# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=832 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 833 --- ## [Angela Lansbury and Prof Slughorn rumored to be cast in Game of Thrones. \[Book theories welcomed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angela-lansbury-and-prof-slughorn-rumored-to-be-cast-in-game-of-thrones-book-theories-welcomed/765275)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angela-lansbury-and-prof-slughorn-rumored-to-be-cast-in-game-of-thrones-book-theories-welcomed/765275 "2016-09-08T12:15:22Z")
Jim Broadbent isn’t so surprising but I wonder who Angela will play. I’m trying to think of old ladies introduced in the last two books, but it has been a while since I’ve read them and they are all jumbled up with the … --- ## [Delerium on Tour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delerium-on-tour/188998)
**Author:** [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delerium-on-tour/188998 "2003-07-17T15:59:35Z")
For anyone who is interested, the band Delerium will be making a three week trek through North America for their first ever tour with Conjure One as the opener. There’s word that another band will join the bill, as well… --- ## [Can someone tell me what this Rakede song is about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-what-this-rakede-song-is-about/765321)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-tell-me-what-this-rakede-song-is-about/765321 "2016-09-08T04:45:22Z")
I love Rakede, they’re a German band for whom it seems there is not yet a genre pigeonhole. There is a song that appears to be performed unplugged in the back of a tour bus, as near as I can tell it’s called “Mach Dich … --- ## [Tyrant; season 3 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrant-season-3-open-spoilers/759279)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tyrant-season-3-open-spoilers/759279 "2016-09-08T03:44:05Z")
\[QUOTE=FX\] As interim President, Barry Al-Fayeed seeks a new Abuddin with a government run by the people. \[/QUOTE\] Season 3 premiers tonight at 10pm on FX. --- ## [Close Encounters of the Third Kind really isn't that good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-really-isnt-that-good/615477)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-really-isnt-that-good/615477 "2016-09-08T02:58:20Z")
I was born in '75, and so recall seeing this film on tv (though only in parts). I’m now watching it and really still do not understand the draw this film has. I can recall it seeming a bit disjointed, and watching it n… --- ## [Top Ten type lists: Funny Sci-Fi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-type-lists-funny-sci-fi/765229)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-type-lists-funny-sci-fi/765229 "2016-09-08T01:20:26Z")
I just watched a YouTube video about “the top ten sci-fi comedy films or TV shows” It eliminated films like Ghostbusters that had more of a supernatural bent rather than at least some science involved, and zombie films … --- ## [TOANI - Beach Boys lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toani-beach-boys-lyrics/765109)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toani-beach-boys-lyrics/765109 "2016-09-07T22:04:15Z")
I happened to look up the lyrics to “Surfin’ Safari” on line recently and noticed what I thought was an anomaly. One section is shown as, “… I tell ya, surfin’s mighty wild, it’s gettin’ bigger every day …” I have alwa… --- ## [Calling All Lawyers: Crazy Courtroom Antics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-lawyers-crazy-courtroom-antics/765228)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-lawyers-crazy-courtroom-antics/765228 "2016-09-07T21:00:44Z")
My Stepdaughter sent me this link of a comedic reading of an actual courtroom transcript. It is gonzo goober crazy, Plaintiff and Judge alike. Even though most of the vulgarity is bleeped out, it is still NSFW, your mile… --- ## [Would This Be Considered A Racist Halloween Costume?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-considered-a-racist-halloween-costume/764634)
**Author:** [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-be-considered-a-racist-halloween-costume/764634 "2016-09-07T20:27:14Z")
The other night I started thinking about my Halloween costume .for this year --it’s never too early to start working on your Halloween costume! and came up with this idea: A Witch Doctor costume! A figure out of four hu… --- ## [Do they no longer make pop music for/about the poor working classes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-no-longer-make-pop-music-for-about-the-poor-working-classes/764392)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-no-longer-make-pop-music-for-about-the-poor-working-classes/764392 "2016-09-07T19:58:16Z")
Growing up in the 70s and 80s and 90s, there was a lot of music that dealt with the plight of the working man and disenfranchised classes. Some of it was political. Some of it was just artists singing about their life… --- ## [BrainDead (By the producers of The Good Wife)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braindead-by-the-producers-of-the-good-wife/757394)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/braindead-by-the-producers-of-the-good-wife/757394 "2016-09-07T19:54:14Z")
