# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=606 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 607 --- ## [What's Your Favorite 'A Christmas Carol'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-a-christmas-carol/816718)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-a-christmas-carol/816718 "2018-07-04T21:32:49Z")
I guess like most people, I am rather partial to the one made in 1984 by George C. Scott. But my reasons might surprise you. Usually Ebeneezer Scrooge is old and frail. I am rather amused by the fact Scott plays one who… --- ## [Worst comic strips, past or present](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-comic-strips-past-or-present/813920)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-comic-strips-past-or-present/813920 "2018-07-04T20:03:53Z")
We’ve got two “worst” threads going right now, one on animated cartoons, seems a natural to focus the spotlight on comic strips. We’ve got Mallard Fillmore and born-again Johnny Hart era B.C., for starters. Zombie stri… --- ## [Turner Classic Movies is getting to be a real great station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turner-classic-movies-is-getting-to-be-a-real-great-station/817056)
**Author:** [@ned12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ned12)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turner-classic-movies-is-getting-to-be-a-real-great-station/817056 "2018-07-04T13:28:27Z")
I like more and more how it is coming along. Better now without nerdy former host Robert Osborne is TCM. They are running mega-tons of great old movies (most of which you never heard of). I firmly think it is getting bet… --- ## [Most common (non-sexual) fantasies that would be played in holodecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-non-sexual-fantasies-that-would-be-played-in-holodecks/816994 "2018-07-04T13:15:51Z")
It is a running gag on the comedy site Cracked (and perhaps elsewhere) that holodecks would be mostly used for sexual fantasies, but I would like to ask hypothetically what the most common fantasies would be (other than … --- ## [Book ('Mad about the 70's') shows Mad magazine repeats its old stuff too much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060)
**Author:** [@ned12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ned12)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-mad-about-the-70s-shows-mad-magazine-repeats-its-old-stuff-too-much/817060 "2018-07-04T11:14:29Z")
The book is at amazon. It has a cover drawing of Alfred E. Neumann dressed like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. Inside, if I remember correctly, you will find the satire (among other satires) ‘Saturday Night Feebl… --- ## [Most American TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-american-tv-show/817159)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-american-tv-show/817159 "2018-07-04T10:35:05Z")
A lot of channels will have Fourth of July themed programming or marathons this Wednesday. If you had to program a TV marathon, what would you pick as the most definitively American TV show? I vote a day of “Price Is R… --- ## [Ready Player One (seen it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-player-one-seen-it/811492)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ready-player-one-seen-it/811492 "2018-07-04T10:29:23Z")
Well that was fun. Speilberg and crew must have had a blast making this movie. Really glad they made the changes from the book (plenty of them). Even though the wol movie is silly itself at least the challenges weren’t … --- ## [Typos that became official?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-became-official/816286)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typos-that-became-official/816286 "2018-07-04T05:25:13Z")
Today I learned about an Anne McCaffrey collection that was supposed to be titled Get of the Unicorn (meaning “offspring of the unicorn”) but there was a typo in the contract that read Get Off the Unicorn. They decided t… --- ## [Neat Rodney Dangerfield joke book dedicated to Leonard Nimoy!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neat-rodney-dangerfield-joke-book-dedicated-to-leonard-nimoy/816950)
**Author:** [@ned12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ned12)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neat-rodney-dangerfield-joke-book-dedicated-to-leonard-nimoy/816950 "2018-07-04T04:35:46Z")
The book is called “Some Rodney Dangerfield Jokes and Other Jokes”. It is at amazon.com. Outside of the dedication one of the jokes is about Nimoy and no respect. Book talks of Nimoy himself having been a comedian in 1… --- ## ["Won't You Be My Neighbor" (Mr. Rogers movie) (seen it thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-you-be-my-neighbor-mr-rogers-movie-seen-it-thread/817075)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-you-be-my-neighbor-mr-rogers-movie-seen-it-thread/817075 "2018-07-03T23:52:42Z")
