# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=402 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 403 --- ## [New Far Side Comics (this time, for real!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-far-side-comics-this-time-for-real/914736 "2020-07-09T01:13:32Z")
Gary Larson started his official site a few months ago, but he has actually published his first new Far Sides in 25 years now. See them here! --- ## [Remember the Wham-co Radio adds from the 80's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-wham-co-radio-adds-from-the-80s/465627)
**Author:** [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-the-wham-co-radio-adds-from-the-80s/465627 "2020-07-09T01:12:56Z")
If anybody listened to FM radio in the early 80s you may remember the Whamco Company parody adds. They use to make my laugh in high school and I still have a few on old cassette tapes. Imagine my surprise to find the com… --- ## [American Horror Story - does it get better after season 1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-horror-story-does-it-get-better-after-season-1/914632)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-horror-story-does-it-get-better-after-season-1/914632 "2020-07-09T01:09:54Z")
I recently watched S1 of “American Horror Story” on Netflix, and while it was interesting enough, I got so frustrated by them repeatedly breaking their own rules, or just ignoring the consequences of significant events, … --- ## [Oh, Lil'Debbie what HAVE you done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-lildebbie-what-have-you-done/912588)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-lildebbie-what-have-you-done/912588 "2020-07-08T23:24:57Z")
The whole world loves Lil’Debbie. Even Dallas, Denver, Davenport and Duluth. Down here is South Arkansas she’s very popular among the youngsters and brown-bagging types. Hey, I like Lil’Debbie myself. DIL buys severa… --- ## [Hidden Figures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-figures/776625)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-figures/776625 "2020-07-08T18:24:18Z")
Saw it yesterday, enjoyed it a lot. I thought it was a great feel-good movie, as well as being an important story that needed to be told, and a sometimes painful reminder of discrimination that existed and still exist. W… --- ## [When are we going to run out of new TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-we-going-to-run-out-of-new-tv/914598)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-we-going-to-run-out-of-new-tv/914598 "2020-07-08T07:28:27Z")
TV production has obviously been shut down due to the pandemic and thus far, television stations have mostly been fine burning off episodes of new shows filmed before the pandemic. But when are we going to reach the poin… --- ## [Would you actually die in Jumanji?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-actually-die-in-jumanji/826714)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-actually-die-in-jumanji/826714 "2020-07-08T05:59:12Z")
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle was on earlier. Unlike the original film, where the game invaded reality, in this one video game players were sucked into the game world. They have three bars, representing their game liv… --- ## ["Helen Highwater"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-highwater/855025)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-highwater/855025 "2020-07-08T03:03:10Z")
This was the name of a patient on Doc Martin the other day. The doctor said it so fast and in such an offhand manner that I barely caught it. Have you ever noticed similar hidden jokes on DM (or any other show)? I’m n… --- ## [Low budget movies, shot in extreme close up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-budget-movies-shot-in-extreme-close-up/914531)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-budget-movies-shot-in-extreme-close-up/914531 "2020-07-08T01:40:14Z")
I have noticed within the past few years that low budget movies make a stupid attempt to hide their failures, in acting, scene setting and other sundries, by shooting most of the film in extreme closeup and shaky cam. Ev… --- ## [Can You Date a Song Just By Listening?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-date-a-song-just-by-listening/914412)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-date-a-song-just-by-listening/914412 "2020-07-07T20:58:48Z")
If so, can you describe how you are able to do with, and if you can, what are the characteristics? Sometimes I can’t describe it using the proper nomenclature, and have to resort to giving examples of a certain song, som… --- ## [Racy Classical Painting - know this one? \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racy-classical-painting-know-this-one-edited-title/614139)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racy-classical-painting-know-this-one-edited-title/614139 "2012-02-28T04:39:46Z")
Saw this in the NY Times, used as the cover of a record - Amazon Link Appears to be another in the long line of “Artist does religious painting and charges it with sexuality.” Anyone know this painting? Was it well-kn… --- ## [Your Favorite "Angry Humor"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-angry-humor/914475)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-angry-humor/914475 "2020-07-07T19:02:50Z")
Do you have any good examples? Stand-up, movies, shows, interviews, etc… ? As much as I love to laugh, I usually need it mainlined via stand-up comedy, Bill Hicks, George Carlin… Mort Sahl might be my funniest, but he d… --- ## [Movies you return to periodically for solace and restoration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-return-to-periodically-for-solace-and-restoration/914493)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-return-to-periodically-for-solace-and-restoration/914493 "2020-07-07T18:19:16Z")
Those you view in the way you would read a familiar poem: 84 Sharing Cross Road Miss Potter The Reivers --- ## [Do you eat fast food in the car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-fast-food-in-the-car/913548)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-eat-fast-food-in-the-car/913548 "2020-07-07T17:13:12Z")
Spin off of the Taco Bell thread: Why is everyone's main complaint about Taco Bell the fact it's not "authentic Mexican food"? - #76 by jz78817 It seems bizarre to me. If I’m doing a road trip, I’ll stop and eat in for … --- ## [PC load letter. WTF does that mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434 "2020-07-07T13:50:03Z")
The movie never gets old. --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' Thread - November 2015 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-november-2015-edition/736417 "2020-07-06T22:45:05Z")
