# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=265 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 266 --- ## [Anywhere to stream Hitchcock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anywhere-to-stream-hitchcock/693453)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anywhere-to-stream-hitchcock/693453 "2022-04-16T01:37:16Z")
My wife has never seen a Hitchcock film, so I wanted to pull one up last night. Nothing on Netflix, Amazon…any other options? --- ## [A Monochrome Past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-monochrome-past/962850)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-monochrome-past/962850 "2022-04-15T22:43:23Z")
Monochrome Past - TV Tropes Per the link, “Ever since the advent of colour photography, the past has been depicted as in black and white, sepia tone or muted colors.” I actually don’t think this is true. Thinking of f… --- ## [Ralph Macchio's voice... does he sound more child-like to you now compared to 30 years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph-macchios-voice-does-he-sound-more-child-like-to-you-now-compared-to-30-years-ago/959913)
**Author:** [@mmmiiikkkeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmiiikkkeee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph-macchios-voice-does-he-sound-more-child-like-to-you-now-compared-to-30-years-ago/959913 "2022-04-13T20:12:18Z")
Ralph’s voice stood out to me when I started watching him again in the Cobra Kai series a few years ago, and he sounds the same in recent interviews as well so I don’t think he alters his voice for that character. He so… --- ## [ST: TOS. Was Scotty’s accent Scottish or Irish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-was-scotty-s-accent-scottish-or-irish/960695)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tos-was-scotty-s-accent-scottish-or-irish/960695 "2022-04-15T18:38:41Z")
I know that James Doohan was Canadian, but to my untrained ear, Scotty sounded more like Rory McIlroy than Gordon Ramsay. Am I off base here? --- ## [Question about TV gumbo recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tv-gumbo-recipe/962885)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tv-gumbo-recipe/962885 "2022-04-15T16:22:17Z")
I just finished watching this show on OMNI. It has virtually no narration, and it doesn’t give a list of ingredients. You can only follow the visuals. What I want to know is: What the hell is the green mush she puts i… --- ## [What is this lyric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-lyric/962841)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-lyric/962841 "2022-04-15T15:40:37Z")
This is a cover of an old song by Furry Lewis. No relation to the Grateful Dead’s “Casey Jones.” Around 4:50, he sings “I’m a natural born (something), I don’t have to work.” “Easer”? “Easel”? What say you? … --- ## [SMBC nails it! (Why I love this board.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smbc-nails-it-why-i-love-this-board/962718)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smbc-nails-it-why-i-love-this-board/962718 "2022-04-15T01:26:24Z")
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal ranges from the obscure to the irrelevant, but today’s (Apr. 12, 2022) strip just nails why I love this place. Not to mention old bars. --- ## [So Will Smith punched Chris Rock at the Oscars last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-smith-punched-chris-rock-at-the-oscars-last-night/961826)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 838\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-will-smith-punched-chris-rock-at-the-oscars-last-night/961826 "2022-04-15T01:22:51Z")
Basically, Chris made some jokes about Jada. Very tame ones if you ask me. Will appears to laugh at first. But then he walks right up on stage and smacks Chris right in the mouth. Will was a total fucking ass in my opin… --- ## [Movie "Arlington Road" Questions \*OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-arlington-road-questions-open-spoilers/962808)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-arlington-road-questions-open-spoilers/962808 "2022-04-14T23:53:37Z")
I’m not sure how I missed this movie as it is more than 20 years old starring Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins. I was very impressed with it, even though it seems a bit dated now with the theme. A few questions, but FULL S… --- ## [Who was the best boxer in the Rocky/Creed films?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-boxer-in-the-rocky-creed-films/962828)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-boxer-in-the-rocky-creed-films/962828 "2022-04-14T21:27:14Z")
I’ve only seen Rocky 1&2 as well as Rocky Balboa, but I always thought that Rocky just outlasted his opponents by taking damage rather than exemplary skill. Was Apollo better? He apparently beat Rocky twice. --- ## [Limitless film (spoilers after OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitless-film-spoilers-after-op/575241)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limitless-film-spoilers-after-op/575241 "2022-04-14T20:26:55Z")
