# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=966 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 967 --- ## [Nominate a Direct to DVD/Video movie that was actually pretty good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-a-direct-to-dvd-video-movie-that-was-actually-pretty-good/735811)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nominate-a-direct-to-dvd-video-movie-that-was-actually-pretty-good/735811 "2015-10-29T02:22:35Z")
I kind of like these low budget or niche movies that come along. Here are some of my favorites: Down and Derby Employee of the Month Here is a site listing the top 25. The only ones I know: Frozen --- ## [What happened to Ranch Style Beans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-ranch-style-beans/611157)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-ranch-style-beans/611157 "2015-10-29T00:42:40Z")
Ranch Style Beans I have always loved them, although I don’t eat them more than a few times a year. I bought a couple cans today and was really excited to have with dinner tonight. There were two indications that some… --- ## [St Crispin's Day face-off: Olivier versus Branagh !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-crispins-day-face-off-olivier-versus-branagh/735741)
**Author:** [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-crispins-day-face-off-olivier-versus-branagh/735741 "2015-10-29T00:30:03Z")
It’s the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt so what better day to compare Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh performing the St Crispin’s Day speech in their respective versions of Henry V. I have to say that… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 6.01 "First Time Again" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-01-first-time-again-open-spoilers/734382)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-01-first-time-again-open-spoilers/734382 "2015-10-28T23:40:59Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Rick and the group are still having trouble assimilating into Alexandria. Will a new threat bring them closer together or drive them further apart? \[/QUOTE\] Season 6 starts tonight with a 90 minute episode… --- ## [Good, scary movies for younger kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-scary-movies-for-younger-kids/732970)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-scary-movies-for-younger-kids/732970 "2015-10-28T23:21:37Z")
I have two daughters, 9 and 7, they both seem to enjoy scary type stuff, especially the 9 year old. They’ve watched Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark and enjoyed them. Since it’s the season I’d like to find some … --- ## [First time at Max and Erma's; recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-at-max-and-ermas-recommendations/735761)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-at-max-and-ermas-recommendations/735761 "2015-10-28T22:33:03Z")
On Wednesday, Mom and I will be going to Max and Erma’s restaurant as the “food” part of a church group field trip. Neither of us has ever been there. I know the menu is available online, but can I get some recommendatio… --- ## [The silent guy from the Bartles and James Wine Cooler Ads has died. (Dick Maugg)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silent-guy-from-the-bartles-and-james-wine-cooler-ads-has-died-dick-maugg/736011)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silent-guy-from-the-bartles-and-james-wine-cooler-ads-has-died-dick-maugg/736011 "2015-10-28T22:17:17Z")
I always loved the ads for Bartles and Jaymes Wine Coolers. Always funny and creative ads. We started buying Wine Coolers for awhile. heres two vintage ones from 1986. Dick Maugg was the thin guy that nev… --- ## [Kohlrabi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kohlrabi/735863)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kohlrabi/735863 "2015-10-28T21:34:58Z")
A farming friend mentioned that she grew kohlrabi this year. I mentioned that I’d never had it and poof some showed up later that day on our porch. Anyone know anything about this weird veggie? --- ## [Trumpets in rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumpets-in-rock/735681 "2015-10-28T21:17:37Z")
I was listening to some songs by Cake today when I realized they’re the only band I know of that has a solo trumpeter. (I’m excluding bands like Chicago that have trumpeters as part of a horn section.) Do you know of a… --- ## [Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1989](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1989/735935)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1989/735935 "2015-10-28T18:30:40Z")
Time to close out the nineteen eighties. Which of these songs would you vote for? Please Check Out The Old Polls if you have not. You May Vote For More Than One Song!!! Older polls always open: 1964-Canadian RPM Numb… --- ## [Dr Pepper vs Mr Pibb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-vs-mr-pibb/735946)
**Author:** [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-pepper-vs-mr-pibb/735946 "2015-10-28T18:29:40Z")
Which do you prefer, and why. I prefer Mr Pibb over Dr Pepper, since I can taste the cinnamon in it. I even prefer Dr Faygo to Dr Pepper, since it has a more prominent lactic acid flavor. --- ## [Record Choice For When The DJ Wants The Scratching Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-choice-for-when-the-dj-wants-the-scratching-effect/735981)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-choice-for-when-the-dj-wants-the-scratching-effect/735981 "2015-10-28T18:13:54Z")
Sometimes the record the DJ scratches is relevant to the song - it may be part of the hook or whatever. In other cases, such as this example, the record being scratched doesn’t seem to play a role in the song, and the D… --- ## [How many musical groups have names with US Presidents in them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-musical-groups-have-names-with-us-presidents-in-them/735970)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-musical-groups-have-names-with-us-presidents-in-them/735970 "2015-10-28T17:19:17Z")
Not necessarily named after the President. Just with a name of a President. It occurred to me that “Jefferson Airplane” has the name of Thomas Jefferson in it. And, of course, there’s Dead Kennedys. Any others? --- ## [When your Jeopardy! response goes viral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-jeopardy-response-goes-viral/735882)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-your-jeopardy-response-goes-viral/735882 "2015-10-28T16:37:50Z")
An NPR producer discusses her recent experience on the show: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/26/452006074/what-happens-when-your-jeopardy-response-goes-viral --- ## [Making or eating roast goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-or-eating-roast-goose/469824)
**Author:** [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-or-eating-roast-goose/469824 "2015-10-28T15:30:19Z")
Anyone here make roast goose, or at least eat it? I’m thinking ahead about roasting a goose for Christmas instead of turkey. Does it taste like duck, i.e., fatty, juicy, and delicious? --- ## [What are your favorite Neil Young deep cuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040 "2015-10-28T14:54:52Z")
