# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=388 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 389 --- ## [Brian in The Breakfast Club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brian-in-the-breakfast-club/920138)
**Author:** [@awahl1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awahl1138)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brian-in-the-breakfast-club/920138 "2020-09-10T18:10:08Z")
Brian is kind of labeled as the dweeb in the movie next to the anarchic Bender and high school athlete Andrew, but I always felt he was pretty street smart, he wasn’t really a pushover at all --- ## [Why do Star Fleet officers/crew wear uniforms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-star-fleet-officers-crew-wear-uniforms/919943)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-star-fleet-officers-crew-wear-uniforms/919943 "2020-09-10T18:04:17Z")
I saw a scene in Star Trek: the Next Generation in which a young crew member encountering Captain Picard spilled her beverage on him, forcing him to go change and it got me to wondering: with all the amazing technology i… --- ## [Blue cheese dressing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-cheese-dressing/919957)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-cheese-dressing/919957 "2020-09-10T17:47:06Z")
What’s a good mass market blue cheese dressing? I bought Kraft but it’s really too sweet. --- ## [ID a kitchen range?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-kitchen-range/920180)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-kitchen-range/920180 "2020-09-10T17:42:16Z")
Found this on pinterest, and I would love to own it. Anybody happen to know the make? I am sure it is amazingly expensive, but a girl can dream =) --- ## [Book author: 1960s book 'It Is Easier to Succeed Than to Fail'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-author-1960s-book-it-is-easier-to-succeed-than-to-fail/781559)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-author-1960s-book-it-is-easier-to-succeed-than-to-fail/781559 "2020-09-10T17:07:38Z")
Not Truett Cathy or Ivan Kos. This would have been published probably in the last 1960s, no later than 1970. Some sort of. . . self-help book? --- ## [Is there such a thing as a third party DVR that works with cable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-third-party-dvr-that-works-with-cable/920118)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-third-party-dvr-that-works-with-cable/920118 "2020-09-10T16:38:20Z")
I have a normal cable subscription, including several movie channels (HBO, Showtime, Starz) with a typical set top box. Is tivo still a thing? Could I get a tivo and then have it record, say, Lovecraft Country from my ca… --- ## [Please, suggest some historical biographies for me to read](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-suggest-some-historical-biographies-for-me-to-read/920047)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-suggest-some-historical-biographies-for-me-to-read/920047 "2020-09-10T14:24:33Z")
As a rule, I enjoy reading well written, historically relevant biographies and I would appreciate it if you would share some of your favorites. I tend to skip around and not focus too much on any era or culture so feel f… --- ## [Mary Spender plays a Rory Gallagher Strat in GC/NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-spender-plays-a-rory-gallagher-strat-in-gc-nyc/920081)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-spender-plays-a-rory-gallagher-strat-in-gc-nyc/920081 "2020-09-10T13:07:13Z")
I enjoyed this. --- ## ["Mondegreens" where the singer really IS singing that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondegreens-where-the-singer-really-is-singing-that/916979)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mondegreens-where-the-singer-really-is-singing-that/916979 "2020-09-10T06:47:05Z")
Is it really a mondegreen then? Or do we base the mondegreen on what they intended to sing? Infamous examples: Manfred Mann, “Blinded By the Light”-he is supposedly singing “deuce”, but there’s a clear “ch” sound for … --- ## [Books set in an alternate history timeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-set-in-an-alternate-history-timeline/918742)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-set-in-an-alternate-history-timeline/918742 "2020-09-10T06:38:14Z")
I’ve finished two books of this kind in the last month: The Man in the High Castle by Phillip Dick and The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Robinson. Thoroughly enjoyed them both and want to explore this kind of theme of bo… --- ## [Celebrities you were surprised to learn were dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-were-surprised-to-learn-were-dead/920107)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-were-surprised-to-learn-were-dead/920107 "2020-09-09T17:37:57Z")
