# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=538 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 539 --- ## [ID a circa-1960 educational film mentioning the greenhouse effect - it's not "The Unchained Goddess"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-circa-1960-educational-film-mentioning-the-greenhouse-effect-its-not-the-unchained-goddess/830138)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-circa-1960-educational-film-mentioning-the-greenhouse-effect-its-not-the-unchained-goddess/830138 "2019-02-25T00:10:41Z")
I’m trying to recall a classroom-type 16mm film I saw multiple times as a kid. It had to do with the science of weather. Included was a section about the greenhouse effect - I remember the narrator saying “Average world … --- ## [Those over 35 do you like new music from new artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-over-35-do-you-like-new-music-from-new-artist/822889 "2019-02-24T23:58:01Z")
After a person reach"s a certain age they usually prefer artist from their generation then newer acts does anyone over 35 like new performers?? --- ## [Seen it: Bird Box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-it-bird-box/826913)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seen-it-bird-box/826913 "2019-02-24T23:48:47Z")
I’m not sure what this movie was about, but I think it’s an allegory about being tricked into watching a movie because everyone is talking about it. It’s on Netflix, which means I’m sure at least one person will go and s… --- ## [So I saw Steely Dan in Birmingham, UK last night...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-steely-dan-in-birmingham-uk-last-night/830124)
**Author:** [@Dave.B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave.B)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-steely-dan-in-birmingham-uk-last-night/830124 "2019-02-24T22:59:54Z")
…and they were absolutely incredible. No mention was made of Walter Becker, but there was an unused microphone set up as a tribute to him. Donald Fagen was absolutely outstanding, as was John Herrington, but the stand ou… --- ## [How should I finish my ribs indoors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-finish-my-ribs-indoors/830121)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-finish-my-ribs-indoors/830121 "2019-02-24T21:21:59Z")
Yesterday, I did my usual pre-cooking them in the oven for a couple hours in foil. My plan was to finish them on the grill today. That usually just takes 5,10-15 minutes, total to get them nice and dark and done. But … --- ## [On that Disney-Fox merger concern, does one "no" cancel it all out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-that-disney-fox-merger-concern-does-one-no-cancel-it-all-out/830039)
**Author:** [@Kadmos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kadmos1)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-that-disney-fox-merger-concern-does-one-no-cancel-it-all-out/830039 "2019-02-24T15:34:37Z")
Disney is on the verge of buying out much of the 21st Century Fox Empire: the movie divisions and 20th Century Fox TV would be owned by Disney whereas the remaining TV networks (Fox TV, Fake News Channel) would be spun… --- ## [The Curse of Mr. Bean (thoughts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-mr-bean-thoughts/829616)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-curse-of-mr-bean-thoughts/829616 "2019-02-24T11:34:32Z")
Well, The Curse of Mr. Bean: Do you think Bean ever goes after those boys who caused him to fall from the diving board? Likewise, I wish i could be a fly on the wall when the parents of the little girl in the yellow sw… --- ## [Is anyone watching "Game Changers" on the Documentary Channel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-watching-game-changers-on-the-documentary-channel/830116)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-watching-game-changers-on-the-documentary-channel/830116 "2019-02-24T06:03:30Z")
No. 325 on my local cable provider. It’s a fascinating two-hour history of TV game shows, hosted by Alex Trebek with 80 years’\* worth of clips and interviews with hosts and producers from the past. Guess who \*almost \*g… --- ## [David Niven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-niven/829984)
**Author:** [@CHealy7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CHealy7)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-niven/829984 "2019-02-24T05:01:13Z")
Is it fair to say that -with some glorious exceptions- few of his movies were masterpieces? --- ## [Recipe request, need help soonish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-request-need-help-soonish/829637)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-request-need-help-soonish/829637 "2019-02-24T04:14:47Z")
If you bake cookies you have probably seen, or made, the cookies called peanut-butter blossoms. It is a pb cookie rolled in sugar, baked and then it flattens. When pulled warm from the oven a Hersheys Kiss is plunked i… --- ## [Who do you think the most underrated rock guitarist is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-the-most-underrated-rock-guitarist-is/502958)
**Author:** [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-think-the-most-underrated-rock-guitarist-is/502958 "2019-02-24T04:08:10Z")
I’m a musician. (Current economy makes that unfortunate…) I grew up on classic rock and metal. I love all genres except maybe avant garde jazz. In rock and roll, who is the most underrated guitarist? I’m talking about b… --- ## [Movies you want to own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-want-to-own/830094)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-want-to-own/830094 "2019-02-24T02:56:15Z")
What movies would you like to have a copy of? Any format from vhs to digital on a server somewhere, it doesn’t matter as long as you can watch the movie any time you like. For me, right now I’m wishing I had a copy of t… --- ## [MGM movies and the lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mgm-movies-and-the-lion/829815)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mgm-movies-and-the-lion/829815 "2019-02-23T22:12:37Z")
Just popped an MGM film into the DVD player, and got the lion before it started. The lion roared twice, and I recall the lion roaring twice before other MGM films. While I understand that this is easy enough to film on… --- ## [Things that always bug you in books you love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-always-bug-you-in-books-you-love/830096)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-always-bug-you-in-books-you-love/830096 "2019-02-23T21:06:09Z")
I’m re-reading Bujold’s Vorkosigan saga again, and dammit, every damn time Miles has an unplanned seizure, a helpful person shoves something- a pen, a wallet, anything to hand- in his mouth, and that’s presented as the r… --- ## [Renaissance people in the arts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaissance-people-in-the-arts/789794)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renaissance-people-in-the-arts/789794 "2019-02-23T21:04:42Z")