Following suit from MMM’s threads: Paul Simon Deep Cuts Elton John deep cuts Since he has such a vast catalog that I’ve heard a good deal of but far from everything…what are your favorite Neil Young obscure/semi-obscu… --- ## [Bad bad guys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-guys/735756)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-guys/735756 "2015-10-28T14:22:00Z")
No, not a typo, just a thought that occurred to me while watching my daughter watch one of the Iron Man movies. It’s simply this: Corporate “bad guys” are boring. There’s no sense of danger there. They have limited reso… --- ## [Song that was a hit for the most artists, and most decades...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-was-a-hit-for-the-most-artists-and-most-decades/735850)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-that-was-a-hit-for-the-most-artists-and-most-decades/735850 "2015-10-28T14:03:04Z")
I’m having a terrible time figuring out a less clumsy way to express this… I was watching a video of Fred Astaire dancing to Puttin’ on the Ritz and I got to thinking about the fact that the song has been a hit/very pop… --- ## [Any Soul Train participants on this board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-soul-train-participants-on-this-board/735829 "2015-10-28T01:54:27Z")
Watching Soul Train clips on youtube. Digging on the clothes, the couples, the lack of pretending it was live, the great Don Cornelius shilling for Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen cosmetics… and the relentless parade of the v… --- ## [The greatest American rock band of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-american-rock-band-of-all-time/729690)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 317\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-american-rock-band-of-all-time/729690 "2015-10-28T01:12:17Z")
So the other day I heard an ad on the radio for Van Halen’s local stop on their current tour in which the announcer called them “The greatest American rock band of all time”. The greatest American rock band of all time?… --- ## [If TV censorship had been less restrictive back in the day...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-tv-censorship-had-been-less-restrictive-back-in-the-day/735613)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-tv-censorship-had-been-less-restrictive-back-in-the-day/735613 "2015-10-27T22:52:46Z")
… how might your favorite shows been different? Surely Rob and Laura Petrie would have slept in the same bed. But would the Ricardos and the Mertzes have swapped partners?? :eek: What would the Ponderosa have been li… --- ## [Does wrong or too much soap really equal amazing amounts of foam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wrong-or-too-much-soap-really-equal-amazing-amounts-of-foam/735739)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wrong-or-too-much-soap-really-equal-amazing-amounts-of-foam/735739 "2015-10-27T20:48:59Z")
I’ve seen it a few times on sitcoms: Someone puts Dawn in the dishwasher or 4 cups of laundry soap in the washing machine, go away for a bit and when they come back the room is full of foam. Would this really happen or i… --- ## [ID this Horror Movie for Me Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-horror-movie-for-me-please/735800)
**Author:** [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-horror-movie-for-me-please/735800 "2015-10-27T16:10:57Z")
Some time ago I read one of those listicles about good, under-the-radar horror movies and came across one that sounded promising. But I’ve forgotten its title or who directed or starred in it. The premise is: a man live… --- ## [Help ID this 1960s song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-1960s-song/534244)
**Author:** [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-1960s-song/534244 "2015-10-27T15:50:26Z")
This one is driving me nuts. Can’t figure out what or who. I think it comes from about 1966 to 1969 by the sound of the instrumentation. It’s an over-the-top lament by a guy who’s girlfriend died in a desert plane cra… --- ## [The Voice Season 9](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-season-9/733597)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-voice-season-9/733597 "2015-10-27T15:08:44Z")
New season of the Voice kicked off. We’re almost through the Blind Auditions. It’s still very early to have much opinion on the contestants. There are some good ones, some less good ones. Mostly starting this thread a… --- ## [Rewatching Fringe. Unanswered questions. Spoilers abound and are encouraged.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-fringe-unanswered-questions-spoilers-abound-and-are-encouraged/735348)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatching-fringe-unanswered-questions-spoilers-abound-and-are-encouraged/735348 "2015-10-27T12:42:16Z")
I’m rewatching Fringe and, damn, it’s a better show when binge-watched a second time than it was on an episode-per-week basis. A couple of general comments: Peter is so much less of a dick when you know his backstory… --- ## [Which Back to the Future movie is the best one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-back-to-the-future-movie-is-the-best-one/632757)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-back-to-the-future-movie-is-the-best-one/632757 "2012-08-30T22:44:53Z")
It’s that easy, folks. Which is the best one? --- ## [Garlic!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garlic/735721)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garlic/735721 "2015-10-27T05:24:28Z")
I decided to do a roast in the slow cooker. I had a head of garlic, so I decided to add that in. I ended up breaking off 7 cloves, then crushing them by hand (forcefully between fingers) to get the skin off and pulp th… --- ## [The Guitar that Broke Folk up for auction: Mike Bloomfield's Tele](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guitar-that-broke-folk-up-for-auction-mike-bloomfields-tele/735360)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guitar-that-broke-folk-up-for-auction-mike-bloomfields-tele/735360 "2015-10-27T02:27:46Z")
Saw this on a guitar board and thought I would share. Bloomfield used this Telecaster on Like a Rolling Stone, other classic Dylan and Paul Butterfield music and used it at the Newport Folk Festival when Dylan went Ele… --- ## [Brienne of Tarth \[Fully and openly..MASSIVELY spoiled\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brienne-of-tarth-fully-and-openly-massively-spoiled/735530)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brienne-of-tarth-fully-and-openly-massively-spoiled/735530 "2015-10-27T00:54:54Z")
Seriously Spoilers… Is there a bigger plot magnet in all of fiction? Vowed to find both Stark girls and avenge Renly Baratheon. Stumbled across BOTH Stark girls. In the whole world…just ran across both of them. And as… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=965) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=967)