# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=353 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 354 --- ## [Things that seemed funny at the time but you couldn't get away with them now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seemed-funny-at-the-time-but-you-couldnt-get-away-with-them-now/921472)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 213\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-seemed-funny-at-the-time-but-you-couldnt-get-away-with-them-now/921472 "2021-02-08T00:51:19Z")
To start with, John Belushi’s samurai skits. Too yellowface. I would add “Amos and Andy.” I’ve heard a couple of clips and to me it sounds about as racist as “Sanford and Son” or “Good Times” – but, I get that the pro… --- ## ["Cancel Every Existing Superhero Comic"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-every-existing-superhero-comic/921513)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cancel-every-existing-superhero-comic/921513 "2021-02-07T22:26:52Z")
Gerry Conway, who’s been writing comics for about 50 years, made this announcement. Comics are meant for middle school kids, he says. They should be simple and easy to get into no matter what issue you pick up. Target… --- ## [Identify music from this commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-music-from-this-commercial/138018)
**Author:** [@LazarusLong42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LazarusLong42)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-music-from-this-commercial/138018 "2021-02-07T22:19:20Z")
Woo. Been a long time since I’ve been around here, not much time for message boards lately. But this music’s been running through my head since I saw the commercial, and I figure if anyone can tell me what it is, the T… --- ## [Babylon 5 actor Mira Furlan becomes star stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233 "2021-02-07T21:35:23Z")
Delenn has passed beyond the galactic rim: --- ## [With digital and streaming, I miss Director's Commentaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-digital-and-streaming-i-miss-directors-commentaries/932220)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-digital-and-streaming-i-miss-directors-commentaries/932220 "2021-02-07T19:40:53Z")
What are your favorites on disc? Lord Of The Rings Extended Trilogy Back to the Future Trilogy --- ## [Rocketeer's model-building over the last couple months](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-model-building-over-the-last-couple-months/932221 "2021-02-07T18:49:03Z")
I haven’t posted here for a while; Mrs. R built me a Facebook account, so I’ve been sucked into the Infinite Hole. But I thought I might report in here, and let you guys see my latest model projects. An outfit out of A… --- ## [The best looking/presented candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-presented-candy/932270)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-looking-presented-candy/932270 "2021-02-07T18:39:16Z")
It should taste delicious also. My vote goes to Toffifay. Beautiful little caramel cup with a hazelnut inside and a chocolate cap. Nestled in a gold foil tray that slides out of a box for the presentation. --- ## [HBO shows on Tiger Woods and Rick Flair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-shows-on-tiger-woods-and-rick-flair/931283)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-shows-on-tiger-woods-and-rick-flair/931283 "2021-02-07T18:06:35Z")
Flair show was very good. He did not hold back at all. Said he was basically not home from 72 to 97 and drank a lot every day. Lots of beers and whiskey. Son died of an OD. Daughter is wrestling but she got her B… --- ## [Irresistible; new movie written & directed by Jon Stewart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irresistible-new-movie-written-directed-by-jon-stewart/932369)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irresistible-new-movie-written-directed-by-jon-stewart/932369 "2021-02-07T13:17:07Z")
Stars Steve Carrell, Chris Cooper & Rose Byrne. A campaign consultant (Carrell) helps a retired Colonel (cooper) run for mayor in the small town of Deerlaken, WI. It is a funny Fish out of Water movie and political sati… --- ## [Subtle inaccuracies in depictions of your city/region in fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-inaccuracies-in-depictions-of-your-city-region-in-fiction/930508)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 219\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-inaccuracies-in-depictions-of-your-city-region-in-fiction/930508 "2021-02-07T03:58:21Z")
Before my move to Europe a few years ago, I spent more than twenty-five years living in Seattle. It wasn’t a terribly common setting for movies and TV shows, but it popped up every now and then, with a trendy burst betw… --- ## [Trying to find a Mozart piece](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-mozart-piece/932314)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-mozart-piece/932314 "2021-02-06T22:23:28Z")
I used to have a Mozart collection CD and there was one piece on it that I really liked. I think it came from Cosi fan tutti, and it began with “O …” Of course, I’ve lost it and can’t remember the name fo the piece. T… --- ## [Help me identify this movie (set in Victorian England, based on a novel written by a little girl)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie-set-in-victorian-england-based-on-a-novel-written-by-a-little-girl/932344)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-movie-set-in-victorian-england-based-on-a-novel-written-by-a-little-girl/932344 "2021-02-06T22:10:27Z")
Circa 1993, I saw on home video a movie set in late Victorian England that was supposedly based on a novel written by a girl of around 12 years old. (As a framing device, the movie opened and closed with the girl sitting… --- ## [Stephen King's The Institute: A Question \[SPOILER\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-institute-a-question-spoiler/932335)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-the-institute-a-question-spoiler/932335 "2021-02-06T20:49:47Z")
I’m currently listening to the audiobook of Stephen King’s The Institute while doing chores around the apartment and such, and while it’s generally interesting, there’s one bit that just bugs me to no end, so I’m wonderi… --- ## [Christ eating a pickle in restored "Last Supper"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christ-eating-a-pickle-in-restored-last-supper/930746)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christ-eating-a-pickle-in-restored-last-supper/930746 "2021-02-06T16:11:38Z")
A beautiful restoration of a nun’s “Last Supper”. Especially compared to the horrible restorations making the news in the past few years. But my question is what is the big guy eating? In the closeup further down the pag… --- ## [My new pandemic skills: pastry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-pandemic-skills-pastry/930202)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-pandemic-skills-pastry/930202 "2021-02-06T15:42:04Z")
