# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=917 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 918 --- ## [How much money will the new Star Wars trilogy make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-will-the-new-star-wars-trilogy-make/742911)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-will-the-new-star-wars-trilogy-make/742911 "2016-02-08T16:51:54Z")
Alright, prediction time. Right now according to BoxOfficeMojo, Episode VII is sitting at a gross take of $812.7 million domestic, and $1.7338 billion worldwide after ~4 weeks in theaters. It has already passed Avatar a… --- ## [... ly Ballou, signing off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ly-ballou-signing-off/745075)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ly-ballou-signing-off/745075 "2016-02-08T16:49:51Z")
The NYT is reporting that Bob Elliot has passed away, Goodbye, Wally Ballou. :frowning: --- ## [Do you like lumpy mashed potatoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-lumpy-mashed-potatoes/745297)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-lumpy-mashed-potatoes/745297 "2016-02-08T15:22:36Z")
I know, I know…I find it hard to believe there are people in this world who don’t like them lumpy, too…but they do exist. My dad was one of them. I, however, am not. --- ## [Beyonce's new release - Formation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyonces-new-release-formation/745533)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beyonces-new-release-formation/745533 "2016-02-08T15:08:47Z")
Apparently, right before the Super Bowl, Beyoncé released a new video without much prior notice — “Formation” — and, wow, angry and political and amazingly sexy in a way that I didn’t see her before — to me Beyoncé has a… --- ## [Who's watching The Puppy Bowl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-the-puppy-bowl/745417)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-watching-the-puppy-bowl/745417 "2016-02-08T13:44:59Z")
Puppy Bowl Animal Planet 3pm EST Also… Kitten Bowl Hallmark Channel 12pm EST The Fish Bowl Nat Geo 6pm EST Oddly, there’s no counter-programming on Lifetime. --- ## [I just binge-watched the Saw series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-binge-watched-the-saw-series/745204)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-binge-watched-the-saw-series/745204 "2016-02-08T11:34:42Z")
(Warning: Giant open spoilers.) …and I have a couple of questions. First question: When will I stop having nightmares? Second question: What exactly was the point of Jigsaw hanging out on the floor, posing as a dead gu… --- ## [Can anyone confirm this Mae West anecdote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-confirm-this-mae-west-anecdote/745389)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-confirm-this-mae-west-anecdote/745389 "2016-02-08T04:50:30Z")
Years ago, an mature/elderly gay man (the type of guy who WOULD know all about Mae West) told me an anecdote about her that I’ve never seen corroborated anywhere else. It certainly does sound like a stunt Mae West would … --- ## [RIP - Dan Hicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-hicks/745453)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-hicks/745453 "2016-02-08T03:57:39Z")
At least three great LPs in the 70s: Striking it Rich, Last Train to Hicksville, and Where’s The Money. Wit, melody, chicks singing BG, and lead occasionally. He was one of the true lost originals. --- ## [I just learned Michael Jackson died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-michael-jackson-died/745464)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-michael-jackson-died/745464 "2016-02-07T22:22:26Z")
I wonder how Whitney Houston is handling it. --- ## [Supergirl And The Flash crossover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-and-the-flash-crossover/745346)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-and-the-flash-crossover/745346 "2016-02-07T22:20:17Z")
It’s supposed to happen on March 28th. I suspect this episode will be better than the Dawn of Justice movie. And I hope that somehow, Cat Grant and Harrison Wells get to snark at each other. --- ## [which play do you watch? Great acted middling script or vice versa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-play-do-you-watch-great-acted-middling-script-or-vice-versa/745473)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-play-do-you-watch-great-acted-middling-script-or-vice-versa/745473 "2016-02-07T22:09:22Z")
I’m inviting, and paying for, you to see a play with me out of a choice of 2. Funnily enough both plays are in their last night so this is your last opportunity to watch. Play 1 has got some of the finest acting talent i… --- ## [Has anyone met young people who don't understand why Jerry Seinfeld is famous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-met-young-people-who-dont-understand-why-jerry-seinfeld-is-famous/745456)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-met-young-people-who-dont-understand-why-jerry-seinfeld-is-famous/745456 "2016-02-07T22:07:06Z")
When I was younger in the 90s sometimes I would see a celebrity who would appear on talk shows and I couldn’t figure out why they were considered famous and kept showing up on these talk shows. I’d never seen them in a t… --- ## [Can you help me identify a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-a-movie/745409)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-a-movie/745409 "2016-02-07T20:28:31Z")
A few weeks ago, I saw a relatively new movie recommended. It was about some man who was in a Nazi concentration camp and I think its title had something to do with one of his relatives. Perhaps something like … “My Bro… --- ## [Super Bowl 50 - tell me who to root for (or, if you prefer, for whom to root)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-50-tell-me-who-to-root-for-or-if-you-prefer-for-whom-to-root/745404)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-50-tell-me-who-to-root-for-or-if-you-prefer-for-whom-to-root/745404 "2016-02-07T18:30:46Z")
(I put this in Cafe Society thinking it fits within the ‘entertainment’ portion of the CS description more than the ‘sports’ part of the Games forum) I will be watching but I don’t have a clown in this circus. I know I … --- ## [The Flash S02E12: Fast Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e12-fast-lane/745042)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s02e12-fast-lane/745042 "2016-02-07T16:22:05Z")
So, Wally likes to go fast. Is this what’s known as foreshadowing, hmmm? After Wells-2 attached the Speedforce tap to the Flash’s suit, I thought we’d see several episodes where Barry get slower and slower, Team Flash … --- ## [Tell me about guavas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-guavas/245917)
