# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=394 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 395 --- ## [Will Star Trek: Picard Ever Go to DVD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-star-trek-picard-ever-go-to-dvd/917886)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-star-trek-picard-ever-go-to-dvd/917886 "2020-08-14T06:34:20Z")
I typically follow most installments of the Star Trek universe. But one thing I haven’t got around to is Star Trek: Picard. I know it’s livestreaming now. FWIW I only go on my PC about once a week. And then I just stick … --- ## [Classic black and white movies on Blu-ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-black-and-white-movies-on-blu-ray/917951)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-black-and-white-movies-on-blu-ray/917951 "2020-08-14T05:18:45Z")
A few months ago my DVD player stopped working, so to replace it I got a Blu-ray player. I’ve seen classic movies like Casablanca on DVDs or DVD rentals, but well, seeing them on Blu-ray, wow. Right now I have The Big… --- ## [Cheapie boxed mac and cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheapie-boxed-mac-and-cheese/855910)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheapie-boxed-mac-and-cheese/855910 "2020-08-14T01:43:36Z")
The Spagetti-os thread inspired this one. We didn’t get boxed mac and cheese very often when I was a kid. I grew up in the days of stay-at-home moms who cooked almost eveything from scratch. When we’d see stuff on a com… --- ## [Movies that were overrated garbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-overrated-garbo/917319)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-were-overrated-garbo/917319 "2020-08-13T20:56:11Z")
This is just another thread for me to complain about ‘The Joker’. It wasn’t THAT bad… But the fact that people love it so much makes me want to gag in my throat. If it’s not political, why is it rich vs poor!? No. No. C… --- ## [Upload - new show on Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-new-show-on-amazon/918009)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-new-show-on-amazon/918009 "2020-08-13T20:24:49Z")
Saw a trailer for this on Amazon and checked it out. Wound up bingewatching the entire 10 episode season yesterday and today. Premise: technology has progressed to where a person’s personality/intellect/memories can b… --- ## [Spectrum Originals "Paradise Lost" series: anyone else bother to watch it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectrum-originals-paradise-lost-series-anyone-else-bother-to-watch-it/917995)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectrum-originals-paradise-lost-series-anyone-else-bother-to-watch-it/917995 "2020-08-13T13:52:15Z")
Mrs. ToKnow and I finished watching season one last night and I’m curious to know if anyone else bothered. Spectrum Originals require you to have Spectrum (duh) and low expectations, so I am willing to bet there aren’t m… --- ## [Was Liver a common main dish in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-liver-a-common-main-dish-in-the-past/917669)
**Author:** [@Bacon\_Cheeseburger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Cheeseburger)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-liver-a-common-main-dish-in-the-past/917669 "2020-08-13T08:12:57Z")
Watching old timey movies/TV shows it seems like Liver and Onions would be mentioned from time to time, usually comically about a child not eating his dinner or something. My mother did make Liver occasionally but never… --- ## [Prince of the City movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-the-city-movie/917934)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-of-the-city-movie/917934 "2020-08-13T01:00:20Z")
Just watched it again for about the 27th time and it still moves me. It is a more complex version of Serpico. Serpico was never corrupt, from the begining he would not take money that was found when cops arrested drug d… --- ## [Incorrect band name origins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorrect-band-name-origins/917737)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorrect-band-name-origins/917737 "2020-08-13T00:17:55Z")
Have you ever heard the name of a band, and some explanation of the origin of that name pops into your head, even though you know your idea is probably completely wrong? For example, when I first heard of the band Fleet… --- ## [Looking for a book I read in the Eighties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-book-i-read-in-the-eighties/917931)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-book-i-read-in-the-eighties/917931 "2020-08-13T00:01:22Z")
I remember a book I read and liked back in my days working as a library page as a teenager. I’d like to read it again, but it must be long out of print because I can’t find it on Amazon, Abebooks, EBay, or Google. I’d th… --- ## [What did you eat yesterday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-yesterday/917389)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-eat-yesterday/917389 "2020-08-12T17:20:39Z")
I will start by listing the meals I took yesterday. This is everything I ate. I follow the traditional Romanian meals and times. BREAKFAST - 7 a.m. 1 apple 1 slice of bread with homemade roe spread 1 bowl of vegeta… --- ## [Write the music, lyrics, and book, and also star--who has done this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-music-lyrics-and-book-and-also-star-who-has-done-this/917850)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-music-lyrics-and-book-and-also-star-who-has-done-this/917850 "2020-08-12T16:30:25Z")
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the music, lyrics, and book for Hamilton, and also played the starring role. I cannot think of anyone else who has done this and achieved any significant notoriety. I cannot think of any other e… --- ## [Documentaries on Directors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-on-directors/915946)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-on-directors/915946 "2020-08-12T15:47:55Z")
There are some directors whose work I might not love, but whose lives were interesting… I can name a few more, but I’m curious if anyone else will point them out. I’ll be happy to discuss them, too, since I’ve seen many,… --- ## [Olivia de Havilland dies at 104](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-de-havilland-dies-at-104/916400)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olivia-de-havilland-dies-at-104/916400 "2020-08-12T01:38:37Z")
In her sleep Saturday at her home in Paris. I am so done with 2020. --- ## [Music at the end of "Pax Soprana"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-at-the-end-of-pax-soprana/161487)
**Author:** [@Mandos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mandos)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-at-the-end-of-pax-soprana/161487 "2020-08-12T00:51:43Z")
The other day, I recognized a song at the end of a Sopranos episode (I hadn’t actually been watching it…I walked in while someone else was watching it on tape, in the last few minutes). I have had this song deeply ingra… --- ## [Mom petit chou you rascal you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-petit-chou-you-rascal-you/917659)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mom-petit-chou-you-rascal-you/917659 "2020-08-11T20:57:47Z")
