# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=430 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 431 --- ## [How many Groundhog Days in the movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-groundhog-days-in-the-movie/96539)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-groundhog-days-in-the-movie/96539 "2020-03-29T15:12:15Z")
Just saw the Bill Murray flick again, and wondered how many times Bill had to relive the same day in order to learn all he had to learn about the PA town Punk-something? Every detail of those people’s lives, keyboard pla… --- ## [This Is Us: Season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952 "2020-03-29T14:06:49Z")
Season 4 started this week and I didn’t see a thread yet. Anyone still watching? The first episode was very reminiscent of the pilot, with stories about several seemingly unrelated people and you’re trying to figure out… --- ## [Does this movie exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-movie-exist/850415)
**Author:** [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-movie-exist/850415 "2020-03-29T11:57:30Z")
We were watching Ghost Nation the other day, and I came up with an idea for a horror movie that I thought is so obvious that I’m certain it’s been done. I’m not a fan of the genre though, but if I describe it then maybe… --- ## [publishers editing a book before publication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-editing-a-book-before-publication/849123)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishers-editing-a-book-before-publication/849123 "2020-03-29T07:06:15Z")
So a writer finishes a book and sends it to the publisher. I would assume in all cases someone would read it, and sometimes suggestions are made. Some aspects of the plot are unclear, this character is not well defined, … --- ## [Rickie Lee Jones - one of the best music videos I have ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickie-lee-jones-one-of-the-best-music-videos-i-have-ever-seen/849508)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rickie-lee-jones-one-of-the-best-music-videos-i-have-ever-seen/849508 "2020-03-29T04:00:23Z")
Coolsville/Young Blood/Chuck E’s in Love. 12 minutes of absolute brilliance. Seeing Rickie at the mic in her red beret, makes me feel like a teenager in love again. --- ## [New Polident commercial--am I crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-polident-commercial-am-i-crazy/850549)
**Author:** [@norvalnormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norvalnormal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-polident-commercial-am-i-crazy/850549 "2020-03-29T02:15:17Z")
Just saw, on basic cable, a short commercial: “Meet Jim!” (or some other name) the upbeat announcer proclaims, to some bouncy whistling music, and we see happy Jim (or some other name) using a tube of Polident on his upp… --- ## [Ron Burgundy-style awkward teleprompter reads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-burgundy-style-awkward-teleprompter-reads/850468)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-burgundy-style-awkward-teleprompter-reads/850468 "2020-03-29T00:34:02Z")
In a famous scene from the movie “Anchorman” (so famous I know about it even though I haven’t seen the movie), news producers lament that anchor Ron Burgundy will read whatever comes up on the teleprompter. An awkward m… --- ## [Albert Uderzo dies at 92](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-uderzo-dies-at-92/850203)
**Author:** [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albert-uderzo-dies-at-92/850203 "2020-03-28T23:41:24Z")
Albert Uderzo co-creator of Asterix died today of a heart attack I have probably read all of the Asterix albums and though some of them are dated, they are still fun to read. I introduced my kids to them and they enjoy… --- ## [Hand Washing Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-washing-songs/849930)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hand-washing-songs/849930 "2020-03-28T19:39:43Z")
Putting this here instead of Quarantine, because I think it’s not specific to COVID-19 (or as I’ve been calling it lately, Covfefe). When hand washing hit the news recently, it was reported that to be sure of hitting th… --- ## [Quarantine Culinary Casualties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-culinary-casualties/850332)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-culinary-casualties/850332 "2020-03-28T17:40:54Z")
Almost an alliteration! We all know how all the flour vanished, almost as quickly as the TP and bottled water. Baking cookies with the housebound kids is entertaining, and you can double the recipe for math problems. B… --- ## [Actors Who Looked "Old" for a LOOOONG Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-looked-old-for-a-loooong-time/847069)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-looked-old-for-a-loooong-time/847069 "2020-03-28T11:46:25Z")
