# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=602 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 603 --- ## [Profanity in Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-songs/597556 "2018-07-19T13:39:45Z")
Profanity laden songs that you think the usage of profanity is integral and works… and/or simply interesting and noteworthy? Lisa Germano - Red Thread (profanity starts after about 2:00 mark) --- ## [Whatever happened to Brim coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-brim-coffee/816433)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-brim-coffee/816433 "2018-07-19T10:56:28Z")
I never drank the stuff much but knew lots of people that did. And in the 70’s and 80’s they advertised the absolute living shit out of it. I’m not kidding, you couldn’t watch TV for 10 minutes without being bombarded by… --- ## [Is Imagine Dragons rock 'n roll?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imagine-dragons-rock-n-roll/817935)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-imagine-dragons-rock-n-roll/817935 "2018-07-19T10:26:32Z")
“You know, Dad, I’m beginning to like Imagine Dragons.” “Oh, Sophia, and to think I had such hopes for you once. Way to go. Laura, want to try for another kid? This one is hopelessly clueless.” “Dad! Stop being mean! S… --- ## [Rick Harrison's Dad, the Old Man died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-harrisons-dad-the-old-man-died/816708)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rick-harrisons-dad-the-old-man-died/816708 "2018-07-19T00:34:39Z")
The Old Man was an important part of the show. He was featured a lot in the early seasons of Pawn Stars. I liked his style of negotiating. Old Man Offers, $2000 Customer I’ll sell it for $2400? Old Man, I’ll give you $1… --- ## [Scarlett Johansson Drops Out Of Transgender Role In 'Rub And Tug'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlett-johansson-drops-out-of-transgender-role-in-rub-and-tug/817867)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlett-johansson-drops-out-of-transgender-role-in-rub-and-tug/817867 "2018-07-18T23:54:47Z")
Here’s the story. She’d been taking heat from the transgender community for the role. She clearly felt the game just wasn’t worth the candle. I guess in future she’ll have to play only straight females. OK, that’s a red… --- ## [What to serve with Swedish potato sausage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-serve-with-swedish-potato-sausage/568175)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-serve-with-swedish-potato-sausage/568175 "2018-07-18T22:11:06Z")
I picked up some Swedish potato sausage. What do I eat with it? --- ## [Any fans of Letterkenney out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-letterkenney-out-there/818156)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-letterkenney-out-there/818156 "2018-07-18T22:03:14Z")
Just discovered this Canadian show of Hulu. I’m only about 3 or 4 episodes in, but I’m enjoying it so far. I’m guessing this show will only appeal to people who have lived the “small town hick life”, or have some sort o… --- ## [How Great Thou Art, who is Art?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-thou-art-who-is-art/818014 "2018-07-18T20:27:00Z")
This has always bugged me. Who is Art? It’s definitely among the top three best Gospel songs ever written. --- ## [The Six Million Dollar Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/516631)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-six-million-dollar-man/516631 "2018-07-18T19:12:44Z")
When I was a kid, I loved the Six Million Dollar Man. He was pretty awesome and had all sorts of cool adventures every week using his bionics to do everything from throwing bombs into the ocean just before they explode a… --- ## [B-52s / Culture Club summer tour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52s-culture-club-summer-tour/817999)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52s-culture-club-summer-tour/817999 "2018-07-18T10:15:23Z")
Anyone seen this tour this summer? If so , which band plays 1st? I ask because it looks like we are in for rain during the show, maybe heavy rain at times. We only want to see the B-52s so if they play 1st we can s… --- ## [Best annotated Macbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-annotated-macbeth/817969)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-annotated-macbeth/817969 "2018-07-18T08:17:10Z")
I want to tackle Shakespeare, with some help. Macbeth, and King Lear, are the ones, but I have never tried them. Even when I try my mind wanders and I get lost in the language and the strange appearances of familiar word… --- ## [Your favorite Jeff Bridges movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-jeff-bridges-movies/817680)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-jeff-bridges-movies/817680 "2018-07-18T04:19:45Z")
Jeff Bridges IMDB filmography Stuck at home for a couple of weeks, I’m embarking on a Jeff Bridges film fest. Lots of stuff to choose from–several classics along with a few stinkers, but overall a pretty impressive body… --- ## [John Cleese Live Coming to a Town Near You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-live-coming-to-a-town-near-you/817700)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleese-live-coming-to-a-town-near-you/817700 "2018-07-18T03:05:44Z")
Heads up to Python fans. Cleese live includes a screening of Holy Grail, stories and an audience Q and A. Dates announced only for the Northeast thus far. http://johncleeselive.com/ --- ## [Another ID-this-music thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-id-this-music-thread/818107)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-id-this-music-thread/818107 "2018-07-17T21:26:16Z")
There is a song that they used to play during Cubs games on WGN in the late 1980s and/or early 1990s. You can hear it in this clip starting at the 49:00 mark: The clip was from Opening Day in 1989. It’s … --- ## [Star Trek (TMP/TNG) and Blackstar Cartoon Themes (plus Holst)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tmp-tng-and-blackstar-cartoon-themes-plus-holst/817899)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tmp-tng-and-blackstar-cartoon-themes-plus-holst/817899 "2018-07-17T20:57:12Z")
For a few months in 1981 there was a fantasy/scifi cartoon on Saturday mornings called “Blackstar” — Blackstar (TV series) - Wikipedia I loved this show, not for any characters or plot, but because the music reminded me… --- ## [Fantasy short story ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-short-story-id/818037)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-short-story-id/818037 "2018-07-17T20:15:39Z")
