# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=800 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 801 --- ## [Move "2010": What does Helen Mirren say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-2010-what-does-helen-mirren-say/773813)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/move-2010-what-does-helen-mirren-say/773813 "2016-12-07T18:33:19Z")
Late in the movie, they have linked up Discovery and Leonov. Discovery has used up its fuel and Leonov lets it go. Then they fire up the Leonov. First she counts down to ‘blast off’, then a few moments later as they’r… --- ## [Who actually thought up the signature Picard line, "Make it so"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-actually-thought-up-the-signature-picard-line-make-it-so/773952)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-actually-thought-up-the-signature-picard-line-make-it-so/773952 "2016-12-07T18:16:32Z")
Did Patrick Stewart contribute this as part of his character development, a producer, an insightful writer, or just someone anonymous who we’ll never know? --- ## ["Parts Unknown" with Anthony Bourdain (CNN)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parts-unknown-with-anthony-bourdain-cnn/773987)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parts-unknown-with-anthony-bourdain-cnn/773987 "2016-12-07T16:40:48Z")
I really like this show. Part food show, part travelogue, with a healthy dose of history, politics, and current events. I know that Bourdain is widely regarded as an ass, but he is very gracious on this show, and he wil… --- ## [Help identify a recent show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-a-recent-show/774099)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-a-recent-show/774099 "2016-12-07T16:27:29Z")
Watching Ash vs Evil Dead (which is so good it hurts), I was reminded of a scene that I think is from a recent tv show but I can’t quite place it, and it’s driving me nuts. My memory is of a tv show, but it could concei… --- ## ["The Alamo" (1960)--Yolanda Almaguer \[Jensen\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alamo-1960-yolanda-almaguer-jensen/609332)
**Author:** [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alamo-1960-yolanda-almaguer-jensen/609332 "2016-12-07T09:34:21Z")
In order to hype the sale of some household goods, someone is advertising that the owner, Yolanda Almaguer Jensen, “was even in the movie The Alamo with John Wayne”. The IMDB.com entry for The Alamo (1960) does not show… --- ## [RIP Margaret Whitton (Rachel Phelps, team owner in Major League)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-margaret-whitton-rachel-phelps-team-owner-in-major-league/774072)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-margaret-whitton-rachel-phelps-team-owner-in-major-league/774072 "2016-12-07T04:49:01Z")
She played the owner of the Cleveland Indians in the film. She assembled players who were so lousy that they’d finish in last place, attendance would drop, and she could move the team to Miami. --- ## [Three Stooges Experts: a dialog question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-experts-a-dialog-question/426265)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-stooges-experts-a-dialog-question/426265 "2016-12-07T03:13:09Z")
In “Disorder in the Court”, there’s a scene where Larry pulls the toupee off a court officer’s head (and thinks it’s a tarantula). The Stooges jump on it and ultimately shoot it. Moe realizes it is a hairpiece and slap… --- ## [Best "edited for TV lines"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-edited-for-tv-lines/773036)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-edited-for-tv-lines/773036 "2016-12-07T02:32:36Z")
The “Is Die Hard a Christmas movie” thread brought this topic to mind. The \*Die Hard \*TV edit famously has the line “yippee ki-yay Mister Falcon” (and there must be two edits, because I also seem to remember “yippee ki-y… --- ## [What's the earliest movie that you liked that you still like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-earliest-movie-that-you-liked-that-you-still-like/677817)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-earliest-movie-that-you-liked-that-you-still-like/677817 "2016-12-07T01:26:08Z")
If you’re like me, you’ve seen many movies that you have just forgotten whether you liked them or not. But surely there’s some early movie experience that you still consider to have been a good one. The very earliest of… --- ## [Green Hornet dies at 82.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-dies-at-82/774022)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-dies-at-82/774022 "2016-12-07T00:42:35Z")
Last week, but they just announced it. I think Kato will be waiting for him. --- ## [Radio call letters that have local significance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-call-letters-that-have-local-significance/428799)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-call-letters-that-have-local-significance/428799 "2016-12-06T22:46:23Z")
What radio call letters spell out words (and not just acronyms or abbreviations) that have a direct relationship to where the station is located? For example, 96.5 KOIT makes sense in SF, which has Coit Tower. Similarl… --- ## [Interesting live action "Jetsons" intro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-live-action-jetsons-intro/773790 "2016-12-06T22:36:42Z")
Yeah it’s just really an ad for Arconic (was Alcoa) but still as someone who watched the Jetsons as a kid it was pretty amusing to watch and it was very nicely done. --- ## [Knitting Help Needed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-help-needed/774043)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitting-help-needed/774043 "2016-12-06T22:07:13Z")
HELP! I’m working on the Great American Aran Afghan and I’ve hit a wall. I don’t understand what I’m supposed to do and I can’t wrap my mind around how this will work. For those of you who have done this project, I’m on… --- ## [Star vs. The Forces of Evil - Anyone here watching this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-vs-the-forces-of-evil-anyone-here-watching-this/773837)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-vs-the-forces-of-evil-anyone-here-watching-this/773837 "2016-12-06T21:28:05Z")
My son, who thankfully has excellent taste in animated kids TV shows, has got me into watching this one, following the end of Gravity Falls. I’m really enjoying it. The show just had its second season mid-season finale e… --- ## [Where are the onion bagels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-onion-bagels/411058)