Recently we had a thread about Tom Selleck starting to look like Wilford Brimley, which lead to a discussion of his career, and something about Abe Vigoda, who seemed to be old forever. I thought we ought to have a threa… --- ## [Murder Most Foul: 17 minute Dylan song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-most-foul-17-minute-dylan-song/850477)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-most-foul-17-minute-dylan-song/850477 "2020-03-28T01:40:48Z")
This is all over the social media I’ve seen today. Ms. P turned me on to it this morning. Anyone else heard it? --- ## [Who Do You Love cover by Elise LeGrow.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-love-cover-by-elise-legrow/850070)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-love-cover-by-elise-legrow/850070 "2020-03-27T22:15:52Z")
Yes, I drink and I surf YouTube and I find offbeat music videos I like and compulsively share them here. It’s kind of a jazzy cover, not the bluesy/Bo Diddley style. Elise LeGrow covers “Who Do You Love?” --- ## [Doc Brown's Plastic Surgery in Back to the Future Part II - joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-browns-plastic-surgery-in-back-to-the-future-part-ii-joke/850289)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doc-browns-plastic-surgery-in-back-to-the-future-part-ii-joke/850289 "2020-03-27T19:42:49Z")
I asked question in another thread and never got a response, so I will ask it here. Powers said this in another thread: I responded like this: Who is right? Wasn’t the joke that Doc looked identical after he peeled … --- ## [Anything worth watching on CBS all access free month besides Picard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-worth-watching-on-cbs-all-access-free-month-besides-picard/850430)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-worth-watching-on-cbs-all-access-free-month-besides-picard/850430 "2020-03-27T16:11:26Z")
I’ve heard mixed reviews on Discovery, not sure if I’m gonna have time for that. Anything else? I will definitely be cancelling before the month is up. --- ## [Meet John Doe -- a film for today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-john-doe-a-film-for-today/850423)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-john-doe-a-film-for-today/850423 "2020-03-27T15:50:02Z")
In voluntary stay-home and in search of entertainment I’ve been watching old film classics now in public domain. I just watched a very sentimental anti-politician film: Meet John Doe with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyc… --- ## [Identify This Opera Song From A Vague Description](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-opera-song-from-a-vague-description/850267)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-opera-song-from-a-vague-description/850267 "2020-03-27T14:40:08Z")
I’ve got a snippet of opera currently digging through my ears as an earworm. Don’t know how it got there, but I need to get rid of it. It’s a mournful dirge, sung by a tenor. If he performs it correctly, the audience ca… --- ## [Face the Music - Chuck Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-the-music-chuck-prophet/850411)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/face-the-music-chuck-prophet/850411 "2020-03-27T13:25:41Z")
This is the first in a sporadic series of posts on music I find on Youtube. These days many of us have a lot of free time on our hands, so I thought I’d share some of the better things I find as I come across them. Lat… --- ## [Which actor has the greatest 'bad guy' ratio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-has-the-greatest-bad-guy-ratio/849548)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-has-the-greatest-bad-guy-ratio/849548 "2020-03-26T21:05:38Z")
I’m watching The Mandalorian and thinking that I’ve never seen Giancarlo Esposito every play a real good guy. I looked him up in IMDB and he’s been in a whole lot more movies than I care to watch (I mean HOLY SHIT!, he’s… --- ## [Did Suzanne Somers Wear A Wig on "Three's Company"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-suzanne-somers-wear-a-wig-on-threes-company/850308)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-suzanne-somers-wear-a-wig-on-threes-company/850308 "2020-03-26T16:36:02Z")
I was talking to someone and the show came up. He insists that Suzanne Somers wore a wig for the role of “Chrissy.” I think he’s wrong… Anyone have any ideas of which is correct? --- ## [CBS All Access is free for a month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-all-access-is-free-for-a-month/850223)
