# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=762 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 763 --- ## [Stephen Hillenburg, creator of Spongebob Squarepants, has Lou Gehrig's disease.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hillenburg-creator-of-spongebob-squarepants-has-lou-gehrigs-disease/782160)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hillenburg-creator-of-spongebob-squarepants-has-lou-gehrigs-disease/782160 "2017-03-15T04:22:15Z")
A source says that he received the diagnosis early and is still in the early stages of the neurodegenerative disease, and Hillenburg confirmed it in a statement that also says he’ll continue to work on the show for as lo… --- ## [Shows that switched networks "up" the chain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-switched-networks-up-the-chain/782055)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-switched-networks-up-the-chain/782055 "2017-03-15T03:54:09Z")
In this article on the AVclub, they discuss the various failures and successes of shows that switched networks. In it, they say the following: Is that really the only show to move up the chain? I remember it making th… --- ## [How tolerant are you of bad subtitles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tolerant-are-you-of-bad-subtitles/781984)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tolerant-are-you-of-bad-subtitles/781984 "2017-03-15T03:32:41Z")
So there’s this older Japanese TV show that I’ve been watching on YouTube. Most of it is subtitled by individuals (it’s never been officially subbed). After the first 15 or so episodes, this particular account posts vide… --- ## [Name some stories where the protagonist and antagonist never meet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-stories-where-the-protagonist-and-antagonist-never-meet/782112)
**Author:** [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-stories-where-the-protagonist-and-antagonist-never-meet/782112 "2017-03-15T01:02:14Z")
Over the weekend, we were discussing the movie The Fifth Element, and realized that the protagonist and antagonist in that movie not only #1. Never meet But also #2. Don’t know the other exists And yet #3. The prota… --- ## [Why does it seem there are dozens of executive producers for a show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-there-are-dozens-of-executive-producers-for-a-show/782061)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-seem-there-are-dozens-of-executive-producers-for-a-show/782061 "2017-03-15T00:46:22Z")
First, I’m not entirely sure what the difference is between a producer, director, casting agent, etc. Any movie I can recall off the top of my head has something along the lines of “from director x, in association with … --- ## [Corned beef and cabbage: Carrots, or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-and-cabbage-carrots-or-no/782105)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corned-beef-and-cabbage-carrots-or-no/782105 "2017-03-15T00:44:19Z")
I’ve been cooking corned beef and cabbage for a lot of years. I used to always put carrots in the pot. Lately, I don’t. (Potatoes always go in, because the time I didn’t it was much too salty. Potatoes absorb the exc… --- ## [One-groove songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-groove-songs/781720 "2017-03-14T22:51:40Z")
So what songs are you into that have, at most, two parts (because I can’t think of a tune that’s literally just one part) and, at the very least, no discernible verse, chorus, or bridge, whatsoever, so that it essentiall… --- ## [Why is Moonlight a really good movie, cinematographically?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-moonlight-a-really-good-movie-cinematographically/782009)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-moonlight-a-really-good-movie-cinematographically/782009 "2017-03-14T21:50:48Z")
I saw “Best Picture”-winner Moonlight, and yes, I greatly enjoyed and admired it, but it made me realize once again how clueless (and usually oblivious) I am about standard film visual stuff such as angles and cuts and l… --- ## [Evil Dead II turns 30 today. Has any movie ever been this funny AND scary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-dead-ii-turns-30-today-has-any-movie-ever-been-this-funny-and-scary/782115 "2017-03-14T17:08:19Z")
I’ve grown used to thinking of Evil Dead II as a comedy, but the reality is that it is still pretty scary in some parts. My mind immediately goes to the blood pouring/gushing out of the wall an his hand running around wh… --- ## [Salad with Unidentified Orange Glop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-with-unidentified-orange-glop/781833)
