# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=375 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 376 --- ## [TV Shows Where the Characters Aren't Tools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-where-the-characters-arent-tools/922462)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-where-the-characters-arent-tools/922462 "2020-11-06T16:53:02Z")
We just wrapped up the 2nd Season of Ramy after finishing all five seasons of Six Feet Under, and you know, I am just growing tired of protagonists who are assholes, tools, jerks or otherwise unpleasant people. I’m not d… --- ## [Formerly uncool cars that became cool after being featured in a movie or TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formerly-uncool-cars-that-became-cool-after-being-featured-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/924474)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formerly-uncool-cars-that-became-cool-after-being-featured-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/924474 "2020-11-06T15:53:38Z")
I thought of this after watching the recent video about the AMC Pacer on the “Regular Car Reviews” YouTube channel. I was just a kid at the time, but from what I understand in the 1980s the Pacer was considered an extre… --- ## [The Hobbit question: The Lonely Mountain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-question-the-lonely-mountain/924676)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-question-the-lonely-mountain/924676 "2020-11-06T15:13:21Z")
The Lonely Mountain is apparently a free-standing mountain that isn’t part of a mountain range. It does even seem to have foothills. Geologically speaking, how plausible is it’s existence? --- ## [What are you good at?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-good-at/923375)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-good-at/923375 "2020-11-06T14:38:47Z")
They say that everyone’s good at something. What are you good at? I’m a talented singer, a bass; I sing in my church choir when it’s in session. It hasn’t been since the pandemic, but I did get to sing a duet with my … --- ## [What the heck is a "hot coat in a sack?" (Zager & Evans lyric)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-a-hot-coat-in-a-sack-zager-evans-lyric/504214)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-a-hot-coat-in-a-sack-zager-evans-lyric/504214 "2020-11-06T14:16:44Z")
In the song “Cary Lynn Javes” by Zager and Evans - a truly unknown and obscure gem of a song, the B-side to “Mr. Turnkey” - there is this cryptic lyric: \* Cary Lynn, Cary Lynn Javes Do you remember us sitting in the s… --- ## [Give me your best meatloaf recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-best-meatloaf-recipe/924854)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-best-meatloaf-recipe/924854 "2020-11-06T01:27:13Z")
I’ve gotten into the habit of having dinner with friends every other weekend, where I make the entree and they do the sides and dessert. I gave them a list of things I would like to make and they opted for meatloaf next … --- ## [Best Restaurant That Advertises Extensively](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-restaurant-that-advertises-extensively/924377 "2020-11-05T19:54:24Z")
A comedian made the observation that great restaurants don’t really need to advertise, so by extension restaurants that advertise a lot do not tend to be that good. There’s some truth to that, although Covid has been ha… --- ## [Memorable advertising jingles for defunct products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memorable-advertising-jingles-for-defunct-products/428212 "2020-11-05T15:11:52Z")
There are several still kicking around obscure corners of my brain, occasionally sneaking into consciousness, even though the products they promoted are either off the market or deep in obscurity. These relate to growin… --- ## [To get my mind off the elections for awhile, here's something I've been wondering for a long time, but keep forgetting to post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-get-my-mind-off-the-elections-for-awhile-heres-something-ive-been-wondering-for-a-long-time-but-keep-forgetting-to-post/924769)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-get-my-mind-off-the-elections-for-awhile-heres-something-ive-been-wondering-for-a-long-time-but-keep-forgetting-to-post/924769 "2020-11-05T13:42:15Z")
Who said this: “il n’y a pas d’art sans vandalisme”? (There is no art without vandalism.") In the 1980s, there was a crackdown on vandalism, ironically, because stuff that was usually 12-year-olds spraypainting clumsy o… --- ## [The campfire "banana boat" - nostalgia and updates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-campfire-banana-boat-nostalgia-and-updates/924803)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-campfire-banana-boat-nostalgia-and-updates/924803 "2020-11-05T10:45:52Z")
When I was a Girl Scout decades ago, when we were at camp we would make “banana boats” - essentially, a whole banana still in the skin, sliced in half length-wise, topped with various additions, wrapped in foil, and stea… --- ## [So Leia just happened to be around the corner from Tattooine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-leia-just-happened-to-be-around-the-corner-from-tattooine/920841)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-leia-just-happened-to-be-around-the-corner-from-tattooine/920841 "2020-11-05T04:00:57Z")
Something that never occurred to me in all the times of watching SW, until I was recently reading a children’s book version to the kiddo. And now I can’t stop thinking of it. The start of it all (opening scene of New Ho… --- ## [RIP Little Richard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-little-richard/853470)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-little-richard/853470 "2020-11-05T03:24:31Z")
Little Richard has died of unknown causes at the age of 87. --- ## [Why are Dick Wolf shows so addictive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dick-wolf-shows-so-addictive/924778)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-dick-wolf-shows-so-addictive/924778 "2020-11-05T02:16:03Z")
I’ve watch Law and Order sporadically over the years. And just recently, I’ve began binge watching L&O: Criminal Intent. (I do enjoy watching Doren mentally destroy the guys at the end) You know, these show are never s… --- ## [Foods and/or resturants you didn't realize weren't universal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-and-or-resturants-you-didnt-realize-werent-universal/921836)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-and-or-resturants-you-didnt-realize-werent-universal/921836 "2020-11-04T23:44:15Z")
In the Wisconsin supper club thread, some native Wisconsinites mentioned that when they were growing up they didn’t realize supper clubs weren’t universal, i.e. that they weren’t just a midwestern (and mainly Wisconsin) … --- ## [How many beers should a good bar have on tap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-beers-should-a-good-bar-have-on-tap/844261)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-beers-should-a-good-bar-have-on-tap/844261 "2020-11-04T22:14:22Z")
