# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=935 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 936 --- ## [How do "free" actors and actresses find acting jobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-free-actors-and-actresses-find-acting-jobs/742120)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-free-actors-and-actresses-find-acting-jobs/742120 "2016-01-06T03:43:02Z")
Let’s say your contract with one production outfit has expired with no available casting opportunities (whether tv or movie.) Does one walk in on a studio or an ongoing production? Do producers regularly hold auditions, … --- ## [Downton Abbey - Season 6 discussion \[spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-season-6-discussion-spoilers/732102)
**Author:** [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downton-abbey-season-6-discussion-spoilers/732102 "2016-01-06T03:26:12Z")
If there’s already a thread, I apologize. Merge or change the title as needed. Off to a good start with Episode 1! All that business between Mrs. Hughes, Carson, and poor Mrs. Patmore the go-between was hilarious. I… --- ## [Gene Roddenberry's old Floppy disks "might" have unseen scripts or series ideas.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-roddenberrys-old-floppy-disks-might-have-unseen-scripts-or-series-ideas/742269)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-roddenberrys-old-floppy-disks-might-have-unseen-scripts-or-series-ideas/742269 "2016-01-06T01:59:28Z")
Interesting news. :slight\_smile: 200 floppy disks could hold a lot of word processing documents. Perhaps 500 maybe? Back then a word doc might only be a couple hundred k bytes. Depended on how many pages it was. 5.25 … --- ## [How much money did the actors in Star Wars, the force awakens earn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-did-the-actors-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens-earn/741006)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-did-the-actors-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens-earn/741006 "2016-01-06T00:22:14Z")
I’m hoping they all came out pretty well financially, but have no idea. Especially considering that some of the main characters are fairly unknown. What salary did they all get for this film? Did they get any % of the t… --- ## [Reading a Novel: How Many Pages Before You Give Up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-a-novel-how-many-pages-before-you-give-up/742082)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-a-novel-how-many-pages-before-you-give-up/742082 "2016-01-05T22:33:20Z")
Suppose you have a novel you don’t have significant money invested in (for example from a library, a gift from a friend, a garage sale). On average how many pages do you give it before you decide it’s not for you? --- ## [Rhianna Pratchett Remembers Her Father Terry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhianna-pratchett-remembers-her-father-terry/741704)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhianna-pratchett-remembers-her-father-terry/741704 "2016-01-05T20:11:23Z")
The Guardian ran a Rhianna Pratchett remembrance of her father Terry recently. he sounds a wonderful father as well as a great writer: --- ## [Tell me about a 'film short'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-a-film-short/742147)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-a-film-short/742147 "2016-01-05T19:59:16Z")
I know it’s basically a, well, a short film, 40 minutes or so. I’m curious, because I look up acting credits for actors on IMDB and while most have upcoming projects listed, a lot also have appeared in ‘shorts’. As the… --- ## [Straight Dope ladies, I could use some romance-fiction advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-ladies-i-could-use-some-romance-fiction-advice/742048)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-ladies-i-could-use-some-romance-fiction-advice/742048 "2016-01-05T19:32:56Z")
I’m a man, writing romance fiction. There are some formulaic plots or tropes I strongly dislike in fiction, and the romance genre is perhaps the most repetitive, unoriginal genre of all. The stereotypical male protagon… --- ## [ACC Network](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acc-network/742240)
**Author:** [@Grsz11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grsz11)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acc-network/742240 "2016-01-05T18:22:40Z")
Does anybody know how the ACC Network works? I live in Northern Virginia, does that mean I will only get Virginia or Virginia Tech games or could I get anything? And how is it different from games listed as ACCRSN (Regi… --- ## [Was "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" considered racy back in the day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-alfred-hitchcock-presents-considered-racy-back-in-the-day/742185)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-alfred-hitchcock-presents-considered-racy-back-in-the-day/742185 "2016-01-05T18:03:50Z")