Spoilers after OP. A writer discovers a top-secret drug which bestows him with super human mental abilities. Whatcha think? --- ## [English actors adopting American accents and vice versa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-actors-adopting-american-accents-and-vice-versa/487958)
**Author:** [@aaslatten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaslatten)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-actors-adopting-american-accents-and-vice-versa/487958 "2022-04-14T19:16:41Z")
Is it just my imagination, or do English actors (e.g., Hugh Laurie, Kate Winslet, John Mahoney) do a much better job in general of emulating an American accent than the other way around? If so, why is that? --- ## [Station Eleven on HBO (blurred spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/station-eleven-on-hbo-blurred-spoilers/956378)
**Author:** [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/station-eleven-on-hbo-blurred-spoilers/956378 "2022-04-14T13:11:44Z")
The first three episodes have dropped, and I’m hooked. It’s beautifully shot, filmed and written. I haven’t read the book, though I’m familiar with the plot. I didn’t realize until after I’d watched it that the showrunn… --- ## [Would the Beatles have been even more popular if With the Beatles had been the U.K. debut album?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-beatles-have-been-even-more-popular-if-with-the-beatles-had-been-the-u-k-debut-album/962410)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-beatles-have-been-even-more-popular-if-with-the-beatles-had-been-the-u-k-debut-album/962410 "2022-04-14T11:12:04Z")
I’ve been listening to a lot of early Beatles albums lately, both the USA and U.K. versions. There’s a notable increase in quality from Please Please Me (album) to With the Beatles, probably the biggest jump of their ca… --- ## [Suggest some kid friendly magic potion names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-kid-friendly-magic-potion-names/962544)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-some-kid-friendly-magic-potion-names/962544 "2022-04-13T19:59:07Z")
Short version, I need magic potion names that are suitable for a 11 year old. TLDR version: SummaryA birthday coming up for an eleven year old boy. He’s somewhere on the autism spectrum. I know he’s on a couple of diff… --- ## [Identify an old rap song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-an-old-rap-song/962722)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-an-old-rap-song/962722 "2022-04-13T16:37:46Z")
I am looking for the title and author of an old rap song. It was a favorite of a co-worker, at a company for which I worked briefly in 1991. I believe that all of the performers were African-Americans. There were 3 fe… --- ## [Name 17 superheroes in this picture (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-17-superheroes-in-this-picture-spoilers/940006 "2022-04-13T14:26:13Z")
Supposed to be 17, I can only get 16. Considering all the comic nerds here, I figure this should take no time. First off, let’s use spoilers so everyone can play. No cheating by looking at other answers until you put up … --- ## [RIP - Chris Bailey - lead singer and co-founder of The Saints](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chris-bailey-lead-singer-and-co-founder-of-the-saints/962652)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-chris-bailey-lead-singer-and-co-founder-of-the-saints/962652 "2022-04-13T11:41:35Z")
Chris Bailey - co-founder and lead singer of the Brisbane, Australia band The Saints - has passed away. The Saints first single ‘I’m Stranded’ is a cracker, and one of the first genuinely decent singles of the punk era,… --- ## [Movie Identification: Young Innocent Man Goes to Corrupt Big City, Drowns, Brought Back to Life, Set around 1800s-1920](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-identification-young-innocent-man-goes-to-corrupt-big-city-drowns-brought-back-to-life-set-around-1800s-1920/962680)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-identification-young-innocent-man-goes-to-corrupt-big-city-drowns-brought-back-to-life-set-around-1800s-1920/962680 "2022-04-13T11:00:58Z")
I was wondering if someone could identify this movie. It’s several decades old. It’s along the lines of a young innocent man going to the corrupt big city. Probably set from 19th century to 1920 or so. I remember one lin… --- ## [Action Movie Trailer where Andy Williams "Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" plays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/action-movie-trailer-where-andy-williams-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-plays/962760)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/action-movie-trailer-where-andy-williams-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-plays/962760 "2022-04-13T10:18:10Z")
