# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=693 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 694 --- ## [This is Us: Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-2/797505)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-2/797505 "2017-09-28T19:27:01Z")
I didn’t see a thread started for this. Our All the Feels show is back! We got some more insight into Jack’s death…appears to be a fire. Kate has a chip on her shoulder about her weight, so it was an epiphany for her … --- ## [What makes this tea taste sweet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-this-tea-taste-sweet/797488)
**Author:** [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-this-tea-taste-sweet/797488 "2017-09-28T18:55:49Z")
I have a sore throat, and a friend recommended Throat Coat tea. It doesn’t seem to have any sweeteners, has zero calories, yet tastes intensely sweet to me. Like as sweet as heavily sugared sweet tea. What’s up with tha… --- ## [Help Me Remember A Scene From An Early 2000's Network Comedy (Will & Grace?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-scene-from-an-early-2000s-network-comedy-will-grace/797528)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-scene-from-an-early-2000s-network-comedy-will-grace/797528 "2017-09-28T18:54:43Z")
I’m trying to re-watch a funny scene that I remember from some early 2000’s network comedy. I thought it was from Will & Grace’s “Stan’s Funeral” episode, but I watched that episode last night on-demand, and the scene I … --- ## [In Broad Terms, What Do I Need To Know About Will & Grace To Pick Up Where The Show Left Off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-broad-terms-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-will-grace-to-pick-up-where-the-show-left-off/797356)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-broad-terms-what-do-i-need-to-know-about-will-grace-to-pick-up-where-the-show-left-off/797356 "2017-09-28T18:17:01Z")
I never finished the entire original run of Will & Grace. Never watched it on TV, then watched about half of the series on Netflix, then life got in the way, then I forgot about it, yada yada yada. And now it’s coming ba… --- ## [How many individuals have the Borg assimilated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-individuals-have-the-borg-assimilated/797457)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-individuals-have-the-borg-assimilated/797457 "2017-09-28T14:33:12Z")
I assume the tens of billions, at least. --- ## [Buy a streaming channel for a month, binge a show, then cancel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-a-streaming-channel-for-a-month-binge-a-show-then-cancel/797301)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-a-streaming-channel-for-a-month-binge-a-show-then-cancel/797301 "2017-09-28T13:56:46Z")
On the 9/24 EW Radio Morning Show, the hosts were discussing how popular the concept of paying for one month of a premium or streaming channel (e.g. Netflix, or getting HBO for a month just to watch Game of Thrones), bin… --- ## [Netflix Movie Streaming vs. DVD Only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movie-streaming-vs-dvd-only/797449)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movie-streaming-vs-dvd-only/797449 "2017-09-28T07:04:56Z")
I have a Netflix subscription that I am generally happy with it, but recently I found that many of the films I want to watch are either not available, which I understand, or only available on DVD and not for streaming, w… --- ## [Worst Television Cross-over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-television-cross-over/797006)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-television-cross-over/797006 "2017-09-28T01:48:53Z")
You know-Where the characters from one show visit the characters from another show as a ratings stunt? As a fan of bad television, I have seen a few of these, but the worst I can remember was when the z-grade syndicated… --- ## [What's the tartest liqueur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tartest-liqueur/797388)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-tartest-liqueur/797388 "2017-09-28T00:52:59Z")
I am trying a limoncello. Not tart at all really. Just a lemony sweet. I had half a bottle of Pama Pomegranate Liqueur. Wow. Incredibly tart and sweet at the same time. I bought a bottle more. I had hoped there was a l… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory Monday 9/25--The Proposal Proposal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-monday-9-25-the-proposal-proposal/797284)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-monday-9-25-the-proposal-proposal/797284 "2017-09-28T00:30:39Z")
The Big Bang has moved to Monday nights at 8:00, where tonight the Big Bang Question will be answered: Will Amy say yes or no? --- ## [Joan Collins: Hitler's girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-collins-hitlers-girlfriend/797205)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-collins-hitlers-girlfriend/797205 "2017-09-28T00:05:03Z")
Harlan Ellison said that Joan Collins said of her role on the Star Trek episode ‘The City On The Edge Of Forever’: and But did she really say that? I’ve heard Harlan Ellison making the claim (in a falsetto voice to … --- ## [Tom Ford's new movie.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-fords-new-movie/772051)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-fords-new-movie/772051 "2017-09-27T17:55:47Z")
Tom Ford has directed and produced a new movie, called: Nocturnal Animals. Link above is for the youtube trailer. Really looking forward to it. First movie I’ve looked forward to seeing in what seems like all year. --- ## [Business model crossover: Star Wars universe = Apple; MCU = Google](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-model-crossover-star-wars-universe-apple-mcu-google/797406)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-model-crossover-star-wars-universe-apple-mcu-google/797406 "2017-09-27T16:57:05Z")
Just pondering. Star Wars = closed system; directors fired if they don’t stick to the specific SW feel. MCU = take all inputs and integrate them into your system. ??? --- ## [SPIKE spiked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-spiked/797298)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spike-spiked/797298 "2017-09-27T15:32:16Z")
The Spike TV network will become Paramount Network in January of next year. From The Nashville Network to The National Network to The New National Network to Spike TV to Paramount Network. --- ## [Greatest Cast for mediocre or worse TV show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cast-for-mediocre-or-worse-tv-show/796769)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cast-for-mediocre-or-worse-tv-show/796769 "2017-09-27T13:33:01Z")
Without a lot of thought I’m nominating\*\* Bosom Buddies\*\*. These are the principal players: Tom Hanks I’m hoping nothing needs to be said about his career. Peter Scolari Not bad, several more successful shows and some… --- ## [Aerosmith's 87-94 material: Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aerosmiths-87-94-material-opinions/794742)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aerosmiths-87-94-material-opinions/794742 "2017-09-27T10:06:02Z")
