# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=338 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 339 --- ## [Do You Let Your Children Watch the Simpsons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-let-your-children-watch-the-simpsons/940010)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-let-your-children-watch-the-simpsons/940010 "2021-04-17T05:00:50Z")
I’ve got to wonder. Because the Simpsons. Is it an adults’ cartoon? Or a children’s? It’s harder to say now these days than it was when I was younger (Generation X). I know that I had a very protective mother. But as I … --- ## [Recommend a movie for family movie night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-movie-for-family-movie-night/937725)
**Author:** [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-movie-for-family-movie-night/937725 "2021-04-17T03:43:01Z")
Since lockdown cancelled all our weekend plans, we’ve been doing family movie night on Friday and Saturday evenings. It’s been fun for the most part, but after nearly a year of such weekends, we’re running out of things… --- ## [What are your favorite obscure Bob Dylan songs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-obscure-bob-dylan-songs/940085)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-obscure-bob-dylan-songs/940085 "2021-04-16T18:37:52Z")
I attended an online Bob Dylan lecture recently and looking for song suggestions that go beyond the obvious ones like Blowing in the Wind. There’s no hard and fast rule as to what obscure means, maybe ‘deep track’ is a … --- ## [Fix Apu Storyline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-apu-storyline/813553)
**Author:** [@Batano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batano)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-apu-storyline/813553 "2021-04-16T17:49:39Z")
So let’s say they want to fix the Apu back story to make him look less ridiculous. Here are some ideas: He’s nor really Indian, he’s been wearing brown face to land a hot wife. He rigged a power line to the nuclear pla… --- ## [House of Cards discussion thread (spoilers for all episodes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-cards-discussion-thread-spoilers-for-all-episodes/652343)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-cards-discussion-thread-spoilers-for-all-episodes/652343 "2021-04-16T15:20:10Z")
I did a search for this and didn’t find anything–my apologies if the hamsters have failed me. I just finished watching all episodes of House of Cards. For those of you who are unaware, it’s Netflix’s first proprietary … --- ## [Examples of "cheeking" in movies/TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-cheeking-in-movies-tv/926348)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-cheeking-in-movies-tv/926348 "2021-04-16T14:47:58Z")
Recently, I’ve seen a TV series (The Queen’s Gambit) and a movie (Run) which both featured scenes of someone “cheeking” their medication. Cheeking, I learned, is the name for hiding a pill in your cheek or under your ton… --- ## [What happened to the Nine Rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-nine-rings/939868)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-nine-rings/939868 "2021-04-16T11:19:47Z")
Ok, we know Sauron made them in the Second age. Sauron stole them and gave them to Nine Mortal men. They became Ringwraiths when they died. However, at the end of the 2nd age Eru drowned Númenor, which was removed fro… --- ## [Trying to ID an actor from a description in a book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-an-actor-from-a-description-in-a-book/938735)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-an-actor-from-a-description-in-a-book/938735 "2021-04-16T00:44:12Z")
The book is “Moondust-The Men who Fell to Earth” by Andrew Smith. He mentions going to a Star Trek/SF convention in Las Vegas to meet an astronaut who was signing autographs there. Smith further mentions encountering a… --- ## [I'm going to try Agatha Christie - need help choosing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-try-agatha-christie-need-help-choosing/391109)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-try-agatha-christie-need-help-choosing/391109 "2021-04-15T20:11:37Z")
I’d like to start reading some classic mysteries, and I believe I’ll commence with Agatha Christie. So - which character do you recommend? Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple? --- ## [James GANDOLFINI is 35 years old in the Sopranos pilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-gandolfini-is-35-years-old-in-the-sopranos-pilot/939826)
