# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=689 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 690 --- ## [Desperate Housewives season 8 question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-season-8-question/798613)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desperate-housewives-season-8-question/798613 "2017-10-12T04:43:29Z")
A friend was watching DVDs of Desperate Housewives and is on the final season, #8. She is confused as to why three of the friends turned against Bree (after the coverup in the woods following the murder of Alejandro). … --- ## [Most Respected Session Musicians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-respected-session-musicians/797619)
**Author:** [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-respected-session-musicians/797619 "2017-10-12T02:22:20Z")
As I understand it, there are certain session musicians that are widely respected in the profession. The ability to adapt to whatever band they are working with is considered quite a talent, as is persistence and reliabl… --- ## [Help me identify this old (1940's?) travelling circus movie with an incredibly racist scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-old-1940s-travelling-circus-movie-with-an-incredibly-racist-scene/798599)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-old-1940s-travelling-circus-movie-with-an-incredibly-racist-scene/798599 "2017-10-12T00:52:38Z")
A long time ago, I was flipping around cable and came across a B/W movie I’d guess was from the 1940’s-50’s. It was about a circus troop traveling by train. The main people were old guy who was the head of the circus, … --- ## [Help me identify an anthology cartoon series from the 90s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-anthology-cartoon-series-from-the-90s/798577)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-anthology-cartoon-series-from-the-90s/798577 "2017-10-11T23:09:05Z")
Yup…one of these. I have a super vague memory of an anthology series that I saw an episode of in the 90s, and I want to know if I’m crazy or not. I can’t remember exactly when I saw it, but it was definitely before hig… --- ## [Disc-Covering: Your Favorite Covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disc-covering-your-favorite-covers/797610 "2017-10-11T22:41:21Z")
Companion to this thread. What are some of your favorite covers of songs others have made famous? One of my favorites is Jack Webb doing his unique rendition of “Try A Little Tenderness”. --- ## [B&W that should be in color (and vice versa)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-w-that-should-be-in-color-and-vice-versa/798393)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-w-that-should-be-in-color-and-vice-versa/798393 "2017-10-11T17:47:49Z")
I often have the “Patty Duke Show” on early in the morning as I’m getting ready for work, nice comfort entertainment. I decided to look up some photos of the show, and when I saw color photos of the show, I was stunned … --- ## [Flute Lady Painting from the movie IT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flute-lady-painting-from-the-movie-it/798491)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flute-lady-painting-from-the-movie-it/798491 "2017-10-11T16:30:39Z")
Does anyone know how I might get a good image of this? I’ve found a few partial shots online and watched clips but they don’t include it in it’s entirety. I realize you all probably have about the same access to such a t… --- ## [Scum. What is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scum-what-is-it/798518)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scum-what-is-it/798518 "2017-10-11T11:29:34Z")
I’m making chicken soup and every now and then I’ll go skim the scum that forms on the top. Mostly because it looks gross. But what is it made of? I’m not so very meticulous that I get ever piece of scum, so I hope it wo… --- ## [Source for cool baby clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/source-for-cool-baby-clothes/564048 "2010-12-14T14:40:12Z")
I love my in-laws, but they have a penchant for Ralph Lauren, Nautica, etc. They also have a penchant for shopping for the Dudeling (1.25 years), which is great, but it means that he’s often dressed as a … as a person wh… --- ## [homebrewing - what happened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homebrewing-what-happened/798508)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homebrewing-what-happened/798508 "2017-10-11T04:22:43Z")
I just got re-into home brewing and making a Imperial IPA via a kit. All was going well, airlock bubbling happily for maybe 4 days. Then I wanted to get a sample to start a hard cider, so I removed the airlock, put in … --- ## [Catchall term for deejays who don't host radio shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchall-term-for-deejays-who-dont-host-radio-shows/798410)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catchall-term-for-deejays-who-dont-host-radio-shows/798410 "2017-10-11T02:45:56Z")
So, I have always been aware of two types of deejays. (1) One is the kind who hosts a radio show and talks between music, reads promotional announcements, etc. (2) The other is the kind who plays music live. The deejay… --- ## [Real Parmesan cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-parmesan-cheese/798333)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-parmesan-cheese/798333 "2017-10-11T00:56:58Z")
I love it - not the powdered granules you get in the shake can. How long would it last, shredded, in the fridge? --- ## [Whats the name of the song playing in the currently-airing Chase ad with the animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-song-playing-in-the-currently-airing-chase-ad-with-the-animals/798020)
**Author:** [@Clarence01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clarence01)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-the-song-playing-in-the-currently-airing-chase-ad-with-the-animals/798020 "2017-10-10T23:01:35Z")
Like my other ‘ad song question’ I just posted, I didn’t get the answer through google… Thanks for any help… In the ad, this lady is using a 3d printer to make prosthetics for various animals. What’s the name of the so… --- ## [Identify this comic strip series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447 "2017-10-10T21:26:55Z")
Hopefully this will be a really short thread. I am looking to identify a comic strip that used to appear in the early 90s. It was rendered in B&W, and was space operatic. (Those were the days Voyager was exploring Neptu… --- ## [When Guitarists Get Deep & Philosophical: Theseus's Telecaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-guitarists-get-deep-philosophical-theseuss-telecaster/798104)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-guitarists-get-deep-philosophical-theseuss-telecaster/798104 "2017-10-10T21:21:37Z")
