# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=297 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 298 --- ## [Supergirl Season 6 \[Final Season\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-6-final-season/938693)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-season-6-final-season/938693 "2021-11-13T19:28:46Z")
Season 6 of Supergirl is set to premiere on March 30. Note the change in schedule. It will air on Tuesday, after The Flash, replacing Superman and Lois in its timeslot as the latter show goes on spring hiatus. As previou… --- ## [Can you please identify the Disney movie in this clip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-identify-the-disney-movie-in-this-clip/954264)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-please-identify-the-disney-movie-in-this-clip/954264 "2021-11-13T04:10:54Z")
When I was a kid, there was an advertisement that played after the VHS copy of Disney’s Robin Hood that I had, called “Walt Disney and You”. I want to see most of these movies, or have already seen them. But one of the… --- ## [How do band members get "fired"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-band-members-get-fired/938195)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-band-members-get-fired/938195 "2021-11-12T19:37:27Z")
Most recent example I remember is Lindsey Buckingham getting fired from Fleetwood Mac, but it’s something that happens from time to time. The majority of the (most important?) band members disagree with one guy over this… --- ## [Final "Eternals" trailer drops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-eternals-trailer-drops/949169)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/final-eternals-trailer-drops/949169 "2021-11-12T15:03:29Z")
I am actually intrigued. Anybody else? --- ## [How difficult is it to expand a child's cultural taste?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-is-it-to-expand-a-childs-cultural-taste/954202)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-is-it-to-expand-a-childs-cultural-taste/954202 "2021-11-12T14:02:05Z")
I hear occasional complaints from parents: “My child wants to watch nothing but Frozen 22 times in a row, and eats nothing but macaroni and cheese and chicken nuggets!” How hard is it to expand a child’s taste in media… --- ## [Director/Actor Rivalries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/director-actor-rivalries/953125)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/director-actor-rivalries/953125 "2021-11-11T18:32:34Z")
Popular, but real rivalries… First one that came to my mind was Bette David and John Crawford. “You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good!” - Bette Davis I’ll… --- ## [Why are there no videos of music albums (in the studio) being made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-videos-of-music-albums-in-the-studio-being-made/952179)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-videos-of-music-albums-in-the-studio-being-made/952179 "2021-11-11T17:22:23Z")
When I listen to one of my favorite albums, I imagine how awesome it would have been to watch them record it in the studio. I would assume other feel the same. Second to that, I would love to see a video of them recordin… --- ## [Beans, Beans, Beans!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beans-beans-beans/954051)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beans-beans-beans/954051 "2021-11-11T15:40:31Z")
I have a couple of questions about beans. I tried a new chili recipe last weekend that called for kidney, black and pinto beans. I wondered if it would have made a difference if I just put in 3 cans of kidney beans. If y… --- ## [Woo-hoo! Hyperion movie in the works!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-hyperion-movie-in-the-works/247708)
**Author:** [@Kombucha\_ShroomPerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kombucha_ShroomPerson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woo-hoo-hyperion-movie-in-the-works/247708 "2021-11-11T13:46:01Z")
I’m sure someone else here must have read Dan Simmons’ Hyperion series. If not, you should read it, and then get excited about this news. from Dan Simmons’ website This could be so cool. And yes, it could be so bad t… --- ## [Novels finished by someone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-finished-by-someone-else/953802)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-finished-by-someone-else/953802 "2021-11-11T05:28:37Z")
This is such a big topic that there’s a Wikipedia page devoted to it. I note, however, that it is by no means complete. I’m going to restrict myself to ones I’m familiar with Before I begin, I’m trying to keep this to … --- ## [Willard and Apocalypse Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willard-and-apocalypse-now/948140)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willard-and-apocalypse-now/948140 "2021-11-11T04:57:25Z")
I’ve been watching various YT clips about the casting of the role and the firing of Keitel. What a weird role in that several of the actors named would have worked, but Coppola is right, Keitel doesn’t work. Steve McQu… --- ## [Why is Disney Being So Quiet About the New Spider-Man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-disney-being-so-quiet-about-the-new-spider-man/954041)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2021, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-disney-being-so-quiet-about-the-new-spider-man/954041 "2021-11-11T01:05:50Z")
When I saw The Eternals (which I liked BTW) I was sure there would be a trailer for Spider-Man No Way Home since it comes out in a Month but there was none. Other than some casting rumors and a teaser in the Summer there… --- ## [ID these movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-movies/954149 "2021-11-10T22:08:26Z")
The first was an old movie with Peter Lorre. Lorre, and a couple of other guys’ plane crashes into the ocean. The guys resignedly light cigarettes, and wait for the end, as the plane sinks. The other movie was, I believ… --- ## [Songs about "The First Woman I Ever Boned"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-the-first-woman-i-ever-boned/790908)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-the-first-woman-i-ever-boned/790908 "2021-11-10T18:59:01Z")
I was listening to the radio yesterday and I heard, in rapid succession, Chilliwack’s “In the Arms of Mary” (She took the pains of boyhood and turned them into feel-good; oh how I wish I were lying in the arms of Mary) a… --- ## [Creepy music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-music/954020)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-music/954020 "2021-11-10T01:59:14Z")
I’m looking for recommendations for get-under-your-skin wide-eyed creepy music that you play with the lights on. The original Blair Witch movie may not be everyone’s favorite, but the last track on the “soundtrack” is a… --- ## [Actor goes from second banana (or other side role) to lead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-goes-from-second-banana-or-other-side-role-to-lead/951057)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-goes-from-second-banana-or-other-side-role-to-lead/951057 "2021-11-09T21:43:46Z")
