# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=241 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 242 --- ## [Joey DeFrancesco has died, aged 51](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-defrancesco-has-died-aged-51/970388)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-defrancesco-has-died-aged-51/970388 "2022-08-26T10:47:39Z")
Damn. One of my favorite go to videos features Joey playing with Miles Smiles… I will be watching this again soon. --- ## [How would you limit an offensive teleporter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-limit-an-offensive-teleporter/970056)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-limit-an-offensive-teleporter/970056 "2022-08-26T01:01:41Z")
I had an idea for a villain that can teleport objects by touch and place them inside other objects. They primarily use this power to teleport objects inside people to incapacitate or kill them. An example would be telepo… --- ## [Blue Bloods and real life current US politics; how does the Reagan family view Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-bloods-and-real-life-current-us-politics-how-does-the-reagan-family-view-trump/970244)
**Author:** [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-bloods-and-real-life-current-us-politics-how-does-the-reagan-family-view-trump/970244 "2022-08-25T23:21:53Z")
Over the last several weeks I became reacquainted with this TV show due to it being on in the background, often while doing something else. (It turns out some household chores do not require a great deal of focus so the… --- ## [Ryan Reynolds wants to remake Clue!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-wants-to-remake-clue/970322)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ryan-reynolds-wants-to-remake-clue/970322 "2022-08-25T21:35:49Z")
I’m both horrified and mildly intrigued. As long as he doesn’t insist on casting himself. --- ## [Why was everyone adding wheat germ in the 1970s and 1980s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-adding-wheat-germ-in-the-1970s-and-1980s/970120)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-everyone-adding-wheat-germ-in-the-1970s-and-1980s/970120 "2022-08-25T09:49:45Z")
What was behind the health conscious kick off adding wheat germ to everything in the 1970s and 1980s? Definitely always in cereal but also added to mixed veggies, pasta sauce, I even think my parents put it into frozen d… --- ## [Ronin question: "What color is the boathouse at Hereford?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronin-question-what-color-is-the-boathouse-at-hereford/214241)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ronin-question-what-color-is-the-boathouse-at-hereford/214241 "2022-08-25T02:54:41Z")
In the DeNiro film Ronin there’s a minor character at the beginning – forget his name – who claims to be British ex-military, from Hereford. DeNiro puts him on the spot by demanding, “What color is the boathouse at Here… --- ## [History's Greatest Protein Bar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historys-greatest-protein-bar/970038)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historys-greatest-protein-bar/970038 "2022-08-25T01:45:19Z")
This will be impossible to believe, but I actually came across a protein bar that was completely, 100%, and utterly without any chococlate! Whatsoever! (and no yogurt, either!) And what may be this most unusual creature… --- ## [Directors with 2 great full length movies in one year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-with-2-great-full-length-movies-in-one-year/970034)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-with-2-great-full-length-movies-in-one-year/970034 "2022-08-24T20:13:48Z")
So which directors (please directors only) had two great movies in a single year? Mel Brooks 1974 Young Frankenstein & Blazing Saddles Spielberg 1993 Jurassic Park & Schindler’s List Honorable mention: Spielberg 1989… --- ## [Star Wars: Andor trailer dropped. Premiers 21st September](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-andor-trailer-dropped-premiers-21st-september/968918)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-andor-trailer-dropped-premiers-21st-september/968918 "2022-08-24T17:13:02Z")
Trailer here. Look promising, though why would the trailer for it not be released in 4K? --- ## [I think I got an unfair bad rating from a restaurant doing DoorDash, what to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-an-unfair-bad-rating-from-a-restaurant-doing-doordash-what-to-do/970219)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-got-an-unfair-bad-rating-from-a-restaurant-doing-doordash-what-to-do/970219 "2022-08-24T08:34:18Z")
One night, I think it was late April, I received a delivery request from a restaurant, and I was literally on the same block at the 7-11. I went to that restaurant within a couple of minutes, well within my scheduled pic… --- ## [Movies that should be remade as TV series: "Glory"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-remade-as-tv-series-glory/970145)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-remade-as-tv-series-glory/970145 "2022-08-23T23:25:10Z")
I nominate “Glory.” I recently had the opportunity to rewatch this - the 1989 film about the Black 54th Massachusetts Regiment that fought in the US Civil War. The movie holds up big time, and man there’s some goddamn … --- ## [Most heroic actions by movie characters (but no superheroes)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-heroic-actions-by-movie-characters-but-no-superheroes/970132)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-heroic-actions-by-movie-characters-but-no-superheroes/970132 "2022-08-23T21:35:58Z")
A friend and I were discussing our favorite westerns. I’m not especially partial to westerns, but I do have a soft spot for The Magnificent Seven (1960). One of the opening scenes has Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen volunt… --- ## [Lady Gaga with Tony Bennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-with-tony-bennett/970163)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-with-tony-bennett/970163 "2022-08-23T17:51:34Z")
I was searching for a recording of Love For Sale and tripped across the version by Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett. I enjoyed it so much I started listening to a number of other things that they recorded together. Wow. Havin… --- ## [Why doesn't Netflix offer premium movies at extra cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-netflix-offer-premium-movies-at-extra-cost/969280)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-netflix-offer-premium-movies-at-extra-cost/969280 "2022-08-23T17:17:34Z")
If I want to watch a movie that Netflix doesn’t have (which is most movies I want to watch–Netflix’s selection is slim pickins except for their self-produced content and movies that are old enough to be just old movies b… --- ## [Hey cat people-Netflix doc about cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-cat-people-netflix-doc-about-cats/970025 "2022-08-23T04:50:46Z")
