# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=924 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 925 --- ## [So what's the point of "Kids Bop" albums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-point-of-kids-bop-albums/743801)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-point-of-kids-bop-albums/743801 "2016-01-26T06:32:36Z")
Since I have small children, I end up watching a lot more kids programming than I’d have ever expected, along with the advertising. Most of it is either food-related, toy-related or “As Seen On TV” stuff aimed at kids. … --- ## [Imagine a real life "Mos Eisley Cantina"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-a-real-life-mos-eisley-cantina/743769)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-a-real-life-mos-eisley-cantina/743769 "2016-01-26T03:27:23Z")
From Star Wars Wookiepedia: “The Mos Eisley Cantina, also known as Chalmun’s Cantina, was a drinking and dining establishment located in the city of Mos Eisley on the desert world of Tatooine. Although a dimly lit taver… --- ## [What makes fish taste...fishy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-fish-taste-fishy/744180)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-fish-taste-fishy/744180 "2016-01-26T02:17:12Z")
I loves me some canned tuna. A little mayo, some celery, maybe a few other items, and apply directly to toast. Wife and I have a recipe for pan-fried salmon that we enjoy. Last week we decided to use tuna steaks inste… --- ## [What was the first instance in movies of the big "screen master control room" set piece?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-instance-in-movies-of-the-big-screen-master-control-room-set-piece/744215)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-instance-in-movies-of-the-big-screen-master-control-room-set-piece/744215 "2016-01-26T02:07:33Z")
Just curious about the first appearance of this. I’m talking about the big room with a screen on the wall with a conference table or techs in chairs in front of it. You see it used in films tracking missiles, super vill… --- ## [one more Billy Jack thread and I will stop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-billy-jack-thread-and-i-will-stop/743943)
**Author:** [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-billy-jack-thread-and-i-will-stop/743943 "2016-01-25T22:27:30Z")
This is the third weekend in a row that the Sony Movie Channel has been playing out the Billy Jack saga. The third, and undoubtedly the worst of this movie series is Billy Jack Goes to Washington. It was so bad that yo… --- ## [Essentials for a well stocked bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essentials-for-a-well-stocked-bar/744134)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essentials-for-a-well-stocked-bar/744134 "2016-01-25T21:37:03Z")
I’m having about 20 people over for cocktails and appetizers this coming Friday. I’m having a bit of trouble deciding what to get at the store. So what do you think are essential ingredients for a well-stocked bar? He… --- ## [X-files coming back next season? \[Yes!\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-coming-back-next-season-yes/715646)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-files-coming-back-next-season-yes/715646 "2016-01-25T21:20:35Z")
I don’t care if it kind of sucks, I still support this and think it would be awesome. Apparently, it is with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. Please, no alien conspiracy story. We’ve flown past 2012 already and the… --- ## [Saturday Night TV: anything "must watch" for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-tv-anything-must-watch-for-you/744055)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-tv-anything-must-watch-for-you/744055 "2016-01-25T18:05:18Z")
Do you have any non-sports TV on Saturday nights that you consider “appointment TV”? Do you record any of them for later? When (and what) was the last such TV program for you? Anything more recent than Gunsmoke (1955–… --- ## [What's the most expensive thing I can put in the 22 oz. take home box from the Golden Corral Buffet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-thing-i-can-put-in-the-22-oz-take-home-box-from-the-golden-corral-buffet/732393)
**Author:** [@vulgate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vulgate)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-expensive-thing-i-can-put-in-the-22-oz-take-home-box-from-the-golden-corral-buffet/732393 "2016-01-25T17:04:02Z")
Golden Corral (or the Golden Trough as one former employee I know likes to call it) has a deal where for $1.99 they will give you a 22 oz (I assume this is the amount of water it’s capable of holding) container to fill w… --- ## [Nicholas Caldwell of the Whispers has shuffled off the mortal coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-caldwell-of-the-whispers-has-shuffled-off-the-mortal-coil/744187)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-caldwell-of-the-whispers-has-shuffled-off-the-mortal-coil/744187 "2016-01-25T17:03:40Z")
Today’s music death is Nicholas Caldwell, one of the original members of the Whispers, whose first big hit was 1980’s “And the Beat Goes On.” --- ## [Do you prefer reading books on a tablet or having a book in your hand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-reading-books-on-a-tablet-or-having-a-book-in-your-hand/744029)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-reading-books-on-a-tablet-or-having-a-book-in-your-hand/744029 "2016-01-25T16:15:04Z")
For some reason, I still like the feel of an actual book in my hand with pages that I have to turn myself. --- ## [What type of jazz is that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-jazz-is-that/744172)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-jazz-is-that/744172 "2016-01-25T15:53:57Z")
What type of jazz (you know, bebop, cool, fusion, etc.) do you call the music that often accompanies plot development sequences in ‘caper flicks?’ You can hear it in the ‘Oceans 11’ movies and it’s featured prominently o… --- ## [Anybody know this cover artist.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-cover-artist/743901)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-this-cover-artist/743901 "2016-01-25T15:43:13Z")
1950’s Martian Chronicles cover. --- ## [What is Billy Idol's White Wedding all about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-billy-idols-white-wedding-all-about/256459)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-billy-idols-white-wedding-all-about/256459 "2016-01-25T15:39:08Z")
That says all. What is this song talking about? --- ## [Trying to find painting of people relaxing on a yacht under a canopy of flags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-painting-of-people-relaxing-on-a-yacht-under-a-canopy-of-flags/744004)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-painting-of-people-relaxing-on-a-yacht-under-a-canopy-of-flags/744004 "2016-01-25T15:32:31Z")
