# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=80 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 81 --- ## [Patrick O'Brian fans: Did you like the movie "Master and Commander"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-obrian-fans-did-you-like-the-movie-master-and-commander/348922)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-obrian-fans-did-you-like-the-movie-master-and-commander/348922 "2025-04-22T19:49:44Z")
Why or why not? And do you think they’ll make another? (I hear the first didn’t exactly rule the box office). I enjoyed the movie very much, having read none of the books before. Since then, I’ve read “HMS Surprise” … --- ## [Help me not get so upset about this celeb meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-not-get-so-upset-about-this-celeb-meltdown/1017204)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-not-get-so-upset-about-this-celeb-meltdown/1017204 "2025-04-22T13:09:40Z")
Okay, you may have heard about Haley Joel Osment getting arrested for being obnoxiously drunk. And having cocaine on him. And making an anti-Semitic slur. Gah. I hope that’s all of it; it’s just been unfolding for the p… --- ## [Companion (2025 Movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-2025-movie/1017359)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companion-2025-movie/1017359 "2025-04-22T13:08:15Z")
I had heard vaguely good things about this movie that came out earlier this year and noticed it was on Max so I watched. It was good. It stars Jack Quaid and is about a weekend he and his girlfriend spend with a group of… --- ## [Remember this 1960’s drivers’ safety PSA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-1960-s-drivers-safety-psa/942184)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2025, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-this-1960-s-drivers-safety-psa/942184 "2025-04-22T04:21:35Z")
POV through the windshield driving on a highway: Voiceover “Guess who (man’s name/woman’s name ran into the other day?” -Head-on collision into another car with two passengers- “(different man’s name/woman’s name)” I… --- ## [Has a TV show ever switched from single camera to multi camera (or vice versa) during its run?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-tv-show-ever-switched-from-single-camera-to-multi-camera-or-vice-versa-during-its-run/1017310)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-tv-show-ever-switched-from-single-camera-to-multi-camera-or-vice-versa-during-its-run/1017310 "2025-04-21T15:53:19Z")
I have vague memories of a TV show ditching the live audience and going to single-camera during its run, but I’ll be damned if I can think of it. Has this ever happened? --- ## [SF stories or series where the 'science' was basically magic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-stories-or-series-where-the-science-was-basically-magic/1017076)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-stories-or-series-where-the-science-was-basically-magic/1017076 "2025-04-21T14:06:02Z")
I’m thinking of Blish’s Cities in Flight books, which I loved when much younger. Lots of ‘sciency’ names, like Dirac and Bethe in the narrative But the Spindizzy breaks… well, conservation of energy, conservation of mo… --- ## [What role is Larry Hagman best known for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-is-larry-hagman-best-known-for/1016749)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-role-is-larry-hagman-best-known-for/1016749 "2025-04-21T03:41:17Z")
Is it oil baron J.R. Ewing in the 1978-1991 from Dallas or Major Anthony Nelson in the 1965–1970 from I Dream of Jeannie. poll --- ## [The trailer for Common Side Effects has me interested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-common-side-effects-has-me-interested/1004857)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trailer-for-common-side-effects-has-me-interested/1004857 "2025-04-20T17:05:52Z")
New animated series on Adult Swim, executive produced by Mike Judge, Greg Daniels (among others). As you can probably tell from the title, it’s about drugs and the pharmaceutical industry. Also about “them” and what the… --- ## [In Defense of Irene Adler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-irene-adler/1016849)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-defense-of-irene-adler/1016849 "2025-04-20T15:22:35Z")
Sherlock Holmes adapters thes days seem familiar with only a few of the dozens of stories Doyle (or if you prefer, Watson) told of Holmes: they know The Final Problem and they know A Scandal in Bohemia, and thus give us … --- ## [Creepy commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-commercials/1017152 "2025-04-20T06:11:25Z")
