# Five famous folks are coming for dinner, but there is a catch **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503 "2024-10-31T15:47:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/41 "2024-11-01T08:45:47Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Ramin Djawadi Shit, I missed Djawadi. I’m a huge fan of his work - his soundtracks for _GoT, PoI, Westworld_ and especially _Pacific Rim_ are amazing. I’d take him over Grylls, if you hadn’t already called dibs. BTW, I think it’s funny that neither of us wanted DiCaprio. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/42 "2024-11-01T11:10:05Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Dan Ackroyd > Douglas Adams > David Byrne > Annie Potts > Vladimir Putin > > I’ll make beef stroganoff, the one dish I can make that doesn’t come from a box. After dinner we’ll retire to the parlor for brandy, cigars and a pleasant discussion about who slipped the polonium into Putin’s dinner. For the sake of completion, the year is 1952. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/43 "2024-11-01T11:11:30Z")
1961 Barack Obama Boy George Dennis Rodman Ricky Gervais Julia Louis-Dreyfus I’d serve them my homemade chili and watch them go nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/44 "2024-11-01T11:24:00Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Not getting invitations: Brett Kavanaugh, J.K. Rowling, Charlie Sheen, Bashar al-Assad (president of Syria) I like this wrinkle. My YANI\* list: - Betsy DeVos - Thomas Kinkade - Alec Baldwin - Jeff Foxworthy - Rick Santorum \*You Are Not Invited mmm ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/45 "2024-11-01T12:31:41Z")
1963 - Dave Foley (Kids in the Hall) - Quentin Tarantino - Jet Li - Michael Jordan - Ming-Na Wen ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/46 "2024-11-01T17:19:00Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > I’m not famous. But I’ll bring my own place setting and a chair, and squeeze in at the table at the Mustard house. I would totally eat at a restaurant called The Mustard House. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/47 "2024-11-01T17:53:36Z")
Maybe as an addition to the Mustard Museum. > **[National Mustard Museum](https://mustardmuseum.com/)** > > The National Mustard Museum houses the world's largest collection of mustard and sells a wider variety of quality mustards than anywhere else on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/48 "2024-11-01T18:45:30Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Shit, I missed Djawadi. I’m a huge fan of his work - his soundtracks for _GoT, PoI, Westworld_ and especially _Pacific Rim_ are amazing. Ditto, I have those soundtracks plus a few others. And no, I’m not trading, keep your TV survivalist! DiCaprio is … fine. I don’t dislike him, and own several DVDs in which he features. And his political and environmental efforts are admirable. But I was leaning more into the quirky or slightly insane already, and Christian Bale is a better match. Plus, I love some of Bale’s failures (Reign of Fire, Equilibrium) and want to watch or talk about those. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/49 "2024-11-01T19:18:11Z")
My 1953 YANI list: Hulk Hogan Xi Jinping Dennis Miller Elaine Chao David Berkowitz ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/50 "2024-11-02T13:08:54Z")
I was born in 1967. Kurt Cobain Layne Staley Kristen Pfaff Scott Weiland Anton Newcombe I won’t need to cook. Just a big pile of heroin, some instruments and recording equipment. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/51 "2024-11-02T14:05:04Z")
Another 1952 list: George Strait Christopher Reeve (pre accident, please!) John Goodman Mandy Patinkin Patrick Swayze All people whose works I admire. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/52 "2024-11-02T17:57:22Z")
Mr. Goodman would like to know what’s for dinner. mmm ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/53 "2024-11-04T15:52:53Z")
1961 For lots of laughs: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Amy Sedaris Ricky Gervais Wayne Gretzky - My son, who is now deceased, loved him Michael J Fox - just because ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/54 "2024-11-09T13:29:06Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > pasta primavera for those who want a veg option Pasta usually contains eggs, not sure about the vegan thing. I have made fresh vegan pasta, it is a lot more work than fresh egg pasta, which itself is a lot of work. Even with a machine to roll it. 1976: Reese Witherspoon, because I had a crush on her most of my early 20s Benedict Cumberbatch, mostly because he looks extraordinary. Also I imagine a great conversationalist, but mostly for his appearance. I am shallow. Colin Farrel, so he can learn how to act from Benedict. I find him really annoying, but hey, I am an equal opportunity dinner giver. Emma Bunton of the Spice Girls (Baby Spice). I’d like to learn if she is as vacuous as her public persona in that band. Cillian Murphy, an actor for whom I have great respect. It’s going to be home made bread, hand made pasta, probably mezellune (half-moon shaped ravioli) stuffed with finely chopped pork, sage, thyme, onion and perhaps a little pickled ginger served with a sage butter. Obviously accompanied by a light salad. Followed by home made basil ice-cream (suprisingly delicious) … or, swordfish cutlets, with fresh pomegranite, and a pomegranite reduction. Decisions, decisions… Plenty of fine wine, plus some alcho-pops for Baby Spice. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/55 "2024-11-09T15:30:01Z")
Jodie Foster Cheryl Crow Michelle Yeoh Matthew Broderick Wesley Snipes On the menu Greek Meze platters and herbal infused cocktails. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/56 "2024-11-09T16:42:32Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Emma Bunton of the Spice Girls (Baby Spice). Damn, i had to check that she was really born in 1976. She was. It seems like everybody’s getting older, not just me ! ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/57 "2024-11-09T17:42:04Z")
Birth year 1957 - Fran Drescher - She got a lot more interesting during the recent SAG-AFTRA strike. She probably has a lot of good stories she could share, she expresses herself well, and is open with her thoughts. - Dave Stewart - Baseball pitcher and executive. He’s my favorite player from my time as an Oakland A’s fan, not just for his accomplishments on the field, but for his decency and humanitarianism off the field. - Ethan Coen - One of my favorite directors. I’d love to talk to him about movies. - Spike Lee - He seems like an interesting person, full of opinions. - Stephen Fry - He’d probably be hilarious. Menu: - Sweet and sour beef and cabbage soup - Indian black-eyed peas with mushrooms (in case there are any vegetarians) - Roasted cauliflower - Poppyseed Bundt cake ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/58 "2024-11-09T17:58:01Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Damn, i had to check that she was really born in 1976. She was. Several of the others (2 IIRC) were born in 1974, they came up in my list. So she’s a “baby” by those standards. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/59 "2024-11-10T01:08:12Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Jodie Foster > Cheryl Crow > Michelle Yeoh > Matthew Broderick > Wesley Snipes > > On the menu Greek Meze platters and herbal infused cocktails. 1962 for those scoring at home. mmm ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503/60 "2024-11-10T14:23:48Z")
No that’s not correct. How’s I do that? What year was I born. I’d better ask mom. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-famous-folks-are-coming-for-dinner-but-there-is-a-catch/1009503.md?page=4)