# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=60 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 61 --- ## [Buffy the Vampire Slayer - skipping early episodes? {Warning, posters posted spoilers}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-skipping-early-episodes-warning-posters-posted-spoilers/1023011)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-skipping-early-episodes-warning-posters-posted-spoilers/1023011 "2025-09-15T01:45:37Z")
I watched this show many years ago and remember it as being superb. I don’t remember a lot of details, or specific episodes (except Once More with Feeling and The Body, which are two very memorable episodes for very diff… --- ## [RIP Graham Greene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-graham-greene/1022668)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-graham-greene/1022668 "2025-09-14T16:17:30Z")
Damn. I’ve liked him in everything I’ve seen him in. --- ## [Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/975884)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/975884 "2025-09-14T13:39:14Z")
We knew it was coming, but now we know its title, and some of its content, because here is the trailer for the new Indiana Jones movie, out June 30th. --- ## [James Taylor's "Shower the People" on 70's SNL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-taylors-shower-the-people-on-70s-snl/225052)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-taylors-shower-the-people-on-70s-snl/225052 "2025-09-13T22:26:12Z")
Recently, James Taylor’s “Shower the People” is being used for some commercial. Back in the 70’s, he performed this on SNL. Instead of having backup singers, a reel-to-reel tape player was sitting on the stage and would … --- ## [Project Eggplant UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-eggplant-uk/1008387)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-eggplant-uk/1008387 "2025-09-13T20:10:34Z")
A few years back, when we started frequenting the south of Spain, and Greece, and Turkey, I discovered eggplants. (For the record, Eggplant In The Oven at Taverna Saita in Athens is probably the most delicious thing I ha… --- ## [Please explain to me the funniest joke ever told by Johnny Carson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-to-me-the-funniest-joke-ever-told-by-johnny-carson/1021428)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-to-me-the-funniest-joke-ever-told-by-johnny-carson/1021428 "2025-09-13T18:48:56Z")
The line comes from Johnny Carson doing his Karnac character, who reads minds. (The routine shtick was that the Great Karnac sets up the joke by answering an unknown question, then he opens an envelope to read what the q… --- ## [I'm older than Archie Bunker and other gut punches of pop culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-older-than-archie-bunker-and-other-gut-punches-of-pop-culture/1022902)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-older-than-archie-bunker-and-other-gut-punches-of-pop-culture/1022902 "2025-09-13T13:15:33Z")
The Wonder Years debuted in 1988, and the first season was set 20 years prior in 1968. If it was remade today, it would be set in 2005. With the re-release of the Beatles Anthology on Disney+ this November, it dawned on… --- ## [What are these two Russian songs? (from 1969's "Topaz", and '63's "55 Days at Peking")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-two-russian-songs-from-1969s-topaz-and-63s-55-days-at-peking/1013392)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-two-russian-songs-from-1969s-topaz-and-63s-55-days-at-peking/1013392 "2025-09-12T15:39:29Z")
Okay, short and sweet…does anyone know the name of this song, that a truckload of Russians can be heard briefly singing in the 1969 Hitchcock film Topaz, and/or this song (a different one) featured in a medley (“Help Arr… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2025-edition/1021495)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2025-edition/1021495 "2025-09-12T14:42:57Z")
August is here already, like a sneaky cat slipping in through an open door and flopping in the middle of the living room floor with an expression of “So? What you gonna do about it?” on it’s face as it cleans it’s whisk… --- ## [The Indian Princess legend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-indian-princess-legend/1022552)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-indian-princess-legend/1022552 "2025-09-12T02:24:42Z")
My hometown of Spirit Lake is supposedly named after the legend of an “Indian Princess”(Indians have princesses??) who fell in love with a forbidden “brave from another tribe”, so they decided to meet in the middle of th… --- ## [Chittering Aliens and other monsters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chittering-aliens-and-other-monsters/1022967)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chittering-aliens-and-other-monsters/1022967 "2025-09-12T00:34:23Z")
