The Straight Dope
| URL | straightdope.com |
|---|---|
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Reference pages |
| Registration | Required only on forums |
| Owner | Chicago Reader / The Straight Dope Publishing |
| Created by | Cecil Adams |
| Launched | 1973 |
| Alexa rank |  6,003 (March 2012[update])[1] |
| Current status | Active |
The Straight Dope is a popular question-and-answer newspaper column published in the Chicago Reader, syndicated in thirty newspapers in the United States and Canada,[2] as well as being available and archived at the Straight Dope website.
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[edit] Newspapers
The column derives its name from the American idiom meaning roughly "the honest truth" and covers many subjects, including history, science, old wives' tales, urban legends and inventions. The column appears under the tagline "Fighting ignorance since 1973 (it's taking longer than we thought)." First published by the Reader in 1973, the column is written by Cecil Adams and illustrated by Slug Signorino.[2]
[edit] Books
To date, Adams has published five collections of his columns, and his "assistant" Ed Zotti has published a children's collection in the Adams style, Know It All.[3]
[edit] Television
In 1996, the A&E Network briefly aired a show based on the column called The Straight Dope, hosted and co-written by comedian Mike Lukas.[4]
[edit] See also
- Urban legend
- Snopes.com
- FactCheck.org
- The Skeptic's Dictionary
- MythBusters
- List of common misconceptions
[edit] References
- ^ "Straightdope.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/straightdope.com. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- ^ a b "The Straight Dope FAQ". The Straight Dope. Chicago Reader. http://www.straightdope.com/faq/officialfaq.html. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
- ^ "The Straight Dope Books". The Straight Dope. Chicago Reader. Archived from the original on 2008-01-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20080112174224/http://www.straightdope.com/otheroutlets/books.html. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
- ^ "Mike Lukas". Deja Vu Comedy Club. http://www.dejavucomedy.com/comedians.asp?ID=213. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