My brother recommended this Netflix show to me. I haven’t seen it yet, am thinking about other things at the moment, will see it another day. There was a line in the trailer - “Cats are wild animals living in your hom… --- ## [What We Do In The Shadows Season Four Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-four-discussion/967908)
**Author:** [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-season-four-discussion/967908 "2022-08-23T03:33:49Z")
I started the thread last year for season 3, so I thought maybe I’d do the same this time, so we aren’t saddled with bumping an old thread with an inaccurate title. I’ve seen the first two episodes of the season, and am… --- ## [Star Trek Discovery Season 2 Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-2-thread/828363)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-2-thread/828363 "2022-08-23T00:46:33Z")
Starting with Episode 2 I thought a single thread would be better. Wow, they really are trying to course correct. A Star Ship going to a planet Just Like Earth ™ is the Trekiest of Treks that ever Treked and I enjoyed i… --- ## [Has anyone tried kvas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-kvas/970052)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-kvas/970052 "2022-08-22T23:30:18Z")
I found some in the European section of a store. From the ingredient list it is rye bread soaked in seltzer water. Reading up a bit on it there should be a small amount of alcohol. Taste is described as pickley and gamey… --- ## ["The Flash" movie breaks record for a DCEU test screening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-movie-breaks-record-for-a-dceu-test-screening/970014)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-movie-breaks-record-for-a-dceu-test-screening/970014 "2022-08-22T20:39:12Z")
According to World of Reel the upcoming Flash movie had the highest score of any test screening of a DCEU movie on 8/11. One reviewer called it "Humorous, thrilling and emotional.” So it looks like Warners has a hit… --- ## [Dirty Dancing's Holy Grail: The origin of the lyrics. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-dancings-holy-grail-the-origin-of-the-lyrics/78944)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-dancings-holy-grail-the-origin-of-the-lyrics/78944 "2022-08-22T18:57:37Z")
To Baby’s annoying sister’s annoying “Hawaiian” song: I think this one is still unsolved. What are the lyrics to that song, and was it written just for the film, or is some ancient Hawaiian song that Ms Brucker deliber… --- ## [What exactly is an oliphaunt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-an-oliphaunt/969670)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-an-oliphaunt/969670 "2022-08-22T16:25:30Z")
Every time I’ve read the LOTR trilogy, when Sam and Frodo witness oliphaunts for the first time, I assumed they were elephants and that was just their hick pronunciation. A standard elephant would have been plenty fanta… --- ## [RIP, Leon Vitali](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-leon-vitali/970083)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-leon-vitali/970083 "2022-08-22T11:53:39Z")
I see that he has just died. I knew him as Lord Bullingdon in Barry Lyndon and the masked figure in Eyes Wide Shut, but I also remember him as Victor Frankenstein in Terror of Frankenstein, one of the few faithful adapt… --- ## [Snobby food preferences you had as a kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snobby-food-preferences-you-had-as-a-kid/968647)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snobby-food-preferences-you-had-as-a-kid/968647 "2022-08-22T07:48:36Z")
A friend was lamenting that her 3-year-old won’t eat the Costco prosciutto any more. She will only eat Serrano ham (which, fortunately, my friend buys at Lidl for not too much). That reminded me that my mother told me I… --- ## [A question about soon-to-expire milk and no-bake uses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-soon-to-expire-milk-and-no-bake-uses/969989)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-soon-to-expire-milk-and-no-bake-uses/969989 "2022-08-22T01:27:30Z")
For sake of argument, let’s say that the date on a container of milk is actually when it’s going to expire. I know it can be off a few days in either direction, but let’s assume in this case it’s accurate, and you also w… --- ## [Is there a reason/trend going on that record companies/rights holders are turning off comments on youtube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-reason-trend-going-on-that-record-companies-rights-holders-are-turning-off-comments-on-youtube/970017 "2022-08-21T20:32:25Z")
im seeing this more and more and I’m wondering if it’s a YT reason or something going on I don’t know about.? At first, I noticed some of the artists doing it and I was ok I can see that but its happening more and more … --- ## [Evil TV Show - anyone watching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-tv-show-anyone-watching/950994 "2022-08-21T17:17:03Z")
Does anyone here watch the show “Evil”? Its first season was on CBS and the second season is on Paramount Plus. It’s about a team of investigators that works for the Catholic church. One is becoming a priest, and the ot… --- ## [Kitchen tips: Oven things you can totally do without an oven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-tips-oven-things-you-can-totally-do-without-an-oven/969904)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-tips-oven-things-you-can-totally-do-without-an-oven/969904 "2022-08-21T16:45:31Z")
Our built-in wall oven has been on the fritz for a few years now. We get by with our gas stove, a large countertop toaster oven that just barely fits a 9" x 9" brownie pan, and two large crock pots. No air fryer or anyth… --- ## [On the other hand - black chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-other-hand-black-chocolate/970005)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-other-hand-black-chocolate/970005 "2022-08-21T15:59:37Z")
The Asian store near me has tons of Japanese and European candy. Yesterday I tried a bar of Meiji Black Chocolate. It really wasn’t what I expected. First off, it isn’t black - just the standard dark brown. It’s just dar… --- ## [Samantha Bee's Full Frontal: No more :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-bees-full-frontal-no-more/969856)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-bees-full-frontal-no-more/969856 "2022-08-20T03:16:23Z")
Figuring since I kicked things off, here, might as well wrap it up too. TBS: “A difficult, business-based decision”. okee dokee. Hoping she finds some other platform and start shit-kicking again. --- ## [Superheroes sometimes called "The . . ."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superheroes-sometimes-called-the/969894)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superheroes-sometimes-called-the/969894 "2022-08-20T01:51:12Z")
Batman is sometimes referred as The Batman. Similarly: The Hulk The Flash The Wolverine The Green Arrow On the other hand, other superheroes are always just “Name,” never "The (Name). For example Peter Parker is not … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=240) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=242)