# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=987 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 988 --- ## [Idea for an SNL-type Alternate-Reality Sketch: What if the Watergate Hotel had a different name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-an-snl-type-alternate-reality-sketch-what-if-the-watergate-hotel-had-a-different-name/730682)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-for-an-snl-type-alternate-reality-sketch-what-if-the-watergate-hotel-had-a-different-name/730682 "2015-09-14T18:23:31Z")
I was listening to some sports radio guys riffing on DeflateGate and now HeadsetGate and it struck me: what if the Watergate Hotel was named something else? How would all scandals be named, and what silly combos could… --- ## [Should I read The Martian before seeing the movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-read-the-martian-before-seeing-the-movie/731130)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-read-the-martian-before-seeing-the-movie/731130 "2015-09-14T18:20:22Z")
Looks like a good movie and I’ve heard it’s a good book. Problem is I’m a lazy reader and if I can’t finish a book in a week I won’t finish it. Is this book a fast read? Is it as good as the nerds say it is? --- ## [Sabado Gigante is ending](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sabado-gigante-is-ending/717952 "2015-09-14T18:03:58Z")
You’ve run into that epically long variety show on the Spanish station on Saturday nights, haven’t you? Well it’s called Sabado Gigante, and it’s going off the air after 53 years. --- ## [Cartoon tennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tennis/731167)
**Author:** [@sam0156](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sam0156)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-tennis/731167 "2015-09-14T18:01:36Z")
Watching the U.S. open I noted to my husband that Federer’s balletic tennis reminded me of the old Disney cartoon of Goofy playing tennis. When he looked at me with a question mark over his head, I combed YouTube trying … --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead series premiere tonight @ 9 (open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-series-premiere-tonight-9-open-spoilers/728638)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-series-premiere-tonight-9-open-spoilers/728638 "2015-09-14T16:23:27Z")
Only 4 more hours to go before Fear the Walking Dead’s 90 minute premiere. You can watch the opening scene at AMC. I’ve really been looking forward to this (though I still think the title is stupid). It’s a shame th… --- ## [The Simpsons and Adlai Stevenson.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-and-adlai-stevenson/363208)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-and-adlai-stevenson/363208 "2015-09-14T16:03:42Z")
IIRC in the Simpson episode where they dug up Jebediah Springfield’s corpse to see whether or not he had a silver tongue, and thus was really a lawless pirate, something somewhat odd happened. As groundskeeper Willie was… --- ## [War Room - popular new Christian movie about prayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-room-popular-new-christian-movie-about-prayer/730774)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-room-popular-new-christian-movie-about-prayer/730774 "2015-09-14T15:40:39Z")
This is about a fairly wealthy black family who have problems with their marriage and their relationship with their 10 year old daughter. The wife learns how to pray better from an old lady. They also get mugged. There… --- ## [How Does fesh, Bar-Made Marguerita Compare To One Made From a Mix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-fesh-bar-made-marguerita-compare-to-one-made-from-a-mix/730431)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-fesh-bar-made-marguerita-compare-to-one-made-from-a-mix/730431 "2015-09-14T15:19:06Z")
I mean, it costs about $12.00-I assume they use fresh limes, good tequila, triple sec. In contrast, one made from a concentrate-is the bar-made one a whole lot better? --- ## [Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-drugs-rock-roll/731209)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-drugs-rock-roll/731209 "2015-09-14T14:57:01Z")
I was very surprised when I opened this page to “Cafe Society” and searched it for several different spellings of the TV show “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll”. I tried, “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll”, “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”, “Sex Drug… --- ## [I need to find a particular TED talk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-find-a-particular-ted-talk/729248)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-find-a-particular-ted-talk/729248 "2015-09-14T13:56:58Z")
I’ve seen this before, but I can’t find it now. It was a talk about how if you want to argue with someone, don’t use insults. I think it was by a guy who’s from the Skeptic Society or a well-known atheist. No idea of … --- ## [Favorite mad scientist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253 "2015-09-14T12:51:32Z")
Books, movies, tv, real life, whatever. Spawned by a thread discussing Back to the Future and mentioning Doc Brown. My candidate: Walter Bishop from Fringe. Invented some cool stuff and was institutionalized for a tim… --- ## [Who Would You Like To See Mount A Career Comeback?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-mount-a-career-comeback/730694)
**Author:** [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-like-to-see-mount-a-career-comeback/730694 "2015-09-14T05:08:07Z")
I was checking out io9, today, and I caught a discussion about who deserves a McConaughey-like comeback. Pretty good suggestions, in the link, but I wanted to expand the question. Who would you guys like to see have a… --- ## [Could a THREE'S COMPANY reboot, done as an actual menage a trois, work in 2015\>](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-threes-company-reboot-done-as-an-actual-menage-a-trois-work-in-2015/730345)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-threes-company-reboot-done-as-an-actual-menage-a-trois-work-in-2015/730345 "2015-09-14T04:13:31Z")
Watching /Three’s Company back in the day, I always thought two things: A) Joyce DeWitt was about fifteen times hotter than Suzanne Somers (though DeWitt and Priscilla Barnes were about equal) and ii) Janet and Jack had … --- ## [The Long Earth/War/Mars/Utopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-earth-war-mars-utopia/730480)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-earth-war-mars-utopia/730480 "2015-09-14T03:42:10Z")
Jeez. If you take the absolute worst book Pratchett ever wrote, and take the absolute worst book Baxter ever wrote, and add them together, not only do you get a sum that is less than what you’ve added, you can then multi… --- ## [Was Ghostbusters 2 a good film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ghostbusters-2-a-good-film/729938)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-ghostbusters-2-a-good-film/729938 "2015-09-14T01:28:15Z")
