# Not funny, not clever. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441 "2004-12-06T23:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/1 "2004-12-06T23:39:16Z")
😛 Totally juvenile, this. Whats the funniest name anyone has seen on the credits of a movie? Back last year after watching Matrix Reloaded, me and my mates stuck around to see the Revolutions trailer that played after the credits had run. We made up a game of spotting funny names. The best we could find was some special effects guy called Dick Weight. Ha. Dick Weight. Anyone beat that? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/2 "2004-12-06T23:52:28Z")
There’s a fellow credited on Babylon 5 whose name is John (forget his last name, let’s just say “Smith” for the sake of this thread). Anyway his credit reads: “The John” Smith One of the writers of the old Sanford and Son series was one Bud Wiser. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/3 "2004-12-07T01:20:27Z")
Old Bud did a lot He also wrote for Rhoda, On Day at A Time and Growing Pains (he was also a producer on this one), just to name a few. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/4 "2004-12-07T01:33:51Z")
Some of my friends have this weird running gag going about a voice actor named [Roger Bumpass](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120309/). ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/5 "2004-12-07T02:48:04Z")
Red Buttons ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/6 "2004-12-07T03:04:30Z")
He’s tall, thin, and green and is a marvelous dancer: [Fred Asparagus](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039621/) ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/7 "2004-12-07T03:09:59Z")
[Lee Ving](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898962/) We used to imagine the confusion every time he introduced himself: “Hi, I’m Lee Ving.” “Why? You just got here!” ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/8 "2004-12-07T03:15:58Z")
The Naked Gun movies have joke names in the credits, IIRC. I remember seeing things like: Key Grip - Bob Jones Second Grip - Phil Smith Poli Grip - Adhesive for dentures 😃 But now I’ll be staying for the credits of all movies I see, just to take note of all the _real_ silly names. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/9 "2004-12-07T03:25:58Z")
**Antigen** I believe it was in “Hot Shots” where they had a screen credit: FOREEZ… A Jolly Good Fellow ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/10 "2004-12-07T04:25:36Z")
I assume it’s a joke name, but when Beavis and Butthead ran on MTV, the credits listed someone named “Clem Peckerhead.” ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/11 "2004-12-07T04:51:12Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > [Lee Ving](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0898962/) > > We used to imagine the confusion every time he introduced himself: > “Hi, I’m Lee Ving.” > “Why? You just got here!” Lee Ving started out as the lead singer for the punk band Fear, and I’m pretty sure his nom de whatever is affected, along the lines of Johnny Rotten. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/12 "2004-12-07T04:54:54Z")
Hmm…I didn’t know that the tattoo on his arm read “Lee James Jude,” which may be his real name. Guess I should have clicked through to your IMDB link. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/13 "2004-12-07T04:56:14Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > The Naked Gun movies have joke names in the credits, IIRC. Best Boy … whoever Worst Boy … Adolf Hitler Set Painter … thingummy Paint Setter … whatsit ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/14 "2004-12-07T04:56:59Z")
[Pat Buttram](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0125426/)…but I’m probably saying it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/15 "2004-12-07T05:02:07Z")
My friends and I have been using “[Dick Wolf](http://imdb.com/name/nm0937725/)” as an insult for years now. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/16 "2004-12-07T05:18:12Z")
Music video/commercial director [Phil Harder](http://www2.bitstream.net/~hffilms/philharder.htm). My brother and I discovered him whilst watching music videos in the late '90s. Coincidentally, this was the at the same time as those Isuzu “Go Farther” commercials. The voiceover of those commercials was “Go farther … go farther … too far” in a sort of drawn-out stage whisper. Well, after discovering Mr Harder, we changed the words to “Phil Harder … Phil Harder … too hard.” Hilarity ensued. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/17 "2004-12-07T07:00:07Z")
[Will B. Able](http://imdb.com/name/nm0008810/) (who played Reverend Felcher on _All in the Family_) [Wes Stern](http://imdb.com/name/nm0827880/) (well, actually a TV show, and not even a Western!) [Pandora Spocks](http://imdb.com/name/nm0000548/) (actually just Elizabeth Montgomery when she played Samantha’s sister Serena on _Bewitched_) ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/18 "2004-12-07T07:37:14Z")
While perusing IMDb one day, I happened upon [Dick Sargent’s bio](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765102/bio) in which I saw the following: > [@](#): > > **Birth name** > Richard Cox So he was basically born with the name “Dick Cox”? No wonder he changed it. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/19 "2004-12-07T09:19:14Z")
Many of the anime adaptations of Rumiko Takahashi’s “Mermaid” series credit one “Dr. Movie”. Don’t know who he is, but I suppose entertainment is the best field for him… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-funny-not-clever/278441/20 "2004-12-07T09:30:52Z")
> [@Loopus](#): > > So he was basically born with the name “Dick Cox”? No wonder he changed it. And yet he didn’t really solve the problem. 😉 I always thought Chloris Leachmann was really fake and funny-sounding.