# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=223 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 224 --- ## [SNL 12/3 - can you explain what I missed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-12-3-can-you-explain-what-i-missed/976053 "2022-12-06T03:17:44Z")
I assume I’m just not the target audience, as I had never heard of the host or musical guest. But this was the least funny ep I can recall. Never heard of that show they were parodying, and I guess Drake refers to wom… --- ## [RIP Bob McGrath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-mcgrath/976075)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bob-mcgrath/976075 "2022-12-06T03:06:06Z")
Bob McGrath from Sesame Street has passed away. He was 90. Feels like my childhood grew old and died. --- ## [Remember hidden songs on 90s CDs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-hidden-songs-on-90s-cds/975755)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-hidden-songs-on-90s-cds/975755 "2022-12-06T02:55:03Z")
Back in the 90s it got trendy for a while to include a hidden song at the end of your CD. The last track would actually start with about five minutes of silence, and then the music would suddenly kick in. Sometimes it wa… --- ## [2022 Sight & Sound List - Greatest Films of All Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930)
**Author:** [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-sight-sound-list-greatest-films-of-all-time/975930 "2022-12-05T20:37:58Z")
I’m sure there will be no controversy over this list (the good news is that it isn’t one of those damnable slide shows) I’ve seen about half of the movies on the list. --- ## [A question about Lucky Number Slevin (open spoilers for this 2006 movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-lucky-number-slevin-open-spoilers-for-this-2006-movie/976038)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-lucky-number-slevin-open-spoilers-for-this-2006-movie/976038 "2022-12-05T14:13:23Z")
We saw this movie for the first time last night on Netflix (Canada). Loved it. I hope it’s all right if I spoil the movie at this point. (Contemporaneous thread on the movie in question.) One thing I’m wondering about… --- ## [Actors you don't like anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-dont-like-anymore/970458)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-dont-like-anymore/970458 "2022-12-05T12:24:52Z")
We’re watching Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), in which Charles Coburn (1877-1961) acts. We watch a lot of movies on TCM, and we see him frequently. I just can’t get past that he was a White Supremacist. Mel Gibson w… --- ## [Background choral singing in 'epic' movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-choral-singing-in-epic-movies/976024)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-choral-singing-in-epic-movies/976024 "2022-12-04T22:50:05Z")
I’m watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy on cable this weekend, for the umpteenth time. Something I always wondered about, there is a sweeping, dramatic score in a lot of epic movies, and in this one, the chorus of vo… --- ## [Guitarists and their voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-and-their-voice/975244)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-and-their-voice/975244 "2022-12-04T22:31:41Z")
You hear Mark Knopfler play, and you know its him. Slash, Angus Young, the Edge, any number of others, they all have a distinctive way they play. What makes it so? Is it a specific setup of pedals and instrument? I h… --- ## [Which French authors and philosophers did Shakespeare read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-french-authors-and-philosophers-did-shakespeare-read/976006)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-french-authors-and-philosophers-did-shakespeare-read/976006 "2022-12-04T21:31:42Z")
Which French philosophers and authors did Shakespeare read? --- ## [Question on British slang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-british-slang/975999)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-british-slang/975999 "2022-12-04T16:31:11Z")
I’m watching a documentary on the Royal Scot’s (train) journey through the Peaks District. At one point, the narrator says “The service staff \[cooks, waiters\] continue to woo the passengers with even more \[what sounded… --- ## [Please identify this movie for me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-for-me/976011)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-for-me/976011 "2022-12-04T07:16:34Z")
CHCH TV used to show old movies between 02:00 and 04:00 every night, some of which were … a bit odd. (They recently saw fit to start airing the Jewelry Network instead. :face\_with\_symbols\_over\_mouth:) The one I’m inter… --- ## [Lazy media mistakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lazy-media-mistakes/975379)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lazy-media-mistakes/975379 "2022-12-04T05:02:10Z")
I’m not talking about obscure, hard to catch ones, like if Columbus’s junior boatswain’sman was right- or left-handed, I’m talking about glaring errors immediately obvious to anyone remotely familiar with the subject, pr… --- ## [Lenny Welch-Elvis Presley?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lenny-welch-elvis-presley/975772)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lenny-welch-elvis-presley/975772 "2022-12-04T04:48:39Z")
Lenny Welch, was the artist /singer of the classic “Since I Fell For You.” However, when I purchased the recording from iTunes there’s a reference to Elvis Presley. Anyone know the connection! --- ## [Question about Alfred Hitchcock episode dialog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alfred-hitchcock-episode-dialog/975982)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alfred-hitchcock-episode-dialog/975982 "2022-12-03T20:30:49Z")
I had occasion to watch “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” S2E36, “Father and Son” last night and missed the last line. From my TV guide app: “Sam Saunders (Charles Davis) is caught between a father who refuses to give him any… --- ## [Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 Trailer #1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardians-of-the-galaxy-volume-3-trailer-1/975926)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guardians-of-the-galaxy-volume-3-trailer-1/975926 "2022-12-03T20:25:57Z")