I was born in '80, so when I saw the original GB for the fist time, I was pretty young. The sequel, (which I saw in theaters,) was more “kid-friendly”, and fewer jokes went over my head at the time. \*\*WatchMojo \*\*liste… --- ## [Nichols](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nichols/730412)
**Author:** [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nichols/730412 "2015-09-14T01:13:40Z")
If anyone else besides me loved the television series “Nichols” starring James Garner and Margot Kidder, there is going to be a Nichols marathon on Saturday on the DECADE network. I don’t know if this is a new channel or… --- ## [X is for nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-for-nothing/730558)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-is-for-nothing/730558 "2015-09-14T00:00:23Z")
I was wondering how Sue Grafton was going to deal with this issue. The title of the book is simply ‘X’. She has the letter work overtime, though. She uses it frequently in names. It’s actually not bad. Better than she’s… --- ## [Comcast/Xfinity- how can this business model possibly work for them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-xfinity-how-can-this-business-model-possibly-work-for-them/730448)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-xfinity-how-can-this-business-model-possibly-work-for-them/730448 "2015-09-13T23:31:23Z")
Everybody knows how bad their service is. But I have to admit their On Demand service is nice for catching up on shows. That is, as long as they are current. Then I tried to pick up on binge-watching The Americans again… --- ## [Who Is The Third Person In The State Farm Coneheads Commercial ("In France")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-third-person-in-the-state-farm-coneheads-commercial-in-france/730984)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-third-person-in-the-state-farm-coneheads-commercial-in-france/730984 "2015-09-13T21:14:44Z")
I recognized Beldar (Dan Akroyd) and What’s-Her-Name (Jane Curtin), but who is the other person supposed to be? --- ## [Need a creative hashtag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-creative-hashtag/731109)
**Author:** [@rinahen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinahen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-creative-hashtag/731109 "2015-09-13T18:14:52Z")
Looking for some help with a creative wedding hashtag for a young couple with the last names of “Chiklakis” and “Henderson.” First names are Jason and Allie! Any cute ideas?:confused::confused: --- ## [The Strange Dark One initiates Our Lord King . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-dark-one-initiates-our-lord-king/730759)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-strange-dark-one-initiates-our-lord-king/730759 "2015-09-13T17:59:20Z")
. . . into that most tenebrous and necrophagous cultus of eldritch blasphemy, the Esoteric Order of the National Medal of Arts! Let all fools who have mocked supernatural horror fiction from their remote, stark and ghas… --- ## [Hit singles with no chorus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-singles-with-no-chorus/730641)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-singles-with-no-chorus/730641 "2015-09-13T16:07:28Z")
At my grocery store today, I was pleased to hear “Positively 4th Street” by Bob Dylan. As I was listening, I noticed that the song has no true chorus. Are there any other hit records that had no chorus or obvious refra… --- ## [Great words you just learned (and can't believe you hadn't known before)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-words-you-just-learned-and-cant-believe-you-hadnt-known-before/730937)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-words-you-just-learned-and-cant-believe-you-hadnt-known-before/730937 "2015-09-13T14:49:03Z")
I used to think I had a pretty good vocabulary. But, maybe as a result of people having ready access to online thesauruses (okay, thesauri), I seem to be encountering more and more words I’ve never heard before (or, at l… --- ## [Your Theme Song...at this moment in time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-theme-song-at-this-moment-in-time/729469)
**Author:** [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-theme-song-at-this-moment-in-time/729469 "2015-09-13T14:18:17Z")
Goodbye To Love --- ## [2015 Pop Song of the Summer (US)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-pop-song-of-the-summer-us/730515)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2015-pop-song-of-the-summer-us/730515 "2015-09-13T06:45:28Z")
I’m a bit old school and still listen to regular radio while driving or in the shower. These days, I’m in a phase in which I no longer listen to music and mostly listen to sports radio. However, I have my kids for the … --- ## [Movies With a Good Twist \*Please, no spoilers\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927)
**Author:** [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-a-good-twist-please-no-spoilers/729927 "2015-09-13T04:33:05Z")
If anyone likes a surprising twist to a movie, it’s me. So, I nominate - to those who haven’t seen them - Fight Club, Memento, Shutter Island and Seven. Which movies were you surprised by, in that the trailer didn’t gi… --- ## [Can I get some "Hackers" appreciation around here pls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-some-hackers-appreciation-around-here-pls/513756)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-some-hackers-appreciation-around-here-pls/513756 "2015-09-13T03:00:51Z")
Hackers has ben making it’s rounds on HBO lately. I love this movie! It’s such cheesey comedy gold. First off, on what planet do the computer nerds get to be the it crowd that evryone wants to be a part of? And on wha… --- ## [Starting Walking Dead S4--Help me remember some stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-walking-dead-s4-help-me-remember-some-stuff/730881)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-walking-dead-s4-help-me-remember-some-stuff/730881 "2015-09-12T21:31:05Z")
I put on episode 1 of season 4 of The Walking Dead, thinking I had seen all the prior episodes. But I saw a bunch of people I didn’t recognize, in the prison alongside the characters I am familiar with. So, I thought, ma… --- ## [Crazy Dutch and their starry, starry sunflowers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-dutch-and-their-starry-starry-sunflowers/730896)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-dutch-and-their-starry-starry-sunflowers/730896 "2015-09-12T19:11:48Z")
Dahlias, actually. This is freakin’ awesome, I wish I could have been there. van Gogh float parade in Zundert (apologies if this belongs in the mundane forum) --- ## [Who was the best John Connor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-john-connor/729859)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-john-connor/729859 "2015-09-12T14:03:16Z")
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