# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=984 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 985 --- ## [Best canadian rpm number 1 singles:1971](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1971/732020)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-canadian-rpm-number-1-singles-1971/732020 "2015-09-21T00:02:42Z")
Which song to reach #1 in 1971 is your favorite? YOU MAY PICK MORE THAN ONE SONG OLDER POLLS: 1964:http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18667052 1965:Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Society … --- ## [need help looking for an 80s movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-looking-for-an-80s-movie/731987)
**Author:** [@josenbaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/josenbaby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-looking-for-an-80s-movie/731987 "2015-09-20T22:03:31Z")
searching for an 80s syfy kids movie where a group of kids find a boat/sub that at night looks like the loch ness monster and they go in it and take it out on the lake they hop on a bike that some how getting the boat to… --- ## [What is the single best episode of any TV series that you have ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-best-episode-of-any-tv-series-that-you-have-ever-seen/179309)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-single-best-episode-of-any-tv-series-that-you-have-ever-seen/179309 "2015-09-20T21:47:07Z")
“City on the Edge of Forever” in Star Trek? “The Contest” from Seinfeld? “Abyssinia Henry” from MAS\*H (one of the few times I cried because of a TV show). What is your favorite TV episode, ever? If you can’t think of a … --- ## [What was the longest Top 10 song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-longest-top-10-song/562462)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-longest-top-10-song/562462 "2015-09-20T19:17:36Z")
I was asked this recently, and the longest one I could think of was “American Pie,” clocking in at a little over eight minutes. I’m mainly interested in US releases, but other countries are OK. To qualify, it had to ha… --- ## [Whatever Happened to Actress Amanda Peterson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-actress-amanda-peterson/307896)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-actress-amanda-peterson/307896 "2015-09-20T15:51:32Z")
She played the popular cheerleader in 1987’s “Can’t Buy Me Love.” According to IMDB, she hasn’t worked since 1995. Anyone have any better info? --- ## [Yorkshire pudding with oil instead of beef drippings. Any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkshire-pudding-with-oil-instead-of-beef-drippings-any-good/731374)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yorkshire-pudding-with-oil-instead-of-beef-drippings-any-good/731374 "2015-09-20T13:59:45Z")
As an American, I’ve been toying with the idea of making Yorkshire pudding lately. The problem is that I almost never have beef drippings on hand as I never make roasts. The recipes that I’ve seen call for either dripp… --- ## [Apple fritter bread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-fritter-bread/731835)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-fritter-bread/731835 "2015-09-20T13:57:50Z")
I made Awesome Country Apple Fitter Bread today. (I’m not sure if it’s apple fritter bread from Awesome Country, or apple fritter bread that is awesome and comes from the country, or if it’s made with country apples as … --- ## [Jackie Collins dead of breast cancer at 77](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackie-collins-dead-of-breast-cancer-at-77/731920)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackie-collins-dead-of-breast-cancer-at-77/731920 "2015-09-20T12:13:02Z")
Sister of Joan Collins and writer of pulp novels. --- ## [Tom Lehrer is still alive!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-is-still-alive/731044)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-is-still-alive/731044 "2015-09-20T06:41:47Z")
Apparently, no date of death being given. Wow! Here’s a curious thing: While he did a bit about “Clementine,” speculating about what the song “with no recognizable merit whatsoever” would have been if various non-folk … --- ## [Amanda Peterson, "Can't Buy Me Love" actress, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peterson-cant-buy-me-love-actress-has-died/724444)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amanda-peterson-cant-buy-me-love-actress-has-died/724444 "2015-09-20T06:18:06Z")
Story here. Depressing. She was one of my first celebrity crushes. Loved her in Explorers. And 43 is way too young, says this 42-year old male. --- ## [Charlton Heston: Racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlton-heston-racist/380110)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlton-heston-racist/380110 "2015-09-20T06:12:00Z")
Mods: I put this here because it’s about an actor; it may well belong (or wind up!) in GD, GQ, or The Pit. Do as you see fit. I’ve seen this allegation a few times over the years, most recently over here. Rather than h… --- ## [Pecan Pie Without The Pecans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-without-the-pecans/731567)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pecan-pie-without-the-pecans/731567 "2015-09-20T03:42:08Z")
A coworker of mine has left me a slice of pie she makes and I always forget to ask her what it is. It looks like a pecan pie, except there are no pecans or any other nuts in it. The texture and the flavor is almost like… --- ## [The opening space-battle scene cut from The Mote in God's Eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opening-space-battle-scene-cut-from-the-mote-in-gods-eye/731224)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-opening-space-battle-scene-cut-from-the-mote-in-gods-eye/731224 "2015-09-20T03:09:18Z")
Just found this - cut from Niven and Pournelle’s 1974 first-contact classic, and worth a read now, if you liked the book. Colvin, you may recall, appears in the closing pages of the novel, having later accepted Imperial… --- ## [Successful Food Experiments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-food-experiments/731760)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-food-experiments/731760 "2015-09-19T20:14:37Z")
Sometimes I like to play with my food… well in the prep at least. I usually take the simple approach to burgers with just some ground chuck or round, simple bun, American Cheese, ketchup and/or mustard. Yesterday eveni… --- ## [Johnny Depp: Unrecognizable, or cheap baldy wig?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-depp-unrecognizable-or-cheap-baldy-wig/731663)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-depp-unrecognizable-or-cheap-baldy-wig/731663 "2015-09-19T19:13:54Z")
