# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=140 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 141 --- ## [Orson Welles's "The Other Side of the Wind" finally released (2018)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welless-the-other-side-of-the-wind-finally-released-2018/999346)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orson-welless-the-other-side-of-the-wind-finally-released-2018/999346 "2024-03-26T12:07:09Z")
I have not seen this movie, but I’ve been following the hold-up for years. I completely missed that it had finally been released in 2018, and could find onlythis single comment in a very long thread, so that might have … --- ## [The natural range of Hush Puppies and grits on menus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-natural-range-of-hush-puppies-and-grits-on-menus/996605)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-natural-range-of-hush-puppies-and-grits-on-menus/996605 "2024-03-26T07:03:10Z")
We ate at Long John Silvers and enjoyed their hush puppies, whatever they are. Made from cornmeal, flour and a bit of onion I think. It’s the only place I think I have seen them in NE Ohio. My first wife was from Virgini… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter L and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final polls added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-l-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-polls-added/999031 "2024-03-26T01:05:00Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter L. 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… --- ## [Youre a celebrity/person of historical interest is it tacky to be selling your love letters while everyones still alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-celebrity-person-of-historical-interest-is-it-tacky-to-be-selling-your-love-letters-while-everyones-still-alive/999312)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-celebrity-person-of-historical-interest-is-it-tacky-to-be-selling-your-love-letters-while-everyones-still-alive/999312 "2024-03-26T01:04:38Z")
Ok, I know collectors pay a lot for their favorite celeb writings like letters and messages that Elvis personally wrote to people and museums and scholars would love to have anything historical be it love letters to a gr… --- ## [Happy Houdini's Birthday!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-houdinis-birthday/999362)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-houdinis-birthday/999362 "2024-03-26T00:21:22Z")
Harry Houdini, 1874–1927 https://youtu.be/rwvkwtsEpkg Anybody remember the SNL vigil on Halloween 1977? --- ## [Plays (and movies) where an important character never appears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plays-and-movies-where-an-important-character-never-appears/997022)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plays-and-movies-where-an-important-character-never-appears/997022 "2024-03-26T00:11:02Z")
There seem to be several of these. Some character – usually very important to the plot – is spoken about, referred to, and described so well (sometimes better than characters appearing onstage) that they are clearly majo… --- ## [Guacamole--what is it good for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guacamole-what-is-it-good-for/997043 "2024-03-26T00:09:20Z")
While I enjoy it as chip dip as well as smear on sandwiches and burgers, there must be others uses. Any suggestions? maybe merge with sauces? Thanks! --- ## [Weird showbiz conspiracies/theories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-showbiz-conspiracies-theories/998699)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-showbiz-conspiracies-theories/998699 "2024-03-25T17:57:05Z")
I figure TV and movies are full of odd situations and people as is, so logically strange stories would grow like weeds. Feel free to report or discuss any that you’ve heard or suspected. Proof is obviously not required a… --- ## [Bourbon Afficianados: What do I have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bourbon-afficianados-what-do-i-have/999206)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bourbon-afficianados-what-do-i-have/999206 "2024-03-25T00:55:31Z")
My wife does not like losing charity auctions. :grin: So, I came home from an event with five bottles of bourbon. In no particular order, I have one bottle each of: Weller Special Reserve Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batc… --- ## [McDonald's POV body camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-pov-body-camera/999236)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-pov-body-camera/999236 "2024-03-24T21:50:56Z")
I find the channel very interesting. I had wondered how McDonald’s fills orders so quickly. The first link is cooking breakfast on the grill. The round eggs are cracked and cooked fresh. The scrambled is already partial… --- ## [The Princess Bride (book) question -- missing scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-book-question-missing-scene/999250)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride-book-question-missing-scene/999250 "2024-03-24T17:35:18Z")
It’s been many years since I read The Princess Bride. In the novel, the narrator shortens the supposed source book to “the good parts version” so that his son will enjoy the story, just as his own father did for him. A… --- ## [Please help ID this image from Simpsons or Futurama (probably)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-image-from-simpsons-or-futurama-probably/999260)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-image-from-simpsons-or-futurama-probably/999260 "2024-03-24T14:05:34Z")
My sustained inability to find this visual gag is getting weird. Spoilered because it’s a bit horrific to type out (CW: animal cruelty), but trust me, it was hilarious: I’d figured it had to be the Titanic episode of F… --- ## [Your Favourite Foods the Morning After the Night Before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-foods-the-morning-after-the-night-before/999276)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-foods-the-morning-after-the-night-before/999276 "2024-03-24T13:51:33Z")
Inspired by the “Best Fast Food to Eat the Next Day” thread. Back in my undergraduate days, we’d typically opt for Burger King: Whoppers and fries. There were a few exceptions at times, such as when my buddy and I cook… --- ## [What movies appeal equally to both men and women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-appeal-equally-to-both-men-and-women/999137)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-appeal-equally-to-both-men-and-women/999137 "2024-03-23T19:33:28Z")
I watched Barbie yesterday - and my conclusion (right or wrong) was that women would have been more likely to enjoy it than men. Which made me wonder - what movies - either genre or specific titles - have the broadest a… --- ## [Quiet On Set, the Nickelodeon Doc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiet-on-set-the-nickelodeon-doc/999091)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiet-on-set-the-nickelodeon-doc/999091 "2024-03-22T23:20:47Z")
Has anyone watched this documentary streaming on Max? When I was a child growing up in the 80’s and 90’s, I watched a lot of Nickelodeon. I always thought that the channel respected it’s audience more than Disney did, i… --- ## [Smoothies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoothies/996093)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoothies/996093 "2024-03-22T21:47:35Z")
