# What ONE name comes immediately to mind when you hear "1950's"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839 "2014-02-08T16:36:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/61 "2014-02-09T01:03:04Z")
Bing Crosby… for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/62 "2014-02-09T02:11:01Z")
[Duane Eddy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Eddy) [“Rebel Rouser”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8uZutr1avs) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/63 "2014-02-09T02:30:36Z")
Elvis. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/64 "2014-02-09T03:07:37Z")
Eisenhower. Then Dick Clark. Growing up in the 80s, it still felt like it might be the 50s, and Dick Clark contributed to that. ---
**Author:** ![RichieBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5e925/32.png) [@RichieBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RichieBoy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/65 "2014-02-09T03:30:27Z")
Elvis Presley ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/66 "2014-02-09T04:05:17Z")
So, top scores for Elvis and James Dean, both of whom were heavily influenced by… (anybody? anybody?) the young Marlon Brando. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/67 "2014-02-09T07:02:00Z")
Marilyn Monroe. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/68 "2014-02-09T13:33:02Z")
For some reason the first name that came to mind was Khrushchev ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/69 "2014-02-09T13:39:56Z")
Honestly? The Fonz - but then Elvis. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/70 "2014-02-09T14:24:16Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Beaver Cleaver. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/71 "2014-02-09T15:19:51Z")
I like Ike! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/72 "2014-02-09T17:03:07Z")
As of Post #71, here’s a summary of the responses: ```auto ================================================ ================================================ Elvis Presley Named First: 22 times Named Later: 5 times Eisenhower Named First: 10 times Named Later: 6 times Joseph McCarthy Named First: 6 times Named Later: 2 times James Dean Named First: 3 times Named Later: 1 time Buddy Holly Named First: 2 times Marilyn Monroe Named Later: 2 times Beaver Cleaver Johnny B. Goode Named First: 1 time The Fonz Named Later: 1 time Richard Nixon Bill O'Reilly Frank Sinatra Diefenbaker "Biff" Shirley Arthur Godfrey Milton Berle Ralph Kramden Churchill Jack Benny my own name Bing Crosby Duane Eddy ("Rebel Rouser") Khrushchev Sputnik Named Later: 2 times Howdy Doody Named Later: 1 time Dave Garroway the Korean War (partly because of M*A*S*H) Lucille Ball Edward R. Murrow Dick Clark Marlon Brando ================================================ ================================================ ``` ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/73 "2014-02-09T17:04:20Z")
Beaver’s dad. Okay, that’s not a name, but he had a name (both the character and the actor). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/74 "2014-02-09T17:11:03Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Beaver’s dad. Okay, that’s not a name, but he had a name (both the character and the actor). Indeed he did! [Hugh Beaumont (1909–1982)](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0064604/?ref_=nv_sr_1) played Ward Cleaver ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/75 "2014-02-09T17:16:42Z")
“Ward, you were pretty hard on the Beaver last night.” - June Cleaver ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/76 "2014-02-09T17:27:36Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > “Ward, you were pretty hard on the Beaver last night.” - June Cleaver Copy that, Good Buddy! ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@Brad\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/77 "2014-02-09T19:42:35Z")
My first thought was Mickey Mantle. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/78 "2014-02-10T00:47:17Z")
For some reason, the 1st name I thought of: James Dean. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/79 "2014-02-10T00:50:57Z")
I like Ike. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-name-comes-immediately-to-mind-when-you-hear-1950s/680839/80 "2014-02-14T08:15:15Z")
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