tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post5607158702354413868..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: A boy named Moxie Crimefighter... or is it a girl?By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43890930203365019002008-08-22T05:54:00.000-07:002008-08-22T05:54:00.000-07:00Naming a kid after random stuff is something someo...Naming a kid after random stuff is something someone like Brick Tamland (the mentally retarded weatherman in Anchorman) would do!<BR/><BR/>His son would be Lamp Tamland...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12967275648738872962008-07-31T11:25:00.000-07:002008-07-31T11:25:00.000-07:00Tu Morrow? That's just evil. What are these peop...Tu Morrow? That's just evil. What are these people thinking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70736068467817671692008-07-28T01:34:00.000-07:002008-07-28T01:34:00.000-07:00I see you've gotten a lot of heat for your opinion...I see you've gotten a lot of heat for your opinions, and I don't think that's fair. Personally, I'm glad to have a better idea of how conservative and reactionary you are -- it gives me an idea of exactly weight I care to give to the rest of your blog entries. Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-72645818922254392912008-07-26T05:45:00.000-07:002008-07-26T05:45:00.000-07:00New Zealand judge is tired of bizarre children nam...<A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-07-24-New-Zealand_N.htm?csp=34" REL="nofollow"><B>New Zealand judge is tired of bizarre children names</B></A>Dimension Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392348422733549988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10539608361369919362008-07-24T18:08:00.000-07:002008-07-24T18:08:00.000-07:00Don't forget about Shannyn Sossamon who named her ...Don't forget about Shannyn Sossamon who named her kid Audio Science.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8553380679055437602008-07-21T00:49:00.000-07:002008-07-21T00:49:00.000-07:00It's not just celebrities. Alex Rodriguez's two d...It's not just celebrities. Alex Rodriguez's two daughters have the same middle name... "Alexander".<BR/><BR/>Talk about a symptom of serious ego problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68683323674246613702008-07-20T02:56:00.000-07:002008-07-20T02:56:00.000-07:00For once, I have to vehemently disagree, Ken. Givi...For once, I have to vehemently disagree, Ken. Giving your child a commonplace name is far worse than thinking up something original. Besides, these kids will be screwed up enough from being a celeb kid that the name won't matter anyway.<BR/><BR/>Also, I have to note somewhat nitpickily that you have a tendency to misspell names in your posts. That it happens in a name-rich post like this isn't that strange, but I'd say it happens a few times a week on average in your other posts.<BR/><BR/>Being a subtitler, I know how annoying it can be - but also how easy it is - to pop into Google for 10 seconds and check, just in case your memory tripped you up (and that happens to me all the time).John Eje Thelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490509151010353590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-52732679125524078252008-07-18T17:28:00.000-07:002008-07-18T17:28:00.000-07:00Paul Duca,Clearly you have never learned to train ...Paul Duca,<BR/><BR/>Clearly you have never learned to train a cat properly. I can assure you that my cats come when I call them, and this was true for all the cats I've ever had over the yers. If I call out "Godzilla" only she comes to me, while Clark ignores me. Whereas, if I call "Clark," he comes, but so does Godzilla, to see if there's something going ons he wants to get in on, like say, early feeding, or affection.<BR/><BR/>When I was 16 I had a cat named "Mr. Pratt" after Boris Karloff, because my mother wouldn't stand for having a cat named "Boris" (Don't know why.) We moved that year, and a week into our new residence I went to the front porch to call my cat. I hollered out "MR. PRATT!" The cat came running as always, but the man watering his lawn across the street, yelled back, "What the hell do you want?" That was when I learned that we had just moved in across the street from a family actually named Pratt. Imagine how hard it was to conivnce Mr. Pratt that my cat's name really was Mr. Pratt, and had been for three years.<BR/><BR/>Weird, huge coincidence. Lcuky thing the Zappas never moved in next door to the Moon Units.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75509465530939141132008-07-18T16:19:00.000-07:002008-07-18T16:19:00.000-07:00You don't even know the best one. Shannyn Sossamon...You don't even know the best one. Shannyn Sossamon named her son Audio Science. No friggin joke.Little Miss Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01754601845915573650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34998761870956171932008-07-18T12:22:00.000-07:002008-07-18T12:22:00.000-07:00The fact that Britney Spears managed to give her k...The fact that Britney Spears managed to give her kids "normal" names and these morons couldn't is proof the end of the world is nigh.Doug Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492162192250783305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12520673682256268062008-07-18T08:47:00.000-07:002008-07-18T08:47:00.000-07:00"PS. Speaking of Hutchence: Ah, "autoerotic asphyx..."PS. Speaking of Hutchence: Ah, "autoerotic asphyxiation," my all-time favorite Really Embarassing Slapstick Way to Die."<BR/><BR/>Too bad, then, that Hutchence's case was one of just regular old suicide. He was, after all, fully clothed when his body was found.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33142631845502821742008-07-18T05:54:00.000-07:002008-07-18T05:54:00.000-07:00You know what they say...why give a name to an ani...You know what they say...why give a name to an animal that doesn't come when you call it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-74368902776030786332008-07-18T03:07:00.000-07:002008-07-18T03:07:00.000-07:00My brother's cat's is called Nefur, short for (I k...My brother's cat's is called Nefur, short for (I kid you not) Nefurkittie.