Kind of inspired by the current thread about the “Abe Vigodas.” Anyway, I was watching a documentary last night about Siegfried and Roy, and was surprised to learn that Roy Horn is no longer with us. Apparently he contr… --- ## [What song is Bob Dylan's 'I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You' very similar to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-bob-dylans-ive-made-up-my-mind-to-give-myself-to-you-very-similar-to/920124)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-is-bob-dylans-ive-made-up-my-mind-to-give-myself-to-you-very-similar-to/920124 "2020-09-09T13:10:50Z")
That’s the song (from his latest album “Rough And Rowdy Ways”: This is driving me crazy. I’ve listened to the album a few times since it came out a few months ago, but only now I recognized a familiar melo… --- ## [A question about smallpox inspired by the TV show Outlander](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-smallpox-inspired-by-the-tv-show-outlander/920123)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-smallpox-inspired-by-the-tv-show-outlander/920123 "2020-09-09T03:45:43Z")
For those that don’t know, Outlander is a TV series on Starz. The show features a UK combat nurse from 1945 who is transported back in time to the Scottish Highlands in 1743, a few years before the pivotal Battle of Cul… --- ## [On Minority Groups (in the US) and Exposure To Popular Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-minority-groups-in-the-us-and-exposure-to-popular-music/919727)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-minority-groups-in-the-us-and-exposure-to-popular-music/919727 "2020-09-09T00:43:57Z")
This video went viral a while back – two young, African American men reacting to Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” on their first time listening to it. It seems like a lot of African American YouTubers have picked up o… --- ## [The original was good, but it was the RADICALLY different cover version that was the hit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-was-good-but-it-was-the-radically-different-cover-version-that-was-the-hit/918591)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-was-good-but-it-was-the-radically-different-cover-version-that-was-the-hit/918591 "2020-09-08T20:27:06Z")
Inspired by this thread, of course. There must be quite a few examples of these around. The one that started me thinking was This Flight Tonight. There’s nothing wrong at all with the original – but it was the wildly d… --- ## [Identify Thelonius Monk tune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-thelonius-monk-tune/845281)
**Author:** [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-thelonius-monk-tune/845281 "2020-09-08T19:58:35Z")
Does anyone know the title of the first tune they play here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o59Nsw7wxU They play it again in another performance at 32:40 in the video. Sounds to me like something older/simpler that … --- ## [How did John Paul Jones and Mike Mills handle both bass and keyboards on stage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-john-paul-jones-and-mike-mills-handle-both-bass-and-keyboards-on-stage/919831)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-john-paul-jones-and-mike-mills-handle-both-bass-and-keyboards-on-stage/919831 "2020-09-08T18:11:42Z")
I can think of three bands that had guys both responsible for keyboards AND bass in their respective bands: Ray Manzerak for the Doors, John Paul Jones for Led Zeppelin and Mike Mills for R.E.M. I know that Manzarek play… --- ## [Who are the literary titans of today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-literary-titans-of-today/920045)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-literary-titans-of-today/920045 "2020-09-08T15:29:07Z")
I have recently started binging on Mad Men (I never watched it in it’s initial run). Seeing the portrayal of the 1960’s elicited some nostalgic ruminations. It occurred to me that through the middle of the 20th century… --- ## [So how was your fruit this season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-was-your-fruit-this-season/920077)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-was-your-fruit-this-season/920077 "2020-09-08T15:18:30Z")
For most of us, summer fruit season is now winding down. I am in central NC. Gone are the local strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and peaches. Melons have just finished up their best time of the year. Pears and app… --- ## [The Phantom Toolbooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phantom-toolbooth/919377)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phantom-toolbooth/919377 "2020-09-08T14:36:33Z")
Seems like I first read The Phantom Tollbooth in about sixth grade or so and reported to the teacher that this book was the best I had ever read and would highly recommend it. Many years later, I had purchased a copy fo… --- ## [In order of usefulness, please rank the following tabletop cooking devices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-order-of-usefulness-please-rank-the-following-tabletop-cooking-devices/919629)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-order-of-usefulness-please-rank-the-following-tabletop-cooking-devices/919629 "2020-09-08T14:28:10Z")
