# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=39 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 40 --- ## [Which combination of Cheers and Married With Children co-starring characters do you prefer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-combination-of-cheers-and-married-with-children-co-starring-characters-do-you-prefer/1026853)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-combination-of-cheers-and-married-with-children-co-starring-characters-do-you-prefer/1026853 "2026-01-24T00:55:41Z")
For those of you who like both Cheers and Married With Children, which combination of the two co-starring characters that changed in the middle of their runs do you like better? I was thinking this over the other day, a… --- ## [Has anyone attended the New Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-attended-the-new-ringling-bros-and-barnum-bailey-circus/1026935)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2026, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-attended-the-new-ringling-bros-and-barnum-bailey-circus/1026935 "2026-01-24T00:55:33Z")
It started back up in 2023, and apparently it is sans animal acts, clowns or ringmaster. What does it have, and is it any good? --- ## [Disney to lose Mickey Mouse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-lose-mickey-mouse/980523)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-to-lose-mickey-mouse/980523 "2026-01-23T18:55:07Z")
Creation of the world’s most famous rodent occurred nearly a century ago. According to US Copyright Law, Mickey enters the public domain in 2024 and Disney may lose exclusive rights to it’s famous mascot. Disney could … --- ## [I don't get this joke about Hitler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-joke-about-hitler/548823)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-get-this-joke-about-hitler/548823 "2026-01-23T18:05:47Z")
I was watching To Be Or Not To Be yesterday and they had a joke about Hitler. If they named a brandy after Napoleon and a herring after Bismarck, what’s Hitler going to be? A piece of cheese. I don’t get it. Is it sup… --- ## [Best limmericks (may be offensive)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-limmericks-may-be-offensive/234176)
**Author:** [@grisham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grisham)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-limmericks-may-be-offensive/234176 "2026-01-23T17:53:47Z")
I was reading the thread on camp songs and it got me thinking. What are some good limmericks out there. My favorite is: there once was a man from bandoo who fell asleep in a canoe he dreamt of venus and played with … --- ## [Similar Sounding Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/similar-sounding-songs/946986 "2026-01-23T11:55:04Z")
Not sure whether this is better for Thread Games or Café Society. The quintessential similar sounding song: “He’s So Fine” “My Sweet Lord” Artist The Chiffons George Harrison Album He’s So Fine, 1963 All … --- ## [Can a play be the "right" thing for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-play-be-the-right-thing-for-you/1026918)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-play-be-the-right-thing-for-you/1026918 "2026-01-23T01:00:49Z")
I was really torn between putting this thread here, or the P&E forum. Enter ‘Stage Right:’ Central Ohio home to nation’s only conservative theater company | NBC4 WCMH-TV This guy has started what he claims is the only … --- ## [Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery/1022866)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wake-up-dead-man-a-knives-out-mystery/1022866 "2026-01-23T00:43:53Z")
The next installment of the Knives Out franchise is coming out in November. I liked the first two installments. --- ## [Movies you haven't seen recently. (A thread for trailers for new unreleased movies.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-havent-seen-recently-a-thread-for-trailers-for-new-unreleased-movies/987183)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-havent-seen-recently-a-thread-for-trailers-for-new-unreleased-movies/987183 "2026-01-22T23:41:56Z")
I don’t think we have anything like a thread for posting new trailers for upcoming movies, and it seems like a good thing to have. I’ll kick it off with this one I saw today, which seems to be roughly the answer to the … --- ## [Episodic Comedy Films ..... a dead genre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodic-comedy-films-a-dead-genre/1024904)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodic-comedy-films-a-dead-genre/1024904 "2026-01-22T23:08:28Z")
So I love a good bad movie. Tubi recommended a 70s movie “Record City” so I put it on… ”Bizarre and funny employees and customers pass through the popular Record City music store in Los Angeles during a live radio conce… --- ## [Ring in the New Year with Funk!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-in-the-new-year-with-funk/1012436 "2026-01-22T17:23:49Z")
