# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=955 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 956 --- ## [Supergirl question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-question/737812)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supergirl-question/737812 "2015-11-21T21:08:26Z")
I’ll admit right at the start that I haven’t watched the show. But I see commercials for it. We have Melissa Benoist playing Kara Danvers and Supergirl. Danvers apparently works as a personal assistant for Cat Grant. An… --- ## [Ham handed editing in '70s and '80s TV shows (Battlestar Galactica)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ham-handed-editing-in-70s-and-80s-tv-shows-battlestar-galactica/738203)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ham-handed-editing-in-70s-and-80s-tv-shows-battlestar-galactica/738203 "2015-11-21T18:56:07Z")
I just decided to sit down and try to watch one of my childhood favorite shows—Battlestar Galactica (1978). I noticed something about the editing that was very jarring. The music and the dialogue and often the ambient s… --- ## [Happy 75th to Disney's Fantasia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-75th-to-disneys-fantasia/737531)
**Author:** [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-75th-to-disneys-fantasia/737531 "2015-11-21T18:46:06Z")
Today (11/13/15) marks the 75th anniversary of Walt Disney’s Fantasia! It’s so established as a classic today, and has so many imitators, that it’s easy to forget how ahead of its time it was. It was a real labor of lov… --- ## [Jim Perry dead @ 82](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-perry-dead-82/738119)
**Author:** [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-perry-dead-82/738119 "2015-11-21T16:17:58Z")
Jim Perry, of the 1978-81 NBC Card Sharks, and of the 1983-89 $ale of the Century (which started right on my second birthday, believe it or not), has just now passed on. --- ## [Song help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-help/738167)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-help/738167 "2015-11-21T15:08:22Z")
This may be a tough one. Heard it on the radio today, sounds like it may be from the 70s. Sounded a LOT like Loggins & Messina, a mellow tune. Had some nice accoustic guitar work in it, with a repeating riff that ends on… --- ## [Popular songs that evoke Buddhist philosophy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-that-evoke-buddhist-philosophy/738030)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-songs-that-evoke-buddhist-philosophy/738030 "2015-11-21T10:01:35Z")
…either intentionally or unintentionally. I nominate Lauryn Hill’s “Everything is Everything” as the best example of such a song. (Interesting tidbit: John Legend’s playing the piano part in this song.) --- ## [Anthropomorphized animals in comic strips: why all male?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthropomorphized-animals-in-comic-strips-why-all-male/737684)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthropomorphized-animals-in-comic-strips-why-all-male/737684 "2015-11-21T04:52:02Z")
Something I noticed a while back is that all the main anthropomorphized animals in comic strips are male. Comic strips from newspapers, that is. I’m sure there’s some webcomics that have female main characters. Note I sa… --- ## [What TV series did you anticipate most eagerly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-did-you-anticipate-most-eagerly/737507)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-series-did-you-anticipate-most-eagerly/737507 "2015-11-21T04:50:13Z")
I was a big fan of the first Battlestar Galactica. I was so sad when it was cancelled, and thrilled when I heard of Galactica 1980. I couldn’t wait to watch… :rolleyes: --- ## [Help me ID this piece by Beethoven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-piece-by-beethoven/737988)
**Author:** [@Zuzu\_s\_Petals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zuzu_s_Petals)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-piece-by-beethoven/737988 "2015-11-21T03:15:16Z")
I’m sure someone here will know this instantly, but I don’t have a clue. In a 1995 Q&A session in Rochester, Billy Joel played a snippet of a really haunting piece by Beethoven. It starts at 1:40. Help in ID’ing it, plea… --- ## [Netflix, am I missing something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-am-i-missing-something/738068)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-am-i-missing-something/738068 "2015-11-21T02:47:21Z")
Netflix became officially available in Australia recently and I am enjoying binge watching a few things and having access to some movies etc. There is one thing though, the interface. How do I browse movies specifically?… --- ## [Do you remember the book 'Sir Machinery' by Thomas E. McGowen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-book-sir-machinery-by-thomas-e-mcgowen/623493)
**Author:** [@rconard131](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rconard131)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-the-book-sir-machinery-by-thomas-e-mcgowen/623493 "2015-11-21T01:33:53Z")
Hello All. Do any of you remember Thomas E. McGowen’s great book- ‘Sir Machinery’? Most of you were probably introduced to it in the 1970’s through the books promoted by Scholastic at your elementary or middle school. … --- ## [Good hot sauces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hot-sauces/721926)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hot-sauces/721926 "2015-11-21T00:10:31Z")
Looking for sauces that are widely available in the US. Like most people I know about Texas Pete and Tabasco and Sriracha . --- ## [Post your killer recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-killer-recipe/732452)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-killer-recipe/732452 "2015-11-20T20:25:10Z")
What thing do you cook, that you’re especially good at? Maybe it’s something complex, or maybe it’s something simple. But it’s you Best Dish. What is it, and how do you make it? Me, I’ll have to think about it… --- ## [Is this "white surburban minstrelsy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-white-surburban-minstrelsy/738032)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-white-surburban-minstrelsy/738032 "2015-11-20T19:45:15Z")
Or is it just a white family having good-natured pop-culturish fun? The Holderness family goes for Drake, Adele and Silentó in new Thanksgiving video --- ## [Help me fluff up my custard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fluff-up-my-custard/738087)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fluff-up-my-custard/738087 "2015-11-20T17:19:15Z")
