# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=389 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 390 --- ## [Golden Grain's Verdi Advertisement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-grains-verdi-advertisement/500457)
**Author:** [@Wogglebug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wogglebug)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-grains-verdi-advertisement/500457 "2020-09-07T01:22:23Z")
This question was posted to Google alt, but I’m gonna answer here, ok? The question was: What were the lyrics to the Golden Grain advertisement(s) that used the score of Verdi’s “Triumphal March” from Aida. (Called "the… --- ## [Trying to ID this song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-id-this-song/919919 "2020-09-07T01:18:13Z")
Heard it once on fm radio maybe 79/80. Can barely remember it musically, but the frenetic vocalist was almost shrieking out the lyrics: Gotta get out gotta get out gotta get out gotta get awayeeeyay All I got. --- ## [Your best guess WRT the suitcase in Pulp Fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-guess-wrt-the-suitcase-in-pulp-fiction/688908)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-guess-wrt-the-suitcase-in-pulp-fiction/688908 "2020-09-07T01:05:00Z")
It lights up when you open it, or maybe that’s just dramatics. Can anyone gather what’s inside given the conversations in Brad’s apartment, subsequent events concerning Marcelus Wallas and perhaps Mia, and Jules’ and Vin… --- ## [Bank robbery comedy sketch clip: which show is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991)
**Author:** [@Greymarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greymarch)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-robbery-comedy-sketch-clip-which-show-is-this/819991 "2020-09-06T19:54:47Z")
My friends and I are stumped. Been doing google text and image searches in every way I can think of. Someone please answer this ASAP: from what TV show is this comedy sketch? Feels like its from the 70s or even late … --- ## [The Muppets' lack of success on TV after The Muppet Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-lack-of-success-on-tv-after-the-muppet-show/919343)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-lack-of-success-on-tv-after-the-muppet-show/919343 "2020-09-06T14:56:44Z")
I’ve been getting into The Muppets lately, and I just realized that none of the shows after The Muppet Show were nearly as successful, with the exception of Muppet Babies. Why haven’t the post-Muppet Show shows been as … --- ## [Help ID this horror short story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-horror-short-story/919920)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-horror-short-story/919920 "2020-09-06T14:10:53Z")
The story features a woman working in a near empty diner in Louisiana or some other gulf coast state with offshore oil rigs. A large man comes in, they start talking, and eventually they leave together to her home. She… --- ## [German name for cut of beef needed for Deli roast beef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-name-for-cut-of-beef-needed-for-deli-roast-beef/919890)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-name-for-cut-of-beef-needed-for-deli-roast-beef/919890 "2020-09-06T04:25:30Z")
So, living in Germany now many years, I realize I really miss a good NY deli-style roast beef sandwich. So I figure I’ll try to make it myself. This looks like a good recipe and it calls for a rump roast. Does anyone kn… --- ## [So what were the Disney Dwarfs going to do to the Evil Queen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-the-disney-dwarfs-going-to-do-to-the-evil-queen/919663)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-were-the-disney-dwarfs-going-to-do-to-the-evil-queen/919663 "2020-09-06T00:35:41Z")
In the original Grimm story, the dwarfs didn’t chase after the evil queen. At Snow White’s wedding, the queen is forced to wear red hot shoes and dance to her death. I tried to find out if the dwarfs were the ones to p… --- ## [Name That Children’s Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-children-s-book/919911)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2020, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-children-s-book/919911 "2020-09-05T23:26:35Z")
I have a vague recollection of a children’s book I read as a boy, about a boy who always hated baths that ran off into the woods and found a big automatic washing/showing conveyor belt. Ring a bell for anyone? --- ## [The greatest mullets of movie history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-mullets-of-movie-history/919404)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-mullets-of-movie-history/919404 "2020-09-05T07:32:20Z")
