# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=850 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 851 --- ## [The Rachmaninov song in "A Secret Garden"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rachmaninov-song-in-a-secret-garden/554426)
**Author:** [@QuarkChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuarkChild)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2016, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rachmaninov-song-in-a-secret-garden/554426 "2016-07-27T07:18:38Z")
This is a long shot, but I’m wondering if anyone can help me ID a song. In 1987, Hallmark produced a made-for-TV version of the Secret Garden. There’s a scene in which Mr. Craven is in his library, and a haunting piano… --- ## [BONES question: How did Sweets die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-question-how-did-sweets-die/760436)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-question-how-did-sweets-die/760436 "2016-07-27T00:48:20Z")
Home on medical leave, I’ve been watching a lot of daytime TV, Among the shows I’ve caught up on is Bones on TNT. Dialogue makes it clear that Sweets died fairly recently, and that Daisy had his baby some time afterward.… --- ## [Orange is the New Black, Season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-is-the-new-black-season-4/757965)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-is-the-new-black-season-4/757965 "2016-07-27T00:45:29Z")
Season 4 of OITNB just came out. I binge watched it yesterday. If you watched it, what do you think? --- ## [Writers: Fictional ships you've named? (The sequel)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-fictional-ships-youve-named-the-sequel/760650)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writers-fictional-ships-youve-named-the-sequel/760650 "2016-07-26T22:48:13Z")
Quite awhile back, I started a thread asking what other writers around here had named fictional ships and vessels. Well, it’s been a few years, and I’m curious again—there’s surely been ample creative work done in the i… --- ## [Question about sitcoms with blurring or bleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sitcoms-with-blurring-or-bleeping/760432)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sitcoms-with-blurring-or-bleeping/760432 "2016-07-26T22:03:41Z")
Often on sitcoms you will see a scene where something is blurred out, or foul language bleeped, usually for comedic effect. (“The Goldbergs” does this quite a bit - Bev Goldberg can be one foul-mouthed lady when she want… --- ## [How many novels does Stephen King have left in him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-novels-does-stephen-king-have-left-in-him/760690)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-novels-does-stephen-king-have-left-in-him/760690 "2016-07-26T20:58:45Z")
I just finished reading End of Watch, the third book in the Bill Hodges Trilogy. I’ve read everything King has written, except for the tower stuff (too fantasy-ee for me) and I’ve liked pretty much everything. I guess I’… --- ## [Embarassingly obvious question about M\*A\*S\*H](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarassingly-obvious-question-about-m-a-s-h/760253)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarassingly-obvious-question-about-m-a-s-h/760253 "2016-07-26T20:49:20Z")
How do you pronounce the title? “Mash?” “M-A-S-H?” (spelled out?) --- ## [Game of Thrones speculation: Wildfire vs. Dragon fire- what's your WAG? (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-speculation-wildfire-vs-dragon-fire-whats-your-wag-open-spoilers/760947)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-speculation-wildfire-vs-dragon-fire-whats-your-wag-open-spoilers/760947 "2016-07-26T19:26:03Z")
Open spoilers even though this is mostly speculation since there hasn’t been a dragon fire v. wildfire fight yet to my knowledge. (I haven’t read all of the last book.) Do you think that the Khaleesi will be immune to w… --- ## [Quoting Tweets - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-tweets-why/760951)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-tweets-why/760951 "2016-07-26T18:06:59Z")
Why is that certain news organizations ('m looking at you, CNN) quote Tweets word for word and then feel it necessary to post an image of the Tweet right under it? Often many Tweets in the same article. Quote, image. Quo… --- ## [Why does every business play 80's rock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-business-play-80s-rock/760929)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-every-business-play-80s-rock/760929 "2016-07-26T16:09:29Z")
I am a server tech. It is a job that brings me to a lot of different businesses. It seems that if a place is playing music at all, they are playing 80’s rock. It doesn’t matter if its a factory, a fast food place, or … --- ## [The Road Warrior - the case for Lord Humongous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-road-warrior-the-case-for-lord-humongous/760900)
**Author:** [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-road-warrior-the-case-for-lord-humongous/760900 "2016-07-26T15:25:01Z")
So I’ve recently gotten around to watching Fury Road (greatest movie of the past five years, easy), which prompted me to re-watch that oldie but goodie which I hadn’t thought twice about since puberty and… is it just me,… --- ## [Google Music Timeline - have y'all seen this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-music-timeline-have-yall-seen-this/760782)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-music-timeline-have-yall-seen-this/760782 "2016-07-26T04:53:25Z")
Hell, I sound like clickbait, but this thing is pretty cool: https://research.google.com/bigpicture/music/# So it gives a graph showing the relative popularity of different types of music from 1950-current day. When yo… --- ## [Logistics behind limited run series (stranger things, wayward pines, etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logistics-behind-limited-run-series-stranger-things-wayward-pines-etc/760899)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logistics-behind-limited-run-series-stranger-things-wayward-pines-etc/760899 "2016-07-26T02:51:38Z")
I have a question about the logistics of making a show like this. I’m currently watching Stranger Things, so lets use that as an example. I assumed that Netflix bought an 8 episode story, I assumed that the entire seas… --- ## [1950s TV Variety Show Opening Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-tv-variety-show-opening-music/760889)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-tv-variety-show-opening-music/760889 "2016-07-26T02:34:53Z")
I’m doing sound design for a community theater production of ‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’, the play by Neil Simon about a 1950s comedy writer’s room. We know he’s writing about his experience working on Sid Caesar’s ‘Sho… --- ## [Father/Daughter wedding dance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-daughter-wedding-dance/758101)
