# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=185 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 186 --- ## [Miranda Sings controversy, or how I learn to suspect that I'm growing out of touch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miranda-sings-controversy-or-how-i-learn-to-suspect-that-im-growing-out-of-touch/986510)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miranda-sings-controversy-or-how-i-learn-to-suspect-that-im-growing-out-of-touch/986510 "2023-07-06T19:04:56Z")
Colleen Ballinger, aka Miranda Sings, has been in the news lately. First for a takedown published in Rolling Stone back in June, and more prominently for an absolutely cringe-inducing “apology” video in which she plays … --- ## [Should I be worried about Turner Classic Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-turner-classic-movies/986264)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-be-worried-about-turner-classic-movies/986264 "2023-07-06T18:18:01Z")
According to this article on NPR, someone named Zaslav, who is the head of Warner Bros. DIscovery, has presided over a wholesale dismissal of programmers, producers of special material, and executives at TCM. Zaslav al… --- ## [WTF is the deal with touristy spots and fudge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-the-deal-with-touristy-spots-and-fudge/985759 "2023-07-06T11:04:55Z")
No matter where you go, Disneyland, Wisconsin Dells, Rapid City, etc. It seems at every tourist attraction there are a zillion stores and stands screaming that hey have…gasp…FUDGE! OMG! They have fudge! Have you had th… --- ## [Hawkeye, new Marvel show on Disney+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawkeye-new-marvel-show-on-disney/950644)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 356\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawkeye-new-marvel-show-on-disney/950644 "2023-07-06T06:39:32Z")
The first trailer just dropped for the next Marvel series after What If? ends. Hawkeye, starring Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld. Comes out Nov 24. Looks like it maintains the character’s cynicism and sarcasm. Probab… --- ## [Need to ID some literate PBS frogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-some-literate-pbs-frogs/986386)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-id-some-literate-pbs-frogs/986386 "2023-07-05T01:11:15Z")
I can’t remember the name of the series and it surprisingly isn’t googling up. It is a kid’s show about reading where in the opening credits there are clamation frogs. One frog is hopping around passing out books to othe… --- ## [Others may disagree but the Bent Neck Lady plot twist is one of the best I have ever seen (spoilers for Haunting of Hill House)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/others-may-disagree-but-the-bent-neck-lady-plot-twist-is-one-of-the-best-i-have-ever-seen-spoilers-for-haunting-of-hill-house/986522)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/others-may-disagree-but-the-bent-neck-lady-plot-twist-is-one-of-the-best-i-have-ever-seen-spoilers-for-haunting-of-hill-house/986522 "2023-07-05T00:31:23Z")
HOW DO I DO SPOILERS NOW? To have your own doom haunting you throughout your whole life, following you from place to place, and then maybe being conscious when you become that doom, conscious enough to weep and go mad … --- ## [Military novels from the otherside](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-novels-from-the-otherside/986228)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-novels-from-the-otherside/986228 "2023-07-04T17:51:02Z")
I like to read,among other things, military thrillers. You know, Tom Clancy, etc. They are all written where the US are the good guys fighting the evil Russian or Chinese bad guys. Are there any that are opposite? The g… --- ## [Selling your comic book collection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-your-comic-book-collection/986058)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-your-comic-book-collection/986058 "2023-07-04T03:26:37Z")
Who has sold their collection? I only collected for a few years. I probably have about 1,000. Mostly Marvel Copper Age comics between 1980 and 1985. I know there are some valuable ones in there. None are graded and I kno… --- ## [James T. Kirk still defending the earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-t-kirk-still-defending-the-earth/986520)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-t-kirk-still-defending-the-earth/986520 "2023-07-04T01:02:52Z")
In Real Life. Because Radio Waves. Since 66.LINK --- ## [Questions about QUANTUM LEAP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-quantum-leap/328464)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-quantum-leap/328464 "2023-07-03T16:23:47Z")
Two things I’ve never understood, but then I haven’t seen every episode: 1- The people who Sam “possesses” or leaps into or whatever- are they bodily in the holding cell or just psychically there (in Sam’s body, perhaps… --- ## [What is the final line in CHINATOWN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-final-line-in-chinatown/986344)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-final-line-in-chinatown/986344 "2023-07-02T23:14:57Z")
No, it’s not “Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” After Walsh says that to Gittes, the lieutenant orders the crowd to “Clear the area! Get off the street! Get off the street.” For a well-constructed plot, this film is mu… --- ## [Those tunes you recognize but don't know the name of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-tunes-you-recognize-but-dont-know-the-name-of/986008)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-tunes-you-recognize-but-dont-know-the-name-of/986008 "2023-07-02T23:02:56Z")
I see lots of YouTube videos about this, and I go pooh-pooh… with my amazing encyclopedic\*\* knowledge of all things musical I can identify and name just about any tune. But I did come across one from my childhood that I… --- ## [Where I eventually get to a question about the TV show Warrior Nun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-i-eventually-get-to-a-question-about-the-tv-show-warrior-nun/985313)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-i-eventually-get-to-a-question-about-the-tv-show-warrior-nun/985313 "2023-07-02T13:19:11Z")
There seems to be an emerging trend of commercials with black guys dancing in office buildings. In my opinion, this should continue. The guy in the bank commercial dances better than the guy in the Orbitz commercial-- al… --- ## [Help me ID a recent murder mystery-what was it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-murder-mystery-what-was-it/986428)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-murder-mystery-what-was-it/986428 "2023-07-02T01:04:40Z")
I just saw a trailer for it the other day, but for the life of me I can remember if it was Hulu, Prime or another. All I remember was that it was a “group gets together” murder mystery where people get knocked off one by… --- ## [A 'Who' Song. (?) ...asking for a friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-who-song-asking-for-a-friend/986376)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-who-song-asking-for-a-friend/986376 "2023-07-01T19:42:26Z")
