# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=317 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 318 --- ## [Can you help me find the commercial in which someone pokes a straw into an orange?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-find-the-commercial-in-which-someone-pokes-a-straw-into-an-orange/947634)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-find-the-commercial-in-which-someone-pokes-a-straw-into-an-orange/947634 "2021-07-30T14:13:12Z")
There was a Tropicana orange juice commercial in the '80s or '90s in which a woman pokes with a straw at several oranges rolling by her, trying to spear one and drink from it. Failing that, she’s slid a glass of Tropica… --- ## [Honoring My Favorite Uncle (Help Dessert) FAST Plz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honoring-my-favorite-uncle-help-dessert-fast-plz/947557)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honoring-my-favorite-uncle-help-dessert-fast-plz/947557 "2021-07-30T01:14:34Z")
Just pulled into the HEB. He fractured his hip a few weeks ago and is doing poorly. He’s on my mind. Need dessert idea. Outside bbq shish ka bob’s,steak, shrimp and all the veggies, with free flowing tears. He 91 and … --- ## [Stopped listening to music in 1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopped-listening-to-music-in-1980/947519)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopped-listening-to-music-in-1980/947519 "2021-07-29T18:18:18Z")
…more or less–I entered a Ph. D. program and my life as I knew it came to a halt. I have, however, listened to a bit now and again. (“Missing You” below played incessantly as I packed to leave my doctoral program five ye… --- ## [Movies you got to see way too young. Thoughts on them now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-to-see-way-too-young-thoughts-on-them-now/947464)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-to-see-way-too-young-thoughts-on-them-now/947464 "2021-07-29T11:39:54Z")
Did you get to see any movies when you were a kid that you probably shouldn’t have or that your parents would not have allowed had they realized what was in them? I remember being pretty innocent as a kid, but I was bor… --- ## [The Supremes \[RIP Mary Wilson\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supremes-rip-mary-wilson/854642)
**Author:** [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supremes-rip-mary-wilson/854642 "2021-07-29T09:47:00Z")
I wasn’t around in the 60s and, until earlier this month, only knew of the Supremes by their hit songs on the radio, mostly attributing their popularity to Diana Ross. I saw Dreamgirls, but didn’t connect any dots into t… --- ## [Slow cooker - lid lifting - thermal mass (a/k/a What A Crock !)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-cooker-lid-lifting-thermal-mass-a-k-a-what-a-crock/947437)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-cooker-lid-lifting-thermal-mass-a-k-a-what-a-crock/947437 "2021-07-28T22:40:25Z")
For a while, I was all about my leviathan cast iron skillet. For the most part, if I couldn’t make it in that skillet, I just wouldn’t make it. It felt like a stovetop betrayal. My skillet is taking a much needed culi… --- ## [ID this comedy sketch, July 2021 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-comedy-sketch-july-2021-edition/947398)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-comedy-sketch-july-2021-edition/947398 "2021-07-28T22:02:03Z")
There’s a sketch I have a vague memory of having seen on some comedy show in the early '90s when I was 8 or 9 or so. It may have been SNL, but it may have also been The State, or Almost Live, or Tracey Ullman, or some ot… --- ## [The Return of the Saint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-return-of-the-saint/947507 "2021-07-28T21:50:34Z")
It looks like Paramount is rebooting Leslie Charteris’ The Saint, starring former Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page. From what I’ve seen of his work, he’s got the chops, but I hope they show Simon Templar’s early career, w… --- ## [The Ongoing Art Theft Thread – what you gonna steal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ongoing-art-theft-thread-what-you-gonna-steal/848452)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ongoing-art-theft-thread-what-you-gonna-steal/848452 "2021-07-28T21:33:02Z")
Whenever I go to a gallery, museum etc, I have a game that I play: I’m going to steal one of these works of art – but which one? And I thought it might be an interesting idea to share this game with the board, see if we … --- ## [Jimmy's John's guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmys-johns-guy/946790)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmys-johns-guy/946790 "2021-07-28T18:08:21Z")
