# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=513 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 514 --- ## [10 Musicians You Don't Like From The 60s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-musicians-you-dont-like-from-the-60s/833433 "2019-05-28T15:30:42Z")
Their personalities… You can like their music (or not). To clarify, I consider a singer a musician. --- ## [Cherry Rhubarb Pie!!! How did I not know about this???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherry-rhubarb-pie-how-did-i-not-know-about-this/834598)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cherry-rhubarb-pie-how-did-i-not-know-about-this/834598 "2019-05-28T14:10:37Z")
Yesterday the Mrs. got ambitious, planning a dessert for a dinner gathering. She was going to do our usual strawberry rhubarb pie, now that the rhubarb is growing like mad. But instead, and at the last minute she subst… --- ## [Favorite Movies of the Late 1960s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-of-the-late-1960s/834594)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-movies-of-the-late-1960s/834594 "2019-05-28T05:27:55Z")
The Hays Code ended in 1966, and some started to take advantage of the extra freedom. Some used it stupidly, but there were some amazing movies… I included a couple of documentaries. 1967 (in order, like everything else… --- ## [The flicker of a film is like a heartbeat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flicker-of-a-film-is-like-a-heartbeat/834607)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2019, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flicker-of-a-film-is-like-a-heartbeat/834607 "2019-05-28T04:11:25Z")
Where and when did Ben Mankiewicz say or write this? --- ## [Musicals that are "musicals" in-universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicals-that-are-musicals-in-universe/832304)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicals-that-are-musicals-in-universe/832304 "2019-05-27T22:20:25Z")
Most musicals (movies and plays) feature songs that are not being sung as songs, but are dramatizing the thoughts and statements of the characters (Maria is singing “Raindrops on Roses” to cheer up the kids, but “I have … --- ## [First Jeopardy winner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-jeopardy-winner/834406)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-jeopardy-winner/834406 "2019-05-27T18:00:58Z")
What with James’ streak and all the Jeopardy talk going around, I thought it might be interesting to look up the very first winner. There is tons of info out there on winners in general but I couldn’t find who the first… --- ## [Best cuisine for vegetarians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cuisine-for-vegetarians/834453)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cuisine-for-vegetarians/834453 "2019-05-27T16:10:06Z")
My daughter lives a couple hours away, so we meet halfway, in Cranberry, PA, for dinner every so often. She is a vegetarian, and I usually eat vegetarian when we dine together. What cuisine do you think offers the bes… --- ## [What did you think of AEW?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-of-aew/834579)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-of-aew/834579 "2019-05-27T13:03:15Z")
I’m a casual wrestling fan, definently don’t watch it on a regular basis, but will sit through a big event and have fun with it. My friend bought the AEW pay per view last night and we had a good time with it. I think … --- ## [What's the current buzz with The Voice and American Idol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-current-buzz-with-the-voice-and-american-idol/833981)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-current-buzz-with-the-voice-and-american-idol/833981 "2019-05-27T09:38:40Z")
Ever since Television Without Pity shut down (and attempts to revive it have fallen short), I’ve lacked a convenient one-stop source for news, highlights, discussion etc. for TV shows we don’t discuss here. And the sad … --- ## [Big Lebowski- why was Corvette not parked in empty driveway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-why-was-corvette-not-parked-in-empty-driveway/834462)
**Author:** [@Helmut\_Doork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helmut_Doork)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-why-was-corvette-not-parked-in-empty-driveway/834462 "2019-05-27T03:20:22Z")
Other than, they really wanted to do this scene and it could not have worked any other way? I haven’t watched in a while, but IIRC the neighbor’s driveway was empty, and so was the space in front of his house, so why par… --- ## [Was Grieg's incidental music to Peer Gynt meant to be played WITH the play?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-griegs-incidental-music-to-peer-gynt-meant-to-be-played-with-the-play/834517)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-griegs-incidental-music-to-peer-gynt-meant-to-be-played-with-the-play/834517 "2019-05-27T03:19:21Z")
