# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=731 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 732 --- ## [Fear the Walking Dead: 3rd season premiere tonight (open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-3rd-season-premiere-tonight-open-spoilers/788143)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-3rd-season-premiere-tonight-open-spoilers/788143 "2017-06-09T00:39:25Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] The Clark family find themselves in a terrible predicament; Strand faces resistance as he attempts to hold power. \[/QUOTE\] Season 3 is premiering tonight with a double episode; Dave Erickson, Alycia Debnam… --- ## [Dancing With the Stars Season 24 Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-24-thread/782669)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancing-with-the-stars-season-24-thread/782669 "2017-06-08T20:15:54Z")
Tonight is the season opener for DWtS. Here’s a list of the couples: Celebrity Notability (known for) \[right\]Professional partner\[/right\] Simone Biles Olympic gymnast \[right\]Sasha Farber\[/right\] Bonner Bolton Model & … --- ## [The weirdest recommendation Netflix has given you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-recommendation-netflix-has-given-you/788426)
**Author:** [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weirdest-recommendation-netflix-has-given-you/788426 "2017-06-08T17:00:06Z")
So, everyone who uses Netflix has certainly gotten recommendations from it that leave them baffled. I’d like to hear the most ludicrous ones you’ve gotten. Mostly because Netflix’s ‘weird rec’ hit a new record for me, t… --- ## [Murder on the Orient Express (again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-on-the-orient-express-again/788088)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-on-the-orient-express-again/788088 "2017-06-08T16:53:07Z")
Trailer here. I saw Johnny Depp’s name come up and my heart fell, anticipating some campy travesty of Poirot. Fortunately he plays Ratchett, so he is disposed of fairly early on. Since I can’t imagine anyone doesn’t a… --- ## [Legends of Tomorrow Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legends-of-tomorrow-season-2/768506)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legends-of-tomorrow-season-2/768506 "2017-06-08T15:39:57Z")
I guess I’m doing all the CW superhero shows. This show doesn’t waste any time making major plot developments. I’d say it’s faster than even The Flash. Less than 10 minutes into the new season, the Legends are already… --- ## [Scaramouche Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scaramouche-jones/788438)
**Author:** [@Private\_Bin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Private_Bin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scaramouche-jones/788438 "2017-06-08T15:31:47Z")
Hey, Does anyone know if there is a video recording of ‘Scaramouche Jones’, a one man play with Pete Postlewaite? It was a theatre play, and you can buy a script book, but I can’t find any video of it. --- ## [Peter Sallis, voice of Wallace from Wallace & Gromit, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-sallis-voice-of-wallace-from-wallace-gromit-has-died/788223)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-sallis-voice-of-wallace-from-wallace-gromit-has-died/788223 "2017-06-08T13:01:42Z")
Age 96 - he will be missed: http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/news/tribute-peter-sallis-voice-wallace-dies-age-96 --- ## [What to do with small green tomatoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-small-green-tomatoes/734685)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-small-green-tomatoes/734685 "2015-10-20T04:01:34Z")
The end of the garden for the season seems like it is close at hand, especially the tomatoes. We still have half a billion smallish green heirloom tomatoes on the vine, of about 5 different varieties. What can I do wit… --- ## [Whatever happened to cyberpunk science fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-cyberpunk-science-fiction/788412)
**Author:** [@TYphoonSignal8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TYphoonSignal8)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-cyberpunk-science-fiction/788412 "2017-06-08T07:04:24Z")
I was re-reading William Gibson’s Neuromancer on the weekend, considering all the things he got right (advances in biotechnology, the Internet, cashless society, the rise of artificial intelligence) and all of the things… --- ## [Sunday! Sunday! Amphetamine Speedway!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-sunday-amphetamine-speedway/456199 "2017-06-08T04:34:17Z")