I can’t imagine there are any spoilers to be cautious of. I saw it today and found it very moving and worthwhile. It was not a no-warts approach - when Rogers discovered that one of his crew was caught in a gay bar he t… --- ## [Any Happy Rhodes fans still around? (New compilation by Numero Group)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-happy-rhodes-fans-still-around-new-compilation-by-numero-group/817196)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-happy-rhodes-fans-still-around-new-compilation-by-numero-group/817196 "2018-07-03T12:52:44Z")
I know there were some Happy Rhodes fans around these parts besides me, and if you’re still around, there’s some interesting things going on. I’ve been a fan of Happy’s for almost 30 years, so I can’t let this go by with… --- ## [Lucifer season 3 question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucifer-season-3-question/817208)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucifer-season-3-question/817208 "2018-07-03T12:51:20Z")
Most of the season was an arc involving Cain. That arc was completed. The last two episodes of the season were stand alone and a bit bizarre. One introduced the angel of death and the other was an alternate reality story… --- ## [What were the best years for classic Ibanez guitars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-best-years-for-classic-ibanez-guitars/816643)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-the-best-years-for-classic-ibanez-guitars/816643 "2018-07-03T02:56:37Z")
Musician friends have often commented that Ibanez guitars used to be really good. Great tone and necks that could be setup low with no fret buzz. I don’t think they have that reputation any more. They are still good gui… --- ## [Was Spock ever rebellious to his parents when he was a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087 "2018-07-03T02:55:35Z")
And if so, did Amanda Grayson ever tell him “Father knows best”? --- ## [Fixing my vibrator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-my-vibrator/536698)
**Author:** [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-my-vibrator/536698 "2018-07-02T20:22:17Z")
I’ve been sexually active for 15 years, and the one complaint about my sexual experience has been that I don’t have a vibrator. People have told me not to force it, that I’ll get one when I’m ready. Well, I’m apparently… --- ## [What destroyed the shoots of my cherry tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-destroyed-the-shoots-of-my-cherry-tree/816924)
**Author:** [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-destroyed-the-shoots-of-my-cherry-tree/816924 "2018-07-02T16:14:23Z")
It seems gardening posts go here in Cafe Society. Hope this thread isn’t a problem. OK, right off the bat, I’d like to ask people to suggest other places I can post an image and get help for a specific gardening proble… --- ## [What do you think of the films 177 critics picked as the best of the 2000s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-films-177-critics-picked-as-the-best-of-the-2000s/787706)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-films-177-critics-picked-as-the-best-of-the-2000s/787706 "2018-07-02T14:42:45Z")
(Don’t call it “best of the 21st century”, as some publications did, or it will get some people’s noses bent out of joint due to the movies on it which were released in the year 2000.) I missed this when it came out las… --- ## [What's your idea for The Conner Family (Roseanne reboot)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-idea-for-the-conner-family-roseanne-reboot/815190)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-idea-for-the-conner-family-roseanne-reboot/815190 "2018-07-01T18:55:56Z")
Roseanne dies, Dan and Jackie get together and get married, and Jackie discloses that the year she was sent away to live with Nana Mary she gave birth to a daughter she named Mary and gave up for adoption. Dan and Jacki… --- ## [How "adult" did entertainment go in your city/town...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-adult-did-entertainment-go-in-your-city-town/816637)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-adult-did-entertainment-go-in-your-city-town/816637 "2018-07-01T06:35:36Z")
This isn’t meant to be salacious in any way, but I recently pulled up our local (Honolulu, Hawaii) newspaper archive to confirm something that no one else of my generation (born in the 60’s) remembers. We used to have “… --- ## [Something that always bothered me about the X-Men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-always-bothered-me-about-the-x-men/816834)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2018, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-always-bothered-me-about-the-x-men/816834 "2018-07-01T06:19:31Z")
