# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=329 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 330 --- ## [Joe Lara - Tarzen from the 1990's dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-lara-tarzen-from-the-1990s-dies/943250)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-lara-tarzen-from-the-1990s-dies/943250 "2021-05-31T16:55:31Z")
A lot of guys with good abs rocked the Tarzan loincloth. I watched a few of the Tarzan episodes in the 90’s. IIRC it was on the same channel as Xena and Hercules. A plane crash in Tennessee killed seven church members. … --- ## [Vintage commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-commercials/942814 "2021-05-31T14:26:56Z")
Growing up in the '60s and '70s, I watched a lot of TV. It’s amazing how often commercials of the time pop into my head. This thread is for remembering commercials of the past. Here’s one that randomly bubbled to the … --- ## [Embarasssing attempts at drama in a comedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarasssing-attempts-at-drama-in-a-comedy/943260)
**Author:** [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarasssing-attempts-at-drama-in-a-comedy/943260 "2021-05-31T05:26:40Z")
As a counterpart to the thread Embarrassingly bad “comic relief” in old TV drama I was wondering aboutwhat people’s most memorable attempts at dramatic moments in a comedy are. The first one that came to mind for me w… --- ## [Credits, where credit is due](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credits-where-credit-is-due/943216)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credits-where-credit-is-due/943216 "2021-05-31T01:01:59Z")
I’ve been really enjoying the Canadian series Letterkenny. It is basically a comedy showing the misadventures and interactions of a few small-town groups - hicks, skids and hockey players. The focus is usually on perh… --- ## [Identify this movie - 80's spoof or comedy kind of like Alien(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-80s-spoof-or-comedy-kind-of-like-alien-s/943249)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-movie-80s-spoof-or-comedy-kind-of-like-alien-s/943249 "2021-05-31T00:49:14Z")
I think this one is pretty easy compared to some I’ve seen on here. Here is what I remember. Comedy, a send-up or spoof. It’s a send up of the Alien movie and other space movies The alien is really ugly, but in the end… --- ## [RIP B.J. Thomas at Age 78 from Lung Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-b-j-thomas-at-age-78-from-lung-cancer/943202)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-b-j-thomas-at-age-78-from-lung-cancer/943202 "2021-05-30T22:41:42Z")
He had some nice songs such as: Hooked on a Feeling: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head: --- ## [Beastie Boys!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beastie-boys/942795)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beastie-boys/942795 "2021-05-30T17:43:29Z")
I’ve been a fan since Cooky Puss and lately it’s been great to see the YouTube music reaction community discover these guys. It’s great fun watching a 20-something life-long hip hop fan sit down and listen to the Beasti… --- ## [Songs that are greater than the sum of their parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-greater-than-the-sum-of-their-parts/943223)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-are-greater-than-the-sum-of-their-parts/943223 "2021-05-30T17:13:23Z")
This is a great song. But why? The melody and chord changes aren’t particularly interesting. The lyrics are ordinary, some might say almost trite or cliched. Still, I always love hearing it. What have you got along the s… --- ## [Another tune for doper identification (jazz/swing)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tune-for-doper-identification-jazz-swing/943056)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tune-for-doper-identification-jazz-swing/943056 "2021-05-30T15:50:43Z")
Hi folks, I’m trying to remember a tune which i (or my bro) had on a 78rpm record at least 40 years ago, probably US jazz, 40s or 50s. Here is a rough version i knocked up from memory. I’d love to hear it again, th… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - May 2021 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2021-edition/941252)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2021-edition/941252 "2021-05-30T12:57:04Z")
My apologies for this late thread. My boss is out of town at a funeral and I’ve been covering his shift… and some of the other mouse’s too because you know what they say about mice when cats are not present. Soooooo … G… --- ## [RIP Gavin MacLeod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gavin-macleod/943186)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-gavin-macleod/943186 "2021-05-30T12:38:16Z")
