# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=401 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 402 --- ## [Favorite actor self parodies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-actor-self-parodies/684640 "2020-07-11T17:22:48Z")
What are other people’s favorite actor self parodies in art (where an actor plays themselves with exaggerated, comical or made up personality traits). I’d say Carl Weathers on Arrested Development is my favorite. --- ## [Homemade Kumis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-kumis/915031)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-kumis/915031 "2020-07-11T16:04:27Z")
Anyone successfully make some at home? How did you do it? What kind of milk (or yoghurt?) did you use; was it pasteurised? --- ## [JK Rowling putting out new book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jk-rowling-putting-out-new-book/854497)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jk-rowling-putting-out-new-book/854497 "2020-07-11T15:30:29Z")
It will be out in print in Nov. but for now she is putting out parts on this website. --- ## [Identify this baseball player (from a grainy TV screencap)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-baseball-player-from-a-grainy-tv-screencap/553923)
**Author:** [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-baseball-player-from-a-grainy-tv-screencap/553923 "2020-07-11T14:53:45Z")
I belong to a board devoted to “The Twilight Zone.” An episode (“The Fugitive” by Charles Beaumont) had this photo on a desk or table in the background. Fans there became curious but could not identify him. Anyone hav… --- ## [Most Rebellious Film Directors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-rebellious-film-directors/914977)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-rebellious-film-directors/914977 "2020-07-11T14:29:52Z")
(who were also great) Those who would not compromise their art for any reason… The first one that comes to mind is John Cassavetes. His first movie “Shadows” was very independent, outside of the studio system, but becau… --- ## [Louis L'Amour Stage West](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-lamour-stage-west/914990)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/louis-lamour-stage-west/914990 "2020-07-11T13:15:25Z")
That story was made into a Maverick episode. I would like to read the original story. Where can I find it? --- ## [New Gillian Welch/David Rawlings album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gillian-welch-david-rawlings-album/914917)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gillian-welch-david-rawlings-album/914917 "2020-07-11T04:34:03Z")
As I write this, so new it doesn’t come up in a Google search. All cover songs, listening now --- ## [ID the ice cream man tune from the '60s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-ice-cream-man-tune-from-the-60s/663719)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-ice-cream-man-tune-from-the-60s/663719 "2020-07-11T02:26:12Z")
I’d like to identify the tune played by the ice cream man’s truck when I was a small child in the '60s. Unfortunately, I can’t write music. I started typing out detailed instructions on how to play the notes on an inte… --- ## [Comic strip crossover on Dick Tracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-crossover-on-dick-tracy/914841)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-crossover-on-dick-tracy/914841 "2020-07-11T00:37:49Z")
The Dick Tracy comic strip has done a few crossovers over the years, such as Batman and Little Orphan Annie, but this last Sunday they started a new one. Dethany from the strip Fastrack makes her first appearance in wha… --- ## [Lady Antebellum is now Lady A](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-antebellum-is-now-lady-a/855486)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-antebellum-is-now-lady-a/855486 "2020-07-11T00:23:47Z")
But I will still have unclean thoughts about the girl. --- ## [Do other countries have foreigners hosting most of their political talk shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-countries-have-foreigners-hosting-most-of-their-political-talk-shows/914891)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-countries-have-foreigners-hosting-most-of-their-political-talk-shows/914891 "2020-07-10T22:41:24Z")
It always felt odd to me to see so many Canadians or British presenters on American political talk shows, and now even Quibi is getting into it and heavily marketing it self-aware as another American political talk show … --- ## ["Floor is Lava" - am I being whooshed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-is-lava-am-i-being-whooshed/914655)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-is-lava-am-i-being-whooshed/914655 "2020-07-10T21:49:52Z")
So I idly clicked on “Floor is Lava” on Netflix, just to see what it was. For the first few minutes I was highly amused, thinking it was a hilarious spoof of those stupid game shows where people struggle through ridiculo… --- ## [Carl Reiner, 98, died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783 "2020-07-10T18:20:43Z")
One of the big names in early television comedy. He will be missed. ~VOW --- ## [Does anyone ever thrive on those survival shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-thrive-on-those-survival-shows/914878)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-thrive-on-those-survival-shows/914878 "2020-07-10T17:02:43Z")
I like to watch survival shows, but what normally happens is a person will go out in the wilderness. They will starve, be dehydrated, get severely sunburnt, be eaten alive by insects and then they count down the days unt… --- ## [What’s the least popular spirit in your favorite bar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-least-popular-spirit-in-your-favorite-bar/914416)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-least-popular-spirit-in-your-favorite-bar/914416 "2020-07-10T16:57:27Z")
I’d have to say rum at both my favorite bar now (that I occasionally help out at) and the one I worked at during and post college. Captain and Coke wound get an occasional order but aside from that, it was a pretty rare … --- ## [Now Dats A Spicey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-dats-a-spicey/914800)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-dats-a-spicey/914800 "2020-07-10T16:55:58Z")
