# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=10 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 11 --- ## [Bill McGlaughlin, Long time host of Exploring Music radio, dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-mcglaughlin-long-time-host-of-exploring-music-radio-dies/1032344)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-mcglaughlin-long-time-host-of-exploring-music-radio-dies/1032344 "2026-08-15T22:21:15Z")
--- ## [Black trumpet chanterelles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-trumpet-chanterelles/1032321)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-trumpet-chanterelles/1032321 "2026-08-14T13:57:43Z")
Here in central PA, recent rains have had some good effects. The woods are full of mushrooms, including good quantities of chanterelles. I scored a whole mess of black trumpet chanterelles today - probably about a poun… --- ## [Song lyrics you've misheard that are perfectly acceptable - perhaps even better - substitutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-youve-misheard-that-are-perfectly-acceptable-perhaps-even-better-substitutes/723005)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-youve-misheard-that-are-perfectly-acceptable-perhaps-even-better-substitutes/723005 "2026-08-14T13:27:28Z")
I have a couple: “Margaritaville”, by Jimmy Buffet Correct lyric: “Searchin’ for my lost shaker of salt” What I hear: “Searchin’ for that outlaw shaker of salt” “Tangled Up in Blue”, by Bob Dylan Correct lyric: “We … --- ## [Dried Morel mushrooms - now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dried-morel-mushrooms-now-what/1032326)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dried-morel-mushrooms-now-what/1032326 "2026-08-14T11:57:36Z")
I was gifted a jar of little dried morel mushrooms with instructions on the label how to soak in water first. So after I hydrate them - what’s a good way to prepare them? I was thinking sauteed or with scrambled eggs? … --- ## [Batman Caped Crusader Looks Great!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-caped-crusader-looks-great/1003380)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-caped-crusader-looks-great/1003380 "2026-08-14T03:29:50Z")
A new Animated Batman by Bruce Timm (of TAS fame) and Matt Reeves (of The Batman game). I had heard vaguely about this but the trailer just dropped and it looks amazing. --- ## [An incredibly detailed cutaway drawing of Kirk's USS Enterprise (including some clever in-jokes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-incredibly-detailed-cutaway-drawing-of-kirks-uss-enterprise-including-some-clever-in-jokes/1032290)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-incredibly-detailed-cutaway-drawing-of-kirks-uss-enterprise-including-some-clever-in-jokes/1032290 "2026-08-14T02:44:27Z")
Very cool. Happy 60th, Star Trek!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTZTJHBCAs --- ## [Do you remember Ayds candy for weight loss? Did your parents buy it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-ayds-candy-for-weight-loss-did-your-parents-buy-it/1032101)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-ayds-candy-for-weight-loss-did-your-parents-buy-it/1032101 "2026-08-14T02:11:49Z")
Ayds delivered a dose of Phenylpropanolamine in the form of a 1 inch square chewy candy. Ayds was introduced into the market in the 1940’s. The drug is an appetite suppressant. Ayds was available in chocolate, chocolat… --- ## [The Onion is taking over Infowars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-is-taking-over-infowars/1029456 "2026-08-13T21:18:45Z")
This should be fun! I wonder how many Alex Jones fans will go there assuming he’s still in charge. Lots, I hope. :rofl: --- ## [Music That Outlived What It Was Originally Associated With](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-outlived-what-it-was-originally-associated-with/1032186)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-that-outlived-what-it-was-originally-associated-with/1032186 "2026-08-12T18:55:44Z")
The theme to Peter Gunn by Henry Mancini appeared on my YouTube rotation this morning. I’ve never seen an episode of Peter Gunn, it ended fifteen years before I was born and I don’t recall anyone running reruns like the… --- ## [Beatles question: why was "Abbey Road" recorded at Abbey Road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-why-was-abbey-road-recorded-at-abbey-road/955375)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-question-why-was-abbey-road-recorded-at-abbey-road/955375 "2026-08-12T17:29:12Z")