I remember in the 90s seeing an action movie trailer where the joke was this super happy Christmas song is playing to footage of explosions and gunfire. I swore for the longest time ever that this was either the trailer … --- ## [Best anime for years - Kimi No Na Wa 君の名は。(English title: 'Your Name')](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-anime-for-years-kimi-no-na-wa-english-title-your-name/787996)
**Author:** [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-anime-for-years-kimi-no-na-wa-english-title-your-name/787996 "2022-04-13T06:57:24Z")
I’ve seen nothing here yet about the Japanese anime Kimi No Na Wa 君の名は。(English title: ‘Your Name’). It seems to be worth discussing. I watched it a couple of days ago. In fact, when I got to the end I went straight bac… --- ## [Harry Patterson (AKA Jack Higgins) has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-patterson-aka-jack-higgins-has-died/962698)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-patterson-aka-jack-higgins-has-died/962698 "2022-04-12T19:29:35Z")
He was 92. I knew that he had written several books, but I didn’t realize how many. --- ## [Need help with a Randy Travis song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-randy-travis-song/962425)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-a-randy-travis-song/962425 "2022-04-12T18:37:03Z")
I heard a Randy Travis song at lunch on the radio but was doing other things so I just caught a bit of it. On the face of it, it seems like it should be easy but my google-fu has failed me. Anyway… Randy Travis song, p… --- ## [Breaking down what makes a song great: Two viewpoints](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-down-what-makes-a-song-great-two-viewpoints/962108)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-down-what-makes-a-song-great-two-viewpoints/962108 "2022-04-12T14:16:05Z")
I recently discovered two YouTube channels that led to bingeing. The first Rick is Beato, a music producer based in Stone Mountain Ga. He’s very much old school rock, but studies classical music and theory as well. He’s… --- ## [Earliest/latest sitcom set in each US state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311 "2022-04-12T14:01:17Z")
Has there been a sitcom set in each state of the USA? If so, what was the first such sitcom (by starting year) and what was the most recent such sitcom (by ending year) by state? Note that by “set in” I mean the series… --- ## [Help Bosda Remember this Film/Actress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-bosda-remember-this-film-actress/962694)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-bosda-remember-this-film-actress/962694 "2022-04-12T10:21:23Z")
The movie–1950-60s. Set in Italy. Romantic comedy? Drama? I cannot recall. The actress. In one scene, she is wearing white framed sunglasses with black lenses, and smoking a cigarette in a holder. I am 99% certain t… --- ## [RIP Mark Lanegan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mark-lanegan/960012)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mark-lanegan/960012 "2022-04-12T05:41:29Z")
Maybe his death got overshadowed by Gary Brooker’s, but Mark Lanegan also died, aged 57. Grunge was a big thing for me and my musical socialization, and the Screaming Trees are one of my favorite bands of the genre. I al… --- ## [What's a well known (at least fairly well known) type of food or style of cuisine you've never, or only recently, tried?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-well-known-at-least-fairly-well-known-type-of-food-or-style-of-cuisine-youve-never-or-only-recently-tried/957931)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 245\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-well-known-at-least-fairly-well-known-type-of-food-or-style-of-cuisine-youve-never-or-only-recently-tried/957931 "2022-04-11T20:41:38Z")
Reading the ’ Educate me about burritos, please’ thread got me thinking. I’m a pretty adventurous eater, and I’ve tried many different styles of cuisines; do I have gaps in my culinary experience? It took me awhile to th… --- ## [Outlander Season 6 - (also, new book on the way)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-6-also-new-book-on-the-way/952215)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outlander-season-6-also-new-book-on-the-way/952215 "2022-04-11T20:04:46Z")
Here is a teaser for the new, mini-season, of Outlander. Also, a new book in the Outlander series has an actual release date. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone comes out on November 23. It’s been 7 years since the last b… --- ## [When tropes are subverted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tropes-are-subverted/962619)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tropes-are-subverted/962619 "2022-04-11T17:52:19Z")
It seems like in the past oh, couple years or so we’ve had a number of TV / movie trope or cliche threads, which is fine with me, I love a good trope thread. I think I even started one or two. But how about examples whe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=264) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=266)