# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=379 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 380 --- ## [ID this classical piece](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-classical-piece/573032)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-classical-piece/573032 "2020-10-20T05:34:59Z")
Or rather, after listening to the theme of this 1950s kids’ show, ID the classical piece it’s based on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKe5u7uqYfM&feature=related I’ve heard the actual piece many times, but I just can’t… --- ## [What was the best year for music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-year-for-music/922599)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-year-for-music/922599 "2020-10-20T05:10:30Z")
I was reading an old Rolling Stone celebrating their 40th anniversary. They were saying their founding year of 1967 was the best single year for music. Obviously, many would disagree, but it is hard to argue with their… --- ## [Movie moments that caused genuine shock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807)
**Author:** [@ZosterSandstorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZosterSandstorm)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-caused-genuine-shock/920807 "2020-10-20T03:53:06Z")
Not necessarily the best-constructed or most culturally relevant plot twists, but the moments where you actually remember hearing an auditorium full of movie watchers gasp, shout, or otherwise involuntarily react. Here’s… --- ## [How to make eggs taste not eggy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-eggs-taste-not-eggy/610115)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-eggs-taste-not-eggy/610115 "2020-10-20T00:31:12Z")
Eggs are just about the perfect food - extremely well rounded nutritionally, versatile, and cheap. Unfortunately, I don’t like them. I don’t like the taste, texture, or smell. I don’t hate them to the point of being rev… --- ## [Walker Evans - Identify this Location in Amsterdam, NY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walker-evans-identify-this-location-in-amsterdam-ny/923327)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walker-evans-identify-this-location-in-amsterdam-ny/923327 "2020-10-19T16:26:33Z")
This is a Walker Evans photo, taken in Amsterdam, New York. Does anyone know the address? https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/274918 --- ## [Horror movie ID: Man on boat impaled by mounted swordfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-man-on-boat-impaled-by-mounted-swordfish/923229)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horror-movie-id-man-on-boat-impaled-by-mounted-swordfish/923229 "2020-10-19T15:15:50Z")
This should be an extremely easy one, but my memory has failed me. This guy is on a boat, possibly in the Bermuda Triangle, and I think Satan is involved. There’s a swordfish mounted on the wall, and it ens up flying o… --- ## [Let's talk about cheesy b+w SF and Horror movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-cheesy-b-w-sf-and-horror-movies/923228)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-cheesy-b-w-sf-and-horror-movies/923228 "2020-10-19T14:59:53Z")
The kind they used to show on TV at 11:30 on a Saturday night. The good, the bad, and the really cheesy. You know the kind I’m talking about. Did that limited format produce any real gems admidst the multitude of stin… --- ## [Autumn Witch Joyce Trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autumn-witch-joyce-trip/923303)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autumn-witch-joyce-trip/923303 "2020-10-19T03:36:23Z")
This is a “classical jam” I did in 1986. I’d sketched out motifs but left myself with room to improvise on each of them. Played on multiple different pianos in the practice rooms of SUNY / Old Westbury college, and ori… --- ## [A Really Dumb Question about Hakuna Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-dumb-question-about-hakuna-matata/923290)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-really-dumb-question-about-hakuna-matata/923290 "2020-10-19T03:31:57Z")
Hakuna Matata…what a wonderful phrase! It’s also the source of something that’s bugged me for a while. So when Pumbaa was a young warthog (when he was a young. wart. hoooooooog!) he was mad because he would clear the sa… --- ## [FTWD started last Sunday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftwd-started-last-sunday/923287)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ftwd-started-last-sunday/923287 "2020-10-19T01:04:41Z")
Fear started last Sunday. Was I the only one who noticed? --- ## [PPE Mask for singers -- solo & choirs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ppe-mask-for-singers-solo-choirs/923224)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ppe-mask-for-singers-solo-choirs/923224 "2020-10-18T18:15:06Z")
I’m posting this here because it has to do with music. :notes: :musical\_note: One of the hardest things about lockdown is the suspension of choir singing. A group of Broadway costume designers has created a mask that si… --- ## [The new Mark Trail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-mark-trail/923144)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-mark-trail/923144 "2020-10-18T15:39:19Z")
In this ever-changing world there are still some things that one might think would never change. “Mark Trail” for example. This 3-panel comic strip has been running since 1948 and seemingly fell into a black hole in wh… --- ## [The Shows Must Go On: Alfie Boe, Bring Him Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shows-must-go-on-alfie-boe-bring-him-home/923225)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shows-must-go-on-alfie-boe-bring-him-home/923225 "2020-10-18T04:34:14Z")
Just found out about this. Go to Youtube, search for The Shows Must Go On. The Alfie Boe show is available all weekend. Many of you will remember Alfie Boe as Jean Valjean in the 25th Anniversary Les Mis celebration. --- ## [Farewell to "The Queen of Technicolor"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-to-the-queen-of-technicolor/923174)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-to-the-queen-of-technicolor/923174 "2020-10-17T19:14:01Z")
Rhonda Fleming, old movie sex idol of the 40s/50s, has died at 97. She was mostly famous for her red hair and green eyes, rather than her acting. --- ## [Halloween's coming up! Let's recommend horror movies on the screaming...uh, I mean, streaming channels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweens-coming-up-lets-recommend-horror-movies-on-the-screaming-uh-i-mean-streaming-channels/923127)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloweens-coming-up-lets-recommend-horror-movies-on-the-screaming-uh-i-mean-streaming-channels/923127 "2020-10-17T17:37:32Z")
