# Will The Straight Dope ever make a comeback on TV? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509 "2003-03-23T05:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509/1 "2003-03-23T05:10:19Z")
Even reruns of the old A&E episodes with Mike Lukas would be nice to see. You would think that with all the “educational” cable channels, someone would see the light. Is there any reasonable hope that the Straight Dope on TV will some day get a miracle resurrection? How many episodes of the original show were produced? ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509/2 "2003-03-23T06:03:17Z")
I thought Mike Lucas was a hottie 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 23, 2003, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509/3 "2003-03-23T08:43:06Z")
I’m not sure if it was Lukas I saw (tall bald guy?) but in the one episode of the televised Straight Dope I caught, he simply read an article word-for-word. Truth be told, I didn’t see what advantage the TV show offered. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509/4 "2003-03-23T09:27:24Z")
Failing the introduction of the SDMB Ferrets ™,we can be almost certain that the show will be responsible for the inevitable Hamster Massacre if this message board is mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509/5 "2003-03-23T16:46:19Z")
Of course increased revenues from TV could lead to a whole SDMB Ferret Farm[sup]TM[/sup] replete with new high rise cages and padded exercise wheels and whatnot. Then instead of a Hamster Massacre, we could have massive Hamster forced retirements. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509/6 "2003-03-23T16:51:21Z")
I have never had the pleasure of watching the televised version. Does the wit and sarcasm come off in the manner in which it is intended? And if they’re going to have someone just read the articles, then I believe it should be done by none other than Cecil himself! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509/7 "2003-03-23T18:27:40Z")
Jesus, I hope not–I found the show embarrassing and unwatchable. If they try it again, I hope they get some decent writers and a director who knows what the hell he’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509/8 "2003-03-23T18:47:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Jesus, I hope not–I found the show embarrassing and unwatchable. If they try it again, I hope they get some decent writers and a director who knows what the hell he’s doing. \*\* You mean like Penn & Teller? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509/9 "2003-03-23T18:56:06Z")
I have no idea who wrote it or directed it–all I know is I struggled through two episodes before consigning it to “never again.” ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509/10 "2003-03-23T20:12:09Z")
Oh, I loved it. It definitely appealed to my short attention span and manic approach to learning (i.e. stuff me full of interesting factoids with loads of visual and verbal input, make me laugh and then go away.) I also thought Mike Lukas was kinda hot, in a Michael Stipe sort of way. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-straight-dope-ever-make-a-comeback-on-tv/163509/11 "2003-03-23T20:46:47Z")
a few years after the SD show was over I saw Mike Lucas do some stand-up at a comedy club in the Chicago area. He was quite funny. He pointed out that if you “spoonerize” his name it’s Like Mucous. He used to get teased about that.