Denis Phillips Also known as “the suspenders guy,” Denis Phillips has been a trusted Tampa Bay meteorologist since 1994. Back in 2012, during Hurricane Isaac, he came up with a list of rules; the main rule being “Stop freaking out….until I tell you to. We’re fine.” Photo via Denis Phillips’ Facebook Credit: Photo via Denis Phillips

Denis Phillips—the perennial Best of the Bay-winning weatherman for WFTS—is a bonafide local legend, and a voice of reason when your in-laws are freaking out after watching Mike’s Weather Page.

So it makes total sense that there’s a theatrical production about him.

Clark Brooks, one of the minds behind the parody news site and improv group Tampa News Force, has a 45-minute show about the man who has made a career of asking us to match his freak (Phillips’ Rule No. 7 is “Don’t freak out unless I’m freaking out.”)

“Here’s how to apply these rules to your everyday life, like the band Talking Heads advised us, ‘as we get older and Stop Freaking Out (or Making Sense),'” the show description reads.

Tickets to see “Stop Freaking Out: The Denis Phillips Method To Dealing With Weather And Life” at Tampa Fringe 2025 starting Thursday, June 12 are still available and start at $9.