Recently I found out that the Sam Shepherd I’ve always enjoyed as an actor \[esp Chuck Yaeger in The Right Stuff\], is the same Sam Shepherd who is an accomplished playwright and author and whom I always assumed to be a d… --- ## [Podcasts! Podcasts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-podcasts/829902)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-podcasts/829902 "2019-02-23T20:05:52Z")
I’m going out to shovel snow, and a podcast is a lot better choice than a music playlist, because my hands are too busy to skip songs. Listening to The Projection Booth episode on the movie F/X. --- ## [Swiss Army Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-man/830029)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-man/830029 "2019-02-23T19:01:06Z")
Has anybody else seen it? I watched it last night and I am still not sure what to think of it. I enjoyed it, I guess, because I stuck with it. On the other hand, I’m not sure how much I saw was supposed to be real and… --- ## [Something that irritates me about the Arrowverse shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-irritates-me-about-the-arrowverse-shows/830052)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-irritates-me-about-the-arrowverse-shows/830052 "2019-02-23T17:00:37Z")
I’ve been rewatching the Arrowverse shows on Netflix with the wife, and I finally put my finger on what bugs me about these shows: Entitlement. Specifically, as exemplified by Thea Queen and Iris West, and their constan… --- ## [Which is it, Kacey Musgraves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-it-kacey-musgraves/830063)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2019, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-it-kacey-musgraves/830063 "2019-02-23T04:10:01Z")
I could understand if you changed your mind between albums, but these lyrics are from two songs on the same album! :smiley: :confused: --- ## [Identify a movie by the scene I remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-movie-by-the-scene-i-remember/431310)
**Author:** [@bkoochin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bkoochin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-movie-by-the-scene-i-remember/431310 "2019-02-22T23:36:32Z")
Well this one is driving me crazy. I can recall watching a movie when I was a kid that I enjoyed that I cannot for the life of me remember anything but a single scene: A guy with super speed chasing after a bullet. He t… --- ## ["LA STRADA" on TCM at 10:30pm ET TONIGHT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-strada-on-tcm-at-10-30pm-et-tonight/829995)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-strada-on-tcm-at-10-30pm-et-tonight/829995 "2019-02-22T21:42:31Z")
My #2 all-time. If you see it (or have seen it) I’d love to hear your instant reaction! --- ## [Wolf 359: Should I stick with this? (No spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolf-359-should-i-stick-with-this-no-spoilers/830013)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolf-359-should-i-stick-with-this-no-spoilers/830013 "2019-02-22T21:34:49Z")
No spoilers please — Wolf 359 is an episodic audio podcast in the style of old-fashioned radio serial dramas with a science fiction/fantasy setting. It’s been out for a while but I just learned about it recently when… --- ## ["Civil War" in England](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-in-england/829937)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-in-england/829937 "2019-02-22T21:05:37Z")
In Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story The Cardboard Box, there is this passage describing how Holmes deduces what Watson was thinking: I was surprised to see the term “Civil War” used to refer to the American C… --- ## [How does this "paid to write" gig work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-paid-to-write-gig-work/829979)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-paid-to-write-gig-work/829979 "2019-02-22T16:48:33Z")
I see this Narrative.org thing being pushed on Facebook and other places, and I’m wondering how(if) it works. Who pays me to write, what is it I have to write to get this money, and how much can I get? It seems rather … --- ## [What Tex Avery cartoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tex-avery-cartoon/829490)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tex-avery-cartoon/829490 "2019-02-22T16:31:06Z")
I’m drawing a blank on this one: a cat keeps saying “meow meow”. Keeps repeating those two words. I can’t remember why. Yes, I know it’s not a lot to go on :slight\_smile: --- ## [Recommendation Engines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-engines/829931)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-engines/829931 "2019-02-22T15:54:33Z")
Not sure if I can name them, but the ones I know are awful, so it doesn’t matter. Basically, if you were to type in a movie, this engine would give you other (accurate) recommendations. --- ## [LOTR questions about Ringwraiths](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-questions-about-ringwraiths/829864)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-questions-about-ringwraiths/829864 "2019-02-22T13:29:22Z")
What does it mean to “kill” one? In FOTR, the river washed them all away, but those in the know understood that they weren’t gone forever, they just had to re-assemble themselves somehow and get new pets to ride. How di… --- ## [So now Loki really wasn't evil...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-loki-really-wasnt-evil/827195)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-now-loki-really-wasnt-evil/827195 "2019-02-22T07:27:42Z")
Marvel has retconned The Avengers (2012) to say that Loki really wasn’t evil but that the Mind Stone was actually effecting him as well amplifying his hatred of Thor and Earth. Kind of a cop out but more evidence (as I … --- ## [Peanut butter: Skippy vs. Jif - which is best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-skippy-vs-jif-which-is-best/828174)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-skippy-vs-jif-which-is-best/828174 "2019-02-22T06:00:26Z")
I was brought up on Skippy peanut butter. When I was growing up, I didn’t eat very much of it. Peanut butter on Wonder-like white bread didn’t appeal to me. It was also the dinner we had when the electricity went out … --- ## [Does anyone else not enjoy eating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-enjoy-eating/829596)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-enjoy-eating/829596 "2019-02-22T01:00:49Z")
\#firstworldproblems amiright! I live in an area where I have many supermarket and restaurant options. I actually enjoy cooking for my family and do it often. Almost every weekend I take us all into the cities to try a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=537) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=539)