Editing Cecil Adams (section)

==Published works==
Adams has published five collections of his ''The Straight Dope'' columns:

* ''The Straight Dope'' (1984)
* ''More of the Straight Dope'' (1988)
* ''Return of the Straight Dope ''(1994)
* ''Triumph of the Straight Dope'' (1994)
* ''The Straight Dope Tells All'' (1998)

Zotti has also published a children's collection in ''The Straight Dope'' style entitled ''Know It All''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780345362322 |title=ISBN 9780345362322 - Know It All!: The Fun Stuff You Never Learned in School }}</ref>  Adams' columns are archived at the Straight Dope website. In 1996, [[A&E Network|the A&E Network]] briefly aired a show hosted by comedian [[Mike Lukas]] based on the column, also called ''The Straight Dope''.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Over 600 articles have been posted to the site's online archive; some of these contain multiple questions and answers. Also included with the columns are quirky illustrations. Slug Signorino was the regular illustrator for ''The Straight Dope'' for forty-two years.  In his illustrations, Cecil Adams is often depicted as a large turkey wearing a [[Square academic cap|mortar board]] or, occasionally, as a man in underwear with a paper bag over his head.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.straightdope.com/pages/faq/slug|title=The Slug Signorino FAQ|access-date=26 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905002508/http://www.straightdope.com/pages/faq/slug|archive-date=5 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>