# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=572 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 573 --- ## [Going to a live production of "The Rocky Horror Show" - what should I expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-a-live-production-of-the-rocky-horror-show-what-should-i-expect/822251)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-a-live-production-of-the-rocky-horror-show-what-should-i-expect/822251 "2018-11-02T04:42:13Z")
As in, not the Picture Show. A live performance of the stage musical. They’re doing one in a venerable old theater in downtown Olympia on Halloween night, and when I saw a poster advertising it on the window of a vacan… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory photography/lighting Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-photography-lighting-q/823875)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-photography-lighting-q/823875 "2018-11-02T02:27:28Z")
Is it just me, or is TBBT tinted beige? --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread -- October 2018 Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-october-2018-edition/822197)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-october-2018-edition/822197 "2018-11-02T02:01:32Z")
Brace yourselves! The month of pumpkin spice EVERYTHING is almost upon us! Though I have to admit, pumpkin pie is a favorite of mine… I am cheerfully reading Amazon’s catalog of gay romances :smiley: Some have been good… --- ## ['War of the Worlds' Radio Broadcast Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-worlds-radio-broadcast-question/823716)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-of-the-worlds-radio-broadcast-question/823716 "2018-11-02T01:38:07Z")
I’m not sure where this question goes, but since it has to do with a radio show I thought I would start here. In 1938, Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater Company scared the nation with his adaptation of H.G. Wells ‘War of th… --- ## [TV shows with two or more Halloween episodes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-two-or-more-halloween-episodes/823691)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-with-two-or-more-halloween-episodes/823691 "2018-11-01T21:59:56Z")
In a fit of nostalgia I recently started watching Girl Meets World, which is a spin-off of Boy Meets World, a TV from my teen years. It’s pretty cute, and this weekend I saw the first season’s Halloween special. To my de… --- ## [Best anthology sci-fi/horror/suspense shows that are available to stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-anthology-sci-fi-horror-suspense-shows-that-are-available-to-stream/823759)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-anthology-sci-fi-horror-suspense-shows-that-are-available-to-stream/823759 "2018-11-01T21:00:03Z")
By stream I mean stream for free, or stream on netflix, hulu plus or amazon prime. There are the obvious ones like the twilight zone, outer limits, black mirror. But there are a lot of lesser known shows too, including… --- ## [Batman: The Gift](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-the-gift/823788)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-the-gift/823788 "2018-11-01T15:24:04Z")
The most recent Batman comic collection had a really interesting story. In the current continuity Batman and Catwoman are about to be married. Booster Gold (a time traveling superhero who is often kind of a screw up) i… --- ## [Twilight Zone episode, "Passage on the Lady Anne"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone-episode-passage-on-the-lady-anne/823410)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-zone-episode-passage-on-the-lady-anne/823410 "2018-11-01T11:00:54Z")
I never saw many of the fourth season TZ episodes, probably because the hour length made them more expensive (and therefore less likely) to be re-run. But I got a complete TZ boxseet a while back, and have watched some. … --- ## [What was the last iconic commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-iconic-commercial/823278)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-iconic-commercial/823278 "2018-11-01T10:10:04Z")
I was looking at a list of famous Super Bowl commercials and it’s list of notable commercials is… puzzling to say the least… (Look at the expandable list at the bottom) Only one commercial from the entire 2000’s is n… --- ## [Sloop John B.- what's it about, really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sloop-john-b-whats-it-about-really/138431)
**Author:** [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sloop-john-b-whats-it-about-really/138431 "2018-11-01T05:24:21Z")
“Sloop John B.” is far and away my favorite Beach Boys song, even sits higher on my list than “I’m Bugged at My Old Man”. But, well, I’ve become increasingly certain that the song is not just about a bad boat ride. The u… --- ## [Classic movie streaming service FilmStruck is shutting down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movie-streaming-service-filmstruck-is-shutting-down/823552)
**Author:** [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-movie-streaming-service-filmstruck-is-shutting-down/823552 "2018-10-31T23:07:13Z")
I really liked this service. Anybody know where else I can stream classic films now? --- ## [45 percent of us says nbc was too mean to kelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/45-percent-of-us-says-nbc-was-too-mean-to-kelly/823768)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/45-percent-of-us-says-nbc-was-too-mean-to-kelly/823768 "2018-10-31T11:21:19Z")
although they still don’t like her or even know who she is …… MSN --- ## [Woman Haters Club song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-haters-club-song/823761)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-haters-club-song/823761 "2018-10-31T08:07:21Z")
I searched but I cant find the answer… Was the song from Woman Haters Club (Stooges first short) a “real” song, was it sung by anyone else? Linky. --- ## [Rock bands and international travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-and-international-travel/823679)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2018, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-bands-and-international-travel/823679 "2018-10-31T05:56:40Z")
If a major rock band is planning an international tour, do they bring all of the amplifiers, lights, and stage setup with them? Let’s say they’re a UK based band, but they’re planning a world tour starting on the Europea… --- ## [1969 The Moonshine War - tax stamp question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1969-the-moonshine-war-tax-stamp-question/823592)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1969-the-moonshine-war-tax-stamp-question/823592 "2018-10-31T01:26:24Z")
Fairly good movie with a young Alan Alda in a serious role supporting Patrick McGoohan and Richard Widmark. Alda has produced and hidden 150 barrels of moonshine and everyone else from thugs to the government wants it. T… --- ## [worst cartoon version of a tv show movie or personality](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cartoon-version-of-a-tv-show-movie-or-personality/823459 "2018-10-31T01:11:42Z")
