# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=767 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 768 --- ## [New Dick Wolf series, "Chicago Justice"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dick-wolf-series-chicago-justice/781237)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dick-wolf-series-chicago-justice/781237 "2017-03-03T07:40:18Z")
I’m a big fan of the whole “Law & Order” franchise. I’m just now watching the first episode of this new series (5 minutes into it)-- it’s streaming on Hulu, looks like one episode at a time. Don’t have an opinion yet, no… --- ## [Re the Godfather II movie & Fredo's betrayal of Michael - Some questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-godfather-ii-movie-fredos-betrayal-of-michael-some-questions/781254)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-godfather-ii-movie-fredos-betrayal-of-michael-some-questions/781254 "2017-03-03T05:01:28Z")
I’ve seen the movie but in the flow of action I’m still not quite sure what exactly Fredo’s act of betrayal was that was so egregious it was worth his life. In the movie re Hyman Roth etc. what exactly was the act of be… --- ## [Can someone give a primer for home beer brewing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-give-a-primer-for-home-beer-brewing/780682)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-give-a-primer-for-home-beer-brewing/780682 "2017-03-03T04:19:48Z")
How much work? How much startup cost? How sensitive to contamination is beer making? What do you need to to get started? What are good reusable containers to put the beer in? What am I not asking? --- ## [Criminal Minds. What did I miss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-minds-what-did-i-miss/781165)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-minds-what-did-i-miss/781165 "2017-03-03T04:19:13Z")
The last couple of episodes involved Reid being charged with murder in Mexico. Yet last week the next thing I saw he was being charged with it in the United States. WTF?:confused: I must have changed channels briefly … --- ## [Disney Jungle Cruise--Modern Major General Parody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-jungle-cruise-modern-major-general-parody/781259)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-jungle-cruise-modern-major-general-parody/781259 "2017-03-03T01:34:38Z")
The Skippers on the Disney Jungle Cruise rides tell jokes. A lot of jokes. However, rumors (vague) have is that they did a parody of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “I am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General”, with the lyrics… --- ## [Another stupid Internet list to get RO'd about: The Top 50 Fast Food Items of All Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-stupid-internet-list-to-get-rod-about-the-top-50-fast-food-items-of-all-time/781198)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-stupid-internet-list-to-get-rod-about-the-top-50-fast-food-items-of-all-time/781198 "2017-03-03T00:30:14Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce to you the worst list of all time: The top 50 Fast Food items of all time. All right. There is a lot wrong with this list, so much I’m not even going to go through them all. But,… --- ## [I love making a recipe up, in this case, with Brussels sprouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-making-a-recipe-up-in-this-case-with-brussels-sprouts/780819)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-making-a-recipe-up-in-this-case-with-brussels-sprouts/780819 "2017-03-02T20:17:56Z")
I had gone to a fancy restaurant some time ago and had these great Brussels sprouts - I think roasted, then served in a savory brown sauce, with chunks of onion and bacon. One of those dishes that make you wonder why po… --- ## [Amaretto recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amaretto-recommendations/780963)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amaretto-recommendations/780963 "2017-03-02T17:18:22Z")
So what is a good way to have amaretto? I like it with a little ginger beer or sipped very slowly straight. Or used in a cookie or other dessert recipe. --- ## [Is radio in the US more right-wing than TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-radio-in-the-us-more-right-wing-than-tv/781053)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-radio-in-the-us-more-right-wing-than-tv/781053 "2017-03-02T17:02:41Z")
Being English I may be completely mistaken about this but it seems that there are far more right-wing popular media hosts on radio than there are TV ones. Late-night TV for instance seems to be an exclusively liberal dom… --- ## [Two cooking questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-cooking-questions/781065)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-cooking-questions/781065 "2017-03-02T16:44:04Z")
