# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=408 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 409 --- ## [Choose: never eat the same meal twice, or choose 8 meals you love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-never-eat-the-same-meal-twice-or-choose-8-meals-you-love/855192)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-never-eat-the-same-meal-twice-or-choose-8-meals-you-love/855192 "2020-06-10T02:49:43Z")
A random thought experiment for bored people: The SDMB fairy alights on your doorstep and informs you that from now on, no matter what you eat it will be nutritionally complete, keep you healthy, and allow you to mainta… --- ## [Crying Actors and tears.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-actors-and-tears/855208)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crying-actors-and-tears/855208 "2020-06-10T02:42:32Z")
I suppose a great actor can turn on the water works, no problem. But…what of regular everyday players? Are there tricks of the trade to create realistic tears? --- ## [What's your preferred method of cooking bottom round roast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-preferred-method-of-cooking-bottom-round-roast/855163)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-preferred-method-of-cooking-bottom-round-roast/855163 "2020-06-10T01:22:30Z")
I bought a couple bottom round roasts (it was a “buy one, get one free” sale). I’m going to make one tonight. The times I’ve roasted it plain it’s usually come out kind of tough, even when thinly sliced. I’m planning … --- ## [Was ‘Gimme a light’ the best set of commercials ever to introduce a product?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-gimme-a-light-the-best-set-of-commercials-ever-to-introduce-a-product/855325)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-gimme-a-light-the-best-set-of-commercials-ever-to-introduce-a-product/855325 "2020-06-09T23:01:23Z")
Regardless of what you think of Bud Light beer, the 1980s series of commercials to introduce the product were excellent. Lite beer from Miller was one of the few light beers available back then. So, ‘I’ll have a lite’ w… --- ## [The Godfathers band - Birth, School, Work, Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfathers-band-birth-school-work-death/855183)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-godfathers-band-birth-school-work-death/855183 "2020-06-09T22:31:32Z")
Something the other day reminded me of this song. Have not heard it for years but the 2nd guitar solo is incredible. Angry rock with a Clash-like vibe. I used to have the entire album, don’t remember if it was any good. … --- ## [Bill and Ted Face the Music official trailer is up.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-and-ted-face-the-music-official-trailer-is-up/855323)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-and-ted-face-the-music-official-trailer-is-up/855323 "2020-06-09T20:39:58Z")
Summer 2020. No Rufus, sadly, as George Carlin unfortunately passed away in 2009, but it does have Death. Here’s hoping it’s excellent. --- ## [NBCUniversal's upcoming streaming service, Peacock.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcuniversals-upcoming-streaming-service-peacock/855287)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcuniversals-upcoming-streaming-service-peacock/855287 "2020-06-09T16:06:41Z")
NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock, comes out next month. Are you looking forward to it? Here’s a list of what will be on it. Personally, it doesn’t have anything that interests me. --- ## [Quarantine Entertainment Freebies and Early Release Things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-entertainment-freebies-and-early-release-things/850335)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-entertainment-freebies-and-early-release-things/850335 "2020-06-09T15:30:56Z")
With the pretty much nation-wide(world-wide?) quarantine and social distancing going on, many entertainers and companies are releasing things early and putting stuff up free for all of us. What have you found or seen th… --- ## [All-Star movies that work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-star-movies-that-work/855184)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-star-movies-that-work/855184 "2020-06-09T15:14:26Z")
TRYING TO AVOID SPOILERS, BUT NO PROMISES-- READ AT OWN RISK! Will bold movie titles, so if you see a title you don’t want spoiled, you can skip the next few lines. All-Star movies usually fail, because they often requ… --- ## [3D bluray - How to view in VR headset](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-bluray-how-to-view-in-vr-headset/855270)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-bluray-how-to-view-in-vr-headset/855270 "2020-06-09T15:11:31Z")
I have a few 3D blurays that I’ve never watched in 3D. The problem is that I no longer have the 3D TV I had when I bought them, and there are no new 3D TVs, so even though I’m in the market for a new TV, it’s not worth i… --- ## [Hartley Sawyer fired from "The Flash" for misogynist and racist tweets.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hartley-sawyer-fired-from-the-flash-for-misogynist-and-racist-tweets/855288)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hartley-sawyer-fired-from-the-flash-for-misogynist-and-racist-tweets/855288 "2020-06-09T14:06:00Z")
Hartley Sawyer, who played Ralph Dibney, the Elongated Man, has been fired from the CW television series The Flash because of a series of tweets made in 2012 and 2014. In a joint statement, Warner Brothers Television a… --- ## [Pandemic Amnesia: fascinating documentary on the 1918 flu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-amnesia-fascinating-documentary-on-the-1918-flu/855279)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandemic-amnesia-fascinating-documentary-on-the-1918-flu/855279 "2020-06-09T13:46:36Z")
A little bit of pub for a new documentary on the highly obscure diginet Decades on why the 1918 flu pandemic had surprisingly little cultural impact or joint memory. A lot of the documentary still is applicable to today… --- ## [The Vast of Night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vast-of-night/855225)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vast-of-night/855225 "2020-06-09T01:59:11Z")
This is a new Sci Fi movie on Amazon Prime. I enjoyed it. It is a very low key period piece set in a small New Mexico town in the 50s done in the style of the Twilight Zone or Outer Limits. It has some good performances … --- ## [Cereal Box Records](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cereal-box-records/855189)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cereal-box-records/855189 "2020-06-09T01:26:33Z")
These were actual '45 records printed on the back of cereal boxes. The Archies, The Monkees and Bobby Sherman were among the pop stars with records on the backs of Post and Kelloggs cereal boxes starting in the '50s and… --- ## [that's what she (or he) said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-she-or-he-said/855219)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-she-or-he-said/855219 "2020-06-08T23:43:45Z")
