# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=36 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 37 --- ## [Mt. Rushmore of comedic actresses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-comedic-actresses/1027291 "2026-02-09T18:47:53Z")
Which four women would you put on the Mount Rushmore of comedic actresses? --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - April 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2025-edition/1016359)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2025-edition/1016359 "2026-02-09T16:41:34Z")
Spring is he— oh wait - false alarm in many parts of the US. More snow dumped at the ski resorts, so that’s good. April is also the 40th anniversary of my 20th birthday! Oh what a niave child I was then… voracious reade… --- ## [Audiobooks for long train trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audiobooks-for-long-train-trip/1027480)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audiobooks-for-long-train-trip/1027480 "2026-02-09T04:29:31Z")
I’m taking a 50-hour trip (bus to Chicago, then the Southwest Chief to LA and the Sunset Limited up the coast). And I’ve got some longer audiobooks I could load on my phone. I’ve done this before, and found out that the… --- ## [TV show changes theme song: Do you prefer the new one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-changes-theme-song-do-you-prefer-the-new-one/1027002)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-changes-theme-song-do-you-prefer-the-new-one/1027002 "2026-02-08T22:36:11Z")
Sometimes, a TV show changes its distinctive theme music. Sometimes it’s a subtle variation on the original, that makes total sense. Sometimes it’s a clean break from Season One (Lost in Space, Monk). Have you ever prefe… --- ## [3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold dead at 47](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-doors-down-frontman-brad-arnold-dead-at-47/1027476)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-doors-down-frontman-brad-arnold-dead-at-47/1027476 "2026-02-08T20:53:26Z")
He was so young! He wrote “Kryptonite” when he was 15! That song is my jam! Rest in peace. --- ## [World Science Fiction Convention 2028-Which bid should win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-science-fiction-convention-2028-which-bid-should-win/1027449)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-science-fiction-convention-2028-which-bid-should-win/1027449 "2026-02-08T19:14:39Z")
It is a convention/celebration of all things science fiction and/or fantasy, and it is held in a different place around the world every year. In 2028 there are three bids: Brisbane Australia, Kigali Rwanda, and Nurember… --- ## [Supernatural, did it get better after a few years, or are the first 2 years and next 13 largely the same?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-did-it-get-better-after-a-few-years-or-are-the-first-2-years-and-next-13-largely-the-same/1027363)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-did-it-get-better-after-a-few-years-or-are-the-first-2-years-and-next-13-largely-the-same/1027363 "2026-02-08T15:32:40Z")
Continuing the discussion from TV series where an actor left, then later came back (possible spoilers) (Not Soaps): With 15 seasons and 327 episodes, I would love to be able to get into this show. It seems like my type … --- ## [Neil Gaiman accused of being serial sexual abuser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 633\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-gaiman-accused-of-being-serial-sexual-abuser/1003781 "2026-02-08T14:13:01Z")
This will be chaotic. From the comments: I’ve been waiting for this to drop literally since the 1990s. I’ve always hated the man because I knew what he was and was powerless to do anything about it. He treated Conve… --- ## [What the...? It's Groundhog Day again!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350)
**Author:** [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Replies:** 456\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350 "2026-02-08T01:28:44Z")
What the heck is going on here? --- ## [Moulin Rouge Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moulin-rouge-question/1027303)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moulin-rouge-question/1027303 "2026-02-08T00:01:29Z")
I went to see Moulin Rouge (stage play) Ooh lala, quiet the racy set of costumes. My girlfriend now wants me to see the movie, which she has seen. She will only say that the play has updated the music as far as differ… --- ## [Winter Olympics: when did this stunt skiing event get added?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-olympics-when-did-this-stunt-skiing-event-get-added/1027469)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-olympics-when-did-this-stunt-skiing-event-get-added/1027469 "2026-02-07T16:36:27Z")
I’m watching right now, and there’s this downhill skiing event going on, but with a series of ramps and rails. The skiers hop onto the the rails with their skis turned sideways and ride them like teenage skateboarders ri… --- ## [Fred Smith (Television, Blondie) has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-smith-television-blondie-has-died/1027459)
**Author:** [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-smith-television-blondie-has-died/1027459 "2026-02-07T13:13:39Z")
Another member of Television bites the dust. Seemingly one of the saner, more grounded ones - he always seemed a cool dude from afar. One of the cause of the bad blood between sometimes rivals Blondie and Television, as … --- ## [Rick Astley is 60 today (2/6/2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-60-today-2-6-2026/1027452)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2026, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-astley-is-60-today-2-6-2026/1027452 "2026-02-07T05:40:22Z")
Happy birthday to Rick Astley! Here’s a link that explains who he is and why he is famous. --- ## [Oxtail soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxtail-soup/1027270)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxtail-soup/1027270 "2026-02-07T01:38:48Z")
I brewed a big pot of oxtail soup yesterday for my daughter’s birthday later this week. I followed the recipe in the Joy of Cooking. (An edition from the 80s, if the recipe has changed.) Mostly, it’s just soup. Brown mea… --- ## [Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron dies at 83](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-dog-night-singer-chuck-negron-dies-at-83/1027329)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-dog-night-singer-chuck-negron-dies-at-83/1027329 "2026-02-06T22:13:40Z")
He had an incredible voice, and thankfully did eventually clean up or he would never have lived anywhere near this long. RIP. --- ## [Matzo! The good, the bad, and the pasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matzo-the-good-the-bad-and-the-pasty/1027443)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matzo-the-good-the-bad-and-the-pasty/1027443 "2026-02-06T22:12:59Z")
