# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=22 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 23 --- ## [OGRE! (Don Gibb) is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ogre-don-gibb-is-dead/1030038)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ogre-don-gibb-is-dead/1030038 "2026-05-14T15:33:50Z")
Don Gibb, who memorably played Ogre in Revenge of the Nerds, has died. --- ## [What IS that accent??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-accent/422384)
**Author:** [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-accent/422384 "2026-05-14T15:07:21Z")
(I’m sticking this in CS because, well, they’re both actors.) Both John O’Hurley (most famous as the voice of Elaine’s boss, the fictitious J. Peterman, on Seinfeld) and John Lithgow have it. It sounds almost British, … --- ## [A new animated Animal Farm movie is coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-animated-animal-farm-movie-is-coming/1025682)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-animated-animal-farm-movie-is-coming/1025682 "2026-05-13T21:27:56Z")
There’s a new adaptation of Animal Farm coming, directed by Andy Serkis. I read it in High School and I must say I did not imagine it like this. Brace yourselves. --- ## [Discworld: Where to start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-where-to-start/1017724)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discworld-where-to-start/1017724 "2026-05-13T13:36:22Z")
While I am a little familiar with it (I think I played a video game set in the world a few decades ago), I have never read any of the Discworld books. I think I may remedy that but was wondering where is the best place … --- ## [Resteeping tea leaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resteeping-tea-leaves/1029950)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resteeping-tea-leaves/1029950 "2026-05-13T10:33:32Z")
I’ve been trying out lots of different loose teas from Harney & Sons and am currently sipping a mug of Osmanthus Oolong, which I’m finding to be a delicious, complex flavor experience. The description on the tin suggests… --- ## [Milk and sugar? Milk or sugar? Neither? {Now with working Polls}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-sugar-milk-or-sugar-neither-now-with-working-polls/1029878)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-sugar-milk-or-sugar-neither-now-with-working-polls/1029878 "2026-05-13T09:28:34Z")
I drink my tea straight – no milk, no sugar. When I used to drink coffee, I needed both milk and sugar, though I weaned myself down to just milk before I quit coffee altogether. So, fellow Dopers, what’s your preference… --- ## [Project Hail Mary movie (March 2026) Please no Spoilers before release](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-hail-mary-movie-march-2026-please-no-spoilers-before-release/1020318)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-hail-mary-movie-march-2026-please-no-spoilers-before-release/1020318 "2026-05-13T01:55:23Z")
The official trailer for Project Hail Mary is out! Release date for IMAX is 20 March 2026. Happy! YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08TxIsFTRI --- ## [Masked Magic Secrets Revealed - my new Youtube channel obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masked-magic-secrets-revealed-my-new-youtube-channel-obsession/1025345)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masked-magic-secrets-revealed-my-new-youtube-channel-obsession/1025345 "2026-05-12T22:37:13Z")
This has nothing to do with that old Masked Magician who revealed a bunch of common and pretty old tricks. This is a Youtube channel, just a few months ago, that does its best to solve how many current magicians are doi… --- ## [Stray Cat Strut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-cat-strut/989948)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-cat-strut/989948 "2026-05-11T19:51:34Z")
Yes, it’s time for another episode of Little Nemo overanalyzes song lyrics. “Stray Cat Strut” is a 1981 hit by the band Stray Cats is sung in the first person. It has the following lyrics: I strut right by with my tail… --- ## [What's the most convoluted/improbable murder mystery plot in fiction you've seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-convoluted-improbable-murder-mystery-plot-in-fiction-youve-seen/1029685)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-convoluted-improbable-murder-mystery-plot-in-fiction-youve-seen/1029685 "2026-05-11T19:09:50Z")
TV shows, books, films, though I should say it has to be a part of a fictional work that’s trying to be “realistic” so stuff that’s parody or purposely meant to be over-the-top doesn’t count, and also has to be a human c… --- ## [Re-watching Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251 "2026-05-11T18:56:21Z")
I have gone through the first four seasons of Friends on Netflix the last couple of weeks for the first time since the DVDs came out which was probably around ten years ago. A few observations: It is generally well pre… --- ## [SDMB where Google fails: Valdosta GA ca. 1969, kids TV show Circus Parade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-where-google-fails-valdosta-ga-ca-1969-kids-tv-show-circus-parade/460196)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-where-google-fails-valdosta-ga-ca-1969-kids-tv-show-circus-parade/460196 "2026-05-11T18:11:59Z")
When I was a kid (3rd, 4th grader) in south Georgia there was a kid’s TV show, one of those with a live studio audience of kids (akin to the ‘peanut gallery’ of the Howdy Doody show of a decade earlier), named “Circus Pa… --- ## [Live Tribute by a Group Larger than a Quartet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tribute-by-a-group-larger-than-a-quartet/1029982)
**Author:** [@stopnonstop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stopnonstop)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-tribute-by-a-group-larger-than-a-quartet/1029982 "2026-05-11T14:27:20Z")
Do you have any tribute songs done live for an artist, that is a song written by the artist, that makes you want to sing along, even if you are on public transportation? The tribute must be from a diverse or variety amo… --- ## [Have heard of MrBeast - if so, how much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-heard-of-mrbeast-if-so-how-much/1029900)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-heard-of-mrbeast-if-so-how-much/1029900 "2026-05-10T23:34:34Z")
On a recent episode of Survivor, a surprise guest was featured - MrBeast. Everyone OOO;d and AHHd but I’d never heard of him. Over in the Survivor 50 thread, it was mentioned. Some having heard of him some have not. … --- ## [Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David Attenborough!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-sir-david-attenborough/1029917)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-100th-birthday-sir-david-attenborough/1029917 "2026-05-10T00:59:42Z")
