# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=458 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 459 --- ## [WHO, by The Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-by-the-who/844795)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-by-the-who/844795 "2019-12-15T18:46:27Z")
I used to be a really big fan of The Who. And by big fan, I mean I bought all the bootlegs I could find, saw them whenever I could, bought all their solo albums and the peripheral books that got published, wore their sh… --- ## [The 7 (1/2) Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Discussion — OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-7-1-2-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle-discussion-open-spoilers/844887)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-7-1-2-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle-discussion-open-spoilers/844887 "2019-12-15T13:21:20Z")
Surprised to see there doesn’t seem to be a thread yet about this different and popular new book. It’s got great reviews and is an impressive debut outing. I just finished the audiobook. The description of Downton Abbey… --- ## [Book, Tom Sawyer, "Blue", Graphic Novel, pre-1986](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-tom-sawyer-blue-graphic-novel-pre-1986/844878)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2019, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-tom-sawyer-blue-graphic-novel-pre-1986/844878 "2019-12-15T05:41:53Z")
You guys have answered ridiculously difficult questions before for a friend of mine. I am asking now if you can help another friend. The facts: -Thin book called ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ or ‘Tom Sawyer’ or somet… --- ## [Madam Secretary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-secretary/699342)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madam-secretary/699342 "2019-12-14T23:49:50Z")
Okay, this show with Tea Leoni has been touched on in that other thread about the lead actress, but perhaps it should have its own. I haven’t watched network TV in several years, as most of the offerings have been total… --- ## [It's About Time - or - I have wasted my brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521 "2019-12-14T19:03:29Z")
I watched part of one episode fifty years ago but I was saying “Oh God, no,” in under three seconds. No warning. No ads telling me that crap was on this crappy channel. Not surprised that it was followed by My Mother … --- ## [Q for Fleetwood Mac Fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-fleetwood-mac-fans/844840)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-fleetwood-mac-fans/844840 "2019-12-14T17:52:43Z")
I heard an interesting story behind “Never Going Back Again”. Maybe someone can help me fill in the gaps. I heard the song was originally instrumental. As I recall, it was recorded one way on guitar without lyrics. Then,… --- ## [Gaye Su Akyol (Turkish singer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaye-su-akyol-turkish-singer/844858)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaye-su-akyol-turkish-singer/844858 "2019-12-14T17:03:17Z")
Not sure how I happened upon her videos, but I find her mesmerizing. Here is a trippy/psychedelic tune that is starting to get some attention: I like this one even better. The guitar work is fantastic: --- ## [Robert Pattinson is a pretty good actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-pattinson-is-a-pretty-good-actor/844830)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-pattinson-is-a-pretty-good-actor/844830 "2019-12-14T14:18:53Z")
I never really knew anything about him except from the twilight films. But I recently saw ‘Good Time’ where he plays a sociopath, and he did a really good job in that. I also saw the lighthouse and Damsel which he was al… --- ## [Worthy cult classics.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthy-cult-classics/844324 "2019-12-14T12:31:34Z")
So as the winter has ended all enjoyment from doing my walking outside, and I prepare for the dreadmill for the next few months, I was trying to think of movies worth getting a hold of to make the time pass. The big name… --- ## [BBC's Dickensian on Amazon Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbcs-dickensian-on-amazon-prime/844831)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbcs-dickensian-on-amazon-prime/844831 "2019-12-14T01:37:19Z")
I’ve seen the first 6 EPs and am really enjoying it. A fun idea and the sets and costumes and performances are all great. Too bad it wasn’t renewed for another season. They could have done it with other writers. Ho… --- ## [Wagner in Berlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-in-berlin/844023)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-in-berlin/844023 "2019-12-14T01:36:53Z")
Just got me a ticket for the Sunday night performance of Tristan und Isolde at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Closing in on hearing all of Dickie Wagner’s Big Ten at least once before I die — only got Lohengrin and Gotterdam… --- ## [I'm sick to death of pork chops - give me some new recipes please. (PLEASE??)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-to-death-of-pork-chops-give-me-some-new-recipes-please-please/844796)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-sick-to-death-of-pork-chops-give-me-some-new-recipes-please-please/844796 "2019-12-13T23:44:57Z")
He loves them, they bore me to tears. If I never cook another one I’ll be happy. --- ## [Windows Media Player - how can I search for album info?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-media-player-how-can-i-search-for-album-info/844829)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-media-player-how-can-i-search-for-album-info/844829 "2019-12-13T23:36:59Z")
I am spending some time this afternoon ripping some CDs to my laptop, including a bunch of classical CDs. When Windows Media Player displays the album information, it is sometimes incorrect. For example I have a CD of “H… --- ## [Illuminatus!...The Series??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminatus-the-series/844778)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illuminatus-the-series/844778 "2019-12-13T16:11:53Z")
It looks like they are adapting Shea and Wilson’s Illuminatus! trilogy for television. Hail Eris! --- ## [The Expanse S04 is up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-s04-is-up/844799)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-expanse-s04-is-up/844799 "2019-12-13T15:36:12Z")
At Amazon! Woo! And it’s frickin great! Spectacular! I am going to strenuously restrain myself from binging the whole season in one night. But having watched the first episode I can tell you that it’s going to be SO CO… --- ## [Vulfpeck live at Madison Square Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulfpeck-live-at-madison-square-garden/844800)