Cheese? I was given a bottle of Italian wine today, Bacche Bianche from Luciano Bessich, and on the label, it is recommended to be served with “sweet cakes, chocolates or spice cheeses” What is a spice cheese? Would I… --- ## [Anyone watching Christopher Kimball's "Milk Street"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-christopher-kimballs-milk-street/830403)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-christopher-kimballs-milk-street/830403 "2020-07-10T02:17:50Z")
I’m a big fan of Cook’s Country & America’s Test Kitchen. I’ve watched the episodes over and over, I have many of their cookbooks, and I appreciate their product reviews (both foods and tools/appliances). I liked the sho… --- ## [Gary Larson - He's back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-hes-back/914896)
**Author:** [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-hes-back/914896 "2020-07-10T02:04:26Z")
Website: https://www.thefarside.com/ --- ## [Help - looking for a bread recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-looking-for-a-bread-recipe/914861)
**Author:** [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-looking-for-a-bread-recipe/914861 "2020-07-09T22:52:18Z")
My mother in law remembers in the Troy NY area having a bread from Dufort bakery in the 50s. It was sweet a white bread baked in a can but there was no molasses in it (that seems to be the favorite way to make similar b… --- ## [Duck Fat Needs a Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-fat-needs-a-name/914716)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-fat-needs-a-name/914716 "2020-07-09T22:08:46Z")
Ya got yer butter, lard, ghee, shortening … then along comes “duck fat” like an unloved stepchild with no endearing nickname. It squats in the middle of fancy menus with their frou-frou descriptions, bereft of any Franco… --- ## [Music trivia question (heard on a Crap from the Past episode)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-trivia-question-heard-on-a-crap-from-the-past-episode/913803)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-trivia-question-heard-on-a-crap-from-the-past-episode/913803 "2020-07-09T21:45:35Z")
I listen to the weekly radio program Crap from the Past hosted by Ron “Boogiemonster” Gerber from a community radio station in Minneapolis. On the June 19 episode, he played 25 songs, and at the end of the episode, aske… --- ## [Potato juice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-juice/914847)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-juice/914847 "2020-07-09T20:03:02Z")
Frank Sinatra’s Coffee Song just popped up on the ol’ iPod. No tea or tomato juice, You’ll see no potato juice I thought he sang ‘potato juice’ because it rhymed with tomato juice. Turns out it’s a thing. Who knew… --- ## [What is your favorite "Christmas in July" movie - That's not a Christmas movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-christmas-in-july-movie-thats-not-a-christmas-movie/914858)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-christmas-in-july-movie-thats-not-a-christmas-movie/914858 "2020-07-09T20:03:00Z")
July 25th will be upon us soon and the local “movie” stations usually show the same Christmas-themed movies that they show in December. But do you have a favorite summer movie\* that is somehow LINKED to Christmas movie,… --- ## [Shepard Smith getting a new show on CNBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepard-smith-getting-a-new-show-on-cnbc/914767)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepard-smith-getting-a-new-show-on-cnbc/914767 "2020-07-09T19:13:40Z")
Evening show that starts in the fall. I assume CNN offered him a job too. --- ## [History buffs and Jeremy Clarkson fans alike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-and-jeremy-clarkson-fans-alike/914842)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-and-jeremy-clarkson-fans-alike/914842 "2020-07-09T17:10:13Z")
Jeremy Clarkson narrates two excellent BBC documentaries about WWII battles: One is about a little known (not at all known to me) 1942 battle of St. Nazaire by British Commandos to take out a German occupied naval stati… --- ## [Do you have a local equivalent of The Onion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-local-equivalent-of-the-onion/914355)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-local-equivalent-of-the-onion/914355 "2020-07-09T15:22:01Z")
Here in the Rochester area we have the Inner Loop Blog, a satirical fake news site about local affairs. I’m sure many of the jokes will not make sense to people outside of the region. But go check it out if you want to r… --- ## [Singers/bands that make you want to shove hot rusty screwdrivers into your ears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897 "2020-07-09T15:09:49Z")
Was driving around today, and a Fall Out Boy song came on. I immediately wanted to murder my ears, but I could neither change the channel (I promised my son we could listen to that Sirius station while we were driving ar… --- ## [R.I.P. Charlie Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-charlie-daniels/914503)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-charlie-daniels/914503 "2020-07-09T14:40:20Z")
:disappointed\_relieved: --- ## [Smoker recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoker-recommendations/914384)
**Author:** [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoker-recommendations/914384 "2020-07-09T05:42:58Z")
So my smoker died on the 4th of July. It was a Masterbuilt electric and was the second I’ve had in about 10 years. I need you to disabuse me of my prejudices because I find fault with all the types that are on the mark… --- ## [Plan 9 From Outer Space Remake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-9-from-outer-space-remake/914754)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plan-9-from-outer-space-remake/914754 "2020-07-09T02:56:06Z")
Is there any conceivable way one could recapture the magic this movie possesses with any sort of remake? I mean the most obvious angle - playing it up as wink wink nudge nudge high camp - would necessarily result in an e… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=400) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=402)