# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=877 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 878 --- ## [You're making a "Top Ten Music Artists You're NOT Listening To" list...who would be number 1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-making-a-top-ten-music-artists-youre-not-listening-to-list-who-would-be-number-1/754171)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-making-a-top-ten-music-artists-youre-not-listening-to-list-who-would-be-number-1/754171 "2016-05-14T01:20:50Z")
Okay, so you have a list of artists that you like. And some of them…well, they’re not exactly well known. Some are extremely underrated, in your opinion, and not well known yet. Maybe they’re local, maybe they just haven… --- ## [Recommend me some TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-tv-shows/754636)
**Author:** [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-tv-shows/754636 "2016-05-13T20:27:30Z")
Actually, looking for recommendations for shows my wife and I can binge watch together. We like doing this, but it’s very hard to find shows we both enjoy. She tends to be into realistic, emotionally based stories, while… --- ## [Beginner dance question on 'EDM" and Hip Hop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginner-dance-question-on-edm-and-hip-hop/754697)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beginner-dance-question-on-edm-and-hip-hop/754697 "2016-05-13T18:09:14Z")
Ok, I just started to take up modern freestyle dance and took online classes in Hip HOp and the regular “EDM” or “Top 40” stuff. I literally never listen to any of this music until recently, and it is for dancing only. T… --- ## [TV watchers over antenna, how much of your viewing is from OTA content?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-watchers-over-antenna-how-much-of-your-viewing-is-from-ota-content/754615)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-watchers-over-antenna-how-much-of-your-viewing-is-from-ota-content/754615 "2016-05-13T15:18:22Z")
In the old days, you could only watch the TV shows which were received with an antenna. Later. cable came along and you didn’t need an antenna. Now many people are getting rid of cable and going back to antenna. Howe… --- ## [R.I.P. William Schallert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-william-schallert/754425)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-william-schallert/754425 "2016-05-13T06:29:51Z")
Notice here. The dad from The Patty Duke Show is my strongest memory of him. In my opinion he was the best of the television fathers of that era. --- ## [Guitarists and Janis Ian fans: a story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-and-janis-ian-fans-a-story/754587)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-and-janis-ian-fans-a-story/754587 "2016-05-13T01:56:21Z")
Here is a thread on the Acoustic Guitar Forum: Love, loss, and faith renewed as only Janis Ian can tell it. - The Acoustic Guitar Forum If you are in this thread, then I assume you know the singer/songwriter Janis Ian,… --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 2.05 "Captive" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-05-captive-open-spoilers/754354)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-2-05-captive-open-spoilers/754354 "2016-05-13T00:43:43Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Alicia works toward reuniting with her family; Travis comes across a familiar face. \[/QUOTE\] Alycia Debnam-Carey and two surprise cast members are on Talking Dead. For greater clarity the open spoilers wa… --- ## [Question about Star Trek episode "The Naked Time"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-star-trek-episode-the-naked-time/754579)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-star-trek-episode-the-naked-time/754579 "2016-05-12T22:48:39Z")
It’s established that the substance causing people to lose their inhibitions is spread by touch. Tormolen contracts it on the mission, Sulu and Riley get it from him while they try to prevent his suicide, Riley gives it… --- ## [New yogurt flavors I saw tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yogurt-flavors-i-saw-tonight/728150)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-yogurt-flavors-i-saw-tonight/728150 "2016-05-12T19:32:12Z")
There’s a small “natural foods” market in my city, and I go there sometimes. This evening, I saw a brand of yogurt I’d never heard of, nor had I heard of yogurt with these flavors: beet, butternut squash, and sweet pot… --- ## [Newest Inductee- Horrible Mascot Hall of \*Throw Up in My Mouth a Little Bit\*: Toomgis from AM/PM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-inductee-horrible-mascot-hall-of-throw-up-in-my-mouth-a-little-bit-toomgis-from-am-pm/752000)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newest-inductee-horrible-mascot-hall-of-throw-up-in-my-mouth-a-little-bit-toomgis-from-am-pm/752000 "2016-05-12T18:51:58Z")
