# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=784 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 785 --- ## [Identify car in Sneaky Pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-car-in-sneaky-pete/777598)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-car-in-sneaky-pete/777598 "2017-01-20T03:27:19Z")
What’s the year make and model of the white car Taylor drives in Sneaky Pete? It’s driving me crazy --- ## [Bart Simpson should be 36 Years Old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bart-simpson-should-be-36-years-old/776108)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bart-simpson-should-be-36-years-old/776108 "2017-01-20T02:59:36Z")
According to The Simpsons episode history, Bart was born in 1981. That would make him 36, Lisa 34, and Maggie 28. So, is Springfield frozen in time at 1991? How does that happen? Some Twilight Zone time bubble, like… --- ## [Let's make up first drafts of famous lines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 426\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-up-first-drafts-of-famous-lines/753786 "2017-01-20T02:57:19Z")
“All those moments… will be lost in time… like farts in the wind.” (BTW: CS? Thread games? Mundane pointless? I dunno. Feel free to move.) --- ## [Did Alex screw up Final Jeopardy today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-alex-screw-up-final-jeopardy-today/777509)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-alex-screw-up-final-jeopardy-today/777509 "2017-01-20T02:28:34Z")
I forgot the exact answer, but it was basically “This current state capital was the site of something that happened in 1787.” However, I heard it as Alex saying “This current state’s capital…”. I read it correctly on sc… --- ## ["The Mick". Not a good show.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mick-not-a-good-show/776316)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mick-not-a-good-show/776316 "2017-01-20T01:07:14Z")
Complete and total crap! Not funny, not clever, not anything but a waste of airtime. If this show were a SDMB poster, they would be banned for being a troll. It just trolls the TV. I see some of the same names in the cr… --- ## [Editing of songs to fit commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-of-songs-to-fit-commercials/777545)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-of-songs-to-fit-commercials/777545 "2017-01-20T00:41:09Z")
This really bugs me. The latest offender is a commercial in which the song is The Zombies’ “She’s Not There”. I suppose only those who know the song have a negative reaction. BTW, I don’t know what the commercial is for. … --- ## [Do folks really use all the capabilities of their 'smart TVs'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-really-use-all-the-capabilities-of-their-smart-tvs/777380)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-folks-really-use-all-the-capabilities-of-their-smart-tvs/777380 "2017-01-20T00:20:48Z")
I have a smart TV that is connected to my wifi. Online-wise I make use of only Netflix. I do see, though, icons for my desktop, my laptop, YouTube, etc. The few times I tried monkeying with these, the interface seemed c… --- ## [Dr Strangelove and his precious bodily fluids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047)
**Author:** [@AshbydelaZouch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshbydelaZouch)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-strangelove-and-his-precious-bodily-fluids/777047 "2017-01-19T23:24:59Z")
I’m totally in love with this movie - and always have been - so perhaps it’s time to take comfort in the fact that we’re all playing minor roles in Kubrick’s classic. What’s your favourite scene? Mine is the one below -… --- ## [Trying to remember a somewhat recent commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-somewhat-recent-commercial/777582)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-somewhat-recent-commercial/777582 "2017-01-19T23:17:40Z")
About either a snack food or (alleged) health food. It seems to me the brand started with a ‘K’, and the name ‘Kalisch’ seems somewhat close (as I recall), but that’s not it. Any ideas??? This would have been in the p… --- ## [Why do actors/actresses take "uncredited" roles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-actors-actresses-take-uncredited-roles/523847)
**Author:** [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-actors-actresses-take-uncredited-roles/523847 "2017-01-19T23:04:27Z")
After watching Jeopardy! tonight, they had a category about uncredited movie roles, which got me wondering why actors/actresses take “uncredited” roles? Any ideas? --- ## [End of an era: Ringling Bros. Circus to close in May 2017](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-ringling-bros-circus-to-close-in-may-2017/777204)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-ringling-bros-circus-to-close-in-may-2017/777204 "2017-01-19T22:32:45Z")
