# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=354 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 355 --- ## [What Is This Classical Music Piece In This Commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-piece-in-this-commercial/931937)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-classical-music-piece-in-this-commercial/931937 "2021-02-03T01:38:50Z")
Sounds like Mozart. --- ## [Anybody an expert on the Chad Mitchell trio,(and/or bands in their cohort?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-an-expert-on-the-chad-mitchell-trio-and-or-bands-in-their-cohort/847368)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-an-expert-on-the-chad-mitchell-trio-and-or-bands-in-their-cohort/847368 "2021-02-03T01:14:58Z")
I have a weird memory in the back of my head from an song I used to listen too. I really cannot pin it down within 30 years sadly . I am pretty sure that I heard it enough that it had to have been records and not live, a… --- ## [Can You name Famous lead singers with a deep bass voice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-name-famous-lead-singers-with-a-deep-bass-voice/810939 "2021-02-02T19:46:51Z")
How unusual is Trace Adkins career? He has a deep, gravelly bass voice. He is a very successful solo country artist. I can’t think of many basses with solo recording careers. Hoyt Axton had a bass voice and recorded a f… --- ## [Will We Ever See A Straight Actor Playing A Gay Character Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-straight-actor-playing-a-gay-character-again/930277)
**Author:** [@TimothyNewsome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimothyNewsome)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-see-a-straight-actor-playing-a-gay-character-again/930277 "2021-02-02T19:15:46Z")
…in a major network series like Eric Stonestreet (“Cameron Tucker”) in “Modern Family” or Eric McCormack (“Will Truman”) on “Will & Grace”? It seems like over the past couple of years there has been significant backlash… --- ## [Identify this 80's song for a friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-song-for-a-friend/182224)
**Author:** [@MIKE\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIKE_P)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-80s-song-for-a-friend/182224 "2021-02-02T14:27:50Z")
We’ve both tried google and had no luck. It sounds like an 80’s rock song and he says its somewhat famous. The Chorus goes “oh oh” OR “oh no” OR “uh oh” (one of those combinations) and “round and round we go”. At the … --- ## [Amanda Gorman poem at the inauguration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-gorman-poem-at-the-inauguration/931104)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-gorman-poem-at-the-inauguration/931104 "2021-02-02T14:18:41Z")
Amanda Gorman’s poem at the US Capitol yesterday, “The Hill We Climb,” was arguably the highlight of the inaugural festivities. Besides capturing the zeitgeist, it had a meter I don’t think I’ve ever heard in a poem bef… --- ## [Columbo TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbo-tv-show/931652)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbo-tv-show/931652 "2021-02-02T01:43:48Z")
Prime has an IMDB channel which is free but has commercials. I’m sure I saw a few EPs in the 70s but don’t remember. Just watched the first two EPS from 1968, both were pilots, very cool. In EP 2 Lee Grant kills her … --- ## [Why does everyone hate Elisabeth Rohm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-elisabeth-rohm/344894)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-everyone-hate-elisabeth-rohm/344894 "2021-02-02T01:31:03Z")
I’m only halfway through this thread on bad actors in good TV series and Elisabeth Rohm has already been mentioned twice. And I don’t understand why. She’s had three major TV roles: Kate on Angel The Girl Lead on Bull … --- ## [What can I make in a mini round cocotte?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-make-in-a-mini-round-cocotte/931728)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-make-in-a-mini-round-cocotte/931728 "2021-02-01T22:26:18Z")
For Christmas I received a pair of these Le Creuset mini round cocottes. So what are some things that I can make in them? Some suggestions my sister (the giver) provided are: Crème brûlée Baked eggs (which I assume … --- ## [Do you think that after Dr.Strangelove, Kubrick intentionally cast...lesser lights..or](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-that-after-dr-strangelove-kubrick-intentionally-cast-lesser-lights-or/931946)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-that-after-dr-strangelove-kubrick-intentionally-cast-lesser-lights-or/931946 "2021-02-01T21:34:37Z")