Continuing the discussion from What was the point of ordering the Israelites to not leaven their bread as they prepared to depart Egypt?: The good stuff sells out before passover around here. (The Israeli brands, for wh… --- ## [TV series where an actor left, then later came back (possible spoilers) (Not Soaps)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-where-an-actor-left-then-later-came-back-possible-spoilers-not-soaps/1027360)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-where-an-actor-left-then-later-came-back-possible-spoilers-not-soaps/1027360 "2026-02-06T21:53:11Z")
My wife and I just finished watching the BBC murder mystery series “Vera” last night. In the first four seasons, her sidekick was DS Joe Ashworth, played by David Leon. Leon left after S4 and for seasons 5-12 her sidekic… --- ## [Question about "The Tracer of Lost Persons", by Robert W. Chambers \[SPOILERS\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-tracer-of-lost-persons-by-robert-w-chambers-spoilers/181301)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-tracer-of-lost-persons-by-robert-w-chambers-spoilers/181301 "2026-02-06T20:36:46Z")
Hi all, I just gotten a copy of “The Yellow Sign and Other Stories”, authoured by Robert W. Chambers, published by Chaoisum. There’s a portion of “The Tracer of Lost Persons”, and I believe it is part XVII, about an Egy… --- ## [Special Oreo flavors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-oreo-flavors/1027331)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-oreo-flavors/1027331 "2026-02-06T17:23:43Z")
The new Lemon Oreos are really good. So good, in fact, that I had to order two bags this week, because the family discovered how good they are. (Try them crunched up in vanilla ice cream!) How long do these limited fl… --- ## [Name this tune, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune-please/1027440)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune-please/1027440 "2026-02-06T16:36:04Z")
This lives in my head sometimes. Pretty sure it’s Tin Pan Alley, but what the heck is it? https://onlinesequencer.net/5191171 --- ## [Kristen Stewart wants to refurbish LA’s Highland Theatre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristen-stewart-wants-to-refurbish-la-s-highland-theatre/1027399)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kristen-stewart-wants-to-refurbish-la-s-highland-theatre/1027399 "2026-02-06T15:18:29Z")
It’s pleasant to see a celebrity using their money and clout in a good cause. Hopefully she can get it up and working soon. --- ## [Movies: Sequel News Nobody Needs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-sequel-news-nobody-needs/1027364)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-sequel-news-nobody-needs/1027364 "2026-02-06T01:55:41Z")
Jackey Neyman Jones made a sequel to a movie she originally starred in as a little girl. She played “Debbie”. In “Manos: The Hands Of Fate”. Not since “Birdemic 2” has a nation cried out in unison “For God’s sake, \*WHY… --- ## [Best Columbo impressions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-columbo-impressions/1027316)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-columbo-impressions/1027316 "2026-02-05T21:05:50Z")
Peter Falk’s Columbo has such distinctive mannerisms, I’m surprised the character hasn’t been more widely parodied. Here’s eight celebrity impressions I managed to find on YouTube—what do you think of them, and whose do… --- ## [You can go back in time and stop Michael Jackson from dying. Do you do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-go-back-in-time-and-stop-michael-jackson-from-dying-do-you-do-it/555924)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-go-back-in-time-and-stop-michael-jackson-from-dying-do-you-do-it/555924 "2026-02-05T20:45:34Z")
A certain unnamed Doper who likes to screw with the timeline for the sake of mischief is offering you a brief, one-time-only opportunity. He’s lending you one of his Burroughs-Libby continua craft-- the scooter version, … --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - January 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2026-edition/1026156)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2026-edition/1026156 "2026-02-05T17:46:48Z")
Another year has passed, another 100+ books read, discuseed, maybe thrown across the room… I hope everyone who celebrated a holiday in December had a happy holiday, and that the rest of you who didn’t celebrate had some … --- ## [Horseradish/Wasabi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horseradish-wasabi/1021146)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horseradish-wasabi/1021146 "2026-02-05T15:23:27Z")
I’m assuming that most people who habitually post in “Cafe Society” know this but, just in case, let me note that supermarket/restaurant “Wasabi” is not real Wasabi, it is a paste made of horseradish, mustard, and green … --- ## [Ancient catastrophes reimagined in fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-catastrophes-reimagined-in-fiction/1027287)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancient-catastrophes-reimagined-in-fiction/1027287 "2026-02-05T00:34:43Z")
I was reading the Great Debates thread Did effects of the changes in climate as the glaciers receded result in highly distorted biblical accounts in the book of Genesis? and the discussion turned to the Zanclean Flood, a… --- ## [Movies that cop-out in the end](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-cop-out-in-the-end/1027099)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 217\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-cop-out-in-the-end/1027099 "2026-02-04T21:09:37Z")
TV movies count also, btw. Anyone remember the 1977 two part ABC tv movie titled The Trial Of Lee Harvey Oswald? It is the one where LHO is saved from the assassin’s bullet and goes on a long, drawn out trial, and on th… --- ## ["Never give up, never surrender!" - for Galaxy Quest fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender-for-galaxy-quest-fans/946024)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-give-up-never-surrender-for-galaxy-quest-fans/946024 "2026-02-04T05:53:13Z")
Previous thread: Galaxy Quest Here are two funny, interesting behind-the-scenes articles about the 1999 sf comedy (considered by some, including me, arguably the greatest Star Trek movie ever made) that I just came acro… --- ## [Would it be better to remake the Devil wears Prada, or sequel it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-better-to-remake-the-devil-wears-prada-or-sequel-it/822998)
**Author:** [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-better-to-remake-the-devil-wears-prada-or-sequel-it/822998 "2026-02-04T02:09:35Z")
Was just watching it last night again, and the movie had me falling down laughing at times. But time has moved on from the 2000’s, what has time done for Andy. I don’t know if Anne Hathaway would be of an age to be seni… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=37)