# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=133 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 134 --- ## [Tell me something in the so called "regency" era of British history did the titled and royal set play around as much as the silly romance books claim they did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-in-the-so-called-regency-era-of-british-history-did-the-titled-and-royal-set-play-around-as-much-as-the-silly-romance-books-claim-they-did/1001000)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-in-the-so-called-regency-era-of-british-history-did-the-titled-and-royal-set-play-around-as-much-as-the-silly-romance-books-claim-they-did/1001000 "2024-05-01T16:33:05Z")
And were women as amendable to being a "kept woman " if they found someone that could afford to do so? The reason is I just finished one where the setup is lord whats his name and the plucky assertive heroine (whos a… --- ## [mmm-Songs Pre-Poll to Determine the Finalists for Final 2000s Songs Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-songs-pre-poll-to-determine-the-finalists-for-final-2000s-songs-poll/1000860)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-songs-pre-poll-to-determine-the-finalists-for-final-2000s-songs-poll/1000860 "2024-05-01T11:28:02Z")
This poll will determine our 5 finalists for our favorite 2000s song. This list contains the winner of each individual poll plus an additional 7 wild card songs (These 7 songs received 8 or more votes in their final poll… --- ## [Breakfast: spin-off from "Three men froze to death" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-spin-off-from-three-men-froze-to-death-thread/997414)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-spin-off-from-three-men-froze-to-death-thread/997414 "2024-05-01T04:04:51Z")
While we’re waiting for the lab tests to come back… I never understood the “Mikey likes it” commercial. “New cereal. Sposta be good for you. I’m not gonna try it. You try it. let’s get Mikey (big smiles of logic) Yeah!… --- ## [Upcoming gig - Gandalf/Smaug in the opera "The Hobbit"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-gig-gandalf-smaug-in-the-opera-the-hobbit/996692)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-gig-gandalf-smaug-in-the-opera-the-hobbit/996692 "2024-05-01T00:56:06Z")
Sorry, I’ve been sitting on this news for a while, and now that it’s been announced, I’ve been telling everybody because I’m still geeking out about it. I’ll be doing the two roles of Gandalf the Grey and Smaug the Drag… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter W and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[FINAL POLL ADDED\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-w-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000482)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-w-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000482 "2024-04-30T17:49:10Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter W. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [You have to lose a major movie studio hundreds of millions, what bad movie do you make?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-to-lose-a-major-movie-studio-hundreds-of-millions-what-bad-movie-do-you-make/1000733 "2024-04-30T17:00:46Z")
Long story short it’s basically a Producers scheme, you personally have to be producer for a major Hollywood film with a 150 million dollar budget. However the film needs to be a bomb and a HUGE bomb, like “Earns less th… --- ## [Haiku in Physics Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-in-physics-today/1000875)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haiku-in-physics-today/1000875 "2024-04-30T16:05:39Z")
There on the letters page pf the April issue of Physics Today there’s a blue box with, instead of a letter, a haiku: I can’t recall seeing anything quite like it before in the magazine. There are plenty of physics-bas… --- ## [Breathe deep the gathering gloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathe-deep-the-gathering-gloom/1000792)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathe-deep-the-gathering-gloom/1000792 "2024-04-30T14:08:46Z")
Watch lights fade from every room. RIP Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues --- ## [70s Dreamy/Meditative Prog-Jazz Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-dreamy-meditative-prog-jazz-songs/999740)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-dreamy-meditative-prog-jazz-songs/999740 "2024-04-30T12:23:12Z")
“Smooth Jazz” is usually funky, or a fit too fast for what I’ve been trying to find, and I can’t think of a music search engine that has tempo as a filter… I’m looking for jazz chords, slow tempo, don’t even care if ther… --- ## [Pauly Shore as Richard Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pauly-shore-as-richard-simmons/1000917)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pauly-shore-as-richard-simmons/1000917 "2024-04-30T03:02:22Z")