A character in Jimmy John’s commercials is a hood who calls the restaurant Jimmy’s John’s. Is the character supposed to be a generic small-time crime boss who will never make the big time because he’s too stupid to get … --- ## [Pete Davidson from SNL is going to play Joey Ramone in a biopic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-davidson-from-snl-is-going-to-play-joey-ramone-in-a-biopic/947493)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-davidson-from-snl-is-going-to-play-joey-ramone-in-a-biopic/947493 "2021-07-28T16:55:24Z")
Does anyone think this one is going to work? https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/pete-davidson-doing-intense-prep-for-joey-ramone-movie-its-a-dream-come-true/ar-AAMCQzd?ocid=SK2DDHP&pc=SK2D --- ## [What is Subway's "Refresh" initiative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-subways-refresh-initiative/947014)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-subways-refresh-initiative/947014 "2021-07-28T15:42:50Z")
What is this thing with Subway, “refresh to be fresh”? And are they actually doing anything about their questionable tuna fish sandwich, while they’re at it? --- ## [Uncle Tetsu's Cheesecake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-tetsus-cheesecake/947499)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-tetsus-cheesecake/947499 "2021-07-28T12:21:58Z")
My Japanese husband brought one of these home today, from a fairly newly-opened shop in the food court of Serramonte Center in Daly City. There are six such shops only in California, so you have to live in or visit here … --- ## [Can someone ID this fantasy book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-fantasy-book/947461)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-fantasy-book/947461 "2021-07-28T11:36:32Z")
Been trying to remember this book I read when I was a kid, where all the gods of all the different pantheons existed, but they couldn’t agree on who got to control the world, so they each picked mortal champions, put the… --- ## [Dickinson (character padding screw Discourse)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dickinson-character-padding-screw-discourse/930064)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dickinson-character-padding-screw-discourse/930064 "2021-07-28T03:07:06Z")
I thought there was already a thread for this show but couldn’t find it. Anyway, a heads-up that the first 3 episodes of season 2 are out. --- ## [Frances Bavier home for sale (Aunt Bea)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frances-bavier-home-for-sale-aunt-bea/940104 "2021-07-27T23:56:08Z")
Under contract but taking other offers . She lived there from 1972 to 1989 when she died. A lot of her stuff was auctioned with the money going to UNC public TV sorry it’s Aunt Bee --- ## [The Leftovers - I don't understand the praise \[Open Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-leftovers-i-dont-understand-the-praise-open-spoilers/843398)
**Author:** [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-leftovers-i-dont-understand-the-praise-open-spoilers/843398 "2021-07-27T22:53:33Z")
Based on the amazing mentions of The Leftovers in this thread I just finished watching all 3 seasons of The Leftovers over the past week. I just need to say…what the fuck? I must be missing the magic. Why even bring Kev… --- ## [What are your favorite and least favorite films of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-and-least-favorite-films-of-the-mcu-marvel-cinematic-universe/947239 "2021-07-27T19:20:33Z")
The last time we did something like this, it was 2013 and Captain America: Winter Soldier hadn’t even come out yet. The MCU is so expansive that it would be difficult for a lot of people to rank them in order from favor… --- ## [I'm trying to remember a great British film from the '30s-'40s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-remember-a-great-british-film-from-the-30s-40s/947277)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-remember-a-great-british-film-from-the-30s-40s/947277 "2021-07-27T16:56:46Z")
The film was a common trope of movies at the time. A rich titled widower, away on vacation, falls in love with and marries a young girl. After the vacation, they return to his castle-esque home where his wife died… and… --- ## [Most emotionally manipulative TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-emotionally-manipulative-tv-shows/943994)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-emotionally-manipulative-tv-shows/943994 "2021-07-27T15:42:53Z")
They pretty much all do it to some extent, but certain shows are clearly written specifically with the emotional manipulation of the audience in mind. They’re trying very openly to make you cry. Some examples: Flashpoi… --- ## [Actors who have played two generations of real people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-two-generations-of-real-people/947161)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-played-two-generations-of-real-people/947161 "2021-07-27T15:33:02Z")
