# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=568 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 569 --- ## [Who here has seen "Hamilton" on Broadway? Was it really worth the ticket price?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-seen-hamilton-on-broadway-was-it-really-worth-the-ticket-price/824519)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-has-seen-hamilton-on-broadway-was-it-really-worth-the-ticket-price/824519 "2018-11-17T05:05:10Z")
A friend of mine did some price comparisons, and he figured out that for the same price of ONE orchestra ticket to see “Hamilton” on Broadway, he could just as well fly from NYC to Australia AND still have money leftover… --- ## [William Goldman dead at 87.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-goldman-dead-at-87/824631)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-goldman-dead-at-87/824631 "2018-11-17T04:07:25Z")
Perhaps best known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men and The Princess Bride, and for his pithy analysis of Hollywood bigshots and studio strategy: “Nobody knows anything.” Very talented g… --- ## [Now that was a steak!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-was-a-steak/824655)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-was-a-steak/824655 "2018-11-17T03:13:53Z")
The best ribeye steak I’ve ever cooked. I accidentally purchased a ribeye steak that was far too large for one person but too small for two. So I cooked it whole, with the intent of putting the remainder in the fridge f… --- ## [Best opening lines in a song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228 "2018-11-17T01:06:14Z")
From “Long White Cadillac”: “Night wolves moan Winter hills are black I’m all alone Sitting in the back Of a long white Cadillac” Originally by The Blasters but made popular by Dwight Yoakum. I think its a song abo… --- ## [Recognizing actors' siblings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognizing-actors-siblings/824648)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recognizing-actors-siblings/824648 "2018-11-17T00:27:35Z")
I’m watching the “Bubble Boy” episode of Seinfield, and I notice that the actor who play’s the bubble boy’s dad has this mannerism where he talks out the side of his mouth a little. I see that, and I realize that he loo… --- ## [The Wizard of Oz on television in the late 60s/early 70s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-of-oz-on-television-in-the-late-60s-early-70s/824524)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wizard-of-oz-on-television-in-the-late-60s-early-70s/824524 "2018-11-16T23:08:30Z")
Another question about WoO. When I was a wee lad, in the days before VHS, we could only watch The Wizard of Oz once a year. I distinctly remember that in one, maybe two, years the movie was spread over two nights. I re… --- ## [Oddest cameo in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-cameo-in-a-movie/775213)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-cameo-in-a-movie/775213 "2018-11-16T19:51:45Z")
Today I had “Ski Party” (one of the beach party movies inexplicably set in a ski resort) on the TV, strictly as backing noise. So guess my surprise when a rescue patrol appears… it’s James Brown and the Fabulous Flames… --- ## [Nero Wolfe weighs HOW MUCH?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-wolfe-weighs-how-much/805045)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-wolfe-weighs-how-much/805045 "2018-11-16T19:37:41Z")
Last night, I finished reading my first Rex Stout Nero Wolfe novel, Fer-de-Lance. At the end of the book (I was reading a Kindle edition), they included some “notes” from Rex Stout on his characters: The text was the … --- ## [Mrs. Doubtfire - did Robin Williams commit a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-doubtfire-did-robin-williams-commit-a-crime/650112)
**Author:** [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mrs-doubtfire-did-robin-williams-commit-a-crime/650112 "2018-11-16T17:13:59Z")
I watched Mrs. Doubtfire again last night (you may now mock me for having thoroughly enjoyed it) and the following question came to me: After he is exposed, Robin Williams’ character doesn’t really suffer any consequenc… --- ## [best Mark Lanegan album to start with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mark-lanegan-album-to-start-with/824590)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mark-lanegan-album-to-start-with/824590 "2018-11-16T16:59:11Z")
An episode of Parts Unknown I saw recently included some time with musician Mark Lanegan. I liked what I heard there, and I’m interested in more. Can anyone recommend a good album from his discography to start with? --- ## [Did the internet kill nu metal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-internet-kill-nu-metal/824513)