Having acquired a holiday Smoothie blender, I have started to use it. It’s a convenient way to get lots of fruits, maybe a few seeds or vegetables and use protein powder. There are lots of smoothie threads since they b… --- ## [Media that you only like one particular aspect of (but you like it a whole lot)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-you-only-like-one-particular-aspect-of-but-you-like-it-a-whole-lot/999197)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-that-you-only-like-one-particular-aspect-of-but-you-like-it-a-whole-lot/999197 "2024-03-22T20:59:41Z")
Loki on Disney+ Story/plot etc… ehh, ‘preserve the timeline’ I can take or leave. Tom Hiddleston’s performance of Loki is pretty immaculate and fun to watch, but it’s not the reason I watch. All of the alien worlds an… --- ## [Vernor Vinge, author of A Fire Upon the Deep RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vernor-vinge-author-of-a-fire-upon-the-deep-rip/999136)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vernor-vinge-author-of-a-fire-upon-the-deep-rip/999136 "2024-03-22T19:27:43Z")
Also of such works The Peace War, Marooned in Realtime, and True Names, credited as one of the earliest depictions of the cyberspace concept. RIP at 79. He had a good run at least. --- ## [Dr. K vs. China - International war over boogie woogie on Elton John's piano](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-k-vs-china-international-war-over-boogie-woogie-on-elton-johns-piano/996667)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-k-vs-china-international-war-over-boogie-woogie-on-elton-johns-piano/996667 "2024-03-22T15:11:40Z")
If you aren’t familiar with Brendan Kavanagh take a look at this video of him playing boogie woogie on a public piano somewhere in the UK. He gets other musicians involved in this practice like this apparently well known… --- ## [Have you ever seen an actor who never made a bad film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-bad-film/993268)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-an-actor-who-never-made-a-bad-film/993268 "2024-03-22T10:12:58Z")
I have. I’ve been working my way through Denzel Washington’s films and so far nary a stinker. Remarkable. And rare. I’ve seen all his great films, and all of his very good ones, most several times. Today i saw Roma… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter K 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-k-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998980)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-k-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/998980 "2024-03-22T01:18:33Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter K. 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… --- ## [Bass guitar players - a technique question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-guitar-players-a-technique-question/993749)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-guitar-players-a-technique-question/993749 "2024-03-22T00:38:48Z")
I’m a middling guitar player with an electric Epiphone SG and an Ibanez acoustic. I enjoy noodling a lot, improvising on scales and practicing chords. A couple of years ago I bought a Fender acoustic bass, which I’m als… --- ## [Spiderman The Animated Series needs a revival like Xmen 97](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiderman-the-animated-series-needs-a-revival-like-xmen-97/999174)
**Author:** [@Imuseless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imuseless)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiderman-the-animated-series-needs-a-revival-like-xmen-97/999174 "2024-03-21T23:45:01Z")
Spiderman the animated series needs a revival like Xmen 97 since Spiderman The Animated Series ended in a cliffhanger when Spiderman and Madam Web travelled to the portal to find the real Mary Jane. Some episodes I can t… --- ## [Physical 100 on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-100-on-netflix/979183)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physical-100-on-netflix/979183 "2024-03-21T18:35:12Z")
Anyone watching this? Korean show, 100 super-fit people, a mix of athletes, bodybuilders, models, actors, military/law enforcement, other fitness celebrities that are likely very famous in South Korea but entirely stran… --- ## [RIP legendary character actor M. Emmet Walsh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-legendary-character-actor-m-emmet-walsh/999109)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-legendary-character-actor-m-emmet-walsh/999109 "2024-03-21T14:20:23Z")
A truly prodigious actor (over 200 credits on IMDB) with memorable roles in Blade Runner, Back to School, Blood Simple, Fletch and too many more to mention. RIP. --- ## [What other dead people are still hawking products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-dead-people-are-still-hawking-products/523530)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-dead-people-are-still-hawking-products/523530 "2024-03-21T08:04:36Z")
This morning I saw a commercial with Billy Mays. The sucker’s been dead for 6 months but he’s still hawking items on the tube. Are there any other dead people out there still actively selling things? I remember seeing C… --- ## [Scenes you don't want to miss in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-you-dont-want-to-miss-in-movies/998856)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-you-dont-want-to-miss-in-movies/998856 "2024-03-21T00:20:26Z")
I was talking with a friend about scenes in movies that, if you miss them, you really regret it. I have a few. It I’m watching the original Ghostbusters I feel bad if I miss the “Millions of registered voters” line. M… --- ## [The reincarnation of Karen Carpenter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reincarnation-of-karen-carpenter/999045)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reincarnation-of-karen-carpenter/999045 "2024-03-20T22:56:01Z")
Tori Holub is a young singer who recently started making short videos, mostly for her own amusement, replicating the Carpenters’ vocal tracks with her singing all the vocal parts. Her voice is uncannily similar to Karen … --- ## [Can Alyson Hannigan play the flute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-alyson-hannigan-play-the-flute/998901)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-alyson-hannigan-play-the-flute/998901 "2024-03-20T22:00:17Z")
Just curious. I know that she could play the flute in American Pie (“this one time at band camp”), but while re-watching an episode of “Touched by an Angel,” she is again playing the flute. Holding it properly, on the … --- ## [Directors Blasting Other Directors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-blasting-other-directors/998648)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-blasting-other-directors/998648 "2024-03-20T16:41:05Z")
Ingmar Bergman on Michelangelo Antonioni: “Fellini, Kurosawa, and Bunuel move in the same field as Tarkovsky. Antonioni was on his way, but expired, suffocated by his own seriousness. He’s done two masterpieces, you don… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=141)