# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=780 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 781 --- ## [John Hurt RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hurt-rip/778357)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-hurt-rip/778357 "2017-01-30T20:06:25Z")
Actor John Hurt has died. \* Legendary actor John Hurt has died, aged 77. The Elephant Man star, whose career spanned over six decades, had battled with both cancer and an intestinal complaint in recent years. Survive… --- ## [Mary Tyler Moore Hospitalized \[EDIT: RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-tyler-moore-hospitalized-edit-rip/778175 "2017-01-30T19:32:18Z")
In grave condition. Complications from diabetes and it sounds like she’s going blind if she’s not already there. :frowning: --- ## [Photography: Moonshots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photography-moonshots/778330)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photography-moonshots/778330 "2017-01-30T19:20:58Z")
I like to take photos of the Moon, I thought of sharing a few recent shots. The “Super Moon” of last November happened while I was in Europe: 200mm lens, hand held, the Moon between the alleys of Salzburg. 80mm lens o… --- ## [The 2016 Road to the Oscars thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-road-to-the-oscars-thread/773560)
**Author:** [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2016-road-to-the-oscars-thread/773560 "2017-01-30T18:18:21Z")
So this is about film awards–critics and industry recognition for the movies from this year. If you don’t like award shows or processes, we get it (there are plenty of reasons not to), but please take it somewhere else. … --- ## [Hell or High Water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-or-high-water/763029)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hell-or-high-water/763029 "2017-01-30T18:13:14Z")
We saw this yesterday. It’s only playing in two theaters in Arizona (only one in Phoenix). I really, really liked it. I thought the interaction between the two brothers was spot-on. The cinematography was superb, and t… --- ## [Whither the Hill Valley Preservation Society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-the-hill-valley-preservation-society/776301)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-the-hill-valley-preservation-society/776301 "2017-01-30T17:36:38Z")
Back in the early 2000s there was an Atlanta-based band called The Hill Valley Preservation Society that did rock covers of 1980s television and video game tunes. They recorded and released their own CDs, and also maint… --- ## ["The Fifth Element" cast question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fifth-element-cast-question/778355)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fifth-element-cast-question/778355 "2017-01-30T14:27:18Z")
Who played the mother of Corben Dallas? --- ## [Comedy on Netflix: Three Mics by Neil Brennan - excellent!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-on-netflix-three-mics-by-neil-brennan-excellent/778269)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedy-on-netflix-three-mics-by-neil-brennan-excellent/778269 "2017-01-30T11:45:22Z")
Anyone else seen it? https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/01/neal-brennan-mixes-one-liners-and-human-emotion-in.html From the article: \[QUOTE=Paste Magazine\] “I wondered if there was a way to do it where I had… --- ## [Granite pestle and mortar - has anyone noticed grit in the food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/granite-pestle-and-mortar-has-anyone-noticed-grit-in-the-food/580749)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/granite-pestle-and-mortar-has-anyone-noticed-grit-in-the-food/580749 "2017-01-30T08:00:20Z")
I’ve long wanted one of those big heavy granite pestle and mortar sets, to be able to properly grind spices and seasonings, etc. Prices seem to have dropped into an acceptable range for me now, so I was out looking at t… --- ## [Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016 BBC Series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-2016-bbc-series/769246 "2017-01-30T01:06:12Z")
http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency I just started seeing commercials for this via BBC America. I’ve always loved the books but I’m not sure how this will translate to a series. It doe… --- ## [What is the earliest comic batsignal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-earliest-comic-batsignal/778255)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-earliest-comic-batsignal/778255 "2017-01-29T22:29:04Z")
The Batsignal was first used in Detective Comics #60, February 1942. But in Smash Comics #1, September 1939, the Police Commissioner fires a flare into the sky to summon Hugh Hazzard. Is this the first sky signal in co… --- ## [They changed the creepy commercial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-creepy-commercial/778275)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-changed-the-creepy-commercial/778275 "2017-01-29T21:14:04Z")
Every so often, theres a commercial that’s just… creepy. Either it runs through the entire campaign, or there’s enough backlash that it gets pulled, or… they change it to not be so creepy. I know I’ve seen a few of the… --- ## [Question about a scene in Ironman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-scene-in-ironman/778488)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-scene-in-ironman/778488 "2017-01-29T16:41:43Z")
Do I have this right: Tony sends Pepper to his office to download the contents of his computer. Stain (?) has taken over the office in Tony’s absence and has a bunch of cartoonishly incriminating evidence on the computer… --- ## [Using a crock pot to keep sliders warm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-crock-pot-to-keep-sliders-warm/778322)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-a-crock-pot-to-keep-sliders-warm/778322 "2017-01-29T15:54:26Z")
Putting together a menu for our Super Bowl™ party, and we’re think of having a slider bar. But I don’t want to have to deal with cooking up sliders during the game, so I’m thinking of cooking up the patties about an hour… --- ## [TV show synopses in rhyme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-synopses-in-rhyme/778497)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2017, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-synopses-in-rhyme/778497 "2017-01-29T13:12:54Z")
To counter all the mad stuff that came out of America today, I spent most of my morning making silly rhymes up that encapsulate various TV shows. They each have the same basic rhythm in my head, so it only worked for a f… --- ## [Poorly explain a musical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-explain-a-musical/777917)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-explain-a-musical/777917 "2017-01-29T11:09:01Z")
