# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=104 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 105 --- ## [Protest song id. Arrests, Scandinavians, miners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-song-id-arrests-scandinavians-miners/1008281)
**Author:** [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-song-id-arrests-scandinavians-miners/1008281 "2024-11-02T22:57:08Z")
I am hoping the minds here can help me rediscover a song that is proving un-googleable. It was delivered in a folky spoken word storyteller style and told of some sort of union organizing/collective bargaining. The song… --- ## [Identify a particular Nick Carter novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-particular-nick-carter-novel/1009594)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-particular-nick-carter-novel/1009594 "2024-11-02T20:49:13Z")
Back in the 1970s (no later than 1978), when I was a kid, I ran across a copy of a Nick Carter - Killmaster novel. I know it was fairly new, because a major plot point is that a character lost friends in the Kent State … --- ## [What Happened To Susan ("stop the madness") Powter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176 "2024-11-02T16:21:58Z")
Remeber this chick? She was some kind of minor celebrity, whose ticket to fame was dieting and butch haircus. She also claimed that she was raped, sexually abused, etc…and dieting (with her patenetd methods) were the roa… --- ## [Intelligent Game Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligent-game-shows/1009545)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligent-game-shows/1009545 "2024-11-02T15:34:15Z")
I find most of them, from The Price Is Right to Jeopardy, pretty unchallenging and unfocused. Sometimes I don’t know the Jeopardy answers (questions), and often I don’t know them instantly, but I find the game’s structur… --- ## [Teri Garr RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teri-garr-rip/1009414)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teri-garr-rip/1009414 "2024-11-02T14:25:29Z")
Aww, I really liked her. She always played nice but funny characters, sort of like Georgia Engle, but less ditzy. Fuck multiple sclerosis. --- ## [Alex Van Halen Releases "Brothers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-van-halen-releases-brothers/1009512)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-van-halen-releases-brothers/1009512 "2024-11-02T11:11:42Z")
I have the e-book, but after finding out he narrates it, I listened to it with a free monthly Audible trial. It’s good, but if you’ve read a lot of interviews (or heard/seen), there is a lot of quotations. I would have l… --- ## [Google return amusement :The Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-return-amusement-the-who/1009051)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-return-amusement-the-who/1009051 "2024-11-02T00:01:12Z")
Not sure how many people will appreciate but I just googled The Who to look up something about a song, But Google did the normal thing and “AI returned” the basic info with pictures. It said. Pete Townsend- Guitar: … --- ## [Probably dumb Star Wars clones question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-dumb-star-wars-clones-question/1009553)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-dumb-star-wars-clones-question/1009553 "2024-11-01T20:36:32Z")
I noticed the all the clones have the same accent? Were they originally taught by Jango Fett? (Or is just to save money? I found out that most of the clone voices in the cartoons are done by the same actor) --- ## [Old movie about apes but not planet of apes series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-about-apes-but-not-planet-of-apes-series/1009516)
**Author:** [@Sim77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sim77)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-about-apes-but-not-planet-of-apes-series/1009516 "2024-11-01T20:18:47Z")
Is old movie maybe 1970s. At the end of the movie 2 men fighting and one of them is living with helicopter and the other stays alone in mountains with caves and apes. --- ## [YouTube channels about movie making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-channels-about-movie-making/1009490)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-channels-about-movie-making/1009490 "2024-11-01T01:59:03Z")
I have been watching some YouTube channels that analyze movie making techniques, mostly covering writing and directing. The ones I’ve watched the most are called “Every Scene a Painting,” “The Art of Storytelling,” and “… --- ## [The "um"s in Little Nemo in Slumberland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-um-s-in-little-nemo-in-slumberland/1009418)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-um-s-in-little-nemo-in-slumberland/1009418 "2024-10-31T21:18:10Z")
I’m reading a book of reprints of the Little Nemo in Slumberland comics by Winsor McCay, first published 1905-1911. It’s often been noted how crude McCay’s lettering is, especially compared to his spectacular artwork. Bu… --- ## ['Unfrosted' trailer drops. Anybody gonna watch the movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfrosted-trailer-drops-anybody-gonna-watch-the-movie/999561 "2024-10-31T19:19:05Z")
I’m skeptical of whether this movie will be a waste of an hour and a half or so of my time or not, since ‘The Bee Movie’ was awful. It made me decide that Larry David was clearly 99% of the comedic and creative drive beh… --- ## [Trap (2024) was not good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trap-2024-was-not-good/1009384)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trap-2024-was-not-good/1009384 "2024-10-31T18:01:28Z")
Caught this on MAX and was interested because I have heard from different people that it was either good, bad or bad in an interesting way so I was very curious. I have seen it and I can attest it is just bad. Slow with… --- ## [RIP Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead bassist)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist/1009219)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist/1009219 "2024-10-30T17:39:40Z")
I am gutted. --- ## [Ikea Heights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-heights/1009450)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-heights/1009450 "2024-10-30T15:28:35Z")
Anyone else seen this? IMDb link. It’s a spoof on soap operas, and was filmed inside some Ikea stores in 2009. There are seven episodes, and each has a duration of about 5 minutes. The most interesting part is that the… --- ## [Hey, pal, can you spare $100 Grand? (Star Trek memorabilia auction)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pal-can-you-spare-100-grand-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009377)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pal-can-you-spare-100-grand-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009377 "2024-10-29T22:52:03Z")