Anyone watching this? It apparently started last night and I just saw it on On Demand. I expected a political thriller similar to The Good Wife. It is not what I expected. Well, it is and it isn’t. The Good Wife bordered… --- ## [Well... the "Berries & Cream" Lad apparently doesn't want that job to be part of this resume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-berries-cream-lad-apparently-doesnt-want-that-job-to-be-part-of-this-resume/765134)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-berries-cream-lad-apparently-doesnt-want-that-job-to-be-part-of-this-resume/765134 "2016-09-07T18:17:36Z")
On a whim I looked up the Lad “who likes Berries and Cream” - Per his biohe’s now a very serious “writer, choreographer, and director” now and his epic "Berries & Cream commericals" don’t make any kind of appearance. B… --- ## [Transexualism in Science-Fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transexualism-in-science-fiction/765052)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transexualism-in-science-fiction/765052 "2016-09-07T16:02:58Z")
The recent threads on Star Trek and the issue of minorities had me wondering, has the subject of transexuality ever came up in the series, I imagine with the future technology shown changing gender would be fairly easy, … --- ## [Did Hitler ever eat an Avocado? Need answer fastish (by friday)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-ever-eat-an-avocado-need-answer-fastish-by-friday/764571)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-hitler-ever-eat-an-avocado-need-answer-fastish-by-friday/764571 "2016-09-07T12:09:22Z")
So, I was at a little shindig a friend of mine threw over the weekend. I brought along some of my famous guacamole. One of his guest was eyeing the guac suspiciously, while noting that others were quite enjoying it. I … --- ## [Is there a legal obligation to show credits at the end of a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-legal-obligation-to-show-credits-at-the-end-of-a-movie/764178)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-legal-obligation-to-show-credits-at-the-end-of-a-movie/764178 "2016-09-07T08:24:39Z")
The cast and staff and producers, etc. would doubtlessly be ticked off at not being credited by name at the movie’s end, but is there typically a legal or contractual requirement to credit them? --- ## [Do you know this song? (Opus 17 by The Four Seasons)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-song-opus-17-by-the-four-seasons/765029)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-this-song-opus-17-by-the-four-seasons/765029 "2016-09-07T03:38:16Z")
\[spoiler\]This has happened many times before with me. You get to listening to some music and songs your whole life…that it becomes so well known to you that you become biased towards it somewhat. I mean, YOU’VE heard it … --- ## [Damn! Schwarzenegger's son Joseph is a major chip off the old block!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-schwarzeneggers-son-joseph-is-a-major-chip-off-the-old-block/763991)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-schwarzeneggers-son-joseph-is-a-major-chip-off-the-old-block/763991 "2016-09-07T01:06:10Z")
Link Sorry to link to a Daily News gallery but I couldn’t come up with an address for the photo on its own. Anyway, damn this kid is really coming along! Seems to be a fine young guy, good student, feet on the ground, l… --- ## [Worst final episodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-final-episodes/764562)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-final-episodes/764562 "2016-09-06T23:45:21Z")
It seems to be fairly common that long running beloved series will have sucky ending. Nominate the episodes that ruined the series, made no sense, or were just plain bad. My nominees are: How I met your mother Seinfel… --- ## [The Purge: So much potential they'll never use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-purge-so-much-potential-theyll-never-use/752383)
**Author:** [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-purge-so-much-potential-theyll-never-use/752383 "2016-09-06T21:45:31Z")
So, I just watched The Purge: Anarchy and found it to be a well-made action film with extremely unsubtle class satire thrown in. I skipped the first movie since I heard it was mostly just a lazy home-invasion flick that… --- ## [Hugh O'Brian dead at 91](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-obrian-dead-at-91/765172)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hugh-obrian-dead-at-91/765172 "2016-09-06T21:40:21Z")
Wyatt Earp, if you didn’t know. I’m old enough to have watched the series when originally telecast. He had plenty of other TV credits; he was on Fantasy Island 5 times as 5 different characters, and Police Story 3 times… --- ## [Is Lena Dunham's complaint of not getting black male sexual attention racist & sexist stereotyping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lena-dunhams-complaint-of-not-getting-black-male-sexual-attention-racist-sexist-stereotyping/765064)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lena-dunhams-complaint-of-not-getting-black-male-sexual-attention-racist-sexist-stereotyping/765064 "2016-09-06T21:36:59Z")