\[The Greatest Show On Earth is about to end. \](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_RINGLING\_BROS\_CLOSING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-01-14-22-14-17)Now that I am older I understand the issues… --- ## [Sherlock Holmes TV Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-holmes-tv-show/777358)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-holmes-tv-show/777358 "2017-01-19T20:43:47Z")
So I decided to bingewatch it on netflix … I was under the impression that Great Britain had some rather draconian hand gun possession laws, yet in 3 episodes I have seen Watson and Henry Baskerville waving around guns … --- ## [ID this obscure rock song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-obscure-rock-song/777401)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-obscure-rock-song/777401 "2017-01-19T18:43:54Z")
The other day I caught the last half of an instrumental(?) on a classic rock station. An extended play, deep album cut; the part I caught was several minutes long. Violins and an acoustic guitar. Probably The Moody Bl… --- ## [Sean Connery movie--Oscar winner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-connery-movie-oscar-winner/777395)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-connery-movie-oscar-winner/777395 "2017-01-19T17:41:36Z")
In which Sean Connery movie, for which he won an Oscar, did his character die? I heard the question on \*Jeopardy \* last night, but when Alex gave the answer somebody here made some loud noise and I missed hearing the ans… --- ## [Kung Fu movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fu-movies/777467)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kung-fu-movies/777467 "2017-01-19T15:49:04Z")
What is the difference between a “good” martial arts movie and a “bad” one? Pls move to Café Society. Self reported. --- ## [The Stars My Destination movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-my-destination-movie/777309)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stars-my-destination-movie/777309 "2017-01-19T15:29:29Z")
David DiGilio To Script ‘The Stars My Destination’ Based On Sci-Fi Classic I’ve been waiting for years for Hollywood to get round to one of the greatest SF writers of all time, the inimitable Alfred Bester. And now not… --- ## [Will this slow cooker strategy work? (raw chicken with cooked sausage)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-slow-cooker-strategy-work-raw-chicken-with-cooked-sausage/777492)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-slow-cooker-strategy-work-raw-chicken-with-cooked-sausage/777492 "2017-01-19T14:59:59Z")
Feeling too lazy to cook tonight. I have a small slow cooker. My plan was to throw in a cut up raw chicken breast, some cut up smoked sausage, a can of pinto beans, and then top it off with some BBQ sauce and let it sim… --- ## [Book: Chuck Klosterman, But What if We're Wrong - kinda like The Black Swan, only not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-chuck-klosterman-but-what-if-were-wrong-kinda-like-the-black-swan-only-not/776140)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-chuck-klosterman-but-what-if-were-wrong-kinda-like-the-black-swan-only-not/776140 "2017-01-19T14:48:55Z")
Link to book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/But-What-If-Were-Wrong/dp/0399184120 So, erstwhile rock critic, former Ethicist for the NYTimes and kinda public intellectual Chuck Klosterman ponders how what we believe … --- ## [Richard Diamond, PI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-diamond-pi/777514)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-diamond-pi/777514 "2017-01-19T14:19:06Z")
Dr. McCoy played a sheriff who shot Mister D. I goil gave him a ride. Shades of The Fugitive. --- ## [Preacher -- The New Show / Old Comic Now Airing on AMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-the-new-show-old-comic-now-airing-on-amc/755371)
**Author:** [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-the-new-show-old-comic-now-airing-on-amc/755371 "2017-01-19T13:39:58Z")
For those not familiar with Preacher, it is a comic book written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Steve Dillon, first published in the mid-nineties under the Vertigo imprint of DC comics. It follows the travels of a small tow… --- ## [Ten famous comic haikus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-famous-comic-haikus/776926)
**Author:** [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-famous-comic-haikus/776926 "2017-01-19T06:33:15Z")
Re: Thor Ha! --- ## [Bachman Turner Overdrive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachman-turner-overdrive/777413)
