# Real Identity Of Cecil Adams **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 16, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147 "2010-02-16T02:25:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/21 "2010-02-16T14:03:47Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I think there have been more than one Cecil Adams over the years. Dread Pirate Roberts, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/22 "2010-02-16T14:04:34Z")
> [@Todderbob](#): > > Me. I think I’m Cecil Adams. > > Nevermind that I was born in 1990. I’m still him. 1990!?!? they let children on this internet thingy now?. Get off my lawn!. (And Cecil Adams’ real identity is something mankind is not meant to know) ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/23 "2010-02-16T14:07:59Z")
Cecil Adams is Emperor of all He Surveys; Yield to his infinite wisdom and bow down before him lest he smite you hip and thigh. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/24 "2010-02-16T14:10:21Z")
I bought my first car from Cecil Adams. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/25 "2010-02-16T14:13:52Z")
I want to see how Ed votes. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/26 "2010-02-16T19:18:01Z")
There’s a little Cecil in all of us. _burp_ ---
**Author:** ![Lurking\_Quahog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lurking_quahog/32/21274_2.png) [@Lurking\_Quahog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lurking_Quahog)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/27 "2010-02-16T19:19:53Z")
You can’t handle the truth! ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/28 "2010-02-16T19:25:41Z")
Wikipedia says that most people think that Ed Zotti is Cecil Adams. So… it MUST be true!!! Right? right? \ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/29 "2010-02-16T19:36:41Z")
Cecil Adams is Cecil Adams. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/30 "2010-02-16T19:39:52Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Cecil Adams is Cecil Adams. Tautologically speaking ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/31 "2010-02-16T19:47:27Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Dread Pirate Roberts, eh? Or Dr. Who. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/32 "2010-02-16T19:58:05Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Or Dr. Who. I’ve heard he let the dogs out. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/33 "2010-02-16T20:03:50Z")
You are Number Six. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/34 "2010-02-16T20:11:36Z")
Cecil Adams is actually a guy named Adam Cecil. I could tell you more but I’d have to kill you. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/35 "2010-02-17T02:15:20Z")
Cecil doesn’t exist. He’s a mass delusion brought about by too much smoking of the “straight” dope. ---
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/36 "2010-02-17T02:21:50Z")
Cecil Adams is Edgar Alan Poe. Edgar Alan Poe is not however, Cecil Adams. He is Elvis Aron Presley. Therefore, Cecil Adams is Elvis, because as we all know, Elvis is everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/37 "2010-02-17T12:11:06Z")
The question of Adams’ relationship to Zotti reminded me of _The Bald Soprano_, Eugene Ionesco’s first play. I’ll post part of a summary of that play that I found on-line: … Frustrated, Mr. and Mrs. Smith begin to quarrel. Then, just as they are about to make up and retire to the bedroom for a little romp, Mary the maid enters announcing the arrival of guests—Mr. and Mrs. Martin. As the Smiths retire to change clothes, Mary shows the Martins into the room. Alone, the Martins begin to converse. Mr. Martin announces that he is certain they have met somewhere before. Mrs. Martin has the same suspicion. They are surprised to find that they are both from the city of Manchester, that they both took the same train to London, that they both traveled second class, that they both reside at No. 19 Bromfield Street, that they sleep in the same bed, and that they both have a two-year old daughter named Alice with one red eye and one white eye. They come to the conclusion, of course, that they must be husband and wife and embrace… ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Mike\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Fun)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/38 "2010-02-18T21:46:10Z")
Spartacus is Cecil Adams. Or is it the other way around? Of course it’s Ed Zotti. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/39 "2010-02-18T22:08:22Z")
> [@Mike\_Fun](#): > > Spartacus is Cecil Adams. Or is it the other way around? > > Of course it’s Ed Zotti. Thats…not precisely true. Keep your eyes open around here–and read the FAQ. You’ll see what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147/40 "2010-02-19T00:56:26Z")
Cecil Adams is…Bigfoot. that’s why all the photos of him are blurry & out-of-focus. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-identity-of-cecil-adams/529147.md?page=3)