# Going to see Dewey Cox tonight! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101 "2012-08-30T02:12:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/1 "2012-08-30T02:12:01Z")
Yeah, I know he’s dead but apparently someone had to idea to do a séance to bring him back to play a show at The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles tonight. I heard a rumor that John C. Reilly, the actor who played Dewey Cox in the movie, might be there. It would be cool to see the real Dewey Cox and the actor who played Dewey Cox in the same room together, but I don’t know if that’s going to happen. Hope I don’t get halved! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/2 "2012-08-30T12:56:59Z")
I assume I am being whooshed somehow. Walk Hard was a fictional movie and John C. Reilly’s character never existed. Does this mean that someone is doing live performance as Dewey Cox, and they storyline that gets him onstage is that he is being invoked via seance? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/3 "2012-08-30T13:38:30Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Yeah, I know he’s dead but apparently someone had to idea to do a seance to bring him back to play a show at The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles tonight. > > I heard a rumor that John C. Reilly, the actor who played Dewey Cox in the movie, might be there. It would be cool to see the real Dewey Cox and the actor who played Dewey Cox in the same room together, but I don’t know if that’s going to happen. > > Hope I don’t get halved! The wrong kid died! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/4 "2012-08-30T14:16:17Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > The wrong kid died! That was a riff on Johnny Cash, whose older brother died in a saw accident, and Johnny heard stuff like that from his father… ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/5 "2012-08-30T14:21:48Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I assume I am being whooshed somehow. Walk Hard was a fictional movie and John C. Reilly’s character never existed. > > Does this mean that someone is doing live performance as Dewey Cox, and they storyline that gets him onstage is that he is being invoked via seance? > > 😕 I bet you think Spinal Tap was fictional too. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/6 "2012-08-30T14:22:47Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I bet you think Spinal Tap was fictional too. Wait - what?! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/7 "2012-08-30T14:54:33Z")
There’s a fine line between clever and stupid. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/8 "2012-08-30T14:59:00Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Yeah, I know he’s dead but apparently someone had to idea to do a séance to bring him back to play a show at The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles tonight. You don’t want no part of that! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/9 "2012-08-30T16:15:54Z")
Just wanted to mention that of all the people I know IRL, I’m the only person who finds this movie even remotely funny… and I think it’s one of the best comedies I’ve ever seen. There are multiple scenes and lines that crack me right the fuck up, but everyone else I’ve ever talked to says “meh”. Thanks, Dopers, for showing me that I’m not alone in liking this flick! ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/10 "2012-08-30T16:17:27Z")
I missed the show, but in Dewey’s honor, I’m going to have some [Cox sausages for breakfast](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVdhjar_FtQ). They’re farm-fresh and hickory smoked right there on the farm, in the big Cox smoker. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/11 "2012-08-30T18:22:09Z")
Well, last night was . . . awesome. We did see John C. Reilly at the club before the show and we saw him afterward, but he must have stepped out during Dewey’s set because we didn’t see him in the audience. L.A. musician Mike Andrews was doing a residency at this club, The Bootleg Theater, playing every Wednesday in August. Each week he would book friends of his as special guests. Apparently he an Dewey are friends and that’s how this all came about (Mike Andrews and his band served as Dewey’s backing band for this performance). No séance was necessary. Dewey explained: [QUOTE=Dewey Cox at the Bootleg Theater show last night] A certain movie studio that shall remain nameless suggested to me that if I faked my death it would create great buzz to promote a movie they made about me. Well, I faked my death and the movie bombed anyway. I don’t know if any of you know what it feels like to have your autobiography bomb, but it doesn’t feel good. So, I told them “you’re on your own for the video release.” I bought me a trailer out on the Salton Sea, and that’s where I’ve been livin’ ever since. But the butter has finally run out. So when this fine young gentleman here offered me the chance to do a show, he said he would pay me $10 per song, I decided it was time to come back. [/QUOTE] They opened with an early rock n roll sounding song that I had never heard- it’s not from the movie, I don’t know if it was a cover or not. Next, they played Big Daddy Walk Hard A Life Without You Let’s Duet (with special guest Angela Correa, who dubbed Jenna Fischer’s voice for the movie) Dear Mr. President Royal Jelly Beautiful Ride Dewey left through the crowd as the band played him off. Then he came back for an encore (Have You Heard the News) Dewey Cox Died All in all, a pretty magical evening. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/12 "2012-08-30T19:20:29Z")
That is hilarious! I wish I coulda been there. I love that movie ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/13 "2012-08-30T20:50:25Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Just wanted to mention that of all the people I know IRL, I’m the only person who finds this movie even remotely funny… and I think it’s one of the best comedies I’ve ever seen. There are multiple scenes and lines that crack me right the fuck up, but everyone else I’ve ever talked to says “meh”. > > Thanks, Dopers, for showing me that I’m not alone in liking this flick! The movie’s hilarious, and the soundtrack is pretty damn good. I’m rather fond of “Guilty as Charged.” ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/14 "2012-08-30T20:54:30Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > “Guilty as Charged.” Sadly absent from the set list. It’s one I was looking forward to. Don’t know if maybe they just decided it wasn’t worth doing without trumpet payers or what. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-dewey-cox-tonight/633101/15 "2012-08-30T22:39:34Z")
Damn. Every once in a while you hear about truly awesome and unforgettable events, and you kick yourself for not being able to go or not going. This is one of those for me. I love that move and that soundtrack, and can sing several of the songs from memory. UGH!