**Author:** [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-internet-kill-nu-metal/824513 "2018-11-16T16:52:42Z")
Many say grunge killed traditional metal, which I guess is also debatable. But back to the internet and its impact on nu metal… during the back half of the 90’s, most of us in the US still took our music cues from the … --- ## [WWII in pictures; or, how much of the war can be told in movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-in-pictures-or-how-much-of-the-war-can-be-told-in-movies/824354)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-in-pictures-or-how-much-of-the-war-can-be-told-in-movies/824354 "2018-11-16T15:54:34Z")
We were watching Darkest Hour last night, and got to thinking about Churchill, and Ike: Countdown to D-Day, and started to wonder how much of WWII can be told in movies. How many reasonably accurate, fact-based movies a… --- ## [In cinema, does a prequel ever actually help the story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-cinema-does-a-prequel-ever-actually-help-the-story/824514)
**Author:** [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-cinema-does-a-prequel-ever-actually-help-the-story/824514 "2018-11-16T15:42:36Z")
So, with Fantastic Beasts 2 on the horizon, and the various concerns people have about it, I got to thinking about other attempts at cashing in on a successful franchise by adding prequel films. Specifically, thinking o… --- ## [Curious about the percussion on a certain B-52s song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-percussion-on-a-certain-b-52s-song/824605)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-the-percussion-on-a-certain-b-52s-song/824605 "2018-11-16T14:10:59Z")
–which is “Give Me Back My Man.” The percussion varies in timbre, and sounds almost like when you get a large sheet of metal, and sort of wave it back and forth? Does anybody know what was used for this track? Thanks! … --- ## [What, no Bodyguard (BBC thriller) thread - open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-bodyguard-bbc-thriller-thread-open-spoilers/821841)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-bodyguard-bbc-thriller-thread-open-spoilers/821841 "2018-11-16T13:24:13Z")
Americans, when this comes to your shores you simply must watch this. Open spoilers from the next post. --- ## [Celebrities Who Look(ed) Significantly Different than Earlier in their Careers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-look-ed-significantly-different-than-earlier-in-their-careers/806869 "2018-01-25T20:25:21Z")
…to the extent that if they were a friend of yours when they were younger, you probably wouldn’t be able to recognize them. Not necessarily those who haven’t aged well, and certainly not due to plastic surgery or botox … --- ## [Roy Clark dead at 85.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-clark-dead-at-85/824573)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-clark-dead-at-85/824573 "2018-11-16T05:51:07Z")
The passing of another great. Roy and Glen. Two on one. --- ## [Any books or movies about the skirmish at Island Mound during the civil war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-books-or-movies-about-the-skirmish-at-island-mound-during-the-civil-war/824592)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-books-or-movies-about-the-skirmish-at-island-mound-during-the-civil-war/824592 "2018-11-16T00:07:21Z")
Or any other movies or books about black troops in the civil war? I know about the film glory (with Denzel Washington). Any others? --- ## [Scrapple: finally tried it this evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrapple-finally-tried-it-this-evening/824396)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrapple-finally-tried-it-this-evening/824396 "2018-11-15T23:28:33Z")
Living in the Midwest, I had heard of it but never seen it for sale, and found a brick of it in the freezer case at Schnuck’s several months ago. I decided to take one for the team, purchased it, and it languished in my… --- ## [Is it safe to freeze soup and chili in glass jars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-freeze-soup-and-chili-in-glass-jars/824488)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-freeze-soup-and-chili-in-glass-jars/824488 "2018-11-15T21:48:15Z")
I don’t like using plastic containers to freeze chili. It always stains the plastic and won’t come off. The lids don’t seal very well. There’s also the concern of chemicals leeching into the food. I’d like to use clean… --- ## [Foods you love that are just too much trouble to make.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-that-are-just-too-much-trouble-to-make/823912)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-that-are-just-too-much-trouble-to-make/823912 "2018-11-15T18:18:17Z")
