# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=881 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 882 --- ## [Help me find a song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-song/753676)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-song/753676 "2016-05-02T21:09:30Z")
In 1978 I found out the guy I’d been dating had just asked another woman to marry him. I was… distraught. I decided to take a drive. I got stuff ready, you know, snacks, a few cassette tapes. The car was packed and I w… --- ## [So what did mark twain write in his autobiography that was worth a 100 year old wait ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-mark-twain-write-in-his-autobiography-that-was-worth-a-100-year-old-wait/753639)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-mark-twain-write-in-his-autobiography-that-was-worth-a-100-year-old-wait/753639 "2016-05-02T20:13:13Z")
My nephew was reading tom sawyer a while back and the bio mentioned the autobiography in a 100 years thing and we wondered what he actually said about people to warrant the wait The thought was it was just probably fam… --- ## [The Peanuts Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-movie/737106)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanuts-movie/737106 "2016-05-02T16:04:49Z")
Hey that Peanuts movie was pretty good. I took my 8-year-old son to it on Saturday and we both enjoyed it. The movie was true to the characters though I think they softened them just a wee bit (they seem awfully mean n… --- ## [If you needed to cast a "Negro Spiritual" for a period movie does that art form even exist anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-needed-to-cast-a-negro-spiritual-for-a-period-movie-does-that-art-form-even-exist-anymore/753631)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-needed-to-cast-a-negro-spiritual-for-a-period-movie-does-that-art-form-even-exist-anymore/753631 "2016-05-02T16:03:08Z")
Just curious. Where would a movie director go to get people or group capable of singing (as a group) a truly \*authentic \*sounding “Negro Spiritual” for a period movie set during the early 1800’s. The groups on youtube… --- ## [30 Day Song Challenge, number 9: A Song You Can Dance To.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-day-song-challenge-number-9-a-song-you-can-dance-to/753431 "2016-05-02T15:32:00Z")
Awww, yeah, get your groove on. --- ## [Did any celebrity deaths actually hit you hard personally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-celebrity-deaths-actually-hit-you-hard-personally/753150)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-celebrity-deaths-actually-hit-you-hard-personally/753150 "2016-05-02T15:09:00Z")
I can only think of 2 that actually bothered me personally. Robin Williams. It was just sad that a guy who gave so much enjoyment to the world had to end up hanging himself in his guest bedroom because he had depressi… --- ## [Three's Company - the Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-the-movie/752754)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threes-company-the-movie/752754 "2016-05-02T14:51:53Z")
Not sarcastic conjecture. Not a joke. Not a bad dream. There is a Three’s Company movie in the works. :eek: Why??? --- ## [Recommend me good "grown up" mixed drinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-good-grown-up-mixed-drinks/547391)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2016, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-good-grown-up-mixed-drinks/547391 "2016-04-28T11:49:26Z")
I’m a beer lover, who is trying to venture into drinking other alcoholic drinks. I can’t get myself into liking wine. Mixed drinks, I think I can do. For reasons I’d rather not go into, I’m not looking for drinks that a… --- ## [Good Detective Show like Broadchurch etc. for Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368)
**Author:** [@Cartesian\_Rationalist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartesian_Rationalist)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-detective-show-like-broadchurch-etc-for-netflix/721368 "2016-05-02T12:27:40Z")
Hello Dopers, I’ve been binge-watching a few detective dramas on Netflix, and I would like to find more, the ones I have watched are: The Killing, Sherlock, Luther and Broadchurch. I am looking for similar shows, and … --- ## [Singing AC/DC, yeah, okay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-ac-dc-yeah-okay/753668)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-ac-dc-yeah-okay/753668 "2016-05-02T10:01:53Z")
So I’ve been a regular performer at a local karaoke bar for a couple decades. Somewhere along the way, about the time I turned 47 years old, I somehow figured out Brian Johnson’s vocal technique. After years of trying an… --- ## [Yellow Submarine questions: please help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-submarine-questions-please-help/753584)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-submarine-questions-please-help/753584 "2016-05-02T09:26:54Z")
