# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=796 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 797 --- ## [Moana--Seen It Thread (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moana-seen-it-thread-open-spoilers/773000)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moana-seen-it-thread-open-spoilers/773000 "2016-12-17T15:20:21Z")
Hope this isn’t a duplicate. I enjoyed it. That said, I wonder exactly what was going through the head of the screenwriter when he thought: “Evil pirates…and they’re coconuts!” I mean, her people ate coconuts. Presu… --- ## [Bernard Fox, 1927-2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-fox-1927-2016/774908)
**Author:** [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-fox-1927-2016/774908 "2016-12-17T14:10:00Z")
Hadn’t seen this mentioned yet, but character actor Bernard Fox passed away at the age of 89. R.I.P.: Dr. Bombay (Bewitched) Malcolm Merriweather (Andy Griffith Show) Colonel Crittendon (Hogan’s Heroes) and many, ma… --- ## [Are Run-DMC still active?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-run-dmc-still-active/774921)
**Author:** [@HowSoonIsThen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HowSoonIsThen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-run-dmc-still-active/774921 "2016-12-17T12:18:12Z")
This may be the stupidest question ever posed on this board, but I am genuinely confused about this. According to Wikipedia, they broke up 14 years ago. Yet I keep seeing them on festival bills, such as Isle of Wight wh… --- ## [Charles Bronson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson/774584)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-bronson/774584 "2016-12-17T09:05:57Z")
I’ve enjoyed his films, and bought a DVD of his 1950s TV series, \*Man With a Camera. \* I came to realize that his smile looks like he has just gotten out of bed with your Wife. --- ## [Bass Players: About that Right Hand Technique...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-players-about-that-right-hand-technique/774650)
**Author:** [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-players-about-that-right-hand-technique/774650 "2016-12-17T06:16:20Z")
I’ve been playing around with bass lately and yeah, the right hand is where I really need work. So if you will, how are you voicing the notes, how did you get there, and what worked for you or helped you play better? M… --- ## [Survivor Seaon 33 Starts Tonight (Also RE: TAR)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-seaon-33-starts-tonight-also-re-tar/766528)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 272\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-seaon-33-starts-tonight-also-re-tar/766528 "2016-12-17T04:08:57Z")
Millennials vs. Gen X. As far as gimmick casting goes, this idea doesn’t seem like a bad one. It seems like there’s an honest-to-God evacuation of the entire cast for the first time due to a storm (not a spoiler, it wa… --- ## [Hoarders and Hoarding: Buried Alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoarders-and-hoarding-buried-alive/604950)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoarders-and-hoarding-buried-alive/604950 "2016-12-17T02:01:24Z")
I have developed a secret vice. My wife is out of town a lot lately (new job) and I am watching the two series Hoarders and \*Hoarding: Buried Alive. \* I am really ashamed of how much I like watching these shows, but I … --- ## [Comic Book Crossovers-Can it go too far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-crossovers-can-it-go-too-far/774552)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-crossovers-can-it-go-too-far/774552 "2016-12-17T01:37:46Z")
DC Comics and Hanna Barbera are putting out a series of annuals in March that team up their company’s characters. Now, I can maybe see a team-up between Adam Strange and Jonny Quest and the Space Ghost/Green Lantern bo… --- ## [Are There Examples of Good A.I.'s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-examples-of-good-a-i-s/774214)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-examples-of-good-a-i-s/774214 "2016-12-17T00:57:10Z")
I know there are, but I can’t think of many. This is inspired by Agents of SHIELD doing ANOTHER “we made an AI and oops it’s bad” storyline. It bugs me that every time someone makes an AI it inevitably becomes evil. Su… --- ## [Did any Star Trek episode have a character with no job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-star-trek-episode-have-a-character-with-no-job/773913)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-star-trek-episode-have-a-character-with-no-job/773913 "2016-12-17T00:15:00Z")
I don’t recall one. The conceit by which Star Trek works is that the Federation is a post-scarcity economy, even doing away with currency. :dubious: The logical extension of that is that there would be people either by … --- ## [Recommend to me some audio books that utilize actors.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-some-audio-books-that-utilize-actors/774608)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-some-audio-books-that-utilize-actors/774608 "2016-12-17T00:10:50Z")
I’m not talking about audiobooks where a voice-actor reads the entire text. I’m not sure how to explain what I’m talking about. If there is a proper name for this kind of thing, let me know. I am currently listening to… --- ## [Scylla Responds to Songs and Artists, Part Deux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scylla-responds-to-songs-and-artists-part-deux/774657)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scylla-responds-to-songs-and-artists-part-deux/774657 "2016-12-16T23:57:41Z")
Part 1 is here: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558015&highlight=Scylla+responds+songs Dear Bob Seger: I just finished listening to your pity party, “Turn the Page.” I know that there is a proud… --- ## [Browning beef--problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browning-beef-problems/774811)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browning-beef-problems/774811 "2016-12-16T21:43:15Z")
When making a stew, I of course brown the cubed beef before removing and continuing with next steps. But sometimes the meat starts to shed liquid and is really more braising. The stew comes out fine but I would prefer … --- ## [The Walking Dead; 7.08 "Hearts Still Beating" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-08-hearts-still-beating-open-spoilers/774481)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-7-08-hearts-still-beating-open-spoilers/774481 "2016-12-16T21:42:45Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Negan’s unwelcome visit to Alexandria continues as other members scavenge for supplies. \[/QUOTE\] Happy Holidays! Tonight’s the last episode until the show comes back from winter hiatus (I hate the term “m… --- ## [Which shows make you think of staying home from school as a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shows-make-you-think-of-staying-home-from-school-as-a-kid/591792 "2016-12-16T20:10:35Z")