Okay, we’ve all heard it at some point. But lost in the mists of time – what was it from originally? (Flo and Eddie? It has a sort of Volman and Kaylan sound to it, doesn’t it?) And where can I find it today? Thanks… --- ## [Does anyone else suffer from: "I'm hungry but I don't know what I want" syndrome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-suffer-from-im-hungry-but-i-dont-know-what-i-want-syndrome/788008)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-suffer-from-im-hungry-but-i-dont-know-what-i-want-syndrome/788008 "2017-06-08T04:12:16Z")
I have a bad case of this going on right now. I know I’m too lazy to cook anything right now. And I got just about every type of restaurant with in a stone’s throw of my house. But nothing sounds good! Gah! I hate that! … --- ## [What would a reasonably locavore meal look like in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-reasonably-locavore-meal-look-like-in-your-area/787663)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-a-reasonably-locavore-meal-look-like-in-your-area/787663 "2017-06-08T03:37:30Z")
I’m on the Big Island (Hawaii) for the summer, and the other day our lunch consisted of soft flour tortillas filled with grilled tuna, spinach, tomatoes, and a mango/coconut/ghost-pepper sauce we bought at the farmers’ m… --- ## [The Piper Cub Crosses a Major Literary Milestone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piper-cub-crosses-a-major-literary-milestone/785613)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-piper-cub-crosses-a-major-literary-milestone/785613 "2017-06-08T03:35:10Z")
I’m working in my study and the Cub wanders in. He looks at my bookshelf and says, “Will you read something to me, Daddy?” I say “Sure!” “It’s from a big book,” he warns. “That’s fine,” I reassure him. He pulls out … --- ## [Need recipes for roasted red peppers, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recipes-for-roasted-red-peppers-please/788289)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recipes-for-roasted-red-peppers-please/788289 "2017-06-07T23:07:01Z")
A while ago Costco was selling big jars of Tassos roasted red peppers packed in water. I wanted the jars, which were lovely, so I bought four. I know roasted red peppers are good cut into strips on a Greek salad, but I … --- ## [The time between "showtime" and when the movie actually starts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-between-showtime-and-when-the-movie-actually-starts/788083)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-time-between-showtime-and-when-the-movie-actually-starts/788083 "2017-06-07T21:44:43Z")
Is it getting longer? Tonight we went to see a 4:50 showing of Wonder Woman. The actual movie began at 5:18. 28 minutes after the advertised showtime seems longer to me. I must admit to not really keeping track in th… --- ## [Mulberries!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mulberries/539673)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mulberries/539673 "2017-06-07T20:05:33Z")
I have 4 mulberry trees in my backyard, and I have always just enjoyed them by thee handful. My dogs also enjoy them, picking them for themselves from the low hanging branches. Just today I decided to see if there are … --- ## [How do bar bands pay royalties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bar-bands-pay-royalties/787951)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bar-bands-pay-royalties/787951 "2017-06-07T17:54:57Z")
When I was working in a casino in the early nineties with a band four nights a week, I got awfully tired of Sharp Dressed Man. So, I’m wondering; those bands (most of them) who cover everybody’s favorites are theoretica… --- ## [The Amazing Race (TAR 29) begins March 30](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-tar-29-begins-march-30/783209 "2017-06-07T16:46:24Z")
The 29th season of The Amazing Race finally premieres on Thursday, March 30 at 10 PM. Not content to leave the basic formula well enough alone, the producers are pairing up complete strangers to run the race. That’s ri… --- ## [Gotham Season 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotham-season-3/766340)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotham-season-3/766340 "2017-06-07T13:08:36Z")
Starts September 19 (today as I type this) We left last season with Hugo Strange’s experiments escaping, and we had explicit mention of The Court of Owls. Personally I think the spoiler rules be anything that is offici… --- ## [Japanese cover of "Stairway to Heaven"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-cover-of-stairway-to-heaven/788338)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-cover-of-stairway-to-heaven/788338 "2017-06-07T06:16:00Z")
Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” played on traditional Japanese instruments (kotos and flutes). --- ## [Princess Leia's Stolen Death Star Plans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/princess-leias-stolen-death-star-plans/785744)