**Author:** [@Fruitbat2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fruitbat2)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salad-with-unidentified-orange-glop/781833 "2017-03-14T16:09:57Z")
Help. I just ate a Wendy’s Power Mediterranean salad and it had unidentified orange glop on top. It didn’t taste like salad dressing and the salad dressing was provided separately. It just tasted like glop. What was it? … --- ## [Help me identify a children's picture book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-childrens-picture-book/782131)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-a-childrens-picture-book/782131 "2017-03-14T06:22:20Z")
I was watching a “Family Affair” episode on Hulu today (don’t judge–revisiting my childhood!) and in one scene, Jody had children’s book with a big egg on both the front and the back covers. The title was masked off, so … --- ## [Veep, season 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-season-5/753067)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-season-5/753067 "2017-03-14T04:13:39Z")
The new season of Veep premiered tonight (overshadowed by Game of Thrones, as always), and it was surprisingly good, given that the original show creator has departed. Usually, that presages a sharp decline in quality (s… --- ## [Irish Music's Free Bird, Stairway to Heaven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-musics-free-bird-stairway-to-heaven/782086)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irish-musics-free-bird-stairway-to-heaven/782086 "2017-03-14T02:27:28Z")
If you go an Irish bar, what song might the band be sick of getting requests for? A song with lyrics, please, rather than an instrumental. --- ## [Films You Had No Intention of Finishing....but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-had-no-intention-of-finishing-but/782067)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-had-no-intention-of-finishing-but/782067 "2017-03-14T00:13:29Z")
…yup, you couldn’t stop watching. There’s a beautiful print of “My Name is Nobody” on Youtube. Had no intention of watching the whole damn thing, but the wackidoodleness of it, how confusing it was at first and the fear… --- ## [I Hate Celery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-celery/781745 "2017-03-13T23:43:45Z")
I fuckin’ HATE it. But here’s the thing, its not soooo bad that I’d refuse anything with celery. Or that I’d pick it out. It’s just tolerable enough that I’m willing to eat a few bites of whatever has it in it. So I’m fo… --- ## [TBBT: So who told the real story about Howard's letter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-so-who-told-the-real-story-about-howards-letter/781974)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tbbt-so-who-told-the-real-story-about-howards-letter/781974 "2017-03-13T23:27:02Z")
A couple of season’s ago, Sheldon read a previously unopened letter from Howard’s father, and read it. Howard had received the letter when he was 18, around his birthday. Each of the gang learned what was in the letter,… --- ## [Van Rijn story--tiger-ish folk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-rijn-story-tiger-ish-folk/781895)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-rijn-story-tiger-ish-folk/781895 "2017-03-13T23:13:33Z")
There’s a Van Rijn story where the aliens (actually he’s the alien, since it’s their planet) are biped tiger types. He impresses them by breathing their air (actually he holds his breath when he opens his helmet) and be… --- ## [Why was 1950's / 60's American food so terrible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-1950s-60s-american-food-so-terrible/767323)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-1950s-60s-american-food-so-terrible/767323 "2017-03-13T15:13:33Z")
From the thread about Jewish/American food: I’ve never thought about it in depth. It’s not, as far as I know, because there were food variety shortages like post-war England. It’s not, as far as I know, because tradi… --- ## [So. The movie King Kong is about the black man, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-movie-king-kong-is-about-the-black-man-right/527840)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-movie-king-kong-is-about-the-black-man-right/527840 "2017-03-13T12:54:54Z")
I have never seen the movie King Kong all the way through. I only know what I have heard about it. I know people joke a lot about it being a metaphore for the black man, white man and white woman. But are those really… --- ## [What has happened to Chef Robert Irvine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-to-chef-robert-irvine/781794)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-happened-to-chef-robert-irvine/781794 "2017-03-13T12:19:46Z")
I used to love Robert Irvines shows “Dinner Impossible” and later “Restaurant Impossible”. But those shows were dropped, as most shows eventually are. And now Robert is back as the host of “The Robert Irvine Show” You c… --- ## [How does streaming vs viewing live or OnDemand or DV impact the networks decision on renewing shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-streaming-vs-viewing-live-or-ondemand-or-dv-impact-the-networks-decision-on-renewing-shows/782038)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-streaming-vs-viewing-live-or-ondemand-or-dv-impact-the-networks-decision-on-renewing-shows/782038 "2017-03-13T06:12:31Z")
