# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=855 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 856 --- ## [Joe Perry (Aerosmith) collapsed on stage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-perry-aerosmith-collapsed-on-stage/759635)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-perry-aerosmith-collapsed-on-stage/759635 "2016-07-13T23:56:10Z")
Doesn’t sound good. I hope he recovers ok. No word yet what went wrong. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/nyregion/aerosmith-guitarist-joe-perry-hospitalized-after-staggering-off-stage-in-coney-island.html?referer=ht… --- ## [Johnny Staccato vs. Peter Gunn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-staccato-vs-peter-gunn/759766)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-staccato-vs-peter-gunn/759766 "2016-07-13T23:54:32Z")
Staccato was a rip off of Peter Gunn, but I liked it better than Gunn. It was more film noire, and featured confrontational subjects, like McCarthyism. Besides, Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) who doesn’t share my interest in film n… --- ## [New "Ghostbusters" Looks LAME!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ghostbusters-looks-lame/759763)
**Author:** [@Writeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Writeman)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ghostbusters-looks-lame/759763 "2016-07-13T23:25:05Z")
The trailers look absolutely IDIOTIC and I think it’s ludicrous they had to pander to making things all “fair” for the ladies with the female cast. GIVE ME A BREAK! --- ## [Culinary crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culinary-crack/759646)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culinary-crack/759646 "2016-07-13T21:56:40Z")
Went to my favorite movie palace this weekend and watched The Secret Lives of Pets.’ My son thoroughly enjoyed the movie. As per usual, I ordered a bottomless popcorn (lotsa butter lotsa salt) and soda. One simply can’t … --- ## [ID this helicopter chase movie for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-helicopter-chase-movie-for-me/759753)
**Author:** [@Roadfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadfood)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-helicopter-chase-movie-for-me/759753 "2016-07-13T20:46:15Z")
This is from many years ago, could be 70’s or 80’s, probably a made-for-TV movie. I think the basic plot is that a helicopter traffic reporter (flying the copter himself) sees some sort of crime and the bad guys escape i… --- ## [The Pillars of the Earth (miniseries)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pillars-of-the-earth-miniseries/759806)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pillars-of-the-earth-miniseries/759806 "2016-07-13T20:32:22Z")
Has anyone seen this? I just rented it on Amazon Prime. Wow, this is like the original Game of Thrones except without the dragons! Donald Sutherland, Haley Atwell, Ian McShane. Paraphrased from Wikipedia: The Pillars… --- ## [Sous Vide: buying an immersion unit tomorrow. What do I need to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sous-vide-buying-an-immersion-unit-tomorrow-what-do-i-need-to-know/759666)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sous-vide-buying-an-immersion-unit-tomorrow-what-do-i-need-to-know/759666 "2016-07-13T19:58:35Z")
I’ve \[del\]needed\[/del\] wanted a sous vide machine for several years now, but could never quite justify the expense or counter space. Because of Mrs. Devil’s condition and related dietary restrictions, we really do have a… --- ## [The Flintstones comic book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flintstones-comic-book/759529)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flintstones-comic-book/759529 "2016-07-13T17:06:33Z")
Issue 1 just out from DC: writing by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh artist. Luscious art style; this isn’t done in a Hanna-Barbera style, but richer, much more naturalistic or realistic. Here’s part of the cover art. Just … --- ## [Favourite Vocal Harmony lines in Popular Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-vocal-harmony-lines-in-popular-music/759739)
**Author:** [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-vocal-harmony-lines-in-popular-music/759739 "2016-07-13T16:45:55Z")
I’ve got to admit the truth, I am totally head over heels in love with ‘Miss Sweeney’ by Weezer and I was thinking about why I love it so much . While I really like the stilted anxious delivery of the verses and the rock… --- ## [Hot Pocket w/ no crisping sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-pocket-w-no-crisping-sleeve/759718)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-pocket-w-no-crisping-sleeve/759718 "2016-07-13T13:52:27Z")