**Author:** [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/princess-leias-stolen-death-star-plans/785744 "2017-06-06T22:40:22Z")
Someone has set Star Wars to the music of the Beatle’s Sgt Pepper album. And did a damn fine job of it. I discovered this just in time to share for May the Fourth. --- ## [Call the Midwife; series 6 on PBS (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-midwife-series-6-on-pbs-open-spoilers/783623)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-the-midwife-series-6-on-pbs-open-spoilers/783623 "2017-06-06T21:43:12Z")
Series 6 is starting tonight on PBS. It’s now 1962, most of the staff’s back from South Africa, and already I can tell Sister Ursula’s being set up as a bit of a bitch (albeit a well meaning one). Then again Nurse Cran… --- ## [How many rock stars really choked on their own vomit (or someone else's ;-))?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-rock-stars-really-choked-on-their-own-vomit-or-someone-elses/788134)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-rock-stars-really-choked-on-their-own-vomit-or-someone-elses/788134 "2017-06-06T20:07:21Z")
I’m listening to AC/DC, “Ride On”, and I thought how this song foreshadowed Bon Scott’s death by, well, choking on his vomit sleeping in a car after a bender in town. This reason for death is such a clichè that it got sp… --- ## [Justice League: Zach Snyder out; Joss Whedon in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-zach-snyder-out-joss-whedon-in/787241)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-league-zach-snyder-out-joss-whedon-in/787241 "2017-06-06T17:23:33Z")
The cause is really terrible: Zach Snyder’s daughter committed suicide so he is stepping down from finishing Justice League to be with his family and handing it over to Joss. If it were any other circumstances this would… --- ## [How does the Enterprise NX01 compare to modern warships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-enterprise-nx01-compare-to-modern-warships/788097)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-enterprise-nx01-compare-to-modern-warships/788097 "2017-06-06T16:39:17Z")
SCENARIO: The Enterprise NX01 is destroyed by a Klingon bird of prey and a Borg cube that had “teamed up” to destroy the mighty Enterprise. As the ship is exploding, Picard pulls out a one time use time travel device fro… --- ## [Music for World History: Bronze Agre Through WW2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-world-history-bronze-agre-through-ww2/788179)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-world-history-bronze-agre-through-ww2/788179 "2017-06-06T11:54:55Z")
This past year, I was teaching high school Economics and Government. Starting next Fall, I’ll be teaching a two-semester World History course, spanning (roughly) the Bronze Age through World War 2. I’m putting together … --- ## [Moby's "We Are All Made of Stars" video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobys-we-are-all-made-of-stars-video/110052)
**Author:** [@RaCha\_ar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaCha_ar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobys-we-are-all-made-of-stars-video/110052 "2017-06-06T11:15:13Z")
I just ran a search for this and found nothing, so I apologise if this is a repeat thread. I was wondering if anyone knows if there’s a complete list of all of the actors who appear in Moby’s new “We Are All Made of Star… --- ## [Who were America's Beatles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-americas-beatles/787662)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-were-americas-beatles/787662 "2017-06-06T10:04:32Z")
Inspired by the thread about the “Beach boys” (who IMHO come pretty close). Pretty much self explanatory question. One unacceptable answer is “The Doors”, who were actually America’s Rolling Stones. --- ## [Help me identify am obscure French historical adventure TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-am-obscure-french-historical-adventure-tv-show/788132)
**Author:** [@Apollon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-am-obscure-french-historical-adventure-tv-show/788132 "2017-06-06T09:47:08Z")
The show starred a young impoverished (and I think orphaned) nobleman in the 1780s. He lost his father’s estate, and after some adventures ended up becoming a captain in Louis XV’s Scottish Guard. He had an Iroquois serv… --- ## [What happened to the Imperials taken prisoner by Rebels in RotJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-imperials-taken-prisoner-by-rebels-in-rotj/788149)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-imperials-taken-prisoner-by-rebels-in-rotj/788149 "2017-06-06T03:51:24Z")
Forced to pick up pieces of Death Star II? Handed over to the tender mercies of the Ewoks? Made to play Yug Yug??? (Shudder) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=730) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=732)