# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=365 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 366 --- ## [BBC Radio 1981 Lord of the Rings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-radio-1981-lord-of-the-rings/928313)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-radio-1981-lord-of-the-rings/928313 "2020-12-18T12:46:22Z")
I’d never even heard of this until someone mentioned it in an online chat. Now, I’m really intrigued. The Lord of the Rings: The Trilogy: The Complete Collection Of The Classic BBC Radio Production (BBC Radio Collection… --- ## [How to get closed captions on Disney+?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-closed-captions-on-disney/928296)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-closed-captions-on-disney/928296 "2020-12-18T10:36:57Z")
I’m new to Disney+. I started using it because my nephew recommended The Mandalorian. To get to it, I have to leave my cable remote, where I can just tell the remote, “closed caption,” and use the TV’s own remote. I have… --- ## [Quick! Recommend a YA mystery for my neice!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-recommend-a-ya-mystery-for-my-neice/928259)
**Author:** [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-recommend-a-ya-mystery-for-my-neice/928259 "2020-12-18T06:30:00Z")
It’s Christmas and I need a book for my niece, 14, who like mysteries. Name something I haven’t heard of. Help! (Hello, everyone. It’s been a year, hasn’t it.) --- ## [New Eminem album, 12/18/2020 (Music to Be Murdered By - Side B)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eminem-album-12-18-2020-music-to-be-murdered-by-side-b/928311)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-eminem-album-12-18-2020-music-to-be-murdered-by-side-b/928311 "2020-12-18T06:22:09Z")
Eminem offers another round of ‘Music to Be Murdered By’ in unannounced album release First track I’ve listened to: Alfred’s Theme. (NSFW, obvs) First thoughts: Damn, I like it! Classic Marshall, with him rapping over… --- ## [Is it "schwanzstucker" or "schwanzschtupper"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958 "2020-12-18T02:51:36Z")
Considering that you use your schwanz to schtupp, I think the latter is more appropriate but Google seems to disagree. --- ## [His Dark Materials question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his-dark-materials-question/927651)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/his-dark-materials-question/927651 "2020-12-18T00:29:53Z")
I’ve not read the books, but I’m enjoying the HBO series. There’s something I’m wondering about daemons. Lyra, Roger (sniff), Azriel, and Lee Scorseby regularly converse with their daemons. Mrs. Coulter never talks to h… --- ## [Is there a database that keeps track of monster of the week vs. mythology episodes for popular shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-database-that-keeps-track-of-monster-of-the-week-vs-mythology-episodes-for-popular-shows/928291)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-database-that-keeps-track-of-monster-of-the-week-vs-mythology-episodes-for-popular-shows/928291 "2020-12-17T20:48:02Z")
The terms monster of the week episode and mythology episode started back in the late 90s with the X-files. To define the terms for those who didn’t watch X-files, the mythology episodes were more about a long arc and fo… --- ## [The Old 'The Stand' Mini-series casting and a couple of observations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-the-stand-mini-series-casting-and-a-couple-of-observations/850717)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-the-stand-mini-series-casting-and-a-couple-of-observations/850717 "2020-12-17T19:01:45Z")
Haven’t watched since it came out. I rewatched about the first 30 minutes. That part was pretty good. The gulf between TV actors and movie ones is pronounced. The small part that Ed Harris plays is fantastic. And hilari… --- ## [Aperitifs - Help Me Out on How Best to Drink Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aperitifs-help-me-out-on-how-best-to-drink-them/927776)
**Author:** [@Lavender\_Pebble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lavender_Pebble)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aperitifs-help-me-out-on-how-best-to-drink-them/927776 "2020-12-17T17:54:48Z")
I was gifted a large set of aperitifs for Christmas, but I’m not much of a drinker and extremely ignorant about how to approach them. What should I do with them? The set suggests drinking them straight or mixed with ton… --- ## [Help me curate my at-home birthday film festival](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-curate-my-at-home-birthday-film-festival/928113)
