# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=746 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 747 --- ## [How closely do you watch/analyze TV shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-closely-do-you-watch-analyze-tv-shows/785208)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-closely-do-you-watch-analyze-tv-shows/785208 "2017-04-25T21:35:32Z")
Wondered if anyone else is interested in discussing the different degrees of attention different folk seem to direct towards certain TV shows. I guess I’m in the superficial camp. Back in high school in the 70s, I and … --- ## [Stats of the Furious - a tour de force in entertainment journalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-of-the-furious-a-tour-de-force-in-entertainment-journalism/784457)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-of-the-furious-a-tour-de-force-in-entertainment-journalism/784457 "2017-04-25T21:01:44Z")
I have no interest in the Fast and the Furious franchise and I usually have little good to say about Bloomberg, but this package of obsessive statistical analysis of the FF franchise is a work of delirious genius. https… --- ## [The "This pop culture question doesn't deserve its own thread" omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-this-pop-culture-question-doesnt-deserve-its-own-thread-omnibus-thread/784555)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-this-pop-culture-question-doesnt-deserve-its-own-thread-omnibus-thread/784555 "2017-04-25T20:19:03Z")
We’ve all been there. We’ve had some burning question that has taken up residence in our brains, but never really thought that they were a big enough deal to actually warrant starting a thread about them. So let’s make a… --- ## [NPR's Sunday Puzzler 4/23/2017 = Pop Song titles as a Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nprs-sunday-puzzler-4-23-2017-pop-song-titles-as-a-story/785061)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nprs-sunday-puzzler-4-23-2017-pop-song-titles-as-a-story/785061 "2017-04-25T18:19:26Z")
Anyone else hear this? A fun idea I hadn’t heard before: the next challenge is to check the Billboard Pop Charts, stringing together up to 7 song titles into a coherent story. This sounds like total Doper material - I s… --- ## [Best modern "space opera" type science fiction titles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-modern-space-opera-type-science-fiction-titles/784595)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-modern-space-opera-type-science-fiction-titles/784595 "2017-04-25T16:07:59Z")
I’m an unashamed fan of Niven and Asimov and other similar “big universe” science fiction authors where the stores are wide ranging and adventure oriented vs more metaphysical or cyber punk “living in the network” type s… --- ## [Is James Cameron biting off more than he can chew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-james-cameron-biting-off-more-than-he-can-chew/785002)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-james-cameron-biting-off-more-than-he-can-chew/785002 "2017-04-25T14:07:33Z")
Judging how successful a movie will be is hard enough for producers planning current films but 8 years from now? I guess if anyone can pull it off Cameron can but to be honest I don’t think the first Avatar is wearing … --- ## [Was there a lot of racism directed towards Desi Arnaz?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-lot-of-racism-directed-towards-desi-arnaz/655343)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-lot-of-racism-directed-towards-desi-arnaz/655343 "2017-04-25T12:39:38Z")
I’ve heard of stories against black actors in that era, how when James Baskett was not allowed to attend the premier of Disney’s Song of the South in Atlanta because of segregation. I Love Lucy wasn’t filmed too long af… --- ## [Chicken thighs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-thighs/785084)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-thighs/785084 "2017-04-25T08:59:38Z")
I’m thinking of cooking chicken thighs for dinner. Last time, I made this recipe (more or less), and it was good. I could do it again. Or I could just bake them and glaze them with BBQ sauce. I don’t want fried chick… --- ## [Let's talk fiction novels, mostly horror, thriller, mystery, and suspense recommendations.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-fiction-novels-mostly-horror-thriller-mystery-and-suspense-recommendations/784616)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-fiction-novels-mostly-horror-thriller-mystery-and-suspense-recommendations/784616 "2017-04-25T08:15:18Z")
I like: John Saul Sue Grafton Ridley Pearson Iris Johansen Greg Iles Tami Hoag Jonathan Kellerman Bentley Little I REALLY like: Richard Laymon J.A. Jance Sandra Brown I LOVE: Stephen King Dean Koontz Jeff… --- ## [Marinating sauerbraten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marinating-sauerbraten/761636)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marinating-sauerbraten/761636 "2017-04-25T03:40:47Z")