Why does a recipe tell you to use unsalted butter, then tell you to add 1 tsp. of salt? (I generally don’t use salt when cooking or salt at the table, but sometimes, for the sake of chemistry, I will add a little salt… --- ## [song identifications needed....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-identifications-needed/141149)
**Author:** [@SilentRose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentRose)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-identifications-needed/141149 "2017-03-02T16:12:58Z")
can somebody please help me identify the following two songs? I heard this song for the first time about 7 years ago…i taped it the first time but not completely, then i heard it on the radio probably a year later…and … --- ## [John Oates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oates/781166)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oates/781166 "2017-03-02T15:50:29Z")
Nothing like waiting an entire week to give a review. :smack: Saw John Oates last week at the James Barr Performing Arts Center. Oates is doing a tour to hawk his book Change of Seasons: A Memoir He did a 20 minute in… --- ## [Is my beef roast bad? Need answer soon-ish.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-beef-roast-bad-need-answer-soon-ish/781013)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-beef-roast-bad-need-answer-soon-ish/781013 "2017-03-02T15:04:22Z")
Your best guess appreciated. I bought a nearly 3-lb roast a week or 2 ago. It sat in the bottom of the fridge for a day or 2, then went into the freezer before it’s sell-by date. There it’s been, until a couple days a… --- ## [What/Who are the best "Chewing the Scenery" Films/Actors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-are-the-best-chewing-the-scenery-films-actors/779359)
**Author:** [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-are-the-best-chewing-the-scenery-films-actors/779359 "2017-03-02T15:02:58Z")
In case anyone isn’t familiar with the term, “Chewing the Scenery” is defined as: Displaying excessive emotion or acting in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant. Normally this is … --- ## [Gielgud shot me a disapproving look. Encounters with celebrities.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gielgud-shot-me-a-disapproving-look-encounters-with-celebrities/778678)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gielgud-shot-me-a-disapproving-look-encounters-with-celebrities/778678 "2017-03-02T14:42:29Z")
It was London in the 70s. I was in my 20s then, in my disreputable hippie days, and walking on the north side of Trafalgar Square. Suddenly I recognized the unmistakable form of Sir John Gielgud approaching me (don’t thi… --- ## ["Old Uncle Axel Is Dead Tonight"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-uncle-axel-is-dead-tonight/781184)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-uncle-axel-is-dead-tonight/781184 "2017-03-02T13:46:52Z")
I heard this poem back in my high school English class, but I can’t remember all of it. All I remember is that he used to sit in his rocking chair in the corner, nursing his arthritis, and now the whole family has gathe… --- ## [Bondi Vet - Anyone else watch this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bondi-vet-anyone-else-watch-this/781122)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bondi-vet-anyone-else-watch-this/781122 "2017-03-02T11:11:30Z")
Since recently switching to over-the-air broadcasts only, I’ve been limited in my programming choices. So, I started watching Bondi Vet every weekday evening. I’m rather enjoying it and like seeing the interesting crea… --- ## [Most unlikely fanfiction crossovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unlikely-fanfiction-crossovers/781125)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-unlikely-fanfiction-crossovers/781125 "2017-03-02T06:27:18Z")
Possibly the strangest crossover I’ve seen, courtesy of TV Tropes, is The BSC, Vampire Slayers. It’s, well, a fusion of The Baby-Sitters Club and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The most random crossover I’ve found “in the wi… --- ## [Star Wars: Theories on Rey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-theories-on-rey/779885)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-theories-on-rey/779885 "2017-03-02T05:12:35Z")
My household’s been watching a lot of Star Wars lately, and we’ve been doing a lot of speculating about Eps. VIII and IX, especially on the character of Rey. So who do people say she is? I’ve heard theories that say she’… --- ## [Sharing a name with a famous song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023 "2017-03-02T05:12:30Z")