**Author:** [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-curate-my-at-home-birthday-film-festival/928113 "2020-12-17T16:13:23Z")
My birthday is next week, and owing to pandemic blah blah blah, I can’t really go anywhere or do anything to celebrate. So I’m having an at-home film festival. I am planning to “screen” three different titles based aroun… --- ## [Pairs of actors who played each other's original roles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pairs-of-actors-who-played-each-others-original-roles/928208)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pairs-of-actors-who-played-each-others-original-roles/928208 "2020-12-17T14:16:58Z")
Bill Murray originated the role of Dr. Peter Venkman in the movie Ghostbusters. In the spinoff TV series The Real Ghostbusters, the same character was voiced by Lorenzo Music. Meanwhile, Lorenzo Music originated the ro… --- ## [HBO Max finally coming to Roku!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-finally-coming-to-roku/928228)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-finally-coming-to-roku/928228 "2020-12-17T12:23:26Z")
The deal is done. It will be there tomorrow 12/17! I am happy! --- ## [HBO Max launch thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbo-max-launch-thread/854571 "2020-12-17T07:14:15Z")
HBO Max launched today. Here’s a look at everything that’s available right now: HBO Max I spent all day watching shows on HBO Max. While I’m disappointed by the lack of old Cartoon Network shows, there’s still MORE tha… --- ## [African-American Female Joker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-female-joker/926804)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/african-american-female-joker/926804 "2020-12-16T19:40:53Z")
I’ve never been a big comic book fan and rarely read them. With that said, I stumbled across this (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hihosilverworks/birth-of-a-joker-a-dc-fancomic/description) and really like the ide… --- ## ["See" (with Jason Mamoa) on Apple tv is pretty good if you can get past the first two or three episodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-with-jason-mamoa-on-apple-tv-is-pretty-good-if-you-can-get-past-the-first-two-or-three-episodes/928193)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/see-with-jason-mamoa-on-apple-tv-is-pretty-good-if-you-can-get-past-the-first-two-or-three-episodes/928193 "2020-12-16T18:49:02Z")
Premise: In the distant future, all humans are blind. Except for a couple of kids (Jason’s kids). Now Jason has to fight to protect them from the others as the are sure anyone who can see is a witch. Episode one, about … --- ## [Dolly Parton starts her day at 3 AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-starts-her-day-at-3-am/928042 "2020-12-16T18:50:31Z")
She will be 75 next month. My fav quote of hers is “Takes a lot of money to look this cheap” Also some trivia she has been married to her husband for over 50 years and he has seen her in concert once. She recorded … --- ## [The Grinch on NBC, 11/27/2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grinch-on-nbc-11-27-2020/926514)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grinch-on-nbc-11-27-2020/926514 "2020-12-16T16:02:00Z")
Just a heads up. Chuck Jones’ animated holiday classic, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, featuring Boris Karloff as the narrator, airs on NBC, tomorrow, Nov. 27, 2020 at 8:00 PM EST and 7:00 CST. That’s one that Apple di… --- ## [Is this an actual film I'm remembering? Couple on an island are haunted by a dead seal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-actual-film-im-remembering-couple-on-an-island-are-haunted-by-a-dead-seal/928140)
**Author:** [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-actual-film-im-remembering-couple-on-an-island-are-haunted-by-a-dead-seal/928140 "2020-12-16T14:50:34Z")
That’s what I remember. Or at least there’s a couple that spend time near a beach somewhere. But there’s definitely a dead seal there, in one shot the woman turns around, sees the seal’s corpse in front of her and screa… --- ## [Please recommend some cool manga for my teenage son](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-cool-manga-for-my-teenage-son/843301)
**Author:** [@Mr.Baggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Baggins)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-cool-manga-for-my-teenage-son/843301 "2020-12-16T13:56:53Z")
So, the boy is already 16 and I can’t decide what to get him for Christmas. Lately he’s gotten into anime and manga; sad to say work keeps me from staying on top of what’s new. So, I tought I’d ask for some suggestions. … --- ## [Endeavour - Season Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/endeavour-season-seven/918748)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/endeavour-season-seven/918748 "2020-12-16T12:38:38Z")