What’s your favorite funk song? It is something slow and grindy, like Maybe Your Baby or More Bounce to the Ounce? Something more disco like Love Rollercoaster or Holy Ghost? Something more jazzy like What is Hip? Yo… --- ## [Star Trek Section 31 (The movie, not the general concept.) (Or, okay, the general concept too if you want the thread to go that way—I'm easy.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-section-31-the-movie-not-the-general-concept-or-okay-the-general-concept-too-if-you-want-the-thread-to-go-that-way-im-easy/1013347)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-section-31-the-movie-not-the-general-concept-or-okay-the-general-concept-too-if-you-want-the-thread-to-go-that-way-im-easy/1013347 "2026-01-22T13:55:17Z")
So very, incredibly bad. It reminds me a lot of the Rick and Morty episode parodying the Avengers, except it takes itself seriously. Or maybe it should be called Plan Oceans 11 From Outer Space? Early on during the chara… --- ## [Bugonia (open spoilers after first post) - anyone else see it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugonia-open-spoilers-after-first-post-anyone-else-see-it/1025231)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugonia-open-spoilers-after-first-post-anyone-else-see-it/1025231 "2026-01-22T13:49:48Z")
I liked the movie, but have thoughts now that I am done with it. --- ## [Men In Black franchise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-black-franchise/1024947)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-black-franchise/1024947 "2026-01-22T07:32:24Z")
We just watched Men In Black: International. I started a thread in 2002 about Men In Black. I’d actually just watched on VHS, rented from Blockbuster. Back then, I thought it was ‘Meh.’ In actuality, or at least now,… --- ## [Attack Peter!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-peter/1026875)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-peter/1026875 "2026-01-22T04:27:11Z")
Son-of-a-wrek brought some PBR. The cans are done in images of Lino-engravings by a famous artist from Miami, “Attack Peter” is his professional name, I understand. The art is fun. The cans do a color change thing. Se… --- ## ["Days and Nights of Confrontation"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/days-and-nights-of-confrontation/1026912)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/days-and-nights-of-confrontation/1026912 "2026-01-22T04:22:19Z")
I just read this article about the North Korean movie, “Days and Nights of Confrontation”. I’d love to see the flick. Does anyone know where it can be viewed online? I couldn’t find it on any of my usual suspects (Bilibi… --- ## [Vintage Promotional, Industrial, Educational films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-promotional-industrial-educational-films/1026084)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-promotional-industrial-educational-films/1026084 "2026-01-22T03:27:41Z")
Last year I posted a failed thread for the short, Santa In Animal Land (1948). I’ll try something similar for this thread, but not as specific. Let’s share vintage Promotional, Industrial, Educational films, and other … --- ## [Sushi etiquette and planning a sushi restaurant meal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-etiquette-and-planning-a-sushi-restaurant-meal/1026745)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sushi-etiquette-and-planning-a-sushi-restaurant-meal/1026745 "2026-01-22T02:02:25Z")
I enjoy many kinds of sushi, but know practically nothing about it. I’d like to go to a fairly nice sushi joint for a special occasion with one other person who is a non-sushi eater. My hope is to sit at the bar and be s… --- ## [Major Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-mudd/25107)
**Author:** [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-mudd/25107 "2026-01-22T00:48:23Z")
I have this photo of myself as a child posing with a a man in a jump suit. A guy by the name of Major Mudd (or so I’m told) Apparently I was a big fan of his TV show as a kid, growing up in South Shore Massachusetts duri… --- ## [song in total recall - what was it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-in-total-recall-what-was-it/109744)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Salads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Salads)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-in-total-recall-what-was-it/109744 "2026-01-22T00:44:28Z")
Hi, For those that own or have seen Total Recall: When Ah-nold goes into the bar on Mars for the first time (complete with the woman with three breasts and the bardancers), there’s a song that’s playing. I know Ive he… --- ## [Traveling to New York for a Broadway show - Where to buy tickets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-new-york-for-a-broadway-show-where-to-buy-tickets/1026811)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-new-york-for-a-broadway-show-where-to-buy-tickets/1026811 "2026-01-21T21:21:16Z")
