# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=70 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 71 --- ## [My 1st Doc - Mort Sahl: America's Conscience | Official Trailer (2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1st-doc-mort-sahl-americas-conscience-official-trailer-2025/1020092)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-1st-doc-mort-sahl-americas-conscience-official-trailer-2025/1020092 "2025-07-03T18:43:49Z")
Mort Sahl my hero. I “discovered” him when I was 18, and have been saving and purchasing archives since then, as well as studying America to understand the references. “The Rebel Without a Pause” deserves better than to … --- ## [Is it just my palate, or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-my-palate-or-what/1020336)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-my-palate-or-what/1020336 "2025-07-03T12:56:20Z")
I’ve occasionally encountered references to “skunked” beer, and “corked” wine. But only in written contexts. Are these actual phenomena that people deal with, such that I ought to revere those people and be grateful for… --- ## [Restaurants that don't serve essential dishes/items](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-dont-serve-essential-dishes-items/1014451)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-that-dont-serve-essential-dishes-items/1014451 "2025-07-03T02:40:57Z")
Have you ever been to a burger restaurant that didn’t serve fries? A Chinese food joint that didn’t serve egg rolls? A chicken place that didn’t serve biscuits (I’m looking at you Gus’s)? Apparently there are Mexican re… --- ## [Does this melody go to a “real” song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-melody-go-to-a-real-song/1020420)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-melody-go-to-a-real-song/1020420 "2025-07-02T22:24:46Z")
The people over at this website crate musical spoofs. Sometimes with existing melodies, sometimes I think they make them up. This melody seems familiar but can’t place it. It’s called Taken: the musical --- ## [The Crafting Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crafting-thread/1020370)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crafting-thread/1020370 "2025-07-02T22:19:34Z")
I’ve been meaning to start a thread where we can talk about our craft projects. Earlier this year I took up cross stitch. It was supposed to be an idle thing I could do instead of doomscrolling, something that doesn’t t… --- ## [I have made (almost) restaurant quality lasagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-made-almost-restaurant-quality-lasagna/1020333)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-made-almost-restaurant-quality-lasagna/1020333 "2025-07-02T21:27:32Z")
Lasagna Florentine to be precise since everyone here has a different meat process. Oven ready noodles. First Level: Homemade tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, parmasan cheese. Both cheeses the commodity brand so here w… --- ## [Tommy's-style chili dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommys-style-chili-dogs/1020231)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommys-style-chili-dogs/1020231 "2025-07-02T21:18:01Z")
We’re having 'em for lunch. I looked up a copycat recipe for Tommy’s chili, and I have a pot of that made and waiting. I hope Nathan’s hot dogs will do, because that’s what I have. Let’s see, it has been about forty y… --- ## ['1899', new Netflix show from the makers of 'Dark'. Anyone watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1899-new-netflix-show-from-the-makers-of-dark-anyone-watching/975143)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1899-new-netflix-show-from-the-makers-of-dark-anyone-watching/975143 "2025-07-02T16:34:14Z")
The German Sci-Fi mystery ‘Dark’ is one of my wife’s all-time favorite shows (and I enjoyed it very much as well), so when she learned of ‘1899’ she said we have to watch this! So we watched episode 1 last night. First … --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #31 – June, 2025 – “Colors”: POLL ADDED](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-31-june-2025-colors-poll-added/1019080)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-31-june-2025-colors-poll-added/1019080 "2025-07-02T00:02:38Z")
This is the monthly thread for June, 2025. The topic this month is “Colors (note the plural)”, chosen by @zimaane. Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the roll… --- ## [Bill Moyers has died at 91](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-moyers-has-died-at-91/1020180)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-moyers-has-died-at-91/1020180 "2025-07-01T22:37:32Z")