Yes, I understand its a metaphor for racism or anti-LGBT hostility etc but it never rang true for me that an apparent common reaction of friends and family members is one of rejection and horror when a person’s powers fi… --- ## [The movie The Endless - (low budget horror sci-fi film) discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-the-endless-low-budget-horror-sci-fi-film-discussion-thread/816559)
**Author:** [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-the-endless-low-budget-horror-sci-fi-film-discussion-thread/816559 "2018-07-01T03:57:50Z")
My apologies if there is another thread, but “The Endless” is a difficult movie title to search for. Anybody else watch it? I just did because I recently started a job at a movie rental store and employees can preview … --- ## [Can you identify this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-movie/816993)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-movie/816993 "2018-07-01T02:45:32Z")
Released in the 80s or early 90s. A fantasy / comedy horror movie filled with ghosts and fantastic beasts. In the final scene, the beast is banished to the underworld, for an interview with the devil, presumably. He hold… --- ## [Looking for a good biography of Mark Twain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-biography-of-mark-twain/817041)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-biography-of-mark-twain/817041 "2018-07-01T02:23:22Z")
Title pretty much says it all. What do you recommend? --- ## [Danny Kirwan has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-kirwan-has-died/815866)
**Author:** [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-kirwan-has-died/815866 "2018-07-01T01:11:09Z")
One of the lesser known( unfortunately )Fleetwood Mac guitarists has passed. It’s a shame - I always really liked his music, especially on the album Kiln House. For whatever reason the instrumental Earl Gray has always … --- ## [True Blood (tv series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-tv-series/816508)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-tv-series/816508 "2018-07-01T00:48:52Z")
I know, I know; I’m a little damned late (only 9 years!) with this but it wasn’t available to me when it was on. I’ve been semi- binging for the last couple of weekends and after 4 seasons I still don’t quite know what t… --- ## [History Channel getting flogged with ancient astronaut shows/Bible very scientifically accurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-getting-flogged-with-ancient-astronaut-shows-bible-very-scientifically-accurate/817055)
**Author:** [@ned12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ned12)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-channel-getting-flogged-with-ancient-astronaut-shows-bible-very-scientifically-accurate/817055 "2018-07-01T00:45:30Z")
First part of the title of my thread. Lately I have been watching the History Channel and they have had way more than one show about supposedly ancient astronauts (from outer space) who came to earth thousands of years a… --- ## [More Star Wars - why was Luke Red 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-star-wars-why-was-luke-red-5/815910)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-star-wars-why-was-luke-red-5/815910 "2018-06-30T22:34:49Z")
Okay, so Luke comes along at the last minute, he’s the newest pilot in the fleet, and the leadership don’t know his abilities. There’s even a scene where one of the commanders asks if he can handle the X-wing. So why is… --- ## [Jordan Klepper's "The Opposition" cancelled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jordan-kleppers-the-opposition-cancelled/817042)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jordan-kleppers-the-opposition-cancelled/817042 "2018-06-30T21:29:38Z")
Jordan was a correspondent on The Daily Show, and while his segments there were so-so, I really thought his own show was excellent. Just shows how hard it is to get a foot in the door now on TV. For those who never saw … --- ## [Sneaky Pete season 2 (open spoiulers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaky-pete-season-2-open-spoiulers/810474)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneaky-pete-season-2-open-spoiulers/810474 "2018-06-30T20:40:57Z")
Anybody else watched this yet? . . mouseover space . . . I watched the entire thing in a few days, but like the first one the final climax con seems to make no sense and relied on supernatural abilities of predict… --- ## [Vinnie Paul, Pantera Drummer, Dies At 54](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinnie-paul-pantera-drummer-dies-at-54/816958)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinnie-paul-pantera-drummer-dies-at-54/816958 "2018-06-30T14:05:51Z")
How did I not hear about this? He died on June 22. Cause Of Death Was Reportedly A ‘Major Heart Attack,’ Much too young to go. RIP Vinne. :frowning: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=605) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=607)