For me it’s always The Andy Griffith Show. To a lesser extent, I Love Lucy and The Beverly Hillbillies. But whenever Andy happens to be on, it takes me back to lying on the couch with a pillow and blanket with a box of… --- ## [Guitarists: Les Paul and Eddie Van Halen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-les-paul-and-eddie-van-halen/774850)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-les-paul-and-eddie-van-halen/774850 "2016-12-16T18:04:18Z")
I love this clip - I assume it’s some tribute to Les Paul from 1988 and Eddie comes out to play to honor Les: - YouTube Highlights include: Les starting off by showing how he invented Looping back in 1944, and how e… --- ## [The American Baking Competition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-baking-competition/662602)
**Author:** [@YWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YWalker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-baking-competition/662602 "2016-12-16T16:53:23Z")
Am I the only one watching this? This is probably the best reality cooking competition I’ve seen. I really enjoy the format that has the competitors all baking three items based on the episode’s theme and then judging … --- ## [First Female for Ringmaster of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-female-for-ringmaster-of-ringling-bros-and-barnum-bailey/774869)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-female-for-ringmaster-of-ringling-bros-and-barnum-bailey/774869 "2016-12-16T16:48:16Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen! Children of all ages! Your Ringmaster is a babe with a bodacious bosom!\* \*Quoting Dawn French as the Vicar of Dibley, for those who aren’t aware. --- ## [Academy Award predictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-predictions/774767)
**Author:** [@Vicsage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicsage)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academy-award-predictions/774767 "2016-12-16T14:41:51Z")
My predictions for the nominations will be even more movies no one sees. This year more than ever. Hollywood will, with the possible exception of a cartoon, only nominate pretentious boring movies for best picture. … --- ## [Your Greatest Songs Ever!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-songs-ever/774088)
**Author:** [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-songs-ever/774088 "2016-12-16T10:25:04Z")
So I’ve been bouncing around Spotify and/or Youtube for a few days, reminding myself of some a bunch of songs I still love to hear. For fun, I thought I’d share some of them with you: Flickerstick - Coke I’ll start wi… --- ## [Russian TV decides to make The Hunger Games real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-tv-decides-to-make-the-hunger-games-real/774820)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-tv-decides-to-make-the-hunger-games-real/774820 "2016-12-16T06:31:28Z")
They are planning something quite different than some American “reality TV” Survivor bullshit. This one claims that a new show based in Siberia during the Winter is the real deal. \*"A new Russian reality show where crim… --- ## [Anybody here doing the Blue Apron thingy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-doing-the-blue-apron-thingy/729394)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-here-doing-the-blue-apron-thingy/729394 "2016-12-16T01:49:03Z")
Hi all. Been doing the Blue Apron thing here on an off for the past couple of months. For those who don’t know, Blue Apron ships you all the ingredients (besides salt and pepper) to make 3 meals that will feed 2 people… --- ## [Does no one else LIKE pudding skin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-no-one-else-like-pudding-skin/703163)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-no-one-else-like-pudding-skin/703163 "2016-12-16T00:45:31Z")
Really?? It’s the best part of pudding. Real, cooked pudding. All yummy and chewy. As a child my brothers and I used to fight over who got the skin. So much so my mother switched over to pouring it into the individual… --- ## [Gone Girl movie - open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gone-girl-movie-open-spoilers/700253)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gone-girl-movie-open-spoilers/700253 "2016-12-15T20:53:58Z")
Saw it in a sneak peek on Thurs. night in Cleveland, with a New York Film Critics Series simulcast interview of book author and screenplay writer Gillian Flynn, by Rolling Stone movie critic Peter Travers, afterwards. I… --- ## [What musical was I in in elementary school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-was-i-in-in-elementary-school/774742)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-musical-was-i-in-in-elementary-school/774742 "2016-12-15T20:17:32Z")
This would have been mid to late 80s, and I was in the 4th or 5th grade (I think). I think the musical was about the founding fathers of the US, and I distinctly remember a song with part of the chorus “great big beauti… --- ## [The White Rabbit Project on Netflix, anyone watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-rabbit-project-on-netflix-anyone-watching/774263)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-rabbit-project-on-netflix-anyone-watching/774263 "2016-12-15T20:01:33Z")
It has the erstwhile buildteam from the MythBusters. Actuallyquite good. and unlike the MythBusters they actually look at how feasibly something is. --- ## [Shut Eye with Jeffrey Donovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-eye-with-jeffrey-donovan/774802)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shut-eye-with-jeffrey-donovan/774802 "2016-12-15T19:41:36Z")
Is anyone watching Shut Eye with Jeffrey Donovan on Hulu? I’m really enjoying it so far (about 4 episodes in). Jeffrey Donovan’s character runs a chain of fortune-telling parlors, but is working for a bigger gypsy (Rom… --- ## [Rocketeer finishes a model: A little Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-a-little-witch/774625)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-a-little-witch/774625 "2016-12-15T18:56:15Z")
I bought this resin kit of a winsome witch a couple years ago at Wonderfest, and I finished her just in time for Halloween–although, to be truthful, some of her paint was still a bit damp on the big day :wink: A witch a… --- ## [Was there a continuation to this Law & Order episode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-continuation-to-this-law-order-episode/774606 "2016-12-15T18:15:32Z")
Last night I watched a re-run of one of the zillion Law & Order spin offs. This episode had to do with prostitution. The governor died of a hear attack while getting a massage but drugs were suspected as well. There was… --- ## [Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkirk-christopher-nolan/761861)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkirk-christopher-nolan/761861 "2016-12-15T17:38:43Z")
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