For those who have enjoyed the series so far, season seven is airing on Sundays on PBS. All the main characters are back, including Thursday, Bright and Strange. Episode one left some questions hanging, even though the m… --- ## [Any Rolling Stone Magazine Lifetime Subscribers out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-rolling-stone-magazine-lifetime-subscribers-out-there/734083)
**Author:** [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-rolling-stone-magazine-lifetime-subscribers-out-there/734083 "2020-12-16T07:53:00Z")
Some years back (10-12 years?), I received & accepted an offer for a life subscription to Rolling Stone for $40 (or $50). As you can probably infer, the details are a bit fuzzy. Any other lifetime subscribers out there… --- ## [Hawkwind vs.Pink Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawkwind-vs-pink-floyd/855415)
**Author:** [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawkwind-vs-pink-floyd/855415 "2020-12-16T04:22:23Z")
I offer up this as exhibit A…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFZ3WcS9noE --- ## [Harrison ford to play Indy Jones again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-to-play-indy-jones-again/927856)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harrison-ford-to-play-indy-jones-again/927856 "2020-12-15T22:34:55Z")
rumored title is “where is my wheelchair and dentures?” :slight\_smile: --- ## [John le Carré has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-le-carre-has-died/927970)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-le-carre-has-died/927970 "2020-12-15T20:56:03Z")
English novelist David Cornwell, who wrote under the pen name John le Carré, and who was known for his Cold War espionage novels, died of pneumonia on Saturday night (12/12), at age 89. He had worked as an intelligence … --- ## [Help with another earworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-another-earworm/927293)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-another-earworm/927293 "2020-12-15T18:01:32Z")
A few months ago, I asked about an earworm and got some much appreciated help from a few Dopers. Here’s another one. I used to hear it on TV in the Chicagoland area in the late 1970s, maybe into the early 1980s. It’s som… --- ## [What happens to Siegfried's sword Balmung in the Niebelungenlied?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-siegfrieds-sword-balmung-in-the-niebelungenlied/928095)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-siegfrieds-sword-balmung-in-the-niebelungenlied/928095 "2020-12-15T14:14:56Z")
After Kriemhilde’s death at the hands of Hildebrand, there doesn’t seem to be any further mention of the sword in the Niebelungenlied. Can anyone confirm this for me? What happened to Gram (Norse version of Balmung)? --- ## ["The Hunt:" A movie about hunting "deplorables" for fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hunt-a-movie-about-hunting-deplorables-for-fun/838385 "2020-12-15T14:24:12Z")
NBC Universal Pictures is filming a movie in which people to get to stalk and shoot “deplorables” for fun. Titled “The Hunt,” it stars Hilary Swank, but its ads have been temporarily pulled in wake of the El Paso and Day… --- ## [Banksy draws on a private home - that's for sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banksy-draws-on-a-private-home-thats-for-sale/927924)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banksy-draws-on-a-private-home-thats-for-sale/927924 "2020-12-15T13:51:15Z")
Banksy paints on a private home that happens to be for sale. The owner of the house is trying to assure the artwork is preserved. Of course it can’t hurt the home’s value, right? --- ## [Kim Ki-Duc dead from Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-ki-duc-dead-from-covid/927993)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-ki-duc-dead-from-covid/927993 "2020-12-15T11:47:37Z")
I’ve watched only 2-3 of his movies (my favorite being The Bow) but have a bunch more on my “plan to watch someday when I get around to it, really!” pile. --- ## [Twists that everyone knows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twists-that-everyone-knows/927830)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twists-that-everyone-knows/927830 "2020-12-15T09:19:45Z")
Sometimes, a show, movie, book, etc. has a twist that has become so well-known that people forget it was supposed to be a twist. What are some examples? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=364) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=366)