I love sauerbraten but it seems we hardly ever make it make it because of the whole marinating the meat for three days thing - that requires more advance planning than my unpredictable household schedule can usually hand… --- ## [Yes (with Geddy Lee on Bass) plays Roundabout at RRHOF!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-with-geddy-lee-on-bass-plays-roundabout-at-rrhof/785173)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-with-geddy-lee-on-bass-plays-roundabout-at-rrhof/785173 "2017-04-25T02:13:53Z")
Just stumbles across this yesterday. Yes, with Jon Anderson and Geddy Lee filling in for Chris play Roundabout at the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame gig. Yes and Rush were my two favorite bands way back in the day, and this … --- ## [Ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ham/784994)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ham/784994 "2017-04-25T00:26:37Z")
Try searching on that title! HA! :stuck\_out\_tongue: Last Sunday I made a ham. It was the smallest bone-in, spiral-cut ham I could find, and it was 9.7 pounds. Over the week we’ve had ham sandwiches, ham-snd-Swiss san… --- ## [Why am I making bad peanut butter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-making-bad-peanut-butter/784991)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-making-bad-peanut-butter/784991 "2017-04-24T17:17:09Z")
Since I live in a small town in Eastern Europe, I couldn’t really find peanut butter anywhere or at least haven’t looked hard enough, so I decided to make my own, but I am doing it wrong apparently. I have no idea how to… --- ## [Game: Earliest-born actor on IMDB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-earliest-born-actor-on-imdb/665588)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-earliest-born-actor-on-imdb/665588 "2017-04-24T15:48:35Z")
Two different games: Find the earliest-born actor on IMDB, and show your work. I easily got back to 1862. Watching an episode of the Twilight Zone about an old man, I looked up the actor, Joseph Schildkraut, on IMDB… --- ## [Fortitude - Anyone watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortitude-anyone-watching/785138)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortitude-anyone-watching/785138 "2017-04-24T15:25:21Z")
A murder mystery and possible biological infection set in the town of Fortitude, high above the Arctic Circle. I’m about four episodes in, so far it’s really creepy and good, although the mysteries are myriad in the fir… --- ## [Any gardening advice on leaking kiwi plants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-gardening-advice-on-leaking-kiwi-plants/784976)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-gardening-advice-on-leaking-kiwi-plants/784976 "2017-04-24T14:57:44Z")
My kiwi plants are leaking water. Not sap, water. Like . . . a lot. I’ve got a couple of plants that have never fruited, but grow profusely, so I have to prune them back quite savagely every so often. Although I’ve h… --- ## [iZombie (half) season 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-half-season-3/785032)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/izombie-half-season-3/785032 "2017-04-24T11:49:15Z")
Anyone else watching? I was eager to see where they would go after the end of season 2 with the zombie organization. This being the CW they have relationship drama – they picked Ravi / Peyton / Blaine. I like (and would… --- ## [Joker: "Police....dealt from the bottom of the (card) deck" meaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joker-police-dealt-from-the-bottom-of-the-card-deck-meaning/785037)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joker-police-dealt-from-the-bottom-of-the-card-deck-meaning/785037 "2017-04-24T00:13:22Z")
In a 1940 comic, the Joker comments, “If the police expect to play against the Joker, they had best be prepared to be dealt from the bottom of the deck.” Does he mean drawing a card that hasn’t been properly shuffled an… --- ## [Did I just eat a slice of headcheese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-eat-a-slice-of-headcheese/784819)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-just-eat-a-slice-of-headcheese/784819 "2017-04-23T22:57:13Z")
The grocery store down the road from me is very good about discounting soon-to-expire and other hard to sell items, and one thing they do is wrap up a bunch of meat and cheese scraps from the slicer on a meat tray, and s… --- ## [I just discovered the kora!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-discovered-the-kora/785085)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-discovered-the-kora/785085 "2017-04-23T21:47:47Z")
Streaming World Music, I heard some great finger picking. I Shazammed it, and discovered it is an instrument. The kora. Made from a squash, has 21 strings. Played with the first finger and thumb of both hands. Have… --- ## [CNN's Chris Cillizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-chris-cillizza/784731)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-chris-cillizza/784731 "2017-04-23T20:41:44Z")
