# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=736 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 737 --- ## [American Epic - PBS Series on Recording Industry Beginnings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-epic-pbs-series-on-recording-industry-beginnings/787342)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-epic-pbs-series-on-recording-industry-beginnings/787342 "2017-05-24T14:33:06Z")
Three part documentary that premiered May 16th here in the US; ep. 2 aired last night. I’ve only watched ep. 1 so far, which IMHO was very well done. I was most impressed with the archival footage (The Carter Family, … --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 24 (May 11, 2017) -- "The Long Distance Dissonance "](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360 "2017-05-24T02:38:34Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## ["Saul Goodman" = "It's all good, man"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saul-goodman-its-all-good-man/616936)
**Author:** [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saul-goodman-its-all-good-man/616936 "2017-05-23T21:17:39Z")
I’m not sure if it’s been done before, but as I was rewatching Breaking Bad in preparation for Season 5 (totally unrelated to the other current thread) something occurred to me: Since Saul Goodman’s name is an alias any… --- ## [Dr. Manhattan vs. Squirrel Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-manhattan-vs-squirrel-girl/787189)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-manhattan-vs-squirrel-girl/787189 "2017-05-23T19:19:33Z")
The superman of The Watchmen…who apparently created the DC universe… vs the inexplicably triumphant pied piper of the Marvel universe. Which would win? --- ## [Iron Chef-Gauntlet-so overwrought!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-gauntlet-so-overwrought/786364)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-chef-gauntlet-so-overwrought/786364 "2017-05-23T18:44:46Z")
I’m trying to watch this but jeez, I can hardly keep up with the rules!! --- ## [Questions about "Escape from Alcatraz" WARNING! spoilers galore, no boxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-escape-from-alcatraz-warning-spoilers-galore-no-boxes/233665)
**Author:** [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-escape-from-alcatraz-warning-spoilers-galore-no-boxes/233665 "2017-05-23T18:02:03Z")
Probably hard to spoil a movie called “Escape from Alcatraz” (starring Clint Eastwood), but please don’t read my questions if you haven’t seen it and don’t want to know what happens. In no particular order: Is it act… --- ## [What is that kid in Indiana Jones the Temple of Doom refering to when (s)he says Marharishi days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-kid-in-indiana-jones-the-temple-of-doom-refering-to-when-s-he-says-marharishi-days/546991)
**Author:** [@Zany\_Zeolite\_Zipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zany_Zeolite_Zipper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-kid-in-indiana-jones-the-temple-of-doom-refering-to-when-s-he-says-marharishi-days/546991 "2017-05-23T16:58:03Z")
During Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the child King or Queen (I think (s)he was a girl but I can’t remember) says that (s)he knew someone during the Marharishi days. What is this term referring to? --- ## [What's the most times you've seen your favorite band/artist in concert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-times-youve-seen-your-favorite-band-artist-in-concert/786948)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-times-youve-seen-your-favorite-band-artist-in-concert/786948 "2017-05-23T14:41:01Z")
I just bought tickets to see one of my favorite bands, Apocalyptica, here in Orlando, which will mark the 5th time I’ve seen them. The first was at a House of Blues in Cleveland, then I saw them at a festival in Indy, o… --- ## [Alan Holdsworth RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-holdsworth-rip/784581)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-holdsworth-rip/784581 "2017-05-23T14:30:02Z")
Wow–unexpected and quite a shock to this casual fan. One of the greatest guitarists of his generation. No details about cause of death yet. :frowning: --- ## [Funniest "Flying Circus"-only MP sketch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-flying-circus-only-mp-sketch/786864 "2017-05-23T14:16:58Z")
What do you think this the funniest Monty Python sketch that only appears on Flying Circus? This means nothing from And Now For Something Completely Different or Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Sketch list for both movies h… --- ## [RIP Roger Moore... 007 gone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roger-moore-007-gone/787276)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-roger-moore-007-gone/787276 "2017-05-23T14:05:03Z")
News just came on the heels of the Manchester bombing. ETA: ninja’ed. See 1 minute earlier thread. As Sir Roger would have said, it’s all in the timing. --- ## [AMC Into the Badlands: whaddya think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-into-the-badlands-whaddya-think/737677)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amc-into-the-badlands-whaddya-think/737677 "2017-05-23T10:12:53Z")
I’m “eh”. I thought the fight scenes were great. No characters I cared about. Thought I was watching NBC’s “Revolution”, “Jericho” and “Maze Runners”. --- ## [Translating weight measure of dried beans to volume measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translating-weight-measure-of-dried-beans-to-volume-measure/297480)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translating-weight-measure-of-dried-beans-to-volume-measure/297480 "2017-05-23T08:56:49Z")
I want to try a chili recipe that calls for “six ounces” each of several kinds of dried beans. I have no kitchen scale, only measuring cups. What’s the volume in cups of six ounces of dried beans? --- ## [Characters you liked that were "Chuck Cunningham"'d](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-liked-that-were-chuck-cunningham-d/786960)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-you-liked-that-were-chuck-cunningham-d/786960 "2017-05-23T03:06:42Z")
Personally, I wish they’d kept Ruth Ann Torkelson. --- ## [Lucy (Peanuts) quote re: statistics "I just now made them up"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-peanuts-quote-re-statistics-i-just-now-made-them-up/772662)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucy-peanuts-quote-re-statistics-i-just-now-made-them-up/772662 "2017-05-23T01:12:01Z")
Once again my google-fu is weak. I remember a Peanuts strip where Lucy starts quoting statistics (at Charlie Brown, IIRC) about women, including “90% of college graduates are women!” (Or similar) Charlie asks “where di… --- ## [Worst end of series cliffhanger.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-end-of-series-cliffhanger/786494)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-end-of-series-cliffhanger/786494 "2017-05-22T22:57:26Z")