My go-to dish for potlucks is bobotie. It’s a South African recipe of spiced meat topped with egg custard. I’ve made it a number of times and I’ve tweaked the meat portion to just how I like it. The egg custard so needs … --- ## [Band name "Eagles of Death Metal"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2015, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-eagles-of-death-metal/737648 "2015-11-20T11:02:41Z")
Can a music band use a name like “Eagles of Death Metal” without permission of “The Eagles” band? Could The Eagles win in court? How about “Beatles of Baltimore”, “Led Zeppelin of Straight Dope” or “Rolling Stones of H… --- ## [Anybody watching PRoject Greenlight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-project-greenlight/295609)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-project-greenlight/295609 "2015-11-20T04:56:04Z")
It is now on Bravo instead of HBO. And instead of Miramax backing it, they have Dimension Films, with the hopes of making a more commercial film, instead of the smaller indie, mediocre (at best) films made previously. … --- ## [Do you still know people...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-know-people/737348)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-know-people/737348 "2015-11-20T02:48:57Z")
…called “Biff”, or “Fingers”, or “Lefty”, or “Moose”, or “Tiger”? Thinking this is not a GQ question. :slight\_smile: --- ## [So that's why George Lucas botched the prequels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-thats-why-george-lucas-botched-the-prequels/737898)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-thats-why-george-lucas-botched-the-prequels/737898 "2015-11-19T23:21:05Z")
Somehow, a man with billions of dollars and de facto limitless resources forgot to hire the scriptwriterhe used for his best films, Raiders and Empire Strikes Back. Found out in wiredtoday. How did he make this error? … --- ## [Survivor: Cambodia 11/11 - "You Call, We'll Haul"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cambodia-11-11-you-call-well-haul/737357)
**Author:** [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-cambodia-11-11-you-call-well-haul/737357 "2015-11-19T23:11:14Z")
SPOILERS . . . . . . . . . Woo, always gotta love a HII play, especially a successful one. I had been rooting for Wentworth for awhile, and while playing her HII this early means she’s likely doomed, I still ap… --- ## [Hannibal Lecter: mentally ill or just evil? Plus, if he were real, what would you want done with him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-lecter-mentally-ill-or-just-evil-plus-if-he-were-real-what-would-you-want-done-with-him/557942)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-lecter-mentally-ill-or-just-evil-plus-if-he-were-real-what-would-you-want-done-with-him/557942 "2015-11-19T22:42:12Z")
In either Red Dragon or The Silence of the Lambs,\* everyone’s favorite cannibal psychiatrist protests against being called insane; and, frankly, I don’t believe he was legally insane, no matter what the fictional court t… --- ## [Food for colds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-for-colds/733761)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-for-colds/733761 "2015-11-19T20:58:57Z")
(Don’t mind me. I’m just complaining.) I woke up this morning with the ‘yellow ick’; you know, that thick mucus that drips down your throat from your sinuses. I suppose I should think of something for dinner, but sinc… --- ## [Help with John W. Campbell quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-john-w-campbell-quote/737803)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-john-w-campbell-quote/737803 "2015-11-19T20:13:38Z")
I remember vaguely that John W. Campbell, when he was the editor of \*Astounding \*and creating the Golden Age of SF out of his head, said something like he wanted “stories that could appear as mainstream in a future magaz… --- ## [John Noble's accent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-nobles-accent/737912)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-nobles-accent/737912 "2015-11-19T19:21:07Z")
John Noble is an Australian actor who I first noticed in Lord of the Rings. He has since had roles in Fringe, Sleepy Hollow and now Elementary. I enjoy watching him act and I think he is good at it. The one problem I hav… --- ## [Meat eaters: Could you be a vegetarian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-eaters-could-you-be-a-vegetarian/737768)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-eaters-could-you-be-a-vegetarian/737768 "2015-11-19T18:31:49Z")
Thank God for meat, because I sure couldn’t. I was thinking about it earlier today, but have had the same thought before: Meat is just so delicious. I could never stop eating it,…If I ever tried to become a vegetarian, … --- ## [What movie is this...circa late 70s, early 80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-circa-late-70s-early-80s/738000)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-circa-late-70s-early-80s/738000 "2015-11-19T18:29:25Z")
Please excuse the vague memories, and I posted this on another thread, but because I don’t want to hijack it (also because I want an answer). It would have been from the 1970s-1980s (early in the 80s) and may have been a… --- ## [Wolverine VS Captain America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolverine-vs-captain-america/737801)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wolverine-vs-captain-america/737801 "2015-11-19T18:29:09Z")
Fight is in an urban setting in a public park type area. No civilians around. Cap has his shield. Logan is out for blood and will kill Cap is he gets the chance. Logan has NO healing factor. Who wins?? --- ## [Movies that wasted their premise by making the charecters into idiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-wasted-their-premise-by-making-the-charecters-into-idiots/737526)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-wasted-their-premise-by-making-the-charecters-into-idiots/737526 "2015-11-19T17:54:53Z")
Maybe I am just bad at picking movies tonight, but is it so much to ask to watch one movie where the main characters are not too stupid to live? I don’t ask much. I enjoy action movies as much as the next guy, but is i… --- ## [Old geezers showing how it's done...Richard Thompson content.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-showing-how-its-done-richard-thompson-content/717459 "2015-11-19T17:12:53Z")
RT on the BBC --- ## [The Flash S0207: Gorilla Warfare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s0207-gorilla-warfare/737879)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flash-s0207-gorilla-warfare/737879 "2015-11-19T16:41:59Z")
This week, on My Two Dads… Barry is so bummed out at having to be in rehab for a week that Iris recalls Henry Allen back from backpacking to have a heart-to-heart talk with his son. Much as I appreciate how quickly the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=954) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=956)