# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=347 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 348 --- ## [Drama/Sitcom with the highest main character/other character ratio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drama-sitcom-with-the-highest-main-character-other-character-ratio/937275 "2021-03-07T20:10:31Z")
In discussing TV Detectives, the series Cannon was mentioned, and the fact that the show had one star. William Conrad was in all 192 episodes The next most appearing actor was in 8 episodes (playing different character… --- ## [Who Is "Mexican Lucky"; and Why is he Up For Him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-mexican-lucky-and-why-is-he-up-for-him/740327 "2021-03-07T16:16:16Z")
This is from a song by daft Punk-do the words make any sense? I have a problem with rock songs-the lyrics seem so crazy…what is this about? --- ## [Ooh! Ooh! Bill Nye for Grownups!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-ooh-bill-nye-for-grownups/297734)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooh-ooh-bill-nye-for-grownups/297734 "2005-04-08T18:12:27Z")
Freakin’ sweet, baby! Naturally, my local PBS station probably won’t be carrying it. --- ## [Walter Cronkite, 40 years ago today, final newscast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-cronkite-40-years-ago-today-final-newscast/937358)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walter-cronkite-40-years-ago-today-final-newscast/937358 "2021-03-07T04:24:56Z")
I just heard this on news radio: 40 years ago today, Walter signed off the air for his final newscast as CBS anchor. Forty years! Time sure flies by. Therefore we must be having fun. Right? --- ## [The ins and outs of turtle soup (and mock turtle soup)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ins-and-outs-of-turtle-soup-and-mock-turtle-soup/937126)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ins-and-outs-of-turtle-soup-and-mock-turtle-soup/937126 "2021-03-07T03:50:07Z")
Eating some form, or even multiple forms of turtle soup is on my bucket list. My interest in this comes from being a fan of “Alice in Wonderland”, in which a character called the Mock Turtle sings a song called Turtle So… --- ## [Is There A Registry, Trademarking System, Or Other Means Of Protecting Drag Performers' Names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-registry-trademarking-system-or-other-means-of-protecting-drag-performers-names/937274)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-registry-trademarking-system-or-other-means-of-protecting-drag-performers-names/937274 "2021-03-07T03:11:45Z")
What mechanism, if any, prevents drag performers from copying each others’ stage names? Is there a database? Are they trademarked? Like, if Jeff Smith in Chicago routinely brings down the house as Sally Minella, and in … --- ## [Quick question re: yeast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-re-yeast/933760)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-question-re-yeast/933760 "2021-03-07T01:07:17Z")
I got a new cookbook at Christmas (‘kiin’ by Nuit Regular, it’s awesome!) and am about to try my hand at a fried dough/pastry type sweet, to have with tea! (Pa Thong Ko) Yum! It calls for ‘1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast’… --- ## [A&E loses viewership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-e-loses-viewership/916404)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-e-loses-viewership/916404 "2021-03-06T20:49:43Z")
Guess people aren’t watching A&E. The station is saying it’s because of the cancellation of Live PD. --- ## [Did Gandalf accidentally save Middle Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-gandalf-accidentally-save-middle-earth/937189)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-gandalf-accidentally-save-middle-earth/937189 "2021-03-06T20:04:27Z")
The Istari were sent to help Middle-Earth against Sauron. When Gandalf picked Bilbo to go with the Dwarves, he inadvertently set up Bilbo to intercept the ring after Gollum dropped it saving it from being found by an Orc… --- ## [Waiting for Jello to harden and other food that takes foreeeever to be ready to eat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-jello-to-harden-and-other-food-that-takes-foreeeever-to-be-ready-to-eat/933928)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-jello-to-harden-and-other-food-that-takes-foreeeever-to-be-ready-to-eat/933928 "2021-03-06T19:33:43Z")
:stuck\_out\_tongue\_closed\_eyes: Waiting for Kool Pops, Otter Pops? for you youngsters, to freeze. Turkey that starts to cook after lunch and you have to wait for dinner. Pre-instant pudding that you had to add hot milk … --- ## [Mr. Show appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-show-appreciation-thread/612526)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-show-appreciation-thread/612526 "2021-03-06T18:41:44Z")
I saw the shit out of it! --- ## [So how does storage on a cablebox work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-storage-on-a-cablebox-work/937303)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-storage-on-a-cablebox-work/937303 "2021-03-06T03:57:26Z")
This might be a better fit for “General Questions,” but since not everyone’s cablebox is necessarily going to work the same way, and this may become a thread about people discussing how their boxes work, and the pluses a… --- ## [Is Labneh or Labaneh something I should try?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-labneh-or-labaneh-something-i-should-try/937297)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-labneh-or-labaneh-something-i-should-try/937297 "2021-03-06T01:37:25Z")
I saw it in the grocery store the other day and it looked interesting. Apparently it’s sort of like cream cheese, but its parent is yogurt? Do you spread it on toast or bagels? I like trying new food, but I hate to buy a… --- ## [Lifespan of LeCreuset enameled cast iron?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifespan-of-lecreuset-enameled-cast-iron/934197)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifespan-of-lecreuset-enameled-cast-iron/934197 "2021-03-05T23:17:36Z")
Trying to figure out if this is the natural progression of things, if I have damaged my dutch oven, or if maybe I’m just imagining things. I have a LeCreuset #26 enameled cast iron Dutch oven (this one, in cerise). I’ve… --- ## [Racist names, memes, and depictions in 1960s-70s comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-names-memes-and-depictions-in-1960s-70s-comics/934201)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racist-names-memes-and-depictions-in-1960s-70s-comics/934201 "2021-03-05T08:05:24Z")
This is inspired by the recent thread I started on the decision to withdraw six Dr. Seuss books from publication. The gist of that was that the books in question – published from 1937 to the 1960s – had depictions of Chi… --- ## [Kamala Harris is a crocheter!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-is-a-crocheter/937217)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-is-a-crocheter/937217 "2021-03-05T06:36:40Z")