I watched “Yellow Submarine” again tonight, one of my all-time favorite movies. This one even had the “Hey Bulldog” scene restored! But I have a couple of questions. First of all, there was a thing that went by in a s… --- ## [XKCD 04-27-2016: I'm whooshed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-04-27-2016-im-whooshed/753437)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-04-27-2016-im-whooshed/753437 "2016-05-02T09:09:08Z")
Timeline of Bicycle Design xkcd: Timeline of Bicycle Design Is there more of a joke to this than random absurd bicycle configurations? --- ## [Question about book: "2010 Space Odyssey 2"...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-book-2010-space-odyssey-2/752031)
**Author:** [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-book-2010-space-odyssey-2/752031 "2016-05-02T09:03:04Z")
I’m just in the process of re-reading “The Space Odyssey” series by Arthur C. Clarke. I haven’t read them in probably 30 years. One thing I totally forgot about and really blows me away is how the second book (“2010: Sp… --- ## [Angel to Close to the Ground - Willie Nelson's Classic song; Done better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-to-close-to-the-ground-willie-nelsons-classic-song-done-better/753674)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angel-to-close-to-the-ground-willie-nelsons-classic-song-done-better/753674 "2016-05-02T08:49:03Z")
\*Angel to Close to the Ground \* is one of Willie Nelson’s signature songs. But I stumbled across a version by Allison Moorer that made my jaw drop. :cool: Backed by two superb acoustic guitarists she brings this song to… --- ## [Help! Using Garageband with PreSonus AudioBox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-using-garageband-with-presonus-audiobox/721757)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-using-garageband-with-presonus-audiobox/721757 "2015-06-06T22:35:38Z")
I’ve just got a PreSonus AudioBox iOne that I want to use to hook up my electric guitar to record on Garageband on my MacBook Pro. The AudioBox is hooked up to the USB port. All lights are on. In MacBook Preferences, t… --- ## [Movies That Reference Real People Who Died During Production](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-reference-real-people-who-died-during-production/752937)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-reference-real-people-who-died-during-production/752937 "2016-05-02T04:57:40Z")
Awkward phrasing on the title but here’s my question: reviews of the new movie Green Room, which opened this weekend, have pointed out that a passing mention of Prince by one of the characters has been greeted with appla… --- ## [Patton Oswalt's wife found dead at 46.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patton-oswalts-wife-found-dead-at-46/752860)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patton-oswalts-wife-found-dead-at-46/752860 "2016-05-02T01:12:31Z")
Poor Patton. I really like him and this is a huge shock. Michelle McNamara was only 46. She died in her sleep. --- ## [The Movie The Establishment Doesn't Want You To See!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-the-establishment-doesnt-want-you-to-see/753627)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-movie-the-establishment-doesnt-want-you-to-see/753627 "2016-05-02T00:33:04Z")
Yep-that’s got to be the only reason they’re having trouble distributing AmeriGEDDON:rolleyes: A terrorist group run out of the United Nations, government troops taking away all our guns, a massive EMP bomb taking out t… --- ## [Is "game show host" a good gig?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-game-show-host-a-good-gig/753475)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-game-show-host-a-good-gig/753475 "2016-05-02T00:20:15Z")
Alec Baldwin is apparently the host of the new Match Game. I was always under the impression that this sort of job signaled the “swirling in the bowl” stage of an entertainer’s career and I really thought Baldwin had som… --- ## [Game of Thrones - why so many roles recast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-why-so-many-roles-recast/753624)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-why-so-many-roles-recast/753624 "2016-05-02T00:17:46Z")
In 50 episodes they have had a several roles where they changed actors. Is this more typical of British TV shows? I know it happens on American TV too . The roles recast are : The Mountain , king Tommen, Myrcell… --- ## [Anybody got a Bacon Jam recipe they are particularly fond of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-bacon-jam-recipe-they-are-particularly-fond-of/753623)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-got-a-bacon-jam-recipe-they-are-particularly-fond-of/753623 "2016-05-02T00:10:14Z")