Most of you probably know the joke from The Office. I am now trying to use it in every conceivable situation. I am watching the Altman movie Nashville. Chatting about it with a friend on Facebook. I make a joke about lo… --- ## [Creepiest anthology TV series episodes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-anthology-tv-series-episodes/855060)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepiest-anthology-tv-series-episodes/855060 "2020-06-08T21:47:23Z")
50s and 60s, as well as 70s or 80s TV, was known for its anthology series, that often relied on morals (some complex, others not so much) and unexpected/twist endings. Shows like “The Twilight Zone”, “Alfred Hitchcock Pr… --- ## [Questions about Peaky Blinders (maybe from Brits)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-peaky-blinders-maybe-from-brits/855253)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-peaky-blinders-maybe-from-brits/855253 "2020-06-08T20:47:22Z")
Maybe this is better in IMHO, please move if necessary. I’m only on S2 so not looking for spoilers. Multiple people give Campbell shit for not serving in the war. Why would you give a 60+ year old man a hard time for n… --- ## [Robert Downey Jr. as Perry Mason \[EDIT: Without RDJ\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-downey-jr-as-perry-mason-edit-without-rdj/763037)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-downey-jr-as-perry-mason-edit-without-rdj/763037 "2020-06-08T20:10:22Z")
HBO is apparently planning to revive Perry Mason, with Robert Downey Jr. in the title role. Lore has it that Erle Stanley Gardner loved Raymond Burr as Perry Mason. But the Mason of the books was a much more roguish cha… --- ## [Help me read this guitar music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-read-this-guitar-music/855155)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-read-this-guitar-music/855155 "2020-06-08T18:02:56Z")
So, I’ve been trying to learn a bit of guitar, but I’m confused over the music in a book I’ve got hold of. Most of the score is standard music notation with the notes for the sung tune, but above that is the chord chang… --- ## [Is COVID-19 the death of stand up comedy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-covid-19-the-death-of-stand-up-comedy/854903)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-covid-19-the-death-of-stand-up-comedy/854903 "2020-06-08T15:55:56Z")
As an open miker I have a lot of concern about the future of stand-up. There’s the obvious problem: standup shows traditionally held in crowded clubs, with the audience packed like sardines and of course spreading drople… --- ## [Chinese Star Wars comic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-star-wars-comic/817584)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-star-wars-comic/817584 "2018-07-11T13:11:12Z")
This item is getting a little interest in another thread (starting with post #231), so I’m spinning it off here. An early 1980s comic adaptation of Star Wars made by people who had never seen the movie and who apparently… --- ## [Unknown 80's New Wave song id?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-80s-new-wave-song-id/855206)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-80s-new-wave-song-id/855206 "2020-06-08T02:59:22Z")
This has been circulating around recently. Granted, for all we know, this could be some local group who had no national presence. Anyway. . . any ideas??? YouTube link --- ## [The Post-1955 Great American Songbook. What songs qualify?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-1955-great-american-songbook-what-songs-qualify/854438)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-post-1955-great-american-songbook-what-songs-qualify/854438 "2020-06-08T01:34:11Z")
The Great American Songbook is a non-specified, vague canon of pre-rock American songs including (in the abbreviated version, from 1920-1950) songs by Gershwin, Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Rogers, Irving Berlin, Cole Porte… --- ## [Upping my chili game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upping-my-chili-game/854890)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upping-my-chili-game/854890 "2020-06-08T01:07:55Z")
I’ve been trying to make the perfect chili, and while chili cook-offs aren’t very popular in Canada, I think I’ve come very close. Since I want it to be healthy as well as delicious, I encourage the use of beans, onions… --- ## [What was a kelp burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-a-kelp-burger/854954)
**Author:** [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-a-kelp-burger/854954 "2020-06-07T22:42:39Z")
The kelp burger has been a joke food since perhaps the 1970’s – I can only guess I heard it then first, maybe on some variety show skit. Even as late as the 1990’s when the environmentalist offers Lisa and Marge kelp bu… --- ## ["The Great Courses" series on the Black Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-courses-series-on-the-black-death/854387)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-courses-series-on-the-black-death/854387 "2020-06-07T21:57:30Z")
I subscribe to the Great Courses channel on my Roku, which gives me access to all the courses all the time. At $20/month it’s a huge bargain, considering any one course might cost as much as $50. I’ve been watching this… --- ## [movie better than book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-better-than-book/854005)
**Author:** [@fedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-better-than-book/854005 "2020-06-07T21:47:57Z")
Just got done re-reading “The Loved One” by Evelyn Waugh, and was reminded that to me the movie captured essence of book better than actual book. anyone else find this? --- ## [Barkskins-watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barkskins-watching/855007 "2020-06-07T21:46:46Z")
It’s interesting but dammit, I’m having a devil of a time keeping the characters straight. --- ## [Modern car movies like the Fast&Furious serial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-car-movies-like-the-fast-furious-serial/855211)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-car-movies-like-the-fast-furious-serial/855211 "2020-06-07T21:14:25Z")
I googled what movies were similar to Fast and furious, so modern car races, tuning,etc, but the lists I got were really bad, movies from the 70’s and sci-fi/apocalypse movies, nothing really about modern (1990+) cars or… --- ## [Tribute Albums-Good and Bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribute-albums-good-and-bad/854585)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribute-albums-good-and-bad/854585 "2020-06-07T18:07:32Z")
Collections of one group’s music sung by others in tribute. There are many of them out there, but some stand out(for good or ill). Just finished listening to A Lowbudget Barrel Of Monkees(2013) and I was pleasantly sur… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=407) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=409)