# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=719 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 720 --- ## [Yet Another Jam Making Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-jam-making-question/790953)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-jam-making-question/790953 "2017-07-10T23:29:22Z")
After searching through the archives I couldn’t the answer to my questions… I have been making different kinds of jam during the summer months for a few years now, and the results have been at best, inconsistent. I’m ta… --- ## [ID this '80s comedy involving a Caribbean island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-80s-comedy-involving-a-caribbean-island/790941)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-80s-comedy-involving-a-caribbean-island/790941 "2017-07-10T20:36:03Z")
I’m trying to remember what movie this was. It was a comedy from sometime in the '80s, and took place on (I think, but am not sure) a Caribbean Island that is ruled by a dictator. Elections are coming up, and two guys … --- ## ["I like \[genre\] but I've never seen \[movie/s\]"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-genre-but-ive-never-seen-movie-s/790759)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-genre-but-ive-never-seen-movie-s/790759 "2017-07-10T20:01:16Z")
Even if you generally like a genre of movie, there are inevitably movies in that genre you haven’t seen because they just don’t appeal to you. And almost as inevitably, people express surprise that you’ve never seen \_\_\_. … --- ## [All-Time Best Newbery Medal Book, In Your Opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-best-newbery-medal-book-in-your-opinion/778836)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-best-newbery-medal-book-in-your-opinion/778836 "2017-07-10T19:09:40Z")
Here’s a list of all of the books to win the Newbery Medal, except the most recent, which is The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill. (Which I’ve read and is excellent, by the way.) Which one do you think is the … --- ## [Elvis' fatal heart attack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-fatal-heart-attack/94688)
**Author:** [@Barking\_Spider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Spider)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-fatal-heart-attack/94688 "2017-07-10T18:50:32Z")
Was Elvis Presleys fatal heart attack caused by a drug overdose? Or was it caused by being a fat, out of shape lard ass? Also, is it true that he suffered the heart attack while sitting on the toilet? --- ## [What was the first "modern" pop music video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-modern-pop-music-video/790906)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-modern-pop-music-video/790906 "2017-07-10T16:34:57Z")
By “modern”, I mean “Wasn’t simply a video of the band playing their instruments”, but more like had a story on it, had the band members doing something while singing/playing, or was basically a totally unrelated film se… --- ## [Whose autographs do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-autographs-do-you-have/790181)
**Author:** [@Debillw3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debillw3)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-autographs-do-you-have/790181 "2017-07-10T15:12:55Z")
I came upon these two threads about signed books & pictures (respectively), and, as a serious collector of autographs myself, I thought it might be interesting to get those balls rolling again in a single thread. So wha… --- ## [Legion of Super-Heroes History.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legion-of-super-heroes-history/790672)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legion-of-super-heroes-history/790672 "2017-07-10T13:23:12Z")
Can any one person actually explain it all??? I get it up to Zero Hour and End of an Era. That’s childsplay. I tried to make sense of the Wiki article and WOW. What a mess. I get the Supergirl issues and the theme of t… --- ## [Magazines with heft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-with-heft/790102)
**Author:** [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magazines-with-heft/790102 "2017-07-10T13:05:51Z")
For some time I’ve been reading Lanham’s Quarterly http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/, and recently started reading The Economist’s 1843 https://www.1843magazine.com/ . Both, especially Lanham’s, have a substantial amount… --- ## [Martini advert 1960s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martini-advert-1960s/496452)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martini-advert-1960s/496452 "2017-07-10T12:55:57Z")
Those of you who are getting on a bit will remember the 1960s / 1970s advert for Martini Rosso, which had the jingle “it’s the right one, the bright one - it’s Martini!” (There was also “Any time, any place anywhere…” i… --- ## [What show/episode is this scene from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-episode-is-this-scene-from/790808)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-episode-is-this-scene-from/790808 "2017-07-10T02:57:58Z")
I thought it was most probably from “Inspector Morse”, but checking a few likely episodes didn’t turn it up. The scene: a girl student is with her Oxford (presumably) tutor, and he embraces her and kisses her on the mou… --- ## [Dumb astronauts: How did this movie trope start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-astronauts-how-did-this-movie-trope-start/790572)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-astronauts-how-did-this-movie-trope-start/790572 "2017-07-10T02:10:52Z")
How did we go from “smart” space films like Apollo 13, Alien, Contact, Sunshine to movies like… Gravity, Alien: Covenant, Life, Europa Report… where the entire premise is “fancy spaceship, dumb humans, something eats th… --- ## [Inventor of Hawaiian Pizza Dead at 83](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-hawaiian-pizza-dead-at-83/788591)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventor-of-hawaiian-pizza-dead-at-83/788591 "2017-07-09T17:45:50Z")
Sam Panopoulos, who was actually a Greek immigrant in Canada. RIP, Sam. We hardly knew ye. :frowning: I like Hawaiian pizza myself. It is offered here in Hawaii but not the big deal you might imagine it would be. Her… --- ## [How do albums become commercial flops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-albums-become-commercial-flops/790666)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-albums-become-commercial-flops/790666 "2017-07-09T16:35:36Z")
Let me explain what I’m asking here. Everyone understands why a movie flops. The studio invests tons of money, hypes the film to the moon, gets it put in thousands of theaters, and then not many people watch it. But musi… --- ## [Chekov's Vodka: OR Alcoholics on TV shows who don't relapse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-vodka-or-alcoholics-on-tv-shows-who-dont-relapse/790573)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chekovs-vodka-or-alcoholics-on-tv-shows-who-dont-relapse/790573 "2017-07-09T14:01:49Z")
