# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=239 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 240 --- ## [Bud Cort turns 75](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912 "2022-09-05T19:11:08Z")
If the internet is to be trusted, today Bud Cort turned 75, making him the same age Ruth Gordon was when they made Harold and Maude. I find this…I don’t know what. It was the first movie that really moved me, and I recal… --- ## [AI-generated images and artistic endeavor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-generated-images-and-artistic-endeavor/970718)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-generated-images-and-artistic-endeavor/970718 "2022-09-05T18:37:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from Digital art creator algorithm website: Spinning this off from the image-sharing thread to avoid a hijack, but also because it’s interesting. Plenty of folks are pointing out that photog… --- ## [Comic Strip Character Porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-character-porn/970856)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-character-porn/970856 "2022-09-05T18:13:42Z")
This question came to me after watching the movie “Funny Pages”. In the opening scene the main character is with one of his teachers looking at a strip that has the comic strip character Henry and his girl friend gettin… --- ## [Actors you like \[even\] more than before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-like-even-more-than-before/970555)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-like-even-more-than-before/970555 "2022-09-05T17:50:47Z")
In contrast to Actors you don’t like anymore, who are some actors that you like more now than before? I’ve always enjoyed Henry Winkler, but watching him in Barry has given me a whole new appreciation of his depth. --- ## [A contemporary review of Psycho: "campy" and "funny"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-contemporary-review-of-psycho-campy-and-funny/970474)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-contemporary-review-of-psycho-campy-and-funny/970474 "2022-09-05T16:55:20Z")
NPR’S Weekend Edition has an occasional thing called “Movies You Missed”, where they find someone who has never seen an iconic film, make them watch it, and get their impressions. This week it was Alfred Hitchcock’s Psy… --- ## [S.H.A.D.O. Mobile base vehicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-h-a-d-o-mobile-base-vehicle/970967)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-h-a-d-o-mobile-base-vehicle/970967 "2022-09-05T06:15:05Z")
We all know that the Chariot (a real vehicle) in Lost In Space was a modified Morton-Thiokol Snow Cat. Was the S.H.A.D.O. Mobile model in U.F.O. based on a real vehicle? --- ## [Amusing 'Is Lower Decks canon' thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-is-lower-decks-canon-thought/970960)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-is-lower-decks-canon-thought/970960 "2022-09-05T04:51:28Z")
So I was wondering about this, and thought…“They arrrree…but some aspects are exagerrated. Made sillier or funnier.” Then I thought, Lets take the opposite approach. Its all true, every bit of it. After all, if you look… --- ## [Actors/actresses you think are the same person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519)
**Author:** [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-actresses-you-think-are-the-same-person/318519 "2022-09-05T01:46:33Z")
Until I looked them up on IMDB, I had no idea that John Corbett and Paul Rudd were different people. I thought that the guy in Clueless was the guy on Sex and the City was the guy on Friends was the guy in My Big Fat Gre… --- ## [How to pick a good watermelon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pick-a-good-watermelon/969963)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pick-a-good-watermelon/969963 "2022-09-04T23:22:04Z")
Link to some common folk wisdom Has anyone ever actually put these tests to the test to see whether there’s anything to it? --- ## [Roles/characters actors should have taken but it didnt happen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roles-characters-actors-should-have-taken-but-it-didnt-happen/970829)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roles-characters-actors-should-have-taken-but-it-didnt-happen/970829 "2022-09-04T21:29:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from Long-running characters closely associated with a non-originating actor:0 I made this remark when discussing dr strange : I always thought vincent price would have been unspeakably great… --- ## [Brisket prime v choice and price. Weird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brisket-prime-v-choice-and-price-weird/970857)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brisket-prime-v-choice-and-price-weird/970857 "2022-09-04T20:26:19Z")
Went to Costco today. Whole packet brisket prime was $4.29 a pound. Choice flat only was, not sure on exact, but something like $5.85. Yes the packer has a bunch of fat to trim and the flat not, but still not getting wh… --- ## [Jewish Rye Bread, what's special about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-rye-bread-whats-special-about-it/967798)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-rye-bread-whats-special-about-it/967798 "2022-07-14T04:11:14Z")
At work today, someone asked where the jewish rye bread was. I’m familiar with dark rye bread, and light rye bread, jewish rye bread was a new thing for me. How is it different than just plain rye bread? --- ## [Actors who got the part because of their names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-the-part-because-of-their-names/970835)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-the-part-because-of-their-names/970835 "2022-09-03T22:59:43Z")
It might not be the name alone that got them the part, but it might have helped nudge the judgement of whoever was casting. I’ve long wondered about whether Michael Lonsdale was cast as Hugo Drax in the James Bond movie… --- ## [Does anyone sell pre-packaged bread machine kits anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-pre-packaged-bread-machine-kits-anymore/635628)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-sell-pre-packaged-bread-machine-kits-anymore/635628 "2022-09-03T22:04:15Z")
Some 15 years ago we had a breadmaker and made bread from pre-packaged kits. We dragged the breadmaker out recently and discovered that we were missing the impeller. My wife just bought a new Black and Decker breadmake… --- ## [American psycho explanation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-psycho-explanation/168817)
**Author:** [@ata66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ata66)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-psycho-explanation/168817 "2022-09-03T21:35:16Z")
can someone explain the end of american psycho ? i’ve seen it a couple times and still can’t really understand the ending, thanks. --- ## [Russell Brand's Ethnicity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russell-brands-ethnicity/562978)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russell-brands-ethnicity/562978 "2022-09-03T03:35:35Z")
