# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=793 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 794 --- ## [Help me identify this Christmas movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-christmas-movie/775400)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-christmas-movie/775400 "2016-12-23T14:12:09Z")
I saw it on TV when I was living in England many years ago (Christmas 1976). It was American, B&W, made probably in the late '40s. The leading lady may have been Barbara Stanwyck or Greer Garson—someone of that type. T… --- ## [Unusual songs you hear in stores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-you-hear-in-stores/756691)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-songs-you-hear-in-stores/756691 "2016-12-23T12:21:45Z")
Today, while picking up my prescription at Walgreen’s I was stunned to hear Elvis Costello’s “I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea” on the store’s music feed. A thirty year old song that never even came close to a hit in the U… --- ## [Cindy Stowell dies 12/5 after taping "Jeopardy! ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-stowell-dies-12-5-after-taping-jeopardy/774893)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cindy-stowell-dies-12-5-after-taping-jeopardy/774893 "2016-12-23T06:38:46Z")
It is a very stressful show. :wink: But Alex’s stare isn’t the reason in this case. She had been fighting cancer for awhile. Cindy appeared on Jeopardy to win money for cancer research. She’s won three days so far. I … --- ## [Does it make any difference if the public finds out "Soylent Green is PEOPLE"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-make-any-difference-if-the-public-finds-out-soylent-green-is-people/775395)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-make-any-difference-if-the-public-finds-out-soylent-green-is-people/775395 "2016-12-23T04:08:48Z")
So let’s say the ravings of an injured Chuck Heston get picked up by the press and publicized. It was made clear that the reason “they” are pushing SG is that there isn’t anything else left to eat. All the crops have di… --- ## [Alan Thicke dead at 69](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-thicke-dead-at-69/774653)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-thicke-dead-at-69/774653 "2016-12-23T01:58:57Z")
Yeesh. Seemed totally healthy and very young. I’m super surprised. Loved the cheesey Growing Pains as a kid. --- ## [Need help finding a Brussels Sprout recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-brussels-sprout-recipe/775147)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-finding-a-brussels-sprout-recipe/775147 "2016-12-22T21:01:40Z")
Or I lost the recipe card from Publix, and need the assistance of the teaming millions to save Christmas Dinner. About two years ago, the grocery store, publix had published a meal idea recipe card. The main course was… --- ## [What are elephant boats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-elephant-boats/775291)
**Author:** [@TheZenPaperboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheZenPaperboy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-elephant-boats/775291 "2016-12-22T20:53:32Z")
This is pertaining to the song Santa Claus is coming to town. Thank you. --- ## [Best movie of the last 3 years? 2014-2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-the-last-3-years-2014-2016/772016)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-of-the-last-3-years-2014-2016/772016 "2016-12-22T20:37:40Z")
I like to restrict time down like that and see what people will say? What is the best complete movie from the last 3 calendar years? Yes, you can name a few, but try to pick your top. I’d honestly say: Mad Max Fury Roa… --- ## [That Red Copper Pan... Anyone using it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-red-copper-pan-anyone-using-it/775397)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-red-copper-pan-anyone-using-it/775397 "2016-12-22T20:21:58Z")
You’ve probably seen it on TV. Cathy Mitchell’s Red Copper Pan features durable copper with a non-stick ceramic surface that will never scratch, making it the last pan you’ll ever need. I have a hard time believing wh… --- ## [Cooking Bacon-How to make it cook evenly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-bacon-how-to-make-it-cook-evenly/775205)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-bacon-how-to-make-it-cook-evenly/775205 "2016-12-22T18:55:48Z")
Didn’t check if there has been a previous thread. Bacon cooks unevenly–fat cooks slower and puffs up, lean cooks quicker and stays down. How to make it come out the same? Device? How is it done in restaurants? --- ## [Name that Trope!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-trope/775381)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-trope/775381 "2016-12-22T18:37:34Z")