And her stepdaughter is a designer of knitted goods. Ms. Harris recently paid a visit to a DC-area yarn store. --- ## [Rainbow colored bread in the 90s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbow-colored-bread-in-the-90s/778185)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainbow-colored-bread-in-the-90s/778185 "2021-03-05T05:16:16Z")
And no, its nor LGBTQ bread.:stuck\_out\_tongue: In the late 1990s I was babysat by one of my mom’s coworkers who ran a daycare from her home (my mom worked at a school and the woman was like a library aid or something, d… --- ## [The We Five-You Were On My Mind. Dark AF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-we-five-you-were-on-my-mind-dark-af/937135)
**Author:** [@The\_Uppington\_Smythe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Uppington_Smythe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-we-five-you-were-on-my-mind-dark-af/937135 "2021-03-04T20:19:03Z")
So somehow I went down a rabbit hole and wound up listening to this song - YouTube We’ve all heard it a million times. A happy 60s folk song that you hear on the MUZAK while you’re eating ice cream at Friendly’s. Well f… --- ## [Is “Yakety Sax” inherently funny, or are we just conditioned into considering it funny by Benny Hill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yakety-sax-inherently-funny-or-are-we-just-conditioned-into-considering-it-funny-by-benny-hill/924942)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-yakety-sax-inherently-funny-or-are-we-just-conditioned-into-considering-it-funny-by-benny-hill/924942 "2021-03-04T19:43:13Z")
Random question that came to mind just now. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Any NYC-area musicians and singers out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-nyc-area-musicians-and-singers-out-there/937125)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-nyc-area-musicians-and-singers-out-there/937125 "2021-03-04T13:26:44Z")
Hi all! I’ve been using the COVID lockdown to try and get better on electric bass and I’m wondering if anyone is interested in an online jam session or two. There is this software called jamulus and it minimizes audio … --- ## [Earliest Examples of Mumblecore Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-examples-of-mumblecore-movies/933989)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-examples-of-mumblecore-movies/933989 "2021-03-04T08:33:39Z")
It’s characterized by naturalistic acting and dialogue (sometimes improvised), low-budget film production, an emphasis on dialogue. John Cassavetes is the first director I thought about, especially “Minnie and Moskowitz… --- ## [Calvin and Hobbes - my all-time favorite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-my-all-time-favorite/933976)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvin-and-hobbes-my-all-time-favorite/933976 "2021-03-04T02:20:36Z")
I hope Watterson doesn’t mind I shared this link: --- ## [Caste by Isabel Wilkerson - have you read it? Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caste-by-isabel-wilkerson-have-you-read-it-opinions/934142)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caste-by-isabel-wilkerson-have-you-read-it-opinions/934142 "2021-03-03T23:14:44Z")
I posted this here instead of CS, because it concerns racism, but am happy to have it moved anywhere appropriate. I recently tried to read this book, but couldn’t get into it. I just didn’t see how the introduction of … --- ## [NPR trivialities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-trivialities/927918)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-trivialities/927918 "2021-03-03T22:55:34Z")
I’ve been listening to NPR for probably half of my waking hours – sometimes more, rarely less – for decades now. Couple questions for the TM: You ever notice how, almost every reporter, at the end of almost every repo… --- ## [How nutritious are homemade juices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-nutritious-are-homemade-juices/934162)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-nutritious-are-homemade-juices/934162 "2021-03-03T19:47:06Z")
Putting this here, because it’s about food, but if mods think it should go in GQ or MPSIMS, go ahead and move it; I wasn’t really sure where to put is. I’ll try to keep the story medium-length. We got a juicer as a wed… --- ## [YouTube vids for kids and adults](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-vids-for-kids-and-adults/934215)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-vids-for-kids-and-adults/934215 "2021-03-03T19:43:26Z")
In the evening before bed my family and I sit down and watch YouTube vids on our tv. It’s tricky to find things that interest adults AND a 7 and 10 year old and also keep swearing and violence to a minimum. I also can … --- ## [Science fiction story in grid form?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-story-in-grid-form/934159)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fiction-story-in-grid-form/934159 "2021-03-03T18:44:46Z")
I vaguely remember a story in one of my SF anthologies which was presented in grid form. Rows and columns, with the intersections relating the topic of the row to the topic of the column. I remember one intersection, whi… --- ## [Netflix series "Dark": Unanswered questions (contains open spoilers!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-dark-unanswered-questions-contains-open-spoilers/934152)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-dark-unanswered-questions-contains-open-spoilers/934152 "2021-03-03T14:21:01Z")
I just finished watching the three-season Netflix series “Dark.” It’s a kind of sci-fi time-travel thriller. It was a German-language series set and shot in Germany. There were several things that were never answered or… --- ## [My movie's out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-movies-out/933881)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-movies-out/933881 "2021-03-02T23:20:42Z")
No, it’s not my movie. I was just an extra. But Let Him Go, with Kevin Costner and Diane Lane, is a movie that I was in. It was released in November 2020, pretty much when our provincial government decided that movie … --- ## [Mistaking the Real Thing for a Parody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-the-real-thing-for-a-parody/919342 "2021-03-02T22:07:55Z")
Years ago I was flipping through the channels and came across what I thought was an awesome parody of 80s police dramas. I laughed my a\*\* off for twenty minutes and then realized it was just a rerun of T.J. Hooker. Has… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=346) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=348)