Got a pair of Hot Pockets I wanna cook up for breakfast. Unfortunately, one of them is missing the cardboard “crisping sleeve” that you’re supposed to microwave them with. Must’ve got left out in the manufacturing proc… --- ## [Hulu Series "Casual"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-series-casual/759803)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hulu-series-casual/759803 "2016-07-13T12:35:47Z")
Do any of you watch the Hulu series “Casual”? Every time I see a promo for it I think to myself I should check it out sometime. I’ve always liked Michaela Watkins in a “she’s always great, someone needs to give her a le… --- ## [Peter Gunn Jazz xylophone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunn-jazz-xylophone/759765)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-gunn-jazz-xylophone/759765 "2016-07-13T11:17:37Z")
The group that plays at Mother’s has a xylophone. I don’t recall hearing one in Jazz. Was that popular in the second half of the 1950’s? --- ## [Heroic sacrifices: who's got the stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroic-sacrifices-whos-got-the-stuff/759613)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heroic-sacrifices-whos-got-the-stuff/759613 "2016-07-13T06:53:27Z")
“The stuff” being the nerves and nads to voluntarily give up one’s life to save others. I speak of fictional characters (obviously, look where we are!) and ai would like to discuss who has more or less of it.I envision a… --- ## [Ashly Perez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashly-perez/759682)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ashly-perez/759682 "2016-07-13T05:33:53Z")
Admittedly not the most significant issue of our day but I am curious. Ashly Perez is/was one of the people regularly featured on Buzzfeed’s YouTube channel. But I read a recent article that says she was fired from Buzz… --- ## [Sadistic Snack Foods and the Masochists Who Love Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621)
**Author:** [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadistic-snack-foods-and-the-masochists-who-love-them/454621 "2016-07-13T02:00:26Z")
I love rice crackers. I love them so much that the last time I went to the grocery store I bought the humongous 3 pound bag. I’ve had a bowl of them just about every day this week. My jaw hurts from eating them. My jaw h… --- ## [Random, dismembered limbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-dismembered-limbs/759629)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-dismembered-limbs/759629 "2016-07-12T23:56:18Z")
I was thinking about coming up with something (not sure if in stage, fiction or film format) about severed limbs being discovered in different areas (with cryptic notes?) in a community/section of town/subdivision. Feet … --- ## [Help identify this super famous, obvious song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-super-famous-obvious-song/759754)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-this-super-famous-obvious-song/759754 "2016-07-12T22:07:12Z")
I can’t remember a single lyric for it, or the artist or title. It’s a pop song, and was quite famous. Probably from the 2000s. It starts off with a tinny, echo-y kind of sound with forlorn singing that cuts itself off… --- ## [Novels set in the US South: character demographics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-set-in-the-us-south-character-demographics/759728)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novels-set-in-the-us-south-character-demographics/759728 "2016-07-12T21:37:50Z")
I just finished reading a book set mostly in a small Mississippi town, with a secondary setting of a nearby city. The book is a somewhat awkward cross between a romance and a murder mystery. The author spends a lot of p… --- ## [Is it possible to tour too much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-tour-too-much/759676)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-tour-too-much/759676 "2016-07-12T20:34:14Z")
I enjoy listening to Elton John’s music. Always have. And I went to one of his concerts back in the 80’s, which I enjoyed, but it seems he is constantly touring, in addition to his months long Vegas show. He takes a mon… --- ## [A new ID This Sitcom Line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-id-this-sitcom-line/759700)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-id-this-sitcom-line/759700 "2016-07-12T19:24:15Z")