I just discovered this was a thing at a restaurant called “Smoke” in Tulsa Oklahoma. Now I wish to repeat the experience at home. There are no shortage of recipes on the internet, just curious if any of my fellow Dopers… --- ## [Mind-Controlling Super Villains: Kilgrave, The Mule, Max Lord and Others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-controlling-super-villains-kilgrave-the-mule-max-lord-and-others/752808)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mind-controlling-super-villains-kilgrave-the-mule-max-lord-and-others/752808 "2016-05-01T21:52:02Z")
By coincidence, I was reading “Foundation and Empire” and shortly after getting into it, I started binge-watching “Jessica Jones.” I say “by coincidence” because I had no idea that the Mule from the Foundation and Jessic… --- ## [Nero Wolfe-Archie Meets Nero Wolfe, Robert Golsborough.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-wolfe-archie-meets-nero-wolfe-robert-golsborough/753299)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-wolfe-archie-meets-nero-wolfe-robert-golsborough/753299 "2016-05-01T21:23:03Z")
The Goldsborough novels are not the quality of Rex Stout, but I have enjoyed reading them, since there are no ore Stout books. I just received an e-book, Archie Meets Nero Wolfe. Goldsborough makes much of Archie’s mem… --- ## [Vera Stanhope, the most unlikeable detective on TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vera-stanhope-the-most-unlikeable-detective-on-tv/695866)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vera-stanhope-the-most-unlikeable-detective-on-tv/695866 "2016-05-01T19:24:06Z")
I’ve binge-watched all the British cop series that I like (some of them a couple of times) so I’ve been scraping the bottom of the barrel and that has brought me to Vera. What a bitch that woman is. Holy cow- I thought … --- ## [Your next action: Bad takeout food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-next-action-bad-takeout-food/753268)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-next-action-bad-takeout-food/753268 "2016-05-01T18:17:10Z")
You get food “to go” from a casual restaurant you’ve visited before and enjoyed. When you get home, there’s something not right with the food; it’s edible, it’s not going to harm you in any way, it’s just… not good. Th… --- ## [What did Jann Wenner have against Chicago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jann-wenner-have-against-chicago/753568)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-jann-wenner-have-against-chicago/753568 "2016-05-01T17:51:06Z")
I’m watching HBO’s Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and Chicago is finally being inducted. From what I understand, Jann Wenner is the reason it took so long for them to be included. He stated they would never… --- ## [I just threw away a bottle of cloudberry jam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-threw-away-a-bottle-of-cloudberry-jam/462810)
**Author:** [@unspun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unspun)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-threw-away-a-bottle-of-cloudberry-jam/462810 "2016-05-01T16:04:17Z")
The other day at the supermarket my eye was caught by a posh-looking jar of jam, cloudberry jam the label proclaimed. “Sounds interestingly tasty!” I thought, having never heard of cloudberries before, and bought it (£4 … --- ## [ST: Borg vs the Dominion. Who wins this ultimate battle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-borg-vs-the-dominion-who-wins-this-ultimate-battle/753338)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-borg-vs-the-dominion-who-wins-this-ultimate-battle/753338 "2016-05-01T06:41:21Z")
My money is on the Dominion. I don’t think the Borg would be able to assimilate a gelatinous blob of goo anyway. --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' thread - April 2016 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2016-edition/751028)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-thread-april-2016-edition/751028 "2016-05-01T05:12:43Z")
March thread: Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' Thread - March 2016 Edition - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board I’m now reading Conversations with Kennedy by Benjamin C. Bradlee, a gossipy memoir by the Washington Post … --- ## [Jungle Book 2016 - Seen It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-book-2016-seen-it/752420)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jungle-book-2016-seen-it/752420 "2016-05-01T03:04:34Z")
So I saw The Jungle Book today. I was not pleased. To be fair, the movie has some really extraordinary scenes, and the animals are totally believable. The child’s acting, not so much. But the bigger problem is that i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=880) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=882)