The first time I saw one of the new AM/PM commercials with their new mascot, Toomgis, I honestly thought is was going to be some kind of PSA about obesity and a warning to avoid junk food. That’s how this character seeme… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 23 (May 5, 2016) -- "The Line Substitution Solution"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-23-may-5-2016-the-line-substitution-solution/754002)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-23-may-5-2016-the-line-substitution-solution/754002 "2016-05-12T18:42:39Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Game of Thrones 6.02 "Home" 5/1/16 \[Show discussion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-02-home-5-1-16-show-discussion/753643)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 434\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-6-02-home-5-1-16-show-discussion/753643 "2016-05-12T04:21:31Z")
6.01 The Red Woman The books do not exist in this thread. This is the thread for open discussion about the books and show. --- ## [for those who go to musicals: do you "learn" the musical before you go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-go-to-musicals-do-you-learn-the-musical-before-you-go/754353)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-go-to-musicals-do-you-learn-the-musical-before-you-go/754353 "2016-05-12T02:22:23Z")
I think of myself as someone who loves musicals. Life lived through song and dance makes sense to me and I occasionally actually burst into song to express exuberant emotions. But recently someone gave me a ticket to a… --- ## [Bests-selling books it seems nobody reads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bests-selling-books-it-seems-nobody-reads/753666)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bests-selling-books-it-seems-nobody-reads/753666 "2016-05-11T23:01:11Z")
Besides “The Da Vinci Code”, of course! As an avid reader and an online book seller, here are some titles that are guaranteed to show up at any book or rummage sale, usually with an uncracked spine and clean, tight page… --- ## [Bryan Cranston to star in Philip K Dick series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-cranston-to-star-in-philip-k-dick-series/754519)
**Author:** [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bryan-cranston-to-star-in-philip-k-dick-series/754519 "2016-05-11T17:03:20Z")
Article here. I adored Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad. Philip K Dick’s stories are astonishing. Creepy, unnerving… but, astonishing. Not sure if I feel as strongly about them rebooting “Electric Dreams”. I kid, I k… --- ## [Peace Lily survived 12 years. Is that common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-lily-survived-12-years-is-that-common/754340)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-lily-survived-12-years-is-that-common/754340 "2016-05-11T14:10:49Z")
It was a gift when I was recovering from surgery in November 2004. My first peace lily. So simple to care for. Add water after the leaves wilt and droop. The plant recovers within 12 hours. Mine thrived until last fall.… --- ## [What comics should I look for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comics-should-i-look-for/754454)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comics-should-i-look-for/754454 "2016-05-11T07:52:42Z")
I tend to do my comic book reading in spurts: read them for a year or two, then drop them for a decade or so. I’m toying with the idea of getting back again and am looking for ideas. My preference: \[ol\] \[li\]No superhe… --- ## [The Alfred E. Neuman Voodoo Sign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alfred-e-neuman-voodoo-sign/754376)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alfred-e-neuman-voodoo-sign/754376 "2016-05-11T05:07:03Z")
On the back of the September 1962 issue of Mad, and on the back cover of the paperback The Voodoo Mad, is The Alfred E. Neuman Voodoo Sign. The accompanying text, on the back of the paperback, reads (centered, in a few … --- ## ["Arrested Development" dolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-dolls/754299)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrested-development-dolls/754299 "2016-05-11T01:38:36Z")
Crazy - it’s the newest thing - pull the ring from their backs and you’ll hear the darnedest things! Tobias - “I smell ol-ives!” Steve Holt - “Steve Holt!” Micheal - “Annabell…uh I mean…” George - “Her?” Gob - “I ju… --- ## [It starts 23 February 2016: Hot Dog King](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-starts-23-february-2016-hot-dog-king/745737 "2016-05-10T23:38:17Z")
