# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=665 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 666 --- ## [What movie was this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this/804844)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-was-this/804844 "2017-12-21T01:39:24Z")
I’m trying find a movie I saw once but can’t remember the title. Story line: The main character was a guy who only had and enjoyed old things. I think he was writing an encyclopedia of old things. Phonographs and stuff.… --- ## [How should I make this pot pie thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-make-this-pot-pie-thing/804821)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-make-this-pot-pie-thing/804821 "2017-12-21T01:15:11Z")
I have some leftover bread stuffing mix (dry chunks of bread), and some canned chicken breast chunks and some frozen peas and carrots and was thinking about combining them all together. I’m not great with creating recipe… --- ## [Psych! The Movie! premiers tonight (12/7/2017)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psych-the-movie-premiers-tonight-12-7-2017/803818)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psych-the-movie-premiers-tonight-12-7-2017/803818 "2017-12-20T23:51:44Z")
Tonight on USA network. Set your DVRs! I haven’t been this excited since Season 2 of Galavant. I just hope it doesn’t suck. --- ## [Has Billy Idol been sick or inactive lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-billy-idol-been-sick-or-inactive-lately/804927)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-billy-idol-been-sick-or-inactive-lately/804927 "2017-12-20T23:49:13Z")
I saw Billy Idol last night on The Voice. First time I’d heard him in decades. I remember him setting rock on fire during my college years. We’re both a bit older today. :frowning: Idol is 62. He didn’t seem to be in f… --- ## [Are you familiar with this television meme?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-familiar-with-this-television-meme/800994 "2017-12-20T21:55:21Z")
( ••) ( ••)\>⌐■-■ (⌐■\_■) or \*dons sunglasses YEAAAAHHHHH! Not meant to be scientific, just an informal survey. Poll to follow if I don’t screw it up. --- ## [Help identifying a "body swap/sharing" movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782 "2017-12-20T20:19:31Z")
Obscure scene I am thinking of, but a scene in a (comedy?) movie in which a person enters the other’s body (not sexual). The scene shows them actually “jumping into” the other person’s body. It isn’t Creepshow or Men i… --- ## [The Disney Fox Sale is bad...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disney-fox-sale-is-bad/804534)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disney-fox-sale-is-bad/804534 "2017-12-20T19:39:49Z")
I’m going to go on record to say this is a bad development for entertainment and, to be a tad melodramatic, society. Media companies are already too powerful. There should be more of them, not less. And Disney is alread… --- ## ["Named" Famous Instruments that are not Guitars or Violins.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-famous-instruments-that-are-not-guitars-or-violins/804690)
**Author:** [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/named-famous-instruments-that-are-not-guitars-or-violins/804690 "2017-12-20T17:28:20Z")
Many famous guitarists are known for a particular instrument they play, even if they use many different makes and models. Usually, these instruments have been named by either the artist or their fans. Willy Nelson has “… --- ## [Mexican Corn: Yummy! (Elotes, Esquites — Mexican Street Food)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-corn-yummy-elotes-esquites-mexican-street-food/804928)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mexican-corn-yummy-elotes-esquites-mexican-street-food/804928 "2017-12-20T16:59:19Z")
I just tried this last night for the first time — yum! We were in downtown San Jose CA, at Christmas in the Park, and street vendors were selling street food. We had tacos and bacon-wrapped hot dogs for dinner, with elot… --- ## [MeshugaNutcracker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meshuganutcracker/804930)
**Author:** [@Labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meshuganutcracker/804930 "2017-12-20T16:24:29Z")
Mrs. Labor and I saw an advertisement for MeshugeNutcracker! in the local paper this weekend. The description is: The MeshugaNutcracker! is a full-length musical comedy that features the wonderfully silly sensibilities o… --- ## [Stevie Vai..For The Love Of God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-vai-for-the-love-of-god/803988)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-vai-for-the-love-of-god/803988 "2017-12-20T15:25:00Z")