Another authentic journalist/commentator has left us. Gift link …To Americans who grew up after the 1960s, Mr. Moyers was known above all as an unusual breed of television correspondent and commentator. He was once … --- ## [What are songs with great climaxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-songs-with-great-climaxes/1019545)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-songs-with-great-climaxes/1019545 "2025-07-01T18:48:13Z")
You know, it builds, it builds, it builds…and then reaches a definite point where it’s at a climax and then, afterwards, calms. I mean, the obvious one is Bohemian Rhapsody… But I can think of a few others such as the … --- ## [Was "the black album" based on Spinal Tap's "Smell the Glove"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-black-album-based-on-spinal-taps-smell-the-glove/208488)
**Author:** [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-black-album-based-on-spinal-taps-smell-the-glove/208488 "2025-07-01T13:48:09Z")
The thread about colourful album covers mentioned the cover to Spinal Tap’s “Smell the Glove”, which, as you may know, is all black. Now here’s something I’ve been wondering for a long time: was the cover to Metallica’s… --- ## [Next Bond 007 movie director slated...unfortunately next actor has not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-bond-007-movie-director-slated-unfortunately-next-actor-has-not/1020170)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-bond-007-movie-director-slated-unfortunately-next-actor-has-not/1020170 "2025-06-30T21:22:30Z")
Villeneuve has directed both the recent Dune movies, Blade Runner 2049, and Sicario. (Denis Villeneuve to Direct New James Bond Movie) --- ## [Men in sandals and long jeans/pants , yay or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-sandals-and-long-jeans-pants-yay-or-nay/966911)
**Author:** [@spartan203](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spartan203)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-in-sandals-and-long-jeans-pants-yay-or-nay/966911 "2025-06-30T20:52:41Z")
Hey there!:slight\_smile: what do you think of this combination on a guy? I find it very comfortable but it seems like very few men wear sandals with their jeans, khakis or linen pants, women do it more often. If you like… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - June 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2025-edition/1018982)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2025-edition/1018982 "2025-06-30T19:07:05Z")
June is here! Summer! Kids are out of school. Hot days and warm nights! No more bundling up and sitting in a freezing car blowing cold air on the way to work! Flowers blooming, grass killing those of us with allergies! A… --- ## [Sound Effects in Comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effects-in-comics/1020178)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-effects-in-comics/1020178 "2025-06-30T15:51:11Z")
The most recent Don Martin thread I can find is from 2018 so I’m starting a new unlimited thread. “Unlimited” in that any sound effect which tickles your fancy is fair game. This one (Sequential Art, strip #1273) is wor… --- ## [Comic strip question - Tinkersons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-question-tinkersons/1020247)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-question-tinkersons/1020247 "2025-06-30T10:58:09Z")
In today’s comic Take it From the Tinkersons, what is on the boss’ head? Is that a hat or a hairstyle? Looks like a hard hat or a brimless stetson - but why would he be wearing that inside for a business meeting? --- ## [F1 - with Brad Pitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f1-with-brad-pitt/1020128)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2025, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f1-with-brad-pitt/1020128 "2025-06-30T03:32:04Z")
Going tonight to see F1 early screening on IMAX. Looks like a great summer flick. Directed by the same director of Top Gun: Maverick. It was filmed entirely on IMAX cameras, so should show well in the IMAX theater. … --- ## [What is your favourite “B-movie”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-b-movie/1019489)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-b-movie/1019489 "2025-06-29T15:12:24Z")
Something does not need to have any redeeming qualities to strike your fancy and be worth watching more than once. Junk food is more popular than bean salad. So what is your favourite “B-movie”, defined as you wish?. A… --- ## [Costco Food Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-food-court/1019955)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/costco-food-court/1019955 "2025-06-28T23:53:43Z")
Costco will always sell $1.50 hot dogs (with drink) and cheap rotisserie chicken. If people are buying hundreds of dollars worth of stuff, losing money on a couple of popular items that make customers happy is a no-brai… --- ## [RIP Bobby Sherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bobby-sherman/1020097)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bobby-sherman/1020097 "2025-06-28T23:48:00Z")
