# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=720 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 721 --- ## [Songs with sports-related titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-sports-related-titles/790662 "2017-07-08T16:30:01Z")
It can be songs that are specifically about a sport (“Centerfield”). It can be songs using a specific sport as a metaphor (“Backfield in Motion”). Or it can even be far more general (“It’s All in the Game”). Go! --- ## [Piper Cub becomes a KISS fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-becomes-a-kiss-fan/790691)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piper-cub-becomes-a-kiss-fan/790691 "2017-07-08T14:49:45Z")
Much to my surprise, the Cub has become a KISS fan, based on his extensive research into Scooby-Doo! & KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery. He now wants to go to a KISS concert. I’m thinking that a DVD might be a better optio… --- ## [Soylent Green. What does and doesn't work for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soylent-green-what-does-and-doesnt-work-for-you/790510)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soylent-green-what-does-and-doesnt-work-for-you/790510 "2017-07-08T02:16:31Z")
What works for me is the apparent climate change. The oceans dying, how hot is seems to be all the time. What doesn’t is more difficult to put my finger on. They seem way too over-populated and still well fed to have to… --- ## [Help me find some comic book creation software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-comic-book-creation-software/790517)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-some-comic-book-creation-software/790517 "2017-07-07T23:58:03Z")
A good friend and I are working on a comic book that is a long-held dream of his. However, my scripting (three issues so far, in a long story arc) is waaaaaaaaaay ahead of his drawing. Is there software that will let h… --- ## [Another Song Identification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-identification/790724)
**Author:** [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-song-identification/790724 "2017-07-07T23:32:47Z")
Heard this on the radio - it was kind of bluesy, had a long guitar solo. The chorus was something like “I just came to tell you goodbye” or “I’m only here to say goodbye” or something along those lines - and it was a di… --- ## [Skeptics: Do you find UFO, Ghosts, or conspiracy shows entertaining?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeptics-do-you-find-ufo-ghosts-or-conspiracy-shows-entertaining/790711)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeptics-do-you-find-ufo-ghosts-or-conspiracy-shows-entertaining/790711 "2017-07-07T22:36:41Z")
I’m a full on non believer, but I do often like to watch shows like the ones I described in the title. I don’t believe any of them, I just think they’re entertaining. I just finished listening to THIS gem on YouTube. A … --- ## [R&B radio listeners -- help me find this song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-b-radio-listeners-help-me-find-this-song/790717)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-b-radio-listeners-help-me-find-this-song/790717 "2017-07-07T21:55:17Z")
I heard it on someone’s radio outside. It was ostensibly a rap song, but it had a lot of beautiful melodic stuff going on. Some of it was Middle-Eastern flavored. The only scrap of lyric I could hear was a kind of refra… --- ## [Jimmy Fallon's mustache: not helping.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallons-mustache-not-helping/790207)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallons-mustache-not-helping/790207 "2017-07-07T20:26:51Z")
So, up front, I am a Colbert fanboy. But I am catching pictures of Fallon’s 'stache. Nice and thick, but he’s no Ron Swanson. How do Fallon fans feel? --- ## [Who is this Financial Talking Head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-financial-talking-head/790652)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-financial-talking-head/790652 "2017-07-07T19:55:53Z")
My google-fu is failing me, and it’s driving me nuts that I can’t think of this guy’s name. He’s a financial commentator of some sort. Maybe on CNBC? He is bald on top, and his remaining hair is pulled back into a scra… --- ## [What is U2's best album?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-u2s-best-album/790100)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-u2s-best-album/790100 "2017-07-07T19:22:33Z")
I really only discovered U2 for myself a couple years ago. Yes, I knew who they were and even knew a few songs, but the band was not a band I had actually listened to. I would now consider myself a fan. They aren’t my t… --- ## [Looking for Bourbon Street Song (No, Not That One)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-bourbon-street-song-no-not-that-one/399562)
