# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=454 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 455 --- ## [Have you ever heard of Logan's Run?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-logans-run/763616 "2019-12-30T04:52:58Z")
From this thread about a restaurant called Logan’s Run, a couple of posters claim that nobody today remembers the 1974 sci-fi movie of the same name. Well, I do and I believe it’s considered to be a classic. It’s about a… --- ## [Do younger generations have less knowledge of "older" movies, songs, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-younger-generations-have-less-knowledge-of-older-movies-songs-etc/763621)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-younger-generations-have-less-knowledge-of-older-movies-songs-etc/763621 "2019-12-30T03:03:21Z")
Excuse the clunky title. Prompted by this thread and Thelma Lou’s excellent suggestion that this topic might merit it’s own discussion. I’m not sure exactly how to define “younger generations”, but, for instance, \*\*Kayak… --- ## [Post-Christmas Baking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-christmas-baking/845527)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-christmas-baking/845527 "2019-12-29T23:47:07Z")
For various reasons connected to bad colds, not much baking got done pre-Christmas. So, i’ve just cooked a tray of mincemeat tarts. The Cub has requested a chocolate cake with real icing, not the boughten or butter ici… --- ## [What movie or comedian is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-comedian-is-this/845565)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-comedian-is-this/845565 "2019-12-29T23:16:27Z")
A woman is talking about wanting to impress her Jewish in-laws/boyfriend’s parents. They’re at a funeral or temple or Seder? She tells the parents to ask her how she thinks the event is going. Her answer is “shofar, sho … --- ## [Which is Better: Rice or Beans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-rice-or-beans/845213)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better-rice-or-beans/845213 "2019-12-29T22:02:45Z")
I’m going with rice. Rice is versatile, and good on its own too. Beans are what they are, and that’s it. --- ## [Who originally wrote this tune?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-originally-wrote-this-tune/845562)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-originally-wrote-this-tune/845562 "2019-12-29T21:10:03Z")
I’m told that this song, “Canada We Love You” by Moxy Fruvous, is actually a parody sung to the tune of some other song. Can anyone identify the original title and artist? --- ## [RIP - Sue Lyon (Kubrick's Lolita) Dead at 73](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sue-lyon-kubricks-lolita-dead-at-73/845542)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sue-lyon-kubricks-lolita-dead-at-73/845542 "2019-12-29T19:00:44Z")
Other articles: IMDB: I like her in The Flim-Flam Man. --- ## [Question about cooking fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cooking-fish/845157)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-cooking-fish/845157 "2019-12-29T16:31:48Z")
I have been given some frozen fillets of cod and tilapia. I don’t cook fish much, except for pan-fried catfish, and sometimes broiled salmon. Can cod and tilapia be panfried the way catfish can? I usually dip the latt… --- ## [Glitter for Snow Globes (Craft question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitter-for-snow-globes-craft-question/717780)
**Author:** [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitter-for-snow-globes-craft-question/717780 "2019-12-29T16:25:55Z")
No, I’m not Dave Barry, so “Glitter For Snow Globes” is not a band name. It is instead a question about snow globes (or snow domes), as I am attempting to resurrect an snow globe of my mom’s which over the years (decade… --- ## [Netflix: Don't F\*\*k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-dont-f-k-with-cats-hunting-an-internet-killer/845544)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-dont-f-k-with-cats-hunting-an-internet-killer/845544 "2019-12-29T15:10:16Z")
If you like true crime documentaries then check out this miniseries. It’s about a group of “internet nerds” who tried to track down a person who was posting Youtube videos of himself torturing and killing cats. I don’t … --- ## [Netflix: Don't F\*\*k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-dont-f-k-with-cats-hunting-an-internet-killer/845543)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-dont-f-k-with-cats-hunting-an-internet-killer/845543 "2019-12-29T14:25:15Z")
If you like true crime documentaries then check out this miniseries. It’s about a group of “internet nerds” who tried to track down a person who was posting Youtube videos of himself torturing and killing cats. I don’t … --- ## [Name brand foods imitated, but not duplicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-brand-foods-imitated-but-not-duplicated/845521 "2019-12-29T06:24:23Z")
I’m eating some no brand sugar wafers, that while good aren’t the same as the Nabisco brand. Same as a Curly Wurly\ **Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-off-unnamed-tv-characters-being-given-a-name-in-the-credits/845485 "2019-12-29T03:53:23Z") Every so often there’s a scene where a one-off character appears. They are in one scene of one episode and nobody asks for or receives their name. In the credits though she will be listed as “Nicole” instead of “argument… --- ## [oddly-named pattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-named-pattern/845506)
**Author:** [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddly-named-pattern/845506 "2019-12-28T20:59:45Z")
I’m looking to replace a certain bit if luggage that is just fine except the zipper broke. So I googled for “totes” luggage “F603” and this is returned - a bag with the I WANT TO EAT YOUR PANCREAS pattern. Other luggage … --- ## [Most depressing sitcom episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-sitcom-episode/844578)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-depressing-sitcom-episode/844578 "2019-12-28T20:25:46Z")
The recent sad death of Rene Auberjonois reminded me of a very disturbing episode of “Benson” he was involved in called “Scenario”. As this summary notes, it was an episode about a nuclear war drill and it’s one of the … --- ## [When did DC Comics get away from the campiness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dc-comics-get-away-from-the-campiness/844295)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-dc-comics-get-away-from-the-campiness/844295 "2019-12-28T15:13:50Z")
