# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=250 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 251 --- ## [A Bush on Match Game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bush-on-match-game/232753)
**Author:** [@buffalogal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buffalogal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bush-on-match-game/232753 "2022-07-09T06:39:56Z")
On a rerun of the old Match Game show (I think from 1975), there was a contestant named Jerry Bush. He was from Odessa, Texas, and, I thought, looked like he could be a member of the Bush Family. I think he was in his … --- ## ["The Tom Swift series has started", he said, informatively](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tom-swift-series-has-started-he-said-informatively/965539)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tom-swift-series-has-started-he-said-informatively/965539 "2022-07-09T05:15:55Z")
And it is bad. It is, really, really, really, really bad. This series got a backdoor pilot on an episode of Nancy Drew, and it is to science fiction what the CW’s Nancy Drew is to mysteries. With Nancy Drew, the solution… --- ## [People Appear In More Than One Daytime Reality Show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-appear-in-more-than-one-daytime-reality-show/967375)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-appear-in-more-than-one-daytime-reality-show/967375 "2022-07-09T01:48:32Z")
I saw these two videos of daytime small claims court television shows- one episode of “The People’s Court” and one episode of “Judge Faith”- that involved the same couple with similar but different stories and court case… --- ## [The Black Phone (2022) film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-phone-2022-film/967566)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-black-phone-2022-film/967566 "2022-07-09T00:19:11Z")
If you like horror movies, then this is a good one. There are a few jumps scares, but generally it’s a bit of a slow grind. The movie is set in 1978 Denver, Colorado when there is a streak of missing boys, that the pol… --- ## [Dumb question: can I just drop a raw egg into a cup of instant ramen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-question-can-i-just-drop-a-raw-egg-into-a-cup-of-instant-ramen/967475)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-question-can-i-just-drop-a-raw-egg-into-a-cup-of-instant-ramen/967475 "2022-07-08T23:47:03Z")
… and get something edible after a few minutes? I like my eggs soft cooked, but I don’t know if a few minutes in hot broth is enough. Has anyone done this, to brush up a cuppa instant ramen? --- ## [Elvis in Fun with Girls in East Timor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-in-fun-with-girls-in-east-timor/966682)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-in-fun-with-girls-in-east-timor/966682 "2022-07-08T21:29:53Z")
(A very good friend posted the following on another forum, got very little traction, so I am posting it here because, well honestly I don’t know, other than it’s timely.) Well, there’s a new Elvis biopic coming out on J… --- ## [Signature songs that occurred late in a singers career](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-songs-that-occurred-late-in-a-singers-career/967407)
**Author:** [@bryanmaguire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bryanmaguire)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-songs-that-occurred-late-in-a-singers-career/967407 "2022-07-08T18:06:11Z")
So the song Non, je ne regrette rien by Edith Piaf was recorded at the very end of her career and it is one of her best known songs. Similarly My Way was recorded by Sinatra in 1969 which was at the end of his recording … --- ## [Recommend a good fruit basket to send](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-fruit-basket-to-send/967602)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-fruit-basket-to-send/967602 "2022-07-08T15:49:56Z")
My brother’s partner’s sister just died. I’d like to send them something, and food is what’s traditional for Jews to send. (Or bring, but they live hundreds of miles from me.) Lisa (the mourner) has celiac disease and is… --- ## [James Caan passes away at 82](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-caan-passes-away-at-82/967568)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-caan-passes-away-at-82/967568 "2022-07-08T15:01:09Z")
--- ## [That train whistle sound on "Wreck of the Old 97" by Johnny Cash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-train-whistle-sound-on-wreck-of-the-old-97-by-johnny-cash/967594)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-train-whistle-sound-on-wreck-of-the-old-97-by-johnny-cash/967594 "2022-07-08T11:47:46Z")
On “Live at San Quentin”, Cash and his band play the 1924 ballad “Wreck of the Old 97”, about the 1903 train crash. During two of the instrumental passages, there is a sound like a train whistle. I assume it was a voca… --- ## [The Dawn of Everything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dawn-of-everything/955814)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dawn-of-everything/955814 "2022-07-08T11:29:40Z")
In a recent thread, I asked whether the Agricultural Revolution was a net positive. I had been reading Sapiens and Harari, looking from the viewpoint of wheat, says men were able to get stability and increase population… --- ## [Is Woodinville Straight Bourbon Whiskey a good choice to gift to a bourbon connoisseur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-woodinville-straight-bourbon-whiskey-a-good-choice-to-gift-to-a-bourbon-connoisseur/967344)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-woodinville-straight-bourbon-whiskey-a-good-choice-to-gift-to-a-bourbon-connoisseur/967344 "2022-07-08T03:37:39Z")
My sister’s husband very much enjoys and has an impressive collection of bourbons. For Christmas we got him a bottle of Iron Fish bourbon, which is aged in casks that formerly stored maple syrup. It had good reviews onli… --- ## [Cooking for others, do you take the best or the worst piece?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-for-others-do-you-take-the-best-or-the-worst-piece/967261)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-for-others-do-you-take-the-best-or-the-worst-piece/967261 "2022-07-08T00:59:29Z")
Spinoff of that steak thread. Let’s say you’re cooking the meal of your choice for a group of a few people. All items are of equal quality ingredients. You pull everything off the grill/stove/oven/etc. One is absolutely … --- ## [Reacher final episode... spoilers inside](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-final-episode-spoilers-inside/967592)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-final-episode-spoilers-inside/967592 "2022-07-08T00:03:13Z")