If you were tasked to come up with a pitch for a parody movie that couldn’t possibly be real, a biopic about Richard Simmons (the manic goofball diet guru), played by Paul Shore (the manic goofball weirdness guru) would … --- ## [Musicians - What Frustrates You About Your Playing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-what-frustrates-you-about-your-playing/1000859)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-what-frustrates-you-about-your-playing/1000859 "2024-04-30T02:18:56Z")
Let’s try to be more specific than “I wish I could play like…” or “I wish I didn’t make so many mistakes”. I’m a dedicated but technically limited amateur pianist who plays mostly classical pieces. I’ve been playing alm… --- ## [Is there a similarity between the theme song of Get Smart & The Immigrant Song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-similarity-between-the-theme-song-of-get-smart-the-immigrant-song/416642)
**Author:** [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-similarity-between-the-theme-song-of-get-smart-the-immigrant-song/416642 "2024-04-29T08:49:06Z")
Am I dreaming? Could it be? It seems to me that there is a similarity between the theme song from Get Smart, and the Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin. Jimmie Page’s wail sounds a lot like the Get Smart Theme. Could Led … --- ## [My Huckleberry friend... 🌙](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-huckleberry-friend/1000015)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-huckleberry-friend/1000015 "2024-04-29T06:45:59Z")
Moonriver and me. :crescent\_moon: Tell me a moon song you like. The Moon is the one causing this. The Sun is the supporting actor. --- ## [Disney movie seen around 1974, about two kids stranded on a beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-movie-seen-around-1974-about-two-kids-stranded-on-a-beach/1000886)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-movie-seen-around-1974-about-two-kids-stranded-on-a-beach/1000886 "2024-04-29T01:43:00Z")
Around 1974, I saw a Disney movie on TV (on The Wonderful World of Disney, I think) about two kids (about 10 - a boy and a girl) who are somehow stranded alone in an isolated area (in South America, perhaps?). They deci… --- ## [Can somebody explain Oprah Winfrey to non US-Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-oprah-winfrey-to-non-us-americans/994778)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-oprah-winfrey-to-non-us-americans/994778 "2024-04-29T01:26:54Z")
I think the title is clear, but just to make sure have a look at her making a surprise entry in Stephen Colbert’s Late Night Show (7:45, if the link does not lead you directly there). He seemes thrilled. The audience is … --- ## [Arsenic and Old Lace - quick question (movie...also open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arsenic-and-old-lace-quick-question-movie-also-open-spoilers/1000803)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arsenic-and-old-lace-quick-question-movie-also-open-spoilers/1000803 "2024-04-28T21:56:03Z")
I just re-watched the movie “Arsenic and Old Lace” and I was wondering why Mortimer was so singularly focused on having Teddy committed throughout the whole movie? He always knew Teddy was crazy. But when Mortimer foun… --- ## [How often does the dog die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-dog-die/1000847 "2024-04-28T21:46:22Z")
The latest news involving that psychopath Kristi Noem reminded me of Sounder. A movie that made me cry. Sure Old Yeller was sad but, for some reason, Sounder was just too much for me and I cried buckets and buckets. Coul… --- ## [I want to read an action adventure movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-read-an-action-adventure-movie/1000797)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-read-an-action-adventure-movie/1000797 "2024-04-28T06:24:50Z")
My usual genre of choice is fantasy, but I’ve recently started reading action adventure. I’m really enjoying the treasure hunt, the top secret government agents, the exotic locales, the twist and turns, etc. I’m curren… --- ## [Obviously Fake Products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obviously-fake-products/1000804)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obviously-fake-products/1000804 "2024-04-28T02:48:30Z")
I don’t think many of these “obviously fake products” would fool me. But it’s almost embarrassing how hard I laughed at some of these. After enjoying the thread, what fake product can you come up with? --- ## [You want to make a movie that would (figuratively speaking, of course) pay off the U.S. national debt; what do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-to-make-a-movie-that-would-figuratively-speaking-of-course-pay-off-the-u-s-national-debt-what-do-you-do/1000805)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-to-make-a-movie-that-would-figuratively-speaking-of-course-pay-off-the-u-s-national-debt-what-do-you-do/1000805 "2024-04-27T22:23:11Z")
