# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=900 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 901 --- ## ['You ain't no used-to-was!' Cartoon ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-aint-no-used-to-was-cartoon-id/748872)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-aint-no-used-to-was-cartoon-id/748872 "2016-03-19T15:46:25Z")
I recall a cartoon that was almost certainly made before I was born. Forties or Fifties, I think. It involved a couple of anthropomorphic animals – perhaps a cat and a mouse. (I’ll use those forms unless corrected.) … --- ## [What kind of hat did Granny ('Beverly Hillbillies') wear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hat-did-granny-beverly-hillbillies-wear/749183 "2016-03-19T10:27:13Z")
Some images. I asked this many years ago, and at the time I thought it might have been a ‘pancake hat,’ but I don’t think there was any consensus. --- ## [RIP Larry Drake (Benny from L.A. Law)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-larry-drake-benny-from-l-a-law/749400)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-larry-drake-benny-from-l-a-law/749400 "2016-03-19T04:39:48Z")
Actor Larry Drake, aka Benny Stolowitz from “L.A. Law,” is dead at age 66. Oddly enough, for me his most memorable scene was not doing that role, but as the villain in Sam Raimi’s “Darkman.” Drake’s character uses a ci… --- ## [Those well-crafted non-sappy songs you like...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-well-crafted-non-sappy-songs-you-like/731566)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-well-crafted-non-sappy-songs-you-like/731566 "2016-03-19T01:23:50Z")
Most of the ones I can list are old ones. This is a good example: A decent rendition of it: Sarah Vaughan - Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most Got any that really “hang you up the most”? --- ## [Restaurant Etiquette \[Over Attentive Waiter\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-etiquette-over-attentive-waiter/749207)
**Author:** [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-etiquette-over-attentive-waiter/749207 "2016-03-19T01:20:53Z")
I recently ate a restaurant and had just placed my order and the waiter went and gave the order to the kitchen. My appetizer arrived and soon after my entree arrived in excellent time. However my waiter also arrived and … --- ## [Harry potter and Romilda Vane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-romilda-vane/749390)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-romilda-vane/749390 "2016-03-19T01:14:46Z")
So I’ve got a real issue with the “love potions” found in the Harry Potter universe. In book six we find that at Fred and George’s shop they sell love potions to kids, for some reason only the girls are interested. Romil… --- ## [Daredevil Netflix Season 2 (Open Spoilers!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daredevil-netflix-season-2-open-spoilers/749466)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daredevil-netflix-season-2-open-spoilers/749466 "2016-03-18T23:33:52Z")
The email announcing the release just hit my inbox. Yay! --- ## [Wintergatan - Marble Machine - nutso musical instrument](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wintergatan-marble-machine-nutso-musical-instrument/749237)
**Author:** [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wintergatan-marble-machine-nutso-musical-instrument/749237 "2016-03-18T22:23:14Z")
Wintergatan - Marble Machine Martin Molin made a device that’s kind of like a player piano, in the same way that tequila is kind of like beer. 2000 marbles, a vibraphone, a Beatle bass, some percussion, an appropriately… --- ## [Indiana Jones 5 in 2019](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-5-in-2019/749115)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-5-in-2019/749115 "2016-03-18T21:31:33Z")
Harrison Ford reprises his role and Steven Spielberg directing. Huh. I know I’m in the minority, but I liked the fourth one. I can see them trying to fix the flaws with it, though. I like Temple of Doom, but it has alw… --- ## [The Diary of Anne Frank above a bowling alley, or following the wrong thread in a movie or TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-diary-of-anne-frank-above-a-bowling-alley-or-following-the-wrong-thread-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/748725)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-diary-of-anne-frank-above-a-bowling-alley-or-following-the-wrong-thread-in-a-movie-or-tv-show/748725 "2016-03-18T19:58:59Z")
Sometimes I get distracted by some throwaway detail in a movie or TV show. Whenever Witness for the Prosecution is on, I get distracted wondering how the hell Leonard’s egg beater that separates the egg could work, speci… --- ## [Please help me identify this instrumental](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-instrumental/749317)
**Author:** [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-instrumental/749317 "2016-03-18T19:42:18Z")
I am trying to identify this guitar instrumental from the sixties, I think. You’ll probably need to copy the link into your browser to hear my inartful playing: http://joker49.tripod.com/unknown\_instrumental.mp3 --- ## [Star Treck-TNG and the list of credits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-treck-tng-and-the-list-of-credits/749234 "2016-03-18T19:27:31Z")
Why is Brent Spiner’s name so far down the list of credits? He seems to always have a larger part than most listed before his name. Bad agent? Or, he is just a robot? --- ## [Can you identify this video from the 90s (or late 80s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-video-from-the-90s-or-late-80s/749422)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-video-from-the-90s-or-late-80s/749422 "2016-03-18T19:22:54Z")
I remember very little about it sadly. I know it features a female knight / warrior fighting. Also, a little boy playing with an action figure of a (or the) female knight. I think at some point the two worlds collide and… --- ## [Recommend a tube amp...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tube-amp/745368)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tube-amp/745368 "2016-03-18T19:15:35Z")
I have 2 amps currently: a Peavey, a tiny practice amp with a 10 inch speaker; my other is an Acoustic head and a twin reverb sized cabinet. The second was my gig amp, and it is on the fritz again. Both are solid state… --- ## [Heads up for Steve McQueen fans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-steve-mcqueen-fans/749430)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heads-up-for-steve-mcqueen-fans/749430 "2016-03-18T19:02:01Z")