**Author:** [@xnylder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xnylder)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-bourbon-street-song-no-not-that-one/399562 "2017-07-07T17:53:09Z")
If you’ll kindly endulge my curiosity and assist me with an earworm eviction…I’m looking for a song I heard back in the 90s. I believe it was by a Canadian artist, as I remember seeing him (middle-aged man) perform it on… --- ## [Snacks with high effort-to-calories ratio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-with-high-effort-to-calories-ratio/790640)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-with-high-effort-to-calories-ratio/790640 "2017-07-07T16:44:25Z")
I want stuff to snack on that’s tasty but takes a lot of work to eat, so that I can’t eat very much of it during a snack break. Sunflower seeds (unshelled) seem like the most obvious example – it takes me about 5 minute… --- ## [Prepared food that's only good when fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepared-food-thats-only-good-when-fresh/790606)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepared-food-thats-only-good-when-fresh/790606 "2017-07-07T15:21:32Z")
A fresh croissant is a divine gift, but a stale/soggy croissant is absolutely pointless. --- ## [Requiem For A Dream: How do you think they turned out later?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requiem-for-a-dream-how-do-you-think-they-turned-out-later/790619)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requiem-for-a-dream-how-do-you-think-they-turned-out-later/790619 "2017-07-07T01:59:09Z")
I decided to watch it because I never seen it before since I was too young at the time. How do you think the main characters in Requiem For a Dream (2000) turned out to be later in the future. Marion Harry Sara Goldf… --- ## [Favorite SNL recurring character\\skits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-recurring-character-skits/700991)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-snl-recurring-character-skits/700991 "2017-07-06T22:19:57Z")
Been thinking about it for a while, but now that we have the Has SNL cut down on unfunny recurring skits? thread, it seems like a good time. For my money, the funniest has been Justin Timberlake and the ‘Bring it on dow… --- ## [Does Bruce Willis owe money or something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bruce-willis-owe-money-or-something/790383)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-bruce-willis-owe-money-or-something/790383 "2017-07-06T21:08:44Z")
Because he is doing Nicolas Cage level terrible movies. I was paging through Netflix with a friend looking for something to watch and we settled on a movie called Vice. It turned out to be a Westworld rip off where there… --- ## [The Americans; season 5 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-americans-season-5-open-spoilers/781255)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 625\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-americans-season-5-open-spoilers/781255 "2017-07-06T20:19:31Z")
Heads up; The Americans returns for season 5 this coming Tuesday, March 7th 2017. With all that’s going on in the world today I think we can all appreciate being able to distract ourselves from reality with a perion dra… --- ## [Need a quick ID of a cartoon character (red stretch suit and Bride of Frankenstein hair streaks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-quick-id-of-a-cartoon-character-red-stretch-suit-and-bride-of-frankenstein-hair-streaks/790610)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-quick-id-of-a-cartoon-character-red-stretch-suit-and-bride-of-frankenstein-hair-streaks/790610 "2017-07-06T18:05:37Z")
I’m trying to think of the name of a cartoon or comics character- unfortunately I’m not a cartoon or comics buff so I don’t even know if it’s a hero or a villain. If I’m recalling correctly, the character wears a red st… --- ## [Prediction: The Red Skull is in Infinity War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-the-red-skull-is-in-infinity-war/790609)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-the-red-skull-is-in-infinity-war/790609 "2017-07-06T15:58:43Z")
It’s pretty clear he didn’t die at the end of the first CA movie and it sure looks like he got shot into space so I think the Red Skull will be the secondary bad guy in Infinity War. He will be the Darth Vader to Thanos’… --- ## [Nick Spencer, Writer of Nazi Captain America..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-spencer-writer-of-nazi-captain-america/786470)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-spencer-writer-of-nazi-captain-america/786470 "2017-07-06T13:22:23Z")