Here’s one streaming on Prime I watched not long ago: The Breed. Wes Craven produced. Has a few people you’ll recognize: Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson (Kate Hudson’s bro-- been on sitcoms) and Taryn Manning (Pennsat… --- ## [Today's (10/17/20) Over The Hedge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-10-17-20-over-the-hedge/923182)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-10-17-20-over-the-hedge/923182 "2020-10-17T16:21:14Z")
Link What the heck is the poster on the left? Tenniel’s caterpillar? I know Dark Side of the Moon, Brain Salad Surgery and Aladdin Sane, but the first one stumps me. --- ## [Overdrive eBook Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overdrive-ebook-recommendations/922933)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overdrive-ebook-recommendations/922933 "2020-10-17T02:56:30Z")
I read a lot of fiction on my Kindle, especially during pandemic times, and my go-to for free ebook loans through my local library is the Overdrive network. Even though they’re always adding more books, I’ve kind of bur… --- ## [I bought Whitey Ford Sings the Blues -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-whitey-ford-sings-the-blues/435134)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-whitey-ford-sings-the-blues/435134 "2020-10-17T01:32:55Z")
and I like it! I’m a pushin’ 50 old white broad, but I’ve heard What It’s Like (the bleeped version, dammit) several times, so I bought the CD. Everlast rocks! --- ## [Things you expected nothing of, but turned out to be great](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-expected-nothing-of-but-turned-out-to-be-great/919498)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-expected-nothing-of-but-turned-out-to-be-great/919498 "2020-10-16T16:37:11Z")
Like many people, Mrs. Wheelz and I were looking for new stuff to watch during the shutdown. While scrolling through Netflix I came across that cartoon about the talking horse who drinks a lot. That was literally everyth… --- ## [Have films been lost due to legal issues, like Nosferatu almost was?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-films-been-lost-due-to-legal-issues-like-nosferatu-almost-was/922847)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-films-been-lost-due-to-legal-issues-like-nosferatu-almost-was/922847 "2020-10-16T14:44:22Z")
The 1922 German film “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” was ruled to be an illegal adaptation of Dracula, and the court ordered all copies of the film to be destroyed. Some copies survived, so the film was saved for futu… --- ## [Regional differences in meaning of "doughnut" (donut)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-differences-in-meaning-of-doughnut-donut/922718)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-differences-in-meaning-of-doughnut-donut/922718 "2020-10-15T21:52:01Z")
I have a book that asserts that the word doughnut has different meanings in the United Kingdom and the United States. Norman Moss, What’s the difference?: An American/British-British/American Dictionary (Hutchinson & Co… --- ## [Couple of questions about "LA Confidential"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-of-questions-about-la-confidential/923030)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-of-questions-about-la-confidential/923030 "2020-10-15T20:17:40Z")
Spoiler . . . . . . . . The bit at the end where the bad guys get White/Exley together at a spot, give them enough time to work out that it’s a set-up, provide them with a good defensible location and only the… --- ## [Tom Bombadil meets ..... Ungoliant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-bombadil-meets-ungoliant/922882)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-bombadil-meets-ungoliant/922882 "2020-10-15T18:50:06Z")
In both cases the origin stories are not known. Perhaps both emerged from the original music. In any case, they both have a fundamental strength to them that possibly surpasses even Maiar and Valar (Ungoliant had Morgoth… --- ## [Bye, Berta - Conchata Ferrell dies at 77](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-berta-conchata-ferrell-dies-at-77/922893 "2020-10-14T22:57:54Z")
Another tick in the “Why 2020 SUCKS!” box. Complications after a heart attack. --- ## [That is a lot of synonyms. or good news/bad news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-a-lot-of-synonyms-or-good-news-bad-news/922963)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-is-a-lot-of-synonyms-or-good-news-bad-news/922963 "2020-10-14T20:13:20Z")
The good news I went to the fancy grocery store today( I have been limiting the number of different grocery trips I make per week , due to COVID) and found some Raclette :slight\_smile: Bad News: I forgot to get any good… --- ## [What's the "Eighties-est" song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-eighties-est-song/919247)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-eighties-est-song/919247 "2020-10-14T19:46:55Z")
Yes, this is clearly a ripoff of… ummm, I mean an homage to this thread: ‘What’s the “Seventies-est” song?’. I enjoyed but didn’t reply to it, because my choice would have been “Chevy Van” which was already cited about 3… --- ## [What song hit you like a thunderbolt when you first heard it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-hit-you-like-a-thunderbolt-when-you-first-heard-it/914065)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 199\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-hit-you-like-a-thunderbolt-when-you-first-heard-it/914065 "2020-10-14T18:21:21Z")
…sounded like nothing else you’d ever heard before, and seemed to expand the very horizons of music? --- ## [Why does Starfleet insist they are "not military"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-starfleet-insist-they-are-not-military/922023)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-starfleet-insist-they-are-not-military/922023 "2020-10-14T17:53:16Z")
They wear uniforms, have a rank system based on Earth Navys, a distinction between officers and enlisted, power to order their subordinates to performs tasks backed up by penal sanction for non-compliance, have handheld … --- ## [George Lucas needs to keep messing with Star Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-lucas-needs-to-keep-messing-with-star-wars/922844)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-lucas-needs-to-keep-messing-with-star-wars/922844 "2020-10-14T15:49:27Z")
As long as he’s already messed with them, he really needs to go back and redo the “Special Editions” with modern technology. George clearly got super excited about Jurassic Park-level CGI in the mid-90s and he made the … --- ## [Realistic Horrors of the 1930-70s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realistic-horrors-of-the-1930-70s/922828)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realistic-horrors-of-the-1930-70s/922828 "2020-10-14T13:12:51Z")
“Wake in Fright” would be a good example. It could all be true - nothing supernatural, no CGI… “The Housemaid” (1960) is another example, but I didn’t like it. “Rosemary’s Baby” would NOT be a good example (I won’t spoil… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=378) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=380)