Tele 5 is a German TV channel that plays 5 percent real cult movies, 20 percent movies that are so bad they’re really good and 75 percent real honestly bad movies. But tonight they had a real run with three movies of the… --- ## [What Charlie Parker tune is quoted at the end of "Parker's Band"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-charlie-parker-tune-is-quoted-at-the-end-of-parkers-band/798054)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-charlie-parker-tune-is-quoted-at-the-end-of-parkers-band/798054 "2020-09-04T21:02:36Z")
On Parker’s Band, on Steely Dan’s Pretzel Logic, the song ends with four measures that are the beginning of a Charlie Parker tune. I remember hearing the entire tune in the vague and distant past; it’s a 12-bar blues for… --- ## [Lettuce discuss... salad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lettuce-discuss-salad/919024)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lettuce-discuss-salad/919024 "2020-09-04T20:51:51Z")
I know I should be eating more salad. I’m talking about the green salad, tossed salad, with fresh greens, other stuff, dressing. I do not have a gift for making salad. Restaurant salads, even the little piddly “side sal… --- ## [Wow! Jim Gaffigan went and got himself a potty mouth. (Rages against Trump and his supporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-jim-gaffigan-went-and-got-himself-a-potty-mouth-rages-against-trump-and-his-supporters/919301)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-jim-gaffigan-went-and-got-himself-a-potty-mouth-rages-against-trump-and-his-supporters/919301 "2020-09-04T16:52:51Z")
So, I don’t know if Jim had one to many glasses of wine or what but he sure went on a tear last night. --- ## [My Local Radio Station is Playing Oldies Just Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-local-radio-station-is-playing-oldies-just-now/919780)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-local-radio-station-is-playing-oldies-just-now/919780 "2020-09-04T12:29:40Z")
Just by the way, Friday is our weekend and the morning show is aimed at Golden Oldsters like me. Studio One FM, Saudi Aramco --- ## [High Art (Paintings, Sculpture, etc.) That Breaks The Fourth Wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-art-paintings-sculpture-etc-that-breaks-the-fourth-wall/919728)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-art-paintings-sculpture-etc-that-breaks-the-fourth-wall/919728 "2020-09-04T08:22:37Z")
Take a look at this painting that appears on the screen briefly in the YouTube video I’m linking to. Notice how the servant appears to look knowingly at the viewer while his master gorges on food. Can you provide any ot… --- ## [Bojack Horseman Season 6 is out (spoilers after OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman-season-6-is-out-spoilers-after-op/842285)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman-season-6-is-out-spoilers-after-op/842285 "2020-09-04T03:15:34Z")
Without any fanfare this just dropped on Netlfix, time to binge I guess. Spoiler away after this post. --- ## [Is this the same tune?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-same-tune/919655)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-same-tune/919655 "2020-09-04T01:29:36Z")
The beginning of “Centerfold” by J. Geils Band, and This school yard rhyme: “Tar-zan the monkey man swinging on a rubber band, along came Superman and knocked him in the frying pan.” The most recent version I heard at… --- ## [I'm watching Fleetwood Mac's "The Dance" on PBS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-fleetwood-macs-the-dance-on-pbs/919759)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-watching-fleetwood-macs-the-dance-on-pbs/919759 "2020-09-04T00:43:31Z")
I was actually an FM early adopter, having (in the mid seventies) some acquaintance with Peter Green era FM and a later incarnation, circa “Mystery To Me”. Then “Rumors” came out and was huge. At the time I had a bitchin… --- ## [Intentionally misheard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentionally-misheard/916929)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intentionally-misheard/916929 "2020-09-03T22:26:30Z")
I can’t help it. I’ll hear something, I’ll understand it, but I must intentionally ‘mishear’ it. There’s a commercial for a beauty product that touts its hyaluronic acid content. I can’t help but think highly moronic … --- ## [Trying to find an episode of "Says You!" radio show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-an-episode-of-says-you-radio-show/919747)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-an-episode-of-says-you-radio-show/919747 "2020-09-03T20:13:22Z")
I listened to it on the podcast feed sometime in the last year or two, so it’s either recent or recently re-podcasted. It had a game where the contestants had to name a song based on someone reading a section of the lyr… --- ## [It's a Bigly Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bigly-life/919550)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-bigly-life/919550 "2020-09-03T19:00:58Z")