Inspired by this topic: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=830314 It seems that anytime a character on a show gets set up as an alcoholic early on, it’s pretty much guaranteed they are going to relaps… --- ## [frankie laine's bowie knife lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frankie-laines-bowie-knife-lyrics/512216)
**Author:** [@flano1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flano1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frankie-laines-bowie-knife-lyrics/512216 "2010-10-16T01:23:30Z")
i’ve listened to this song for years and i can’t decipher the line that sounds like: “…long razor blade steel…”. my google fu has failed me; lyric site searches nada. please help lest i go stark raving mad and be in n… --- ## [I destest movies that can't control the volume, so you have to...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-destest-movies-that-cant-control-the-volume-so-you-have-to/790670)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-destest-movies-that-cant-control-the-volume-so-you-have-to/790670 "2017-07-09T11:24:39Z")
Wife is watching Agora, a Roman period drama about Hypatia Lee (I think) and it has to be one of the worst offenders of horrible sound… mixing, editing, levelling, whatever. SCENE: … everybody is whispering… (turn volum… --- ## [How do "serious" musicians view Queen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-serious-musicians-view-queen/790571)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-serious-musicians-view-queen/790571 "2017-07-09T10:33:07Z")
This may just be a stupid question, considering their solid status as rock legends, but I was watching a documentary a couple weeks ago about them and all most of the rock stars they interviewed seemed to almost be damni… --- ## [Gregory Crewdson - how does he make photographs look like paintings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gregory-crewdson-how-does-he-make-photographs-look-like-paintings/790764)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gregory-crewdson-how-does-he-make-photographs-look-like-paintings/790764 "2017-07-09T03:15:32Z")
I like his new series, Cathedral of the Pines. They remind me of watercolor paintings. Like this https://goo.gl/images/gT6Y1m But they are photographs. Is he heavily manipulating them in Photoshop? He only says he us… --- ## [Fan fiction sites for kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-fiction-sites-for-kids/790553)
**Author:** [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-fiction-sites-for-kids/790553 "2017-07-09T01:56:19Z")
My 11-year-old daughter is very into Harry Potter and the Hunger Games. She also likes to write, and wrote a Hunger Games story the other day. I think she’d be into the idea of reading other people’s fan fiction about he… --- ## [Question re: Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me/790330)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me/790330 "2017-07-09T01:53:21Z")
I watched “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me” last night. I wish now that I had watched it before the new series began as there was a lot of callbacks to the film that I had forgotten about (I saw this film a few times when … --- ## [Gooder Eats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooder-eats/790731)
**Author:** [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gooder-eats/790731 "2017-07-09T01:22:36Z")
This youtube video from Alton Brown seems to be hinting at something…:dubious: Anyone else hope Good Eats makes a comeback? --- ## [Anyone here into Norm Macdonald's podcast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-into-norm-macdonalds-podcast/790471)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-into-norm-macdonalds-podcast/790471 "2017-07-08T23:25:37Z")
Crickets chirp… --- ## [John Adams - Reunion (Open Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-adams-reunion-open-spoilers/443383)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-adams-reunion-open-spoilers/443383 "2017-07-08T22:26:22Z")
For mouse hover… --- ## [What is the perfect lasagna to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-perfect-lasagna-to-you/790069)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-perfect-lasagna-to-you/790069 "2017-07-08T21:50:02Z")
As a lover of lasagna, I was wondering if y’all could describe the perfect lasagna to me: How many layers? What meat(s)? What cheese(s)? What spices? What else? If there is a regional version that you especially li… --- ## [The "Wonder Woman" theme vs. the "Batgirl" theme --Which is more of an earworm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonder-woman-theme-vs-the-batgirl-theme-which-is-more-of-an-earworm/790624 "2017-07-08T21:39:14Z")
I’m talking of course about the 1970’s Lynda Carter “New, Original Wonder Woman” and the 1960’s “Batgirl” theme from the third season of “Batman”. (I chose not to use the “Batman” theme song since it is short on dumb lyr… --- ## [Authors that wandered off mid series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-that-wandered-off-mid-series/790092)
**Author:** [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-that-wandered-off-mid-series/790092 "2017-07-08T21:13:17Z")
So, I was just doing some searching for my favorite authors to see if they’ve released anything for me to add to my summer reading list. Brandon Sanderson? Yep, novel and novella. James Islington? Yep, novel. Craig Schae… --- ## [Joan Lee, Stan Lee's wife of 69 years, has passed away.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-lee-stan-lees-wife-of-69-years-has-passed-away/790668)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-lee-stan-lees-wife-of-69-years-has-passed-away/790668 "2017-07-08T20:08:11Z")
Joan Lee, the wife of Marvel Comics’ legendary publisher Stan Lee, passed away at the age of 93, it has been announced. She died from a stroke last Thursday in Los Angeles. --- ## [Happy Birthday, Billy Shears!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-billy-shears/790730 "2017-07-08T16:58:27Z")
Happy 77th birthday to the One and Only Ringo Starr. I salute you, Mr. Starkey. May you always get by with a little help from your friends. :cool: --- ## [Guys, which novels with a female main character do you particularly like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-which-novels-with-a-female-main-character-do-you-particularly-like/788407)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-which-novels-with-a-female-main-character-do-you-particularly-like/788407 "2017-07-08T16:42:57Z")
When discussing fiction, you’ll come across the idea repeatedly that girls will readily read books about boys, but boys usually won’t willingly read books about girls. Does this change when the boys grow up to be men? I … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=718) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=720)