Betty need only outlast John Amos and Ed Asner to collect on that Sou-Sou --- ## [Getting in the last word-Final lines in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-last-word-final-lines-in-movies/942981 "2021-05-30T05:13:55Z")
My inspiration-I just finished watching Shock Treatment(for the 173rd time), where the narrator finishes the movie with “The sun never sets on those who ride into it”. So what are some of your favorite last lines and/or… --- ## [Did IMDB Remove Critics Reviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-imdb-remove-critics-reviews/943198)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-imdb-remove-critics-reviews/943198 "2021-05-30T01:50:04Z")
I like to check out the Trivia, Goofs, and Critic Reviews on the IMDB but they’ve recently redone the page and it seems like the reviews have vanished. Can anyone else see them? --- ## [Wonder Woman 1984 (WW84) Seen it \[Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-1984-ww84-seen-it-spoilers/928928)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 286\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-woman-1984-ww84-seen-it-spoilers/928928 "2021-05-30T00:32:48Z")
I enjoyed the first movie. Though I don’t enjoy many DC movies. In fact Wonder Woman and Shazam are probably about it in the modern run. Mouseover filler . . . . This one was slow paced. Not very much fun. I wond… --- ## [Oldest show, all cast members still alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-show-all-cast-members-still-alive/826573)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-show-all-cast-members-still-alive/826573 "2021-05-29T20:37:05Z")
What is the oldest TV show in which the original cast members are still alive? You can define cast members however you please. I’ve wondering about this for a while. Cosby? Family Ties? Fall guy? I’m pretty sure the… --- ## [Difference Between "Italian" and "Mediterranean" flavor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-italian-and-mediterranean-flavor/943118)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-italian-and-mediterranean-flavor/943118 "2021-05-29T19:17:17Z")
At the supermarket, I see two varieties of the same brand of snack chips. One is “Mediterranean” and the other is “Italian” flavored. What is the difference between these flavors, as seen by the snack industry? --- ## [Curly vs. Shemp vs. Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-vs-shemp-vs-joe/16713)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curly-vs-shemp-vs-joe/16713 "2021-05-29T19:04:12Z")
Since people are debating the SNL vs. MP in another thread, I thought I would bring up the age old question of the Three Stooges. Who was the best stooge in the rotating third part? Was it Curly, Shemp, Joe, Curly Joe, … --- ## [Where can I watch La Totale! Online? I’m willing to pay money to watch it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-watch-la-totale-online-i-m-willing-to-pay-money-to-watch-it/943176)
**Author:** [@Something](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Something)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-watch-la-totale-online-i-m-willing-to-pay-money-to-watch-it/943176 "2021-05-29T18:02:11Z")
I’ve known for years that James Cameron’s movie true lies was based on a French film, but yesterday I learned that French film came out only a few years before true lies did (It came out in 1991). I’ve researched into t… --- ## [Super obscure question about the novel "Little Fuzzy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-obscure-question-about-the-novel-little-fuzzy/943146)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-obscure-question-about-the-novel-little-fuzzy/943146 "2021-05-29T16:20:11Z")
This is probably a long shot, but the Dope has pleasantly surprised me before with its breadth of obscure knowledge, so I’ll give it a try. I love the novel “Little Fuzzy” by H. Beam Piper. I re-read it every few years.… --- ## [Mare of Easttown - thoughts before finale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mare-of-easttown-thoughts-before-finale/943049)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mare-of-easttown-thoughts-before-finale/943049 "2021-05-29T15:52:39Z")
So my wife and I have been bingeing Mare of Easttown on HBO, and I figured this is our last chance to discuss it, before the series (season?) finale airs. SPOILER THROUGH EPISODE 6!!! BE WARNED!!! -Overall, it’s excell… --- ## [Why has "superfecundation" never been used as a dramatic plot? Sheesh! :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-superfecundation-never-been-used-as-a-dramatic-plot-sheesh/942935)
