# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=289 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 290 --- ## [Cooking FROZEN Beef Tenderloin! New Help Fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-frozen-beef-tenderloin-new-help-fast/956558)
**Author:** [@Dr.Conrad\_Shadowdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Conrad_Shadowdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-frozen-beef-tenderloin-new-help-fast/956558 "2021-12-24T16:19:01Z")
I have family coming to Christmas Dinner on Saturday but my beef tenderloin, while lovely, is frozen solid. Pop it in the fridge to thaw and hope for the best? Or, can I cook it from its current solid state? How long … --- ## [Truly Scrumptious Sally Ann Howes has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-scrumptious-sally-ann-howes-has-died/956498)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-scrumptious-sally-ann-howes-has-died/956498 "2021-12-24T14:09:26Z")
--- ## [The Expanse (Final) Season 6 Trailer \[And please, no book spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-final-season-6-trailer-and-please-no-book-spoilers/952160)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-final-season-6-trailer-and-please-no-book-spoilers/952160 "2021-12-24T05:40:01Z")
The sixth and final season of The Expanse picks up with the solar system at war, as Marco Inaros and his Free Navy continue to launch devastating asteroid attacks on Earth and Mars. As the tensions of war … --- ## [Recommend a SILENT feature film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-silent-feature-film/950880)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-silent-feature-film/950880 "2021-12-24T02:06:04Z")
Do you have a favorite feature film from the early days - the days before “talkies” were a thing? I am mainly interested in feature-length films, but if there is a “short” that you really like, feel free to add it. I’l… --- ## [Today marks the 20th anniversary of the release of LOTR: FOTR. Some reminiscing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-marks-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-release-of-lotr-fotr-some-reminiscing/956320)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-marks-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-release-of-lotr-fotr-some-reminiscing/956320 "2021-12-23T23:51:28Z")
I know a lot of you didn’t care for these movies, or that they’ve become lessened as time progresses, but they were extremely important to my (ex) family in so many ways that I wanted to mention it here. LOTR… the films… --- ## [I've got a bone to pick with youse people!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-youse-people/956544)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-youse-people/956544 "2021-12-23T23:20:21Z")
erects aluminum pole Come on, I’ll take on every one of you! Yes, it’s that time of year again. A Festivus for the rest of us. --- ## [Top 10 states for alcohol consumption per capita](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-states-for-alcohol-consumption-per-capita/956413)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-10-states-for-alcohol-consumption-per-capita/956413 "2021-12-23T22:07:45Z")
I was surprised by the top 2. I noticed very northern states are generally at the top. NY & NJ were actually below average. Utah without surprise drinks the least. I wonder what put New Hampshire so high? New Hampshire … --- ## [Ghostbusters (2016) is super awesome! (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-2016-is-super-awesome-spoilers/759965)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghostbusters-2016-is-super-awesome-spoilers/759965 "2021-12-23T20:40:43Z")
I’m not the only one who thinks this because at the end of the movie I counted 5 children dancing around at the front of the cinema for a few minutes. Review to follow… --- ## [Odd version of The Matrix movie (leaked in 1999)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-version-of-the-matrix-movie-leaked-in-1999/607006)
**Author:** [@SwannyRiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwannyRiver)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-version-of-the-matrix-movie-leaked-in-1999/607006 "2021-12-23T15:11:01Z")
Does anyone recall the original Matrix film being leaked back in 1999? When I was in high school my buddy gave me a copy of the film while it was still playing in theaters, however this copy was some unfinished productio… --- ## [Could most modern popular music be described as a chaccone or passacaglia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-most-modern-popular-music-be-described-as-a-chaccone-or-passacaglia/956298)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-most-modern-popular-music-be-described-as-a-chaccone-or-passacaglia/956298 "2021-12-23T15:10:50Z")
