# Was the Straight Dope TV show any good? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-any-good/490628 "2009-03-24T19:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-any-good/490628/21 "2014-12-30T14:21:21Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Yeah, and now that I’ve seen the whole episode. . . > > a) It wasn’t just the host reading SD columns and responses, and did in fact contain man-on-the-street and expert interviews. > b) They made the most of what they could with the budget they had. > > When it started out, I thought, 'Oh, this is bad." After I watched the whole ep, I just thought it wasn’t very good (refer to ‘b’ above). I think this is a good assessment. I watched the show, found the books, and eventually the online content. If someone had already read the columns or books, the show was not meant for them. Also to the show’s credit, this was before Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters. It was before the explosion of A&E/History/TLC/Discovery type of edu-tainment. These days it would be one of many, then it was kind of on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-any-good/490628/22 "2014-12-30T15:21:25Z")
I seem to remember catching it on TV at like four in the morning. I had read the books, so it was cool to see it had its own show. I remember the silly graphics, and the episode I saw was about how they put the lettering on M&Ms. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-any-good/490628/23 "2014-12-30T16:38:39Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I watched and liked it; but it was my first exposure to the SD - I had not ever seen the column nor books. When the show went off the air I went looking for Straight Dope online, which led me here. Same here. My then-boyfriend and I channel-surfed onto it and stayed. I remember one episode was about how those clusters of tiny flying insects you see in forests are actually the bugs mating. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-any-good/490628/24 "2014-12-31T22:42:01Z")
> [@Grither](#): > > I’ve seen him doing standup a couple of times, and really enjoyed myself. Same here. I really enjoyed myself…unfortunately, I had paid money to see _him_. He sucked. Not really. I just saw something that I could practice on. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-any-good/490628/25 "2015-01-03T03:45:56Z")
Well the content was entertaining, but the opening graphics looked like something from a web video series put out by some guy in his basement. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-any-good/490628.md?page=1)