# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=641 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 642 --- ## [Oscar ballot: Best Actor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-ballot-best-actor/809918)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-ballot-best-actor/809918 "2018-03-05T00:34:02Z")
Who would get your vote for Best Actor? --- ## [How do I mix ingredients for meatloaf without making it mush?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-mix-ingredients-for-meatloaf-without-making-it-mush/809930)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-mix-ingredients-for-meatloaf-without-making-it-mush/809930 "2018-03-04T18:52:47Z")
Note this does not have to be meatloaf but when combining any set of ingredients with ground meat. For instance when making meatloaf you add a variety of ingredients and most recipes tell you to mix it with your hands. … --- ## [Canned biscuits vs Frozen any difference in taste?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-biscuits-vs-frozen-any-difference-in-taste/810000)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-biscuits-vs-frozen-any-difference-in-taste/810000 "2018-03-04T17:31:15Z")
I’ve been buying Pillsbury Grands for most of my life. Eight to a roll. Kids are gone now and my wife and I eat a few, put them in an old bread wrapper, eat a few next morning, and toss the rest. I’ve thought about the … --- ## [Do you get Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood mixed up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-kelly-clarkson-and-carrie-underwood-mixed-up/809835 "2018-03-04T12:27:40Z")
For awhile I thought Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood were the same person. :wink: I had to look this up, just to get it right. Kelly Clarkson American Idol Season 1 winner born April, 1982. Carrie Underwood Americ… --- ## [Oscar ballot: Best Visual Effects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-ballot-best-visual-effects/809986)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-ballot-best-visual-effects/809986 "2018-03-04T09:39:48Z")
What film would get your vote for Best Visual Effects? --- ## [Jeopardy! prize money question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-prize-money-question/808473)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeopardy-prize-money-question/808473 "2018-03-04T04:48:37Z")
The other day (daytime edition, so it would have been an older episode), none of the three players got Final Jeopardy correct. Two players wagered all they had, and finished with $0. At the end, when each player’s winn… --- ## [bawitdaba cover used in Cain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bawitdaba-cover-used-in-cain/809980)
**Author:** [@Pither](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pither)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bawitdaba-cover-used-in-cain/809980 "2018-03-04T04:23:31Z")
I’m trying to track down a cover of Kid Rocks Bawitdaba I happened accross a while back. There was a brief scene in one of the early episodes of the short lived Jimmy Smits tv show Cain that featured a speedboat racing … --- ## [Another Wagon Train episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wagon-train-episode/809940)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wagon-train-episode/809940 "2018-03-04T00:43:36Z")
Jay Silverheels was in the episode I just watched. He was a good Indian, slew the bad Indians left and right with his sidekick, Noah Beery. Where did they get the empty wagons for New Lovers Who Meet on the Trail to dri… --- ## [Blueberry bread's still raw in the middle after 20 extra minutes. What should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueberry-breads-still-raw-in-the-middle-after-20-extra-minutes-what-should-i-do/809933)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blueberry-breads-still-raw-in-the-middle-after-20-extra-minutes-what-should-i-do/809933 "2018-03-03T21:48:58Z")
I’m making this. It won’t cook through. The center is completely raw (checked with a toothpick). Obviously, it needs to go back in the oven, but the top is already browned and starting to dry out. I’ve put a foil “fence”… --- ## [New Weird Al Single: The Hamilton Polka](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weird-al-single-the-hamilton-polka/809926)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-weird-al-single-the-hamilton-polka/809926 "2018-03-03T21:11:51Z")
It’s exactly what the title suggests. Listen here. --- ## [Super Dave Osborne book titles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-dave-osborne-book-titles/809898)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-dave-osborne-book-titles/809898 "2018-03-03T18:32:07Z")
I’ve seen Super Dave Osborne (aka Bob Einstein) on a Carson re-run and also a YouTube when he was on David Lettermen. Both times, he was promoting a book of his. He even read from them. Perhaps I’m not looking in the ri… --- ## [It is totally unfair that movies show fully naked women. Ladies - do you want to see more naked men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-totally-unfair-that-movies-show-fully-naked-women-ladies-do-you-want-to-see-more-naked-men/809971)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-totally-unfair-that-movies-show-fully-naked-women-ladies-do-you-want-to-see-more-naked-men/809971 "2018-03-03T17:45:22Z")
I just saw hall Pass. Wow. --- ## [Have you ever read the serial before reading the book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-read-the-serial-before-reading-the-book/809776)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-read-the-serial-before-reading-the-book/809776 "2018-03-03T17:32:22Z")
When I was a teen back in 1970 one of my favorite magazines was Galaxy, and from July to December of that year they serialized Heinlein’s “I Will Fear No Evil” before it was published in hardback in December of that year… --- ## [Keeping canned beans once the can is opened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-canned-beans-once-the-can-is-opened/809960)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-canned-beans-once-the-can-is-opened/809960 "2018-03-03T17:14:57Z")
How? Chickpeas and kidney beans seem to turn really quickly and I like them a salad so I don’t use a but a handful and then I throw the rest out. --- ## [Super-hero movies have gotten so pervasive they've created a new trivia topic:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-hero-movies-have-gotten-so-pervasive-theyve-created-a-new-trivia-topic/809872)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-hero-movies-have-gotten-so-pervasive-theyve-created-a-new-trivia-topic/809872 "2018-03-03T10:46:12Z")
“Acting legends seen together only in a movie wayyyyy below them.” And it doesn’t have to be a super-hero movie…but they provide golden opportunities. Of course ‘legend’ is subjective but: Sam Rockwell\* and Mickey Rou… --- ## [Kevin Smith has massive heart attack.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-smith-has-massive-heart-attack/809606)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kevin-smith-has-massive-heart-attack/809606 "2018-03-03T03:41:42Z")
