# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=283 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 284 --- ## [Trump and Putin (et al.) as comic book super-villains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-putin-et-al-as-comic-book-super-villains/958116)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-putin-et-al-as-comic-book-super-villains/958116 "2022-01-20T17:02:31Z")
When I was around eleven or so, I began to lose interest in comic books because I found the super-villains’ motivations weak. After all, even the most selfish, greedy villains in the world would need to be motivated by m… --- ## [Southern American Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-american-food/957768)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-american-food/957768 "2022-01-20T16:13:23Z")
I have a copy of a Cook’s Illustrated magazine focused on food from states like Georgia and Alabama. This type of food is hard to find in Canada. While I’m sure you can get anything in a big city, I’m not sure how popu… --- ## [Origin of the name "Dagwood"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-name-dagwood/958021)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-name-dagwood/958021 "2022-01-20T14:41:45Z")
Dagwood Bumstead is one of the principal characters in the comic strip Blondie. What’s the origin of his first name? I’m not aware of any real-life people named Dagwood; was this given name ever used before the comic s… --- ## [Let's talk jackfruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-jackfruit/958031)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-jackfruit/958031 "2022-01-20T04:07:05Z")
A local grocery sometimes has jackfruit for sale. I’m intrigued, but I’ve never bought it because I have no idea how to prepare it. I have read that fully ripe jackfruit is usually eaten as a fruit. How do you know if… --- ## [What celebrities in their 90's do you now most hope make it their big 100th birthday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-celebrities-in-their-90s-do-you-now-most-hope-make-it-their-big-100th-birthday/957055 "2022-01-20T01:13:09Z")
Mel Brooks is 95 and the laughter he has brought us all make me cheer for him. Dick Van Dyke is actually 96 and again, just seems like a nice guy. Not my top picks, though. I want David Attenborough to make it the mos… --- ## [Harry Potter from the Malfoys' perspective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-from-the-malfoys-perspective/958076)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-from-the-malfoys-perspective/958076 "2022-01-20T00:46:56Z")
It occurred to me today that I want to see this story, soup to nuts, from the Malfoys’ perspective. Lucius was probably always a pureblood elitist snob, but I think that’s only a red herring. When Voldemort was startin… --- ## [Bill Jackson (BJ and Dirty Dragon Show) R.I.P](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-jackson-bj-and-dirty-dragon-show-r-i-p/958058)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-jackson-bj-and-dirty-dragon-show-r-i-p/958058 "2022-01-20T00:40:25Z")
Well this blows. Two of my TV crushes have died within a one month span. First Nicholas Georgiade, and now Bill Jackson, known to Chicagoans as BJ. Back in the Seventies and beyond, Bill Jackson was the host of The BJ… --- ## [Was this a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-movie/957876)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-movie/957876 "2022-01-19T23:36:35Z")
50s noirish. A guy wants to infiltrate a gang by posing as another guy. But the other guy was missing part of his little finger, so he slams his finger in a car door and (I guess) after it heals, he ages it by soaking it… --- ## [The Thread about The Thing (1982)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-about-the-thing-1982/951421)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-about-the-thing-1982/951421 "2022-01-19T20:47:35Z")
My 15 year old daughter’s best friend was over this weekend and they wanted to watch a scary movie. They were perusing our various streaming services and finding a bunch of dumb slasher movies, and I said they should wa… --- ## [Families need thier fathers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-need-thier-fathers/958036)
**Author:** [@PNG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PNG)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-need-thier-fathers/958036 "2022-01-19T20:36:06Z")
Looking for years for the song that has this as its chorus… Families Need Their Fathers A Mother needs a shoulder To cry on when shes over Everyday-… And what about the children are they gonna suffer While your jus… --- ## [What makes a curry/kebab compelling eating after a night out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-curry-kebab-compelling-eating-after-a-night-out/412602)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-curry-kebab-compelling-eating-after-a-night-out/412602 "2022-01-19T18:05:30Z")
After watching the rugby this evening and having a few, I’m pining for a curry. Based on my experiences of kebab houses and curry houses after hours, I’d say I’m not the only one who likes a curry/kebab, either. But wh… --- ## [What was the first 'single movie' released in theatres as multiple films?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-single-movie-released-in-theatres-as-multiple-films/957878)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-single-movie-released-in-theatres-as-multiple-films/957878 "2022-01-19T16:44:19Z")
We’re watching Cleopatra (1963). Joe Mankiewicz came out with a six-hour film, which he suggested should be released as two, separate, three-hour films. It wasn’t. So what was the first ‘single film’ that was released… --- ## [Joe Pickett on Spectrum Originals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pickett-on-spectrum-originals/955734)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pickett-on-spectrum-originals/955734 "2022-01-19T15:49:56Z")
New show based on CJ Box’s books. So far just one episode.Being an avid CJBox fan I was looking forward to it. I’ll give it more time. The only casting I find correct, so far, Carol Laurence, as his MIL. --- ## [Tomorrow is Dec 24, which (may) mean one thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-is-dec-24-which-may-mean-one-thing/956554)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-is-dec-24-which-may-mean-one-thing/956554 "2022-01-19T12:56:58Z")
Right up there with Rankin Bass classics: The annual Kevin Spacey bizarre Xmas video A Christmas tradition since 2018, and at least some of you knew when you clicked on the thread. --- ## [The age 40+ Chosen One?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-age-40-chosen-one/957622)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-age-40-chosen-one/957622 "2022-01-18T22:42:48Z")
