# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=588 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 589 --- ## [Wentworth - FANTASTIC serial drama show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wentworth-fantastic-serial-drama-show/744484)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wentworth-fantastic-serial-drama-show/744484 "2018-09-04T13:48:03Z")
Wentworth is an Australian TV serial drama about a women’s prison. The setting and some of the characters naturally had me comparing to Orange is the New Black in the beginning, but aside from the similarity of setting, … --- ## [Question about the Star Wars universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-star-wars-universe/820521)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-star-wars-universe/820521 "2018-09-04T13:01:37Z")
If Saarlaccs take a thousand years to digest a meal, how did Jabba the Hutt know that HIS Saarlacc was even READY to eat something again? His most recent meal might have been only 500 years ago. How would Jabba even know… --- ## [Skinemax is no more...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skinemax-is-no-more/820540)
**Author:** [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skinemax-is-no-more/820540 "2018-09-04T11:01:07Z")
… as parent HBO finally pulls the plug on its soft-porn programming. Of course, they will continue to have nudity, sex and violence in the course of regular production programming (GOT, etc.), but the dedicated-softcore… --- ## [Carol Burnett bean bag chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carol-burnett-bean-bag-chair/820724)
**Author:** [@Pparker61\_gmail.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pparker61_gmail.com)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carol-burnett-bean-bag-chair/820724 "2018-09-04T03:21:28Z")
I am trying to find a clip of a sketch where Carol Burnett sits in a bean bag chair and declares it remarkably uncomfortable. Does anyone remember it? --- ## [2001 back in theaters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2001-back-in-theaters/819982)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2001-back-in-theaters/819982 "2018-09-04T02:32:29Z")
It’s at my local IMAX next week so I assume it’s in other theaters. --- ## [Help me identify this song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song/820716)
**Author:** [@yorick73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yorick73)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-song/820716 "2018-09-03T23:59:13Z")
I was watching some YouTube video about famous songs that are covers. There is an instrumental intro and ending that I can’t identify. I know that I know the song but I’ve listened to it over and over again for a few d… --- ## [“Alexa, what song is this?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexa-what-song-is-this/820632)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alexa-what-song-is-this/820632 "2018-09-03T23:42:26Z")
So, we wanted some background music to go to sleep to, and we thought a little mellow harmonica might be just the thing. So kaylasmom says, “Alexa, shuffle songs by Tommy Morgan.” The soothing tones of Tommy’s harmonica … --- ## [Canasta - a PC version with my favorite options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canasta-a-pc-version-with-my-favorite-options/820533)
**Author:** [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canasta-a-pc-version-with-my-favorite-options/820533 "2018-09-03T23:39:07Z")
I love canasta. I prefer 2-handed, draw 2, 2 canastas to go out. I have not been able to find a PC version with these options (although I had one years ago). Although I’m a novice at downloading software, I have managed … --- ## [Meshugga Beach Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meshugga-beach-party/820711)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meshugga-beach-party/820711 "2018-09-03T22:15:30Z")
Jewish surf rock! Oy, kaif ist mir! :cool: --- ## [Please Help Me Find Something I Read](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-something-i-read/820516)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-something-i-read/820516 "2018-09-03T21:55:08Z")
It may have been a short story but I remember it distinctly as being a poem. If it is a poem it is most definitely NOT Drummer Hodge or Drummer Boy of Shiloh. A soldier in battle draws a bead on and kills the young drum… --- ## [About The Martian ....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-martian/820620)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-martian/820620 "2018-09-03T21:18:28Z")
At the end of the movie, Watney is safely back on earth sitting on a bench drinking a cup of coffee when a group of trainees / cadets coming jogging along. Why did they slow down to a walk as they passed Watney? --- ## [Aretha Franklin, R.I.P](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aretha-franklin-r-i-p/819730)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aretha-franklin-r-i-p/819730 "2018-09-03T04:54:10Z")
Daydreamin’ is the song that I always have to repeat when it comes up on my list. --- ## [Favorite John Hughes-directed movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-john-hughes-directed-movie/820537 "2018-09-03T02:43:18Z")
John Hughes was a celebrated director, producer, and writer. Which of the following movies directed by Mr. Hughes would you say is your favorite? Sixteen Candles The Breakfast Club Weird Science Ferris Bueller’s Day… --- ## [Original Movie in Color, Sequel in Black and White](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-movie-in-color-sequel-in-black-and-white/820574)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/original-movie-in-color-sequel-in-black-and-white/820574 "2018-09-01T22:16:01Z")
Clearly this thread is going to be mostly about older films\*. Sometimes they pulled out all the stops on a movie and splurged on color stock, but when they went back to try and grab some extra bucks with a sequel, they d… --- ## [What book would you send back in time to your ten year old self to read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-send-back-in-time-to-your-ten-year-old-self-to-read/820435)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-would-you-send-back-in-time-to-your-ten-year-old-self-to-read/820435 "2018-09-01T19:38:22Z")
It must not have been published when you were ten. But, if you choose the first book in a series, your ten year old self won’t be able to read the rest of the series until it’s really published. And your past self won’t … --- ## [I want you to... like me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-you-to-like-me/820612)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-you-to-like-me/820612 "2018-09-01T17:00:59Z")
