# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=737 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 738 --- ## ["Monk" theme songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monk-theme-songs/787023)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monk-theme-songs/787023 "2017-05-20T22:34:44Z")
Pretty straightforward questions: Which “Monk” theme song do you enjoy listening to more Jeff Beal or Randy Newman’s “It’s a Jungle Out There” Which version do you think is a better tv theme song and more importan… --- ## [Movies: Who has the memos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-who-has-the-memos/786977)
**Author:** [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-who-has-the-memos/786977 "2017-05-20T20:13:49Z")
In honor of James Comey, prodigious taker of private memos, can you suggest a movie where a main character took and still has “the notes” the hero needs? One example I can think of is The Untouchables (1987) with Kevin … --- ## [Lyrics that you mistook for song titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-you-mistook-for-song-titles/784586)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-that-you-mistook-for-song-titles/784586 "2017-05-20T18:20:39Z")
There were songs that (for way too long than I’ll admit) I thought I knew the title to, simply by listening to the lyrics, without bothering to find out what the actual titles were. Sure - in some of the following examp… --- ## [Apparently I'm one of the few people who like good comic books (YMMV)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-one-of-the-few-people-who-like-good-comic-books-ymmv/787096)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-one-of-the-few-people-who-like-good-comic-books-ymmv/787096 "2017-05-20T17:58:57Z")
Canceled recently: Web Warriors Great Lakes Avengers Doom Patrol Hellcat I’m willing to admit Starfire wasn’t a great comic but it wasn’t dark and filed with angst. Which comics that you liked were canceled? --- ## [What film did Jonathan Demme mean to praise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-did-jonathan-demme-mean-to-praise/787089)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-did-jonathan-demme-mean-to-praise/787089 "2017-05-20T17:12:37Z")
In the following article it says that Jonathan Demme liked a film called La Cienga. I can’t find any such film. What film did the article mean to mention?: --- ## [Recommend a streaming TV service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-streaming-tv-service/787048)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-streaming-tv-service/787048 "2017-05-20T16:54:59Z")
I cancelled cable TV a while ago because Comcast was charging me an exorbitant amount for channels I did not watch. There were a handful of shows I liked, but for the most part the lineup was filled with shopping, Jesu… --- ## [My 1st short story published in YA anthology. Available free!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1st-short-story-published-in-ya-anthology-available-free/787008)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1st-short-story-published-in-ya-anthology-available-free/787008 "2017-05-20T15:29:36Z")
Hi everyone! Idle Thoughts and the CS mods have given me permission to post this, since it’s not a sales pitch. (The ebook’s free.) I’m proud to say that my first-ever short story was accepted into That Moment When…, an… --- ## [Book Errors That Pull You Out of the Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-errors-that-pull-you-out-of-the-story/785686)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-errors-that-pull-you-out-of-the-story/785686 "2017-05-20T15:11:59Z")
I checked out some library books via Overdrive, one of them The Killing Game by Nancy Bush. Somewhat entertaining murder mystery, but I’m about to toss it. The heroine, Andi, shows up at the office of the retired-polic… --- ## [Questions about Sirius XM radio...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-sirius-xm-radio/787043)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-sirius-xm-radio/787043 "2017-05-20T12:01:30Z")
Without spending excessive time on backstory, we have a Sirius XM receiver in our home, continually tuned to “Siriusly Sinatra,” the Frank Sinatra tribute channel. Unlike a Panera channel, it’s pretty Sinatra-heavy progm… --- ## [Which long forgotten 70's song will pop up next in a mainstream movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783)
**Author:** [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-long-forgotten-70s-song-will-pop-up-next-in-a-mainstream-movie/783783 "2017-05-20T03:11:23Z")
I could name a lot more of them if I took the time, but off the top of my head (and a little research): “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Suede in Guardians of the Galaxy “Boogie Fever” by The Sylvers in Despicable Me “D… --- ## [Best/Worst comic strips.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-comic-strips/786273)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-worst-comic-strips/786273 "2017-05-20T00:51:03Z")
What are the best comic strips, in your opinion? The Worst comic strips? --- ## [Recommend some music based on this song list...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-based-on-this-song-list/786984)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-based-on-this-song-list/786984 "2017-05-19T21:55:11Z")
I’ll admit I know very little about modern music outside what I occasionally hear in a movie or on my commute. So I rarely remember song titles or artists but every once in a while something sticks. So based on these s… --- ## [Peter Quill's T-shirt in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-quills-t-shirt-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-ii/787009)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-quills-t-shirt-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-ii/787009 "2017-05-19T20:50:19Z")
I wanted to know what the alien letters on his damned T-shirt spelled out, so I went looking. Turns out it’s in English, they just transliterated the alphabet. Here it is, in excruciating detail: What does it say? M… --- ## [Roger Ailes, former head of FOX News, dies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-former-head-of-fox-news-dies/786926)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-ailes-former-head-of-fox-news-dies/786926 "2017-05-19T20:03:24Z")
Was it the string of HOLY SNIT, WTF? news breaks yesterday that did him in? NYT doesn’t seem to know. --- ## [Texas BBQ Payday?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bbq-payday/787027)