Okay, this is not the Simpsons. I want to say it’s an 80s sitcom (I think maybe Family Ties but not sure). This is a paraphrase and I might have the set up wrong: Character 1: This stinks. Character 2 chastises him for… --- ## [Trivia item: Since the 1950s, the only charted Billboard single never to have been found](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-item-since-the-1950s-the-only-charted-billboard-single-never-to-have-been-found/652225)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-item-since-the-1950s-the-only-charted-billboard-single-never-to-have-been-found/652225 "2016-07-12T18:00:29Z")
“Ready ‘n’ Steady” by D.A. in 1979. It charted for three weeks, reaching as high was 102. Collector Joel Whitburn, who has every other record to have charted since the 1950s, has never been able to find the record–ore … --- ## [Who are your 3 favorite sidekicks of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-3-favorite-sidekicks-of-all-time/758351)
**Author:** [@12mgdaily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/12mgdaily)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-3-favorite-sidekicks-of-all-time/758351 "2016-07-12T16:43:26Z")
Who are your 3 all time favorite side kicks? This can be fictional characters (example: Robin - Batman) or real people (example: Ed McMahon - Johnny Carson) My favorite 3 are - Bullwinkle - Rocky George Costanza - Jer… --- ## [A pitcherful of tasty adult beverages - suggestions needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitcherful-of-tasty-adult-beverages-suggestions-needed/758906)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitcherful-of-tasty-adult-beverages-suggestions-needed/758906 "2016-07-12T14:09:16Z")
I’ll be taking some sangria to a block party tomorrow but thought it might be tun to try something else as well - ideas? My basic sangria recipe is: 1 bottle sweet-ish red wine 1/2 cup orange juice 1/2 cup brandy An… --- ## ["New" Top Gear host quits!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-host-quits/759704)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-top-gear-host-quits/759704 "2016-07-12T13:43:49Z")
Chris Evans, the replacement host for Brit TV Automotive Magazine Top Gear , leaves the show due to low ratings and sexual assault charges. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/celebrities/20160704\_Reuters\_tagre… --- ## [30 Day Song Challenge, number 18: a song that you wish you heard on the radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-18-a-song-that-you-wish-you-heard-on-the-radio/758269)
**Author:** [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-18-a-song-that-you-wish-you-heard-on-the-radio/758269 "2016-07-12T11:50:45Z")
Well, number 17 in the Challenge went about as badly as I feared it might. I think this one should go better. There’s nothing requiring you to pick a radio-friendly song, but I’m picking one that I think could have been… --- ## [Big Brother 18 Season Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-18-season-thread/758198)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-18-season-thread/758198 "2016-07-12T02:44:59Z")
Well, I’ll take the bullet, since no one has started one yet. This is the season thread for Big Brother 18, summer of 2016. We are two episodes in right now. There are some interesting Houseguests. There are some annoyi… --- ## [What were your favorite OBSCURE(?) children's books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-obscure-childrens-books/433684)
**Author:** [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-your-favorite-obscure-childrens-books/433684 "2016-07-12T00:55:28Z")
Honest to God, I thought of this thread idea last night, and only just now saw Cartooniverse’s thread. I popped in there and didn’t see a lot of overlap, so I hope I’m not treading on any toes. Anyway, the other day I … --- ## [What actor does this British actress remind me of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-does-this-british-actress-remind-me-of/759594 "2016-07-11T21:41:21Z")
Okay, movie buffs, another challenge. The actress Sinead Cusack is in the series “Marcella”, which I’m presently watching. She reminds me strongly of a male actor of about the same age, who I can’t recall the name of. I … --- ## [In which I meet Willem Dafoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-meet-willem-dafoe/690377)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-meet-willem-dafoe/690377 "2016-07-11T21:29:32Z")
The Cleveland Cinematheque just had a Willem Dafoe weekend, with screenings of his movies The Dust of Time, Platoon, Go Go Tales and Shadow of the Vampire. The actor himself appeared for Q&A with a sellout crowd after t… --- ## [Biopic of Clara Bow in the works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biopic-of-clara-bow-in-the-works/759243 "2016-07-11T20:32:11Z")
She was the original It Girl. I wonder if Eve is involved? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=854) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=856)