There’s a scene on some movie or show where the antagonist says to the protagonist, ‘I want you to… like me.’ Or it may have been a pair of antagonists, and one says, ‘We want you to… like us.’ I almost have it in my h… --- ## [Any good place to eat on Fremont St, L.V.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-place-to-eat-on-fremont-st-l-v/820539)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-place-to-eat-on-fremont-st-l-v/820539 "2018-09-01T14:16:56Z")
Not the Hash House, just too damn much food, and I know the Golden Nugget buffet is OK, but I’d prefer just a meal, not a hog trough that will put me to sleep. Any thoughts? --- ## [1958 TV show with con man character named Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-tv-show-with-con-man-character-named-trump/820587)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1958-tv-show-with-con-man-character-named-trump/820587 "2018-09-01T13:33:23Z")
I came across this today. An episode of the 1950s western TV series ‘Trackdown’ featured a con man named Walter Trump who promised to build a wall in order to prevent the end of the world. Some of the dialogue: Narr… --- ## [Old Songs You Just Truly Heard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-songs-you-just-truly-heard/819057)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-songs-you-just-truly-heard/819057 "2018-09-01T10:34:32Z")
I’m talking about a song, an older one probably, that you’ve heard many times, but never paid it much heed; it was “background noise” on the radio. You didn’t like it, you didn’t dislike it, it was “just there.” And the… --- ## [Cooked sausages not sold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-sausages-not-sold/820543)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooked-sausages-not-sold/820543 "2018-09-01T03:08:34Z")
Whilst you can get most meats sold in raw and cooked form in packaged supermarket products how come except for Frankfurters you dont see sausages sold as cooked and packaged. Always seen as raw. Atleast in the UK. --- ## [Willy Wonka's musical lock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willy-wonkas-musical-lock/820554)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willy-wonkas-musical-lock/820554 "2018-09-01T02:42:34Z")
Just before entering the production area of the candy factory in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka plays a melody on a keyboard. He explains it is a ‘musical lock’. Mrs. Teevee says, ‘Rachmaninoff!’ W… --- ## [Airplane, Airplane 2 and Police Squad- your favorite quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-airplane-2-and-police-squad-your-favorite-quotes/250853)
**Author:** [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-airplane-2-and-police-squad-your-favorite-quotes/250853 "2018-09-01T00:58:29Z")
Enough Monty Python, Simpsons and Family Guy quotes, time to revel in the absurdity that is Airplane, Airplane 2 and the short but brillant Police Squad (I guess the Naked Gun movies count if you want to use them too). I… --- ## [Cleveland celebrates Superman!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-celebrates-superman/655506)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleveland-celebrates-superman/655506 "2018-08-31T21:22:34Z")
The 75th anniversary of the Man of Steel’s first appearance in Action Comics will be on April 18. http://clecityhall.com/2013/04/10/help-celebrate-supermans-75th-anniversary-supercle/ http://clecityhall.com/2013/04/11/… --- ## [Best film noirs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-noirs/818812)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-film-noirs/818812 "2018-08-31T19:34:01Z")
Watching Lady from Shanghai yesterday reminded me that I like “film noir.” So I Googled “Best film noir” and found two Top Ten and two Top Twenty lists. Lots of films I’ve not seen. So I appeal to Dopers for help prun… --- ## [American Vandal : Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-vandal-netflix/796699)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-vandal-netflix/796699 "2018-08-31T18:08:18Z")
It’s a parody of “Making a Murderer” type documentaries. I just started watching it. Someone spray painted penises on all the teacher’s cars at a highschool and the school troublemaker is accused but insists he’s innocen… --- ## [Good songs that are cliché due overplay, that you listen to anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-that-are-cliche-due-overplay-that-you-listen-to-anyway/819952)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-that-are-cliche-due-overplay-that-you-listen-to-anyway/819952 "2018-08-31T17:38:13Z")
I was driving down the road today listening to the local metal station and Stairway to Heaven came on. I enjoyed it enough but couldn’t remember the last time I heard it on the air. I’ve heard it enough up to this point … --- ## [Bands where all members have sung lead vocals at least once](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-all-members-have-sung-lead-vocals-at-least-once/807599)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-where-all-members-have-sung-lead-vocals-at-least-once/807599 "2018-08-31T12:01:32Z")
Beatles are the obvious answer. Lots of songs sung by each of the lads. Cream (Ginger Baker did “Pressed Rat and Warthog”) Police - I know Copeland did vocals on some early songs, and I think Summers sang one song on “… --- ## [Mule Skinner Blues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mule-skinner-blues/820413)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mule-skinner-blues/820413 "2018-08-31T08:51:39Z")
I know there are a ton of versions of this song, dating back to the 1930s. But for this thread, which is the better version: Dollyor The Fendermen. --- ## [Why is there an ad on this site for a Tribute to Kevin James?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-an-ad-on-this-site-for-a-tribute-to-kevin-james/820547)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-an-ad-on-this-site-for-a-tribute-to-kevin-james/820547 "2018-08-31T03:53:02Z")
I thought the man had died and I missed the news. Could find nothing on the interwebs about his untimely demise. So I have to assume he is still living. What gives? --- ## [39 weeks released, 39 weeks on the charts, 39 weeks @ #1 - is someone gaming the Billboard charts...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/39-weeks-released-39-weeks-on-the-charts-39-weeks-1-is-someone-gaming-the-billboard-charts/820527)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/39-weeks-released-39-weeks-on-the-charts-39-weeks-1-is-someone-gaming-the-billboard-charts/820527 "2018-08-31T03:36:31Z")
… or is their methodology just flawed? A lot of y’all have heard, I’m sure, the country-pop song “Meant to Be” by Bebe Rexha and Florida-Georgia line. It’s a nice piece of country pop, nothing too dissimilar from other … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=587) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=589)