**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-bbq-payday/787027 "2017-05-19T19:27:10Z")
Has anyone else tried this abomination? Apparently Hershey’s has some sort of American flavors thing going on where they have different flavors of some of their candy bars. They have New York cherry cheesecake Hershey’… --- ## [Movie ID - courtroom drama; photo blowup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-courtroom-drama-photo-blowup/787004)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-id-courtroom-drama-photo-blowup/787004 "2017-05-19T16:56:45Z")
I’m thinking of a movie I saw on TV in the 1970s - though I’m guessing it’s from the 1950s or so. It’s a courtroom drama at least in part, and at the climax, the heroes blow up a photo of a key witness - in the backgrou… --- ## [Caramel M&Ms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caramel-m-ms/786786)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caramel-m-ms/786786 "2017-05-19T16:42:03Z")
Got my first bag today! I little sweet, but good. StG --- ## [The Flash S03E22: Infantino Street](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e22-infantino-street/786824)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e22-infantino-street/786824 "2017-05-19T12:17:45Z")
For the comics naive: Carmine Infantino was the DC Comics artist who, along with writer Robert Kanigher, created the Silver Age Flash in 1956. He created the red and yellow uniform that our TV-Flash still wears. He als… --- ## [The notorious Ralph Williams used car commercial--fake or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-notorious-ralph-williams-used-car-commercial-fake-or-not/786955)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-notorious-ralph-williams-used-car-commercial-fake-or-not/786955 "2017-05-19T09:42:34Z")
Even snopes.com didn’t answer this one. California used - car dealer Ralph Williams–a competitor of Cal Worthington–had one of his salesmen make a TV commercial for his business in San Bruno in which the salesman used s… --- ## [In your humble opinion, why can't Terry Gilliam...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-humble-opinion-why-cant-terry-gilliam/786870)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-humble-opinion-why-cant-terry-gilliam/786870 "2017-05-19T06:34:22Z")
…make a decent movie anymore? --- ## [Actors who are very poor at accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-are-very-poor-at-accents/768166)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-are-very-poor-at-accents/768166 "2017-05-19T04:58:46Z")
No, this is not a case where they don’t even bother; like Sean Connery or Jean Claude Van Damme. This is those, whose actual accents keeps slipping through, noticeably in every work. Andie McDowell; she does not use a S… --- ## ['Roseanne' returning to ABC with the full cast intact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794 "2017-05-19T03:57:30Z")
‘Roseanne’ returning to ABC with the full cast intact. --- ## [What's the most rececent book you read because someone you know personally recommended it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-rececent-book-you-read-because-someone-you-know-personally-recommended-it/786743)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-rececent-book-you-read-because-someone-you-know-personally-recommended-it/786743 "2017-05-18T23:24:26Z")
I just started His Majesty’s Dragon, by Naomi Novik, which I’m enjoying so far. My husband suggested it. --- ## [Tapioca pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapioca-pudding/786693)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapioca-pudding/786693 "2017-05-18T21:02:17Z")
My mom frequently made tapioca pudding from Minute Tapioca. I loved this pudding, and just a couple of months ago bought a box and made and tasted some for the first time in about forty years. I still loved it, but I w… --- ## [Sirius/XM: The Beatles Channel debuting 5/18](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-the-beatles-channel-debuting-5-18/786628)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sirius-xm-the-beatles-channel-debuting-5-18/786628 "2017-05-18T19:51:11Z")
So The Beatles Channel is debuting on channel 18 on 5/18 at 9:09am ET. I’m really looking forward to this, as is my 8-year-old son who I’ve been trying to get interested in the Beatles since he was a wee tot. It took Bea… --- ## [NBC to revive Will & Grace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-to-revive-will-grace/777517)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-to-revive-will-grace/777517 "2017-05-18T19:43:45Z")
For some reason NBC is revving Will & Grace for a 10 episode season. --- ## ["Catfish" (MTV series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfish-mtv-series/665605)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfish-mtv-series/665605 "2017-05-18T18:04:47Z")
This is a TV series based on the documentary of the same name. It’s about people who have online relationships with people who turn out to have profiles that are phony on some level. Does anyone else watch this? IMHO:… --- ## [German you learned from "Hogan's Heroes"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-you-learned-from-hogans-heroes/786614 "2017-05-18T10:46:40Z")
I have a client from Germany. Because my last name shows that I have German ancestry, he asked if I speak the language. I told him that the only German I know if from watching Hogans Heroes. I recall hearing “schnell, … --- ## [Stuff you learned from The Big Bang Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-learned-from-the-big-bang-theory/784534)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-you-learned-from-the-big-bang-theory/784534 "2017-05-18T03:13:32Z")
A quantum computer uses Shor’s algorithm to factor large numbers. The line of scrimmage is the imaginary transverse line between the offense and the defense. If you shoot close to a raccoon, it craps itself. “Planetes… --- ## [Separation of Church And Screen, or what stars let their faith dictate their roles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separation-of-church-and-screen-or-what-stars-let-their-faith-dictate-their-roles/786697)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separation-of-church-and-screen-or-what-stars-let-their-faith-dictate-their-roles/786697 "2017-05-18T02:11:31Z")
Actor Steven Hill, best known to TV audiences as D.A. Adam “Make the Deal” Schiff on “Law and Order,” was an observant Orthodox Jew. His insistence on observing Shabbos made him unable to perform Friday nights and Saturd… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=736) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=738)