While watching the King’s Speech (as HBO tells me it’s leaving the HBO app, they clearly know their punters I had no real desire to rewatch before that :slight\_smile: ) I realize Helena Bonham Carter plays the duchess of… --- ## [Classical music from movie "Being There" (1979)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-from-movie-being-there-1979/155679)
**Author:** [@ECJones29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ECJones29)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-from-movie-being-there-1979/155679 "2021-07-27T08:37:21Z")
This one’s keeping me up at night! Under the main titles to “Being There,” Chance wakes up and turns the TV set on to a symphony orchestra playing the opening movement of a very famous classical piece. Everyone knows thi… --- ## [Learning how to sing harmony vocals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-how-to-sing-harmony-vocals/946882)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-how-to-sing-harmony-vocals/946882 "2021-07-27T03:46:43Z")
I would love to be able to sing a second melody. I am normally able to hold a tune well enough and I am also a decent enough musician to be able to create the harmony line if there isn’t one already. However, the problem… --- ## [Loki cast question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loki-cast-question/947368)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loki-cast-question/947368 "2021-07-27T01:19:18Z")
I’m housesitting at a place with Disney+ so I’m bingeing it while i can. I did Mandalorian, and WandaVision, and am working on Loki. I’ve checked all the cast lists i can find online, but none of them say who’s playing O… --- ## [How did money work in the Star Trek universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-money-work-in-the-star-trek-universe/947164)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-money-work-in-the-star-trek-universe/947164 "2021-07-26T23:19:27Z")
A thread in GQ started discussing money in Star Trek. Since that was a hijack I figured it was worth starting a thread here to explore it. In Star Trek we are led to believe it is a post-scarcity society. No one wants… --- ## [Am I the Only One Who Thinks the TV Show “Friends” Is Very Overrated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-the-tv-show-friends-is-very-overrated/941343)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-one-who-thinks-the-tv-show-friends-is-very-overrated/941343 "2021-07-26T21:08:33Z")
Everyone has different tastes, but the show Friends has many ardent fans years after it finished. When it was new, I found it about as subtle as a bag of hammers. It had some attractive characters and a few clever mome… --- ## ["Wyatt Earp here is going to take over" What trope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyatt-earp-here-is-going-to-take-over-what-trope/947294)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wyatt-earp-here-is-going-to-take-over-what-trope/947294 "2021-07-26T14:51:42Z")
The local cop is covering an incident, and takes offense when a higher authority shows up. The Fugitive, Die Hard, and a ton I’m blanking on. I’m gonna guess in real life, local guy would be relieved to have it taken off… --- ## [Radio dramas on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-dramas-on-youtube/947241)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-dramas-on-youtube/947241 "2021-07-26T10:37:52Z")
I have become mildly addicted to radio dramas (not audiobooks, not soundtracks from TV shows) on YouTube. Since they are audio only, there is nothing to look at, so that part is a bit tedious, but there are some wonderfu… --- ## [Recommend some good quirky/funny/detective/cop shows on BritBox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-quirky-funny-detective-cop-shows-on-britbox/946013)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-quirky-funny-detective-cop-shows-on-britbox/946013 "2021-07-26T08:36:50Z")
My wife and I have very different tastes in movies and tv shows. About the only thing we watch together are UK, Australian, New Zealand lightweight mystery shows. We had Acorn for the last couple of years, which had load… --- ## [The new Kung-Fu series. (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-kung-fu-series-spoilers/939634)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-kung-fu-series-spoilers/939634 "2021-07-26T07:05:37Z")
Anyone else give this a try? I watched the first episode and it was a bland cheesy soap opera, like most things on the CW. Also, there are magic swords, all of which must be caught. First impression is that it is crap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=316) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=318)