# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=159 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 160 --- ## [How many shots, scenes and sequences in an animated short film and feature film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shots-scenes-and-sequences-in-an-animated-short-film-and-feature-film/994318)
**Author:** [@Amber13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber13)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shots-scenes-and-sequences-in-an-animated-short-film-and-feature-film/994318 "2023-12-09T05:00:18Z")
The number of shots, scenes and sequence in a animated film, be it a short film or a feature film depends on the style and pacing of the film, though it takes whether hundreds or thousands of drawings and renders (or pho… --- ## [Help me with some movie programming, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-some-movie-programming-please/994118)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2023, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-some-movie-programming-please/994118 "2023-12-08T23:11:50Z")
We’ve moved into a new house recently, and I’m getting a proper home theater set up. We’ve decided to have dedicated movie nights a couple of times a week, and I’m taking a cue from my college film club and making Wednes… --- ## [Monty Python & the Holy Grail is back in theaters this coming week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-the-holy-grail-is-back-in-theaters-this-coming-week/994021)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-the-holy-grail-is-back-in-theaters-this-coming-week/994021 "2023-12-08T20:32:44Z")
The Mrs. and I will be going this coming Wednesday. We saw it together when it was first released, waaaay back when. It’s in our regular rotation of films to be re-seen but we’ve not seen it in the theaters with othe… --- ## [Yet another name this movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-name-this-movie/994214)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-name-this-movie/994214 "2023-12-08T19:58:10Z")
About a man spending years underground mistakenly thinking a nuclear war had taken place. But NOT “Blast From The Past”. A clip from this other movie was recently one of YouTube’s shorts but with no identifying informati… --- ## [Crimes of the 20th century; the creepiest true-crime show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-20th-century-the-creepiest-true-crime-show/994309)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crimes-of-the-20th-century-the-creepiest-true-crime-show/994309 "2023-12-08T19:33:29Z")
NSFW Even though it doesn’t include any reenactments or interviews, just summation over newsreels and crime scene photographs, I think this is it. There is just something nightmarish about the intro, and th… --- ## [Best Christmas episodes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-episodes/142967)
**Author:** [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-christmas-episodes/142967 "2023-12-08T13:38:12Z")
Mrs. CaptMurdock has the idea of making a compilation videotape of the best Christmas-themed episodes of TV shows (e.g. WKRP in Cinncinnati’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol). --- ## [Jacob Collier (jazz vocalist prodigy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacob-collier-jazz-vocalist-prodigy/748933)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacob-collier-jazz-vocalist-prodigy/748933 "2023-12-08T02:21:12Z")
Prodigy may be a bit of an understatement – this guy could be one of the most brilliant musicians alive, at least according to some recognized greats, Quincy Jones for example: “Never in my life have I seen a talent like… --- ## [Latest SMBC (12-07-2023) Somehow Speaks to the Maintenance Technician in Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-smbc-12-07-2023-somehow-speaks-to-the-maintenance-technician-in-me/994265)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-smbc-12-07-2023-somehow-speaks-to-the-maintenance-technician-in-me/994265 "2023-12-07T21:52:03Z")
I don’t pretend to know anything about Quantum Mechanics. But I watched in utter bewilderment the other night as a more experienced technician adjusted the ink stream on an inkjet printhead and I don’t think I really nee… --- ## [Can someone translate this Kanji](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-translate-this-kanji/994261)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-translate-this-kanji/994261 "2023-12-07T21:20:27Z")
See toad-licking frog here! Thank you in advance. --- ## [Outro to Fleetwood Mac's "Over My Head"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outro-to-fleetwood-macs-over-my-head/994244)
**Author:** [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outro-to-fleetwood-macs-over-my-head/994244 "2023-12-07T20:49:22Z")
Are there telephone touch-tones in there, or is that just an artifact of whatever primitive synthesizer they were using? --- ## [Favourite property shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-property-shows/994181)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-property-shows/994181 "2023-12-07T16:56:38Z")
I’m a sucker for property shows, where couples go searching for a new home. In the UK we have various – Location, location location, which has the best hosts and tends to deal in ‘normal’ houses and budgets; Escape to t… --- ## [Bands that sing "frat style" with multiple vocalists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sing-frat-style-with-multiple-vocalists/993769)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-sing-frat-style-with-multiple-vocalists/993769 "2023-12-07T04:30:13Z")
Just happened to hear “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love)” (1965) by The Swingin’ Medallions while shuffling 60s songs the other day. It reminded me, of course, of Delta House’s rendition of “Louie, Louie” in Animal House,… --- ## [Norman Lear has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norman-lear-has-died/994175)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norman-lear-has-died/994175 "2023-12-07T00:32:15Z")
Just saw this on the NYT. Creator of “All In The Family” and other edgy comedies, he was 101. --- ## [Lost Media Found. A Real Life X File is Solved](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-media-found-a-real-life-x-file-is-solved/994198)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-media-found-a-real-life-x-file-is-solved/994198 "2023-12-07T00:07:02Z")
This was kind of a amazing. This link is a Twitter thread (No I am not calling it X) of a person who heard a background song in an X Files episode and liked it enough to try and find it. Her attempts only came up with ot… --- ## [Million selling (gold) records](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-selling-gold-records/994150)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/million-selling-gold-records/994150 "2023-12-06T22:48:34Z")
