# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=355 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 356 --- ## [Flight of the Conchords - what are they parodying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-of-the-conchords-what-are-they-parodying/488550)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-of-the-conchords-what-are-they-parodying/488550 "2021-01-28T13:03:13Z")
One thing that’s so maddening about exquisite parodies like those created by Flight of the Conchords is that the works seem oh, so, familiar, but it’s so hard to pin down the exact reference, just out of reach. It leaves… --- ## [Stinkiest foods you regularly eat that linger even after you've eaten it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinkiest-foods-you-regularly-eat-that-linger-even-after-youve-eaten-it/926892)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stinkiest-foods-you-regularly-eat-that-linger-even-after-youve-eaten-it/926892 "2021-01-28T03:57:51Z")
According to many, durian is high up on the list, but I’ve never eaten or smelled it. Cheese may qualify, but the odor generally doesn’t really linger. I’m eating ika (dried shredded cuttlefish) right now and I’m always… --- ## [Arrow - where to find?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-where-to-find/931665)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrow-where-to-find/931665 "2021-01-28T03:37:55Z")
The Cub and I want to watch Arrow. Where would I find it in the streaming-verse? --- ## [Carl Hiaasen - Squeeze me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-hiaasen-squeeze-me/931551)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-hiaasen-squeeze-me/931551 "2021-01-27T21:44:37Z")
I was reminded about this book by the Trump/Mar-A-Lago discussion and can’t find more than a brief mention of it on the forum. I think it deserves more. For those who don’t know it, Carl Hiaasen has written a number of … --- ## [The best Seven Samurai rip-off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-seven-samurai-rip-off/931395)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-seven-samurai-rip-off/931395 "2021-01-27T18:38:33Z")
poll Your heart-felt views and bitter arguments. --- ## [Naked came the manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-came-the-manatee/931554)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-came-the-manatee/931554 "2021-01-27T16:31:27Z")
I just got done reading this book from 1995 edited by Hiassen–it’s different, a round robin where 13 authors each write a chapter; it’s the a typical Hiassen semi-mystery, always somewhat wacky. It does lose some continu… --- ## [The Midnight Sky (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-midnight-sky-open-spoilers/928827)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-midnight-sky-open-spoilers/928827 "2021-01-27T15:12:58Z")
Just happened to catch this yesterday not realizing it was just released on Netflix. Felt pretty epic with some grand set pieces and very high production value but still left me having more problems with it than satisfa… --- ## [Whats the difference in peacock vs peacock premium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-in-peacock-vs-peacock-premium/931569)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-in-peacock-vs-peacock-premium/931569 "2021-01-27T15:08:31Z")
I’m enjoying regular peacock, its got a lot of good TV shows and the commercial load really isn’t bad. Its maybe one minute every ten minutes, which for a free channel is pretty good. So whats the difference between pea… --- ## [What's a good streaming show/movie etc. with lots of tropical scenes to use as video background?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-streaming-show-movie-etc-with-lots-of-tropical-scenes-to-use-as-video-background/931529)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-streaming-show-movie-etc-with-lots-of-tropical-scenes-to-use-as-video-background/931529 "2021-01-27T14:17:52Z")
I’m already heartily sick of winter, so I’m thinking of doing a tropical day this Saturday for me and Mrs. solost-- we have a fireplace insert that heats the house nice and warm. I’ll get a hot fire going and get the fir… --- ## [D'Addario Humidipak/Humiditrak System](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddario-humidipak-humiditrak-system/931574)
**Author:** [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daddario-humidipak-humiditrak-system/931574 "2021-01-27T13:21:38Z")
Anyone have any experience with these products? I recently bought a new Taylor guitar and figured that I’d better start humidifying my guitars. At the end of November I bought the Humiditrak system. For about a month the… --- ## [Hereditary - anyone else see this movie? (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hereditary-anyone-else-see-this-movie-open-spoilers/820023)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hereditary-anyone-else-see-this-movie-open-spoilers/820023 "2021-01-27T01:20:43Z")
Wow. I mean…wow. The most intense and scary movie I’ve seen made in the past few years. Very effective, amazingly acted, and a whole heck of a lot better than the bigger hit A Quiet Place(which I also liked). I mean…th… --- ## [Favorite Songs Of The Musician's Own Discography?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs-of-the-musicians-own-discography/931535)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-songs-of-the-musicians-own-discography/931535 "2021-01-27T00:16:44Z")
And if you can (please), list (as best as you can) the writers and/or co-writers of the song… I’m usually interested when a musician in a great band names songs they love that they didn’t write. In “Far Out” magazine, D… --- ## [Making pre-made crab cakes in the Instant Pot (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-pre-made-crab-cakes-in-the-instant-pot-need-answer-fast/923220)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-pre-made-crab-cakes-in-the-instant-pot-need-answer-fast/923220 "2021-01-26T23:52:33Z")
I have some pre-made frozen crab cakes that I want to cook in the Instant Pot tonight, to go along with some stuffed mushrooms that I’ll make in the oven inside the big house. If I used the oven to make the crab cakes, … --- ## [TV shows of your dreams!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-of-your-dreams/809580)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-of-your-dreams/809580 "2021-01-26T21:08:29Z")
So last night I dreamed I was watching some kind of Star Trek spinoff. It had four very different mothers (human, Vulcan, Klingon, & an 4th species I couldn’t identify) who’s kids all went to the same school. I think t… --- ## ["Waiting for Guffman": what are they doing "wrong"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-guffman-what-are-they-doing-wrong/931536)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-guffman-what-are-they-doing-wrong/931536 "2021-01-26T18:31:29Z")