I know, it’ll depend on your definition of a good bar as well as how big and busy the bar is. I’ve been hanging out all week at a fairly large sports bar in South Carolina and they have 25 beers on tap. I’ve tried severa… --- ## [Damn you, Milholland! today is not the day (Something Positive webcomic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-milholland-today-is-not-the-day-something-positive-webcomic/924763)
**Author:** [@Levolor\_the\_Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Levolor_the_Blind)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-you-milholland-today-is-not-the-day-something-positive-webcomic/924763 "2020-11-04T18:36:15Z")
--- ## [Did a black or female Judge ever appear on "Perry Mason"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-black-or-female-judge-ever-appear-on-perry-mason/509340)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-black-or-female-judge-ever-appear-on-perry-mason/509340 "2020-11-04T14:16:29Z")
Just curious. --- ## [Looking for a Superman Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-superman-story/924679)
**Author:** [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-superman-story/924679 "2020-11-04T03:49:09Z")
Over the decades, I have done (obviously incomplete) searches for a Superman story that I only very vaguely recall. I’m almost certain that it was published in the '60s, due to other memories of my RL location at the tim… --- ## [Request spoilers for the Golem of Hollwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-spoilers-for-the-golem-of-hollwood/924698)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-spoilers-for-the-golem-of-hollwood/924698 "2020-11-04T02:50:54Z")
I’ve read “The Golem of Paris”, but not “The Golem of Hollwood”. Two factions are after the golem. Who are they, and why? Who are the guys who turn into blue dust upon death? What is the signifigance of the beetle? Wh… --- ## [The original from which the hit emerged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-from-which-the-hit-emerged/923736)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-from-which-the-hit-emerged/923736 "2020-11-04T00:46:39Z")
This is related to the thread about covers. Lotsa times someone writes and records a song…but the hit only comes later when someone else covers it. Give us the original—especially if it’s better than the remake that ma… --- ## [How many movies/ t.v. shows depict destruction or damage to the Statue of Liberty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-t-v-shows-depict-destruction-or-damage-to-the-statue-of-liberty/924536)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-t-v-shows-depict-destruction-or-damage-to-the-statue-of-liberty/924536 "2020-11-03T23:15:08Z")
In no order, I can think of: The Day After Tomorrow Planet of the Apes Cloverfield Escape From New York --- ## [Alternatives to Brightcove Video Hosting for Business (attn: Developers, Webmasters)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-brightcove-video-hosting-for-business-attn-developers-webmasters/924673)
**Author:** [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-brightcove-video-hosting-for-business-attn-developers-webmasters/924673 "2020-11-03T21:51:44Z")
I’m researching paid alternatives to Brightcove for secure video hosting for a business that creates online learning modules for a large network of users worldwide. There seems to be a lot of options out there, and just… --- ## [Actors you run into in the oddest places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-run-into-in-the-oddest-places/924092)
**Author:** [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-run-into-in-the-oddest-places/924092 "2020-11-03T20:06:14Z")
I was trying to think of a movie my kids might enjoy the other night. Suddenly I thought about those spinoff movies with the Ebola, I vaguely recalled them but hadn’t seen them in who knows maybe 30 years or something. I… --- ## [Trying to find a song containing lyriocs "...on election day"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-song-containing-lyriocs-on-election-day/924667)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-song-containing-lyriocs-on-election-day/924667 "2020-11-03T19:45:38Z")
I feel like it must have been the Kinks? Some British punk band? The refrain is “something something …on elEC-tion day,” yadda yadda, dumdumdedum. I’m terrible with music. Searching “election day” and “kinks” has not… --- ## [Baby Driver song lyrics (Paul Simon)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-driver-song-lyrics-paul-simon/924552)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-driver-song-lyrics-paul-simon/924552 "2020-11-03T18:23:55Z")
Is it, “once I’m on a set of wheels” or “once upon a set of wheels”? --- ## [ZZ top I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-im-bad-im-nationwide/924625)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-im-bad-im-nationwide/924625 "2020-11-03T16:56:03Z")
Ok, one of the lyrics bothers me: I had a fine fox in front, I had three more in the back They sportin’ I had a fine fox in front, I had three more in the back They sportin’ short dresses, wearin’ spike-heel shoes Th… --- ## [Forged in Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forged-in-fire/746879)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forged-in-fire/746879 "2020-11-03T03:51:16Z")
Anyone else watch this? It’s a bladesmithing competition show on the History channel. The second season just started. I watched the first season as it aired and am re-watching it on VOD while I await new episodes. I … --- ## [Bill Bryson Retires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-bryson-retires/923175)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-bryson-retires/923175 "2020-11-03T03:42:58Z")
Well, my life sucks a little more now. No really, I want him to be happy, and I am glad that he’s happy. But my list of things to look forward to just got shorter. No more Bill Bryson books. --- ## [TV series with full cast turnover (any sitcoms?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-full-cast-turnover-any-sitcoms/924004)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-full-cast-turnover-any-sitcoms/924004 "2020-11-02T18:47:53Z")
The occasional long-lived TV series undergoes a complete turnover in the starring cast over the course of its run. A prominent example that springs to mind is Law & Order, which, with the departure of Steven Hill in its… --- ## [What movie would you like to see remade, but better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-like-to-see-remade-but-better/915072)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-like-to-see-remade-but-better/915072 "2020-11-02T16:20:14Z")
Did you ever see a movie and think, “If they only had(more money, a better director, better or different actors, a tighter script) this would have been great!”? My submission would be the first theatrical Hulk movie. Th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=374) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=376)