# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=870 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 871 --- ## [Your favorite potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-potato/752404)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-potato/752404 "2016-06-03T03:33:21Z")
Other than me of course :slight\_smile: Inspired by the favorite french fry thread. I’m not going to make this a poll because I don’t want anyone to feel limited, and I don’t want my unpopular tuber friends to feel bad. … --- ## [What do you consider a well stocked spice cabinet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-a-well-stocked-spice-cabinet/755765)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-consider-a-well-stocked-spice-cabinet/755765 "2016-06-03T03:15:35Z")
One of my favorite parts of cooking is the use of herbs & spices. What do you consider “well stocked” not just your “have to haves” but just about every spice you’d need for things you cook, & maybe a few you’d like to … --- ## [Three Factual Questions About Acting And The TV/Movie/Commercial Industry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-factual-questions-about-acting-and-the-tv-movie-commercial-industry/756324)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-factual-questions-about-acting-and-the-tv-movie-commercial-industry/756324 "2016-06-02T21:27:58Z")
On a Netflix show I watch, the main character, “Dev,” is a bit actor who gets by doing commercials here, small TV parts there, the odd small movie part. He’s not broke like the prototypical struggling actor, but he’s by … --- ## [Memories of movies on local TV stations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-movies-on-local-tv-stations/755443)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-of-movies-on-local-tv-stations/755443 "2016-06-02T21:17:43Z")
As we all know, the age of airing movies on broadcast TV (both local and network) is pretty much dead. But when I grew up in the 80s, it was still common for local TV stations to air them. The ones I always saw on my l… --- ## [On the Beach, A Clockwork Orange: Are these books/movies Science Fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-beach-a-clockwork-orange-are-these-books-movies-science-fiction/756092)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-beach-a-clockwork-orange-are-these-books-movies-science-fiction/756092 "2016-06-02T15:58:04Z")
I’m not sure where the stylistic lines are drawn for science fiction, and wonder where these two books/movies are, relative to said lines. Both were set in the (then) future and arguably involve advanced scientific conce… --- ## [30 Day Song Challenge, number 13: A Song That Is A Guilty Pleasure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-13-a-song-that-is-a-guilty-pleasure/755218)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-13-a-song-that-is-a-guilty-pleasure/755218 "2016-06-02T13:59:36Z")
I’ll post it since it has been awhile and I’ll go first, though I don’t know I can get a clip of it. At the end of each post, put :hangs head in shame: as you look down and are embarrassed of what you like. Mine: Cher… --- ## [Star Wars in a single image](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-in-a-single-image/755730)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-in-a-single-image/755730 "2016-06-02T11:58:54Z")
Someone with way too much time on his hands has posted Star Wars Episode IV - the entire movie - as a single infographic-style image. According to the “About” page it measures 1024 x 465152 px / 27 x 12307 cm / 10.6 x 4… --- ## [The New Television Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130 "2016-06-02T11:02:44Z")
If you want to see what’s on the horizon, check this out.-41 new shows, and at least three of them have to do with messin’ with time. It looks like MacGyver is being rebooted, which might work. --- ## [The Beatles: Uncovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-uncovered/756170)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-uncovered/756170 "2016-06-02T06:22:49Z")
Lots of covers of Beatles songs out there. But after all these years some of their songs have escaped reinterpretation. Like, has anyone ever done a \*Revolution 9 \*cover . . . or Her Majesty? And what others? --- ## [Plagiarism in the news media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plagiarism-in-the-news-media/756240)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plagiarism-in-the-news-media/756240 "2016-06-01T20:44:47Z")
No matter what website or paper you get your news from, you are going to find articles that are verbatim copies of things that were in CNN. I used to work as a reporter for a radio show, and our number one rule was to n… --- ## ["Come on Eileen" Um, should there be a comma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-um-should-there-be-a-comma/120077)