“Chittering” is what the subtitles for Alien: Earth and The Watchers call the scary monster sounds that are kind of a cross between a creaking door and a really slow frog’s croak. When and where was it decided this was t… --- ## [RIP Rick Davies, Supertramp co-founder dies at 81](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842 "2025-09-11T15:26:57Z")
This was mentioned in the celebrity death pool thread, but deserves its own thread here. One of my all time favorite bands back in the 70s. Time to go and listen to Crime of the Century and Crisis, what Crisis ? aga… --- ## [Comics/Graphic Novels that Should Be Taught in High School](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-graphic-novels-that-should-be-taught-in-high-school/1022813)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-graphic-novels-that-should-be-taught-in-high-school/1022813 "2025-09-10T18:46:21Z")
There’s another thread about “Books that should have been read in high school” elsewhere in Cafe Society. The thread went a little off the rails when someone suggested MAUS, and I’ve got mixed feelings about that one. (I… --- ## [Nobody 2 movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-2-movie/1022839)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-2-movie/1022839 "2025-09-10T17:25:13Z")
About 3 weeks ago we were perusing the theater listings when we saw one for Nobody 2. We’d never even heard of the first Nobody movie. So instead of going out we watched it streaming. Not bad. it’s weird to see the guy… --- ## [Poll: How do you eat corn on the cob?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-eat-corn-on-the-cob/1022799)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-eat-corn-on-the-cob/1022799 "2025-09-10T01:02:03Z")
Now that the sweet corn season is nearly over in North America, how about a poll on methods of eating corn on the cob? (This is an open poll. Your answer will be visible to everyone. If you feel you need privacy on a ma… --- ## [How long till they quit publishing Felix Francis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-till-they-quit-publishing-felix-francis/689506)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-till-they-quit-publishing-felix-francis/689506 "2025-09-10T00:11:01Z")
“A Dick Francis novel” … “by Felix Francis” At some point, Felix is going to run out of old outlines and notes scavenged from the files of Dick and Mary. I can’t wait. The library needs to quit wasting money on this tri… --- ## [Gary Larson, cruciverbalist!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-cruciverbalist/1022900 "2025-09-09T23:30:24Z")
I do the New York Times crossword puzzle on the Seattle Times site, a few weeks behind the publication in the Times. The one for today (or a few weeks back originally) is credited to “Gary Larson and Amy Ensz / Will Sho… --- ## [Cooking wine or sherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-wine-or-sherry/1022874)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-wine-or-sherry/1022874 "2025-09-09T23:02:33Z")
I have never used it, but I was at the neighborhood grocery store today and they had several bottles of this in the discount cart, marked down to $1.99, so I thought “what the heck?” and picked one up. I’m assuming it… --- ## [RIP Chelsea Quinn Yarbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chelsea-quinn-yarbro/1022835)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chelsea-quinn-yarbro/1022835 "2025-09-09T20:44:21Z")
Apparently her death has been noted in the Death Pool thread, but not as a new topic. I learned about Yarbro because Stephen King named a character in his movie Creepshow “Yarbro” in her honor. After that I started look… --- ## [What non-canon novels were you assigned to read in High School English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-canon-novels-were-you-assigned-to-read-in-high-school-english/1022762)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-non-canon-novels-were-you-assigned-to-read-in-high-school-english/1022762 "2025-09-09T15:28:59Z")
Spinning off from a couple other current threads. I can name only one that (I think) few high school students would be required to read, and that is Tarzan of the Apes (1912). I have almost zero recollection of the assi… --- ## [Anyone else see/hear about 44 - the (Obama) Musical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-hear-about-44-the-obama-musical/1022859)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-see-hear-about-44-the-obama-musical/1022859 "2025-09-09T11:36:43Z")
