# Ed Zotti **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 6, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965 "2004-01-06T06:21:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/21 "2004-01-06T21:00:33Z")
Folks, this is GQ. Let’s not let rampant speculation run wild. I think it’s obvious that **Ed Zotti** is not **Cecil**. However, **Cecil** may, in fact, be **Ed Zotti**. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/22 "2004-01-06T21:08:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > So **Cecil** is really superman, all becomes clear. Then **Eve** would be Louis Lane, and **Ed Zotti** would be the editor at the daily planet. That’s **Lois Lane** , not Louis Lane. I’d claim to be Jimmy Olson in this scenario, except that I can’t stand the little creep. Someone else can have him. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/23 "2004-01-06T21:15:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > \*\*So **Cecil** is really superman, all becomes clear. Then **Eve** would be Louis Lane, and **Ed Zotti** would be the editor at the daily planet. \*\* Great Cecil’s ghost! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/24 "2004-01-06T21:36:06Z")
I believe [a movie has already been made](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117333/) loosely based on his life. “Some things in life just can’t be explained.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/25 "2004-01-06T23:21:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Ashtar \* > \*\*Sure, but how many times did Clark Kent say, “Me? Superman? Wow, you sure have an active imagination, Lois.” \*\* Clark Kent is _Superman_?!!! Jeez, thanks for the Spoiler warning, friend. Huh, some people. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/26 "2004-01-06T23:37:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ianzin \* > \*\*Clark Kent is _Superman_?!!! \*\* Wow, you sure have an active imagination, **ianzin**! ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/27 "2004-01-07T00:45:59Z")
> [@](#): > > - > > Isn’t Ed like a nickname for an editor? and whoever knew any real person with the name Zotti? \*\* According to [switchboard.com](http://switchboard.com), there are two Zotti’s living in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mean\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/28 "2004-01-07T02:26:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by C K Dexter Haven \* > \*\*Yes, Ed Zotti has a left hand. \*\* Ed Zotti _has no left hand_. Poor bastard tried to catch a Viet Cong rocket back in '68. He _was_ left handed though. Before the rocket, that is. I’m surprised you didn’t know this. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/29 "2004-01-07T04:22:27Z")
However, Ed Zotti also has no right hand, for reasons unknown. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/30 "2004-01-07T05:17:54Z")
But what about the tentacles? ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/31 "2004-01-07T07:57:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ianzin \* > \*\*Clark Kent is _Superman_?!!! Jeez, thanks for the Spoiler warning, friend. Huh, some people. > > 🙂 \*\* **ianzin** , you’re right. Bad **Lord Ashtar**! You should get your revenge by spoiling something for _him_; like how David Copperfield flew for example. ---
**Author:** ![GopherGod72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f0a364/32.png) [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/32 "2004-01-07T17:23:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by EddyTeddyFreddy \* > \*\*But what about the tentacles? \*\* I believe both tentacles are right where they should be. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/33 "2004-01-07T18:52:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duckster \* > I believe [a movie has already been made](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117333/) loosely based on his life. For Cecil, yes. For Ed, the movie is [this one](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053879/) ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/34 "2004-01-07T18:56:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Moe \* > \*\ ***ianzin** , you’re right. Bad **Lord Ashtar**! You should get your revenge by spoiling something for _him_; like how David Copperfield flew for example. \*\* Okay, I’m sorry! I repent! For the love of God, I repent! Please don’t ruin the magic of David Copperfield! I’d have nothing left to live for! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/35 "2004-01-07T20:17:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Governor Quinn \* > \*\*However, Ed Zotti also has no right hand, for reasons unknown. \*\* So wait…you’re saying that Ed, and possibly Cecil, are really Dr. No??! ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/36 "2004-01-07T20:44:02Z")
Some consider Ed Zotti a toed zit; others a ditz toe. Some think he just goes around writing ribald poetry such as his definitive “ode 'z tit”. Or is univerally dismissive in his claims of “zed to it!” Cecil Adams on the other (left) hand is simply a calced sim. Some revere him and think he Is Mecca Lad, but others think he is a mecca slid; in profane words sometimes no better than a camel disc. Why, in Mexico I’ve heard some call him A Mescal Cid. He was found sometimes just walking the beach drunkenly slurring “Does anyone have a iced clams?” over and over. He would wake in the morning on the beach cold as iced clam. He came to his senses one day, founded and grips to death the Straight Dope. It is his orated spight and his pirated ghost. He’s been treated like shit and persevered through the hard times and his motto is now, "Caca misled, caca slimed, caca smiled, " acclaims ed. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/37 "2004-01-07T22:11:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > \*\*If Ed Zotti is Cecil’s right hand man, could Eve be his left hand woman? \*\* Better that than being Ed’s back door lover. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/38 "2004-01-08T14:29:09Z")
All this talk about Ed and Cecil and hands and Superman makes me think of Christopher Reeve. And I’m going straight to hell for it. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/39 "2004-01-09T04:36:49Z")
I’m kinda bi. Bat right, use right-handed scissors, but write left. Just like Cecil, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965/40 "2004-01-09T04:38:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ed Zotti \* > **I’m kinda bi.** Thanks for the sig! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti/222965.md?page=3)