Jean Harlow–Harlean Carpenter
Theda Bara–Theodosia Goodman
Sandra Dee–Alexandra Zuck
Nita Naldi–Donna Dooley
Nora Bayes–Dora Goldberg
Jeff Chandler–Ira Grossel
and don’t forget
Jan Morris–James Morris
Lucy–Lucille Desiree Hunt
Cher–Cherilyn LaPierre Sarkisian
Greta Garbo–Greta Gustaffson
Rita Hayworth–Margarita Cansino
Rochester–Eddie Anderson
Buckwheat–Billie Thomas
Spanky–George McFarland
Alfalfa–Carl Switzer
Robert Blake–Michael Gubitosi
Joey Bishop–Joseph Gottlieb
Morgan Brittany–Suzanne Cupito
Contestant #3 —> Martyr #7 —> Fantastic User (am I missing one here?)
Samuel Gelbfish - Sam Goldwin (I think. I know one of the early producer/directors was named Gelbfish, but not sure if it was Goldwin.)
>>Being Chaotic Evil means never having to say your sorry…unless the other guy is bigger than you.<<
—The dragon observes
John Mellancamp had to change his name to John Couger by his agent or something. After he gained some control he went through John Couger-Mellancamp and finally back to John Mellancamp.
Abram - Abraham
Sarai - Sarah
Saul - Paul
Dirty, you forgot the ever-popular “Ch**ei*flaffitup”
Contestant #3— > Martyr #7— > Cheiflaffitup— > Fantastic User (a joke, right?)
The only one I know off-hand
Whoopi Goldberg = Caryn Johnson
Corrected:
Dirty, you forgot the ever-popular “Cheiflaffitup”
Contestant #3— > Martyr #7— > Cheiflaffitup— > Fantastic User (a joke, right?)
The only one I know off-hand
Whoopi Goldberg = Caryn Johnson
I can’t believe nobody has mentioned this one yet…
Michael Keaton — Michael Douglas (There’s obviously already a famous actor by this name)
Shadowfox
“Most people would succeed in small things, if they were not troubled with
great ambitions.”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
And did you know that when Michael Keaton was Michael Douglas, he worked on Mr Rogers Neighborhood?
Trivia! Ya gotta love it…
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Rock Hudson---->Roy Shirer
Unca beer beat me too it with Marion Morrison.
Cary Grant - Archibald Leach.
Was it Sam Speigel who, when blacklisted, directed under SP Eagle? (sp?)
Satan said:
“Let’s not forget our friends who converted to Islam”
What about Cat Stevens? Anyone know the original AND the new name?
James Bumgarner to James Garner
Bobby Moore to Ahmad Rashad
AT&T - American Telephone & Telegraph
SBC Communications - Southwestern Bell
Lucent Technologies - Bell Labs Innovations
Ameritech - American Information Technologies
What?? Oh, sorry.
:::slinks back to miserable Wall Street office existence:::
Captain Beefheart->Don Van Vliet->Don Vliet
Wendy Carlos->Walter Carlos (ok, so more than her name changed).
Cheasapeake & Potomac Telephone – > Bell Atlanic
*Take that, Quixotic!
It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.
—Mark Twain
This is going from memory, so the spellings might be a little off, but:
The erstwhile “Cat Stephens” is not “Yusuf Islam.” And “Stephen Georgiu” would one day grow up to become “Cat Stephens.”
Uh, should read “. . . is now . . . .”
Good one, SterlingNorth. How about this?