Back in the day - a singer would get a gold record for selling a million copies. How accurate were the counts, and how did they count? Did the record companies produce some kind of certified list of the number of copies … --- ## [Colbert out of action again (11/27/2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-out-of-action-again-11-27-2023/993790)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-out-of-action-again-11-27-2023/993790 "2023-12-06T22:17:34Z")
After being forced out of action a month ago due to testing positive for Covid, Stephen is out for at least a week due to a ruptured appendix, which was removed over the Thanksgiving holiday. That’s two weeks off the air… --- ## [R.I.P. Ralph Cirella (from the Howard Stern show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-ralph-cirella-from-the-howard-stern-show/994180)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-ralph-cirella-from-the-howard-stern-show/994180 "2023-12-06T14:35:14Z")
Unless you’re a listener of Howard Stern you probably don’t know who Ralph Cirella was. He was a long-time contributor to the show, starting out as Stern’s stylist and becoming one of the more polarizing regular characte… --- ## [The Great British Baking Show question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-british-baking-show-question/991220)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-british-baking-show-question/991220 "2023-12-06T10:11:46Z")
I’ve been bingeing this (among other shows) this month. Of the three challenges that the bakers face each week, they are given advance notice of two. My question: are the bakers told how much time they’re going to be gi… --- ## [Looking at the "Billboard 100" this week (Dec. 9, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-the-billboard-100-this-week-dec-9-2023/994135)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-at-the-billboard-100-this-week-dec-9-2023/994135 "2023-12-05T22:56:49Z")
A lot of familiar oldies are showing up this week - Brenda Lee hitting number 1 for the first time since the 1960’s. Billboard has changed the rules over the years - not just physical records/CDs sold, but streams, downl… --- ## [Statutory rape WWII movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statutory-rape-wwii-movies/993869)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statutory-rape-wwii-movies/993869 "2023-12-05T17:09:28Z")
NSFW It is a very unsual and niche (sub)genre of movies. But it is definitely out there. It seems more common in European cinema than American, and it more commonly involves boys and older women, though there are some e… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter Y? See rules in OP: FINAL POLL ADDED](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-y-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993366)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-y-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993366 "2023-12-05T13:29:46Z")
Rules: If you edit your already-posted entry to make a change, I may not see it. Please do not re-post your entire list – this gets confusing - just add a new post with changes or additions only. EXAMPLE: "Remove ‘All… --- ## [If A Christmas Carol had been written by someone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-christmas-carol-had-been-written-by-someone-else/430814)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-christmas-carol-had-been-written-by-someone-else/430814 "2023-12-05T01:27:33Z")
The title an homage to what I think is the record holder LOTR thread, though I doubt (and I hope) this will have 1% of that one’s hits and posts, but— you all know the story. How would other writers have told it? A CHR… --- ## [Has this trope been named?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-trope-been-named/994119)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-trope-been-named/994119 "2023-12-04T23:59:41Z")
I call it “too stupid to trick”. As in a clever bit of subterfuge fails to work on someone so moronic that they guilelessly take everything at face value, and so they don’t do the second-guessing that the trickster was c… --- ## [Make A Wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-wish/977625 "2023-12-04T23:57:25Z")
I came home to my wife watching Wonder Woman 1984. Apparently, people making wishes that are granted is a bad thing. But that’s not what this thread is about. Every time I heard ‘Make a wish!’ it reminded me of this s… --- ## [Food and drink with rituals attached](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-and-drink-with-rituals-attached/993826)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-and-drink-with-rituals-attached/993826 "2023-12-04T21:47:16Z")
Absinthe has a lot of alcohol and a potent flavor. Before drinking it, you sweeten with a little sugar, and dilute it with a lot of water. There are several (rather theatrical) rituals for doing this, described in the w… --- ## [Mice or Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-or-men/993975)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mice-or-men/993975 "2023-12-04T20:23:16Z")
Now that I think of it…now that I’m too old to care, but let me ask: What’s Steinbeck’s point in writing “Of Mice and Men”? No, this is not a homework assignment. Just a cynical old fart asking now that I think about th… --- ## [On the stubborn insistence that fictional romances should have real-world significance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-stubborn-insistence-that-fictional-romances-should-have-real-world-significance/994043)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-stubborn-insistence-that-fictional-romances-should-have-real-world-significance/994043 "2023-12-04T20:19:24Z")
Inspired by this article. It’s been over a decade since The Office ended. Cast member John Krasinski has been married to Emily Blunt for thirteen years. The relationship between John’s character Jim and Pam, the chara… --- ## [Help Me Identify a Song (1990s?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-1990s/979138)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-song-1990s/979138 "2023-12-04T17:43:09Z")
I’m pretty sure it was a song with a Flash animation. I was so sure it was a Tenacious D song, but I cannot find it. Anyway, the animation revolves around a female demon being sung to by two I think cherubs. In the end… --- ## [What is your most hated song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-most-hated-song/980621 "2023-12-04T15:31:38Z")
Both in terms of your degree of dislike of it and its ubiquitousness. Basically if a genii said that you could pick one song, and he would make it so that whenever it was played in your vicinity you would hear it as whi… --- ## [Your Best Meal: At Restaurant, or Friend’s House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-meal-at-restaurant-or-friend-s-house/983920)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-meal-at-restaurant-or-friend-s-house/983920 "2023-12-04T13:18:28Z")
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