**Author:** [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bachman-turner-overdrive/777413 "2017-01-19T05:16:26Z")
After reading the couple of threads about The Guess Who, I went on Youtube and listened to their albums. Then, I naturally started thinking about Randy Bachman leaving The Guess Who and starting Bachman Turner Overdrive… --- ## [Sherlock January 1 2017 "The Six Thatchers" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-january-1-2017-the-six-thatchers-open-spoilers/775975)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherlock-january-1-2017-the-six-thatchers-open-spoilers/775975 "2017-01-19T04:40:17Z")
It’s back! Well, it will be tomorrow. And three episodes this time instead of just one like last year. Anyway, I figured we better have a discussion thread about the episode. I can’t wait! UK people, what time does it … --- ## [Toy designer making crazy 1980's style monster movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-designer-making-crazy-1980s-style-monster-movie/777508)
**Author:** [@wendigo100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendigo100)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-designer-making-crazy-1980s-style-monster-movie/777508 "2017-01-19T04:22:52Z")
\*\*Toy designer Jerry Macaluso directing crazy 1980’s style creature feature called “Portal Popperz”, basically about evil Pokemon and it looks like a whole lot of fun. \*\* I just hope it meets its funding goals so it actu… --- ## [What is it with Heinlein fans and Panshin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-heinlein-fans-and-panshin/160076)
**Author:** [@Sparrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparrow)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-heinlein-fans-and-panshin/160076 "2017-01-19T03:57:21Z")
What is the problem that Heinlein fans on these boards seem to have with Alexei Panshin? All I know about him is from one book I’ve read, Rite of Passage, which I found an enjoyable novel although pretty heavily influe… --- ## [7-11 offers breakfast pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-11-offers-breakfast-pizza/777470)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-11-offers-breakfast-pizza/777470 "2017-01-19T03:25:38Z")
This sounds so yummy. :smiley: I’d love to try it. But all the 7-11’s pulled out of Arkansas in the early 90’s. Any great recipe can be screwed up if it’s not made right. You think they are making these fresh? Or just … --- ## [A giant sarcastic robot or weaponized sex doll...what a great idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-giant-sarcastic-robot-or-weaponized-sex-doll-what-a-great-idea/776834)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-giant-sarcastic-robot-or-weaponized-sex-doll-what-a-great-idea/776834 "2017-01-19T02:43:51Z")
If movies have taught me anything, in the future, robot\* design will converge on two different models: “Male” robots possessing a dry or sarcastic wit: The T-800 Terminator TARS from Interstellar (referenced in the ti… --- ## [The 'clear from the break' pool shot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clear-from-the-break-pool-shot/776710)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-clear-from-the-break-pool-shot/776710 "2017-01-19T01:47:11Z")
I remember a recent thread about clearing a pool table from the break-off shot. Naturally, I cannot now find it, but I think I’ve found the source: it may be from this TENA advert, which is amusing in its own right. The … --- ## [Villains becoming sympathetic - done well, done poorly, general discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villains-becoming-sympathetic-done-well-done-poorly-general-discussion/777024)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/villains-becoming-sympathetic-done-well-done-poorly-general-discussion/777024 "2017-01-18T20:36:12Z")
So something I’ve been thinking about for a while is cases (I’m thinking in TV series and film franchises, but presumably this could apply to books as well) where a character starts out as a villain, and then transforms,… --- ## [Oh Great And Mighty Teeming Masses ID this Classical Piece Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-great-and-mighty-teeming-masses-id-this-classical-piece-please/777439)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-great-and-mighty-teeming-masses-id-this-classical-piece-please/777439 "2017-01-18T19:57:09Z")
I know it is called “Trumpet March” and it is for a flute duet. I need to know the composer and/or where I can buy the sheet music. I used to play this with my flute instructor and I’d like to practice it again. With t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=783) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=785)