Preliminary Googling shows there are several options as to where to buy Broadway tickets online. Going to the venue’s website seems the safest, but I’m guessing tickets can be obtained for less (?) on other sites such as… --- ## [Best home made drink recipe EVAH!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-home-made-drink-recipe-evah/1021889)
**Author:** [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-home-made-drink-recipe-evah/1021889 "2026-01-21T19:31:38Z")
inspired by this topic, what drink or cocktail have you invented? For example… I had Blue Moon beer in the fridge, and I was in the mood for a Boilermaker. The only whiskey I had was Fireball. What the heck, let’s tr… --- ## [Scott Adams says he is dying {Died January 13th, 2026 at age 68}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scott-adams-says-he-is-dying-died-january-13th-2026-at-age-68/1018677 "2026-01-21T16:54:10Z")
Scott Adams revealed today that he, like Biden, has aggressive Prostate cancer and says he will be gone by the Summer. A few years ago he revealed himself to be a pretty awful person (I suspect his first divorce broke … --- ## [Purim Pinball Prizes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purim-pinball-prizes/1026809)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purim-pinball-prizes/1026809 "2026-01-21T10:22:23Z")
Some people know that for years we had drunken brawls parties to celebrate the holiday Purim, part of which was always a Pinball tournament. We didn’t do them during lockdown, and the last couple have been smaller, and … --- ## [Help me find a photographer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-photographer/1026819)
**Author:** [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-photographer/1026819 "2026-01-21T08:05:13Z")
Hi all - so a friends of friends of mine back in the UK had a print framed in their house of a blond girl with a baby deer slung over her shoulders and holding a boomerang (I think). The portrait was front-on (not sure i… --- ## [Songs played on non-instrument objects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-played-on-non-instrument-objects/1026766)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-played-on-non-instrument-objects/1026766 "2026-01-21T03:39:03Z")
What are some tunes played on objects that aren’t generally considered to be musical instruments? An example is The Typewriter by Leroy Anderson. Typewriters are not a usual part of an orchestra. But in this tune the … --- ## [Spenser for hire-Tv show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spenser-for-hire-tv-show/969600)
**Author:** [@stosh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh1)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spenser-for-hire-tv-show/969600 "2026-01-21T01:56:38Z")
Hi there, I’m reading the Spenser books by Robert B. Parker and really like them. I never watched the TV show and I wonder if anyone knows what channel I could catch it on. Is it any good? --- ## [What do you think happened to the rest of the world in the Old Man Logan setting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-the-rest-of-the-world-in-the-old-man-logan-setting/1026872)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-the-rest-of-the-world-in-the-old-man-logan-setting/1026872 "2026-01-21T00:45:32Z")
What do you think happened to the rest of the world in the Old Man Logan setting? The only thing said about it is when Red Skull rhetorically asks Captain America who would want it now before killing him, implying it’s … --- ## [The incompatibility of invisibility with vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incompatibility-of-invisibility-with-vision/1026802)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incompatibility-of-invisibility-with-vision/1026802 "2026-01-20T19:34:34Z")
I think there have been several fictional works that directly addressed the issue that if a person were rendered invisible, they would be unable to see, because vision requires light to be focused by their eyes’ lens and… --- ## [Did you Watch Live Aid on 13 July 1985? Or recordings afterwards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-live-aid-on-13-july-1985-or-recordings-afterwards/1026774)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-live-aid-on-13-july-1985-or-recordings-afterwards/1026774 "2026-01-20T18:19:33Z")
Live Aid occurred 40 years ago last summer. I remember Dick Clark on ABC aired a live special. I can’t remember the other channels that carried the entire event. How important is Live Aid in your memory? Do you have i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=40)