**Author:** [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-eileen-um-should-there-be-a-comma/120077 "2016-06-01T13:50:03Z")
Yes, I am a pervert, why do you ask? :smiley: Seriously, though, I have no idea what this song is about. I’ve read the lyrics and they make me think that I’m missing vital historical context. FTR, all I’ve heard is t… --- ## [Marvel Universe/Avengers filmography in order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-universe-avengers-filmography-in-order/755866)
**Author:** [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-universe-avengers-filmography-in-order/755866 "2016-06-01T03:17:11Z")
I’ve caught some, maybe most of the movies. If you were going to assemble all of the films in a narrative order, what would it be? Are there any films you would leave out? Thinking about doing a movie marathon with the f… --- ## [looking for an old bbc series....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-bbc-series/755944)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-old-bbc-series/755944 "2016-06-01T01:51:02Z")
and how it ended … when my grandma passed on about a decade or so ago I went back east for a month and the cable company were one of the first to have bbc America and one series I watched was called either “catching up… --- ## [Name this SciFi book with little information please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-scifi-book-with-little-information-please/756179)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-scifi-book-with-little-information-please/756179 "2016-06-01T01:50:27Z")
A female scientist finds a way to visit alternate universes using a, um, cosmic can opener thingy. She doesn’t seem very well regarded on regular time Earth. I remember her going to an Earth that was very ancient Egyptia… --- ## [The Performing Arts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-performing-arts/756128)
**Author:** [@404nolifefound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/404nolifefound)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-performing-arts/756128 "2016-05-31T19:58:36Z")
Personally, I love the performing arts (especially classical music and ballet), but lately I’ve been pondering how people fall in love with them. They get a bad rap as being boring, and tend to be until you get to know … --- ## [Marching bands in Europe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-bands-in-europe/331137)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marching-bands-in-europe/331137 "2016-05-31T19:48:18Z")
Are there analogs to American school marching bands in Europe? I may be ignorant, but I haven’t heard of them. The small town I now live in just had a half-time show exhibition. The high school bands in the area got tog… --- ## [Apocalypse is the Donald Trump of the Marvel X-Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-is-the-donald-trump-of-the-marvel-x-universe/756183)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apocalypse-is-the-donald-trump-of-the-marvel-x-universe/756183 "2016-05-31T19:40:31Z")
I collected the original run of X-Factor and I remember the introduction of the character Apocalypse, his lame first team of ‘evil mutants’ (did any of them ever appear again?) even before he had “Horsemen.” Frankly, de… --- ## [Indy 500 - Did I imagine this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indy-500-did-i-imagine-this/756080)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indy-500-did-i-imagine-this/756080 "2016-05-31T14:36:41Z")
My son and I attended the Indy 500 yesterday. Great seats right in front of the leaders’ pits, lots of action, great finish. Afterward I’ve been reading the race reports and can’t find any mention of a minor but interest… --- ## [World's fairs you've been to.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fairs-youve-been-to/755081)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-fairs-youve-been-to/755081 "2016-05-31T14:24:36Z")
Years ago, a world’s fair was a big deal; now, they don’t get much notice outside of the country organizing it. I’m wondering who has been to one or two, and what memories you have. For me, I’ve been to two: New York … --- ## [Survivor Season 32 -- Is it too soon to care?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 378\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-32-is-it-too-soon-to-care/743911 "2016-05-31T12:55:52Z")
Survivor premieres Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. on CBS. Wanna pick the winner yet? :smiley: --- ## [Any sitcoms in which the protagonists end up in a lower economic class at the end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcoms-in-which-the-protagonists-end-up-in-a-lower-economic-class-at-the-end/755168)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-sitcoms-in-which-the-protagonists-end-up-in-a-lower-economic-class-at-the-end/755168 "2016-05-31T09:48:31Z")