I have two. Cabbage rolls. Man I love a good cabbage roll with rice and beef and tomato sauce, but it’s just too much trouble to make and I don’t know anyone who makes them as good as mine. I’m craving them so much, bu… --- ## [Love actually - is Emma Thompson's character overreacting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-actually-is-emma-thompsons-character-overreacting/566146)
**Author:** [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-actually-is-emma-thompsons-character-overreacting/566146 "2018-11-15T18:00:02Z")
On Christmas, I rewatched Love actually, a real classic IMHO. Awesome line-up, heartwarming stories and overall pretty believable human beings. However, from the first time I watched it, Emma Thompson’s reaction at the … --- ## [Venom to get his own movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venom-to-get-his-own-movie/513068)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venom-to-get-his-own-movie/513068 "2018-11-15T09:22:39Z")
According to IMDB/Empire Venom always has/is been my favorite Marvel character, and when I learned he was going to be in Spiderman 3 I was excited, but disappointed in the execution. I mean Venom was supposed to be 3 ti… --- ## [Resurrection - on ABC did they explain the full story before cancellation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrection-on-abc-did-they-explain-the-full-story-before-cancellation/824463)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurrection-on-abc-did-they-explain-the-full-story-before-cancellation/824463 "2018-11-15T05:29:23Z")
I watched most of the first season of Resurrection in 2014. The story got weird and had too many dead people returned. I Lost interest and didn’t watch season 2. I’m curious did they explain why the dead people were ret… --- ## [Recommend me some (new) Leppard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-leppard/824237)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-new-leppard/824237 "2018-11-15T04:01:03Z")
I recently rediscovered Def Leppard upon seeing that they are up for election to the Rock Hall of Fame this year. I was a big fan of theirs in my teens, during the time of their first two albums and Pyromania, before los… --- ## [Is Flea considered a really good bassist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-flea-considered-a-really-good-bassist/622738)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-flea-considered-a-really-good-bassist/622738 "2018-11-14T23:09:03Z")
I will be the first to admit that I am really ignorant when it comes to music and talent. I can obviously tell a good singer and a good/fast lead guitarist…but really I am pretty well in the dark when it comes to a good… --- ## [Best comedians and cynical, insightful social commentators](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedians-and-cynical-insightful-social-commentators/688485)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comedians-and-cynical-insightful-social-commentators/688485 "2018-11-14T22:59:27Z")
People have recommended Bill Hicks almost as a gold standard. He was anti-social before it was cool and I’ll give him that. His comments on drugs could be insightful. But there is much more to being anti-social than just… --- ## [Investing in quality cookware](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-in-quality-cookware/824255)
**Author:** [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-in-quality-cookware/824255 "2018-11-14T22:31:27Z")
Today I bought myself two really nice pieces of equipment - a 10-inch frying pan and an 8-quart pot about 12 inches across. All-Clad copper core for the frying pan, and their MC2 (thick aluminum exterior, stainless inter… --- ## [Concert T-Shirt Design. Who What When?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concert-t-shirt-design-who-what-when/824483)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concert-t-shirt-design-who-what-when/824483 "2018-11-14T22:20:50Z")
Years ago, I saw a t-shirt from a rock tour. It featured a cartoon of a shapely young woman, in a beret, under a street lamp. She was smoking, & may have had a striped top. I can’t recall the year or band. No later tha… --- ## [Looking for a Christmas present that I found and then lost, for my sister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-christmas-present-that-i-found-and-then-lost-for-my-sister/824487)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-christmas-present-that-i-found-and-then-lost-for-my-sister/824487 "2018-11-14T19:27:02Z")
BLARG why didn’t I bookmark this! Okay, I saw a poster or something on Pinterest, that had profile art of 15 or 20 fictional heroines, such as Katniss Everdeen, Mulan, Moana, Leia Organa, and Rey. Beneath each of them … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=567) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=569)