Instant pot, air fryer, crock pot. The first 2 have gained quite a bit of traction over the past few years while the crock pot has long been a staple for soups, stews, etc. We have all 3 and I would rank them: Instant … --- ## [Venture Bros might be cancelled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venture-bros-might-be-cancelled/920035)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venture-bros-might-be-cancelled/920035 "2020-09-08T00:25:54Z")
The author behind a recent art book for The Venture Bros. is saying the show has been cancelled after nearly eight seasons. Ken Plume, author of Go Team Venture!: The Art and Making of The Venture Bros ., recently … --- ## [Coppola gets another shot at fixing godfather III](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coppola-gets-another-shot-at-fixing-godfather-iii/920008)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coppola-gets-another-shot-at-fixing-godfather-iii/920008 "2020-09-07T21:49:15Z")
just seen this earlier … I wonder if he cut the screen time down on his daughter’s performance which was considered the main problem of the movie the article mentions Robert Duvall didn’t come back as Tom Hagen in fac… --- ## [Am I the only person who thinks 'Confederacy of Dunces' is tedious, humor-free, and overhyped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-thinks-confederacy-of-dunces-is-tedious-humor-free-and-overhyped/654718)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-who-thinks-confederacy-of-dunces-is-tedious-humor-free-and-overhyped/654718 "2020-09-07T21:25:06Z")
Yes, I’ll say it again: I think that Confederacy of Dunces is tedious, humor-free, and overhyped (with the hype sometimes rising to a fever pitch on these Boards). Now, maybe if had I read it back in the 60’s when it wa… --- ## [Has an actual celebrity ever been on those celebrity reality TV shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-an-actual-celebrity-ever-been-on-those-celebrity-reality-tv-shows/919912)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-an-actual-celebrity-ever-been-on-those-celebrity-reality-tv-shows/919912 "2020-09-07T20:45:48Z")
You know, Dancing With The Stars, Celebrity Big Brother, I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! It’s always either has-been B list actors from 20 years ago (Verne Troyer), former sports athletes (Dennis Rodman), incredibly… --- ## [What’s your favorite Ken Burns documentary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-ken-burns-documentary/919938)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-ken-burns-documentary/919938 "2020-09-07T20:13:30Z")
poll Every one that I’ve seen have been fantastic although I haven’t seen “Prohibition” or “The Roosevelts”. I’m torn between “The Civil War” and “Baseball”. I loved “Baseball” so much that I bought the book so I’m going… --- ## [David Graebar has died, apoarently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-graebar-has-died-apoarently/919749)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-graebar-has-died-apoarently/919749 "2020-09-07T20:01:22Z")
I was sad to read this. I enjoyed reading “Bullshit Jobs” and some of the other books from this LSE anthropologist. --- ## [Ben Platt floors me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-platt-floors-me/920040)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ben-platt-floors-me/920040 "2020-09-07T19:57:53Z")
I am not a fan of Broadway generally, although I am a great respecter of the talent and skill that Broadway musical theatre requires. I am exposed to it mostly during Kennedy Center honors presentations and things of tha… --- ## [TV characters who have "J." as their middle initial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-characters-who-have-j-as-their-middle-initial/159025 "2020-09-07T12:51:09Z")
Bullwinkle J. Moose Rocket J. Squirrel Abraham J. Simpson Homer Jay Simpson Bartholomew Jo-Jo Simpson Philip J. Fry I don’t know about Rocky but there is a tendency for male animated characters to have “J.” for the… --- ## [ID a 70s WW2 movie (foreign made, dubbed, about Panzer unit, spelling out messages with corpses)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-ww2-movie-foreign-made-dubbed-about-panzer-unit-spelling-out-messages-with-corpses/919974)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-70s-ww2-movie-foreign-made-dubbed-about-panzer-unit-spelling-out-messages-with-corpses/919974 "2020-09-07T05:45:48Z")
I was wondering if someone could happen to ID a WWII movie I saw a bit of, once—on TV or online, I can’t recall. Color, I’d guess 1970s-made by the production quality (slightly grindhousey). I’m almost certain it was dub… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=387) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=389)