I thought I’d ask here.She said it was driving her mad! can’t think of the name, it’s silly… It’s a girl’s name ending in -A …(like Perdit-A or Athen-A)…some more and then something like “she’s a \_\_\_” (and then an answ… --- ## [Awkward/bizarre moments that must have happened in a movie but were NOT depicted on screen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awkward-bizarre-moments-that-must-have-happened-in-a-movie-but-were-not-depicted-on-screen/986202)
**Author:** [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awkward-bizarre-moments-that-must-have-happened-in-a-movie-but-were-not-depicted-on-screen/986202 "2023-07-01T14:52:27Z")
I am here looking for awkward/bizarre moments that must have happened in a movie(or television show) but were NOT depicted on screen. For example I was watching Terminator 2: Judgement Day again. In it there was a scene… --- ## [Smoking meats at a higher elevation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-meats-at-a-higher-elevation/986200)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-meats-at-a-higher-elevation/986200 "2023-07-01T14:00:06Z")
I recently bought a Pit Boss vertical pellet smoker. I like how it cooks, and have been fairly successful with lamb and beef, but not for pork. I use the trusty 3-2-1 method at 225 degrees F to cook St. Louis style ribs … --- ## [An egg salad recipe so good you'll plotz!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-egg-salad-recipe-so-good-youll-plotz/986076)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-egg-salad-recipe-so-good-youll-plotz/986076 "2023-07-01T01:03:04Z")
(as Shakespeare once said) I’ve been substituting homemade yogurt for mayonnaise in all my recipes lately and, disgusting as it might sound, it actually tastes better: a little tangy, not quite so sweet, but the consist… --- ## [The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-spoilers/803565)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-spoilers/803565 "2023-07-01T00:49:03Z")
Season 1 of this Amazon Original serieswas released on 11/28, and I inhaled it over the weekend. I LOVED it. I actually can’t think of anything about it that I didn’t like. A high-level setup would be to say that in 195… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - June 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2023-edition/984751)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2023-edition/984751 "2023-06-30T23:08:19Z")
A little over a month ago, I went out in wind, snowing coming down sideways and scooped up the big Siamese my neighbor left behind when he moved and brought it in. We named him Ghost because in the dark the white patches… --- ## [What do these lyrics mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-mean/986367)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-mean/986367 "2023-06-30T18:58:30Z")
I know this subject has been done to death. Probably even this very song, since it’s so old. However, I watched a YouTube video recently that stated that Maniac, from Flashdance, was originally a song about a serial kill… --- ## [Publishing my songs on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-my-songs-on-youtube/986285)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-my-songs-on-youtube/986285 "2023-06-30T18:22:26Z")
I’ve started to upload my catalog of original songs. (Moderators: if you think this should be in a different forum, please move it. This is not a commercial project, I’m not expecting to monetize anything or go viral!) … --- ## [What do y'all think about the "We Didn't Start The Fire" reboot by Fall Out Boy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282 "2023-06-30T16:01:48Z")
Timewise it seems to jump around more than the original, but I still liked it a lot. Fall Out Boy - We Didn’t Start the Fire (Lyric Video) - YouTube --- ## [The Third Condiment - what should it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-condiment-what-should-it-be/986091)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-condiment-what-should-it-be/986091 "2023-06-30T12:15:34Z")
I don’t think this has come up before. There’s an old piece where Cecil explains how come we ended up with salt and pepper; and apparently, back in the day, mustard was sometimes the default third condiment - though it r… --- ## [Doper authors, how much "writer's regret" do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-authors-how-much-writers-regret-do-you-have/986235)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-authors-how-much-writers-regret-do-you-have/986235 "2023-06-30T10:54:56Z")
Do you ever think of your old books, “I should have phrased this differently in this or that paragraph,” or “I wish I’d changed this or that about the storyline and characters?” --- ## [Pulp Fiction minutiae](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-minutiae/949853)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-minutiae/949853 "2023-06-30T00:56:52Z")
If you search the Internets you will find discussions of damn near every second of Pulp Fiction. There are lists of the dozens or hundreds of the movie references and inside jokes. But I noticed something the last time I… --- ## [Movie with the song "The Way You Look Tonight"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-song-the-way-you-look-tonight/986204)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-with-the-song-the-way-you-look-tonight/986204 "2023-06-29T21:20:32Z")
Does anyone know which movie I’m trying to remember that had the song “The Way You Look Tonight” in it? I’m pretty sure it was the Frank Sinatra version and the film was a more modern one that was in color. It is not… C… --- ## [The First Two Hours of MTV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-two-hours-of-mtv/984759)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-two-hours-of-mtv/984759 "2023-06-29T19:59:27Z")
The First Two Hours of MTV on YouTube Someone posted on YouTube the first two hours of MTV from way back in 1981. Since I was five years old at the time, didn’t have cable, and my parents pretty much controlled what mu… --- ## [Negative Reviews on IMDB.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-reviews-on-imdb-com/983960)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/negative-reviews-on-imdb-com/983960 "2023-06-29T17:27:10Z")
I’ve come to like 'em lately. Not the "1"s and "2"s so much–they’re often as boring as the "8"s, "9"s, and "10"s, but the "3’s and "4"s are pretty good, and the "5"s and "6"s are often full of insight, wit, and some sha… --- ## [I Love Lucy episode: translation scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-episode-translation-scene/788518)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-lucy-episode-translation-scene/788518 "2023-06-29T17:06:13Z")
In the I Love Lucy episode “Paris at Last,” Lucy is rescued from arrest by an elaborate translation effort by Ricky, two Paris policemen, and a third man who helps. I missed the first part of this scene; who is this man… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=184) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=186)