I don’t know where our local paper gets their movie capsules, but in the description for the new movie “Black Mass”, they refer to an “unrecognizable Johnny Depp” playing Whitey Bulger. However, every time I see a traile… --- ## [Anyone watching the Hart To Hart marathon today on Hallmark Movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-hart-to-hart-marathon-today-on-hallmark-movies/731807)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Boone\_Fanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel_Boone_Fanatic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-the-hart-to-hart-marathon-today-on-hallmark-movies/731807 "2015-09-19T18:36:25Z")
I was watching it earlier. Good show! --- ## [Fear The Walking Dead non-episode specific discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-non-episode-specific-discussion-thread/731406)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fear-the-walking-dead-non-episode-specific-discussion-thread/731406 "2015-09-19T17:55:23Z")
I have a few thoughts on Fear The Walking Dead. I dislike the title. It just doesn’t do it for me. I was born ‘in L.A.’ (Actually, it was one of the surrounding suburbs in L.A County, near the Naval base and just abo… --- ## [Question about Doctor Who season 8 (spoilers, if it matters)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-doctor-who-season-8-spoilers-if-it-matters/731697)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-doctor-who-season-8-spoilers-if-it-matters/731697 "2015-09-19T17:10:38Z")
This is one of those things that’s been bugging me for a while now, and I’m really surprised not to see any other Whovians bringing it up. Maybe it was solved already, or really obvious and I’m missing something. But– I… --- ## [The TV show Scrubs and Hugh Jackman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-scrubs-and-hugh-jackman/731725)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-scrubs-and-hugh-jackman/731725 "2015-09-19T16:36:11Z")
Hello Everyone, Watching Scrubs on Netflix and a running joke on there is how much Dr. Cox hates Hugh Jackman. What’sthe inside joke? --- ## [What IS this song?? 70's-?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-70s/722892)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-song-70s/722892 "2015-09-19T14:38:44Z")
second day in a row I heard it on the radio, I know I heard it back in tha day, a lot of jazzy, minor key synthesizer. I’ve tried googling lyrics, got squat. “You can still hang onto your dreams but don’t get lost in t… --- ## [If "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" were written by someone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756 "2015-09-19T12:42:59Z")
This thread has a link to an imagining of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie if it were done by Ayn Rand. Wikipedia gives the entire text for the original. Those who’ve been around a while know that this board has or had som… --- ## [Anyone Seen the 2014-2015 King Crimson Nostalgia Tour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-2014-2015-king-crimson-nostalgia-tour/728360)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-the-2014-2015-king-crimson-nostalgia-tour/728360 "2015-09-19T12:29:33Z")
Just curious: has anyone attended any of the nostalgia-oriented concerts by the current edition of King Crimson. For years, Robert Fripp shunned old Crimson material, but lately he’s been touring with various and sundry… --- ## [Big Brother 17, the final three.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-17-the-final-three/731608)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brother-17-the-final-three/731608 "2015-09-19T06:26:12Z")
All in all, it was a pretty bad season I think. If you didn’t watch, you obviously don’t care, if you did, then you certainly agree it wasn’t the best by far. Too many people just played along not taking any advantag… --- ## [Could a Comedic trio Like The "Three Stooges" Work Today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-comedic-trio-like-the-three-stooges-work-today/731211)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-comedic-trio-like-the-three-stooges-work-today/731211 "2015-09-19T00:52:18Z")
I ask because I was watching some old TS shorts-from 1940-44. amazing how old they are! Still funny though-could three modern comedians like them be successful today? Although I doubt that the head-knocking and eye-pokin… --- ## [New TV Season 2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tv-season-2015/731074)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tv-season-2015/731074 "2015-09-18T23:51:04Z")
So the new season is almost upon us. Let’s discuss! What new shows do you plan to sample? What returning shows are you looking forward to? Any shows you plan on giving up on even though they are coming back? Or maybe jum… --- ## [Most "90s" genre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-90s-genre/731634)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-90s-genre/731634 "2015-09-18T23:07:49Z")
I was thumbing through the 90s dance thread, and thought “dance music was the least 90s sound, grunge would be a lot more definitively 90s”. But there was of course a lot of other music out then. Which music defines th… --- ## [Does 'Weird Al' Have Mental Issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-weird-al-have-mental-issues/730500)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-weird-al-have-mental-issues/730500 "2015-09-18T20:22:01Z")
Yes, I’m posting this question in MPSIMS instead of CS, because it’s not a question about his music. I have never been shy about letting the people around me know that I’m a Yankovic fan, and that I have been a Yankovic… --- ## [The Walking Dead/Fear the Walking Dead--mechanics of the virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-fear-the-walking-dead-mechanics-of-the-virus/729407)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-fear-the-walking-dead-mechanics-of-the-virus/729407 "2015-09-18T19:35:42Z")
I know that we are early in the FTWD series which may answer some of these questions, but I am a bit confused on the mechanics of the virus and its transmission. IIRC, a super flu virus wipes out millions. A peculiar a… --- ## [Bands Primarily Influenced by Led Zeppelin; The Good, Bad, and WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-primarily-influenced-by-led-zeppelin-the-good-bad-and-wtf/731673)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-primarily-influenced-by-led-zeppelin-the-good-bad-and-wtf/731673 "2015-09-18T19:33:58Z")
Yes, there can only be one LZ, although many bands tried to emulate their formula. Most fell miserably short of their mark. One group who deserved more respect/success was Cactus…if you haven’t heard of them, check thi… --- ## [The Who frontman Roger Daltrey not allowed to sing two nights in a row.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-who-frontman-roger-daltrey-not-allowed-to-sing-two-nights-in-a-row/723087 "2015-09-18T19:15:38Z")
Good advice for many aging singers. The band’s shows should be even better with Daltry resting his voice and all the guys getting a break between shows. I need to see if theres any way to make one of their shows. I’ve n… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=983) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=985)