I got a DC Universe subscription recently(as well as Marvel Unlimited) and have been reading a lot of old comics. 1930s-40s DC is pretty interesting but once you get into thee Silver Age the stories just get way out ther… --- ## [Name that Character](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-character/845226)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-character/845226 "2019-12-28T02:55:18Z")
I was thinking about that old American pulp fiction trope, of the American who can do everything better an English aristocrat, including, it turns out, being a member of the English nobility, and I was thinking of lowly-… --- ## [Movies where it is implied two people are in love, but never shown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-it-is-implied-two-people-are-in-love-but-never-shown/845352)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-it-is-implied-two-people-are-in-love-but-never-shown/845352 "2019-12-28T01:43:51Z")
I’m sure there must be a bunch of these but can’t recall any off the top of my head: What movies are there where it is strongly implied that a man and a woman are in love, but nothing is ever actually explicit about it?… --- ## [Who Sang It Best? (Holiday Edition)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-it-best-holiday-edition/845447)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-sang-it-best-holiday-edition/845447 "2019-12-28T00:02:09Z")
“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” Frank Sinatra Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas \* Frank Sinatra \* (HD) - YouTube Kacey Musgraves (from her Xmas special) Jeremy Messersmith Pretenders Jewel (from the Sing… --- ## [Billboard's Hot 100 This Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboards-hot-100-this-week/845423)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboards-hot-100-this-week/845423 "2019-12-27T22:58:28Z")
Normally I don’t know any of the songs in the Hot 100 any more. But this week, somehow, magically, I do: #50 It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas - Perry Como #47 Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry #40 Happy … --- ## [Castle Rock S2 - I'm not frightened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-rock-s2-im-not-frightened/842525)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/castle-rock-s2-im-not-frightened/842525 "2019-12-27T22:01:27Z")
Nor even very entertained. Season two dropped on Wednesday on Hulu, starring Lizzie Caplan as the young Annie Wilkes (from Misery). A decent actor, but she’s wasted in this, as is most everyone else. I’m in four episodes… --- ## [Canned pumpking -- 130 YEAR shelf life??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pumpking-130-year-shelf-life/845403)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-pumpking-130-year-shelf-life/845403 "2019-12-27T20:50:51Z")
First of all, Merry Whatever you might be celebrating this time of year! So, I was up early today, baking the pies I’m assigned for today’s dinner. While cleaning up after the last was in the oven, I noticed the lid fr… --- ## [Replicating studio on tour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replicating-studio-on-tour/845429)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replicating-studio-on-tour/845429 "2019-12-27T20:11:03Z")
How do singers and bands replicate the songs they make in the studio for their album when they go on tour? In particular: How do they manage things that have a lot of added production on top of straight singing and co… --- ## [My new favorite frozen pizza.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-frozen-pizza/845275)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-frozen-pizza/845275 "2019-12-27T16:42:48Z")
Brew Pub Lottsa Motzza It’s got a lot of cheese but it’s the sauce that seems a cut above the average grocery store frozen pizza. New at my local Kroger or maybe I never noticed them. Not the cheapest frozen pizza. Anyb… --- ## [Another singing voice question: reedy? raspy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-singing-voice-question-reedy-raspy/845452)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-singing-voice-question-reedy-raspy/845452 "2019-12-27T16:41:04Z")
There’s a style of predominantly male singing voice that catches my ear sometimes. To me, it has an almost buzzy or rattly sound, like a resonator guitar rather than a wood acoustic guitar. Unfortunately the only example… --- ## [Theatre composer Jerry Harman dead at 85](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theatre-composer-jerry-harman-dead-at-85/845450)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theatre-composer-jerry-harman-dead-at-85/845450 "2019-12-27T15:46:23Z")
Playbill link The composer of Mame, Hello Dolly and La Cage aux Folles. Truly a great! --- ## [Your favorite music of 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-music-of-2019/845455)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-music-of-2019/845455 "2019-12-27T15:20:08Z")
2019 is almost done; let’s hear about what you heard this year! But let’s have some ground rules to keep it orderly and all, okay? Please list the Top 3 albums you heard this year that were released in 2019. Up to two… --- ## [Is "Ad Astra" bombing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ad-astra-bombing/840604)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ad-astra-bombing/840604 "2019-12-27T14:07:29Z")
I went to the opening weekend Friday night 10pm showing, and there were literally four of us in the auditorium. Me, and a group of three guys. That doesn’t seem good, and I don’t see any thread about it here which compou… --- ## [The Dropkick Murphys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dropkick-murphys/845342)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dropkick-murphys/845342 "2019-12-27T13:52:33Z")
I have an incredible mound of work to get through this week. BUT I get to work from home and listen to music to keep me company. Gonna see how much Dropkick Murphys I can get through, starting at the beginning, before I… --- ## [Current song with "Mazel tov" in the lyrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-song-with-mazel-tov-in-the-lyrics/845422)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-song-with-mazel-tov-in-the-lyrics/845422 "2019-12-27T00:12:27Z")
I hear it at sports bars every week or so, kind of a rapping chorus with a bunch of shouted words, not really in a line of dialogue. I realize there is a web site devoted to tunes with “Mazel tov” in the lyrics but it … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=453) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=455)