What’s your view on the stuff Aerosmith put out during their career renaissance from 1987 through 1994? The albums Permanent Vacation, Pump, Get a Grip as well as the singles like Line Up, Deuces are Wild, and others? --- ## [Help me find "The Garden Song" (swearing in lyrics)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-garden-song-swearing-in-lyrics/449072)
**Author:** [@Deereman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deereman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-the-garden-song-swearing-in-lyrics/449072 "2017-09-27T06:52:58Z")
At one time, my dad had a cassette with a song called “The Garden Song”, but it was accidentally taped over! We’ve been looking all over for this song, and cannot find it. We only know the title, not the artist. It is mo… --- ## [What was that song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-song/797170)
**Author:** [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-song/797170 "2017-09-27T01:09:36Z")
I know I didn’t dream this. A rock song came out when I was in elementary school and was used as part of a school play. The intro was very long and instrumental with piano and occasional guitar twang, like a slower vers… --- ## [A Calendar of Dates Mentioned in Popular Music Lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731)
**Author:** [@Xavier\_Breath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier_Breath)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-calendar-of-dates-mentioned-in-popular-music-lyrics/648731 "2017-09-27T00:38:29Z")
OK-- so far I have… The Third of June from “Ode to Billy Joe” The Third of September from “Papa was a Rollin Stone” That only leaves 363 dates to go! Can you help me round out the calendar? --- ## [Soup mix in the slow cooker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soup-mix-in-the-slow-cooker/797323)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soup-mix-in-the-slow-cooker/797323 "2017-09-26T21:41:20Z")
On Thursady afternoon, I made a run to Costco for some groceries. Among other things, I picked up one of their whole rotisserie chickens, for that night’s dinner. kaylasmom had a drumstick and thigh, while I had the corr… --- ## [If you own an Amazon Echo, you really need to watch South Park's latest episode.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-own-an-amazon-echo-you-really-need-to-watch-south-parks-latest-episode/796461)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-own-an-amazon-echo-you-really-need-to-watch-south-parks-latest-episode/796461 "2017-09-26T14:02:17Z")
I’ve always been a fan of South Park, but these past few seasons have been kind of “meh”. Except for their latest episode. This was the first episode in a long time that made me belly laugh. And, it was only funnier bec… --- ## [Hey you guuuuuuuys!!!!!! On Sesame Streets red-headed step sibling.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guuuuuuuys-on-sesame-streets-red-headed-step-sibling/796751)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-you-guuuuuuuys-on-sesame-streets-red-headed-step-sibling/796751 "2017-09-26T08:12:09Z")
Was that Rita Moreno who belted out that welcome to Electric Company? I remember when, all of a sudden, Sesame Street was for babies and this show was what the big kids watched. And it had stars! Like the already mention… --- ## [Looking for episode from sci-fi/horror anthology series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-episode-from-sci-fi-horror-anthology-series/796828)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-episode-from-sci-fi-horror-anthology-series/796828 "2017-09-26T06:34:26Z")
I think it was from the 80’s or 90’s. A man is told that he is dying, and he goes to an institute that promises that they will kill him, but only at the happiest moment of his life. They promise that they don’t use dru… --- ## [Me, Myself, and I](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-myself-and-i/797327)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/me-myself-and-i/797327 "2017-09-26T02:54:36Z")
Anyone else watch this? I found it charming if a bit bittersweet. Brian --- ## [Movies you cannot channel surf past...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-cannot-channel-surf-past/795895 "2017-09-26T01:49:26Z")
I don’t care how many times I’ve seen these movies, but I am constitutionally incapable of channel surfing past them: Any James Bond flick, especially the most recent with Daniel Craig. Oceans I, II or III Gross Point … --- ## [What's your LEAST favorite album cover?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-least-favorite-album-cover/797124)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-least-favorite-album-cover/797124 "2017-09-25T19:01:13Z")
Once again, a thread spinoff, this time from the “favorite album cover” thread. As with the favorite, I can’t think of one in particular, but one that comes to mind as a good candidate for a Top 10 (or Bottom 10) list w… --- ## [Origin of the word Hobbit - reference on Vox.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-word-hobbit-reference-on-vox-com/797164)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-word-hobbit-reference-on-vox-com/797164 "2017-09-25T11:28:42Z")
I am not a Tolkien Guy, but respect the love, so wanted to share this in case Tolkien Dopers hadn’t seen it: Here is the link to a weekly round-up of events related to books and publishing: On The Hobbit’s 80th birthda… --- ## [Availability of Mello Yello](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/availability-of-mello-yello/796196)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/availability-of-mello-yello/796196 "2017-09-25T07:03:42Z")
NHRA drag racing is sponsored by Mello Yello (now that Winston is out) and so, my wife and I succumbed to the advertising and decided that we needed to sample the stuff, and see if it is any good. Neither of us have ever… --- ## [Identify this late 70s/early 80s miniseries with a dying mountain man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-late-70s-early-80s-miniseries-with-a-dying-mountain-man/797044)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-late-70s-early-80s-miniseries-with-a-dying-mountain-man/797044 "2017-09-25T02:37:58Z")
I have a distinct but isolated childhood memory of a scene on TV in which an older, Grizzly Adams-type mountain man is all by himself out in the wintry mountains when he is attacked by unseen Indians. He gets shot by arr… --- ## [Identify movie scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-movie-scene/797244)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-movie-scene/797244 "2017-09-25T02:19:55Z")
I’m trying to think of a movie or it could be a show on HBO or an equivalent because of the language. There is a beautiful Native American woman in a bar and she is across the room. There is a man (I just can’t remembe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=692) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=694)