I wish there was more support for this given he was Zappas “Little Italian Virtuoso”. This board seems to be enamored with all things Frank Zappa (not a bad thing)but a vehemence towards Vai (“he’s not my thing/cup of t… --- ## [Something hot and decadent with, oh I dunno, bacon and cream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-hot-and-decadent-with-oh-i-dunno-bacon-and-cream/804892)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-hot-and-decadent-with-oh-i-dunno-bacon-and-cream/804892 "2017-12-20T15:10:00Z")
I am good enough at following a recipe, but I’m not especially knowledgeable or creative when it comes to food, and so sometimes I have to rely on the kindness of dopers for new ideas. This time, I am looking for a hot … --- ## [Electronic instrument?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-instrument/804872)
**Author:** [@LuckyDe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckyDe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronic-instrument/804872 "2017-12-20T05:46:49Z")
I know from many years of experience that this is the place to ask if you have a question nobody seems to know the answer to, so here I am with another one: I opened this YouTube post (HOMENAJE A LEONARDO FRANCO " LEONI … --- ## [Your experiences with products & services pitched on Shark Tank (or equilvalent shows outside USA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-products-services-pitched-on-shark-tank-or-equilvalent-shows-outside-usa/804751)
**Author:** [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experiences-with-products-services-pitched-on-shark-tank-or-equilvalent-shows-outside-usa/804751 "2017-12-20T03:03:04Z")
I recently purchased a 12-pack box of Third Wave Water minerals which was pitched on Shark Tank Season 9 Episode 3. Each pack has a finely tuned mineral content to be added to 1 gallon distilled water for coffee brewing… --- ## [Recipe for killer finger food? Need it fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-killer-finger-food-need-it-fast/804265)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-killer-finger-food-need-it-fast/804265 "2017-12-20T00:50:31Z")
I’m invited to a holiday party on Saturday evening, pot luck, and I want to bring something really killer, finger food of some kind, hot is OK, it can be re-heated at the party, or room temperature. Nothing frozen, it wi… --- ## [Any movies fail a reverse Bechdel Test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-fail-a-reverse-bechdel-test/669630)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-movies-fail-a-reverse-bechdel-test/669630 "2017-12-20T00:28:58Z")
For those of you not aware of it the Bechdel Test was formulated to highlight the relative lack of women in mainstream movies. Women obviously are present in movies but they’re usually there to support the male character… --- ## [Director's Rights Respected / "If You Cast Me You Can Sleep With Me"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-rights-respected-if-you-cast-me-you-can-sleep-with-me/804868)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/directors-rights-respected-if-you-cast-me-you-can-sleep-with-me/804868 "2017-12-20T00:19:41Z")
Sir Ian McKellen is quoted as saying: I find this claim difficult to believe. Apart from Sir Ian’s claim, is this convention reported elsewhere? Or is this the best kept secret of British theatre (until now)? --- ## [What was Comedy Central thinking? Mad TV sucks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-comedy-central-thinking-mad-tv-sucks/238132)
**Author:** [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-comedy-central-thinking-mad-tv-sucks/238132 "2017-12-19T23:48:04Z")
I know it’s been three months now that Mad TV has been on Comedy Central, but I’ve been meaning to post something like this for a while. I admit that I haven’t watched an entire episode since it started, but from the sk… --- ## ["A Christmas Prince"-- The "Best Worst Movie from Netflix"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-prince-the-best-worst-movie-from-netflix/804188)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-christmas-prince-the-best-worst-movie-from-netflix/804188 "2017-12-19T23:20:47Z")
As a connoisseur of Bad Films, I now know I have to watch this, which multiple web sites tell me is the Best Bad Film in ages – but I hate Romances and Chick Flicks, which this appears to be one of. Or a parody of. Does… --- ## [Die Hard: Welcome to the party... Powell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-welcome-to-the-party-powell/804790 "2017-12-19T20:53:17Z")