Who is this guy? Is he supposed to be someone special? It seems everyday CNN’s web page has something like Cillizza: Clinton has Only Herself to Blame. Sometimes (like today) there are two Cillizza: statements. Who cares… --- ## [Why am I supposed to care that these comic book movies are rated R?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-supposed-to-care-that-these-comic-book-movies-are-rated-r/785041)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-supposed-to-care-that-these-comic-book-movies-are-rated-r/785041 "2017-04-23T19:57:54Z")
There was a lot of media buzz over the fact that Deadpool and Logan were rated R. I didn’t exactly pay close attention, because I’m sick of all these superhero movies and have stopped watching them, but I remember the a… --- ## [British TV viewing (on going discussion thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-viewing-on-going-discussion-thread/782712)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-viewing-on-going-discussion-thread/782712 "2017-04-23T18:53:54Z")
Where are we atm … the superb Line of Duty begins S4 this week, with the lush Thandie Newton taking over the dodgy copper role from stupendous Keeley Hawes. Cannot wait. We are mid-Broadchurch (S3), also mid-Catastrophe… --- ## [What was this (yogurt based?) drink called something like culhado that I had in early 80s Brazil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-yogurt-based-drink-called-something-like-culhado-that-i-had-in-early-80s-brazil/785044)
**Author:** [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-yogurt-based-drink-called-something-like-culhado-that-i-had-in-early-80s-brazil/785044 "2017-04-23T15:57:16Z")
One of my host families kept glasses of some sort of thick mixture (I never saw how it got there) which they would put in a blender to froth up. They called it something like culhado, but I haven’t gotten anywhere googl… --- ## [Illustratable puns on names of painters, poets, musicians, and physicists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustratable-puns-on-names-of-painters-poets-musicians-and-physicists/783827)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustratable-puns-on-names-of-painters-poets-musicians-and-physicists/783827 "2017-04-23T14:50:23Z")
Whenever someone successfully defends their doctoral thesis at our research lab, we throw them a big party and play games. The games usually involve slides-based quizzes and challenges, such as PowerPoint Karaoke. We t… --- ## [Song Instrument Solo is Just the Chorus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-instrument-solo-is-just-the-chorus/784707)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-instrument-solo-is-just-the-chorus/784707 "2017-04-23T13:11:39Z")
Was driving this weekend and Twisted Sister came on the radio playing “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” A rock classic, for sure, but I noticed that the guitar solo was really nothing more than the songs chorus played on guitar… --- ## [Red Dwarf - The 1992 US Pilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dwarf-the-1992-us-pilot/784977)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-dwarf-the-1992-us-pilot/784977 "2017-04-23T07:33:22Z")
I used to be a big fan of the British sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf (series 1 to 6 anyway though series 7 had its moments) but I haven’t watched it for a long time. However I was aware that there had been a failed US pi… --- ## [Are you sitting down? Barry Manilow MIGHT BE GAY.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-sitting-down-barry-manilow-might-be-gay/717217)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-sitting-down-barry-manilow-might-be-gay/717217 "2017-04-23T06:40:27Z")
So Barry “married”\[sup\]1\[/sup\] his longtime lover and manager secretly last year. That’s all great and not really news, but apparently some vague “fans” are surprised by the revelation that Barry Manilow is gay. I want … --- ## [Origin of the Term Summer Sausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-summer-sausage/382610)
**Author:** [@Omnichroma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnichroma)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-term-summer-sausage/382610 "2017-04-23T05:01:19Z")
As I was munching on one of my favorite holiday snacks- summer sausage with a nice sharp cheddar, real mayo on rye- it occured to me that while I do occassionally see summer sausage at other times of the year, it’s typic… --- ## [12 Monkeys, What Happens \*after\* the end? (spoilers probably)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-monkeys-what-happens-after-the-end-spoilers-probably/83470)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-monkeys-what-happens-after-the-end-spoilers-probably/83470 "2017-04-23T03:57:58Z")
I finally saw this movie about a month ago, and I found the very end thought provoking. So I want to know what others thought of it too. In your opinion, what happens after the end of 12 monkeys? The woman scientist is… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=745) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=747)