There have been several cases of this, especially of actors who later became iconic in that role Jeremy Brett – Regarded by many (including me) as the quintessential Sherlock Holmes in the Granada TV/WGBH series. But he… --- ## [Cream recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-recipes/953913)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-recipes/953913 "2021-11-09T15:48:10Z")
The grocery store had whipping cream on sale for $1.50/1/2 gallon. Guess who’s googling cream recipes right now. Last year I made clotted cream, and that’s on the agenda again. Probably honey caramels, too. It’s not the … --- ## [Cutter's Way film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutters-way-film/953927)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutters-way-film/953927 "2021-11-09T15:21:38Z")
Just watched again for at least the 10th time. What is it about this that resonates with me so? --- ## [Optimistic Voices (Wizard of Oz song)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optimistic-voices-wizard-of-oz-song/953905)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optimistic-voices-wizard-of-oz-song/953905 "2021-11-09T12:01:29Z")
The choir sounds like it’s shining light or radiating something magical. Does the choral arrangement draw on some well-known characteristic of opera? Was it something popular before WWII? I always thought I… --- ## [Famouspoets.com - how bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famouspoets-com-how-bad/118846)
**Author:** [@Plavacek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plavacek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famouspoets-com-how-bad/118846 "2021-11-09T10:24:42Z")
At some point in my inbox spam, I found an email from famouspoets.com, advertising a $50K poetry contest. Since I had just finished a poetry class in college, I said what the hell, and submitted one of mine. So it’s to… --- ## [Emilio Estevez will not be in Season 2 of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers; spent much of Season 1 suffering from long-haul covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emilio-estevez-will-not-be-in-season-2-of-the-mighty-ducks-game-changers-spent-much-of-season-1-suffering-from-long-haul-covid/954017)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emilio-estevez-will-not-be-in-season-2-of-the-mighty-ducks-game-changers-spent-much-of-season-1-suffering-from-long-haul-covid/954017 "2021-11-09T02:29:21Z")
It was announced a few days ago that Emilio Estevez, who played Coach Gordon Bombay in the Mighty Ducks movies and also in the recent Disney+ TV series The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, will not be returning for season 2. … --- ## [What can I do with chipotle chilis in adobo sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-chipotle-chilis-in-adobo-sauce/953947)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-chipotle-chilis-in-adobo-sauce/953947 "2021-11-08T23:19:53Z")
Yesterday I made a Texas style chili recipe that called for some canned chipotle chilis in adobo sauce. Except the recipe only needed a couple of chilis and a little bit of the sauce, so now I have the rest of them sitt… --- ## [I wrote a new story!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-new-story/953952)
**Author:** [@Aeoles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeoles)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wrote-a-new-story/953952 "2021-11-08T22:10:40Z")
Hey you guys, so, I’m slightly manic and this was inspired by a random prompt I saw on TikTok of all places. I just wanted to share with some people and here I am again! Feel free to give any feedback you feel like, I wa… --- ## [Dr. No (Bond review)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-no-bond-review/953959)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-no-bond-review/953959 "2021-11-08T19:22:36Z")
So I’ve started watching the Bond films What a weird little movie. Everyone blunders about. Bond sorta just thuggery’s his way to the end. (Which is fine, No, calls him a hooligan.) The entire thing grinds to a fricken… --- ## [Best opening monologue to a movie or tv series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-monologue-to-a-movie-or-tv-series/953728)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-monologue-to-a-movie-or-tv-series/953728 "2021-11-08T18:19:08Z")
I can recite this one from memory-Criswell at the beginning of Plan 9 From Outer Space: “Greetings, my friends! We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. … --- ## [Recommend historical fiction on prehistoric steppe people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-historical-fiction-on-prehistoric-steppe-people/953981)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-historical-fiction-on-prehistoric-steppe-people/953981 "2021-11-08T14:54:14Z")
I was reading an article about the steppe mummies and was trying to find some historical fiction about those people. Something like a cross between The Mummies of Urumchi and Clan of the Cave Bear. Can anyone recommend… --- ## [The Restaurant/Vår tid är nu (Swedish TV series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-restaurant-var-tid-ar-nu-swedish-tv-series/953939)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-restaurant-var-tid-ar-nu-swedish-tv-series/953939 "2021-11-08T14:01:18Z")
I’ve just discovered this show on Amazon Prime and I’m hooked. It’s about a family who own’s a high class Stockholm restaurant and their staff starting in 1945. It’s been called the Swedish Downton Abbey, but it’s so m… --- ## [Iconic but awful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-but-awful/952285)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 368\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iconic-but-awful/952285 "2021-11-08T04:16:19Z")
I’m watching John Carpenter’s They Live right now and boy, howdy, is it awful. There are some truly iconic scenes, but the Roddy Piper and his hair are indescribably bad. The make up, the clothes, the sets, the script - … --- ## [The Technicalities on Actors' Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-technicalities-on-actors-names/934051)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2021, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-technicalities-on-actors-names/934051 "2021-11-08T00:50:54Z")
I was reading how actors and actresses have to register their names with the Actor’s Guild to assure the name is not already in use. For example, I hear Michael J. Fox added the middle initial because there already was a… --- ## [What is the most complicated piece of music written, for multiple instruments, which could be played by the composer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-complicated-piece-of-music-written-for-multiple-instruments-which-could-be-played-by-the-composer/947707)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-complicated-piece-of-music-written-for-multiple-instruments-which-could-be-played-by-the-composer/947707 "2021-11-07T13:47:02Z")
… not at the same time, obviously. Backdrop: I was listening to one of Mozart’s piano concertos… I think 23, in A-minor… when I wondered Can Wolfie play this piece for all instruments it is written for? We already know … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=296) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=298)