Prompted by watching the new “Get Back” Beatles documentary last weekend. For the Get Back/Let It Be sessions they had just moved into a brand spanking new studio at their Apple HQ. So why didn’t they record their next a… --- ## [BEST opening line of song lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174 "2026-08-12T15:04:20Z")
\[Just have a continuing moral obligation here to maintain the Balance of the Board, ya understand\] 1st nomination, opening lines of The Church’s Myrrh: Emerald haunt in overdrive Heard it hundreds of times by now, sti… --- ## [When will The Simpsons end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-simpsons-end/1032196 "2026-08-12T03:28:53Z")
I turn 48 in a couple of weeks. I was 11 when The Simpsons began. I have not watched it since the late 1990s, seen no more than clips in almost 30 years. And yet, it makes 20+ episodes every single year and is apparentl… --- ## [Childhood friends who became successful musicians in separate bands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-friends-who-became-successful-musicians-in-separate-bands/1032291)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-friends-who-became-successful-musicians-in-separate-bands/1032291 "2026-08-12T02:49:10Z")
A short time ago I went to a concert headlined by Blues Traveller with Spin Doctors and Gin Blossoms. It got me thinking. Chris Barron of the Spin Doctors and John Popper of Blues Traveller were friends in high school. T… --- ## [Deleted scenes from Godfather Part II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-scenes-from-godfather-part-ii/1032297)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deleted-scenes-from-godfather-part-ii/1032297 "2026-08-12T00:36:30Z")
Yesterday I watched an interesting video which showed some deleted scenes from The Godfather Part II. To me, it explains something puzzling about the movie. I could never figure out what Vito was up to when he met Don … --- ## [It would seem that I actually have a literary agent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-seem-that-i-actually-have-a-literary-agent/1032224)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-seem-that-i-actually-have-a-literary-agent/1032224 "2026-08-11T20:30:32Z")
It feels so surreal to be typing that statement. I’ve become so cynical and discouraged about querying lit agents that my first inclination was to assume it was a scam. Kept waiting for the moment when I was asked to sen… --- ## [We all have our secrets!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-have-our-secrets/1032031)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-all-have-our-secrets/1032031 "2026-08-11T15:47:48Z")
What is your super secret ingredient that would horrify your friends and family if they knew you used it. Mine? A teaspoon of expresso powder in brown gravy. --- ## [Reggie Bannister, from Phantasm series, and other horror movies, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reggie-bannister-from-phantasm-series-and-other-horror-movies-has-died/1032288)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reggie-bannister-from-phantasm-series-and-other-horror-movies-has-died/1032288 "2026-08-11T02:28:36Z")
Phantasm’s Reggie Banister has died. Phantasm, and the rest of the series has been a favorite of mine for awhile now. Reggie was always one of the more fun parts of the series. He was always fun when he showed up in oth… --- ## [The Geefle, the Gonk, and the nectarines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geefle-the-gonk-and-the-nectarines/1032287)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-geefle-the-gonk-and-the-nectarines/1032287 "2026-08-11T01:12:41Z")
Recently I was reading about nectarines being not a specific fruit but only an unfurry cultivar of peach. It brought back a deep memory of Sesame Street. I don’t think this skit quite traumatized me, but I did think it w… --- ## [Other Stars, Other Suns, Superman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-stars-other-suns-superman/1032211)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-stars-other-suns-superman/1032211 "2026-08-10T23:34:29Z")
Those of us who know comics know that Superman gets his powers under the energies of a Yellow Spectrum Sun. Red Suns deny him these energies. But Astronomy teaches of of other stars. There are five star colors: blue, … --- ## [Songs you can't play today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-cant-play-today/1031799)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-cant-play-today/1031799 "2026-08-10T23:17:59Z")
Almost a decade ago, Baby It’s Cold Outside was flagged as sexist. Today, Zulu Warrior by The Brothers Four came up on my iPod. The lyrics: Ay-come-a-zimba-zimba-zi-a Ay-come-a-zimba-zimba-zee … seem like they may… --- ## [Channel 56](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-56/1032219)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/channel-56/1032219 "2026-08-10T17:28:15Z")
