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Old 11-12-2004, 06:08 PM
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Fabula Stitts (or her sister, Gloria)

How about how they often introduce Dolly P and a couple of her "Biggest Hits"?
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Old 11-12-2004, 06:35 PM
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I've always been fond of Onan the Barbarian.
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Old 11-12-2004, 06:43 PM
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Cribbed from "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again":
What, no Angus Prune?
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Old 11-12-2004, 06:53 PM
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Old 11-12-2004, 06:53 PM
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I've been keeping a list for a while...

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Old 11-12-2004, 06:55 PM
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(crap, I just googled "Vibro Egg", thinking it was just a Weebl and Bob reference. Then I realized, Weebl and Bob references usually mean something else too. I am now officially embarraseed.)
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Old 11-12-2004, 06:57 PM
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I like these as a class of names. Persons never seen:
From TV:
Jenny Piccalo
Wilson
Sir Royston Merchant
Robin Masters
Nice list, but ..

[nitpick]

Jenny Piccalo was a regular on Happy Days in the last few years. ( okay, I think she was often mentioned before she appeared.)

wilson (That's the neighbour in Home improvement isnt it?) doesn't really count. We saw most of him, even if his face was partly covered.

Royston Merchant we saw in the final season.

Robin Masters appeared occasionally, played by Orsen Wells. At least we saw him from the neck down.

[/nitpick]
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Old 11-12-2004, 06:58 PM
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I am partial to Buttinski.
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Old 11-12-2004, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter Morris
Nice list, but ..

[nitpick]

Jenny Piccalo was a regular on Happy Days in the last few years. ( okay, I think she was often mentioned before she appeared.)

wilson (That's the neighbour in Home improvement isnt it?) doesn't really count. We saw most of him, even if his face was partly covered.

Royston Merchant we saw in the final season.

Robin Masters appeared occasionally, played by Orsen Wells. At least we saw him from the neck down.

[/nitpick]
And The Big Giant Head made an appearnce, played by William Shatner. Poetic, no?
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Old 11-12-2004, 11:10 PM
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Seymour Buttz
As long as you don't mind people mistaking you for Adam Glasser (whose professional "adult" name is Seymore Butts)...
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Old 11-12-2004, 11:22 PM
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Old 11-13-2004, 12:01 AM
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I'd like more Venture Bros. names or Firesign Theatre names.

A good Baron Underbheit or Papoon for President.

or a Lazy Star Dog
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Old 11-13-2004, 04:22 AM
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Asser Yarafat?

Clanta Sauce?

Condoleezza Twice?
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Old 11-13-2004, 10:53 AM
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You and I Drewbert, are the only ones here who read The Pushcart War.
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Old 11-13-2004, 10:56 AM
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Oh, what about 'Hans Delbrook' from Young Frankenstein?
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Old 11-13-2004, 11:02 AM
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I kind of like Auntie Meme.
Too cool!
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Old 11-13-2004, 11:05 AM
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You and I Drewbert, are the only ones here who read The Pushcart War.
Me three. Over and over.
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Old 11-13-2004, 11:13 AM
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How about "Bridezilla" from the other thread?

(Gee The Pushcart War was published in 1964! I am so old!)

From that book ...

Leaping LEMAs
Daffodil Massacre
Maxie Hammerman
Buddy Wisser
Big Moe
The Community Reporter
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Old 11-13-2004, 11:41 AM
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Before the era of "Charter Member", we only had the word "Member" under our nick. Someone is a previous thread of this nature suggested the nick "Throbbing".

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Old 11-13-2004, 12:00 PM
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I guess I endorsed this username would be tired and lame.
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Old 11-13-2004, 06:13 PM
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I might call myself H.W.P.

(It comes from an allegedly true story about a vicar that spent years trying to trace the meaning of the initials H.W.P. on a stone in his church, eventually discovering they stand for Hot Water Pipe.)
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Old 11-13-2004, 06:26 PM
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Higher Pie
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Old 11-14-2004, 11:41 AM
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General Purpose Deity
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Old 11-14-2004, 04:10 PM
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I'd like more Venture Bros. names or Firesign Theatre names.
I read this thread just so I could add Brock Samson to the list. We don't have one already, do we?
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Old 11-14-2004, 06:11 PM
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I read this thread just so I could add Brock Samson to the list. We don't have one already, do we?
I haven't seen one. Now that would be a tough name to live up to. You'd have to look yourself in the mirror each night and ask yourself "Have I killed anyone lately?"



Ethan "Bubblegum" Tate and you could always be asking people "Are you funky enough to be a <insert noun>? Are you?" And then we'd all laugh. Or at least I would.
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Old 11-23-2004, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ccwaterback
LIB MR DUCKS
After thinking about this, I'd amend it a bit to LIL BMR DUCKS.
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