**Author:** [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-onion-bagels/411058 "2016-12-06T21:18:33Z")
Hubby and I love onion bagels, but lately they seem to have become an endangered species. They have been MIA from the bread section for about the past 6 months, at least that I’ve noticed. The only ones I can find in … --- ## [Woo! Just got myself a bottle of Pappy...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-just-got-myself-a-bottle-of-pappy/773976)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-just-got-myself-a-bottle-of-pappy/773976 "2016-12-06T20:04:01Z")
20 year old. One of the local liquor stores holds a lottery every year when the Pappy gets released. It’s too hard to get so they thought it would be fair to do it this way. Hundreds of people signed up in advance (requi… --- ## [what actor/actress has the "best" filmography?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-actress-has-the-best-filmography/448579)
**Author:** [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-actress-has-the-best-filmography/448579 "2008-05-11T15:41:28Z")
What actor or actress has, in your opinion, the most solid filmography? With “solid” I mean the one who has the best ratio of quality movies in relation to the amount of movies the person is starring in. This is highly s… --- ## [2016 Not Done With Us Yet, RIP Andrew Sachs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-not-done-with-us-yet-rip-andrew-sachs/773607)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-not-done-with-us-yet-rip-andrew-sachs/773607 "2016-12-06T17:10:20Z")
Andrew Sachs, Manuel from Fawlty Towers, passed away on November 23rd. It’s just being reported today by the BBC. Go out this weekend and hit a waiter in his memory. --- ## [Julia & Jacques Cooking at Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-jacques-cooking-at-home/773967)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julia-jacques-cooking-at-home/773967 "2016-12-06T14:32:41Z")
Julia Child and Jacques Pepin, that is. This delightful cooking program is now available on AmazonPrime. The show ran for one season of 17 episodes in 2000. Jacques, born in 1935, was a hale and hearty 65. Julia, born i… --- ## [Songs about parental advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641)
**Author:** [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parental-advice/773641 "2016-12-06T13:33:31Z")
I’m a sucker for songs from a parent’s POV, giving life advice to their child. How many are there? “Simple Man”, Lynyrd Skynyrd. “Outfit”, Drive-By Truckers / Jason Isbell. “Madeline”, BJ Barham. “Keep It Be… --- ## [Non-USA national anthems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-national-anthems/773351)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-usa-national-anthems/773351 "2016-12-06T09:45:06Z")
Do other countries have musicians play there national anthem in ways other than how their anthem was written- such as the rock version, a pop version, folk version, where everyone plays it differently but few people have… --- ## [Eggs in baking recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-in-baking-recipes/773682)
**Author:** [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-in-baking-recipes/773682 "2016-12-06T09:31:30Z")
I’m fairly new to baking and find myself wondering about egg size. I haven’t seen any recipes that specify what size eggs should be used and there’s a big difference between a small and a jumbo. How much could a recipe b… --- ## [Topographic Maps, Printed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topographic-maps-printed/773998)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topographic-maps-printed/773998 "2016-12-06T07:11:47Z")
I love maps, especially like THESE. I have one at the foot of my bed. It’s "The Colorado Plateau and its Drainage’ It shows the area between, Reno, Cheyenne, Roswell and the Salton Sea. The copyright is to: Chalk Butt… --- ## [Easy Q for Kindle Direct Publishing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-q-for-kindle-direct-publishing/773793)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-q-for-kindle-direct-publishing/773793 "2016-12-06T01:12:33Z")
I am beginning the task of reading through the instructions to prepare a Word document for Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). The instructions seem pretty simple, but sometime too simple. For example, the instructions say t… --- ## [Working with Jigsaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-jigsaw/773663)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-with-jigsaw/773663 "2016-12-05T22:25:12Z")
You know the Jigsaw puppet from the Saw horror movie franchise. Saw a short clip of this video on Tosh.0 the other night. Here’s the whole video: Pretty funny, IMHO. less funny is Living with Jigsaw by the same film… --- ## [Seeking book recommendations: real history (non-fiction) that reads like fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-book-recommendations-real-history-non-fiction-that-reads-like-fiction/770672)
**Author:** [@Miss\_Gnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Gnomer)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-book-recommendations-real-history-non-fiction-that-reads-like-fiction/770672 "2016-12-05T17:49:51Z")
I love all sorts of obscure pieces of history, especially the books that include realistic portrayals of life at certain times (not necessarily kings/queens/important people). I like reading books that have a storyline … --- ## [Pearl Harbor - 75 Years Later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-75-years-later/773911)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-75-years-later/773911 "2016-12-05T17:08:37Z")
History Channel is running a special on the early aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It focuses on what the world’s leaders were doing and how they learned of the attack. I didn’t realize how poor commun… --- ## [Courtney Barnett sure got old fast.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/courtney-barnett-sure-got-old-fast/773710)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/courtney-barnett-sure-got-old-fast/773710 "2016-12-05T16:10:40Z")
Huh. The local radio station and the dish music channel I listen to put her into heavy rotation recently. At first listen, it sounded like smart, fresh hip stuff. But after a second or third time around, the mono-tone s… --- ## [Borgia VS The Borgias](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borgia-vs-the-borgias/773885)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/borgia-vs-the-borgias/773885 "2016-12-05T15:56:55Z")
Which one is better? Two of these shows were made, both lasting three seasons. One was made for a bunch of countries originally (broadcasting in France, Austria, Italy, and Germany) and is now mostly a Netflix exclusive…… --- ## [Has anyone else gotten Brandon Sanderson's "Arcanum Unbound"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-gotten-brandon-sandersons-arcanum-unbound/773883)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-gotten-brandon-sandersons-arcanum-unbound/773883 "2016-12-05T14:36:29Z")
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