# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=407 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 408 --- ## [How did Sandra Oh get a lead role in Killing Eve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-sandra-oh-get-a-lead-role-in-killing-eve/855621)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-sandra-oh-get-a-lead-role-in-killing-eve/855621 "2020-06-14T02:07:17Z")
She should be a supporting role not a lead because she isn’t physically attractive enough. She works well in Sideways because she’s a supporting role and the love interest of Paul Giamatti’s character who is also unattr… --- ## [New Bob Dylan interview in the NYT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bob-dylan-interview-in-the-nyt/855605)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-bob-dylan-interview-in-the-nyt/855605 "2020-06-13T20:59:43Z")
As you may know, Dylan will release the double album “Rough And Rowdy Ways” next Friday, his first studio album with original songs since 2012. He hadn’t given an interview since being awarded the Nobel prize in 2016, an… --- ## [Cinematic clowning around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-clowning-around/855057)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinematic-clowning-around/855057 "2020-06-13T14:58:08Z")
Evil movie and television clowns abound, but are there any good guy/heroic clowns out there in movie/tv land? --- ## [Anyone Paint by Numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-paint-by-numbers/855387)
**Author:** [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-paint-by-numbers/855387 "2020-06-13T13:09:47Z")
I keep seeing ads online for paint by numbers kits and they looks like so much fun. I haven’t done one since I was a kid and these seem like they are of better quality than what I had back then. I am furloughed next mo… --- ## [Blinded by the Light](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/855421)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/855421 "2020-06-13T12:07:05Z")
Wrapped up like a douche … gave my anus curly-wurly … etc. You know what I’m talking about. I assert that this goes beyond misheard lyrics and that Manfred Mann deliberately ambiguously pronounced lyrics in order to ca… --- ## [Paw Patrol on Nickelodeon bye bye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paw-patrol-on-nickelodeon-bye-bye/855530)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paw-patrol-on-nickelodeon-bye-bye/855530 "2020-06-12T22:47:44Z")
Cops, Live PD , now cartoon Paw Patrol! Come on…Paw Patrol!? --- ## [To Tell The Truth anomaly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-tell-the-truth-anomaly/855521)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-tell-the-truth-anomaly/855521 "2020-06-12T19:37:11Z")
So I just finished watching an episode of the latest version of To Tell The Truth a few minutes ago, and the last part caught my eye. I recognized one of the three people stepping up and I immediately realized what the … --- ## [Olive Garden AYCE salad, why is it so good, why can't I make it that good at home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-garden-ayce-salad-why-is-it-so-good-why-cant-i-make-it-that-good-at-home/855519)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olive-garden-ayce-salad-why-is-it-so-good-why-cant-i-make-it-that-good-at-home/855519 "2020-06-12T18:49:32Z")
Seriously. Iceberg, little bit of tomato, red onion, way too many croutons, black olives. I have their dressing at home, but my homemade Olive Garden salad is never as good as at the restaurant. And there’s really no re… --- ## [Post one record/album/CD you think more people should appreciate..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945 "2020-06-12T18:32:03Z")
Just one please. I know that might be tough, but try… I will start with Tom Waits’ 2nd album, The Heart of Saturday Night. Just an incredible collection of songs. Waits’ discography is all over the place, but this is a … --- ## [Great songs that are just too damned short](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-songs-that-are-just-too-damned-short/854774)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-songs-that-are-just-too-damned-short/854774 "2020-06-12T16:57:45Z")
With no real quantitative way of nailing exactly what “too damned short” is, (heh - or “great”), hopefully this obviously subjective approach can bulldoze and smudge an eventual, crude consensus on songs, compositions, w… --- ## [What's the 3rd-most popular topic for alternate history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-3rd-most-popular-topic-for-alternate-history/855520)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-3rd-most-popular-topic-for-alternate-history/855520 "2020-06-12T13:53:21Z")
I’ve read that an Axis victory in WWII and Confederate victory in the Civil War are the two most popular departure points for alternate-history writers. What might be the 3rd-most popular? (And others too) Soviets win t… --- ## [Dazed and Confused Tempo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dazed-and-confused-tempo/855527)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dazed-and-confused-tempo/855527 "2020-06-12T13:44:39Z")
Hi, music lovers! I’m trying to get the bass line from Dazed and Confused under my fingers. Most of it is not too bad, except for the part that starts around 3:30: So, my plan is to start slow and work my way up to i… --- ## [Regarding the story about "Truth or Consequences" told on the SNL retrospective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-story-about-truth-or-consequences-told-on-the-snl-retrospective/291276)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-the-story-about-truth-or-consequences-told-on-the-snl-retrospective/291276 "2020-06-12T13:24:32Z")
Did it really happen or is it a show biz urban legend like Uncle Don’s infamous sign-off? For those of you who didn’t see the “Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live” special on February 20th, ther… --- ## [Who was the bad guy in the band?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-bad-guy-in-the-band/855123)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-bad-guy-in-the-band/855123 "2020-06-12T05:07:58Z")
And why? Over my 53 years I have heard many references to the guy was the “cancer” in the bands they were in, but often without much explanation. Some examples are Roger Waters and David Crosby. What is the story there? … --- ## [best neo-noir movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-neo-noir-movies/855229)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-neo-noir-movies/855229 "2020-06-12T04:48:48Z")
B/W film noir is my favorite genre and I think I have seen all the great ones. Neo-noir, well there is Body Heat, a favorite. Watching it now for about the 10th time. I’ve seen the one by Dennis Hopper, can’t remember t… --- ## [Margaret Cho on L&O:SVU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margaret-cho-on-l-o-svu/855506)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margaret-cho-on-l-o-svu/855506 "2020-06-12T02:35:45Z")