Someone explain to me how that scrawny pipsqueak got the jump on Reacher and almost beat him… --- ## [Chinese food in the Godfather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-food-in-the-godfather/967462)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-food-in-the-godfather/967462 "2022-07-07T22:33:43Z")
Everybody who’s seen The Godfather knows the scene where everyone is sitting around eating Chinese food while waiting for info on the location of Michael’s meeting. Was bringing in Chinese food something people did in t… --- ## ["They Call Him Copi! Copi"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-call-him-copi-copi/967510)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-call-him-copi-copi/967510 "2022-07-07T17:21:12Z")
For those of you not from the Mississippi River or Great Lakes region, you may be unaware of the an aggressive fish known as the Asian Carp, that’s been fighting its way upriver toward Lake Michigan for years. The Asian … --- ## [Trying To Remember The Name Of A Chicago(?) Essayist/Humorist, c. 1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-name-of-a-chicago-essayist-humorist-c-1980/967558)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-the-name-of-a-chicago-essayist-humorist-c-1980/967558 "2022-07-07T15:23:52Z")
Some friends and I were talking about authors we’ve read, and the name David Sedaris came up. That reminded me of another essayist who was big a couple of decades before Sedaris. He, like Sedaris, was an essayist who wro… --- ## [Gentleman Jack on HBO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-jack-on-hbo/833498)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentleman-jack-on-hbo/833498 "2022-07-07T03:11:41Z")
A new show about a strong-willed and iconoclastic lesbian in 1832 England, based on a true story. My wife and I have been enjoying it. A good cast and interesting plot. The lead character breaks the fou… --- ## [Have there been any weekly scripted TV show with a 52 week season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-weekly-scripted-tv-show-with-a-52-week-season/967335)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-there-been-any-weekly-scripted-tv-show-with-a-52-week-season/967335 "2022-07-07T02:44:58Z")
I made a comment to a friend that Disney Plus has effectively released a single TV show called “Marvel” that has one episode a week for the next 5 years. Like, sure they brand it as a bunch of different shows but it’s ef… --- ## [Help me find this comedy sketch: 3 guys decide on a bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-comedy-sketch-3-guys-decide-on-a-bar/757054)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-comedy-sketch-3-guys-decide-on-a-bar/757054 "2022-07-06T23:40:19Z")
I actually learned of it from a previous thread asking the same thing, but now my google-fu is failing me miserably. Basically it’s like a 5-minute comedy sketch where 3 guys are sitting trying to decide on a bar to go t… --- ## [RIP, Joe Turkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-turkel/967486)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-turkel/967486 "2022-07-06T22:48:31Z")
Dr. Tyrell, Lloyd the bartender… --- ## [What's the easiest and cheapest way to get an older HDTV to stream TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-and-cheapest-way-to-get-an-older-hdtv-to-stream-tv/967441)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-and-cheapest-way-to-get-an-older-hdtv-to-stream-tv/967441 "2022-07-06T14:12:44Z")
I have an ancient 20 inch HDTV I found in the back of a closet. It still works but lacks the remote and when I tried to get it to work on an antenna the HDTV claims it needs “authorization” or whatever. I want to mount i… --- ## [Archaic Beverages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaic-beverages/967329)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archaic-beverages/967329 "2022-07-06T11:09:51Z")
A while back, I was buying a fountain pop at a convenience store. They had run out of ice, so I took the liberty of adding a small amount of cold slushee. It occurred to me that ice cream would also work. And that it … --- ## ["My Old Man"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-man/967349)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-old-man/967349 "2022-07-05T23:46:42Z")
"My old man’s a cotton-pickin’, finger-lickin’ chicken plucker. Next lines, boomers - --- ## [It Came from Outer Space -- The Musical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-outer-space-the-musical/967469)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-outer-space-the-musical/967469 "2022-07-05T18:43:29Z")
No joke here. There really IS a musical version of It Came from Outer Space, and it’s playing right now (June-July 2022) at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. If I was there, I’d go I recently watched the film in 3D – I… --- ## [I Had An Absinthe Martini Last Night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-an-absinthe-martini-last-night/967340 "2022-07-05T18:03:50Z")
I already shared this on Facebook, so I might as well share it here too. I had an Absinthe Martini last night. A couple of things I love about that photo. I had it in the candle holder that they used as a bar glass, in S… --- ## [Well, my, my, my: Lt Joe Kenda returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-my-my-lt-joe-kenda-returns/967418)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-my-my-my-lt-joe-kenda-returns/967418 "2022-07-05T00:04:34Z")
Joe Kenda is back on TV with new episodes! First one is at 8 Eastern tonight! https://tvmeg.news/index.php/tag/homicide-hunter-hot-on-the-trail/ --- ## [That one album you love from a certain artist ...the rest, eh, not so much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-album-you-love-from-a-certain-artist-the-rest-eh-not-so-much/967118)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-one-album-you-love-from-a-certain-artist-the-rest-eh-not-so-much/967118 "2022-07-04T21:20:44Z")
Vaguely related to the Where do you start when a Singer has dozens of Albums? thread…I didn’t post in that because by the time I got there I thought the general question had already been answered well enough and didn’t r… --- ## [We're all in the mood for a melody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 624\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-in-the-mood-for-a-melody/946851 "2022-07-04T21:12:11Z")
Post just ONE song that you want people to hear right now: (You can post another tomorrow and another day after that…) --- ## [Despicable Me 3 minion's newspaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/despicable-me-3-minions-newspaper/967366)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/despicable-me-3-minions-newspaper/967366 "2022-07-04T13:22:19Z")
As the escaped-prisoner minions flew to rescue Gru, one of them was reading a newspaper. Desert Report? Deseret News? The Desert Review? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=251)