**Author:** [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-gandolfini-is-35-years-old-in-the-sopranos-pilot/939826 "2021-04-15T19:56:23Z")
Holy shit that can’t be right, but it is. Gal Gadot is currently 35. Michael B. Jordan is 34. Kyle Chandler is 55. --- ## [The quality of programming on tubi.tv seems to have gone up recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quality-of-programming-on-tubi-tv-seems-to-have-gone-up-recently/940044)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-quality-of-programming-on-tubi-tv-seems-to-have-gone-up-recently/940044 "2021-04-15T16:12:33Z")
I don’t know if anyone else watches this, but it seems a lot more quality shows from a few decades ago are ending up here. Fox bought them last year, but it seems like their quality of options has gone up in just the la… --- ## [Food Network Tournament of Champions - Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-tournament-of-champions-season-2/938508)
**Author:** [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-tournament-of-champions-season-2/938508 "2021-04-15T14:37:56Z")
One of the things that happened for me in 2020 is that I became addicted to cooking competition shows. Chopped, Guy’s Grocery Games, Beat Bobby Flay etc. The newest one, which just started season 2, is the Tournament of … --- ## [Relatively well-known songs you were absolutely gobsmacked to discover so recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relatively-well-known-songs-you-were-absolutely-gobsmacked-to-discover-so-recently/939942)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relatively-well-known-songs-you-were-absolutely-gobsmacked-to-discover-so-recently/939942 "2021-04-15T04:18:26Z")
“Recently” would be kinda relative - about a year ago I heard this tune on the radio, and when I was informed it was McCartney’s “Another Day”, I was like - buh? I thought I had the whole post-Beatles catalogue thing do… --- ## ["Dad Stop Embarrassing Me" - new Jamie Foxx show on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-new-jamie-foxx-show-on-netflix/940009)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-stop-embarrassing-me-new-jamie-foxx-show-on-netflix/940009 "2021-04-15T02:11:40Z")
My wife heard a podcast interview or something with Jamie Foxx, and was interested to see the new sitcom he co-created and co-wrote, premiering today on Netflix. I didn’t know anything about it, but she seemed enthusiast… --- ## [Bridgerton - did the sex add or detract? (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridgerton-did-the-sex-add-or-detract-spoilers/929640)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridgerton-did-the-sex-add-or-detract-spoilers/929640 "2021-04-14T22:46:21Z")
We just finished watching Bridgerton on TV. Entirely inconsequential but entertaining diversion. My question, however, concerns the manner in which the sex scenes were portrayed. I do not generally consider myself a p… --- ## [Badvertisements: When an Ad Repels Me from Its Product](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badvertisements-when-an-ad-repels-me-from-its-product/938992)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badvertisements-when-an-ad-repels-me-from-its-product/938992 "2021-04-14T17:57:42Z")
Just like the rest of you,\* I occasionally fall down a U2B rabbit hole and watch a buncha music videos in a row. When I do this, before every other video–literally between every two videos–my vid association flow is inte… --- ## [Godzilla Vs. Kong - OK, so did anybody else see this thing? (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-vs-kong-ok-so-did-anybody-else-see-this-thing-open-spoilers/939126)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-vs-kong-ok-so-did-anybody-else-see-this-thing-open-spoilers/939126 "2021-04-14T12:50:08Z")
Schlock? Trash? I’m not sure. It certainly looks like it cost a lot of money and the effects were amazing. But… Did they just go to the center of the Earth? Did Godzilla then shoot his ray to the center of the Earth? An… --- ## [Them - on Amazon Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-on-amazon-prime/939818)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-on-amazon-prime/939818 "2021-04-14T11:54:48Z")
This is the weirdest damn show… I’m not finished with the series yet. I’m currently on Episode 7. Everybody sees a different invisible person. Lucky’s trauma is horrific, but this whole family is fucked up beyond recogn… --- ## [Characters that become tropes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-become-tropes/938906)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-that-become-tropes/938906 "2021-04-14T06:49:04Z")
The Sherlock Holmes character has been redone and reimagined in TV and movies probably dozens of times. Both the actual ‘Sherlock Holmes’ character, and also characters who are not, but are clearly modeled after Holmes, … --- ## [WWII in HD -- that little girl!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-in-hd-that-little-girl/519490)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-in-hd-that-little-girl/519490 "2021-04-14T02:23:18Z")