Saw it some years ago but can’t find it now using Google Images. It’s from the late 1800s or early 1900s, I believe; looks like it might be by John Singer Sargent but I don’t think it actually is. --- ## [OK, help me build a new wecomic list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-help-me-build-a-new-wecomic-list/743929)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-help-me-build-a-new-wecomic-list/743929 "2016-01-25T11:50:40Z")
Hello everyone. Plugging in a new desktop and took the time to dispose of my webcomic bookmarks hoping a fresh start will lead to new happiness. Currently: Questionable Content XKCD Low Forecast (hint hint) Oglaf … --- ## [Help ID this late 70s, early 80s, sexy novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-late-70s-early-80s-sexy-novel/744137)
**Author:** [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-late-70s-early-80s-sexy-novel/744137 "2016-01-25T08:55:04Z")
I’m trying to come up with the title of a sexy paperback my parents hid from me (to no avail) when I was a child. The setting was a Hollywood, CA start-up adult magazine. Only one line sticks out in my mind. One of the p… --- ## [The SDMB 2015 Gardening Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2015-gardening-thread/714448)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-2015-gardening-thread/714448 "2016-01-25T06:54:07Z")
Here we go again… Early March, there is still snow on the ground, but I inventoried my seeds yesterday. I pulled all old and likely not viable ones out of the box - usually I toss them into the untended lots around her… --- ## [Identify the TV show with little data, please! \[Resolved\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-show-with-little-data-please-resolved/744127)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-the-tv-show-with-little-data-please-resolved/744127 "2016-01-25T04:50:08Z")
Okay, this one is really dumb, and I apologize in advance. The other day, I was looking through the IMDB of Geoffrey Lewis. He was in the movie “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.” The name of that show reminded me of a show … --- ## [NetDragon headquarters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netdragon-headquarters/744150)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netdragon-headquarters/744150 "2016-01-25T03:39:03Z")
The Chinese gamers headquarters looks a bit familiar. --- ## [Actors who appear only in photographs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-appear-only-in-photographs/744084)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-appear-only-in-photographs/744084 "2016-01-25T02:33:04Z")
Catching up on my DVR I saw two examples of actors who did not return to a series but were shown in photographs. In Luther there was a picture of Alice Morgan. In Heroes Reborn it was the cheerleader. Do the actors get p… --- ## [RIP Long John Hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-long-john-hunter/744081)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-long-john-hunter/744081 "2016-01-25T01:49:43Z")
Today’s music death is Long John Hunter, a Texas blues singer and guitarist who put out multiple albums in the 1990s and 2000s. --- ## [Any "Get Smart" fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-get-smart-fans/743947)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-get-smart-fans/743947 "2016-01-24T23:52:52Z")
The local media store had a sale recently on old TV shows, so I picked up all five seasons of “Get Smart” on DVD. What a great time I’ve been having, binge-watching! The shoe-phone, Agent 99, the cone of silence, the “… --- ## [Looking for a short cartoon depicting a song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-short-cartoon-depicting-a-song/744129)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-short-cartoon-depicting-a-song/744129 "2016-01-24T23:42:14Z")
The song was about three wild west outlaws: Handy Gun Pete, Lariat Lou, and Deer Foot Dan. Their respective talents are given. --- ## [Characters throwing up into public toilet bowls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-throwing-up-into-public-toilet-bowls/598841)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-throwing-up-into-public-toilet-bowls/598841 "2016-01-24T23:04:55Z")
Nothing takes me out of a movie more quickly than an actor touching the toilet bowl rim, or kneeling on the (probably) wet floor, or otherwise getting too intimate with their surroundings in a public bathroom. I have th… --- ## [Identify this book? Dungeons and Dragons novel.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-book-dungeons-and-dragons-novel/743842)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-book-dungeons-and-dragons-novel/743842 "2016-01-24T22:49:43Z")
OK, I can actually provide more information than some of these threads. However, I can not provide enough to make it super easy. This was a Dungeons and Dragons paperback novel. I believe it said “Advanced” Dungeons a… --- ## [Rock Book: Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-book-yeah-yeah-yeah-the-story-of-modern-pop/742517)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-book-yeah-yeah-yeah-the-story-of-modern-pop/742517 "2016-01-24T19:46:23Z")
Continuing with my last Holiday rock book review, here is the Amazon link to \*\*Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop from Bill Haley to Beyonce \*\* by Bob Stanley: http://www.amazon.com/Yeah-The-Story-Modern-Pop/dp/057… --- ## [Vaguely remembered Simpsons bit--can you ID the episode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-remembered-simpsons-bit-can-you-id-the-episode/743928)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-remembered-simpsons-bit-can-you-id-the-episode/743928 "2016-01-24T17:46:25Z")
I remember one really funny bit about an episode, and it was largely a background event. Marge is in the foreground talking to Someone. The angle is such that you can see the side of the Simpson’s house. At this point, … --- ## [pictures of fruit inside different fruit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-of-fruit-inside-different-fruit/555986 "2016-01-24T15:45:06Z")
Back in the 1980’s we used to buy photographs of fruit inside other fruit. For example, inside an apple would be an orange. (If I remember correctly sometimes there was other foods, like eggs). It wasn’t photoshopped, bu… --- ## [(Composed music): How much accidental similarity is OK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/composed-music-how-much-accidental-similarity-is-ok/730228)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/composed-music-how-much-accidental-similarity-is-ok/730228 "2016-01-24T14:42:49Z")
So…I recently composed a song. Distributed the sheet music, let people have recordings of my song. I was quite proud of it. Except, now there’s a problem. I have discovered, too late, after the fact, that part of my son… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=923) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=925)