Okay, in the late 1970s, there WAS a really bad movie ABOUT this called “Americathon”, a great concept that bombed in every way possible, and around the same time, there was a movie where Julie Andrews had a brief toples… --- ## [Needing convention panel ideas...again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-convention-panel-ideas-again/1000183)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/needing-convention-panel-ideas-again/1000183 "2024-04-27T18:03:38Z")
Way back in 2008 I became co-chair of Orycon 30, a science fiction/fantasy convention held in Portland Oregon every year. The theme was “Days Of Futures Past” and it was about books, movies, television shows etc. that t… --- ## [Jonesy the cat in "Alien"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonesy-the-cat-in-alien/1000680)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonesy-the-cat-in-alien/1000680 "2024-04-27T07:29:14Z")
Just what is the role and purpose of this character? In some undefinable way he seems significant but I couldn’t tell you how. --- ## [How soon after the air date can you see Stephen Colbert on Youtube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-after-the-air-date-can-you-see-stephen-colbert-on-youtube/1000812)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-after-the-air-date-can-you-see-stephen-colbert-on-youtube/1000812 "2024-04-27T01:29:19Z")
I found a Colbert segment while searching, but it was from last week. How soon is a given show available after its original air date? How can I find the show from a specific date in the past? --- ## [The Gilded Age on HBO Max (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gilded-age-on-hbo-max-open-spoilers/958668)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gilded-age-on-hbo-max-open-spoilers/958668 "2024-04-26T22:15:27Z")
Is anyone watching Lord Fellowes’s latest show? This era in US history is really fascinating and while it’s not a Downton Abbey prequel per se it’s cool to see the kind of environment Cora would’ve grown up in. I can e… --- ## [Old "Hippies take over the world" story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-hippies-take-over-the-world-story/1000473)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-hippies-take-over-the-world-story/1000473 "2024-04-26T19:07:10Z")
“Generation Gaps” by Clancy O’Brien. It’s completely dated of course; people whose greatest ambition in life is to remain continually high don’t change the world, and the burnout of high drug use was starting to become o… --- ## [A short tutorial on making simple, abstract, watercolor cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-tutorial-on-making-simple-abstract-watercolor-cards/1000796)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-tutorial-on-making-simple-abstract-watercolor-cards/1000796 "2024-04-26T18:54:24Z")
Hi. I made a tutorial on how to make simple, watercolor cards. Here is the YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtOzGopvs7k I am not an artist but even I can do something like this, so I am sure you can as well… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter Y and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final Poll added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-y-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000575)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-y-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000575 "2024-04-26T01:48:39Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter Y. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [Coffin ed/gravedigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffin-ed-gravedigger/1000671)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffin-ed-gravedigger/1000671 "2024-04-25T21:47:22Z")
Hopefully someone can help me in my search; I remember reading a book, I think by author Joseph Hansen (no luck with Google search), about 2 Black Harlem detectives who think they are Chester Himes detectives and travel… --- ## ['KABOOMM ... wiiiiiiiiiiii...' - When did this audio effect begin in movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaboomm-wiiiiiiiiiiii-when-did-this-audio-effect-begin-in-movies/1000720)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaboomm-wiiiiiiiiiiii-when-did-this-audio-effect-begin-in-movies/1000720 "2024-04-25T21:01:24Z")
The scene is familiar - there’s a high-stakes confrontation two-thirds of the way through the movie and the hero narrowly dodges a BIG explosion - large enough to trash the car they were in. The explosion is deafening, … --- ## [Truth is better than fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-is-better-than-fiction/1000713)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-is-better-than-fiction/1000713 "2024-04-25T18:18:10Z")
What true stories are much better than the movies based on them. For the purposes of this thread only use movies that are proported to be true stories not ones vaguely inspired by true stories events. Hollywood has to e… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=132) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=134)