This looks pretty good! --- ## [2 Questions regarding the story of Jason and the Argonauts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-questions-regarding-the-story-of-jason-and-the-argonauts/975972)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-questions-regarding-the-story-of-jason-and-the-argonauts/975972 "2022-12-03T18:06:06Z")
I’m looking for any verification of there being an acient bridge over the river Anauros that Jason crossed with Hera on his back.1. Was there any bridge over the river Anauros prior to Jason carrying Hera over the river… --- ## [Save Los Espookys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-los-espookys/973642)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-los-espookys/973642 "2022-12-03T05:53:37Z")
Los Espookys is a show on HBO. Perhaps you heard it was a sort of comedic Mission Impossible of the Paranormal, watched it once and were disappointed because you thought the stunts, set up by the Espooky team for hire to… --- ## [Why would TV mute inoffensive dialog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-tv-mute-inoffensive-dialog/975832)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-tv-mute-inoffensive-dialog/975832 "2022-12-03T02:22:27Z")
I’m watching “Caddyshack” on AMC, a movie that I’m very familiar with, and I’ve noticed that they have muted some dialog but haven’t shortened the movie. For instance, when Judge Smails is golfing, he asks Danny about Ty… --- ## [Christine McVie has died (of Fleetwood Mac) \[30 Nov 2022\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-mcvie-has-died-of-fleetwood-mac-30-nov-2022/975820)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-mcvie-has-died-of-fleetwood-mac-30-nov-2022/975820 "2022-12-02T21:12:05Z")
I am seeing reports online that Christine McVie (of Fleetwood Mac) has died, at age 79. :cry: --- ## [Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirteen-views-of-a-cardboard-city/975797)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirteen-views-of-a-cardboard-city/975797 "2022-12-02T18:15:39Z")
In this short story, William Gibson describes… well, the title says it all. Does anyone know more about this story? Did Gibson ever visit the cardboard city in person? Were any of the artworks or persons described in the… --- ## [Explain The Masked Singer to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-masked-singer-to-me/975918)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-masked-singer-to-me/975918 "2022-12-02T18:17:36Z")
I know it’s a bunch of celebrities singing while wearing costumes which conceal their identities. But even after reading the Wikipedia article, I’m not sure how the competition aspect works. I see that the judges and th… --- ## [What are the best Van Morrison covers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-van-morrison-covers/975893)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-van-morrison-covers/975893 "2022-12-02T13:35:59Z")
Some singers are hard to cover. There are not many Aretha Franklin covers, for instance, because why should somebody even try? Van Morrison may not be the same kind of force of nature like Aretha (though he’s close), but… --- ## [What is this musical car horn tune I've heard in old cartoons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-musical-car-horn-tune-ive-heard-in-old-cartoons/975625)
**Author:** [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-musical-car-horn-tune-ive-heard-in-old-cartoons/975625 "2022-12-01T22:51:45Z")
In cartoons of the 1930s (and possibly also the 1940s), I’ve heard the soundtrack use these four notes to represent a car horn: ceGe (in abc notation). The four notes can be heard at the 2:38 mark in this 1938 cartoon: … --- ## [Reaction to Superhero Alter-Ego Puns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaction-to-superhero-alter-ego-puns/975745)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaction-to-superhero-alter-ego-puns/975745 "2022-12-01T18:52:21Z")
Hi SD, I am curious as to how the general public reacted to superheroes whose alter-egos or “normal names” were most obviously puns. Did creating such wordplay dilute the effectiveness of said superhero? Examples: Wol… --- ## [Remember her name. RIP Irene Cara](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-her-name-rip-irene-cara/975591)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-her-name-rip-irene-cara/975591 "2022-12-01T13:42:58Z")
She did not live forever. --- ## [Tell me what I’m missing about Beckett](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-i-m-missing-about-beckett/975771)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-i-m-missing-about-beckett/975771 "2022-12-01T08:13:29Z")
I just don’t get Samuel Beckett. I’ve seen some of his plays, I’ve read about him. I just don’t get the acclaim. I walked out of Endgame at the intermission. It was boring. Why is he so highly revered? --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - November 2022 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2022-edition/974044)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-november-2022-edition/974044 "2022-11-30T14:39:37Z")
Wow, only two months of 2022 left! And still so darned many stacks of books to read… Happy Autumn up north and welcome to spring down south. Dress accordingly, use sunscreen if necessary and stay hydrated. Also keep rea… --- ## [Odd juxtaposition of TV show and commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-juxtaposition-of-tv-show-and-commercial/975693)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-juxtaposition-of-tv-show-and-commercial/975693 "2022-11-30T13:49:39Z")
Have you aver been watching a TV show, which then cuts to a commercial, and that commercial features something related to the scene you were just watching? Think of this thread as sort of like the “sequential threads” t… --- ## [What is the Best Bible version available](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-bible-version-available/430368)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-bible-version-available/430368 "2022-11-29T17:43:26Z")
Many years ago, I received a Bible as a gift from my mother. I had it for about 20 years and recently moved and of course, it is no where to be found. Trying to replace it is the problem. I see, the King James, the New … --- ## [The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-holiday-special/975567)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-holiday-special/975567 "2022-11-29T14:19:23Z")
Pretty funny. As holiday specials based on major science fiction movies go…okay, it was a pretty low bar to cross. I’m a little suprised they made this live action and with the movie cast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=222) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=224)