Thank you, Sir, for all your very informative and amazing nature documentaries! One of my favorite bits, about the lyre bird, was so iconic that parodies were made, one that I missed was made for his 90th birthday by Aa… --- ## [How did the Flying Nun fly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-flying-nun-fly/1029913)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-flying-nun-fly/1029913 "2026-05-09T16:15:51Z")
Inspired by the FQ thread about how do planes really fly. I was just a little kid when The Flying Nun was on TV. I don’t remember much about it or if they ever gave a reasonable explanation of how she was able to fly. I … --- ## [Five Perfect Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-perfect-movies/1006586)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-perfect-movies/1006586 "2026-05-09T00:27:52Z")
As mentioned in this thread as an aside: Movies you've seen recently (Part 2) - #47 by Czarcasm I want your personal Five Perfect Movies. Not the internet, not someone else’s, and definitely not “This one is pretty go… --- ## [Fine dining-- kind of a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-dining-kind-of-a-scam/1029618)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-dining-kind-of-a-scam/1029618 "2026-05-08T18:41:23Z")
My wife and I went to a fancy Italian restaurant that recently opened near us for our Anniversary last night. I ordered the ‘Chilean Sea Bass on a Bed of Broccoli Rabe’ from the special menu-- highly recommended by the w… --- ## [Any new sir David Attenborough in the pipeline for the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-new-sir-david-attenborough-in-the-pipeline-for-the-usa/1003282 "2026-05-08T13:03:04Z")
I am a devoted Attenborough fan going back to the 70s. It’s very difficult for me to fully enjoy any natural world documentaries that are not hosted/narrated by him. But since he’s only two years away from his 100th bir… --- ## [Is there a definitive werewolf novel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-definitive-werewolf-novel/1029803)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-definitive-werewolf-novel/1029803 "2026-05-08T02:41:43Z")
Something like Bram Stoker’s Dracula or Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein? --- ## [Strangers on a Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-on-a-train/1022545)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-on-a-train/1022545 "2026-05-07T23:03:34Z")
The movie. Towards the end, the cops who were tasked with watching Guy trail him to the amusement park. Is there any justification, in the universe of the movie, for the one cop to take out his pistol, on a crowded midwa… --- ## [Help me identify an episode of the original Iron Chef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-episode-of-the-original-iron-chef/1029712)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-episode-of-the-original-iron-chef/1029712 "2026-05-07T14:42:41Z")
I recall watching an episode of Iron Chef back in the day, probably in 2008, and I’m trying to find out which episode it is. Apparently at least some of what I remember about this episode is not correct based on trying … --- ## [Alternate Award Types For Oscars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-award-types-for-oscars/1029883)
**Author:** [@schnebs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnebs)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-award-types-for-oscars/1029883 "2026-05-07T14:29:20Z")
Not too long ago, during the run-up to the Oscars, Bill Maher did a monologue on the Academy Awards. One part of the monologue was his list of alternate reasons for Oscars being awarded. According to Bill, these alterna… --- ## [Mary J. Blige fans, I need your help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-j-blige-fans-i-need-your-help/1029727)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-j-blige-fans-i-need-your-help/1029727 "2026-05-07T02:28:29Z")
In the mid- to late-1990s, I shot a music video starring Mary J. Blige. We shot for a day in a park in NYC with an orchestra on a raised stage. We then traveled to Sedona, Arizona. Spent the day shooting her on huge Red… --- ## [Ted Turner has died at 87](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-turner-has-died-at-87/1029843)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-turner-has-died-at-87/1029843 "2026-05-07T01:47:11Z")
I haven’t watched CNN in years or the Turner movie channel. --- ## [Why don't we eat pigeons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-eat-pigeons/1029782)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-we-eat-pigeons/1029782 "2026-05-06T16:31:31Z")
I know at fancy restaurants we can get squab, which is the young version similar to what veal is to cattle, but why don’t we breed/raise pigeons for food? Pigeons are widely-consumed in Asia, Middle East, Europe, so why … --- ## [Id this tall actor (Red Skelton's "The Christmas Spirit" (1966)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tall-actor-red-skeltons-the-christmas-spirit-1966/1029755)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-tall-actor-red-skeltons-the-christmas-spirit-1966/1029755 "2026-05-05T23:52:50Z")
You can see him Here right after the 20:00 mark. It’s his only scene. Tall actors of that era would be Richard Kiel, Ted Cassidy, and as a long shot, James Daris. Quality isn’t well enough to trust my eyes to make a p… --- ## [Most hilarious attempt at film dubbing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-attempt-at-film-dubbing/1029757)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-hilarious-attempt-at-film-dubbing/1029757 "2026-05-05T19:33:53Z")
My current car model is the Fireball 500. For building reference, I went to youtube, which had the 60’s movie, with Frankie and Annette. Figured I’d post the film here, showing its singularly awful attempt at dubbing. S… --- ## [FBI role in The Kingdom (2009 film) Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-role-in-the-kingdom-2009-film-spoilers/1029808)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-role-in-the-kingdom-2009-film-spoilers/1029808 "2026-05-05T17:47:04Z")
I watched it last night and I must say it is one intense film when the team gets ambushed and isolated in the city. Jason Bateman nearly gets his head cut off a few times. The FBI sends a team to Saudi Arabia in response… --- ## [Lord of the Flies on BBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-flies-on-bbc/1027171)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-of-the-flies-on-bbc/1027171 "2026-05-05T01:19:40Z")
Four one-hour episodes drop on iPlayer on Sunday, February 8th. Then they show them on the regular channels over the weeks to follow. Presumed BBC link all can read with trailer It looks pretty close to the book: Warti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=23)