I recorded History Channel’s WWII in HD and am still in the process of watching the episodes. It’s not a blow-by-blow historical account, it’s more like a mood piece using video and voiceovers, but it’s compelling. The… --- ## [Help me identify a title sequence from a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-title-sequence-from-a-movie/939912)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-title-sequence-from-a-movie/939912 "2021-04-13T20:46:55Z")
The details are pretty vague; it was shown late at night and this was several years ago so it would have been network / basic cable. All I can remember is a shot of a sunny field, possibly with wind blowing. The thing th… --- ## [Later by Stephen King - anyone else read this? (closed spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/later-by-stephen-king-anyone-else-read-this-closed-spoilers/938930)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/later-by-stephen-king-anyone-else-read-this-closed-spoilers/938930 "2021-04-13T19:04:16Z")
I was ready to get hurt again. OK, being a bit dramatic, but about a year and a half ago, I treated myself to the latest Stephen King book, specifically the audiobook. I went in unspoiled, didn’t even read the premise, a… --- ## [Hollywood Cinerama Dome no more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-cinerama-dome-no-more/939898)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-cinerama-dome-no-more/939898 "2021-04-13T16:29:48Z")
Pacific Theatres is closing its 500 theatres, and one of them is the Hollywood Cinerama Dome: Celebrities mourn future closure of iconic Cinerama Dome, Arclight Cinemas due to coronavirus pandemic - ABC News (go.com) M… --- ## [Questions about Promising Young Woman (spoilers abound)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-promising-young-woman-spoilers-abound/938346)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-promising-young-woman-spoilers-abound/938346 "2021-04-13T15:45:07Z")
Was there a color coding in her journal, that contained names and tallies? If so, what was the code? (Is there any particular reason she put a scrunchie around her wrist while writing?) What exactly did she do to Madi… --- ## [Patrick Melrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-melrose/814555)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-melrose/814555 "2021-04-13T13:35:05Z")
Anybody else watching it? The first ep’s focus was dark, very dark humor. The second which was primarily PM as a young boy was even darker and alot less funny. I like it and will continue watching. --- ## [So that happened... Whedon's “history of creating toxic and hostile work environments”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-happened-whedons-history-of-creating-toxic-and-hostile-work-environments/932735)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 507\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-that-happened-whedons-history-of-creating-toxic-and-hostile-work-environments/932735 "2021-04-13T10:53:02Z")
Joss Whedon is not just a producer of creepy nonsense, he’s a nonsense creep. Was it obvious to others from his dialogue or not? --- ## [Looking for a tv movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-tv-movie/939900)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-tv-movie/939900 "2021-04-13T08:36:37Z")
I am looking for an ABC tv movie from 1976, Dead On Target. It is a “Derek Flint” movie, although Coburn isn’t in it. I have tried XFinity On Demand and Roku, but no luck so far. Help? --- ## [Stir fried frozen veggies-- thaw or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stir-fried-frozen-veggies-thaw-or-no/939631)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stir-fried-frozen-veggies-thaw-or-no/939631 "2021-04-13T00:04:31Z")
Got my pepper steak strips marinating in a soy sauce, ponzu, many other tasty and aromatic thing marinade. Got fresh broccoli, carrots, onions and peppers ready to slice. Also got a bag of frozen snow peas. Should I thaw… --- ## [shtisel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shtisel/829007)
**Author:** [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shtisel/829007 "2021-04-12T21:34:45Z")
this series from Israel is streaming on Netflix now. a very nicely done series on an ultra orthodox family. try it if you haven’t seen it. I really enjoyed it and was sad to hear they are not planning a third series. --- ## [Ready Player Two - Thoughts? (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-player-two-thoughts-open-spoilers/932977)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-player-two-thoughts-open-spoilers/932977 "2021-04-12T19:51:41Z")
Gist: I liked it, but this is hardly an amazing book(but neither is the first one). This thread contains full open spoilers for Ready Player One and its sequel, Ready Player Two First, realize that I really enjoyed the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=337) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=339)