# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=268 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 269 --- ## [If you could only watch one 1-hour news show per day…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-watch-one-1-hour-news-show-per-day/962133)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-only-watch-one-1-hour-news-show-per-day/962133 "2022-04-02T01:22:11Z")
….which one would it be? I’m really enjoying The News with Shepard Smith on CNBC. The show is pretty global compared to other US news shows, and it’s just entertaining, even when talking about awful topics. --- ## [Technobabble in Bewitched](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technobabble-in-bewitched/962086)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technobabble-in-bewitched/962086 "2022-04-01T23:52:00Z")
The witches and warlocks of the 60’s tv show usually didn’t bother explaining their magic powers to mortals. It was just something they could do. However on one occasion, I remember Samantha did drop a bit of technobabb… --- ## [Translating the language of comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translating-the-language-of-comics/961864)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translating-the-language-of-comics/961864 "2022-04-01T22:57:07Z")
My sister and I have been clearing out my mother’s bookcases and I came across an item I thought had been lost. It’s a book of Garfield cartoons in German. I have the same book in English and comparing the language is f… --- ## [Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piranesi-by-susanna-clarke-open-spoilers/961260)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piranesi-by-susanna-clarke-open-spoilers/961260 "2022-04-01T18:18:15Z")
I devoured Piranesi by Susanna Clarke in just two days. Not nearly as big or complicated as her masterful Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and unlike that book there’s nary a footnote to be seen, but it’s a quiet, deep… --- ## [The origins of conventions in comics/animation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-conventions-in-comics-animation/961363)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origins-of-conventions-in-comics-animation/961363 "2022-04-01T17:02:48Z")
This is kind of a broad topic with many interlocking parts (and answers) but I’m wondering about the first uses of the various symbolic representations of concepts that are used in comics and animation that are taken for… --- ## [Zelda Rubenstein in Sixteen Candles: what were the noises when she walked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-rubenstein-in-sixteen-candles-what-were-the-noises-when-she-walked/728073)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zelda-rubenstein-in-sixteen-candles-what-were-the-noises-when-she-walked/728073 "2022-04-01T16:57:47Z")
During a post-wedding scene in Sixteen Candles, Zelda Rubenstein’s character is walking through the church, and there are noises associated with her movement. Is that supposed to be liquor sloshing around in a flask, or… --- ## [What shameful culinary practices have you renounced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shameful-culinary-practices-have-you-renounced/939566)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shameful-culinary-practices-have-you-renounced/939566 "2022-04-01T14:11:53Z")
A sibling to the other “shameful culinary practices” thread… I used to eat those little Chef Boyardee spaghetti tubs for lunch. Pop the top, heat in the microwave for 30 seconds, and consume. Then I realized that life… --- ## [Age Spenser (Robert B. Parker) for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-spenser-robert-b-parker-for-me/962005)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-spenser-robert-b-parker-for-me/962005 "2022-04-01T13:50:30Z")
I am currently reading “Bye Bye Baby” the latest (I think) Spenser book, now written by Ace Atkins. It takes place in (relatively close to) current time. The Spenser character has been around a long time. He’s gotta be p… --- ## [Bakers, pls check out my casserole recipe. (Help)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-pls-check-out-my-casserole-recipe-help/962015)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-pls-check-out-my-casserole-recipe-help/962015 "2022-04-01T11:41:17Z")
This is a super simple casserole, I think it will work but since I’m not a baker, I figured I get some opinions. The meat sauce: Browned ground beef, sautéed peppers and onions, and enchilada sauce. In the casserole di… --- ## [Do the Oscars have zero appeal for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-oscars-have-zero-appeal-for-you/961830)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-oscars-have-zero-appeal-for-you/961830 "2022-04-01T09:01:58Z")