… apparently used to be a Republican politician. Just came across this today, and it appears to be well-loaded with citations. Sort of sheds new light on things, if accurate! --- ## [How to Market a Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-market-a-book/790578)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-market-a-book/790578 "2017-07-06T12:15:28Z")
I was looking through some Jules Verne titles, and I was struck at how very different the covers are. These are for the relatively obscure novel Mistress Branican Here’s one English-language edition. THe cover is ident… --- ## [Betty Boop is back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-boop-is-back/789935)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betty-boop-is-back/789935 "2017-07-06T10:56:07Z")
In graphic novel format. Looking through the preview pages, it’s very much in the style of the pre-Code films. --- ## [Looking for the name of a piece of cartoon music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-name-of-a-piece-of-cartoon-music/790574)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-name-of-a-piece-of-cartoon-music/790574 "2017-07-06T06:12:36Z")
Usually appears when a magician is doing his stuff, “Nothing up my sleeve!!” Appears here at 1:27 with proto Bugs Bunny in ‘Presto change o’ --- ## [Historical Fiction for reading list .....need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-for-reading-list-need-answer-fast/790124)
**Author:** [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-fiction-for-reading-list-need-answer-fast/790124 "2017-07-06T04:00:21Z")
Leaving on a long flight tomorrow and then back in 2 weeks. Total flying time of 40 hours about. Need some good reading along the way. Historical Fiction is the genre of the flights. Any good suggestions ? Stuff I ha… --- ## [From the files of, "I'm not getting old, the rest of the world is."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-files-of-im-not-getting-old-the-rest-of-the-world-is/790568)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-files-of-im-not-getting-old-the-rest-of-the-world-is/790568 "2017-07-06T02:30:06Z")
Just reread the end of Dark Knight Returns…“Today 55 year old Bruce Wayne passed away…” Wait…he’s 55 in that?? Is 55 supposed to be old??? I’ve also felt that when seeing Kirk in Star Trek 2. Shatner is around 51 in th… --- ## [Another "what's this song" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whats-this-song-thread/790520)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whats-this-song-thread/790520 "2017-07-06T00:37:13Z")
During a guitar lesson this evening, a chord progression conjured up a song that I hear on the radio a lot. Unfortunately, I don’t know the name of is or the artist. It’s a male singer, the rhythm at the beginning is a s… --- ## [Was You Only Live Twice the first summer action blockbuster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-you-only-live-twice-the-first-summer-action-blockbuster/790388)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-you-only-live-twice-the-first-summer-action-blockbuster/790388 "2017-07-06T00:10:27Z")
You Only Live Twice, hot on the heels of Thunderball (which was until recently the highest grossing film of the series, and which grossed over 1 billion worldwide adjusted for inflation) was released in mid June 1967. I… --- ## [Judas Priest: Glenn Tipton vs. K.K. Downing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judas-priest-glenn-tipton-vs-k-k-downing/790526)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judas-priest-glenn-tipton-vs-k-k-downing/790526 "2017-07-05T22:51:32Z")
Oh this is such a difficult question … My god, Judas Priest was the band that basically defined my future taste in music. I was 13 years old when I first heard Judas Priest. I was 14 years old when I first picked up a g… --- ## [The 2017 Gardening Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2017-gardening-thread/782999)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2017-gardening-thread/782999 "2017-07-05T22:20:46Z")
So, this is getting a late start this year, primarily because (fingers crossed) we’re tentatively scheduled to close on a house on April 6, and will be putting our condo on the market shortly. So I haven’t really been a… --- ## [ID this Bob Hope - Bing Crosby movie photo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bob-hope-bing-crosby-movie-photo/790506)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-bob-hope-bing-crosby-movie-photo/790506 "2017-07-05T21:49:34Z")
I am a vintage golf cart enthusiast and came across this photo. Any idea what movie it is from? Hmm, I can’t get it to go directly to the photo, but it is the one in the upper left where they are driving in a strange … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=719) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=721)