Yes I did peruse TV Tropes for the answer before posting here (about two weeks later). But not finding the answer I wanted, here’s the trope I am seeking a name for: it seems like a very 70s-era type, post-flower power a… --- ## [Best Youtube short movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-youtube-short-movies/775318)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-youtube-short-movies/775318 "2016-12-22T18:28:22Z")
Yes, I’m probably way behind the curve here but I noticed that youtube has started doing a nice line in free short movies. Some of them are pretty good and with relatively high production values. I like science-fiction … --- ## [Help me assess/appreciate old-time movie acting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-assess-appreciate-old-time-movie-acting/758041)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-assess-appreciate-old-time-movie-acting/758041 "2016-12-22T16:39:12Z")
I often have difficulty perceiving the acting in old movies to be good, I think largely because conventions about acting were so different back then - pre “method”. Possibly also because of the way movies were produced. … --- ## [Excellent Episodes from Dumb Sitcoms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-episodes-from-dumb-sitcoms/775373)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-episodes-from-dumb-sitcoms/775373 "2016-12-22T15:57:31Z")
In memory of Alan Young, one of 2016’s victims: I watched an episode of Mister Ed this morning. It was the one where Ed plays baseball with the Dodgers. For a comedy about a talking horse from a decade famous for its … --- ## [Roast beef hash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roast-beef-hash/775339)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roast-beef-hash/775339 "2016-12-22T15:56:36Z")
I made a SUCCULENT pot roast a few nights ago, have about two cups of cooked meat left over, and want to make a delicious HASH. My Mom made an occasional decent hash back in the 60s-70s – I think she ran it through a ha… --- ## [Schitt's Creek; what eactly do the Roses get out of owning the town?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schitts-creek-what-eactly-do-the-roses-get-out-of-owning-the-town/775332)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schitts-creek-what-eactly-do-the-roses-get-out-of-owning-the-town/775332 "2016-12-22T15:26:52Z")
I started watching reruns on Pop a few weeks ago spend part of my sick day yesterday binge-watched the rest of season 1 on Amazon. I like the show, but what exactly to the Roses (or rather David since it’s technically h… --- ## ['People of Earth' (hopefully better response than Channel Zero)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-earth-hopefully-better-response-than-channel-zero/775340)
**Author:** [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-earth-hopefully-better-response-than-channel-zero/775340 "2016-12-22T13:37:48Z")
I assume someone else is watching this TBS comedy about a therapy group whose members have all be abducted by aliens. The aliens are also around for the fun. It is not an uproariously funny show, but not very serious e… --- ## [These aren't the mugs I'm looking for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-arent-the-mugs-im-looking-for/775329)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-arent-the-mugs-im-looking-for/775329 "2016-12-22T13:13:27Z")
Perhaps I don’t know the magic words that will produce the results I want, but I’m having the devil of a time searching for a particular item to order online. What I want is a 4 Oz coffee mug- sometimes sold as “espresso… --- ## [Please risk the wrath of the Dutch Cooking Gods and share your Stroopwafel recipe with me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-risk-the-wrath-of-the-dutch-cooking-gods-and-share-your-stroopwafel-recipe-with-me/774819)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2016, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-risk-the-wrath-of-the-dutch-cooking-gods-and-share-your-stroopwafel-recipe-with-me/774819 "2016-12-22T09:01:51Z")
My reddit secret santa sent me Stroopwafels which just reminded me how unbelievably perfect they are. I want more. I NEED more. I want to share the glory of the stroopwafel with all my family and friends and coworkers. I… --- ## [Star Trek TOS ....ships forbidden to return to Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-ships-forbidden-to-return-to-earth/775257)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-ships-forbidden-to-return-to-earth/775257 "2016-12-21T23:34:00Z")
While pondering a thread about how SF isnt military…a memory came back to me. “Five year mission ships are forbidden to return to Earth” . Now I’m pretty sure this is a Blish-bit…but… Oddly there’s a thread connecting i… --- ## [WKRP: Fastest to a clip show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-fastest-to-a-clip-show/774514)