The other day, trump compared himself to George Bailey, the kind hearted doormat protagonist of It’s A Wonderful Life. Naturally, Jimmy Stewart’s daughter took him to task, noting that George was everything trump is not. … --- ## [Wtf, Chadwick Boseman dies after four-year battle with colon cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-chadwick-boseman-dies-after-four-year-battle-with-colon-cancer/919288 "2020-09-03T18:38:34Z")
I was really hoping it’s not real, but AP confirms…so depressing. He was so good to watch. --- ## [Gone to the movies yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gone-to-the-movies-yet/918724)
**Author:** [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gone-to-the-movies-yet/918724 "2020-09-03T04:18:57Z")
Simultaneously against my better judgment and in an effort to support local businesses, I bought tickets to go to the movies tonight with my husband. When I purchased the tickets, I thought, “Cool! So much distancing/ma… --- ## [Do actors in commercials have the right to refuse to act out a script?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-actors-in-commercials-have-the-right-to-refuse-to-act-out-a-script/914552)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-actors-in-commercials-have-the-right-to-refuse-to-act-out-a-script/914552 "2020-09-03T01:00:29Z")
I don’t mean to have some kind of power to rewrite it, I just mean whether they can say “nope, I’m out, you can keep your pay”. Or once they are contracted to do a series of commercials, do they have to play out whateve… --- ## [Lithgow is just a passable Churchil in "The Crown"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lithgow-is-just-a-passable-churchil-in-the-crown/919476)
**Author:** [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lithgow-is-just-a-passable-churchil-in-the-crown/919476 "2020-09-02T21:17:37Z")
John Lithgow is a great actor with lots of range. Having said that his Churchill in “The Crown” is just passable. He always looks like Lithgow playing Churchill, he never quite embodies him like Oldman in “Darkest Hour.… --- ## ["The Victim" - Scottish crime miniseries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-victim-scottish-crime-miniseries/919472)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-victim-scottish-crime-miniseries/919472 "2020-09-02T17:20:41Z")
Just watched this four-part miniseries. Along with “Endeavour” it may be the best TV show I’ve seen this year. Kelly MacDonald plays a woman whose young son was murdered many years ago. She is accused of doxxing her son… --- ## [Mistaking a Parody for the Real Thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-a-parody-for-the-real-thing/919376)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaking-a-parody-for-the-real-thing/919376 "2020-09-02T15:36:05Z")
Complementary to this recent thread. In my case it was the Paul Verhoeven Starship Troopers adaptation. Flipping through the channels one day I came across it, when it was about a third done. I kept wondering why the … --- ## [Can I put mangos in my butter chicken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-mangos-in-my-butter-chicken/915673)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-mangos-in-my-butter-chicken/915673 "2020-07-20T07:01:02Z")
A couple of weeks ago I bought three mangos for the incredible price of 5 dollars cdn. (Snark intended) Never in my life have I ever bought mangos. I ate one at work, and it was desperately unripened, IMHO. So, I’m mak… --- ## [Which modern author should a Douglas Adams fan read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-modern-author-should-a-douglas-adams-fan-read/918332)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-modern-author-should-a-douglas-adams-fan-read/918332 "2020-09-02T00:02:57Z")
Nowadays I don’t read much fiction, but when I do its usually sci-fi. If I want to read some modern comedy sci-fi, what comes closest (in quality, not necessarily style) to Douglas Adams? I’ve read some Jasper Fforde a… --- ## [Excellent Podcast and Doors Overview...Not a Fanboy Podcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-podcast-and-doors-overview-not-a-fanboy-podcast/919554)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-podcast-and-doors-overview-not-a-fanboy-podcast/919554 "2020-09-01T21:25:14Z")
Firstly, althought this is hosted by the NR no politics are involved Secondly, its hosted by 3 people; one huge fan, one lapsed fan and one hater. It makes for a fascinating discussion. Its 3 hours long. But for me t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=388) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=390)