# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=654 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 655 --- ## [Oscars: 2017 Best Animated Feature Film- Which One Should Win the Award](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-best-animated-feature-film-which-one-should-win-the-award/807406)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscars-2017-best-animated-feature-film-which-one-should-win-the-award/807406 "2018-01-25T18:55:03Z")
So the nominees are in and these are the animated features to make the list. Boss Baby The Breadwinner Coco Ferdinand Loving Vincent Which did you think was the strongest? I really love Loving Vincent, Coco AND Fer… --- ## [Captain America: Civil War Hypothetical (Open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-america-civil-war-hypothetical-open-spoilers/807147)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-america-civil-war-hypothetical-open-spoilers/807147 "2018-01-25T18:21:11Z")
So Tony Stark got a naive 15 year old Peter Parker to join the big fight at the airport. (And lucked out that Peter wasn’t killed or seriously hurt.) What if Tony had realized how unethical that was, especially since Pet… --- ## [RIP Warren Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-warren-miller/807454)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-warren-miller/807454 "2018-01-25T17:07:54Z")
Warren Miller has died at 93 Miller was a legendary filmmaker. I used to go to his skiing movies every year in the '80s and '90s when I was skiing. He presented one of the films I saw at the Santa Monica Civic Auditor… --- ## [Mushroom sauce. It seems too easy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-sauce-it-seems-too-easy/807397)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-sauce-it-seems-too-easy/807397 "2018-01-25T16:58:30Z")
Tonight’s plan is for chicken paillard with these mini gnocchi my husband picked up. I thought a creamy mushroom sauce would go well over both, so I looked up some recipes. They are all just frying the mushrooms in butte… --- ## [David Letterman's new Netflix show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lettermans-new-netflix-show/806979)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-lettermans-new-netflix-show/806979 "2018-01-25T14:53:11Z")
I just caught the first episode last night. Wow, that was really good. I’m not sure how he is going to top that one. Both the conversation with Obama and the segments on John Lewis were riveting. It really made me miss h… --- ## [Escape to the Country. House Hunters International sans idiots.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-to-the-country-house-hunters-international-sans-idiots/807334)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-to-the-country-house-hunters-international-sans-idiots/807334 "2018-01-25T13:37:39Z")
Caught this on Netflix and I’m fascinated. British city dwellers looking to relocate to the countryside. If you read Harlequins and bodice rippers like I did when I was young, you’d probably like it to. How I knew I was… --- ## [Spencer Tracy and John F. Kennedy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spencer-tracy-and-john-f-kennedy/807235)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spencer-tracy-and-john-f-kennedy/807235 "2018-01-25T05:32:14Z")
I came across this photo not long ago: https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/54cbfcf65e7a91c528233e77/master/w\_768,c\_limit/image.jpg It shows the Kennedy campaign high command (including JFK, RFK, Ethel Kennedy and future… --- ## [Did you habitually watch something that aired opposite a hit show back in the day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-habitually-watch-something-that-aired-opposite-a-hit-show-back-in-the-day/807309)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-habitually-watch-something-that-aired-opposite-a-hit-show-back-in-the-day/807309 "2018-01-25T04:36:59Z")
To you dopers who are old enough to remember the three- or maybe four-channel universe. (At least in the US - here in Canada, depending on where you lived, it was the one- maybe two- or if you were really lucky, three-c… --- ## [The Wall - a poem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wall-a-poem/807427)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wall-a-poem/807427 "2018-01-25T03:52:01Z")
Found on the now-late :frowning: Ursula Le Guin’s blog http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Blog2017.html The Wall by Anita Endrezze (Yaqui) … --- ## [Melodramatic, over-the-top songs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melodramatic-over-the-top-songs/806489)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melodramatic-over-the-top-songs/806489 "2018-01-25T03:45:01Z")
What got me thinking about this type of song was finding out the song in that (not) parody perfume commercial is Sia’s Chandelier. In my opinion the Grandmother of this type of pop song is Jennifer Holiday/Hudson And I’ … --- ## [Robots, Robots, Robots - a biweekly column at Blackgate.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robots-robots-robots-a-biweekly-column-at-blackgate-com/805870)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robots-robots-robots-a-biweekly-column-at-blackgate-com/805870 "2018-01-25T02:55:17Z")
I’ve spent the last year maniacally researching robots for a book that will be the first to chronicle the entire history of robots in popular culture. Don’t ask me when it’s coming out: my deadline looms, I’m nowhere nea… --- ## [Scream (1996)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scream-1996/806794)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scream-1996/806794 "2018-01-25T00:59:04Z")
So we all know who the kill turned out to be. But how does the killer’s motive explain killing Drew Barrymore at the start? --- ## [Pronunciation of "Beyhive"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-beyhive/807291)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-beyhive/807291 "2018-01-24T22:58:02Z")
I’m running a pub trivia game tonight, and one of the questions is about Beyoncé fans calling themselves the Beyhive. Which means I’m going to have to say “Beyhive” out loud. The obvious choice for pronunciation is BEE-… --- ## [Eminem's job in 8 Mile (stamping factory) - is it actually that bad of a job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminems-job-in-8-mile-stamping-factory-is-it-actually-that-bad-of-a-job/807276)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eminems-job-in-8-mile-stamping-factory-is-it-actually-that-bad-of-a-job/807276 "2018-01-24T22:03:17Z")
I was watching 8 Mile last night, for the first time since I saw it when it came out in the theater. Eminem’s character, in the movie, works at a factory in Detroit that makes car parts by stamping them out of sheet met… --- ## [Cooking for 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-for-2/807364)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-for-2/807364 "2018-01-24T22:01:20Z")
