# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=861 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 862 --- ## [Zappa family - What kind of person was Gail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zappa-family-what-kind-of-person-was-gail/758383)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zappa-family-what-kind-of-person-was-gail/758383 "2016-06-26T15:11:12Z")
I can’t see how it’s good for Franks legacy to treat his children as unequals. Especially when the two who participated in his music and were the oldest get burnt. As far as I’m concerned it’s a shortsighted cruel thin… --- ## [The aesthetics of Hannibal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aesthetics-of-hannibal/758399)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-aesthetics-of-hannibal/758399 "2016-06-26T13:15:12Z")
What elements made the TV show Hannibal so unique? Did it remind anyone else of one’s perceptions when in an altered state of mind? --- ## [Random 70s Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964 "2016-06-26T10:53:52Z")
My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean Popcorn - Hot Butter I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing - The Hillside Singers Hocus Pocus - Focus Rock On - David … --- ## [ABC Sitcoms and Identity Politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-sitcoms-and-identity-politics/758090)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-sitcoms-and-identity-politics/758090 "2016-06-26T04:26:44Z")
Has anybody noticed a certain formulaic tendency in recently launched sitcoms on ABC? Black family: Black-ish Jewish family: The Goldbergs Chinese immigrant family: Fresh Off the Boat Irish-Catholic family + gay kid … --- ## [Why did John Candy die so young?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-john-candy-die-so-young/276255)
**Author:** [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-john-candy-die-so-young/276255 "2016-06-26T04:26:14Z")
I was reading up on IMDB, and I saw that John Candy was only 44 when he died of a heart attack. I know that celebrities have access to personal physicians and extraordinary health care, so it seems that he died at a very… --- ## [SO... You think you're a Blade Runner geek, huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-youre-a-blade-runner-geek-huh/758302)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-youre-a-blade-runner-geek-huh/758302 "2016-06-26T02:27:13Z")
Man, I love the movie Blade Runner. I saw it opening day, first showing when it was released back in 1982. I own every single version of it on both DVD and Blu-Ray and I’ve watched them all dozens and dozens of times. … --- ## [Orange is the New Black-Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-is-the-new-black-question/758325)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-is-the-new-black-question/758325 "2016-06-26T02:12:31Z")
Do you think the portrayal of prison life in the show could cause some women to want to try it or at the least, not worry so much to avoid it? I mean they dont really have to work, they get 3 meals a day and a bed, they… --- ## [Anyone else watching "Marseille" on Netflix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watching-marseille-on-netflix/758331)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watching-marseille-on-netflix/758331 "2016-06-26T00:38:05Z")
We watched a few episodes last night and I’m so-so on it. I think “Hand of God” does the whole “wickedness and intrigue in local government” thing a lot better, but maybe I need to give Marseille a few more episodes . . … --- ## [Uncredited actors in significant roles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-actors-in-significant-roles/757952)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-actors-in-significant-roles/757952 "2016-06-26T00:08:44Z")
Recently I started rewatching Star Trek: DS9 on Netflix. At the beginning of S2 there is a three-episode arc involving an opposition movement against the Bajoran provisional government. One of the major characters in thi… --- ## [Was the exclamation "oodalolly!" invented for Disney's Robin Hood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-exclamation-oodalolly-invented-for-disneys-robin-hood/386725)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-exclamation-oodalolly-invented-for-disneys-robin-hood/386725 "2016-06-25T23:49:15Z")
While watching Disney’s \*Robin Hood \*the other day, I noticed that the characters were constantly exclaiming “oodalolly!” It was used in the context of an exciting or surprising discovery. Also, it is part of the lyrics … --- ## [Did Vampires ever say "Bleh, bleh!" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-vampires-ever-say-bleh-bleh/758193)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-vampires-ever-say-bleh-bleh/758193 "2016-06-25T23:11:18Z")
In Hotel Transylvania, Jonathan and others say “Bleh, bleh!” when they’re pretending to be Dracula. Drac is outraged: “I never say ‘bleh, bleh’ !” So what’s this meme referring to ? --- ## [Don't Hug Me I'm Scared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hug-me-im-scared/757874)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-hug-me-im-scared/757874 "2016-06-25T20:18:35Z")
Disturbing but hilarious videos that masquerade as a Sesame-St-esque children’s show. It finished up, appropriately enough, on June 19, or Father’s Day. There’s certainly a recurrent theme in the series. It seems to b… --- ## [Old trope about ghosts being a long white bedsheet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-trope-about-ghosts-being-a-long-white-bedsheet/758201)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-trope-about-ghosts-being-a-long-white-bedsheet/758201 "2016-06-25T20:06:04Z")
I was trolling around youtube, and don’t ask me how but I wound up finding this “classic” bit from the Gilligan’s Island episode “Ghost-a-Go-Go.” Then suddenly it occurred to me – how did the trope ever start of a ghos… --- ## [Tell me what you think when you look at this picture of bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-you-think-when-you-look-at-this-picture-of-bacon/757595 "2016-06-25T18:42:23Z")
This one. Or this one (same photo) if the first one doesn’t work. One person’s delicious meal is another person’s burnt mess. Of the first two thoughts in the poll, what would you say is the closest to how you feel? --- ## [Eww, how can you eat that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eww-how-can-you-eat-that/757905)
**Author:** [@12mgdaily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/12mgdaily)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eww-how-can-you-eat-that/757905 "2016-06-25T18:29:37Z")
What food do you enjoy eating that gets an “eww” reaction from those around you? I grew up in a city where scrapple is a popular food to eat. I grew up eating it. I don’t understand why so many feel it’s strange, unappea… --- ## [bandfights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandfights/757941)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bandfights/757941 "2016-06-25T15:58:02Z")