**Author:** [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vulfpeck-live-at-madison-square-garden/844800 "2019-12-13T09:06:09Z")
Vulfpeck played at Madison Square Garden, filmed the entire set on an iPhone and put it all on YouTube. It’s amazingly good but the Dean Town near the end is astounding. If you like great musicianship you should watch i… --- ## [Episodic (NOT serialized) detective shows available streaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodic-not-serialized-detective-shows-available-streaming/844723)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodic-not-serialized-detective-shows-available-streaming/844723 "2019-12-13T02:10:33Z")
I think I’ve asked about this before, and gotten some great suggestions. Now we need some more! My wife loves the Agatha Christie ones (Poirot, Miss Marple), but those aren’t my favorites. “Episodic” means every episo… --- ## [Work schedule for TV/movie actors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-schedule-for-tv-movie-actors/844788)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-schedule-for-tv-movie-actors/844788 "2019-12-13T01:38:55Z")
I remember reading a while back that actors worked 12 or more hours a day. Is that still the case or does it depend on the studio/director/etc. And do they work 5 day weeks ? Also I guess it depends on if you a… --- ## [Recommend a cocktail recipe website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-cocktail-recipe-website/844661)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-cocktail-recipe-website/844661 "2019-12-12T18:30:55Z")
There are a ton of cocktail websites around, most of which let you search by main ingredient. My problem is, I have a pretty big bar but I tend to make the same drinks over and over. Also, on these websites, a lot of t… --- ## [When Hollywood comes to your home or work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-hollywood-comes-to-your-home-or-work/839881)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-hollywood-comes-to-your-home-or-work/839881 "2019-12-12T15:36:58Z")
In this thread, Siam Sam talks about Hawaii 5-0 filming at his condominium complex: So, I’m curious about how disruptive it is when Hollywood comes along and decides to film near your house, or in your apartment compl… --- ## [re: Joan Higdon's Blue Cathedral -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-joan-higdons-blue-cathedral/844712)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-joan-higdons-blue-cathedral/844712 "2019-12-12T14:47:00Z")
At the CSO concert last night, toward the end of this piece, I noticed the harp player looking like she was scratching her arm. Then I noticed several people in the orchestra, not playing but looking as if they were lig… --- ## [(Jim) TRAFICANT: The Congressman of Crimetown (documentary)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-traficant-the-congressman-of-crimetown-documentary/844627)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-traficant-the-congressman-of-crimetown-documentary/844627 "2019-12-12T14:39:23Z")
Does anyone know about Jim Traficant? I might disagree on multiple policies of his, but he was quite the populist. Definitely a man of the people, spoke his mind, and was pretty darn funny. I think he’s the ONLY person … --- ## [What happened to Great Courses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-great-courses/844701)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-great-courses/844701 "2019-12-12T14:22:23Z")
I got a catalog from them and I was thinking I hadn’t bought anything from them in a while so I looked through it. And I was surprised to find that they’re now only selling their products on video. You have to choose bet… --- ## [RIP Rene Auberjonois](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rene-auberjonois/844571 "2019-12-12T13:56:06Z")
I know he has been in dozens of movies and shows but he will always be Odo to me. Amazing how he could express himself in a mask that was designed to lack expression. I am glad I had a chance to see him at the 50th anni… --- ## ["The Boer War" - need commercial id help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boer-war-need-commercial-id-help/844709)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-boer-war-need-commercial-id-help/844709 "2019-12-12T06:49:45Z")
A very hazy (quite possibly inaccurate)snippet of an old tv commercial just burst into my tiny brain and it’s driving me batty. This would have been in the mid to late 70s (I was in SoCal if that makes any difference. I… --- ## ["Grease" prequel in the works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grease-prequel-in-the-works/832336)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grease-prequel-in-the-works/832336 "2019-12-12T03:14:11Z")
Apparently a “Grease” prequel is in the works, showing how Danny and Sandy first met(as described in the song “Summer Nights”). Half the websites say it will be called “Summer Lovin’” and the other half “Summer Nights”. … --- ## ["Africa" by Toto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/africa-by-toto/844656)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/africa-by-toto/844656 "2019-12-12T01:48:37Z")
“Africa” by Toto Covered by Weezer featuring Weird Al Yankovic Covered by PostModern Jukebox featuring Casey Abrams and Snuffy Walden Covered by Robyn Adele Anderson featuring Carolyn Miller and Jen Kipley Covered by… --- ## [Adapting SF/Fantasy story into a Movie without Acknowledgment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-sf-fantasy-story-into-a-movie-without-acknowledgment/844611)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adapting-sf-fantasy-story-into-a-movie-without-acknowledgment/844611 "2019-12-12T01:10:31Z")
PRANAfilm in Germany pretty famously got in trouble by turning Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula intoi the film Nosferatu without asking permission (or paying royalties). Stoker’s widow Florence sued the pants off them and tri… --- ## [what series to bingewatch next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-series-to-bingewatch-next/844711)
**Author:** [@Mirik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirik)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-series-to-bingewatch-next/844711 "2019-12-12T00:33:34Z")
Hey everyone, I am currently looking for more series to watch. I just watched Haunting of Hill House and I loved it a lot, watched Chernobyl and Sueprnatural. I want somehting else, newer. Recommend something. I like fan… --- ## [RIP Tommy from "Alice"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tommy-from-alice/844726)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-tommy-from-alice/844726 "2019-12-12T00:27:48Z")
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