This has to do with cabbage. It’s a mash up title of a term of endearment and an old song. So my current ear worm is I’ll be glad when you’re dead ( you rascal you). Okay great song especially sung by Louis Armstrong b… --- ## [Name the artist/band if you can](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-artist-band-if-you-can/917823)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-artist-band-if-you-can/917823 "2020-08-11T20:34:10Z")
Okay, this is a real long shot. On the jazz station we listen to, they’ve been playing an orchestral version of “I Only Have Eyes For You”, the old belly-rubbing dance tune. It really caught my ear, but I have no idea wh… --- ## [Alyssa Milano mad that her podcast isn't as popular as Joe Rogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alyssa-milano-mad-that-her-podcast-isnt-as-popular-as-joe-rogan/916931)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alyssa-milano-mad-that-her-podcast-isnt-as-popular-as-joe-rogan/916931 "2020-08-11T19:48:46Z")
Alyssa Milano tweeted recently about a lot of her personal grievances with the state of the country and politics, and among her rant was a statement that We live in a world WHERE JOE ROGAN’s PODCAST HAS TRIPLE THE LIST… --- ## [Which performer's physical appearance didn't match your mental image the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-performers-physical-appearance-didnt-match-your-mental-image-the-most/619193)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-performers-physical-appearance-didnt-match-your-mental-image-the-most/619193 "2020-08-11T15:35:42Z")
Several of the “blue-eyed soul” artists come to mind. Dusty Springfield, Eric Burdon and probably Rick Astley. Wiki’s complete list is here although it’s easy to nitpick some of them. The Osmonds? Really? I know it’… --- ## [Pancakes, Waffles, or French Toast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-waffles-or-french-toast/917587)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancakes-waffles-or-french-toast/917587 "2020-08-11T14:53:38Z")
Which are you choosing? Pancakes, Waffles, or French Toast? Me? I’m choosing pancakes. I like waffles, and french toast, and I’ve never felt disappointed ordering those. But pancakes have an emotional resonance for … --- ## [Peace Talks (Dresden Files) IS FINALLY HERE! (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-talks-dresden-files-is-finally-here-spoilers/915334)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peace-talks-dresden-files-is-finally-here-spoilers/915334 "2020-08-11T14:46:38Z")
As of today Peace Talks is out! I’ve got my copy and I’m up to chapter 7. Um… we should probably have some sort of spoiler policy on this for the first, um, week or two? Month? Have a thread with spoilers and one wit… --- ## [Anyone remember what movie this is from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-what-movie-this-is-from/917742)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-what-movie-this-is-from/917742 "2020-08-11T05:59:05Z")
One of the publicity still looked like this: picture a pizza made of metal, with all the slices pulled away from the center, and a guy’s head in the middle. Sometime from the mid ‘80s to mid ‘90s, I would think. --- ## [Favorite deep dish frozen pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-deep-dish-frozen-pizza/917628)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-deep-dish-frozen-pizza/917628 "2020-08-10T20:46:34Z")
I’ve really only seen a few out there. Ginos, DiGornio and motor city pizza co. Ginos is the best, but its still not that great. DiGornio was terrible when I tried it. Motor city is ok, but not as good as digornio. Doe… --- ## [John Saxon RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-saxon-rip/916377)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-saxon-rip/916377 "2020-08-10T14:26:33Z")
Watch Mitchell to get an idea of a typical John Saxon performance. And when you do, marvel that Joe Don Baker is still alive. --- ## [Why No Lost Three Stooges Shorts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-lost-three-stooges-shorts/917616)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-lost-three-stooges-shorts/917616 "2020-08-10T13:50:54Z")
Here’s an article I stumbled upon while looking for something else. I had always thought that a good portion of the Stooges’ work before they signed on with Columbia was probably gone, but apparently, only a short calle… --- ## [Anyone here growing herbs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-growing-herbs/917283)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-growing-herbs/917283 "2020-08-10T02:49:54Z")
On my front porch I have basil and sage growing. The sage plants are several years old and have grown too big for the planting trough. I am gradually cutting it back, plucking and drying the leaves. I’m not sure how I… --- ## [Croupier (the movie) question - Spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croupier-the-movie-question-spoilers/111643)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/croupier-the-movie-question-spoilers/111643 "2020-08-10T01:09:41Z")
Just saw Croupier - really, really enjoyed it. I have a couple questions, though, and I will not use the Spoiler tag b/c I wrote Spoiler in the title, and b/c to some, nothing is more annoyinger. :slight\_smile: So, I … --- ## [Around what percentage of musicians are also composers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/around-what-percentage-of-musicians-are-also-composers/917351)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/around-what-percentage-of-musicians-are-also-composers/917351 "2020-08-09T17:27:29Z")
Impossible to quantify, of course, but a question nonetheless for Dopers who are active in music: What percentage of musicians (of all types) have composing ability, and how common is such ability? (not necessarily peop… --- ## [Christopher Guest movie trio on Hulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-movie-trio-on-hulu/917606)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-guest-movie-trio-on-hulu/917606 "2020-08-09T17:16:31Z")
Right now, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, and A Mighty Wind are available. Watched them back to back yesterday. Favrorite lines- Best in Show. "I used to be able to name every nut that there was. And it used to d… --- ## [Do most professional fiction writers write only one draft or multiple drafts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-professional-fiction-writers-write-only-one-draft-or-multiple-drafts/917118)
**Author:** [@Godwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godwin)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-professional-fiction-writers-write-only-one-draft-or-multiple-drafts/917118 "2020-08-09T16:13:10Z")
Many times, I have come across the fiction writing advice that “good writing is rewriting”, and that most successful writers do multiple drafts and revise their work. In addition (as a corollary), it is often advised tha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=393) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=395)