**Author:** [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-all-access-is-free-for-a-month/850223 "2020-03-25T21:34:02Z")
Patrick Stewart did a tweetie thing and gave us some free TV. You just have to remember to cancel before they start charging. --- ## [The intro to "All The Things You Are"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intro-to-all-the-things-you-are/850224)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intro-to-all-the-things-you-are/850224 "2020-03-25T20:34:12Z")
There is an intro and outro to “All The Things You Are” that is commonly played by jazz groups, but doesn’t seem to be written into the original composition. Here is Charlie Parker playing it. Who was the first to play … --- ## [I am sad there will be no new Crocodile Dundee movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sad-there-will-be-no-new-crocodile-dundee-movie/808219)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sad-there-will-be-no-new-crocodile-dundee-movie/808219 "2020-03-25T20:30:47Z")
That looks like a trailer for a fun movie I would enjoy watching. Turned out, per the Superbowl, it was all an Australian tourism ad campaign. --- ## [Self-quarantine dining: in or out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantine-dining-in-or-out/850101)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantine-dining-in-or-out/850101 "2020-03-25T20:25:39Z")
How’s your self-quarantine dining going? Are you cooking at home more, getting takeout more, or doing both about the same as before? --- ## [Popular Directors Who Important Work Was Outside of Directing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-directors-who-important-work-was-outside-of-directing/850221)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-directors-who-important-work-was-outside-of-directing/850221 "2020-03-25T19:10:52Z")
But preferably, still movie related. I was about to turn my computer off, but thought of this while I was finishing up a documentary on George Stevens and it sprung up this idea. I haven’t given it much thought, but the… --- ## [Bakers: why did this dough not work,out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-why-did-this-dough-not-work-out/850257)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-why-did-this-dough-not-work-out/850257 "2020-03-25T17:41:39Z")
I used this recipe to make a pizza dough and it didn’t turn out. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/basic-pizza-dough-recipe-1973255 I’ve used this recipe dozens of times and never had a problem be… --- ## [ID this movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie/849686)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie/849686 "2020-03-25T15:48:55Z")
I think it was a rom com, sci fi fusion. Guys invent an AI or chat bot. Wanna test it Turing style by seeing if it can a woman would fall in love with it. The bot and the woman chat for a while and she is somewhat int… --- ## [Bill Rieflin dead at 59 (R.E.M., King Crimson, Ministry, and a horde of other industrial bands)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-rieflin-dead-at-59-r-e-m-king-crimson-ministry-and-a-horde-of-other-industrial-bands/850220)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-rieflin-dead-at-59-r-e-m-king-crimson-ministry-and-a-horde-of-other-industrial-bands/850220 "2020-03-25T10:51:57Z")
We just lost Neil Peart in January, and now Bill Rieflin, also from cancer (and his wife died from lymphoma last year). Rieflin filled some VERY big shoes after Bill Berry left R.E.M., that’s for sure. RIP. --- ## [LOTR: Are the Istari (wizards) fundamentally different than any other of the Maiar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-are-the-istari-wizards-fundamentally-different-than-any-other-of-the-maiar/849869)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-are-the-istari-wizards-fundamentally-different-than-any-other-of-the-maiar/849869 "2020-03-25T05:45:38Z")
We know there were five Istari…aka wizards…sent to Middle Earth. Sauruman the White Gandalf the Grey Radagast the Brown Alatar the Blue Pallando the Blue They are all Maiar. Also Maiar are things like Balrogs. I kno… --- ## [Shows that weren't picked up as a series/never came to be.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-werent-picked-up-as-a-series-never-came-to-be/849024)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-werent-picked-up-as-a-series-never-came-to-be/849024 "2020-03-25T01:18:36Z")
One thing I think some people don’t realize is how many TV shows never make it past the pilot. Even getting a network to greenlight a pilot for your show is a major accomplishment, as sometimes, a show will be scrapped b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=429) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=431)