Rather than resurrect a zombie, I’m starting a new Creepy Commercials thread. I’ll start it off with this one for Austex Beef Stew from 1966. --- ## [In Glengarry Glen Ross, what exactly are the salesmen selling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-glengarry-glen-ross-what-exactly-are-the-salesmen-selling/614998)
**Author:** [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-glengarry-glen-ross-what-exactly-are-the-salesmen-selling/614998 "2025-04-19T20:11:14Z")
Duh, they’re selling real estate. But who sells real estate in this manner, and why? I’ve bought residential property, both to live in and to rent. If it was new construction I went to the builder. If it was pre-owne… --- ## ["Drunk Shakespeare" -- apparently it's a thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-shakespeare-apparently-its-a-thing/1017170)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-shakespeare-apparently-its-a-thing/1017170 "2025-04-19T18:03:32Z")
The Shakespearean actor who goes onstage absolutely hammered Behind the scenes at Drunk Shakespeare, where Lady Macbeth takes shots of raspberry vodka. https://wapo.st/42AwztP \[gift link\] For over a decade, Drunk Sh… --- ## [What is extremely common in YouTube videos but almost never happens in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-youtube-videos-but-almost-never-happens-in-real-life/1017159 "2025-04-19T17:06:10Z")
Blatant copy of a couple other thread ideas :slightly\_smiling\_face: Somebody is stopped in their car and a large, usually dangerous animal won’t leave him alone. It’s like he wants the driver to follow him, so he does. … --- ## [Gene Hackman and wife found dead, and dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 450\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-hackman-and-wife-found-dead-and-dog/1014861 "2025-04-18T20:28:54Z")
Says on my Norwegian news, any more info on this? --- ## [Just finished watching all 7 seasons of "The West Wing"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-finished-watching-all-7-seasons-of-the-west-wing/682218)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-finished-watching-all-7-seasons-of-the-west-wing/682218 "2025-04-18T14:22:22Z")
Over the last few years, I’ve spent time catching up on some great TV shows from the 90s and 00s that I missed when they originally aired. Some were good shows that I watched for a while but for some reason (usually my … --- ## [Is there such thing as 'Bad art'? (as in social media terms and is it ok to make fun of?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-bad-art-as-in-social-media-terms-and-is-it-ok-to-make-fun-of/1016914)
**Author:** [@melaniethewitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melaniethewitch)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-such-thing-as-bad-art-as-in-social-media-terms-and-is-it-ok-to-make-fun-of/1016914 "2025-04-17T23:14:59Z")
so when I think of bad art nothing really pops up but when someone online starts commenting saying its bad art I start to see imperfections and the truth is under any circumstances its not ok to make fun of art just beca… --- ## [Songs you don't want to admit you enjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-dont-want-to-admit-you-enjoy/1016879 "2025-04-17T21:59:32Z")
There’s a lot of reasons why this happens. Perhaps it’s the theme song to a show, an anime, or movie you don’t want to admit you watched/enjoyed. Maybe it’s so musically simple you feel it’s not worthy of respect. Or … --- ## [Free digital Archie comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-digital-archie-comics/1017132)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-digital-archie-comics/1017132 "2025-04-17T19:41:35Z")
I’ve been an Archie Comics fan since Mom used them to teach me to read. If any Doper would like a free digital comic book every month, SIGN UP HERE (LINK). They will send you Archie promotional emails, but…eh. So what. … --- ## [Heroes, Antiheroes, and Villains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-antiheroes-and-villains/1015119)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroes-antiheroes-and-villains/1015119 "2025-04-17T19:34:31Z")
The subject of antiheroes came up on a different thread recently and I wanted to further explore it. In terms of heroes, antiheroes, and villains, how would you classify the following fictional characters, and identify i… --- ## [Didn't see this one coming: Michelle Trachtenberg has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-see-this-one-coming-michelle-trachtenberg-has-died/1014835)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-see-this-one-coming-michelle-trachtenberg-has-died/1014835 "2025-04-17T00:46:16Z")