Actors that wouldn’t give him a lot of shit? I mean: Ryan O’Neal? Famous at the time, a pretty boy, but no George C. Scott. Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood? I only know those guys BECAUSE of 2001, and in Lockwoods case … --- ## [Screech to a halt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screech-to-a-halt/932010)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screech-to-a-halt/932010 "2021-02-01T20:36:59Z")
Dustin Diamond, ‘Saved by the Bell’ star, dead at 44. Good ole Screech. Died from cancer that was made public only recently. --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - January 2021 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2021-edition/929273)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2021-edition/929273 "2021-02-01T16:10:55Z")
Remember when 1999 seemed impossibly far away? Yeah, me too. So here we are about to start a new decade in a new century… So Whatcha all readin? Khadaji was one of the earlier members of SDMB, and he was well-known as … --- ## [What a long and wonderful life she lead. RIP, Ms Tyson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-long-and-wonderful-life-she-lead-rip-ms-tyson/931731)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-long-and-wonderful-life-she-lead-rip-ms-tyson/931731 "2021-02-01T15:20:05Z")
--- ## [Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-on-netflix/823645)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-on-netflix/823645 "2021-02-01T05:17:48Z")
Who else is watching this? I’ve been eagerly awaiting it’s premiere and I’ve gotten up to episode 2. Needless to say it’s very different from Sabrina: the Teenage Witch, although Hilda & Zelda have similar, but darker… --- ## [Old Liquor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-liquor/931822)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-liquor/931822 "2021-02-01T00:10:29Z")
Mrs. Watering found some old bottles of liquor that her father stashed in the 60s or 70s. Any chance that any of these are still good? I assume the alcohol content of the Lime Brandy is 38.6 (percent or proof? Don’t kno… --- ## [Is it Heaven? Or is it Hell? The Goteborg Isolated Cinema experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-heaven-or-is-it-hell-the-goteborg-isolated-cinema-experience/929924)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-heaven-or-is-it-hell-the-goteborg-isolated-cinema-experience/929924 "2021-01-31T23:06:24Z")
Be careful what you wish for, cinephiles. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/goteborg-film-festival-isolated-island/index.html It gives new meaning to that dorm room bull session discussion “What movies would you take… --- ## [What is the worst animal beer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-animal-beer/931640)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-animal-beer/931640 "2021-01-31T20:22:43Z")
Always been somewhat interested in beer labels, and animal beer is a thing. It’s when the bottle features a wild animal, often crudely drawn. The beer is rarely the best or priciest one in the company product line. My… --- ## [Bands that you didn't realize had two singers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-you-didnt-realize-had-two-singers/840616)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-that-you-didnt-realize-had-two-singers/840616 "2021-01-31T17:25:37Z")
Because they have been in the news recently with the death of Ric Ocasek – The Cars. I knew Benjamin Orr sang “Drive” but I always thought that was a one-off. It was years before I found out that he sang lead as much or … --- ## [Deadpool 2 amusing point (mild spoiler)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-2-amusing-point-mild-spoiler/931912)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-2-amusing-point-mild-spoiler/931912 "2021-01-31T10:02:17Z")
I just watched Deadpool 2, with the expected violence and bad language balanced by the comedy and plot twists. But this post is not about any of that. :wink: Instead there are two minor characters to mention: Rednec… --- ## [Political dramas - recommendations, and any Trump dramas in the pipeline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-dramas-recommendations-and-any-trump-dramas-in-the-pipeline/931784)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-dramas-recommendations-and-any-trump-dramas-in-the-pipeline/931784 "2021-01-31T05:16:08Z")
I’m a sucker for political dramas - don’t mind what country or even what language, I’ll watch them all. I feel like I’ve exhausted my back catalogue and have returned to the West Wing, which I haven’t watched for about … --- ## [Why Do Brits Eat Heinz Baked Beans when Americans Don't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-brits-eat-heinz-baked-beans-when-americans-dont/930701)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-brits-eat-heinz-baked-beans-when-americans-dont/930701 "2021-01-31T03:17:08Z")