**Author:** [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wkrp-fastest-to-a-clip-show/774514 "2016-12-21T22:52:59Z")
We’re watching WKRP in Cincinnati as our nightly retro sitcom and I was amazed that Season 1, Episode 9 “Mama’s Review” was a clip show! Thankfully, “Turkeys Away” was Episode 7 so they were at least able to have a clip … --- ## [Beer lovers: seen this? (Ukeg pressurized growler)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-seen-this-ukeg-pressurized-growler/775293)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-lovers-seen-this-ukeg-pressurized-growler/775293 "2016-12-21T21:47:12Z")
Saw one of theselast night and it was just too cool. It’s a 64 ounce CO2 pressurized growler. Kind of steampunky looking, with the watch-glass and all. After playing with it and talking to the proud owner, I pulled up… --- ## [All the Whos down in Whoville lynch the Grinch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-whos-down-in-whoville-lynch-the-grinch/775131)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-whos-down-in-whoville-lynch-the-grinch/775131 "2016-12-21T20:37:02Z")
Surely this has been done before? After the Grinch returns all their Christmas stuff, the Whos thank him by nailing up his flayed carcass in the dining hall\*. But I couldn’t find any examples online. Anyone? eta:\* alter… --- ## [Cast Iron Skillets - the facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-iron-skillets-the-facts/775220)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-iron-skillets-the-facts/775220 "2016-12-21T18:43:32Z")
I have no dog in this hunt, but thought I would share this video I came across: How To Care For Your Cast Iron Skillet With Science Interesting. I guess I knew most of it, except that metal utensils are okay and that … --- ## [Richard Marx and wife Daisy Fuentes help air crew with crazed passenger.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-marx-and-wife-daisy-fuentes-help-air-crew-with-crazed-passenger/775265)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-marx-and-wife-daisy-fuentes-help-air-crew-with-crazed-passenger/775265 "2016-12-21T18:19:44Z")
Richard Marx 80’s and 90’s music star had a wild airplane ride. The pictures looks like a Keystone Cops film. Stewardess has a Taser she doesn’t know how to use. They tie the guy up three times and he gets free. 4 hours… --- ## [What good is yogurt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-yogurt/775244)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-is-yogurt/775244 "2016-12-21T18:13:37Z")
I am on chemotherapy. Part of the problem is that my sense of taste has changed, and while I am being urged to eat actual food, I have a hard time finding something that tastes decent and provides nutrition. While random… --- ## [Please ID an old-timey movie for me - South Pacific, women soldiers in a barracks, sad ending.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-an-old-timey-movie-for-me-south-pacific-women-soldiers-in-a-barracks-sad-ending/775261)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-an-old-timey-movie-for-me-south-pacific-women-soldiers-in-a-barracks-sad-ending/775261 "2016-12-21T16:31:34Z")
A few years ago I was watching Turner Classics and I fell asleep. When I woke up a movie was on and I watched the rest of it but for the life of me I can’t remember the name or who was in it. It was set in the South Pa… --- ## [Inauguration Day playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194)
**Author:** [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inauguration-day-playlist/775194 "2016-12-21T14:03:08Z")
Working up a playlist for the day: \[Mods, if this is too political for CS, move as necessary\] Working on a song list for Inauguration Day: Ruination Day - Gillian Welch Hell-Bound Train - Savoy Brown Goin’ Down Slow… --- ## [A Mary Poppins sequel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mary-poppins-sequel/775279)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mary-poppins-sequel/775279 "2016-12-21T13:14:28Z")
Whatever in god’s name for? Well at least we won’t have to listen to. . .oh no. . .ohnonononono. . .shrieking violins! --- ## [Is erotica a dying breed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-erotica-a-dying-breed/775120)
**Author:** [@Streetcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Streetcat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-erotica-a-dying-breed/775120 "2016-12-21T11:49:09Z")
I know that erotica websites like lit, lushstories and noveltrove are busy places, but I’m wondering if erotica is on a longterm downwards trend with visual porn being the winner and the written word becoming a small nic… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=792) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=794)