# What was the Straight Dope TV show like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-like/258473 "2004-08-05T16:22:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-like/258473/1 "2004-08-05T16:22:39Z")
I remember that there was one, but, at the time, I wasn’t sufficiently interested to watch it. I had read a few Straight Dope books, but I guess I never put two and two together that they were from the same source. What was it like? Does A&E ever show reruns? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-like/258473/2 "2004-08-05T16:32:57Z")
There are a few pictures of Mike Lukas on the set of the show [here.](http://mikelukas.com/Mike%20Lukas%20-%20Photo%20Gallery.htm) IIRC, it was sort of along the lines of MythBusters, MailCall, or Tactical to Practical. Viewers sent in questions, and Lukas would go on location to interview experts to get the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-like/258473/3 "2004-08-05T16:47:34Z")
I hated it. Thought it was unbearably cutesy-pie and self-concsiously wacky. Was glad when it got axed. ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-like/258473/4 "2004-08-05T16:57:13Z")
That good, eh? Did they ever make mention of Cecil (who is also unbearably cutesy-pie)? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-like/258473/5 "2004-08-05T17:10:14Z")
I think they did, quite often, and it was usually just by his name (reverentially, houwever), not by the “Unca Cecil” or “Perfect Master” variations you see on the boards. The show has been off the air for at least 10-15 years, maybe, and A&E has not shown a repeated episode in nearly as long. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-like/258473/6 "2004-08-05T17:28:58Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > The show has been off the air for at least 10-15 years, maybe… Or it has been off for [only 8 years](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398574/combined) . It all depends on how you mark the passage of time, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-like/258473/7 "2004-08-05T17:48:08Z")
Did you like the show, **Casey**? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2004, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-like/258473/8 "2004-08-05T17:53:02Z")
I thought it was similar to Mythbusters, too. I liked it, but it came on at some insane time like four in the morning, so I could never get anybody to watch it with me. I never liked Jello anyway, but after learning more than I wanted to know about it, there’s no chance I’ll ever eat it again! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-like/258473/9 "2004-08-05T18:01:24Z")
> [@Siddhartha Vicious](#): > > Did you like the show, **Casey**? I did. I recall it being on in the early afternoons, though, like from 2PM-3PM on Tuesdays or something like that. And there were back-to-back episodes (previous week followed by current week, I think). But yeah, I liked it. Took me a while to realize it was off the air though. ---
**Author:** ![vertizontal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ad7895/32.png) [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-straight-dope-tv-show-like/258473/10 "2004-08-05T18:25:48Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I hated it. Thought it was unbearably cutesy-pie and self-concsiously wacky. Was glad when it got axed. They spent an excessive amount of time just trying to be quirky. It wasn’t a very nutritions half-hour - I always wanted it to have more real content.