A chaconne (/ʃəˈkɒn/; French: \[ʃakɔn\]; Spanish: chacona ; Italian: ciaccona , pronounced \[tʃakˈkoːna\]; earlier English: chacony )\[1\] is a type of musical composition often used as a vehicle for variation on a repeated s… --- ## [Coke Zero may soon be phased out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-zero-may-soon-be-phased-out/788561)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-zero-may-soon-be-phased-out/788561 "2021-12-23T14:04:55Z")
I loves me some Coke Zero. Ever since this alternative to Diet Coke (bleeargh) came out I have been a die-hard consumer. Sugar-free and tastes distinctively sort-of-like Coca Cola, but in a way that is thirst-quenching a… --- ## [Tom Cardy songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cardy-songs/956500)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cardy-songs/956500 "2021-12-23T11:07:10Z")
He’s a musical comedian, or a comedic musician, who does funny little songs. Here’s one of my favorites: If you liked it, check out his other songs. He covers a very wide variety of topics. --- ## [What in the world happened to Keith Richards' fingers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-world-happened-to-keith-richards-fingers/132046)
**Author:** [@Cholo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cholo)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-in-the-world-happened-to-keith-richards-fingers/132046 "2021-12-23T10:59:31Z")
I noticed it a couple of months ago when Mick Jagger and Keith were being interviewed by Matt Lauer on the Today show. Keith is sitting next to Jagger and is closer to the camera. As you may know, Keith speaks somewhat a… --- ## [Actors Who Impress More Playing Against Type](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-impress-more-playing-against-type/956373)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-impress-more-playing-against-type/956373 "2021-12-23T01:40:36Z")
For each of us, there are actors and actresses who don’t impress when doing their usual schtick. But then they take a role playing against type, and suddenly, you’re impressed. Take Steve Carell. His comedy roles leave… --- ## [Please identify this movie (Christmas tree with a hundred candles on it burns down)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-christmas-tree-with-a-hundred-candles-on-it-burns-down/956440)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-movie-christmas-tree-with-a-hundred-candles-on-it-burns-down/956440 "2021-12-22T14:19:39Z")
I remember seeing a movie in which there was a Christmas tree with a hundred or so candles on it, and one of them tipped over and set the entire tree, and the rest of the room, on fire before they were able to put it out… --- ## [A new Matrix movie? Didn't everything get wrapped-up in Revolutions? The Matrix Resurrections (trailer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-matrix-movie-didnt-everything-get-wrapped-up-in-revolutions-the-matrix-resurrections-trailer/950377)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-matrix-movie-didnt-everything-get-wrapped-up-in-revolutions-the-matrix-resurrections-trailer/950377 "2021-12-22T11:15:45Z")
For some reason I had NO idea they were making a new Matrix movie. What’s more, it is releasing over Christmas. Complete whoosh on me…totally missed this was coming. I am curious though. I thought at the very end of R… --- ## [Sock it to me? "Laugh-In" on Tubi TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-it-to-me-laugh-in-on-tubi-tv/956379)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-it-to-me-laugh-in-on-tubi-tv/956379 "2021-12-22T07:29:46Z")
I was looking in my Tubi TV app when what should appear in my feed but Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In? The entire run of episodes, six seasons, 140 episodes. These aren’t shortened “best of” shows, but full-length episodes … --- ## [Jimmy Pesto fired for being too "on brand" in real life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-pesto-fired-for-being-too-on-brand-in-real-life/956385)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-pesto-fired-for-being-too-on-brand-in-real-life/956385 "2021-12-21T23:56:01Z")
Jay Johnston fired from Bob’s Burgers for joining in on The Insurrection. A friend of mine said they should have kept him and done a whole story arc about Pesto joining in on the riot. Do you think they’ll just replace … --- ## [Were bananas and oranges uncommon back in the fifties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-bananas-and-oranges-uncommon-back-in-the-fifties/956368)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-bananas-and-oranges-uncommon-back-in-the-fifties/956368 "2021-12-21T22:37:18Z")
This is a cuisine question, I guess. I was just reading a little factoid article titled “Eating in the Fifties”. Most of the items on the list seemed pretty reasonable. But one item was “Bananas and oranges only appear… --- ## [One Punch Man: Live Action Saitama Vs Genos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-punch-man-live-action-saitama-vs-genos/918803)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-punch-man-live-action-saitama-vs-genos/918803 "2021-12-21T22:08:15Z")
