# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=491 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 492 --- ## [Night Hawk frz TV dinners: difference between "gravy" and "steak sauce" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-hawk-frz-tv-dinners-difference-between-gravy-and-steak-sauce/838686)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-hawk-frz-tv-dinners-difference-between-gravy-and-steak-sauce/838686 "2019-08-15T18:56:46Z")
Not the highest cuisine, but inquiring minds want to know. Some Night Hawk (brand of frozen TV dinners) are accompanied by what they label “gravy” while other offerings have “steak sauce” on them. What’s the difference? … --- ## [Your "Getting High" Playlist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-getting-high-playlist/838667)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-getting-high-playlist/838667 "2019-08-15T17:25:48Z")
What songs do you like to listen to when you’re high on cannabis? My list is mostly songs about cannabis/getting high, the one exception being a song that just has weird music and special FX that I like. “Smoke Weed Ev… --- ## [The Alabama Shakes, RIP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alabama-shakes-rip/838694)
**Author:** [@BeagleJesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeagleJesus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alabama-shakes-rip/838694 "2019-08-15T16:53:46Z")
I’ll just start off by saying that I am a fan of damn near everything The Alabama Shakes have ever released. Brittany Howard sounds like the love child of Smokey Robinson and Nina Simone and for my money they are easily … --- ## [Netflix: The Family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-the-family/838460)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-the-family/838460 "2019-08-15T13:29:47Z")
I’ve just started watching it. It’s pretty disturbing. --- ## [The Walking Dead Comic Book Finale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-comic-book-finale/838577)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-comic-book-finale/838577 "2019-08-15T12:06:40Z")
I was surprised to see the latest Trade paperback of the Walking dead was the last. I knew the last issue came out recently but I thought with the delay the would be one more trade. Did any one else read it? I liked it… --- ## [Question Marks in Movie Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-marks-in-movie-titles/838650)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-marks-in-movie-titles/838650 "2019-08-15T10:46:46Z")
When Who Framed Roger Rabbit came out (based on Gary Wolfe’s wacko novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit? it was pointed out that the title had not only been changed, but they had dropped the question mark. This was done, it w… --- ## [Bands doing "surprise" covers in concert.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-doing-surprise-covers-in-concert/838373)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-doing-surprise-covers-in-concert/838373 "2019-08-15T02:13:54Z")
So I saw Heart the other day, and I did enjoyed it (they were the lead act, following Elle King and Joan Jett). During the course of Heart’s set, they covered Marvin Gaye’s “Heard it through the Grapevine”, Paul Simon’… --- ## [How aware are movie directors of movie cliches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aware-are-movie-directors-of-movie-cliches/838567)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aware-are-movie-directors-of-movie-cliches/838567 "2019-08-14T21:22:09Z")
The cliche about handguns having unlimited bullets and never needing reloading is way old, but some movies still show it anyway (as well as the cliche about someone racking a gun to make a menacing click-clack sound just… --- ## [Is "My My Hey Hey" a response to "American Pie"??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-my-hey-hey-a-response-to-american-pie/838629)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-my-hey-hey-a-response-to-american-pie/838629 "2019-08-14T19:11:34Z")
Sing the lyrics “My My Hey Hey”. Now sing “So Bye Bye Miss American Pie” They kinda sound alike. And My My is saying how “Rock and Roll will Never Die”. while American Pie is about the day the music died. --- ## [How do stage actors do what they do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-stage-actors-do-what-they-do/838494)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-stage-actors-do-what-they-do/838494 "2019-08-14T15:44:38Z")
In long-running productions, I mean. Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane did The Producers for over 2500 performances. How can actors, even though acting is what they do for a living, do that many performances without land… --- ## [Ramones: Ramona is a spy for the BBI. Who are they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ramones-ramona-is-a-spy-for-the-bbi-who-are-they/358502 "2019-08-14T09:26:21Z")
Sweet sweet little Ramona I think I’ll try and phone her I let her in if you’re wondering why Cause she’s a spy for the BBI In their 1977 release Rocket to Russia, the Ramones penned an ode to what I thought was one … --- ## [Barbara March ("Lursa") dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-march-lursa-dies/838617)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-march-lursa-dies/838617 "2019-08-14T03:44:17Z")
Barbara March, who played Lursa, one of the Klingon Duras sisters on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and in the movie Generations, passed away on Sunday after a battle with cancer. March was 65. --- ## [Watched the first episode of series 4 of Grantchester](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watched-the-first-episode-of-series-4-of-grantchester/837258)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watched-the-first-episode-of-series-4-of-grantchester/837258 "2019-08-14T03:39:35Z")
And now I have a question. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but I can’t tell which one to put it in. In this double episode, we see that a civil rights group from Alabama has come to Grantchester to speak at the vi… --- ## [Do E-Books win major awards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-e-books-win-major-awards/838555)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-e-books-win-major-awards/838555 "2019-08-14T02:53:24Z")
I’m talking about books that are only e-books. Do they win any book awards, like the Newbery, the Caldecott, the Pulitzer, the Hugo etc. in the main categories and not some special “E-Book” niche? --- ## [Orange is the New Black Final season (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-is-the-new-black-final-season-spoilers/837866)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orange-is-the-new-black-final-season-spoilers/837866 "2019-08-13T23:19:48Z")