Taking out a distracting conversation from the Legion thread. Here’s one explanation but I think it is already out of date. Obviously streaming services like Hulu pay either the networks or the studio that produces the… --- ## [The Flash S03E15: The Wrath of Savitar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e15-the-wrath-of-savitar/781679)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e15-the-wrath-of-savitar/781679 "2017-03-13T05:29:00Z")
Savitar said it twice in this episode: “I am the future Flash.” I am convinced that there’s no comma between “future” and “Flash”. Savitar is indeed the Flash from the future, maybe related to the Red Skies event descr… --- ## [Why did Dylan and others think Rubin Hurricane Carter was innocent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-dylan-and-others-think-rubin-hurricane-carter-was-innocent/411291)
**Author:** [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-dylan-and-others-think-rubin-hurricane-carter-was-innocent/411291 "2017-03-13T05:00:10Z")
I just read through a couple of Rubin Carter is guilty websites, and they don’t seem to be the usually biased opinions you often see on such sites- in fact, what I read was damn convincing that he was guilty beyond a rea… --- ## [Frailty - Good or bad movie? (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frailty-good-or-bad-movie-open-spoilers/782010)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frailty-good-or-bad-movie-open-spoilers/782010 "2017-03-13T04:52:59Z")
Note: I had this on my view list about 2 weeks before Bill Paxton died. I had just read that it was underrated and planned to watch it. Anyway, it’s a coincidence the director/actor died right as I bring it up again. I’… --- ## [I love every song on this album!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-every-song-on-this-album/781883 "2017-03-12T22:20:34Z")
This is a re-tread thread as I started one just like this a few years back. In the intervening years, albums have sort of fallen out of favor. I’m re-visiting this because I just remembered an album besides Carol King’s … --- ## [Dave Barry will be on Book TV's "In Depth" this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-barry-will-be-on-book-tvs-in-depth-this-weekend/781363)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-barry-will-be-on-book-tvs-in-depth-this-weekend/781363 "2017-03-12T21:48:41Z")
I am not making this up. :cool: It will re-air later Sunday evening, and also next Saturday morning. I have viewed similar interviews with (among others) Mary Roach, Temple Grandin, and even Dr. Ben Carson before he… --- ## [How well known was Reagan as an actor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-known-was-reagan-as-an-actor/781873)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-known-was-reagan-as-an-actor/781873 "2017-03-12T18:33:29Z")
In another thread, there is a bit of a disagreement over how well known he was, with some saying that he basically a household name before his political career started? I though he ws a B-Movie actor and not someone who… --- ## [Book recommendations for anxiety and overthinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/781983)
**Author:** [@Overthinker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Overthinker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/781983 "2017-03-12T18:07:21Z")
Does anyone have any good book recommendations that deal with anxiety and overthinking? I have looked online and there are tons on Amazon, etc… but if anyone knows of any that have truly helped them, I’d love to get some… --- ## [Is it typical store policy that grocery store butchers accept special cuts request?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-typical-store-policy-that-grocery-store-butchers-accept-special-cuts-request/781781)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-typical-store-policy-that-grocery-store-butchers-accept-special-cuts-request/781781 "2017-03-12T16:46:04Z")
I don’t do this often, but every once in a while I’ll ask the grocery store butcher to cut up an item (yesterday, it was chicken wings). And every time I do, the guy behind the counter will get this annoyed look on his f… --- ## [Band name! For real this time: help name a 70s rock cover band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393)
**Author:** [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-for-real-this-time-help-name-a-70s-rock-cover-band/487393 "2017-03-12T16:05:09Z")
My husband has formed a new band, looking to rock the events and bar scene. They’ll be a cover band focused on rock and pop (mostly rock) songs from 1974 - 1981. They’ve got the concept and song list down, and now they l… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=761) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=763)