After watching videos about full English breakfasts I’m wondering about why Brits are eating Heinz, an American brand of beans while Americans eat Van Camp’s or Bush’s. We Americans eat Heinz Ketchup and 57 Sauce, but n… --- ## [Leave the bottle... how does that work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-the-bottle-how-does-that-work/931320)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-the-bottle-how-does-that-work/931320 "2021-01-30T17:44:29Z")
A common enough trope - a barfly walks into a bar, the bartender brings over a shot glass and a bottle. They pour a shot, turn to walk off and the patron says, “Leave the bottle”. How do figure out how much you owe? Or … --- ## [Can't believe I missed this: Eugene Wright died in December at 97](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-believe-i-missed-this-eugene-wright-died-in-december-at-97/931809)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-believe-i-missed-this-eugene-wright-died-in-december-at-97/931809 "2021-01-30T15:17:47Z")
Gene Wright was the bassist for Dave Brubeck’s most famous group from 1958 to 1968, cutting some 30 albums with the quartet. I saw him play with Dave in Moscow in 1988, but didn’t get to talk to him, as I did with Dave. … --- ## [IMDB for commercials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-for-commercials/931829)
**Author:** [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdb-for-commercials/931829 "2021-01-30T02:06:49Z")
Does anyone here know of a website that lists actors in commercials? There’s a commercial for Fanduel where a man brought his support hog to a bowling alley that I thought was really funny. I’d like to know who he is to… --- ## [Tell me your experience with YouTubeTV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-experience-with-youtubetv/931812)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-experience-with-youtubetv/931812 "2021-01-30T00:37:31Z")
I work for a Telecom company which will be partnering with YouTubeTV for their residential customers in lieu of competing directly with cable. As a result, they are offering what I understand is a pretty good employee p… --- ## [AC/DC opens 2015 Grammys: sellout or tribute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-opens-2015-grammys-sellout-or-tribute/931514)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-opens-2015-grammys-sellout-or-tribute/931514 "2021-01-29T22:33:53Z")
First I loved it. My 82 year old mother even posted about it on Facebook decades after her and my father forbade me to listen to them, after which I saw this as some sort of of triumph. But was this really… --- ## [Concert speaker with microphone in front of it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concert-speaker-with-microphone-in-front-of-it/931470)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concert-speaker-with-microphone-in-front-of-it/931470 "2021-01-29T16:26:14Z")
At concerts I sometimes see a setup where there is a speaker on stage behind the band, with a microphone mounted directly in front of the speaker pointed at it. I assume the microphone feeds the PA system. This puzzles m… --- ## [I order a single slice of triangle pizza at a bar, how is it made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-order-a-single-slice-of-triangle-pizza-at-a-bar-how-is-it-made/931660)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-order-a-single-slice-of-triangle-pizza-at-a-bar-how-is-it-made/931660 "2021-01-29T15:50:24Z")
A lot of bars near me have single slices of pizza on the menu and if you order them you get a typical triangle slice of pizza seemingly taken straight from an original circular pan pizza. The thing is, the pizzas all ca… --- ## [What are considered acceptable pizza toppings in Italy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-considered-acceptable-pizza-toppings-in-italy/931019)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-considered-acceptable-pizza-toppings-in-italy/931019 "2021-01-28T23:05:28Z")
Besides those that make up Pizza Margherita, the toppings of which are pretty much limited to tomato sauce, Mozzarella and basil, what would be considered acceptable authentic pizza toppings in Italy, and not an American… --- ## [Comics - and TV - unmasked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-and-tv-unmasked/931284)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-and-tv-unmasked/931284 "2021-01-28T16:30:13Z")
As I read the paper this a.m., I was surprised to realize - for the first time in nearly a year - that none of the comics showed their characters wearing masks. And last week, my wife had commented that one of the shows… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=353) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=355)