Okay - some quick background: Telecaster: if I have to explain what a Fender Telecaster is, what are you doing in this thread?? :wink: One thing to point out, is that Tele’s have a pickup and control layout that is … --- ## [Movie Review: Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-review-life/798458)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-review-life/798458 "2017-10-10T20:19:28Z")
Saw this movierecently on Netflix. Dang its scary. Its about them bringing back soil samples from Mars and this lifeform grows out of it and gets out of control. I love this type of sci fi - REAL science, not the laser… --- ## [When to make the gravy for this dish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-make-the-gravy-for-this-dish/798411)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-make-the-gravy-for-this-dish/798411 "2017-10-10T17:34:53Z")
I’m making beef tips and gravy. The beef tips I’m using was labeled “beef for stew” in the grocery store. Which in my experience tends to be really tough cuts. So that means it will have to let it simmer for a few hour… --- ## [What Stephen King story should Stephen Spielberg direct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stephen-king-story-should-stephen-spielberg-direct/798225)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stephen-king-story-should-stephen-spielberg-direct/798225 "2017-10-10T16:06:01Z")
My wife asked this, and it seemed such an obvious SDMB question that, well, here I am. What SK story (novel, short story, etc) would you think is best suited for Spielberg? Spielberg had never directed a King story, so … --- ## [What are the great Instrumentals of the Classic Rock Era?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-great-instrumentals-of-the-classic-rock-era/796930)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-great-instrumentals-of-the-classic-rock-era/796930 "2017-10-10T15:48:12Z")
In thinking about the great instrumentals of rock it struck me that in the classic era there weren’t that many big ones, or even that many really good ones. I’m seeing the Beatles and Stones as having a skimpy catalogue … --- ## ["This time it's personal" origin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-time-its-personal-origin/57514)
**Author:** [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-time-its-personal-origin/57514 "2017-10-10T06:14:32Z")
I hear this reference all the time, but I don’t know where its from. And as a reference freak IT’S DRIVING ME CRAZY!! What is the origin of this quote? Thanks!! --- ## ["Crocodile" (British usage) as a name for a food item...??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-british-usage-as-a-name-for-a-food-item/798350)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodile-british-usage-as-a-name-for-a-food-item/798350 "2017-10-10T05:27:05Z")
In one of the books by Edward Lear, I found the line “Here are curried crumpets, crocodiles and beans.” Is “crocodile” just a name for a fancy dish here? --- ## [Blade Runner: comfort break points?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blade-runner-comfort-break-points/798409)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blade-runner-comfort-break-points/798409 "2017-10-10T00:57:33Z")
The new Blade Runner movie is 2 hours 43 minutes, plus trailers plus adverts. My bladder can’t last that long. I’m going to see it on Thursday or Friday and would much appreciate knowing when I can safely take a break. --- ## [Anyone with a good homemade pizza sauce?? Or even crust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-a-good-homemade-pizza-sauce-or-even-crust/798382)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-a-good-homemade-pizza-sauce-or-even-crust/798382 "2017-10-10T00:45:42Z")
I like making homemade pizza but I get pretty close to good sauce but a good crust fails me. Any good ideas? Maybe I already asked this!! :smack: --- ## [Songs with an atheistic perspective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-atheistic-perspective/797616)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-an-atheistic-perspective/797616 "2017-10-09T22:35:27Z")
I’m doing my Friday night routine listening to music, XTC’s\* Single Collection 1977-1992\*, and Dear Godcomes up. Now, I really love XTC and find most of their lyrics quite clever, but this is not one of them, though I’m … --- ## [Shows that stank, but had great theme music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-stank-but-had-great-theme-music/798316)
**Author:** [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-stank-but-had-great-theme-music/798316 "2017-10-09T20:50:40Z")
SWMBO is up front binge-watching Star Trek: Voyager. I’m kinda listening to it in the background and I realized that Voyager had so much promise…but it wound up with lousy scripts, bad acting, semi-adequate special effe… --- ## ["Chekov's Big Guy" - Does a term for this film trope exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-big-guy-does-a-term-for-this-film-trope-exist/798362)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-big-guy-does-a-term-for-this-film-trope-exist/798362 "2017-10-09T19:49:39Z")
Basically, if any sort of action movie introduces a giant person on the antagonists side, the film has to have the main character fist fight him at some point in the movie in order for it to pay off. I’ve noticed a lot … --- ## [Help me ID this song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/798386)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song/798386 "2017-10-09T15:58:06Z")
I can hear it in my head but cannot think of enough lyrics to look it up. The main song is a monotone (like 88 Lines about 44 Women but that’s not the song) and IIRC about people the singer knew and how they died. The … --- ## [A Craftsman's Legacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-craftsmans-legacy/798227)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-craftsmans-legacy/798227 "2017-10-09T08:53:48Z")
Anyone watch this show? I catch it sometimes (and there are a lot of repeats, being on public TV and all) and I find it and especially the host frustrating. The topics and people he finds are fascinating, but out of a 25… --- ## [Ralphie May dies at age 45](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralphie-may-dies-at-age-45/798148)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralphie-may-dies-at-age-45/798148 "2017-10-09T02:39:46Z")
My wife and I had never seen his comedy, but we just saw him on Fool Us(Penn and Teller magic show) about a week ago. We were both commenting that he looked tremendously overweight. I told her about John Pinette, anothe… --- ## [Ulan Bator by morning ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ulan-bator-by-morning/798217)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ulan-bator-by-morning/798217 "2017-10-09T01:18:30Z")
Mongolia’s Got Talent shows how American culture has conquered the world. :slight\_smile: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=688) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=690)