Absolute zero for me. Ever since I could understand what they were. And I’m a film nut, absolutely love the medium, love hundred of stars’ performances, I’ve got whole scenes by memory, have read hundreds of books on fi… --- ## [Earliest TV series about aliens fitting in badly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-series-about-aliens-fitting-in-badly/946939)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-tv-series-about-aliens-fitting-in-badly/946939 "2022-04-01T02:52:22Z")
I recently watched Home Invasion (it is okay, but really derivative of lots of things) and was wondering what the first TV series (not movie, this is a “did you actually read the OP” test) with one or more aliens attempt… --- ## [Bel Air - anyone else watching? (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bel-air-anyone-else-watching-open-spoilers/961385)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bel-air-anyone-else-watching-open-spoilers/961385 "2022-03-31T23:52:04Z")
Is anyone else watching this show? My wife is enjoying it - and I’m kinda hate-watching it. My wife recently read Will Smith’s memoir, which led her to watch a season of Fresh Prince (total crap - unless you were a fan… --- ## [Author Chris Bohjalian - any other fans? (1st 50 pages only SPOILERS please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/author-chris-bohjalian-any-other-fans-1st-50-pages-only-spoilers-please/962058)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/author-chris-bohjalian-any-other-fans-1st-50-pages-only-spoilers-please/962058 "2022-03-31T17:35:01Z")
A search turned up a few mentions, but no specific threads. Not sure how much we can discuss this w/o excessive spoilers, but I’m willing to try. By first 50 page spoilers, I think it would be fine to discuss the chara… --- ## [Which speaker set-up should I use? Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-speaker-set-up-should-i-use-opinions/962044)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-speaker-set-up-should-i-use-opinions/962044 "2022-03-31T14:43:19Z")
For the past bunch of years, I’ve been performing live music for people (solo) and I’ve been using speaker cabinets mounted on aluminum tripod stands. I’m getting older and hoicking that 50 lb cab up there is also gettin… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2022 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2022-edition/960245)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2022-edition/960245 "2022-03-31T16:17:50Z")
Last week was an average of 20F (or -7 for the rest of the world) This week is going to hit 61F (16). Mother Nature is drunk posting again… Daffodils are coming up and soon the days are going to get longer!!! (Snoopy da… --- ## [Do you like "stupid" characters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-stupid-characters/960908)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-stupid-characters/960908 "2022-03-31T14:02:13Z")
In the thread about The Marvelous Ms. Maisel, I commented that I really got tired of what I considered her father’s “stupidity” - which other people considered to be comedy gold. I realize “stupidity” didn’t really desc… --- ## [Paprika and spice revelations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paprika-and-spice-revelations/961929)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paprika-and-spice-revelations/961929 "2022-03-31T10:13:10Z")
I recently wanted to make an authentic Hungarian goulash, and so I found a recipe and a big part of the stew was paprika, which I hadn’t used before. The paprika in the regular spice aisle was quite expensive (close to … --- ## [Is (cable) TV trying to replicate the "binge watch" style with their scheduling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cable-tv-trying-to-replicate-the-binge-watch-style-with-their-scheduling/961966)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cable-tv-trying-to-replicate-the-binge-watch-style-with-their-scheduling/961966 "2022-03-30T22:18:08Z")
So I haven’t had cable TV in years, but I moved somewhere that it’s included, so I figured what the hell and have the TV on in the background sometime. Unlike years ago, most channels are running long marathons of the s… --- ## [Musical Experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-experiences/961941)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-experiences/961941 "2022-03-30T21:54:30Z")
I’ve never shared this before. I’m 48. I was a huge Pink Floyd fan as a kid. Significant, I think, because I was 10 years too young for them, in a sense. I was about 20 years old (so ca. 1993), and stoned as could be. … --- ## [A term for the opposite of "In medias res"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-term-for-the-opposite-of-in-medias-res/961949)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-term-for-the-opposite-of-in-medias-res/961949 "2022-03-30T15:20:18Z")