--- ## [So is Mike Myers not a dick any more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-mike-myers-not-a-dick-any-more/1016718)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-mike-myers-not-a-dick-any-more/1016718 "2025-04-16T18:49:09Z")
Mike Myers has (or had) a reputation for being an insufferable dick on set. He’s also been on SNL a few times in the past few weeks as Elon Musk. I’m to understand that Lorne Michaels’ patience for fools can most charit… --- ## [Jean Marsh has died -- "Rose" in the 1971 "Upstairs Downstairs" Bellamy household](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-marsh-has-died-rose-in-the-1971-upstairs-downstairs-bellamy-household/1017007)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jean-marsh-has-died-rose-in-the-1971-upstairs-downstairs-bellamy-household/1017007 "2025-04-16T15:04:12Z")
I was completely addicted to and immersed in the world of the Bellamys in the original Upstairs Downstairs. Every Sunday afternoon without fail. The unforgettable moments-- Lady Marjorie went down on the Titanic, James… --- ## [Strange Titanic question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-titanic-question/1016699)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-titanic-question/1016699 "2025-04-16T01:26:01Z")
\[Mods: move to FQ or IMHO if more appropriate\] Here’s something that occurred to me about the movie Titanic (1997): The film features a marine salvage hunter (played by Bill Paxton) who’s searching for a very expensive… --- ## [Childhood delights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-delights/1016974)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-delights/1016974 "2025-04-15T21:36:57Z")
Family piling into the car because the local Dairy Queen is selling Dilly Bars at half price, and it is time to hit the drive-thru on a summer afternoon. They are dipped fresh, and for an extra quarter they will double-… --- ## [Is there any real ice cream in stores anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-real-ice-cream-in-stores-anymore/1016794)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-real-ice-cream-in-stores-anymore/1016794 "2025-04-15T21:13:31Z")
Cream, cane sugar, maybe eggs. No corn syrup and especially no gums to thicken it or low-fat milk solids, &c.? I am so tired of finding the crap ice cream in stores. It doesn’t have the flavor of the real stuff never … --- ## [Which do you like with chili: Crackers, cornbread, or tortillas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-with-chili-crackers-cornbread-or-tortillas/1016913)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-like-with-chili-crackers-cornbread-or-tortillas/1016913 "2025-04-15T18:19:09Z")
Mr. brown and I were debating this the last time I served chili. He loves slightly sweet cornbread best of all, but I like the contrast of crunchy saltines with my chili. Cracker bonus: you can use them as a scoop for… --- ## [Mushroom saving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-saving/1017058)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mushroom-saving/1017058 "2025-04-15T13:59:03Z")
Can you cook and freeze mushrooms? --- ## [Are there any ties between the rehabilitation of Marvel's Norman Osborn and DC's Lex Luthor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-ties-between-the-rehabilitation-of-marvels-norman-osborn-and-dcs-lex-luthor/1017001)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-ties-between-the-rehabilitation-of-marvels-norman-osborn-and-dcs-lex-luthor/1017001 "2025-04-15T13:01:50Z")
At pretty much the same time in their respective comic book universes both characters have had the evil “sucked” out of them in one way or the other. Is this just a coincidence, and which will revert back to their evil w… --- ## [Nobel for Literature: Mario Vargas Llosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-for-literature-mario-vargas-llosa/556385)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-for-literature-mario-vargas-llosa/556385 "2025-04-15T05:10:47Z")
MSNBC Story. It is amazing to me how much the Nobel Prize has come down in importance over my lifetime - maybe that is an American-centric view, because the international winners over the past number of years have been … --- ## [One little thing you wish you could change in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-little-thing-you-wish-you-could-change-in-a-movie/1012944)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-little-thing-you-wish-you-could-change-in-a-movie/1012944 "2025-04-15T02:01:26Z")
I have just watched . Independence Day again. I really like that movie but there’s one little thing I wish hadn’t been said. After the President’s wife dies he comes out of her room and walks over to his daughter, a li… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=79) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=81)