I’m looking for fantasy or scifi or horror stories where someone is at least 40 years old when it is revealed that he or she is the chosen one who is destined to save their people or the kingdom or the whole freakin’ wor… --- ## ["Jingle Bells Batman Smells..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/956164)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/956164 "2022-01-18T17:19:27Z")
“Robin Laid an Egg The Batmobile Lost its wheel And…” When you were growing up what was the next line? For me it was “and the commissioner broke his leg”. I never heard “And the Joker got away” until I was an adult … --- ## [RIP, Marlon Bundo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-bundo/958004)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-bundo/958004 "2022-01-18T17:05:05Z")
--- ## [Spoil Hereditary and Midsommar for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-hereditary-and-midsommar-for-me/836573)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-hereditary-and-midsommar-for-me/836573 "2022-01-18T02:13:18Z")
Both films by director Ari Aster. Both get reviews that consistently use the same words: “disturbing” and “unsettling”. All the online forum discussions say things like “can’t unsee it” and “haven’t slept for weeks”. I… --- ## [Don't Look Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-look-up/957965)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-look-up/957965 "2022-01-18T01:51:31Z")
Surprised there wasn’t a thread already. Amazing cast…i’ve only watched a few scenes and familiarized myself with the plot. Even as a ‘satire/comedy’…too depressing to actually sit down and watch. And I’m not even a big… --- ## [Bleeping out the words Nazi and Hitler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleeping-out-the-words-nazi-and-hitler/957961)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleeping-out-the-words-nazi-and-hitler/957961 "2022-01-18T01:32:48Z")
I’ve noticed in a couple of videos on YouTube the words Nazi and Hitler get bleeped out. Is this a thing now? And why? Example: --- ## [Help identify this music video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-music-video/957939)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-music-video/957939 "2022-01-17T18:58:53Z")
So I am strolling through the Roku channels, and on “B-Movie TV” I come across the tail end of some sort of charity video (I am guessing) that had a bunch of hair bands, including I think Quiet Riot, singing “We are staa… --- ## [Great Dramas w/ Homeless Protagonist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dramas-w-homeless-protagonist/939621)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dramas-w-homeless-protagonist/939621 "2022-01-17T16:59:44Z")
There doesn’t seem to be many of them, probably because of the lack of commercial appeal, so there might extra pressure to make it great in an artistic way. Sult/Svält (1966, Henning Carlsen) based on the novel by Knut … --- ## [Identify this Hee Haw character, "Gumdrop"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-hee-haw-character-gumdrop/957923)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-hee-haw-character-gumdrop/957923 "2022-01-17T07:25:15Z")
A big old guy, with a head so square I can see where he might have got the nickname “Gumdrop”. Okay, Dopers! You guys can sleuth out darn near anything. I can’t find squat on this guy. Let me know what you all can come u… --- ## [Did Josh Duhamel (Danny), really hurt his foot? (Las Vegas)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-josh-duhamel-danny-really-hurt-his-foot-las-vegas/254977)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-josh-duhamel-danny-really-hurt-his-foot-las-vegas/254977 "2022-01-17T02:27:16Z")
Did the actor really hurt is foot causing the writers to write it into the show? --- ## [Letterkenny Season 9 arrives 12/26!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterkenny-season-9-arrives-12-26/927522)
**Author:** [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letterkenny-season-9-arrives-12-26/927522 "2022-01-16T23:13:39Z")
On Hulu (and on Crave on Christmas day). A teaser: --- ## [Goldbelly intrigues me. Should it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldbelly-intrigues-me-should-it/957828)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goldbelly-intrigues-me-should-it/957828 "2022-01-16T23:12:52Z")
I know most of you avoid advertisements on line through ad-blockers or memberships or whatever, but as I have posted, I actually like seeing the advertisements (they are often hilarious) so I let the internet wash over m… --- ## [Which is your favourite film in each of these categories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favourite-film-in-each-of-these-categories/957663)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-your-favourite-film-in-each-of-these-categories/957663 "2022-01-16T22:58:59Z")
I realise that there have been several threads on favourite films. Hopefully this is different enough to be interesting. (Mods, if it’s not original enough, feel free to close it. No hard feelings! :wink: So, which is… --- ## [Movie Question For The Ladies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-question-for-the-ladies/957866)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-question-for-the-ladies/957866 "2022-01-16T18:39:58Z")
Which movies do you think have the best social commentary on women, as well as a good/great movie? If you have time, it would be really cool to name a a movie older than 40 years, and something modern… I’m sure we have … --- ## [Anyone have a good way to jazz up peas (veggie) for dinner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-good-way-to-jazz-up-peas-veggie-for-dinner/957799)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-good-way-to-jazz-up-peas-veggie-for-dinner/957799 "2022-01-16T15:53:16Z")
Title kinda says it all. I am cooking for family and doing a chicken dish. Peas and chicken are a natural go-together thing and I like peas plain with some salt. But, I was wondering if there was a way to make them a … --- ## [Another Short Story by Aeoles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-short-story-by-aeoles/957888)
**Author:** [@Aeoles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeoles)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-short-story-by-aeoles/957888 "2022-01-16T07:33:46Z")
So, I wrote another short story. I know I suck at editing, but hey, I write to just have fun! I like the feedback you people give me, so here it is. For your pleasure, I submit to the Midnight Society, Her Laws [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=282) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=284)