# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=904 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 905 --- ## [Ex-Eagle Randy Meisner's wife shot to death.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-eagle-randy-meisners-wife-shot-to-death/748221)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-eagle-randy-meisners-wife-shot-to-death/748221 "2016-03-09T18:00:47Z")
Lana Rae Meisner, 63, wife of former Eagles bassist Randy Meisner was shot yesterday in a reported accident. Meisner told police his wife had been searching for something in a hall closet where there were two guns and th… --- ## [What is the most effective/easiest way to do kitchen-y things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-effective-easiest-way-to-do-kitchen-y-things/748328)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-effective-easiest-way-to-do-kitchen-y-things/748328 "2016-03-09T17:07:51Z")
Let’s say you need zest and juice. Is it easier to juice then zest the peel? Or do you get better results zesting then juicing? How about separating eggs? Fingers, spoon with holes? Egg shell? Which way is less likely t… --- ## [I want round pancakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-round-pancakes/748213)
**Author:** [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-round-pancakes/748213 "2016-03-09T15:39:45Z")
How do restaurants get nice round pancakes? Every recipe I can find for pancakes are all about how fluffy they are. The last ones I made were ½” thick but came out all lopsided because the batter didn’t spread out on t… --- ## [Locke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locke/700076)
**Author:** [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locke/700076 "2016-03-09T15:22:26Z")
Tom Hardy is an acting god. You may know him as Bane, Eames, Ricki Tarr or Tommy Conlon but you should acknowledge him as the greatest actor working today. --- ## [Wondering what to have for dinner? IHOP giving free pancakes today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-what-to-have-for-dinner-ihop-giving-free-pancakes-today/748345)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-what-to-have-for-dinner-ihop-giving-free-pancakes-today/748345 "2016-03-09T14:32:38Z")
Might be an option. Just wanted to remind everyone (or let people know who didn’t already know, at all). --- ## [Do famous (or infamous) actors have to audition for their roles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-famous-or-infamous-actors-have-to-audition-for-their-roles/594592)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-famous-or-infamous-actors-have-to-audition-for-their-roles/594592 "2016-03-09T12:30:20Z")
Like, did Jack Nicholson have to audition to be the joker? Or would the producer just phone his agent and see if they could set it up. Like wise for someone like Tommy Lee Jones - if a movie calls for a cantankerous, no… --- ## [Old cartoon of Ravels Bolero and evolution of life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-cartoon-of-ravels-bolero-and-evolution-of-life/543858)
**Author:** [@AllFreedomUnlessDefyingScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllFreedomUnlessDefyingScience)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-cartoon-of-ravels-bolero-and-evolution-of-life/543858 "2016-03-09T11:12:20Z")
Many years ago when I was a child the early movie networks like HBO and The Movie Channel used to fill their interstitial between movies with short films, usually cartoons. I distinctly remember even after all these year… --- ## [Long lost royal? Prove it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lost-royal-prove-it/748311)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lost-royal-prove-it/748311 "2016-03-09T10:02:42Z")
I was thinking of the movie Tangled and it strikes me that the King and Queen have no reason to believe that Rapunzel is their long lost princess. Pretenders have popped up throughout history claiming to be for example o… --- ## [help me Find this movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-movie/747815)
**Author:** [@TJSeal22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJSeal22)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-movie/747815 "2016-03-09T07:48:19Z")
I seen this movie 1 time neve see again… i was 14/15 so thinking it was 1975/77 \[COLOR=“Purple”\]I’m sure was made before,77 it was in color its a western movie, its not gray eagle and its not the searchers i know that … --- ## [Need your help please. \[Identifying a music video\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-your-help-please-identifying-a-music-video/748337)
**Author:** [@bigjonfton2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bigjonfton2)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-your-help-please-identifying-a-music-video/748337 "2016-03-09T03:47:23Z")
Hello, I am a first time user and will try to keep it short and thank you for your patience. I am trying to identify a 80’s music video that got heavy play on MTV. I can’t remember the band or the song and have tried eve… --- ## [Gomer Pyle Dancing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gomer-pyle-dancing/748128)
**Author:** [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gomer-pyle-dancing/748128 "2016-03-09T03:43:57Z")
At 0:40 is that Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) of Andy Griffith fame cutting a rug? --- ## [Help me find this Grant Geissman tune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-grant-geissman-tune/748293)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-grant-geissman-tune/748293 "2016-03-09T02:34:27Z")
Grant Geissman is a jazz/crossover guitarist. I turned on the Jazz station on FiOS earlier this week and heard a jazz blues with guitar/piano/bass/drums. Fairly traditional jazz blues, but I heard some things in there I … --- ## [Wizards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wizards/748041)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wizards/748041 "2016-03-08T21:48:21Z")
Forty years after its release, I’ve just watched Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards (1976) again. I bought it on DVD a dozen years ago, so that’s how long it’s been since I’ve seen it. Today I watched the 35th Anniversity Blu Ray … --- ## [Radishes-- do you eat them? Do you like them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radishes-do-you-eat-them-do-you-like-them/746855)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radishes-do-you-eat-them-do-you-like-them/746855 "2016-03-08T21:17:59Z")
Radishes are one of those foods that I want to like. They’re cute and red, easy to grow, cheap. But I haven’t developed an appreciation of them. I feel like I’m missing out. What do you do with them besides slice them i… --- ## [If you buy E-Books, you're getting money back...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-buy-e-books-youre-getting-money-back/748285)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-buy-e-books-youre-getting-money-back/748285 "2016-03-08T21:07:11Z")