We saw this over the weekend. It is in Chicago for previews before heading to NY. I believe it had had a prior stint in Chicago and then a stretch in LA. Anyone else see it? Or hear about it and care to express opini… --- ## [Sabaton--"The First Soldier"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabaton-the-first-soldier/1022852)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabaton-the-first-soldier/1022852 "2025-09-08T15:16:48Z")
I found this amazing song, about a very amazing man. Albert Severin Roche The First Soldier Of France. {LINK} Biography. My God, but to get a new hero in life, at MY age. LINK --- ## [Crock Pot Ribs? WTF?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crock-pot-ribs-wtf/1022684)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crock-pot-ribs-wtf/1022684 "2025-09-08T13:57:16Z")
I have complained about eating ribs that were mush. Ribs need texture and this weekend I had ribs that had been cooked in a crock pot, and then thrown in the smoker for 30 min to firm them up. They were almost mush but… --- ## [Books that should have been read in high school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-should-have-been-read-in-high-school/1022741)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-that-should-have-been-read-in-high-school/1022741 "2025-09-08T05:33:36Z")
Inspired by the “Books you read in high school that you absolutely hated” thread, what do you think are books that should be read in high school? I’d like to see The Long Walk taught. The way Stephen King makes the cha… --- ## [The VMAs (Video Music Awards) are being aired on CBS this year, not MTV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vmas-video-music-awards-are-being-aired-on-cbs-this-year-not-mtv/1022733)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vmas-video-music-awards-are-being-aired-on-cbs-this-year-not-mtv/1022733 "2025-09-08T05:16:55Z")
However, MTV has not, to my knowledge, shown videos for many years; their sister channels do. But CBS? Is it due to the merger I keep hearing people talk about? Yeah, I know, first world question du jour. --- ## [Books you had read in high school that you absolutely loved](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-had-read-in-high-school-that-you-absolutely-loved/1022772)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-you-had-read-in-high-school-that-you-absolutely-loved/1022772 "2025-09-08T02:12:34Z")
Inspired, of course, by the ’ Books you had read in high school that you absolutely hated’ thread, which also inspired the ’ Books that should have been read in high school’ thread. Anyway, I wanted to create this ‘othe… --- ## [What are some good flavored coffees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-flavored-coffees/1022661)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-flavored-coffees/1022661 "2025-09-08T00:54:27Z")
Not the ones that claim to be a certain flavor, but unless you look at the package you couldn’t begin to guess that it was flavored at all, let alone what specific flavor it is supposed to be. --- ## [Australian Survivor: Australia vs World - did anyone else watch this? (open spoilers after first post)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-survivor-australia-vs-world-did-anyone-else-watch-this-open-spoilers-after-first-post/1022830)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-survivor-australia-vs-world-did-anyone-else-watch-this-open-spoilers-after-first-post/1022830 "2025-09-07T22:11:10Z")
Wow, what a season. We had Americans like Cerie, Parvatti, Tony represented only America, while half the field was Australian and we had one Canadian(a previous winner!), one New Zealander(a previous winner!), and one Fi… --- ## [Unknown Number - Netflix Documentary \[open spoilers after the first few posts\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-number-netflix-documentary-open-spoilers-after-the-first-few-posts/1022774)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-number-netflix-documentary-open-spoilers-after-the-first-few-posts/1022774 "2025-09-07T21:07:12Z")
I watched this documentary last night on Netflix and am surprised that there hasn’t been a thread about this already. I was hesitant to watch it because I had already heard about what happened (before the documentary was… --- ## [Rick and Morty first time watching and ranking thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-first-time-watching-and-ranking-thread/1022364)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-and-morty-first-time-watching-and-ranking-thread/1022364 "2025-09-07T14:27:29Z")
Yes, I know there is already a thread for it, I’ve been posting in it. But that’s a current episode watching and talk thread and I’m starting out from the beginning and then also ranking them every 2-3 episodes I watch.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=61)