The Wiki entry on incidental music points to several examples. Mendelsohn’s Mid-summer night’s music was meant to be played along with and during the play, for example. But it’s not clear to me if that was the case wit… --- ## [Adam Levine quits The Voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-levine-quits-the-voice/834491)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-levine-quits-the-voice/834491 "2019-05-27T02:45:05Z")
Adam wasn’t happy with some of the recent changes (Live Cross Battles). His entire team got eliminated before the Top 8. Adam hasn’t done well for several seasons. He’s gone into the finals with no singers several times… --- ## [Bosch Season 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosch-season-5/832707)
**Author:** [@Katakuri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katakuri)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosch-season-5/832707 "2019-05-27T01:18:04Z")
Season five drops tomorrow on Amazon Prime. Never read the books, but I know the show is not to everybody’s liking. I heard Bosch being called cliche, but I believe the show has a distinctive old school crime/thriller m… --- ## [game of thrones redo season 8 change.org petition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-redo-season-8-change-org-petition/834032)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-redo-season-8-change-org-petition/834032 "2019-05-26T22:09:12Z")
ok apparently this season has pissed so many people off (especially after last Sunday’s episode ) that this is a thing: MSN My question is are people that disappointed in it? And just say in the snowballs offchance i… --- ## [The original animated Aladdin: "I thought you were dead!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-animated-aladdin-i-thought-you-were-dead/834569)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-animated-aladdin-i-thought-you-were-dead/834569 "2019-05-26T21:57:18Z")
Upon first meeting the disguised Princess Jasmine in Agrabah’s marketplace, Aladdin falls in love with her and goes on a small adventure. Aladdin’s imprisoned by the guards by order of Jafar, and when Jasmine orders Jaf… --- ## [In the comics, was the punisher a sociopath who didn't really love his family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-comics-was-the-punisher-a-sociopath-who-didnt-really-love-his-family/834568)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-comics-was-the-punisher-a-sociopath-who-didnt-really-love-his-family/834568 "2019-05-26T21:41:22Z")
I’ve seen several punisher movies and TV shows, they all portray him as someone who loved his family deeply and then became vengeful after they died, directing his rage at the people who killed them. I didn’t read the c… --- ## [Ruby Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruby-chocolate/834151)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruby-chocolate/834151 "2019-05-26T05:51:30Z")
So I was in WHole Paycheck yesterday, and spotted a bar of the new ruby chocolate. I read Sora News and have for quite a number of years and I am heartily jealous of all the neat foods that Japan gets, and pink kitkats o… --- ## [Actor payment for movie merchandise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-payment-for-movie-merchandise/834466)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-payment-for-movie-merchandise/834466 "2019-05-26T04:35:15Z")
How much do actors make for the toys, shirts, etc. with their image on them ? For example the Star Wars actors or Marvel actors . I assume it’s a flat fee and also maybe a small royalty for each item sold. --- ## [Old west - criminals locked into neck chains in town square?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-west-criminals-locked-into-neck-chains-in-town-square/834525)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-west-criminals-locked-into-neck-chains-in-town-square/834525 "2019-05-26T00:36:55Z")
Watching “Showdown,” a 1963 Audie Murphy cowboy flick. Miscreants wore metal collars chained to a post in the town square. Was that really a thing? --- ## [Looking for old snack food commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-snack-food-commercial/834504)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-old-snack-food-commercial/834504 "2019-05-25T23:50:03Z")
I’m trying to find an old commercial which played on TV in the US in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Problem is, I don’t remember what product it was for. I think it was a snack food, or possibly a breakfast cereal. All I… --- ## [Historical books with bad gaffes in them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-books-with-bad-gaffes-in-them/834232)