…probably. Since the Supreme Court refused to hear Apple’s appeal, they have lost their price fixing Class action so everyone who bought an e-book between 2010 and 2012 is getting a partial refund. Note, not just Apple s… --- ## [Worst epsisode of star trek](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-epsisode-of-star-trek/745964)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-epsisode-of-star-trek/745964 "2016-03-08T20:49:22Z")
What are your least favorite episodes of star trek? For me it’s when the preachiness gets too extreme; The Mark of Gideon (TOS): where they go to a planet where no one is willing to have an abortion, because they’re app… --- ## [Biggest Oscar robberies/snubs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-oscar-robberies-snubs/747590 "2016-03-08T19:50:25Z")
Who got robbed the most in Oscar history? People, not movies, if you would. I’ll start. Sean Astin for Return of the King Alfred Hitchcock for, I’d say, Psycho Junkie XL for Mad Max Fury Road - seriously, the best sc… --- ## [Let's Fix the Ending of Star Trek Enterprise (Unboxed Spoilers Except for One)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-the-ending-of-star-trek-enterprise-unboxed-spoilers-except-for-one/748222)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-fix-the-ending-of-star-trek-enterprise-unboxed-spoilers-except-for-one/748222 "2016-03-08T18:54:07Z")
I watched this on Netflix and I was most irked at the season finale. I was quite perturbed that Shoehorning in TNG was sloppy. Enterprise couldn’t stand on its own, Braga et al had to squeeze in an obviously aging Ri… --- ## [Pregnancy story line in sitcoms; who did it best / worst?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-story-line-in-sitcoms-who-did-it-best-worst/746561)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-story-line-in-sitcoms-who-did-it-best-worst/746561 "2016-03-08T18:00:17Z")
I’m on record as pretty much hating the pregnancy story line so I am hard pressed to come up with bests. The Big Bang Theory (which prompted this thread) is so far not annoying so I’ll put it on the list. I think I’d hav… --- ## [Fried chicken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-chicken/748300)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fried-chicken/748300 "2016-03-08T17:37:58Z")
I like to make fried chicken at home, and am always seeking to improve my technique. In my original recipe, I liked to let the chicken sit in buttermilk for an hour, then roll it in seasoned flour before frying. Then, … --- ## [Is the entertainment industry controlled by the Illuminati?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-entertainment-industry-controlled-by-the-illuminati/747706)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-entertainment-industry-controlled-by-the-illuminati/747706 "2016-03-08T16:21:39Z")
intended as poll --- ## [Names you associate with "white trash"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-associate-with-white-trash/204364 "2016-03-08T16:14:47Z")
I am currently writing a story, and a need a name for a character. Think of a woman in her forties built like a linebacker with a bad dye job and a hockey player’s smile. And her personality matches her looks. What would… --- ## [Community Season 6 on DVD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-6-on-dvd/748094)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-season-6-on-dvd/748094 "2016-03-08T14:13:18Z")
Just wanted to mention that the (probably) last season of Community is coming out on DVD this coming week. Might be worth it so that you can watch without dealing with Yahoo Screen. Plus who knows how much longer Yahoo h… --- ## [Once Upon A Time Season 5 Second Half (No Spoilers Once Episode Has Aired)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-season-5-second-half-no-spoilers-once-episode-has-aired/748238)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-upon-a-time-season-5-second-half-no-spoilers-once-episode-has-aired/748238 "2016-03-08T13:21:30Z")
They had me crying in the first five minutes with that lovely scene between Neal and Emma. It was great bumping into all the old villains, seeing Cruella’s car go driving by, although they had a one-off of a character j… --- ## [Songs which defined the recession of 2008-13 to you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-defined-the-recession-of-2008-13-to-you/748240)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-which-defined-the-recession-of-2008-13-to-you/748240 "2016-03-08T12:40:22Z")
Mine is Kid Cudis Pursuit of happiness Anyone else have a specific song which stands out for them? --- ## [Does anyone feel like discussing "The Good Wife" (2016- open spoilers as it airs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-discussing-the-good-wife-2016-open-spoilers-as-it-airs/743578)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-feel-like-discussing-the-good-wife-2016-open-spoilers-as-it-airs/743578 "2016-03-08T02:30:52Z")
This is one of those shows that I just keep watching and I’m not 100% sure why. The plots (if you can call them that) are like twisted, multi-colored balls of yarn that are being chased all over the room by \[del\]cats\[/de… --- ## [What makes a best picture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-best-picture/747510)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-best-picture/747510 "2016-03-08T01:05:35Z")
I’m sure it’s been done before, but with last night fresh in our memory, I wondered if folk would like to discuss what they expect in the best pictures of the year. Now, I’m not a film student. In fact, I’m probably a … --- ## [Working around the house all week. Which albums should I listen to? Need answer fast-ish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-around-the-house-all-week-which-albums-should-i-listen-to-need-answer-fast-ish/746790)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-around-the-house-all-week-which-albums-should-i-listen-to-need-answer-fast-ish/746790 "2016-03-08T00:50:30Z")
I am going to be doing work around the house all week. All alone, just me and my Spotify account. I am entertaining suggestions as to what entire albums I should listen to. Something Old 97’s? Something New Kids on th… --- ## [Archer TV show - what the ever lovin'....?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-tv-show-what-the-ever-lovin/725411)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archer-tv-show-what-the-ever-lovin/725411 "2016-03-07T22:19:01Z")
I tried watching this last night for the first time and turned it off before I finished even the first episode, in disgust. I just have one question - is he always this racist? I couldn’t stomach all of the damn curry j… --- ## [Bands or singers that identify with their fans as a group or a family.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-or-singers-that-identify-with-their-fans-as-a-group-or-a-family/748176 "2016-03-07T17:31:19Z")
Hopefully by my submissions below, you’ll get what I’m driving at. Kiss - Kiss Army Lady Gaga - little monsters ICP - Juggalos Anymore we can add to this list? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=903) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=905)