**Author:** [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-guavas/245917 "2016-02-07T15:31:29Z")
I just bought a guava from a guy selling produce at a little roadside stand in the Bronx. I’ve never had anything but the juice - what does the fruit look/smell/feel like when it’s ripe? How should I eat it? Can I eat… --- ## [Dust to Earth Wind and Fire-- Maurice White has passed away. \[-edited ITD\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust-to-earth-wind-and-fire-maurice-white-has-passed-away-edited-itd/745182)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dust-to-earth-wind-and-fire-maurice-white-has-passed-away-edited-itd/745182 "2016-02-07T15:19:29Z")
Your music is written in the stone. --- ## [Title sequence from TV sitcom Becker (Ted Danson): Boris Becker cameo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-sequence-from-tv-sitcom-becker-ted-danson-boris-becker-cameo/745349)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/title-sequence-from-tv-sitcom-becker-ted-danson-boris-becker-cameo/745349 "2016-02-07T14:45:12Z")
In the title sequence of the TV sitcom Becker, Dr. Becker (played by Ted Danson) walks up the crowded stairs from a metro station in New York. He turns around because apparently, he just walked past a man whose face he s… --- ## [So What's Up with Pottermore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-up-with-pottermore/745407)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-up-with-pottermore/745407 "2016-02-07T13:49:55Z")
I remember when Pottermore first came out, and you played the sorting game, and got your wand, and played your way through school. Fast forward 4 or so years to yesterday, and I heard they updated it, so think it’d be f… --- ## [Finally saw the last two episodes of the last season of South Park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-the-last-two-episodes-of-the-last-season-of-south-park/745391)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-saw-the-last-two-episodes-of-the-last-season-of-south-park/745391 "2016-02-07T05:45:55Z")
I’m bringing this here because it’s way too late to talk about it on AV Club and besides I didn’t see anything about it in the comments. South Park has been incredibly Meta the last two seasons but this is ridiculous. O… --- ## [Sexy Seductive Female relatively unaffected by the Infection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexy-seductive-female-relatively-unaffected-by-the-infection/745234)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexy-seductive-female-relatively-unaffected-by-the-infection/745234 "2016-02-07T04:30:54Z")
I’ve noticed this in several movies and some books. There’s some Awful Influence that destroys people. If it doesn’t kill them outriight, it infects them and they degrade slowly until they die. But the filmmakers want to… --- ## [TV shows that went on a trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-went-on-a-trip/744579 "2016-02-07T02:41:08Z")
As follow on to the thread TV Show with the fewest locations, what are TV shows where the characters take a trip to some other location? The earliest I can think of is I Love Lucy where the entire cast takes a trip to E… --- ## [Commercials that insult their target audience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-insult-their-target-audience/745225)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercials-that-insult-their-target-audience/745225 "2016-02-07T01:13:27Z")
I’ve seen quite a few of these and wondered wtf they were thinking, though I imagine they know exactly what they’re doing. For example, there’s a number of often tech-related “clueless dad” commercials, Seems off-putting… --- ## [Film trilogies with all possible quality orderings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-trilogies-with-all-possible-quality-orderings/745066)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/film-trilogies-with-all-possible-quality-orderings/745066 "2016-02-06T22:20:34Z")
For a trilogy of films, there are six possible orderings of quality, assuming that no two films are the same quality. For instance, a trilogy that gets better with each movie would be 321 (third best, then second best, … --- ## ["Elementary" series finale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elementary-series-finale/743343)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elementary-series-finale/743343 "2016-02-06T22:07:33Z")
Some spoilers throghout I’ve been thinking about the show lately, and how it should end. Unfortunately, there is a high probability that it will get canceled by the end of season four. I think that in the series finale… --- ## [Serenity (Firefly): The Alliance evil plot is kinda stupid (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-the-alliance-evil-plot-is-kinda-stupid-open-spoilers/745309)
**Author:** [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serenity-firefly-the-alliance-evil-plot-is-kinda-stupid-open-spoilers/745309 "2016-02-06T18:34:02Z")
So in Serenity it’s revealed that the Alliance, in an attempt to pacify the population, released a gas (Pax) on the planet Miranda. The result is that 99.9% of the population became so passive they stopped doing anything… --- ## [What's the BEST Western Movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-western-movie/744395)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-western-movie/744395 "2016-02-06T18:10:18Z")
The B&W topic is bringing in many titles that deserve to be there, with no attempt to go for The Best of the batch. I know it’s a ridiculous quest but what (in your estimation) is the Best Ever Western Movie? I’ll name… --- ## [Microwave popcorn popper advice please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-popcorn-popper-advice-please/744728)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-popcorn-popper-advice-please/744728 "2016-02-06T15:00:41Z")
So, I got a Lekue silicon popcorn popper to use in the microwave. It’s kinda cool because it collapses for storage. Website claims a 90% kernel popping rate after 2-3 minutes. YMAMMV (your microwave and mileage may vary)… --- ## [Frasier, Cheers and continuity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frasier-cheers-and-continuity/84111)
**Author:** [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frasier-cheers-and-continuity/84111 "2016-02-06T11:15:47Z")
On Cheers it was established that Frasier’s father was a dead scientist, and his mother was a domineering meddler (played by Nancy Marchand) who tried to murder Diane because she thought Diane wasn’t good enough for her … --- ## [Question about opening credits of "Cheers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-opening-credits-of-cheers/108366)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2016, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-opening-credits-of-cheers/108366 "2016-02-06T10:23:53Z")
We’ve got a six-week-old baby at our house, so Mrs. Sauron and I have been up a lot at night. I’ve gotten to see a lot of Cheers reruns on Nick at Night. I’ve noticed something odd, though, about the opening credits. If… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=916) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=918)