**Author:** [@Something](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Something)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-superfecundation-never-been-used-as-a-dramatic-plot-sheesh/942935 "2021-05-29T13:44:30Z")
Superfecundation (Superfecundation - Wikipedia) is a situation wherein a mother is carrying babies that are from multiple fathers. As in, Sarah is carrying Bob AND Sam’s babies at the same time! According to the Wikiped… --- ## [Why is the lock on the cemetery gate in the movie Watchmen shaped like Mickey Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-lock-on-the-cemetery-gate-in-the-movie-watchmen-shaped-like-mickey-mouse/943068)
**Author:** [@Something](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Something)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-lock-on-the-cemetery-gate-in-the-movie-watchmen-shaped-like-mickey-mouse/943068 "2021-05-29T12:54:15Z")
I was watching a scene from the movie watchmen and in it the character Rorschach picks a lock that’s on A cemetery gate and the lock is shaped like Mickey Mouse’s head. I googled it and didn’t find an answer or any evi… --- ## [I don't think this this song is about what you think it's about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-this-this-song-is-about-what-you-think-its-about/943108)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-this-this-song-is-about-what-you-think-its-about/943108 "2021-05-28T19:54:56Z")
--- ## [People from Spanish speaking countries: What sides do you eat at home other than rice and beans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-from-spanish-speaking-countries-what-sides-do-you-eat-at-home-other-than-rice-and-beans/942936)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-from-spanish-speaking-countries-what-sides-do-you-eat-at-home-other-than-rice-and-beans/942936 "2021-05-28T19:23:32Z")
If you are from a Spanish speaking country, or a recent immigrant, or someone who knows a lot about food from Spanish speaking countries, what kind of sides do you eat at home other than rice and beans? I’ve seen a ton … --- ## [Another thread overanalyzing pop songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thread-overanalyzing-pop-songs/941406)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thread-overanalyzing-pop-songs/941406 "2021-05-28T17:46:16Z")
I’m combining two songs into one thread this time. “Kiss Me Deadly” by Lita Ford Okay, I know it was a classic film noir but how does the expression “kiss me deadly” apply in this song? How exactly is the guy (or girl… --- ## [Which Smiths song is the US to Israel right now? And why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-smiths-song-is-the-us-to-israel-right-now-and-why/943087)
**Author:** [@justwanttopost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwanttopost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-smiths-song-is-the-us-to-israel-right-now-and-why/943087 "2021-05-28T16:19:25Z")
Girlfriend in Coma? Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before? ETA: What difference does it make? --- ## [In the Heat of the Night and Oh! Darling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-heat-of-the-night-and-oh-darling/943035)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-heat-of-the-night-and-oh-darling/943035 "2021-05-28T15:12:04Z")
Music composed by Quincy Jones for the film in 1967, lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman and of course Ray Charles and his backup singers deliver some extraordinary vocals. What a great song it is! I’ve always liked it a… --- ## [In ‘Rugrats’ reboot, Phil and Lil’s mom, Betty, will be an out lesbian single mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-rugrats-reboot-phil-and-lil-s-mom-betty-will-be-an-out-lesbian-single-mom/943071)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-rugrats-reboot-phil-and-lil-s-mom-betty-will-be-an-out-lesbian-single-mom/943071 "2021-05-28T13:53:28Z")
why would this surprise anyone who watched rugrats over the age of 12 … especially when it’s been said that she would have been originally if nick had let them … I’ve seen this reprinted on other websites and wow the s… --- ## [Name of this appetizer:peppers, cheese, oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-this-appetizer-peppers-cheese-oil/942371)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-this-appetizer-peppers-cheese-oil/942371 "2021-05-28T12:11:23Z")
I’m trying to duplicate a dish sold by a Greek family at various events. The finished item is rings of pepper stuffed with a cheese mixture, all in oil. I assume they are cutting off the tops of little sweet peppers, g… --- ## [Lucifer Season Five](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucifer-season-five/841000)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucifer-season-five/841000 "2021-05-28T10:26:13Z")
It wasn’t that long ago Season 4 dropped but … what the hell, we know season 5 is coming so why not start talking? Filming for Season 5 started in early September. Originally intended to have just 10 episodes, season 5… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=328) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=330)