For example, The Sound of Music could be “Nazis vs nuns”. Can be any medium, Broadway, movie, TV show or episode. Mine: Celebrity’s betrayer is misunderstood Patriotic puppets 30 something’s deserve free city apartmen… --- ## [I Killed A Bear (song)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-killed-a-bear-song/567902)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-killed-a-bear-song/567902 "2017-01-29T02:28:18Z")
\*Ahhhhh… Killed a b’ar! No, not hyar! Over thar! I didn’t really do it I was drunk Ahhhhh… Killed a b’ar…\* Where is this from? I think it was a mountain man in the 1970s mini-series Centennial, but I’m not sure. … --- ## [Razzie nominations are out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/razzie-nominations-are-out/778371)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/razzie-nominations-are-out/778371 "2017-01-28T18:11:57Z")
Here’s the list. Zoolander 2 leads with nine nominations, while Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice has eight. --- ## [Recommendations for funny books and/podcasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-funny-books-and-podcasts/778407)
**Author:** [@quantumleap2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quantumleap2016)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-funny-books-and-podcasts/778407 "2017-01-28T17:50:37Z")
Does anyone have any funny book and/podcast recommendations? --- ## [Question about Alamo Drafthouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alamo-drafthouse/778163)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alamo-drafthouse/778163 "2017-01-28T17:45:00Z")
A couple years ago they built a Drafthouse in our area. We went to it and fell in love. This past year we went so often that my husband earned Top Brass in the Victory club. It’s spoiled us away from any other movie t… --- ## [Anyone read James Clavell's Tai-Pan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-read-james-clavells-tai-pan/777834)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-read-james-clavells-tai-pan/777834 "2017-01-28T13:19:00Z")
I just ordered Shogun from Amazon. I read it 30 years ago and loved it. In fact it has remained one of my favorite books. I wanted to read it again so, It’ll be here tomorrow. :slight\_smile: I’ve never given much … --- ## [What children's movie is this that I'm thinking of.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-is-this-that-im-thinking-of/778373)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-childrens-movie-is-this-that-im-thinking-of/778373 "2017-01-28T09:14:36Z")
So, they’re making a Jumanji remake and I had never seen the original. I knew it was about a board game that came alive and that was it. I didn’t even know who starred in it. Just watched it and thought it was a fun movi… --- ## [Your thoughts on having a prologue and epilogue for a novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-having-a-prologue-and-epilogue-for-a-novel/778319)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-having-a-prologue-and-epilogue-for-a-novel/778319 "2017-01-28T05:49:46Z")
I am writing a novel, and there appear to be two ways of going about it (it may have roughly 40 short chapters) : Have a prologue, then 38 chapters, then an epilogue; or Just make it 40 chapters, and the “prologue” … --- ## [An Obvious Question About The Song 'You're So Vain'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-obvious-question-about-the-song-youre-so-vain/777065)
**Author:** [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-obvious-question-about-the-song-youre-so-vain/777065 "2017-01-28T05:33:27Z")
No, not that one. In the first verse, Simon sings: You walked into the party Like you were walking on a yacht Your hat strategically dipped below one eye Your scarf, it was apricot You had one eye on the mirror An… --- ## [Ignorant .mp3/Internet question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-mp3-internet-question/778362)
**Author:** [@sms339](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sms339)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-mp3-internet-question/778362 "2017-01-28T04:02:06Z")
Old .mp3 links… When they’re gone, they’re gone – Correct? For example, I found links to songs when checking out an old site through the archive.org Wayback Machine, but upon clicking the link (ie. “NAME\_OF\_SONG.MP3”), … --- ## [What would you make with a can of crab meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-make-with-a-can-of-crab-meat/777733)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-make-with-a-can-of-crab-meat/777733 "2017-01-28T01:01:47Z")
I have a 6 oz can of crab meat from Trader Joe’s (says it’s 15% leg meat). What would you make with it? --- ## [Help me remember the name of this cable show.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-cable-show/778121)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-the-name-of-this-cable-show/778121 "2017-01-28T00:26:28Z")
I think we may have had a thread on here about it. I think it was on one of the non-premium networks. Something like FX, A&E, Bravo, etc., and I think it was on in the last 2 or 3 years. I may not have all of the deta… --- ## [Mike Connors RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-connors-rip/778309 "2017-01-28T00:23:30Z")
Mike Connors of Mannix fame is dead. I know a lot of Dopers say at a celebrity’s death, “I thought he died years ago.” That’s not me, I keep a tight watch on these things. But in this case, believe me, I am sincere whe… --- ## [How did I miss such an awesome bad movie;Adv. of Hercules II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-miss-such-an-awesome-bad-movie-adv-of-hercules-ii/778352)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-miss-such-an-awesome-bad-movie-adv-of-hercules-ii/778352 "2017-01-28T00:10:20Z")
I just caught this for the first time in my life while walking on the treadmill, and what a masterpiece of crap. First of all the positive, Ferrigno is the closest to what I imagine the Ancient Greeks imagined Hercules … --- ## [Curious about some criticisms that I've heard a lot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-some-criticisms-that-ive-heard-a-lot/778055)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-about-some-criticisms-that-ive-heard-a-lot/778055 "2017-01-28T00:07:19Z")
Over the years I’ve heard some (IMO) harsh criticism levelled at specific people and I’ve never really seen what it was that the critics saw. I wonder if anyone here who shares the criticisms is willing to try to explai… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=779) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=781)