He apparently earned seven gold singles, one platinum single, and five gold albums. I don’t even think of him as a music performer. --- ## [Are there two versions of the Beach Boys "All Summer Long?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-two-versions-of-the-beach-boys-all-summer-long/915653)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-two-versions-of-the-beach-boys-all-summer-long/915653 "2025-06-28T19:59:52Z")
I used to think the lyrics were “remember when you spilt Coke allover your blouse.” Then I heard it as “milk allover.” Now I swear I heard it as Coke again. Is one of these songs the BBC required to be changed for produ… --- ## ["Outrageous"-- 6-episode BritBox series about the Mitford sisters (spoilers mandatory)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-6-episode-britbox-series-about-the-mitford-sisters-spoilers-mandatory/1020163 "2025-06-27T23:31:18Z")
Episodes appearing each week. Week of June 23rd, episode 3. Think of Downton Abbey reimagined by Salvador Dali. :face\_with\_spiral\_eyes: The family has a heavy-duty aristocratic pedigree: The family traces its origins… --- ## [Lalo Schifrin has died at 93. (Composer of the Mission Impossible theme !)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lalo-schifrin-has-died-at-93-composer-of-the-mission-impossible-theme/1020196)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lalo-schifrin-has-died-at-93-composer-of-the-mission-impossible-theme/1020196 "2025-06-27T21:24:18Z")
His list of credits is pretty impressive :- Dark Intruder (1965) Cool Hand Luke (1967) Bullitt (1968) The Fox (1967) Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968) Che! (1969) Kelly’s Heroes (1970) Dirty Harry (1971) … --- ## [Recommend a good sci-fi book to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-sci-fi-book-to-me/1019713)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-sci-fi-book-to-me/1019713 "2025-06-27T12:27:01Z")
I recently finished The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin and Old Man’s War by John Scalzi, and while I enjoyed both, they offered very different experiences. Le Guin’s book felt deeply intellectual. I liked ho… --- ## [Any drummers in residence? Music in The Croods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drummers-in-residence-music-in-the-croods/1020122)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drummers-in-residence-music-in-the-croods/1020122 "2025-06-27T00:51:02Z")
In the 2013 movie The Croods Alan Silvestri was the composer and here in the credits is a bit that was also used in a travel montage in the movie. I am wondering what sort of drum was used for the incessant beat. There… --- ## [The Fantastic Four: First Steps - pre-release discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-pre-release-discussion/1013874)
**Author:** [@OldManLogan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldManLogan)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fantastic-four-first-steps-pre-release-discussion/1013874 "2025-06-26T22:27:40Z")
The first trailer dropped for the first MCU Fantastic Four. Some information has dropped previously such as casting and thematic visuals, but this is the first time to see it in action. I’m not sold yet on all the first … --- ## [Why do authors stop writing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-authors-stop-writing/1019931)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-authors-stop-writing/1019931 "2025-06-26T22:20:54Z")
I’ve seen this pattern with a number of authors. There’s a period in their life when they write prolifically - writing a new novel every year for example - but then they get to a certain point and they just stop. What h… --- ## [Nice LITTLE Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-little-shows/849175 "2025-06-26T19:38:36Z")
We’ve probably done this before but I’m doing it again. What I mean by “little” shows for this thread are shows with a small number of episodes per season and just a few seasons. Shows like this typically are found on c… --- ## [Do you like thrillers with really sadistic, brutal criminals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-thrillers-with-really-sadistic-brutal-criminals/1019954)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-thrillers-with-really-sadistic-brutal-criminals/1019954 "2025-06-25T17:57:21Z")
Yesterday we turned on a TV show my wife had heard about -The Escape Artist with David Tenant. It was about a defense lawyer who never lost a case. Well, it turns out one client he gets off is a sadistic killer who tur… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=71)