Please give a lazy girl some super easy ideas to cook for 2, sometimes 3. I’ve already discovered that breakfast (eggs, bacon, pancakes, etc) makes for a quick dinner, but I need to branch out. Any ideas you’re willing t… --- ## [Getting high from pollen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-high-from-pollen/807348)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-high-from-pollen/807348 "2018-01-24T21:06:52Z")
My wife eats a couple of spoonfuls of pollen every day. It was in the training regimen of many weightlifters and she stayed with it. She buys the pollen and honey from the same local beekeeper she has gone to for years. … --- ## [Do you prefer steak or lobster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100)
**Author:** [@ZacharyMyers24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZacharyMyers24)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100 "2018-01-24T21:03:29Z")
In your opinion? --- ## [RIP Hugh Masekela](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-hugh-masekela/807297)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-hugh-masekela/807297 "2018-01-24T16:06:08Z")
The great South African trumpeter and anti-apartheid activist is gone at 78. More cowbell, Hugh. --- ## [The answer to your question is Garrison Keillor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-answer-to-your-question-is-garrison-keillor/803071)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-answer-to-your-question-is-garrison-keillor/803071 "2018-01-24T14:59:13Z")
That is, if you were wondering who is next. He was fired although he had already left his most famous gig. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/905491001 --- ## ["The Eggy Walk" (not the actual lyric, but sounded like it) - what was this song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eggy-walk-not-the-actual-lyric-but-sounded-like-it-what-was-this-song/807321)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eggy-walk-not-the-actual-lyric-but-sounded-like-it-what-was-this-song/807321 "2018-01-24T13:39:28Z")
Years ago I heard a song on the oldies station that had a chorus that sounded something like “do the eggy walk.” But when I tried to google it later, there was no such song. Obviously I misheard the lyric. The song was … --- ## [Explain this tshirt, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-tshirt-please/807353)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-tshirt-please/807353 "2018-01-24T08:13:17Z")
Is there some joke or clever thing I’m missing? --- ## [Has a Movie ever Fallen Disastrously Short of your Expectations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-movie-ever-fallen-disastrously-short-of-your-expectations/806316)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-movie-ever-fallen-disastrously-short-of-your-expectations/806316 "2018-01-24T04:49:45Z")
In response to threads like https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=846068 , has there ever been a case of a movie that has severely disappointed you? I’m sure there has been, for one reason or another. May… --- ## [Peter S. Beagle - SFWA Grand Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-s-beagle-sfwa-grand-master/807311)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-s-beagle-sfwa-grand-master/807311 "2018-01-24T00:08:24Z")
“The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have named Peter S. Beagle the 34th recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. SFWA president Cat Rambo said, “Beagle’s work has been the gateway… --- ## [Neil Diamond Retires from Touring after 50 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-diamond-retires-from-touring-after-50-years/807269)
**Author:** [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-diamond-retires-from-touring-after-50-years/807269 "2018-01-23T23:14:46Z")
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-diamond-retires-from-touring-due-to-parkinsons-disease-w515759 Damn. I grew up on Neil Diamond and have, literally, all of his albums (the good, the not so good, and the, we… --- ## [The 2017 Road to the Oscars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2017-road-to-the-oscars/804221)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2017-road-to-the-oscars/804221 "2018-01-23T22:50:47Z")
While the ceremony takes place next March, the Academy officially designates the year being recognized as the awards year, so with 2017 wrapping up and some major critics and organizations starting to hand out prizes, le… --- ## [Your 10 Favorite Canadian Bands...acording to digital song count](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-10-favorite-canadian-bands-acording-to-digital-song-count/806802 "2018-01-23T20:45:10Z")
When you only look at your digital music collection however you define that (rather than CDs/tapes/records/8-tracks and also do not include favorites on streaming music you don’t own), and by basing your liking solely by… --- ## [When comic strips show characters from other strips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-comic-strips-show-characters-from-other-strips/806819)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-comic-strips-show-characters-from-other-strips/806819 "2018-01-23T19:31:16Z")
Sometimes a comic strip will show characters from other strips. Liō, for example, seems to do this a lot (such as today’s strip). Sometimes this is a tribute, sometimes it makes fun of the other strip. Is this legally … --- ## [Dave Holland ex Judas Priest died - bunch of musician deaths recently.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-holland-ex-judas-priest-died-bunch-of-musician-deaths-recently/807315)
**Author:** [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-holland-ex-judas-priest-died-bunch-of-musician-deaths-recently/807315 "2018-01-23T19:25:00Z")
Dave Holland from Judas Priest died. Holland got arrested for attempted rape (which he strongly denied) which sorta tempers the news of his death. Or it does for me anyway. So back in December, Warrel Dane died. He sang… --- ## [Has a movie adaptation of a beloved book ever lived up to your expectations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-movie-adaptation-of-a-beloved-book-ever-lived-up-to-your-expectations/805760)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-movie-adaptation-of-a-beloved-book-ever-lived-up-to-your-expectations/805760 "2018-01-23T19:16:53Z")
Thinking about A Wrinkle in Time and hoping it’s good… but for books that I’ve loved, the track record is pretty bad: Really hated the Tim Burton adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Distracting… --- ## [Black Mirror S04 E06 — “Black Museum” — open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-s04-e06-black-museum-open-spoilers/805806)
**Author:** [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-s04-e06-black-museum-open-spoilers/805806 "2018-01-23T19:14:31Z")
There’s already a thread for Season 4, but I thought I’d start one for this episode. (In my opinion, it’s be worth starting one for each episode — they’re each dense and different enough that they’re worth discussing one… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=653) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=655)