Pilot episode aired in 1955. I was surprised to see THIS lovely lady showing off her gams in the episode. Not really a big deal by today’s standards, but for 1955? Wow, I would have never thought. --- ## [Albums where (almost) every song is known](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-where-almost-every-song-is-known/741606)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-where-almost-every-song-is-known/741606 "2016-01-05T15:46:28Z")
I was putting together a playlist on Spotify and I happened to bring up the 1st Cars album. Wow, almost every song is known. They weren’t all singles, but almost all (7 of 9) get classic rock radio or movie exposure. … --- ## [Godzilla is Back -- and he's Buff and Toothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-is-back-and-hes-buff-and-toothy/742216)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/godzilla-is-back-and-hes-buff-and-toothy/742216 "2016-01-05T13:59:28Z")
Pictures show that Goszilla has pretty visible “muscle lines” on his chest, suggesting that he’s been lifting weights. The Godzilla in the more recent 2014 Warner Brothers outing, on the other hand, looked kinda zafti… --- ## [Possibly the worst TV commercial I have ever seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possibly-the-worst-tv-commercial-i-have-ever-seen/741995 "2016-01-05T00:00:23Z")
I kept thinking it was a spoof of something until the very end: It has a very SNL vibe, the way that the dialog matched the song in places. I know there’s a most-hated commercials thread, but this one was so bad that… --- ## [Simpsons shorts from Tracey Ullman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-shorts-from-tracey-ullman/125904)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-shorts-from-tracey-ullman/125904 "2016-01-04T22:29:56Z")
I’m looking over my Simpsons Season 2 DVD set, and I’m astounded that it does not include a single Tracey Ullman Simpson short as an “extra.” It was also pretty surprising, in retrospect, that only one of those was inclu… --- ## [Greensleeves/What Child is This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greensleeves-what-child-is-this/407960)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greensleeves-what-child-is-this/407960 "2016-01-04T21:58:53Z")
Okay, give your opinion on this. I know this could go in IMHO too but it’s basically about a song tune so here it is. If a mod thinks it should be moved, I have no problem. But my roomate and I are arguing over this tun… --- ## [And now, heeeeeeeeeere's Johnny! On Antenna TV.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-heeeeeeeeeeres-johnny-on-antenna-tv/741745)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-heeeeeeeeeeres-johnny-on-antenna-tv/741745 "2016-01-04T21:45:43Z")
Although it’s a couple of days from now, I thought I’d drop a reminder that Antenna TV will begin airing complete episodes of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson on Friday at 11:00 PM Eastern. These aren’t the cut down “… --- ## [Peter Jackson gets the rights to The Silmarillion as a single 3 hour movie. Do you watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jackson-gets-the-rights-to-the-silmarillion-as-a-single-3-hour-movie-do-you-watch/741892)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-jackson-gets-the-rights-to-the-silmarillion-as-a-single-3-hour-movie-do-you-watch/741892 "2016-01-04T21:43:49Z")
Assume Peter Jackson by whatever means is given the right to film The Silmarillion. He is given carte blanche creative control with only 2 exceptions. It must be only one movie, and the movie must not last more than 200 … --- ## [help me find this 90s science fantasy series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-90s-science-fantasy-series/742047)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-90s-science-fantasy-series/742047 "2016-01-04T21:25:09Z")
Ok bare with me on this one since I don’t remember all the details. It was a series with a least five books, each book was told from the point of view of a different character with overlapping stories. Started out as … --- ## [Any piano technicians/geeks in the house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-piano-technicians-geeks-in-the-house/739041)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-piano-technicians-geeks-in-the-house/739041 "2016-01-04T19:04:27Z")
If I have the chance to buy a 1991 Steinway 1098 (upright) from a trusted source, and an independent piano tech verifies that it’s in a good condition, is that as much of a no-brainer as I think? --- ## [Recipe for making regular mozzarella?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-making-regular-mozzarella/742130)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-making-regular-mozzarella/742130 "2016-01-04T17:03:20Z")