In general, sitcom characters tend to end up staying largely the same or they get more successful and accomplished as the show runs. Are there examples of shows that do the opposite and have a main sitcom character deter… --- ## [There are STILL people lamenting the Beatles as the decline and fall of American civilization!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-still-people-lamenting-the-beatles-as-the-decline-and-fall-of-american-civilization/755755)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-still-people-lamenting-the-beatles-as-the-decline-and-fall-of-american-civilization/755755 "2016-05-31T09:48:08Z")
The other day my sixteen year old son and I were talking about Bob Dylan’s 75th birthday. I told him how back in the '80s, the city council of Duluth, MN (where I lived then, and where Dylan, né Zimmerman, was born) tri… --- ## [The Man Of Bronze will be....bronze.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-of-bronze-will-be-bronze/756099)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-man-of-bronze-will-be-bronze/756099 "2016-05-30T20:45:44Z")
It looks like the star of the new Doc Savage movie is going to be Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The bad news is that the guy behind this project is the jackass that shit all over the recent “Green Hornet” film. --- ## ["Tin Man" TV series shot in hydroelectric plant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-man-tv-series-shot-in-hydroelectric-plant/756101)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tin-man-tv-series-shot-in-hydroelectric-plant/756101 "2016-05-30T19:12:47Z")
Were the scenes showing the evil machine in the “Tin Man” TV movie series shown in a hydroelectric plant? The machine certainly looks to me like a row of real hydroelectric turbines and generators of maybe century old vi… --- ## [Robbie Burns fans - Comment on "Jacobites by Name"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-burns-fans-comment-on-jacobites-by-name/756095)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robbie-burns-fans-comment-on-jacobites-by-name/756095 "2016-05-30T15:53:35Z")
I came across this song, and was struck with how nearly every part of it could quite legitimately be read in different ways. Here’s a very nice (if ‘modernized’) version of it: The original lyrics: Some… --- ## [Is Picasso's cubism liked/loved by the majority of art's cognicenti?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-picassos-cubism-liked-loved-by-the-majority-of-arts-cognicenti/415717)
**Author:** [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-picassos-cubism-liked-loved-by-the-majority-of-arts-cognicenti/415717 "2016-05-30T05:32:18Z")
I am not at all fond of this genre and wonder if I’m the only one (and I don’t consider myself as one of the cognicenti - not by a long shot). In fact, I seriously wonder if Modern Art (like the splatterings of Pollock … --- ## [The Flash S02E23: The Race of His Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e23-the-race-of-his-life/755638)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e23-the-race-of-his-life/755638 "2016-05-30T01:28:15Z")
I thought that, in Season 1, Future Barry preventing S1-Barry from saving his mom was all the acknowledgement of Flashpoint that we were going to get. Now it looks like we’re actually going to see some version of Flashp… --- ## [Game of Thrones 6.05 "The Door" 5/22/16 \[Show discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-05-the-door-5-22-16-show-discussion/755426)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-05-the-door-5-22-16-show-discussion/755426 "2016-05-30T01:01:31Z")
6.01 The Red Woman 6.02 Home 6.03 Oathbreaker Book of the Stranger The books do not exist in this thread. This is the thread for open discussion about the books and show. One thing I’d like to suggest - if somethin… --- ## [Let's talk Dim Sum.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-dim-sum/755225)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-dim-sum/755225 "2016-05-29T22:41:53Z")
So I went to a Chinese restaurant yesterday. They had ladies there pushing around the carts. I wound up ordering an entree off the menu. Mainly because the Dim Sum card they dropped on my table was all in Chinese, and of… --- ## [TV theme songs you assumed were sung by a cast member, but weren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-songs-you-assumed-were-sung-by-a-cast-member-but-werent/712959)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-theme-songs-you-assumed-were-sung-by-a-cast-member-but-werent/712959 "2016-05-29T21:39:53Z")
I read something online recently about Woody Harrelson having sung the theme song to Cheers. Of course, that’s not true - Harrelson didn’t even join the show until a few seasons in. But at the same time…yeah, if I had … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=869) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=871)