# Flight of the Lawnchair Man immortalized in a musical

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 6, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-of-the-lawnchair-man-immortalized-in-a-musical/307112 "2005-06-06T11:51:13Z")\
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**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:** [June 6, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-of-the-lawnchair-man-immortalized-in-a-musical/307112/1 "2005-06-06T11:51:13Z")

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[Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_131.html) wrote the column, and now it’s a [musical](http://www.goodspeed.org/shows/lawnchairman.htm).

You could not make this stuff up.

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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-of-the-lawnchair-man-immortalized-in-a-musical/307112/2 "2005-06-07T05:10:12Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> [Cecil](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=62082) wrote the column, and now it’s a [musical](http://www.goodspeed.org/shows/lawnchairman.htm).
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> You could not make this stuff up.

Is that really the **lno** thread?

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**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-of-the-lawnchair-man-immortalized-in-a-musical/307112/3 "2005-06-07T05:41:54Z")

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Here’s Cecil’s column on the subject:  
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_131.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_131.html)

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-of-the-lawnchair-man-immortalized-in-a-musical/307112/4 "2005-06-10T00:35:17Z")

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Well, that was a downer.