Yes, a billion recipes for the very delightful fresh mozzarella. And I like fresh mozzarella very much. But fresh mozzarella and regular mozzarella (is there a word other than “regular”?) are different beasts. They tast… --- ## [American Horror Story --- WTF???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-horror-story-wtf/598752)
**Author:** [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Replies:** 376\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-horror-story-wtf/598752 "2016-01-04T15:18:44Z")
I just watched the premiere of the new FX series “American Horror Story” with Dylan McDermott. What the fuck??? I mean, seriously what the fuck was that?? I suppose the lack of any explanation is supposed to pique the… --- ## [Singer Natalie Cole Dead at 65](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-natalie-cole-dead-at-65/741950)
**Author:** [@lalaith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalaith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-natalie-cole-dead-at-65/741950 "2016-01-04T14:19:58Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/01/entertainment/natalie-cole-death/ “Unforgettable” with her father, Nat King Cole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdBKXdc4dgw --- ## [Bod Rock Hard. What the....?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bod-rock-hard-what-the/742142)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bod-rock-hard-what-the/742142 "2016-01-04T13:33:34Z")
I like the Bod sprays. They’re a cheap everyday scent. I’ve gotten 8 different kinds at Big Lots for 80 cents each for a 1.8 ounce bottle. But recently I bought some called "Rock Hard’. It’s supposed to have different a… --- ## [Actors who have always looked like middle-aged guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-always-looked-like-middle-aged-guys/741959)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-have-always-looked-like-middle-aged-guys/741959 "2016-01-04T11:17:09Z")
I swear these guys look/looked the same throughout their entire professional lives (as in, they sprang from the womb as fully-formed middle-aged men): Norman Fell (Mr. Roper; recently saw him in a 1960s film with Ian Mc… --- ## [The secret to clear Coke.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-to-clear-coke/741936)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-to-clear-coke/741936 "2016-01-04T02:16:01Z")
Interesting experiment. Clear Coke. Most definitely not something that can be drunk later. I’m curious now if Coke is naturally a clear drink (like 7 UP and Sprite) and they just add a dye to color it? --- ## [TWOP: Are the archives accessible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twop-are-the-archives-accessible/742106)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twop-are-the-archives-accessible/742106 "2016-01-03T23:53:14Z")
RIP, Television Without Pity – my second favorite board (after this one, of course!) Anyone know if the message board archive can be accessed? If so, where? --- ## [Peter Dickinson has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dickinson-has-died/741661)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-dickinson-has-died/741661 "2016-01-03T23:14:59Z")
Peter Dickinson was an exceptional writer of mysteries, with the weirdest mind producing the weirdest plots in the business. He started at the top, with his first two mysteries winning the Gold Dagger, the British best m… --- ## [Did Kirk Douglas (Vincent van Gogh) Meet Jeanne Calment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-kirk-douglas-vincent-van-gogh-meet-jeanne-calment/741917)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-kirk-douglas-vincent-van-gogh-meet-jeanne-calment/741917 "2016-01-03T22:06:04Z")
If you watch the movie trailer (“Lust For Life”)-wherein Kirk Douglas played the part of Vincent van Gogh, he relates an amazing incident that took place in the same cafe that van Gogh frequented, in France. Douglas (who… --- ## [It's been years since I cooked bacon. It's delicious but I forgot what a ferocious stink it makes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-years-since-i-cooked-bacon-its-delicious-but-i-forgot-what-a-ferocious-stink-it-makes/741923)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-been-years-since-i-cooked-bacon-its-delicious-but-i-forgot-what-a-ferocious-stink-it-makes/741923 "2016-01-03T21:24:46Z")
Last night all the stores were closed except for the Wawa gas-convenience store. So for tomorrow’s 2016 breakfast eggs, an apple, OJ, some cheddar… oh it’s bacon! Been a while…hum… bacon. Sweet memories. Ok get some baco… --- ## [Growing mushrooms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-mushrooms/741095)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-mushrooms/741095 "2016-01-03T18:47:57Z")
I’ve been thinking about having plants for some time. However, I’ve also been considering mushrooms because they can be quite colorful, they’re easier to grow than plants especially indoors in winter and I can eat them. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=934) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=936)