I’m not usually a fan of live action versions of anime, but this was pretty well done. Plus, One Punch Man… Hard to go wrong :slight\_smile: --- ## [Movies, songs, etc. based on newspaper or magazine articles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-songs-etc-based-on-newspaper-or-magazine-articles/955974)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-songs-etc-based-on-newspaper-or-magazine-articles/955974 "2021-12-21T20:44:07Z")
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a 2019 drama film based largely on the 1998 Esquire article “Can you say… hero?” by Tom Junod. “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is a 1976 folk rock song by Gordon Lightfoot, ba… --- ## [Songs you used to adore that fell out of your brain for over 20 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-used-to-adore-that-fell-out-of-your-brain-for-over-20-years/679529 "2021-12-21T19:04:04Z")
So the Captain and Tennille divorcing had me looking at their discography and I saw: “Come in From the Rain” I link the Melissa Manchester version because I have a question attached to this thread. Which version am I m… --- ## [So, for the first time in my life I will try Major Grey's Chutney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-will-try-major-greys-chutney/956391)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-will-try-major-greys-chutney/956391 "2021-12-21T17:49:16Z")
Walking through the store and for the 12356th time it caught my eye. But this time I decided to actually buy a bottle and see what it is like(Crosse and Blackwell). My mom used to make Chutney when I was a kid, not that… --- ## [What is your current music binge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-current-music-binge/956254)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-current-music-binge/956254 "2021-12-21T05:29:38Z")
What person or group are you currently binging on? For me, it is Broken Peach. I chanced upon their This Is Halloween video a few weeks ago and was impressed by the voices and the show they put on, then I dug a little … --- ## [Survivor: 41st Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-41st-season/951202)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-41st-season/951202 "2021-12-20T23:34:38Z")
What, is there no topic for this? Survivor is back baby after the longest break between seasons ever. A new cast, a slightly new look, and the same old Jeff. Here are my random thoughts from the first episode in no spec… --- ## [Amazing Race Season 33](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-season-33/956367)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-race-season-33/956367 "2021-12-20T21:19:57Z")
After completing just three legs in February of 2020, TAR obviously had to shut down production due to COVID. But it looks like they’ve managed to film an abbreviated season between the last global pandemic and the curr… --- ## [Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings-open-spoilers/940306)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings-open-spoilers/940306 "2021-12-20T19:20:19Z")
The trailer just dropped. This looks like it has some good Eastern martial arts action in it. I’m not very familiar with Simu Liu, who plays Shang-Chi, and we don’t see much personality in the trailer but Tony Leung an… --- ## [Where does your ‘willing suspension of disbelief’ stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-willing-suspension-of-disbelief-stop/945746)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 337\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-willing-suspension-of-disbelief-stop/945746 "2021-12-20T17:05:00Z")
Reading the ‘https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-fictional-vigilante-hero-would-be-plausible/945462’ got me thinking in the other direction— what plot elements make you say no, uh uh, not gonna do it, and take you… --- ## [Help me find a Christmas song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-christmas-song/956301)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-christmas-song/956301 "2021-12-20T15:34:14Z")
A song came up on Pandora while I was busy and I didn’t get a chance to get the name, and I played the station for 8 hours so I don’t think I can get back to what the song was. Christmas song -female singer I think it… --- ## [Haruki Murakami airs his laundry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haruki-murakami-airs-his-laundry/956242)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haruki-murakami-airs-his-laundry/956242 "2021-12-20T13:01:36Z")
You know that old saying about how someone is so popular that they could publish their grocery list, and it would be a best seller? Well, this is close to it. I just noticed that Haruki Murakami’s latest book is—photogra… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=288) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=290)