# Ghosts Haunting the Trump Administration **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-haunting-the-trump-administration/807726 "2018-01-29T15:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-haunting-the-trump-administration/807726/1 "2018-01-29T15:28:51Z")
I keep getting this weird sense of _deja vu_ and disorientation whever I read news about the Trump administration. It’s filled with people bearing the names of famous dead people. **Ty Cobb** is one of Trump’s lawyers, even though, as a Major League Baseball Player, he died in 1961 **Stephen Boyd** is an Assistant Attorney General appointed by Trump, even though the one-time Massala from _Ben Hur_ and star of _Fantastic Voyage_ died in 1977. **Anthony Perkins** is the president of the Family Research Council who gave Trump a “pass” on Stormy Daniels, despite starring in _Psycho_ and dying in 1992. I’m pretty sure that there are other prominent Dead People associated with the Trump regime, but I can’t think of any more right now. Heck, it used to be that the only thing that bothered me was that _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ star Kevin McCarthy was still directing episodes of _Jeopardy_, despite dying in 2010. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-haunting-the-trump-administration/807726/2 "2018-01-29T15:35:16Z")
George Papadopoulos was a lead character on the sitcom “Webster,” played by Alex Karras. Perhaps not exactly what you’re looking for, but the first time I heard this Trump advisor’s name, it was the first thing I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-haunting-the-trump-administration/807726/3 "2018-01-29T16:20:35Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > George Papadopoulos was a lead character on the sitcom “Webster,” played by Alex Karras. Perhaps not exactly what you’re looking for, but the first time I heard this Trump advisor’s name, it was the first thing I thought of. Close enough. The name sounded familiar, but I never watched “Webster”. Maybe I was thinking of Stephanopolis. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-haunting-the-trump-administration/807726/4 "2018-01-29T21:26:38Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Heck, it used to be that the only thing that bothered me was that _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_ star Kevin McCarthy was still directing episodes of _Jeopardy_, despite dying in 2010. you mean [this guy?](https://kevinmccarthy.house.gov/) ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-haunting-the-trump-administration/807726/5 "2018-01-29T23:55:31Z")
When **Fire and Fury** is made into a movie, perhaps Steve McQueen could direct it.