Billed as Mama-San, this ep.'s villain. I wonder, if convicted, will will she have a bunk-mate named Gwen…who will wash her vagina! --- ## [Trying to find "Us" Robe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-us-robe/855502)
**Author:** [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2020, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-us-robe/855502 "2020-06-12T01:32:22Z")
A quest for the Teeming Millions, perhaps impossible. Wondering if anyone can figure out where I could get a robe like the one worn by Tim Heidecker’s character in Us. My wife wants to buy one for her brother-in-law for … --- ## [What We Do In The Shadows - the tv series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-the-tv-series/831721 "2020-06-11T16:09:39Z")
Did anyone else catch the first episode of the show? I am a big fan of the movie and this was kind of a reboot version of that. Same director and same writer. It was great. I think the energy vampire was a great idea an… --- ## [Double (or more) concert bills that would have been great but never happened, that you know of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-or-more-concert-bills-that-would-have-been-great-but-never-happened-that-you-know-of/854879)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-or-more-concert-bills-that-would-have-been-great-but-never-happened-that-you-know-of/854879 "2020-06-11T04:26:08Z")
For me, the ultimate combination of music acts that never, to my knowledge, performed together and should have would have been Rush and King’s X. Can anyone else think of something similar? --- ## [Small Movie Set](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-movie-set/855335)
**Author:** [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-movie-set/855335 "2020-06-11T02:13:55Z")
Somehow this trivia question popped up while watching endless television. What is the smallest movie set or stage used in a major movie? While you could mention the movie you and your brother made in your bathroom when y… --- ## [Looking for a Texas-style Brisket recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-texas-style-brisket-recipe/855224)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-texas-style-brisket-recipe/855224 "2020-06-11T02:05:30Z")
I grew up on Jewish beef brisket, and while I enjoyed it (especially my Aunt Doris’s) I was never a huge fan. I much prefer a Texas style smoked brisket, but I don’t have a smoker. Working from home I have the ability to… --- ## [Could I get that quarter out from under your pointy boot? I just got to have one more snack cracker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-get-that-quarter-out-from-under-your-pointy-boot-i-just-got-to-have-one-more-snack-cracker/855133)
**Author:** [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-get-that-quarter-out-from-under-your-pointy-boot-i-just-got-to-have-one-more-snack-cracker/855133 "2020-06-11T01:48:43Z")
I’m here lamenting the uselessness of two $20 tickets to go see Southern Culture on the Skids at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach later tonight. Dirt track date, baby. Demolition derby starts at eight. Yeah, they don’t seem to a… --- ## [Snowpiercer Qs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowpiercer-qs/854373)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowpiercer-qs/854373 "2020-06-10T21:52:44Z")
Instead of necro-ing this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=890560&highlight=snowpiercer Apparently, this train has no destination: it’ll just keep chugging along around the frozen world… f… --- ## [Iron City Houserockers, anyone know them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-city-houserockers-anyone-know-them/855186)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-city-houserockers-anyone-know-them/855186 "2020-06-10T19:48:30Z")
I am rediscovering some bands tonight that I have not listened to for years. My God, the transition from Old Man Bar to Junior’s Bar. And the other songs on the album - Pumping Iron, Angela, Price of Love, every damn o… --- ## [The Pointers are down a sister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pointers-are-down-a-sister/352421)
**Author:** [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pointers-are-down-a-sister/352421 "2020-06-10T16:18:47Z")
June Pointer, of the 80s group The Pointer Sisters, has died. --- ## [Ro-tel Tomatoes with habaneros](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-tel-tomatoes-with-habaneros/854964)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-tel-tomatoes-with-habaneros/854964 "2020-06-10T15:01:18Z")
Yikes, those were powerful! I was half-expecting, like, habanero essence, but that contains the actual peppers, and I am still burping them hours later. I like hot peppers, but not quite like that. I’m not buying thos… --- ## [I've got boneless pork chops. Give me your best recipes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-boneless-pork-chops-give-me-your-best-recipes/855276)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-boneless-pork-chops-give-me-your-best-recipes/855276 "2020-06-10T14:40:39Z")
I’ve got a good variety of spices available to me, but I don’t want to special order anything, so a recipe that requires, say, curry spices or lesser-used Asian ones won’t work. Just give me something that will produce c… --- ## [ad for Collector comic book -- First Appearance of Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-collector-comic-book-first-appearance-of-batman/855356)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-for-collector-comic-book-first-appearance-of-batman/855356 "2020-06-10T13:53:47Z")
This webpage probably won’t last long, but it made me laugh https://www.ebay.com/itm/DETECTIVE-COMICS-27-CGC-6-0-OW-W-PGS-KANE-FINGER-1ST-APP-BATMAN-BRUCE-WAYNE/254581553978?hash=item3b463e3b3a:g:HYkAAOSwZWpepZ6t Detec… --- ## [Halloween-style movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-style-movie/855275 "2020-06-10T10:34:16Z")
I have a friend who saw a scary movie in the early 80s when she was a baby and wanted to know if she remembered it correctly. She said it was at Halloween time and was Halloween named or related. All she remembers was st… --- ## [The Flash Season 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-season-6/841413)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-season-6/841413 "2020-06-10T02:55:06Z")
The Flash returns for its sixth season on Tuesday at 8 ET. Hopefully this season will come out better than the last one, and they won’t just keep letting the Big Bad go because of reasons. Word of God is that the season… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=406) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=408)