The real Steve McQueen will be on Showtime tonight in Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015) Our local Showtime channel says: --- ## [Learning harmonica](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-harmonica/746001)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-harmonica/746001 "2016-03-18T18:41:29Z")
I had my first lesson this afternoon, and… I bent a note! I don’t know how many videos I’ve watched in my attempts to do that, but having a one-on-one session did the trick. The first thing you have to do is learn to … --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 18 (March 10, 2016) -- "The Application Deterioration"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-18-march-10-2016-the-application-deterioration/748586)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-18-march-10-2016-the-application-deterioration/748586 "2016-03-18T17:01:41Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [Paul Daniels has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-daniels-has-died/749259)
**Author:** [@lilihob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilihob)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-daniels-has-died/749259 "2016-03-18T15:54:33Z")
So sad, so many Saturday nights, “you’ll like this, but not a lot” --- ## [Opera has so much gorgeous music. But the singers sound like shit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-has-so-much-gorgeous-music-but-the-singers-sound-like-shit/748182)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opera-has-so-much-gorgeous-music-but-the-singers-sound-like-shit/748182 "2016-03-18T14:47:31Z")
Why is that? --- ## [Frank Sinatra Jr. dead at 72](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-sinatra-jr-dead-at-72/749242)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frank-sinatra-jr-dead-at-72/749242 "2016-03-18T11:31:25Z")
Frank Sinatra Jr. Heart attack. We watched all of The Sopranos not long ago. That’s the last time we saw him. He played himself in two or three episodes at a continuing poker game. --- ## [TV Episodes where two actors who later hit it big guest starred](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-episodes-where-two-actors-who-later-hit-it-big-guest-starred/744973)
**Author:** [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-episodes-where-two-actors-who-later-hit-it-big-guest-starred/744973 "2016-03-18T09:49:23Z")
As a fan of Breaking Bad, I listened to a lot of interviews people gave surrounding the show. While listening to one interview, Bryan Cranston mentioned that he had guest starred three different times on Murder, She Wro… --- ## [How easy to use is Ancestry.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-to-use-is-ancestry-com/749178)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-to-use-is-ancestry-com/749178 "2016-03-18T09:18:08Z")
I keep hearing that Ancestry.com is a great place to do genealogical research and that it’s very easy to use. I’m in a “trial period” with the site, but poking around leads me to believe that it’s extremely complex and … --- ## [Is there a way to find a movie based on the music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-a-movie-based-on-the-music/749213)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-a-movie-based-on-the-music/749213 "2016-03-18T06:07:56Z")
Dag Wiren’s Serenade in Strings (here, specifically the fourth movement, start listening at 10:33 if you’re interested) or something very much like it (and I mean plagiaristically like it) I’m sure was used in some movie… --- ## [Ever been to a concert where the headliner did not play an encore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-a-concert-where-the-headliner-did-not-play-an-encore/748935)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-a-concert-where-the-headliner-did-not-play-an-encore/748935 "2016-03-18T04:38:22Z")
At a Wilco concert I saw last summer, as the band walked off the stage at the end of their set a woman next to me asked “Do you think they’ll come out for an encore?” I said “I’m sure they will,” but what I was really th… --- ## [Watched The Revenant after reading the book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watched-the-revenant-after-reading-the-book/749297)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watched-the-revenant-after-reading-the-book/749297 "2016-03-18T04:02:13Z")
Having read the book, my entire experience watching the film consisted of “huh?”, “what?”, “why?”, “and what did Fitzgerald mumble?”. For me, the entire plot was a weak/combined re-hash of Rambo: First Blood, Dances wit… --- ## [Voldemort](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voldemort/746674)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voldemort/746674 "2016-03-18T03:58:30Z")
It seems to me that the wizarding community in the harry potter books has made out Voldemort to be more of a danger than he really was. One reason is they’ve convinced themselves that he’s some sort of super being who no… --- ## [That song is kinda rape-y, isn't it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-is-kinda-rape-y-isnt-it/748693)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-song-is-kinda-rape-y-isnt-it/748693 "2016-03-18T03:51:48Z")
The link above is to Joe Tex’s I Gotcha. Loved the song as a kid but listening to it on the oldies channel, it sounds like a rape in progress to me now. Can we forgive Jimmy Castor’s Bunch for grabbing wome… --- ## [TV shows that replaced several actors simultaneously](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-replaced-several-actors-simultaneously/748199)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-replaced-several-actors-simultaneously/748199 "2016-03-18T03:00:10Z")
In serial dramas and comedies it occasionally happens that the actor playing a regular character needs to be replaced. The character isn’t written out of the show; they just start being played by a different performer. … --- ## [Song with "What was I THINKing?" inserted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-with-what-was-i-thinking-inserted/749266 "2016-03-18T02:38:02Z")
A number of years ago, a woman wrote and sang a song that had that refrain in it. It was funny and poignant at the same time, as she stops in mid-verse and sort of whines and really sounds like she’s trying to figure ou… --- ## [Looking for a book on Scottish folk tales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-book-on-scottish-folk-tales/748386)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-book-on-scottish-folk-tales/748386 "2016-03-18T02:10:33Z")
When I was growing up, my grandmother had a book on Scottish folk tales. It was a hardcover, with a whitish cover; illustration on the front cover was of a little old scribe like fellow, seen from the back, with a tam … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=899) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=901)