any one remember these things ? At some point in the 70s some one got the bright idea that if a tv show or musical group or even person was popular they needed to make a cartoon version of it for the kids…… Which l… --- ## [Favourite pop song by a comedian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-pop-song-by-a-comedian/823258)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-pop-song-by-a-comedian/823258 "2018-10-31T00:23:19Z")
For me it’s Benny Hill’s #1 hit single Ernie. Jasper Carrott’s #5 hit “Funky Moped” mostly sold because of the B-side but it’s still an interesting listen. Vic Reeves got to #1 with “Dizzy”, but that was a cover versio… --- ## [TV characters who later appeared on a different show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-later-appeared-on-a-different-show/823062 "2018-10-31T00:10:16Z")
What TV characters can you think of that have been resurrected on another show, after their original series had gone off the air? (But not spun off onto their own show) Crossover appearances don’t count if the characte… --- ## [How many simpsons halloween episodes are remakes from the twilight zone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-simpsons-halloween-episodes-are-remakes-from-the-twilight-zone/823659)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-simpsons-halloween-episodes-are-remakes-from-the-twilight-zone/823659 "2018-10-30T21:42:39Z")
The talking Tina doll/clown without pity The stopwatch that halts time. Little girl lost (who walks through a wall into another dimension)/homer in 3D The episode where the gremlin attacks the school bus To serve man … --- ## [Anarchy/total destruction playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anarchy-total-destruction-playlist/822373)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anarchy-total-destruction-playlist/822373 "2018-10-30T21:09:18Z")
With the way this week is going at work (shorthanded, tons of crap to do, arseholes everywhere), I need a rock playlist to suit my state of mind. It requires ample energy too (no droning, rasping death metal need apply). … --- ## [Junk Food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-food/823726)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junk-food/823726 "2018-10-30T20:48:53Z")
This has probably been asked before, but oh well. What junk food do you always have available in your home? I’m talking snack stuff. I always have: -Diet Coke -Lays Simply Natural Sea Salted Thick Cut potato chips (… --- ## [How is the movie Dances With Wolves Offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-movie-dances-with-wolves-offensive/823687)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-movie-dances-with-wolves-offensive/823687 "2018-10-30T20:30:31Z")
I have heard this at least twice now, on other boards or on YouTube about movies that didn’t deserve their Oscar wins. Dances With Wolves usually appears on these lists, for a few reasons. “Long, slow movie”, “Kevin Co… --- ## [Any hobby weavers in the crowd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hobby-weavers-in-the-crowd/823445)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hobby-weavers-in-the-crowd/823445 "2018-10-30T19:47:28Z")
I’m interested in getting a loom to try my hand at weaving, and I’m not sure what to look for. On Amazon there are price points starting at ~ $75 and going all the way up to $2,000 + so I’m not sure where to start. I w… --- ## [Songs about angels or have angel in the title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-angels-or-have-angel-in-the-title/680378)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-angels-or-have-angel-in-the-title/680378 "2018-10-30T19:22:43Z")
Since “\[blank\] in the song title” has become a recurring theme, let’s do one about angels. I’ll begin: “Angel” - Aerosmith “Angel of Babylon” - Avantasia “There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)” - Eurythmics … --- ## [Movies where hunting/burning witches is actually a good thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-hunting-burning-witches-is-actually-a-good-thing/735611)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-where-hunting-burning-witches-is-actually-a-good-thing/735611 "2018-10-30T15:47:36Z")
It occurred to me the other day, after seeing a trailer for the latest Vin Diesel movie, that I can only think of two movies where the organized hunting (and killing) of witches was depicted as a good thing—usually, the … --- ## [Combo air fryer / instant pot - does such a thing exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combo-air-fryer-instant-pot-does-such-a-thing-exist/820423)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combo-air-fryer-instant-pot-does-such-a-thing-exist/820423 "2018-10-30T15:44:11Z")
I’m seeing a dietician because of the surgery on my digestive tract. She’s recommended that I use an air fryer. I like all of the things that can be done with the instant pot and similar cookers, so I’m wondering if the… --- ## [Did Joe Coffey die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-joe-coffey-die/143181)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-joe-coffey-die/143181 "2018-10-30T15:43:42Z")
I remember that in an episode of “Hill Street Blues” Officer Joe Coffey ( played by Ed Marinaro I believe) was shot during a traffic stop. But I don’t recall if he died or not. Anyone remember this? --- ## [Does Coke out of a Freestyle machine taste bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-coke-out-of-a-freestyle-machine-taste-bad/796927)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-coke-out-of-a-freestyle-machine-taste-bad/796927 "2018-10-30T15:31:43Z")
I know the machines aren’t new anymore, but someone on another thread tried Mello Yello out of the machine, and that got me wondering on this topic, again. Now, for me, Coke, regular Coke, from the Freestyle machine is … --- ## [How does one go about becoming a cake sculptor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-go-about-becoming-a-cake-sculptor/823639)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-go-about-becoming-a-cake-sculptor/823639 "2018-10-30T11:33:16Z")
Sorry, not sure of the proper term; I am talking about the ones who are both bakers and artists, using fondant, sculpting chocolate, etc to create unique bakery items? I am an illustrator, designer, and sculptor and I al… --- ## [John Oliver on Mike Pence (YouTube video)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-on-mike-pence-youtube-video/810834)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-on-mike-pence-youtube-video/810834 "2018-10-30T11:14:43Z")
Figured I’d share this with anyone interested who hasn’t seen the episode yet. Basically it’s classic Oliver talking about Mike Pence this time. There is a pretty hard sell for a book at the end, but even that is hilar… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=571) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=573)