Couldn’t find much on youtube other than band/crowd altercations. I want personnel-on-personnel skirmishes. There’s too much debate about the authenticity of Marilyn Manson’s stage contretemps, so if anyone can mention a… --- ## [Please ID this actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-actor/757804)
**Author:** [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-actor/757804 "2016-06-25T13:37:27Z")
Please ID the lead actor in this Duracell spot, the guy who plays Jim the hard-of-hearing granddad: - YouTube His face looks familiar. Do you know his name? --- ## [Brexit may negatively impact on Game of Thrones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-may-negatively-impact-on-game-of-thrones/758259)
**Author:** [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brexit-may-negatively-impact-on-game-of-thrones/758259 "2016-06-25T02:47:27Z")
The show, which is said to cost $10 million per episode and is filmed in the UK, is partly funded by HBO and partly from arts subsidies granted by the EU. More info: :eek: --- ## [Help me feel better: embarrassing/disgusting kitchen brain farts...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-feel-better-embarrassing-disgusting-kitchen-brain-farts/757940)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-feel-better-embarrassing-disgusting-kitchen-brain-farts/757940 "2016-06-25T00:49:09Z")
So I’m baking up a nice chicken pot pie. I get out a small stack of aluminum pie tins I had from a previous occasion of pot pie. Then I see something disgusting: moldy and desert dry crust sticking to the bottom one of t… --- ## [How did cola become the default soda flavor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-cola-become-the-default-soda-flavor/758154)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-cola-become-the-default-soda-flavor/758154 "2016-06-24T21:57:24Z")
I have been wondering this. Cola is by far, the most popular flavor, and both major soda manufacturers named the companies after the colas. How did cola become the flagship? They sell lots of other flavors, and IMO c… --- ## [18th century fried chicken recipe is taking the internet by storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-century-fried-chicken-recipe-is-taking-the-internet-by-storm/758252)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-century-fried-chicken-recipe-is-taking-the-internet-by-storm/758252 "2016-06-24T21:40:04Z")
The recipe sounds delicious. Very flavorful marinade and the use of the wine in the batter is very interesting. I will give this a try this weekend. Heading to the grocery store later today. We plan on cooking chicken… --- ## [Lady Agents of SHIELD: Most shaggable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-agents-of-shield-most-shaggable/757908)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-agents-of-shield-most-shaggable/757908 "2016-06-24T19:53:29Z")
I’ve really tried not to notice, but try as I might, I can’t help but see that there’s a lot of eye candy in the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization, both male and female. Now I’ma focus on the women, as I’m wont to do. You got Sk… --- ## ["Eminem - like toy soldiers" censored. Why? \[new title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-like-toy-soldiers-censored-why-new-title/277402)
**Author:** [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminem-like-toy-soldiers-censored-why-new-title/277402 "2016-06-24T18:58:57Z")
in the eminem song “like toy soldiers”, he sings a line "i got through my whole career without mentioning (blank). its blanked out on the european release disc, but maybe not the american one. can anyone shed any light a… --- ## [This Flight Tonight - Which direction is the plane flying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-flight-tonight-which-direction-is-the-plane-flying/758066)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-flight-tonight-which-direction-is-the-plane-flying/758066 "2016-06-24T15:59:55Z")
I’ve always though Joni was flying to the singee. She’s meeting up with him but she’s not completely sold on the decision. She is is looking forward to some fun, but on the whole she knows it’s a mistake and she shoul… --- ## [What goes good with milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-good-with-milk/757956)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-good-with-milk/757956 "2016-06-24T09:32:30Z")
I love a cold glass of milk with most sweet things like cake, pie, doughnuts, and pancakes. Anything else? --- ## [What's your silly food fantasy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-silly-food-fantasy/758044)
**Author:** [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-silly-food-fantasy/758044 "2016-06-24T04:37:49Z")
By which I mean what completely crazy food stunt would you pull just to get a laugh, if you had the time and resources to pull it off. Mine is to take an ostrich egg, hardboil it, and show up at a picnic with one big ho… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 6.16 "Last Day on Earth" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-16-last-day-on-earth-open-spoilers/751139)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 322\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-16-last-day-on-earth-open-spoilers/751139 "2016-06-24T02:06:24Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] To save one of their own, Rick’s group must venture outside the walls; their experience changes their lives forever. \[/QUOTE\] Season finale tonight; 90 minute episode and then next week we switch over to F… --- ## [Question on how to safely move constructed Lego sets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-how-to-safely-move-constructed-lego-sets/757379)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-how-to-safely-move-constructed-lego-sets/757379 "2016-06-24T01:20:54Z")
We’re moving several hundred miles in a few weeks. My son is quite concerned about how his prize Lego sets (Millenium Falcon among others) will be safely transported without major breakage. Short of Super Glue, I am no… --- ## [What, in your mind, was the strangest thing your grandparents watched on TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-your-mind-was-the-strangest-thing-your-grandparents-watched-on-tv/738162)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-your-mind-was-the-strangest-thing-your-grandparents-watched-on-tv/738162 "2016-06-24T01:09:45Z")
My grandfather was an Italian immigrant. He was born in 1910 and worked for US Steel. He loved watching all of the nature shows on PBS and he watched Hee Haw every week. Grandma, another Italian, was a sucker for Shirley… --- ## [Long shot, but can help me identify this song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414)
**Author:** [@teddybound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teddybound)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-shot-but-can-help-me-identify-this-song/756414 "2016-06-23T18:19:58Z")
I have no sample or whatsoever… it’s an old song - probably 70s or 80s I guess… Singer is not that famous - this is the only song I know done by the singer… Goes something like Johnny Hertz or something like that… Th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=860) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=862)