Internet searching suggests that he is white with a 100% British background, but he does not look like the typical white British person. Does anyone have any details on Brand’s ethnicity? --- ## [Anna Karenina films, 1935 and 1948 versions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-karenina-films-1935-and-1948-versions/970691)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-karenina-films-1935-and-1948-versions/970691 "2022-09-02T22:16:14Z")
Both the 1935 Gretta Garbo film and the 1948 Vivien Leigh films are available on TCM on demand. The idea of compressing a Tolstoy novel into a 90 minute to two hour film sounds laughable. But, I’m willing to give them a… --- ## [The Incredible Amazing Colossal Adjective Superhero/Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-amazing-colossal-adjective-superhero-monster/970720)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incredible-amazing-colossal-adjective-superhero-monster/970720 "2022-09-02T12:03:25Z")
I blame producer Albert Zugsmith. There might be an earlier example, but I think he started it all. Richard Matheson submitted an idea for a film to Universal Studios to be called The Shrinking Man. He wrote the screenpl… --- ## ["Six O'Clock News" by Kathleen Edwards - alternate version?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-oclock-news-by-kathleen-edwards-alternate-version/528160)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-oclock-news-by-kathleen-edwards-alternate-version/528160 "2022-09-02T05:08:19Z")
Here is the video for Kathleen Edwards’ song Six O’Clock News. This folk-rock song was briefly popular on the radio when it came out in 2003. I liked it a lot so I downloaded it on Limewire. It was lost along with a lot … --- ## [Are Marvel comics set in other countries popular there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-marvel-comics-set-in-other-countries-popular-there/970734)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-marvel-comics-set-in-other-countries-popular-there/970734 "2022-09-02T02:08:08Z")
For example, is Alpha Flight very well-known or popular in Canada? Excalibur in the UK? --- ## [Don't turn around! - Arch Oboler 'Lights Out' episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-turn-around-arch-oboler-lights-out-episode/920075)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-turn-around-arch-oboler-lights-out-episode/920075 "2022-09-02T01:29:34Z")
I’m trying to find a video (audio) of an Arch Oboler play. It may simply be called Don’t Turn Around, but I don’t know. All I could find was this bit of script from a cached site: Turn off the lights. Turn on the rad… --- ## [Modern Music Appreciation: What Would You Include in the Curriculum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-music-appreciation-what-would-you-include-in-the-curriculum/970455)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-music-appreciation-what-would-you-include-in-the-curriculum/970455 "2022-09-02T00:21:28Z")
You’re a teacher of a Music Appreciation class for middle or high school students. Your course covers classical and popular music. In the case of the latter, what recordings do you assign as the quintessential examples … --- ## [Movie identification - main character is a (white) fan of the blues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-identification-main-character-is-a-white-fan-of-the-blues/970740)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-identification-main-character-is-a-white-fan-of-the-blues/970740 "2022-09-01T23:33:40Z")
I don’t remember much about this one - I think I saw clips on Siskel and Ebert, though. The main character is a fan of authentic blues music and follows a singer of that type who is down on his luck - he’s the opening a… --- ## [Counterculture Anthems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterculture-anthems/969721)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counterculture-anthems/969721 "2022-09-01T20:35:46Z")
Rock and roll gave us some great music. Some made you want to get up and dance. But I want to hear about the stuff that made you want to raise your fist into the air and storm…something. Buffalo Springfield’s “For Wha… --- ## [Quirky mashup ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-mashup-ideas/969445)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quirky-mashup-ideas/969445 "2022-09-01T19:19:33Z")
Anybody got a couple (or more) songs that weirdly fit together in a mashup? Genre crosses, incompatible moods, huge classics with unknown indie B-sides? That sorta thing. Inspired by me washing dishes yesterday, kinda h… --- ## [Do you want (thing)? Because that's how you get (thing)!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-thing-because-thats-how-you-get-thing/970745)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-thing-because-thats-how-you-get-thing/970745 "2022-09-01T18:41:58Z")
The thing was was originally ‘ants’, I believe. And I hear it in Jessica Walter’s voice. Did it originate with her? And if it did, was it Archer or Arrested Development? Or is this construct older? Asking because I use … --- ## [What's the deal with Hannibal Smith's gloves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-hannibal-smiths-gloves/582927)
**Author:** [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-hannibal-smiths-gloves/582927 "2022-09-01T17:33:39Z")
On the original TV version of the A-Team, George Peppard’s character John “Hannibal” Smith was frequently seen in black gloves. Why? What was the deal with them? Linkl I noticed this upon watching the show on cable in … --- ## [What is the most underrated food you can think of? Mine is cold sardines and hot rye toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-underrated-food-you-can-think-of-mine-is-cold-sardines-and-hot-rye-toast/970176)
**Author:** [@shunnedempath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shunnedempath)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-underrated-food-you-can-think-of-mine-is-cold-sardines-and-hot-rye-toast/970176 "2022-09-01T15:26:15Z")
What is the most underrated food you can think of? Mine is cold sardines and hot rye toast. --- ## [Naomi Judd has died (age 76)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-judd-has-died-age-76/963738)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naomi-judd-has-died-age-76/963738 "2022-09-01T15:22:06Z")
Naomi Judd, part of the Grammy-award winning country music duo The Judds, is dead at 76. Judd’s daughters, country singer Wynonna and actress Ashley Judd, confirmed the artist’s death in a statement on Saturday. “Tod… --- ## [Duplicate episodes in different series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-episodes-in-different-series/968900)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duplicate-episodes-in-different-series/968900 "2022-09-01T13:23:11Z")
Bewitched is well known dor recycling old scripts with new Darrens, but today I happened to remember a story from the 60s - a regular character writes a song, and a rock group likes it well enough to do its own version, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=238) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=240)