So what’s worse that having a series finale that sucks? Having one that isn’t, but actually is. The reality is that given the way the TV biz works you’re going to have “end-of season” cliffhangers that turn into “end-o… --- ## [New Budweiser Commercials: That's 'Sweet Child of Mine'...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-budweiser-commercials-thats-sweet-child-of-mine/787191)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-budweiser-commercials-thats-sweet-child-of-mine/787191 "2017-05-22T21:52:46Z")
Hi. Usually this is easy for me, but this one wasn’t. The song starts from the 0.04 second mark as a piano riff… and it took nearly the whole commercial to guess it. Q: Did you know it instantly or did it take you a … --- ## [Did I get punked at a local Farmer's Market?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-get-punked-at-a-local-farmers-market/787095)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-get-punked-at-a-local-farmers-market/787095 "2017-05-22T21:37:50Z")
I bought some tomatoes at a local Farmer’s Market the other day off the back of this elderly guy and his wife’s pickup truck. The tomatoes to select from were all very uniform and pretty, almost weirdly so for home grow… --- ## [Iron Maiden Vinyl Reissues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-maiden-vinyl-reissues/787001)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-maiden-vinyl-reissues/787001 "2017-05-22T17:11:24Z")
The first 4 of 12 vinyl reissues of Iron Maiden albums are available today! From the March announcement: Parlophone Records will follow 2014’s reissue of the first eight IRON MAIDEN albums, which spanned the 1980s, wit… --- ## [Corn on Cob](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-cob/785930)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-cob/785930 "2017-05-22T15:13:24Z")
The thread for all things Corn on Cob. Where do you buy it, how do you eat it, etc. Walmart had corn for 15c an ear yesterday, my fist of the new year. I grew up in eastern Wisconsin, where Corn on Cob is one of the m… --- ## [Proverbial Needle in Haystack - annoying character with a long ponytail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proverbial-needle-in-haystack-annoying-character-with-a-long-ponytail/787120)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proverbial-needle-in-haystack-annoying-character-with-a-long-ponytail/787120 "2017-05-22T05:31:39Z")
Okay, Dopers! My daughter has a friend, and she said “Your daughter says I look like Jennifer Lawrence, what do you think?” No, she does not. But she does bear a strong resemblance to another, lesser known actress, but … --- ## [Homemade hard cider](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-hard-cider/597938)
**Author:** [@FE3O4ENAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FE3O4ENAIL)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homemade-hard-cider/597938 "2017-05-22T04:52:27Z")
Years ago you could just buy fresh apple cider and let it age in the fridge, after a week or two the jug would swell and the cider had a nice tang to it. I was told the wild yeasts present on the apples were responsible … --- ## ["Love" (Anna Karenina) on TCM tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-anna-karenina-on-tcm-tonight/787198)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-anna-karenina-on-tcm-tonight/787198 "2017-05-22T04:36:36Z")
It’s the silent with Greta Garbo. Am I the only one who hears canned laughter once in a while, and not at the lighter moments? It’s not a comedy :confused: --- ## [The perils of ordering your second drink when your entree arrives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perils-of-ordering-your-second-drink-when-your-entree-arrives/786993)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perils-of-ordering-your-second-drink-when-your-entree-arrives/786993 "2017-05-22T02:31:40Z")
This is a problem I’ve had at a number of restaurants over the years, and it’s fresh in my mind because it happened to me again last night. Server asked us for our drink orders first thing, which is standard, and they w… --- ## [Pre-Cooking 4 Tri Tips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-cooking-4-tri-tips/786997)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-cooking-4-tri-tips/786997 "2017-05-22T01:48:28Z")
We’re having a bunch of people over on Saturday night and my wife suggested we do Tri Tips. We bought four good sized tri tips and they have been marinating in the fridge for a few days. I would like to pre-cook them on … --- ## [Great Hera! The Oracles are decreeing that "Wonder Woman" is good stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-hera-the-oracles-are-decreeing-that-wonder-woman-is-good-stuff/787003)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-hera-the-oracles-are-decreeing-that-wonder-woman-is-good-stuff/787003 "2017-05-21T11:33:29Z")
No official reviews yet, but as per this io9 article, the word going around from advance screenings is that the “Wonder Woman” movie is actually pretty good – and even has a sense of humor! I have to admit, I am looking… --- ## [Let's talk about the funniest British comedy of the last decade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-funniest-british-comedy-of-the-last-decade/664413)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-funniest-british-comedy-of-the-last-decade/664413 "2017-05-21T06:33:03Z")
As I have mentioned before, I’m a bit of an Anglophile when it comes to culture. I watch a lot of British TV, and listen to a lot of British radio. Lots more than I do their American counterparts. Of all of the recent… --- ## ["Get Me Roger Stone" documentary on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-me-roger-stone-documentary-on-netflix/787092)
**Author:** [@Lightlystarched](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightlystarched)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-me-roger-stone-documentary-on-netflix/787092 "2017-05-21T03:10:14Z")
I just watched it this morning. Love to hear what others thought about it. --- ## [Beer for a Friday afternoon - a nice stout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-for-a-friday-afternoon-a-nice-stout/787028)
**Author:** [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-for-a-friday-afternoon-a-nice-stout/787028 "2017-05-20T23:09:14Z")
Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout. Made by the brewmaster at our (CO) Governor’s brewpub. This is not a joke. Maybe not for the queasy types. --- ## ["Real" human actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-human-actors/787071)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-human-actors/787071 "2017-05-20T23:02:04Z")
Would you enjoy your favorite movies if the cast looked, sounded and behaved more like you and I?\* \*Slightly over-weight, acne on nose, scratching itches as they occur, often speaking in incomplete sentences peppered wi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=735) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=737)