**Author:** [@Tinker\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinker_Grey)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/father-daughter-wedding-dance/758101 "2016-07-26T02:12:36Z")
I’d like some help picking a song. (I’m the father of the bride.) My daughter has veto power. So I thought I’d petition the board for some help. I’d like something non-stereotypical. I.e., a song probably not on the lis… --- ## [Jon Stewart on Colbert's Late Show: still has it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-on-colberts-late-show-still-has-it/760797)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jon-stewart-on-colberts-late-show-still-has-it/760797 "2016-07-25T19:25:47Z")
Stunned I am the first to post (happy to shut up if I’m not). Just owns it: Jon Stewart Takes Over Colbert's Late Show Desk - YouTube We’ve missed you, Jon. --- ## [Best (affordable) blender for smoothies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-affordable-blender-for-smoothies/760747)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-affordable-blender-for-smoothies/760747 "2016-07-25T18:28:37Z")
My son loves to make smoothies. He usually uses frozen fruit, milk or yogurt, sometimes other ingredients. My little Oster blender is not working that great for him. His 18th birthday is coming up and I’d like to get him… --- ## ["Slow" movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-movies/757015)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-movies/757015 "2016-07-25T17:46:47Z")
I watched a a youtube video in which a young woman “geek” watches Blade Runner for the first time and tells us her reaction and review. She seems underwhelmed. Tongue-in-cheek, she riffs on the inaccuracies in brands a… --- ## [Best way to find live music while visiting London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-find-live-music-while-visiting-london/760855)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-find-live-music-while-visiting-london/760855 "2016-07-25T16:36:09Z")
I’m very lucky in that my job sends me to London about every three months for about a week at a time. I am going over in early September for a week, and what is unusual this time is that one of my buddies is going to be… --- ## [Who is this pedal steel player playing with Redd Volkaert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-pedal-steel-player-playing-with-redd-volkaert/760820)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-pedal-steel-player-playing-with-redd-volkaert/760820 "2016-07-25T13:56:54Z")
On this video: Redd Volkaert - Home in San Antone - YouTube She’s great! --- ## [Buffy: Is James Marsters/Spike's accent convincing to Brits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-is-james-marsters-spikes-accent-convincing-to-brits/169421)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffy-is-james-marsters-spikes-accent-convincing-to-brits/169421 "2016-07-25T13:21:42Z")
It sounds OK to me, but what the hell do I know. --- ## [Will men ever give up suits and ties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-men-ever-give-up-suits-and-ties/760640)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-men-ever-give-up-suits-and-ties/760640 "2016-07-25T07:33:53Z")
For formal events they still pretty much are stuck with a suit and tie. Women have many more options now . they can wear pants at most events . BTW, I am talking about the US /Europe/Japan/Australia/Canada and similar … --- ## [At a horror movie, would you prefer a loud audience or a quiet one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-a-horror-movie-would-you-prefer-a-loud-audience-or-a-quiet-one/760735)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-a-horror-movie-would-you-prefer-a-loud-audience-or-a-quiet-one/760735 "2016-07-25T06:45:28Z")
Let’s say you’re watching a horror movie at a crowded theatre. Would you prefer to be watching with an audience that screams and yells at the action? Would you prefer to watch with everyone else being quiet? I think it… --- ## [Is there a term for the opposite of "jumping the shark?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-the-opposite-of-jumping-the-shark/760508)
**Author:** [@Neo-Calredic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neo-Calredic)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-the-opposite-of-jumping-the-shark/760508 "2016-07-24T23:45:54Z")
So, everyone is likely familiar with the term “jumping the shark,” the point at which a story or series is commonly agreed-upon to go from good to bad. Is there a term for the opposite point in a series – the point at w… --- ## [What was this show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-show/760801)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-show/760801 "2016-07-24T22:47:33Z")
A small group of people dole out extrajudicial punishment to evildoers. A gimmick is that one of them is a judge who, when the robe comes off, is a badass motorcycle rider. It, iirc, was pretty bad. --- ## [Have tacos jumped the shark? Mmm fish tacos...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-tacos-jumped-the-shark-mmm-fish-tacos/760674)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-tacos-jumped-the-shark-mmm-fish-tacos/760674 "2016-07-24T21:59:51Z")
I love tacos. I love tacos so much, I dream about opening a taco stand. Mostly, it’s just a mental diversion, a day dream that entertains me. I think about where it should be, what is on the menu, what it would look li… --- ## [Ash vs Evil Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead/736216)
**Author:** [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ash-vs-evil-dead/736216 "2016-07-24T20:57:13Z")
Starts late tonight (alright technically it’s Halloween after midnight) at 12:17am Eastern. There will be plenty of replays if you forgot to set the DVR or can’t stay up til then, and also OnDemand etc. I assume the wei… --- ## [Baking something to spotlight home grown flour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baking-something-to-spotlight-home-grown-flour/760736)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baking-something-to-spotlight-home-grown-flour/760736 "2016-07-24T20:19:20Z")
A few weeks ago, one of my co-workers from Austin sent a note to a group of us in the office - he was coming to visit our office, and wanted to know if anyone wanted some flour. Seems he grows wheat on his property, rec… --- ## [Commercial Oddities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-oddities/760318)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-oddities/760318 "2016-07-24T19:12:51Z")
There are two things I noticed recently, both related to television commercials, that I was wondering about. Feel free to comment on either or both (or neither!). Observation#1: The Verizon “can you hear me now?” guy no… --- ## [Any historical movies about Greece?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-historical-movies-about-greece/760604)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-historical-movies-about-greece/760604 "2016-07-24T19:07:10Z")
I’m looking for historical movies about Ancient Greece, preferably in the classical period. The problem is that it seems like every Greek movie automatically equals mythological fantasy. I see lists of movies for thing… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=849) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=851)