’d like to make her a nice meal and her response to “What do you like to eat?” was “I’ll eat most things… I’m usually pretty happy if there are vegetables … --- ## [When titles disappoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-titles-disappoint/987055 "2023-09-28T11:48:16Z")
So today I’m browsing the newest media available and see something called “Imagine Dragons Live in Vegas”. Now, I haven’t been completely living under a rock, I was aware that a band exists that is named “Imagine Dragons… --- ## [Do you have an opinion on truffled fries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-opinion-on-truffled-fries/990623)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-opinion-on-truffled-fries/990623 "2023-09-28T10:17:40Z")
I thought of asking in the crinkle-cut fries thread, but figured it might be worth a thread of it’s own. poll I really dislike truffle oil on fries. If I’m really hungry, I’ll eat a few, but it basically ruins the fries… --- ## [Massacre at Wolf 359](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massacre-at-wolf-359/990648)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massacre-at-wolf-359/990648 "2023-09-27T23:05:42Z")
This remarkably well done fan film contains elements not just of Best of Both Worlds and DS9. but of the last season of Picard and the 1996 videogame Star Trek:Borg Massacre at Wolf 359 --- ## [David McCallum dies age 90 (NCIS and Man From Uncle)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mccallum-dies-age-90-ncis-and-man-from-uncle/990691)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mccallum-dies-age-90-ncis-and-man-from-uncle/990691 "2023-09-27T20:13:09Z")
This one hurts. Ducky on NCIS was my favorite character. David was excellent in the role. He played the character with a lot of vigor up until the recent seasons. People never realized he was playing a character 20 years… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=172)