Link He’s still above ground, as he put it. Happened between shows Sunday night in Glendale, CA where he was filming a new special. Get well soon, dude! I need new episodes of Comic Book Men. --- ## [So seriously, what's the deal with Amazon and Disney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-seriously-whats-the-deal-with-amazon-and-disney/809832)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-seriously-whats-the-deal-with-amazon-and-disney/809832 "2018-03-02T23:52:01Z")
You haven’t been able to preorder a Disney Blu Ray from Amazon for well over a year now. Googling only finds stories asking why or are from 2014 or so when this happened once before for a few months. It’s weird that it h… --- ## [We saw Jimmy Cobb!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-saw-jimmy-cobb/809928)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-saw-jimmy-cobb/809928 "2018-03-02T23:22:29Z")
At the Portland Jazz Festival. Holy shit: Jimmy fucking Cobb! The same Jimmy Cobb that played drums for Miles Davis on his Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain albums. The guy is 89 and can still run off a drum solo like … --- ## [lamest movie/tv theme songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lamest-movie-tv-theme-songs/809804 "2018-03-02T22:40:55Z")
Off the top of my head (meaning - there might be one or two more down the road): By the end of Requiem For a Dream there was a violinist or two I wanted to commission a Trotsky-like hit on. There’s a special place in … --- ## [What happened after the end of Pet Sematary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-after-the-end-of-pet-sematary/363836)
**Author:** [@Feces\_Of\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feces_Of_Death)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-after-the-end-of-pet-sematary/363836 "2018-03-02T22:08:12Z")
The book leaves it unclear though the movie seems to indicate that Louis Creed was killed by his resurrected wife. Is this in fact what happened, and if so, what happend to his zombie-wife after that? Did it go around ki… --- ## [What exactly is a "bold deceiver?" (Whisky in the Jar)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-bold-deceiver-whisky-in-the-jar/809460)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-bold-deceiver-whisky-in-the-jar/809460 "2018-03-02T19:31:49Z")
In the song “Whisky in the Jar” the highwayman calls himself a “bold deceiver.” I’d like to know more about that term – the origin, the exact meaning, other instances of its use, etc. Anyone know? --- ## [Guitar players: what's this chord?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-whats-this-chord/809848)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-whats-this-chord/809848 "2018-03-02T15:58:27Z")
334353, or possibly xx4353? Thanks! --- ## [O.C. Smith's 'Son of Hickory Holler Tramp' (1968) - just realized what the song is about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-c-smiths-son-of-hickory-holler-tramp-1968-just-realized-what-the-song-is-about/809884)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-c-smiths-son-of-hickory-holler-tramp-1968-just-realized-what-the-song-is-about/809884 "2018-03-02T15:51:58Z")
O.C. Smith is better known for ‘Little Green Apples,’ but this was his first song to receive notable airplay. I’ve been familiar with the song for decades, and just assumed that the ‘tramp’ was the father who had walked… --- ## [Podcast Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-recommendations/809883)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcast-recommendations/809883 "2018-03-02T14:27:09Z")
I would like to get some suggestions for two distinct types of podcasts. I am interested in podcasts that cover American history after WW2 and before 9/11. Of particular interest are any that have to do with internatio… --- ## [XKCD: Awesomer than you think.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-awesomer-than-you-think/809774 "2018-03-02T10:33:48Z")
A friend of mine just posted on Facebook about a minor irritation: when she went to visit xkcd, instead of going to the most recent comic, it always took her to a specific old comic. She figured her cache was messed up … --- ## [Bourdain's Parts Unknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bourdains-parts-unknown/809501)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bourdains-parts-unknown/809501 "2018-03-02T04:52:21Z")
Anyone watch this and like it? Frankly, I love it. I’ve always watched him, from Cook’s Tour through No Reservations and now this. I love the idea of a TV show that travels to places most of us won’t ever get to go, in… --- ## [Should Ringo have received more songwriting credits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-ringo-have-received-more-songwriting-credits/809845)
**Author:** [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-ringo-have-received-more-songwriting-credits/809845 "2018-03-01T23:34:35Z")
I have long known that Ringo came up with the clever phrases “A Hard Days Night” and “Eight Days a Week”, both describing how hard the guys were working during 1963 and 1964. I just discovered that he also uttered the p… --- ## [Favourite fictional swearing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-fictional-swearing/809084)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-fictional-swearing/809084 "2018-03-01T23:21:46Z")
I’m sufficiently fond of Red Dwarf’s “Smeg” and “Smeghead” that, back in the 90s, I used to use it myself occasionally. There’s a lot of swearing and cursing in scifi and fantasy books\*, and authors love to make up real… --- ## [Why did they never make a stage musical / rock opera out of "Phantom of the Paradise"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-never-make-a-stage-musical-rock-opera-out-of-phantom-of-the-paradise/809790)
**Author:** [@Arizona\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arizona_Mike)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-they-never-make-a-stage-musical-rock-opera-out-of-phantom-of-the-paradise/809790 "2018-03-01T04:17:25Z")
The 1973 film Phantom of the Paradise has become a legit cult film, great score by the again-popular Paul Williams, over the top rock theatrics…why was this never adapted for the stage? You would think at least a casino … --- ## [Identify this Half-remembered SHORT Oscar nominee...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-half-remembered-short-oscar-nominee/809781)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-half-remembered-short-oscar-nominee/809781 "2018-03-01T03:50:47Z")
Don’t recall what year it was from, but definitely after 2010. Might have been an additional add-on that was included in the “reel” of short films that circulated to the theatres that wasn’t actually a nominated short f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=640) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=642)