# The Dick Appreciation Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816 "2014-04-10T19:12:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/41 "2014-04-11T15:57:14Z")
Anybody but Andy. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/42 "2014-04-11T16:14:45Z")
Dick Smothers (Mom always liked him best) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/43 "2014-04-12T03:40:34Z")
I’m also a fan of Dickies work clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/44 "2014-04-12T03:51:19Z")
I was always too shy to buy a book by Charles Dickens. I bet they are HILARIOUS! ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/45 "2014-04-12T05:17:33Z")
If you’ve ever lived in the Seattle area, [Dick’s Drive In](http://www.ddir.com/) is the only option. Fantastic fries and shakes. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/46 "2014-04-12T06:30:00Z")
How can anyone forget the famous mountain man, [Beaver Dick!](http://nativeunity.blogspot.com/2007/09/beaver-dick-mountain-man.html) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/47 "2014-04-12T11:35:42Z")
One of my favorite guys on CNN: Richard Quest. Yes, some people have been in a “dick quest” for many years. And I have to repeat Dick Van Dyke, one of my childhood crushes that continues to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/48 "2014-04-12T12:56:16Z")
The Dick with probably the best name in rock, Magic Dick from the J. Geils Band. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/49 "2014-04-12T16:00:16Z")
[Grayson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiZuvJ48MZ0). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/50 "2014-04-12T16:06:23Z")
My grandfather was a Dick. So was my junior-high band teacher. Both very cool guys. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/51 "2014-04-12T16:21:08Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Dale [Dickey](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225460/)? ---
**Author:** ![turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/52 "2014-04-12T21:36:47Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > No Richards, Ricks or Rickys allowed. Dickeys are acceptable. Who’s your favorite Dick? > I like Butkus. I’m an old bears fan, do its in my genes to love Dick Butkus. But doesn’t it sound like a bad gay pornstar name? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/53 "2014-04-12T22:45:09Z")
> [@kferr](#): > > From the world of cricket there’s [Dickie Bird](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickie_Bird) Good call.🙂 I’ll add Dickie Attenborough. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/54 "2014-04-12T23:47:31Z")
Both my father and my stepfather were/are named Dick. Both good guys. One not mentioned yet: [Dick Foran](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Foran), perhaps best-known (beyond his many appearances in movie westerns) for his role in _The Petrified Forest_. Solid, upstanding (and ultimately boring) type. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/55 "2014-04-12T23:59:56Z")
A favorite: Dickie Moore of the Our Gang comedies. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/56 "2014-04-13T00:08:57Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > My favorite lower-case dick is Sam Spade. My favorite upper-case Dick is former pitcher and pitching coach Dick Pole. Dick Pole, redundant don’t ya think? ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/57 "2014-04-13T00:40:27Z")
Dick Irvin…voice of Hockey Night in Canada for as long as I can remember …I did his taxes for about 8 years. Really nice man. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/58 "2014-04-13T03:14:31Z")
And let us not forget Dick Martin. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/59 "2014-04-13T04:42:44Z")
So… no Dick Tracy fans here?! And how about DICK VITALE, BABY!!! ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dick-appreciation-thread/685816/60 "2014-04-13T10:47:07Z")
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