I grew up in the Los Angeles media market and I could access (at most) about half a dozen UHF channels. About half were foreign language stations (CH 14-25 roughly). The local PBS station was CH 28. Moving up the dial, t… --- ## [Child Actors that didn't crash and burn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-actors-that-didnt-crash-and-burn/652964)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 251\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/child-actors-that-didnt-crash-and-burn/652964 "2026-08-10T11:19:13Z")
We hear a lot about hild stars that burn out tragically or have shitty drug filled lives after their glory days. Its become a cliché. But there are quite a few I can think of that have had very successful careers without… --- ## [Man teaches octopus to play piano](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-teaches-octopus-to-play-piano/1032212)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-teaches-octopus-to-play-piano/1032212 "2026-08-10T02:17:16Z")
Maybe this belongs in MPSIMS, but it’s about music (kinda) and sort of even about food. The video is 18 minutes, and well-edited. --- ## [California's SB 576 on Extra-Loud Streaming Commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/californias-sb-576-on-extra-loud-streaming-commercials/1032190)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/californias-sb-576-on-extra-loud-streaming-commercials/1032190 "2026-08-09T22:37:56Z")
For those not aware of the legislation (passed last year, went into effect on July 1, 2026) Now, the legislation is California facing, but I’d personally love to see this implemented at the Federal level! I wanted to… --- ## [Books of an unusual nature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-of-an-unusual-nature/1032141)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-of-an-unusual-nature/1032141 "2026-08-09T17:36:36Z")
Not the content, but the book itself. No audio books or e-books please, and it must have been released to the general public for purchase. First example: The Unfortunates by B.S. Johnson (1969) from Panther Books. The… --- ## [Plan to see Nolan's The Odyssey this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-to-see-nolans-the-odyssey-this-weekend/1031722)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-to-see-nolans-the-odyssey-this-weekend/1031722 "2026-08-09T16:43:30Z")
…and follow it up with a rewatching of the Coen brother’s, O’ Brother Where Art Thou? https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the\_odyssey\_2026 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/o\_brother\_where\_art\_thou O’ Brother Where Art Th… --- ## [Squid Game - Season 2 and Season 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-season-2-and-season-3/1012189)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squid-game-season-2-and-season-3/1012189 "2026-08-07T15:40:20Z")
I have yet to watch, but am glad all 7 episodes dropped at once. I would suggest boxed spoilers for a week. Anyone else looking forward to this? I didn’t think season 1 really felt like it needed a continuation, but I … --- ## [What happened, Nat Geo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-nat-geo/1032140)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-nat-geo/1032140 "2026-08-07T01:56:11Z")
A few weeks ago I saw a new Nat Geo documentary on the Incas being pushed on Hulu. 4 episodes, 3 hours, sweet. I made some popcorn and turned on the first episode only to be completely bewildered after about 30 minutes. … --- ## [Old Sesame Street Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sesame-street-song/1032192)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sesame-street-song/1032192 "2026-08-07T01:19:20Z")
I remember seeing it as a kid, but never saw it when my kids were watching in the early aughts. It started out with a hippie looking puppet going "bum bum; bum bum bum bum bum; bum bum bum BUM, bum bum bum bum. Others … --- ## [Your personal opinion, please-Worst children's television series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-opinion-please-worst-childrens-television-series/1031880)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-opinion-please-worst-childrens-television-series/1031880 "2026-08-07T00:07:01Z")
No internet lists, direct to videos (otherwise the “Yogi Okie-Dokie” vid would be right up there), and no one-shot specials. It could be a cartoon series, or a hosted series, or something else. I’ve got a childhood mem… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=11)