From this story - Social Media Calls ‘White Privilege’ On Lena Dunham For Her Odell Beckham Jr. Comments Lena Dunham author and creator and actor in the hit show “Girl’s” s tweeted this the other day. Honestly it does… --- ## [The West Wing - President Bartlet takes a vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-president-bartlet-takes-a-vacation/765031)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-president-bartlet-takes-a-vacation/765031 "2016-09-06T21:14:05Z")
I can’t remember an episode in which he was on vacation, either back in his home state of New Hampshire, or in a national park lodge somewhere, or on Martha’s Vineyard, etc. Did we ever see him and the First Lady taking… --- ## [Which has been the best movie series in the current Marvel universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-has-been-the-best-movie-series-in-the-current-marvel-universe/765185)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-has-been-the-best-movie-series-in-the-current-marvel-universe/765185 "2016-09-06T19:38:14Z")
The current Marvel Cinematic Universe was started with Iron Man in 2008. Since then there have been 4 series in which more than a single movie has been released: Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, and The Avengers. There… --- ## [Expose of CEO Shane Smith of Vice Magazine cheating, scamming & not paying reporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expose-of-ceo-shane-smith-of-vice-magazine-cheating-scamming-not-paying-reporters/765096)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expose-of-ceo-shane-smith-of-vice-magazine-cheating-scamming-not-paying-reporters/765096 "2016-09-06T17:01:29Z")
Columbia Journalism Review did an investigative piece linked below showing that Vice Magazine has a de facto policy of stiffing reporters they reach out to for assistance and in general seems to pay little to nothing for… --- ## [When non comedy shows do comedy well. (Wormhole Extreme!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-non-comedy-shows-do-comedy-well-wormhole-extreme/765135)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-non-comedy-shows-do-comedy-well-wormhole-extreme/765135 "2016-09-06T16:48:46Z")
Just finished watching SG-1 fifth season episode “Wormhole Extreme!”. I forgot how much I loved this episode. Chock full of in jokes and down right silliness. Some of my favorite lines: “Maybe if we have them shoot the… --- ## [Roasting Question (Timing Related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roasting-question-timing-related/764800)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roasting-question-timing-related/764800 "2016-09-06T13:29:55Z")
I want to make a roast beef with roast potatoes for dinner on Sunday. The issue I am having is that they need to be cooked at different temperatures. The beef roast will cook for about 90 minutes at 350 for medium rare… --- ## [holiday/get togther cooking with relatives and friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-get-togther-cooking-with-relatives-and-friends/765159)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-get-togther-cooking-with-relatives-and-friends/765159 "2016-09-06T08:21:52Z")
Since its time for the hell of the holidays I thought Ive wondered about if peoples experience matched mine … the one relative who cooks the same thing for every gathering wether its 40 below or 140 out side or the … --- ## [Best movie from terrible directors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-from-terrible-directors/764473)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-movie-from-terrible-directors/764473 "2016-09-06T03:28:15Z")
Even hack-fraud directors sometimes turn out movies that are pretty good, at least sometimes. What movies have surprised you considering how bad that director’s other movies are? I’ll start. Michael Bay - The Island. W… --- ## [Which "summer" movie will make the most 2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-summer-movie-will-make-the-most-2016/749768)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-summer-movie-will-make-the-most-2016/749768 "2016-09-06T01:08:36Z")
I swear, these things are getting earlier every time. I put "summer"in quotations because it’s obviously not summer (it friggin snowed in Boston today. That’s crap). But I decided to start this because I wanted to get Ba… --- ## [Starfleet uniforms which series is the best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-uniforms-which-series-is-the-best/762994)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfleet-uniforms-which-series-is-the-best/762994 "2016-09-06T00:27:33Z")
Original Series TNG DS9/Voyager Enterprise New Movie Series So I personally prefer the DS9 style uniforms, they seem to be a bit understated and look more like work uniforms, for that reason I also like the Enterprise … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=831) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=833)