I think this was published in one of the Asimov SF magazines in the 1980’s. The story is told from the perspective of a lead character, as you follow them though a mild adventure. I think they’re a lone traveler arriving… --- ## [SF book about a couple abducted by blue skinned aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-book-about-a-couple-abducted-by-blue-skinned-aliens/818066)
**Author:** [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-book-about-a-couple-abducted-by-blue-skinned-aliens/818066 "2018-07-17T20:05:47Z")
I’m trying to remember the title and author of a SF book I read around 30 years ago. It involved a young American couple who get abducted by blue skinned, humanoid aliens who are benevolent and observing Earth. She becom… --- ## [Direct TV - recent software "upgrade from hell!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direct-tv-recent-software-upgrade-from-hell/815293)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direct-tv-recent-software-upgrade-from-hell/815293 "2018-07-17T19:29:40Z")
Anyone else here have Direct TV? What do you think of their recent software upgrade? I’m not impressed. The fonts are too small to read and formerly easy functions are now more difficult. What say you? --- ## [New recipes that have wowed you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-recipes-that-have-wowed-you/817958)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-recipes-that-have-wowed-you/817958 "2018-07-17T17:53:11Z")
I like to try new recipes, but it occurred to me that nothing recently has really wowed me. There are some I’d make again, but I guess they just didn’t live up to my expectations. Has anyone made or had a meal using a ne… --- ## [Another ID this song thread...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-id-this-song-thread/817954)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-id-this-song-thread/817954 "2018-07-17T11:40:34Z")
I heard it for the first time in years this afternoon. Slow, sad song. Woman singing with a slightly plaintive but otherwise not particularly remarkable voice. Soft instrumental accompaniment. Perhaps a piano or gently … --- ## [90's ID help? "Baby I'm back"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-id-help-baby-im-back/818048)
**Author:** [@mstrane21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mstrane21)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/90s-id-help-baby-im-back/818048 "2018-07-17T03:39:24Z")
Yesterday a 90’s r&b song randomly popped in my head. I’ve tried Google, YouTube, even singing to Soundhound, and i can’t find the song. As I remember it, the chorus goes like this: “Baby I’m back (right back in looo… --- ## [TV shows that never show anyone eating or drinking. Read full OP for more info](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-never-show-anyone-eating-or-drinking-read-full-op-for-more-info/817842)
**Author:** [@Textual\_Assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Textual_Assault)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-never-show-anyone-eating-or-drinking-read-full-op-for-more-info/817842 "2018-07-17T00:20:44Z")
What tv shows have NEVER shown anyone eating or drinking. Now I know that on dramas and sitcoms they don’t actually swallow, at least not most of the time, and have spit buckets next to them, but the whole fake drinking … --- ## [Dubious celebrity endorsements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubious-celebrity-endorsements/817856)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubious-celebrity-endorsements/817856 "2018-07-16T22:53:08Z")
Did Henry Winkler’s stock drop at all in your eyes when you learned he was hawking reverse mortgages? Granted, this was the guy who is probably best known for playing the character Fonzie in Happy Days and not some maste… --- ## [So Happy! \[Zachary Quinto "In Search Of"\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-happy-zachary-quinto-in-search-of/817908)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-happy-zachary-quinto-in-search-of/817908 "2018-07-16T18:16:23Z")
Zachary Quinto is gonna host the new ‘In search of’ on the History channel. Yay! --- ## [Any films based on Ancient Roman plays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-films-based-on-ancient-roman-plays/818025)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-films-based-on-ancient-roman-plays/818025 "2018-07-16T18:00:30Z")
There are an awful lot of film adaptations of Ancient Greek plays, a few of which I have seen. Are there any films adapted from Ancient Roman plays, such as those of Terence? I haven’t heard of any but would love to le… --- ## [Absurd and insulting Internet ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurd-and-insulting-internet-ads/817686)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurd-and-insulting-internet-ads/817686 "2018-07-16T15:41:04Z")
I was contemplating the thread about annoying commercials, and I realized that the ads that I encounter online can be far worse than TV. Lately there are two genres that are deriving me up the wall, and both do that bec… --- ## [Happy 91st Birthday to Lloyd the Bartender from The Shining](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-91st-birthday-to-lloyd-the-bartender-from-the-shining/817974)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-91st-birthday-to-lloyd-the-bartender-from-the-shining/817974 "2018-07-16T11:49:01Z")
He is a great actor and even better in an earlier Kubrick film The Paths of Glory. Happy Birthday, Joe! Joe Turkel --- ## [Impulse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impulse/817900)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impulse/817900 "2018-07-16T10:35:13Z")
Anyone watching? It is a Youtube Original series based off a novel in the same series that resulted in the movie Jumper a few years back. The first three episodes are availabe for free. --- ## [Doctor Who - Season 11](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-season-11/817993)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-season-11/817993 "2018-07-16T08:09:55Z")
New teaser trailer out. The link also does all the analysis it can on it: So far so Google is aware, it doesn’t seem like the release date has been announced yet, but it sounds like August/September is pre… --- ## [Help ID this Saturday Night Live video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-saturday-night-live-video/553069)
**Author:** [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-saturday-night-live-video/553069 "2018-07-16T05:52:59Z")
I mentioned this one in the thread about going to the infinite DVD store, but I’m serious. (post #6) http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12880551#post12880551 I’m 99.9% sure I saw this on SNL, and I c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=601) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=603)