**Author:** [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-books-with-bad-gaffes-in-them/834232 "2019-05-25T20:52:00Z")
Currently reading Giles Milton’s “How the Allies Won on D-Day” and came upon this part: "Lieutenant Colonel Washburn did not mince words when detailing the dangers. The pilots would face German flak, anti-aircraft fire … --- ## [Camelopardalis! Who said that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camelopardalis-who-said-that/834432)
**Author:** [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camelopardalis-who-said-that/834432 "2019-05-25T16:33:39Z")
What person in a TV series used to exclaim that? It would have been in the 1970s or at the very latest early '80s. I just got the final season of Tom Baker’s Doctor Who, and Peter Davison’s first season on BluRay (which… --- ## [What movie have you seen more times than any other human, living or dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669)
**Author:** [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-have-you-seen-more-times-than-any-other-human-living-or-dead/833669 "2019-05-25T11:28:37Z")
OK, let’s be honest. It’s not going to be Godfather or Raging Bull. I get it. Those are great movies, and you’ve seen them many times. But, there is no way on Earth that you’ve seen them more times than anyone else. … --- ## [star wars knights of the old republic movie happening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-movie-happening/834444)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-movie-happening/834444 "2019-05-25T04:00:49Z")
There planning on making a movie based on the knights of the old republic game made by Bioware which was based on dark horse comics’ knights of the old republic series (note the dumbasses that wrote the article didn’t… --- ## [Will George Martin finish and publish books 6 and 7 for Game of Thrones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-george-martin-finish-and-publish-books-6-and-7-for-game-of-thrones/834256)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-george-martin-finish-and-publish-books-6-and-7-for-game-of-thrones/834256 "2019-05-24T18:51:26Z")
Now that the show is over, I say he won’t finish them, there is no reason for him to publish them other than a cash grab. --- ## [Military History Book about Potential Future Wars - Anybody remember it or anything like it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-history-book-about-potential-future-wars-anybody-remember-it-or-anything-like-it/834394)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-history-book-about-potential-future-wars-anybody-remember-it-or-anything-like-it/834394 "2019-05-24T15:49:44Z")
Back in the mid 90’s I read a book written in the early 90’s that basically outlined a dozen or so potential war scenarios around the globe from 1990 to 2000. Each chapter was about a specific conflict that could erupt a… --- ## [My wacky theory as to why science moves so slowly in a world like GoT:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wacky-theory-as-to-why-science-moves-so-slowly-in-a-world-like-got/834376)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wacky-theory-as-to-why-science-moves-so-slowly-in-a-world-like-got/834376 "2019-05-24T14:37:38Z")
CAN science advance in a world that has magic and active Gods??? I posit that after the events of S8E3 that the Red God is dunnnnn. And his followers are done. Note that almost immediately, Euron revolutionizes naval w… --- ## [My Sourdough Starter Developed A Crust: Usable, Or Start Over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sourdough-starter-developed-a-crust-usable-or-start-over/834201)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sourdough-starter-developed-a-crust-usable-or-start-over/834201 "2019-05-24T13:18:34Z")
Started my sourdough starter on Wednesday. On Sunday morning there was a crust on top. I stirred it vigorously until all of the chunks of the crust had broken up, then stirred it some more until I felt no more chunks. Th… --- ## [Some of my Fan Art (for the Disney cartoon Star vs. The Forces of Evil)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-my-fan-art-for-the-disney-cartoon-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil/811758)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-of-my-fan-art-for-the-disney-cartoon-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil/811758 "2019-05-24T04:59:36Z")
Thought I would try posting some here, see what people think. I don’t think I’ve ever posted any art here before. Let me know if this works! Here are a couple of pics: … --- ## [Game of Thrones question (never seen or read it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-question-never-seen-or-read-it/834441)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-question-never-seen-or-read-it/834441 "2019-05-24T04:35:05Z")
Even though I’ve never seen an episode of Game of Thrones (and don’t really have a desire to), there’s one question I have based on all the hoopla regarding the finale: If it’s based on a book series, why are people so … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=512) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=514)