I recently read on another board about a man who knew multiple women named Rita, and claimed they all hated the Beatles’ “Lovely Rita”. Do you know anyone who shares the name with a famous song, or are you one yourself?… --- ## [Last night's Oscars: how did the wrong envelope get opened for best pic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-nights-oscars-how-did-the-wrong-envelope-get-opened-for-best-pic/780942)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-nights-oscars-how-did-the-wrong-envelope-get-opened-for-best-pic/780942 "2017-03-02T00:28:42Z")
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were reportedly handed the wrong envelope to open for the best picture award; they had been given the “best actress” envelope, listing Emma Stone and “La La Land,” when the actual winner wa… --- ## [1920s Fad Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-fad-songs/780954)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1920s-fad-songs/780954 "2017-03-02T00:10:53Z")
The two examples I’m starting with are later era parodies of the concept of 1920s fad songs. So, I suppose it’s possible that my two examples don’t actually relate to any real phenomenon. I’m starting this Thread to see… --- ## [Movies and books that inspired career choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-books-that-inspired-career-choices/781016)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-and-books-that-inspired-career-choices/781016 "2017-03-01T21:15:24Z")
Bill Paxton’s sad death was marked by one particularly lovely tribute from storm-chasers, marking his role in \*Twister \* which inspired people to become meteorologists and weather enthusiasts. Link here I know Raiders … --- ## [Sausage Party, the movie - we never had a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-party-the-movie-we-never-had-a-thread/781097)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sausage-party-the-movie-we-never-had-a-thread/781097 "2017-03-01T20:26:57Z")
I did a search on the word sausage and didn’t see a thread. Saw it since it was newly added to Netflix. Within the context of its gratuitous crassness, I thought it was funny and entertaining. It’s allegory was though… --- ## [Pre 1950s Celebrities With College Degrees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1950s-celebrities-with-college-degrees/772245)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-1950s-celebrities-with-college-degrees/772245 "2017-03-01T16:41:33Z")
I like old time movies and radio shows and such and was wondering since college educations didn’t really take off till after WWII and the GI Bill, which celebrities (let’s use 1950 as a cut off date) had college degrees? … --- ## [Does the Tropes site have a page for this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-tropes-site-have-a-page-for-this/589070 "2017-03-01T16:06:24Z")
What I would call “everybody’s armed”. The trope where it turns out that in any given crowd of people (patrons in a bar, people in line at the bank, worshippers at church, etc.), anyone foolish enough to threaten them fi… --- ## [The Flash S03E13: Attack on Gorilla City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e13-attack-on-gorilla-city/780452)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s03e13-attack-on-gorilla-city/780452 "2017-03-01T16:00:06Z")
Barry got struck twice by tranq darts in the same episode. Has he learned nothing from Oliver? Nothing at all? Grodd’s telepathic ability seems to have been seriously nerfed. Didn’t they previously need some sort of … --- ## [Considering my first slow cooker...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-my-first-slow-cooker/780814)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-my-first-slow-cooker/780814 "2017-03-01T15:40:38Z")
How big should it be? I’m cooking just for myself, but I love having leftovers, and I don’t know whether recipes usually assume that you have a certain size. Good cheap flexible recipes, or sources for such? By “fle… --- ## [Analog Film vs. Digitial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analog-film-vs-digitial/780830)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analog-film-vs-digitial/780830 "2017-02-27T17:56:50Z")
Are any Hollywood movies still shot with film stock, or has everyone moved to digital at this point? Aren’t there advantages to using analog versus digital, or is that considered old school? --- ## [When you start a new show (that has been out for awhile), do you read old SDMB threads about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-start-a-new-show-that-has-been-out-for-awhile-do-you-read-old-sdmb-threads-about-it/780729)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-start-a-new-show-that-has-been-out-for-awhile-do-you-read-old-sdmb-threads-about-it/780729 "2017-03-01T11:25:31Z")
I do. I do this with pretty much every new show I start or watch, since I typically don’t start or watch shows until it’s been on for a long time already or is already done and over with. So far I’ve enjoyed reading pas… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=766) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=768)