So, trying not to shop too often, we’ve been doing a lot more cooking from scratch. And essentially not restaurant food. And I’ve gotten bored of corn bread and rice. So… I learned to make biscuits. A lot more work than… --- ## [“The Perfect Storm”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-storm/932312)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-storm/932312 "2021-02-06T06:29:22Z")
Was the phrase “perfect storm” used much before the book/movie? It’s a hell of a great title. You’d think someone would have thought to use it before 1991. --- ## [Weezer has a new album with 4 more albums on the way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-has-a-new-album-with-4-more-albums-on-the-way/932301)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weezer-has-a-new-album-with-4-more-albums-on-the-way/932301 "2021-02-06T01:34:41Z")
New album is good so far. OK Human . The 4 albums will be Winter,Spring , Summer, Fall --- ## [Cloris Leachman - Dead at 94](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cloris-leachman-dead-at-94/931651 "2021-02-06T01:10:50Z")
Link. This is going to take the “Last Surviving Cast Member” thread in a new direction, I’m sure. RIP, Cloris. You were one of the Greats. --- ## [Cauliflower mash instead of potatoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cauliflower-mash-instead-of-potatoes/931662)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cauliflower-mash-instead-of-potatoes/931662 "2021-02-06T00:49:38Z")
I’m going low carb for blood sugar and weight reasons. I absolutely love mashed potatoes. This weekend, my wife is going to make me cauliflower mash for my birthday to go along with what my mother called stroganoff even … --- ## [What is your opinion of La Bamba?(the film)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-la-bamba-the-film/931900)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-la-bamba-the-film/931900 "2021-02-05T22:03:47Z")
I’ve been watching a lecture on The Day The Music Died. Although the music from the La Bamba movie was everywhere back in 1987, I have never seen the film (or if I did, I don’t remember a thing about it) Should I give i… --- ## [Identify Hanna Barbera Character by Tag-Line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-hanna-barbera-character-by-tag-line/932174)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-hanna-barbera-character-by-tag-line/932174 "2021-02-05T14:52:30Z")
The line is, “What’d I do…wrong?” With a long, weird pause there. I am thinking it might have been Doggy Daddy, but I’m not sure. It’s something I say, in real life, rather often. --- ## [R.I.P. Hal Holbrook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-hal-holbrook/932043 "2021-02-05T14:49:41Z")
Hal Holbrook passed away on January 23 at the age of 95. He played Mark Twain longer than Samuel Clemens did. --- ## [Kimmel: Tom Brady Fitzpatrick baby actors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kimmel-tom-brady-fitzpatrick-baby-actors/932178)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kimmel-tom-brady-fitzpatrick-baby-actors/932178 "2021-02-05T14:15:50Z")
Just saw, yet again, that terrible Tom Brady Fitzpatrick character (an adult man’s head on the body of a baby … from Boston) on Jimmy Kimmel. The recurring segment with the baby and his mother (another dude, with beard, … --- ## [Help me understand these song lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-these-song-lyrics/932211)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-these-song-lyrics/932211 "2021-02-05T12:07:31Z")
I am stumped by the meaning of this song about moonshining: Down in the Gulley by Brent Cobb. The lyrics are easily found online. Basically the story is that his grandaddy had him and his cousin run pipe fr… --- ## [Name this fantasy movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-fantasy-movie/931653)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-fantasy-movie/931653 "2021-02-04T21:21:23Z")
I never saw the movie- just the promos. Two planets, much like Earth, exist so close to one another that two lovers could stand on their respective worlds and kiss. That’s it. I’m just wondering if it was as dumb as it p… --- ## [Fresh mozzarella that isn't: need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-mozzarella-that-isnt-need-answer-fast/932152)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-mozzarella-that-isnt-need-answer-fast/932152 "2021-02-04T20:06:03Z")
So… I have a tub in my fridge of what WAS fresh mozzarella. It says use by December. I just opened it and sniffed and tasted it. It’s certainly no longer fresh mozzarella, but it doesn’t taste terrible as some sort of c… --- ## [About spray painting a plastic model](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-spray-painting-a-plastic-model/930055)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-spray-painting-a-plastic-model/930055 "2021-02-04T08:24:06Z")
I’ve painted some parts with Tamiya spray paint from a rattle can. When it dried, some spots were glossy, which I wanted, other spots were dull and flat. Why? Maybe the pigment and the material that causes the glossy … --- ## [Spell out this sound from Friday the 13th movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spell-out-this-sound-from-friday-the-13th-movies/931243 "2021-02-03T16:36:17Z")
Here is the sound effect. Without reading what it really is, try to write out what you think the Jason sound effect is. Not the music, the sound onscreen whenever Jason appears. I haven’t seen this movie for 30(?) year… --- ## [Performer sang/played backup on cover of his/her song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performer-sang-played-backup-on-cover-of-his-her-song/847148)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performer-sang-played-backup-on-cover-of-his-her-song/847148 "2021-02-03T13:44:02Z")
I’ve always loved “They Don’t Know” by Tracey Ullman, but only recently discovered that (A) it was previously a single by Kirsty McColl, and (B) McColl actually sang backup on Tracey’s slightly later version (Both singer… --- ## [Gil Grissom's dessicated corpse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gil-grissoms-dessicated-corpse/931285)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gil-grissoms-dessicated-corpse/931285 "2021-02-03T05:54:19Z")
Whilst looking up the history of the CSI franchise in Wikipedia, I came across this ominous note: Recently in 2020, CBS is considering a limited series revival featuring original CSI: Crime Scene Investigation cast mem… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=352) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=354)