https://bid.juliensauctions.com/auctions/catalog/id/526 For the rich Trekkies in your life. $100,000 for a “William Shatner” phaser. --- ## [TWO remakes of Nosferatu recently? TWO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-remakes-of-nosferatu-recently-two/1009401 "2024-10-29T21:38:12Z")
While researching another thread, I stumbled across the fact that a new version of Nosferatu came out last year, and yet another is set for release this Christmas. Really? Who is demanding these ? We already have the or… --- ## [Details on that Star Trek memorabilia auction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-on-that-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009422)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/details-on-that-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009422 "2024-10-29T19:47:32Z")
Apparently, there will be an auction featuring various props from the original Star Trek series on November 9, with the two featured items being the “type 2” (pistol-shaped) phaser and communicator used by Captain Kirk, … --- ## [Weekend in LA (LAX area), where to eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-in-la-lax-area-where-to-eat/1005815)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekend-in-la-lax-area-where-to-eat/1005815 "2024-10-29T18:30:59Z")
The family is going to LA at the end of October to see David Gilmour, because when I thought of all the artists I’d travel to see, he was the top of my list, and then it turns out he’s on tour. We’ll be in Inglewood and… --- ## [Civil War (2024) Seen It Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-2024-seen-it-thread/1000243)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-2024-seen-it-thread/1000243 "2024-10-29T17:14:15Z")
I won’t post any spoilers in the first post but I liked it quite a bit. It seems to have some success as the theater I saw it in was full. Did anyone else see it? --- ## [Musing on Heinlein's "Starship Troopers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musing-on-heinleins-starship-troopers/723171)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musing-on-heinleins-starship-troopers/723171 "2024-10-29T16:37:30Z")
Prompted by thoughts about Robert A Heinlein’s novel Starship Troopers. The most-discussed aspect of said work seems to be, its being set in a basically democratic society, one of whose rules is that nobody may vote, or… --- ## [Opening Credits backgrounds in Frankenstein (1931)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-credits-backgrounds-in-frankenstein-1931/1009400)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-credits-backgrounds-in-frankenstein-1931/1009400 "2024-10-29T14:34:54Z")
As I said in the What Are You Watching thread, I’ve been re-watching the original Universal Frankenstein films. For the original 1931 film, after Edward Sloan appears to give a brief warning, the film launches into the … --- ## [FX's The Old Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fxs-the-old-man/1009029)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fxs-the-old-man/1009029 "2024-10-29T00:47:50Z")
Have been watching FX’s The Old Man on Hulu. It stars Jeff Bridges, John Lithgow, and Alia Shawkat (Maebe Funke from Arrested Development). Acting is great with this cast. Season 2 was just released a month or so ago. … --- ## [Hey, pal, can you spare $100 Grand? (Star Trek memorabilia auction)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pal-can-you-spare-100-grand-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009373)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-pal-can-you-spare-100-grand-star-trek-memorabilia-auction/1009373 "2024-10-29T00:39:55Z")
Linked removed --- ## [Ideas for these left over bread ingredients](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-these-left-over-bread-ingredients/1009353)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-these-left-over-bread-ingredients/1009353 "2024-10-28T18:15:34Z")
I am an occasional bread baker. I make a killer Dutch Oven loaf but after that–eh. Yesterday I made a large pernil (Puerto Rican roast pork) and thought that a loaf of Cuban bread would go well with the leftovers. So, I … --- ## [My new website: Great Forgotten Humorists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-website-great-forgotten-humorists/1003411)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-website-great-forgotten-humorists/1003411 "2024-10-28T13:26:29Z")
I’ve procrastinated long enough. Time to officially unveil my latest website. GreatForgottenHumorists.com This is what the Internet was made for. History for the sheer joy of doing the research. Product with no pecuniar… --- ## [Fictional examples of "punished for succeeding"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-examples-of-punished-for-succeeding/1009001)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-examples-of-punished-for-succeeding/1009001 "2024-10-27T18:50:00Z")
Someone works out a better way of doing something, only to discover that everyone invested in the status quo is either uninterested or actually actively opposed to any innovation that will overturn the apple cart. Or som… --- ## [Cooking With Tequila](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-tequila/1009234)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-tequila/1009234 "2024-10-27T14:49:45Z")
I am looking for suggestions and your recipes(family, abuela’s, secret whatever) for dishes incorporating tequila. I’ve looked at several different recipe websites and they all have variations on the same damn recipe of… --- ## [What is the name of this movie . . .?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie/1009280)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-movie/1009280 "2024-10-27T14:17:25Z")
Spoilers ahead I am trying to remember the name of a foreign film that I saw about four or five years ago (and I’m pretty sure it was released around that time). \*It is an Eastern European film, probably either Russian… --- ## [Ohh lord of Castle of White... WTF are you doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohh-lord-of-castle-of-white-wtf-are-you-doing/1008853)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohh-lord-of-castle-of-white-wtf-are-you-doing/1008853 "2024-10-26T23:32:45Z")
I don’t think I have been to a White Castle in 15 maybe 20 years. There is one near my house, but it is tucked in an awkward place that I never actually go down. But today there was an accident on the street that forced… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=105)