It’s said that the show-within-a-show in “Waiting for Guffman” is even funnier if you’ve worked in theater, because you can recognize the various theatrical “don’ts” that the production is blithely ignoring. For instance… --- ## [The Final :30](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-30/931382)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-final-30/931382 "2021-01-26T13:29:37Z")
Zac Romero used to do mini movie reviews called “The Final :30”(You can find them on You Tube under “Horrible Horrors”) where he would take a movie he had never seen before, watch the final 30 minutes of it, then decide … --- ## [Saving lemon twists for drinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-lemon-twists-for-drinks/931392)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-lemon-twists-for-drinks/931392 "2021-01-26T12:18:50Z")
I have maybe a couple of drinks a week that call for a lemon twist. But once I cut into a lemon, I’m not sure how to keep it for very long. If I take a lemon and cut all the peel into twists at once, can I freeze them or… --- ## [Once again sucked in to the vortex of the movie Chinatown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-sucked-in-to-the-vortex-of-the-movie-chinatown/931422)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-again-sucked-in-to-the-vortex-of-the-movie-chinatown/931422 "2021-01-26T05:04:59Z")
I don’t know how many times I have seen it in the past 40 years, I am at the point where I am quoting all the lines even from the most minor characters. It is now free on Prime, full HD. So I am watching again. Wha… --- ## [TROLL BRIDGE | The Moving Picture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-bridge-the-moving-picture/931319)
**Author:** [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troll-bridge-the-moving-picture/931319 "2021-01-26T04:25:20Z")
I appreciate Terry Pratchett’s work. But I’m far from being a fanboy. But whether you’re a fan or not, you should see this: TROLL BRIDGE | The Moving Picture - YouTube Watch from the beginning: don’t know why YouTube … --- ## [1 knob electric guitar. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-knob-electric-guitar-why/547282)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-knob-electric-guitar-why/547282 "2021-01-26T04:16:21Z")
Electric guitars traditionally have either two knobs, a volume and tone control for all pickups, or perhaps four knobs, a set of volume/tone for each pickup, or even some combination like the Strat’s schizo arrangement o… --- ## [If it smells good and tastes good, it's good. Agree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-smells-good-and-tastes-good-its-good-agree/931111)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-it-smells-good-and-tastes-good-its-good-agree/931111 "2021-01-26T00:24:36Z")
I’ve got some homemade spaghetti sauce in the fridge. Been sitting in there for a week. I gave it a taste test. Still tastes good. But I’m a little paranoid about making a full meal of it as it does have ground beef and … --- ## [Assembly Required - new History Channel competition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assembly-required-new-history-channel-competition/931402)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assembly-required-new-history-channel-competition/931402 "2021-01-25T23:56:53Z")
This looks interesting. A 10 episode building competition hosted by Tim Allen and Richard Karn, formerly of Home Improvement. It’s expected to premiere on February 14. --- ## [Goliath - Amazon Studios \[OPEN SPOILERS!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goliath-amazon-studios-open-spoilers/931424)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goliath-amazon-studios-open-spoilers/931424 "2021-01-25T18:10:18Z")
Spoilers ahead… . . . So we watched Goliath. Fantastic show. The writing is amazing - refreshing. Season 1 was pretty much flawless. Now season 2. The dialog is still great. Shot beautifully. I liked it but the plot… --- ## [Emily Dickinson Bee Poem, meaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-dickinson-bee-poem-meaning/931339)
**Author:** [@Jebbilene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jebbilene)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emily-dickinson-bee-poem-meaning/931339 "2021-01-25T17:05:34Z")
This poem, by Emily Dickinson (poem is in the public domain) Bees are Black, with Gilt Surcingles — Buccaneers of Buzz. Ride abroad in ostentation And subsist on Fuzz. Fuzz ordained — not Fuzz contingent — Marrows … --- ## [The Repair Shop --- BBC TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-repair-shop-bbc-tv-series/931039)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-repair-shop-bbc-tv-series/931039 "2021-01-25T16:34:58Z")
Anybody watching this series? It’s on the Makeful Channel several times a week, and I find it quite interesting. People bring in family heirlooms to be mended and or restored. These things range from toy UFOs and colo… --- ## [Apples Oranges or Banans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples-oranges-or-banans/931306)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apples-oranges-or-banans/931306 "2021-01-25T16:03:54Z")
Which would you rather I find in your lunchbox? --- ## [Billy Graham TV advert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-graham-tv-advert/931345)
**Author:** [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-graham-tv-advert/931345 "2021-01-25T16:01:13Z")
I’ve started seeing Franklin Graham doing a pitch for the Billy Graham organization on our local Fox TV station (KTVU - Oakland, CA). Is anyone else seeing these? The ad was running during the 10 Pm news… --- ## [Great Films that contain their best scene in the first ten minutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-films-that-contain-their-best-scene-in-the-first-ten-minutes/930551)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-films-that-contain-their-best-scene-in-the-first-ten-minutes/930551 "2021-01-25T15:06:52Z")
…but otherwise are still great films…so i don’t mean films that go into the shitter after. Dances With Wolves…particularly the shot of The General leading the charge across the field. --- ## [Shows or film that were actually filmed in the place where they are set](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-or-film-that-were-actually-filmed-in-the-place-where-they-are-set/930764)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-or-film-that-were-actually-filmed-in-the-place-where-they-are-set/930764 "2021-01-25T13:49:19Z")
In the thread “Subtle inaccuracies in depictions of your city/region in fiction” many of the examples are of shows that were filmed in places that don’t really look like the place they’re supposed to be set. I mentioned… --- ## [Godzilla vs Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-vs-kong/931410)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-vs-kong/931410 "2021-01-25T11:45:06Z")
I donno, guys–the trailer looks really low-budget. And the poster! \[Album\] imgur.com … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=354) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=356)