I just watched the last episode. Not gonna lie. I cried. I thought this season was actually pretty good, considering the disappointing previous season. Things I liked: Suzanne finally finding her niche. It didn’t real… --- ## [Weird Idiosyncracies of Directors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-idiosyncracies-of-directors/838458)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-idiosyncracies-of-directors/838458 "2019-08-13T14:25:27Z")
I read that Stanley Kubrick wouldn’t sit in a car going over 30mph. --- ## [I bought some okra today....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-some-okra-today/838482)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bought-some-okra-today/838482 "2019-08-13T05:40:32Z")
…a little over a pound. Lovely, fresh, petite stuff, from the local farmers’ market. The sort of summer bounty that makes Augusts more or less tolerable. Creole Gumbo, or Southern Succotash (okra, corn, tomatoes, onio… --- ## [The Art of Racing in the Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-art-of-racing-in-the-rain/838523)
**Author:** [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-art-of-racing-in-the-rain/838523 "2019-08-13T00:47:06Z")
I saw it yesterday and I LOVED it. I was almost afraid to see it because I loved the book so much. It was very well done, and Costner, surprisingly, was perfect as Enzo. --- ## [I think I just figured out Wes Anderson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-wes-anderson/838582)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2019, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-just-figured-out-wes-anderson/838582 "2019-08-13T00:01:10Z")
I just watched Fantastic Mr. Fox again. It’s the only movie of his that I’ve ever actually enjoyed, and I think I just figured out why. His filmmaking style is perfectly suited to Fantastic Mr. Fox because it’s a cartoo… --- ## [Going to see ELO in July!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-elo-in-july/832243)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-elo-in-july/832243 "2019-08-12T23:03:45Z")
I was 4 years old the last time Electric Light Orchestra toured the US in 1981. My wife and I last Christmas decided that instead of giving each other “stuff,” we’d give each other an event: a concert, a glass blowing c… --- ## [Should I wait until 2020 to read 'The War in 2020' by Ralph Peters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-wait-until-2020-to-read-the-war-in-2020-by-ralph-peters/838427)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-wait-until-2020-to-read-the-war-in-2020-by-ralph-peters/838427 "2019-08-12T19:48:36Z")
Well despite being published in 1991 and languishing on my bookshelf for many years it is now finally\* the turn of ‘The War in 2020’ by Ralph Peters to be read. Except, I’m thinking it might be neat in a unexplainable s… --- ## [Which rock star dressed as Lon Chaney in "London After Midnight"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rock-star-dressed-as-lon-chaney-in-london-after-midnight/838514)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rock-star-dressed-as-lon-chaney-in-london-after-midnight/838514 "2019-08-12T17:06:12Z")
I think it was either Ozzy Osbourne or Alice Cooper, but I can’t find a cite either way. --- ## [Identify this song, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/341567)
**Author:** [@williamweigand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/williamweigand)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-please/341567 "2019-08-12T12:48:46Z")
It’s been a while since I’ve heard it, but I seem to recall a saxophone as a prominent instrument being played and the song’s tune sounding like the Pink Panther Theme played backwards…or sideways, or something. The voca… --- ## [Guitar tabulature question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-tabulature-question/838526)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-tabulature-question/838526 "2019-08-12T11:49:58Z")
Mods, please move this as you see fit. I am using Ultimate Guitar tabs for Jeff Beck’s “Too much to lose” and there is a symbol I’m not at all familiar with. It looks like a reverse/backwards ‘3’ immediately preceding t… --- ## [Noodle dishes with things mixed in - how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noodle-dishes-with-things-mixed-in-how/838544)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noodle-dishes-with-things-mixed-in-how/838544 "2019-08-12T11:37:03Z")
Sorry, couldn’t really come up with a better title. I love noodles in every form, and in general, the simpler the better. A decent quality noodle with a sauce of some kind and I’m a happy camper (cacio e pepe, dan dan n… --- ## [A question about "Pennyworth" and the other Bat-series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-pennyworth-and-the-other-bat-series/838512)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-pennyworth-and-the-other-bat-series/838512 "2019-08-12T08:34:44Z")
On the Epix channel there is a new show tied to the Batman mythos called “Pennyworth” about the early exploits of Batman’s Butler Supreme Alfred Pennyworth and how he got involved with Thomas Wayne(Bat-Dad) back in the S… --- ## [Restaurant authenticity clues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-authenticity-clues/838276)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-authenticity-clues/838276 "2019-08-12T04:07:16Z")
In Blue Highways, William Least Heat-moon road trips off the beaten track and rates cafes based on how many calenders they have on the walls. The more they have the more of a home cooked family restaurant it is likely t… --- ## [The Hofstadter Insufficiency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hofstadter-insufficiency/838488)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hofstadter-insufficiency/838488 "2019-08-11T23:58:50Z")
aka, the one where Howard and Raj compares Janine’s failed marriage to infidelic penguins. Is thestanding guy in back, with the spectacles, in fact Andrew Wiles, solver of Fermat’s Last Theory? --- ## [Today I'm making...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-making/838461)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-making/838461 "2019-08-11T21:47:19Z")
At my wife’s request, Jim Lahey’s Focaccia (the one with the potato puree). Once I set the dough to rise for 2-3 hours, I’m going to make a liquor store run. I’m low on vermouth and Campari for the last of the season n… --- ## [Your favorite "that man behind the curtain" moment.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-that-man-behind-the-curtain-moment/838231)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-that-man-behind-the-curtain-moment/838231 "2019-08-11T19:14:04Z")
In The Wizard of Oz, the Wizard turns out to have more in common with P.T. Barnum than with Harry Potter. (Nicely re-told in the video for Blues Traveler’s Run-around.) In the first (and only worthwhile) incarnation of S… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=490) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=492)