Everybody’s favorite Christmas movie. You know the scene. Conventional wisdom has the quote as “Welcome to the party, pal!” But I always thought he was saying “Powell”, not “pal”. Of course Bruce Willis talking out the s… --- ## [Are any of Elvis Presley's movies any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-elvis-presleys-movies-any-good/804676)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-of-elvis-presleys-movies-any-good/804676 "2017-12-19T18:20:14Z")
TCM is showing Jailhouse Rock next week and I’ve set the TiVo to record it. When I was young, I remember that Elvis movies were often shown on a local independent station. I vaguely remember Blue Hawaii and Viva Las Veg… --- ## [Dark Comedy faves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-comedy-faves/804508)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dark-comedy-faves/804508 "2017-12-19T14:17:09Z")
Inspired by this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=844059 List some of your favorite Dark Comdies. Mine: Harold and Maude. Blood Simple. --- ## [How accurate is Bill Bryson's book "A Short History of Nearly Everything"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-is-bill-brysons-book-a-short-history-of-nearly-everything/342458)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-is-bill-brysons-book-a-short-history-of-nearly-everything/342458 "2017-12-19T14:08:46Z")
I just starting reading this book, and it seems very interesting and something I’d like to read. It was recommended to me as a book with a bit of science knowledge that would appeal to someone without a science backgrou… --- ## [Italian Poet from the 13th Century \[in Dylan song\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-poet-from-the-13th-century-in-dylan-song/230012)
**Author:** [@Ad\_the\_Inhaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_the_Inhaler)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-poet-from-the-13th-century-in-dylan-song/230012 "2017-12-19T01:54:28Z")
Who is the Italian poet from the 13th century from Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up in Blue”? --- ## [Hollywood stars put into "Movie Jail" that you actually agree with](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-stars-put-into-movie-jail-that-you-actually-agree-with/804616)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hollywood-stars-put-into-movie-jail-that-you-actually-agree-with/804616 "2017-12-18T23:59:18Z")
If you don’t know the concept, “Movie Jail” is the term used for when an actor/director/producer who used to be the darling of Hollywood suddenly loses all work for whatever reason and can’t even be hired for a B movie, … --- ## [Jack Daniels Single Barrel Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-daniels-single-barrel-rye/804689)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-daniels-single-barrel-rye/804689 "2017-12-18T23:48:22Z")
Just an FYI for our resident drunks: Shit’s amazing. We tried it straight. Delicious. I am currently sipping a Manhattan made with it. Still amazing. Picked my bottle up at Bevmo, but it’s pretty well distributed. My g… --- ## [Celebrities who have burst into flames?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-burst-into-flames/804442)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-have-burst-into-flames/804442 "2017-12-18T23:15:24Z")
There is Michael Jackson and Richard Pryor. Any others? --- ## [Why do I have such a problem with understanding music theory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-such-a-problem-with-understanding-music-theory/804268)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-have-such-a-problem-with-understanding-music-theory/804268 "2017-12-18T19:31:07Z")
So I am a self taught guitar player. When I started playing I was a youngster (long about 1960) and getting any kind of lessons was monetarily out of the question. Consequently, I learned through trial and error, hitting… --- ## ["Young Sheldon"--anyone else creeped out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-sheldon-anyone-else-creeped-out/795267)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-sheldon-anyone-else-creeped-out/795267 "2017-12-18T18:25:32Z")
By the commercials? IMHO, they don’t have the feel of “child genius” (think of Little Man Tate) but of mocking an autistic child. TBBT is almost all “laughing at, not with”, and it looks much more harsh when aimed at a c… --- ## [El Camino Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-camino-christmas/803973)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-camino-christmas/803973 "2017-12-18T15:01:56Z")
Original Netflix movie. I just watched it and am conflicted as to whether its good or not. I thought for sure it had something to do with a Chevy El Camino, but it turns out to be a Chevelle SS 396 convertible, and it ha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=664) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=666)