In medias res is where the story opens in the middle of action. Is there a term for when it ends in the middle of action? It happens in some movies, but I’m thinking more of episodic stories such as TV. Say that when the… --- ## [Weird Al wishes Eric Idle a Happy Birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-wishes-eric-idle-a-happy-birthday/961974)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-al-wishes-eric-idle-a-happy-birthday/961974 "2022-03-30T14:00:37Z")
--- ## [Looking for a French TV series/movie equivalent of 'Blackadder' or 'Fawlty Towers'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-french-tv-series-movie-equivalent-of-blackadder-or-fawlty-towers/961889)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-french-tv-series-movie-equivalent-of-blackadder-or-fawlty-towers/961889 "2022-03-30T10:47:51Z")
Hi I’m looking for a French TV series/movie equivalent of ‘Blackadder’ or ‘Fawlty Towers’(very different settings of course). I’ve seen some hilarious French comedies over the years and some set in medieval France. Sa… --- ## [Single & album versions of "Let It Be"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-album-versions-of-let-it-be/961900)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-album-versions-of-let-it-be/961900 "2022-03-30T05:03:04Z")
I’ve always known that there are two versions of “Let It Be”, differing in the guitar solo. But they sound otherwise the same. I never thought about it much until I saw the “Let It Be” documentary. The album was recorded… --- ## [Researching Writer Safety Issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/researching-writer-safety-issues/961800)
**Author:** [@CatInASuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatInASuit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/researching-writer-safety-issues/961800 "2022-03-29T21:38:22Z")
Hi all, The Bookangel site is running a survey on safety issues affecting authors, open to 30th March, which groups including Alli and the Crime Writers Association are supporting. We’re trying to find out how common pr… --- ## [Movie Titles that are Quotes (or false quotes) from other Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-titles-that-are-quotes-or-false-quotes-from-other-movies/961897 "2022-03-29T20:25:40Z")
What started me thinking about this was They call me MISTER Tibbs! It’s a famous line delivered by Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night, but they used it as the title for the sequel starring Poitier (I assume it di… --- ## [Songs you like that are widely reviled by others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-like-that-are-widely-reviled-by-others/960825 "2022-03-29T18:45:01Z")
In the " Misinterpreted lyrics" thread, @Biggirl said about the song ‘Afternoon Delight’: still love this song-- those harmonies are slammin’! To which I replied: Yeah, I know, right? I do not understand why that s… --- ## [Post Oscar Thoughts (other than Will Smith)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-oscar-thoughts-other-than-will-smith/961838)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-oscar-thoughts-other-than-will-smith/961838 "2022-03-29T16:21:51Z")
I say this with love - as someone for whom the Oscars have been appointment viewing for 60 years - but I think Will Smith and the hosting triumvirate may have killed the Oscars Putting 3 comics on stage simultaneously i… --- ## [A Kickstarter for books just became the most funded project of all time after its first 3 days!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-kickstarter-for-books-just-became-the-most-funded-project-of-all-time-after-its-first-3-days/960498)
**Author:** [@wjChia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wjChia)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-kickstarter-for-books-just-became-the-most-funded-project-of-all-time-after-its-first-3-days/960498 "2022-03-29T15:55:14Z")
I love all of the books in Brandon’s Cosmere universe, and this is just crazy! He wrote 5 extra books (that we know of) during the pandemic, and his Youtube video introducing the Kickstarter was the #1 trending video on … --- ## [Anyone remember Courtney Love doing this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-courtney-love-doing-this/961906)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-courtney-love-doing-this/961906 "2022-03-29T15:07:36Z")
Causing a disruption at an awards show, though technically it was post-show. Late '90s, IIRC. Most likely the MTV awards. Post-show, a woman who had won an award was being interviewed. Outdoors, like on a balcony. If in… --- ## [Tell me about the science of album sorting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-science-of-album-sorting/961715)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-science-of-album-sorting/961715 "2022-03-29T03:51:17Z")
I can only assume that, unless the musician does it themselves, there is someone paid a lot of money to put the tracks in a studio album in a precise order for ideal listening. How is this accomplished? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=267) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=269)