Thaaaaaat’s right folks, Burger King is gonna start serving hot dogs in addition to their famous Whopper burgers. Note that they tested hot dogs last year in some locations: Should we start thinking up names now that … --- ## [Other Space-New TV show on Yahoo (MST3K fans might want to look)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-space-new-tv-show-on-yahoo-mst3k-fans-might-want-to-look/754403)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-space-new-tv-show-on-yahoo-mst3k-fans-might-want-to-look/754403 "2016-05-10T23:20:27Z")
For some reason I hadn’t heard of the new comedy series Other Space. It’s online for free on Yahoo. So far I’ve seen 2 of the episodes. Entertaining but not hilarious. Interesting cast Joel Hodgson and Trace Beaulieu fro… --- ## [The Flash S02E20: Rupture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e20-rupture/753870)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e20-rupture/753870 "2016-05-10T22:32:39Z")
Most of the episode was a predictable, by-the-numbers story, unfolding pretty much as Wells said it would. Did anyone really think Barry wasn’t going to choose regain his powers? It’s like the writers had a checklist o… --- ## [Is this what cable TV has come to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-cable-tv-has-come-to/754140)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-what-cable-tv-has-come-to/754140 "2016-05-10T21:28:44Z")
I am a recent re-adopter of cable TV, and just checked the at-this-moment-or-soon listings. What the Big Ten Network is showing is Womens’ Lacrosse. LACROSSE! WOMEN’S! When I was a lad my brother, who went to The Hop… --- ## [Is Matthew Perry getting worse as an actor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-matthew-perry-getting-worse-as-an-actor/754041)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-matthew-perry-getting-worse-as-an-actor/754041 "2016-05-10T20:56:06Z")
Chandler was my favorite character on “Friends” and Perry’s movies haven’t been completely disappointing. I find “The Odd Couple” unwatchable and Perry’s acting atrocious. What has happened to him? --- ## [Bacon, or sausage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-or-sausage/754234)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-or-sausage/754234 "2016-05-10T20:53:49Z")
Which of these two, and only two, options do you prefer with your breakfast? \[ul\]\[li\]Bacon. American-style bacon. Not Canadian bacon, Irish bacon, beef bacon, tofu bacon, turkey bacon… Bacon.\[/li\]\[\*\]Sausage. America… --- ## [Fargo: "He's fleeing the interview!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-hes-fleeing-the-interview/754481)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-hes-fleeing-the-interview/754481 "2016-05-10T19:25:23Z")
Movie related legal question, so I ask here. If no other charges were brought against Jerry, what consequences, if any, could he have faced for having fled the interview with Marge? --- ## [Salad dressing recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-dressing-recipes/754391)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-dressing-recipes/754391 "2016-05-10T18:45:11Z")
Been eating a lot more salads lately, and I’ve come up with (by accident/experimentation) a really good salad dressing recipe (at least, by my tastes): Olive oil (a few tablespoons, I think) Sometimes I substitute sesam… --- ## [Create a musically diverse and musically interesting Prince playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-musically-diverse-and-musically-interesting-prince-playlist/753174)
**Author:** [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-musically-diverse-and-musically-interesting-prince-playlist/753174 "2016-05-10T12:35:28Z")
My father-in-law is a musically-literate classical music buff whose popular music knowledge is mainly in the area of '60s/'70s singer-songwriter types. His curiosity has been piqued regarding Prince, however; I’ve been a… --- ## [Isao Tomita R.I.P.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isao-tomita-r-i-p/754402)
**Author:** [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isao-tomita-r-i-p/754402 "2016-05-10T12:03:38Z")
Synthesizer pioneer Isao Tomita, better known as just Tomita, has died at the age of 84. He was best known for his colorful electronic reworkings of classical masterworks by Debussy, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, Holst, Ravel,… --- ## [Staying anonymous when self-publishing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-anonymous-when-self-publishing/754085)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-anonymous-when-self-publishing/754085 "2016-05-10T11:07:39Z")
Among my nieces and nephews are several aspiring Chekhovs and Poes who want to self-publish, one story at a time, on amazon. They will use pen names and they want to register their work on copyright.gov. So the question… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=876) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=878)