Forgive me for usurping this, but no one has started one yet. For Halloween I finally obtained and read Dracula – The Ultimate, Illustrated Edition of the World’s Most Famous Vampire Play, edited and annotated by David … --- ## [Why is everyone's main complaint about Taco Bell the fact it's not "authentic Mexican food"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyones-main-complaint-about-taco-bell-the-fact-its-not-authentic-mexican-food/855915)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyones-main-complaint-about-taco-bell-the-fact-its-not-authentic-mexican-food/855915 "2020-07-06T22:15:31Z")
The second being that it’s the same 5 ingredients remixed over and over (yes we all watched that one stand-up special) Has Taco Bell claimed it’s been “authentic Mexican food” in decades? I’m fairly certain they now jus… --- ## [Song ID: 1970s Philadelphia soul song heard in grocery store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-1970s-philadelphia-soul-song-heard-in-grocery-store/913671)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-id-1970s-philadelphia-soul-song-heard-in-grocery-store/913671 "2020-07-06T21:46:28Z")
Trying to ID a song that I heard at the grocery store earlier today. The song is almost certainly a mid- to late-1970s Philadelphia soul song (or heavily influenced by that sound). Every song this store plays is pretty … --- ## [Belgravia - For Fans of Downton Abbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgravia-for-fans-of-downton-abbey/914517)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgravia-for-fans-of-downton-abbey/914517 "2020-07-06T18:10:57Z")
Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey, has a new series out called Belgravia. You can stream the first few episodes for free on Amazon Prime. While I thoroughly enjoyed them, I am too cheap to pay for the rest … --- ## [Newsmax Commercials on CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmax-commercials-on-cnn/914419)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmax-commercials-on-cnn/914419 "2020-07-06T17:09:42Z")
They basically say, this station you’re watching is “fake news”, so come over to us. Is CNN required to accept these ads, or are they simply doing it to bring in more short-term revenue? If the latter, surely they don’… --- ## [What are you hate-watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-hate-watching/912481)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-hate-watching/912481 "2020-07-06T16:54:39Z")
Normal People (Hulu). Apparently based on a best-selling novel, although why people would pay money and spend hours on this story is a mystery to me. It’s the story of Marianne and Connell, two 30-year-old Irish high s… --- ## [Fathead dough question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathead-dough-question/914306)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathead-dough-question/914306 "2020-07-06T15:05:13Z")
Has anyone tried it? Mr CelticKnot is officially pre-diabetic, and we are cutting carbs and sugar as much as we can. But we love them, and are looking for decent substitutes. (I don’t care what every website and food … --- ## [Ennio Morricone dies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ennio-morricone-dies/914467)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ennio-morricone-dies/914467 "2020-07-06T14:32:34Z")
One of my favorite composers. You probably have heard his famous theme from the film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” Here’s a less famous work that has haunted me for years: The Man with the Harmonica. --- ## [Peanut butter and banana bites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-banana-bites/914364)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-banana-bites/914364 "2020-07-06T02:48:14Z")
Take a piece of bread, dab in a huge spoonfull of peanut butter and a few slices of banana, fold it over, and fry in butter. Food of the Gods, I am telling you. Elvis’s favorite sandwich. Add bacon, which I have not d… --- ## [Benny Mardones, responsible for creepiest, most pervy music video ever made, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benny-mardones-responsible-for-creepiest-most-pervy-music-video-ever-made-has-died/913949)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benny-mardones-responsible-for-creepiest-most-pervy-music-video-ever-made-has-died/913949 "2020-07-06T02:27:06Z")
Benny Mardones passed away a couple of days ago from Parkinson’s disease at the age of 73. This thread is not to memorialize him, but to remember him as the person responsible for the creepiest, most pervy music video e… --- ## [Something good about HGTV's House Hunters, believe it or not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-good-about-hgtvs-house-hunters-believe-it-or-not/911114)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-good-about-hgtvs-house-hunters-believe-it-or-not/911114 "2020-07-06T00:46:38Z")
It is an offshoot called “House Hunters: Comedians on Couches”, where two comedians(two regular, one guest) make with the snark while watching episodes of the series “House Hunters”, MST3K style. They pick out episodes … --- ## [Tributes to Jennifer Paradis (@TubaDiva) - musical, visual, and written](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tributes-to-jennifer-paradis-tubadiva-musical-visual-and-written/914155)
**Author:** [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tributes-to-jennifer-paradis-tubadiva-musical-visual-and-written/914155 "2020-07-05T23:44:50Z")
In Paradisum (Gabriel Fauré) In paradisum deducant te angeli May angels lead you into paradise (Please add your own.) --- ## [John Cleese releases deleted scenes from A Fish Called Wanda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-releases-deleted-scenes-from-a-fish-called-wanda/914311)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-releases-deleted-scenes-from-a-fish-called-wanda/914311 "2020-07-05T18:19:01Z")
It’s mostly Kevin Kline. Good stuff. --- ## [Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer detective stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-macdonalds-lew-archer-detective-stories/914325)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-macdonalds-lew-archer-detective-stories/914325 "2020-07-05T00:07:30Z")
Since I just got a new Kindle, and since when you highlight text on the Kindle it is uploaded to the Kindle page, and since I am now reading Ross McDonald’s The Complete Lew Archer Detective stories, a few quotes- Her e… --- ## [love scenes in movies (or real life)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-scenes-in-movies-or-real-life/852109)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-scenes-in-movies-or-real-life/852109 "2020-07-04T22:38:06Z")
We’ve seen it many times. They start kissing, and then start to rip each other’s clothes off as fast as they can, and end up totally naked in about 30 seconds, including the man’s socks. Never happened to me. A couple o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=401) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=403)