<BR/><BR/>I had a roommate years ago, a very good comic actor who you see in commercials and shows all the time (He officiated at one Of Teri Hatcher's weddings on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES) and he had a cat at the time whose name was "Cat". I had two cats at the time, so when visitors were shown the felines, their names were Richard, Sir Laurence, and Cat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-91502659421088878452008-07-18T00:19:00.000-07:002008-07-18T00:19:00.000-07:00Best name for a cat ever heard:Chairman Meow.Best name for a cat ever heard:<BR/><BR/>Chairman Meow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-30196596508472703932008-07-18T00:01:00.000-07:002008-07-18T00:01:00.000-07:00Well pets are fair game for weird names. They don'...Well pets are fair game for weird names. They don't deal with schoolyard taunting. I have a cat named Godzilla. It was supposed to be ironic. She was the runt of her litter, and very tiny. Joke's on me. She grew up to immensely fat. When I was a lad, my sister named her cat Whistle Britches. I have no idea, then or now, of where that name came from, or what it meant.<BR/><BR/>As for Tziporah, she was the wife of Moses. Not a name I'd saddle a living human with, but she was Yvonne DeCarlo for a while, and there are worse fates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-35218373196779152922008-07-17T22:03:00.000-07:002008-07-17T22:03:00.000-07:00"This all reminds me of the man who named his dog ..."This all reminds me of the man who named his dog "Herpes""<BR/><BR/>My cousin named her dog Hermes, despite the dog being female. I, of course, called it Herpes. Drove her insane.Tim W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16860726607106078491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63850148896927659092008-07-17T20:44:00.000-07:002008-07-17T20:44:00.000-07:00This all reminds me of the man who named his dog "...This all reminds me of the man who named his dog "Herpes"...<BR/><BR/>Because "Trichomoniasis" wouldn't fit on the form.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44917589986205553932008-07-17T20:40:00.000-07:002008-07-17T20:40:00.000-07:00Robert DeNiro should have a kid and name it Mucho....Robert DeNiro should have a kid and name it Mucho.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57521979810738789192008-07-17T19:10:00.000-07:002008-07-17T19:10:00.000-07:00“I don’t know who this Stella Maris is, but she mu...<I>“I don’t know who this Stella Maris is, but she must have been one hot cookie who left quite an impression.”</I><BR/><BR/>Yep, Buck, that woman's has always been an idol. Mother of God status and all that. *vbg*<BR/><BR/>Maybe not as hot as Mary Magdalene, though.Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10423887536067627642008-07-17T18:44:00.000-07:002008-07-17T18:44:00.000-07:00Goody, no one else mentioned that Grace Slick name...Goody, no one else mentioned that Grace Slick named her daughter "god" (with a small g). At least she had the sense to change it before the kid started school.<BR/><BR/>Another down side of irregular names is finding a name plate, key fob, or tiny license plate with that name on it. I named my younger daughter Kristine, and she's SOL in the souvenir department. They have Christine and Kristin, but never a Kristine. <BR/><BR/>As for the Hollywood kids ending up emotionally damaged, I wouldn't worry. They're all probably in the same school and it's the Jims and Beths and Steves who will suffer.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-54101083168185178352008-07-17T18:02:00.000-07:002008-07-17T18:02:00.000-07:00Sorry, just one more. My brother and sister-in-la...Sorry, just one more. My brother and sister-in-law named their daughter Tziporah, forever to be know as Zippy from that moment on.<BR/><BR/>Since nobody in the family had ever heard the name before, they explained, as if this validated everything, "It's in the Bible." Another one of those sotto voice aside moments, "So is the Whore of Babylon, but they wouldn't name her <I>that</I>!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-85218975029835214002008-07-17T17:49:00.001-07:002008-07-17T17:49:00.001-07:00So as not to bury the lead any further than usual,...So as not to bury the lead any further than usual, <B>Benson</B>, sure <B>Anne Bancroft</B> was hilarious in that Yma-Ava-Abba-Una nameplay video you recommended. Anyone who didn’t accept your invitation to that delight is a fool. A fool I tell you! <BR/><BR/>But <B>Lee J. Cobb’s</B> performance was phenomenal and truly <I>Teller-worthy</I> of a carton of Kents. Only Rod Steiger might have interpreted the role more poignantly.<BR/><BR/>But as a devotee of THIS blog in particular, one would be remiss if he did not call everyone’s attention to this <I>other</I> sketch from the same Emmy-winning special. This time starring the musical comedy team of Anne Bancroft and David Suskind. And if you don’t stick with it to the very last line, much less recommend it to others – well you’ve only yourself to blame.<BR/><BR/><B>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Ml9WpIeeM</B><BR/><BR/>And finally Mary, you’ve brought back long surpressed memories of a summer on Cape Breton Island, my favorite place on earth. A road trip. In this one small town on the Nova Scotia coast we passed the <B>Stella Maris Playground</B>, a little later <I>Stella Maris</I> Park, <I>Stella Maris</I> Community Center, and finally the <I>Stella Maris</I> Church. I just turned to my wife and said, “I don’t know who this Stella Maris is, but she must have been one hot cookie who left quite an impression.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20727842115249345152008-07-17T17:49:00.000-07:002008-07-17T17:49:00.000-07:00PS. Speaking of Hutchence: Ah, "autoerotic asphyxi...PS. Speaking of Hutchence: Ah, "autoerotic asphyxiation," my all-time favorite Really Embarassing Slapstick Way to Die. On my dining room wall is a signed picture of Albert Dekker, one of the most famous inept autoerotic asphyxiators of all-time. Kids, these autoerotic asphyxiators are trained professionals. Don't try this at home.<BR/><BR/>What do you want to bet Andy Dick ends up going out that way? (And apparently any day now.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26311354455711052832008-07-17T17:40:00.000-07:002008-07-17T17:40:00.000-07:00What's wrong with the name Heavenly Hiraana Tiger ...What's wrong with the name Heavenly Hiraana Tiger Lily?<BR/><BR/>If you have to ask, you'll never understand.<BR/><BR/>BTW Ken, don't feel bad about not knowing about Michael Hutchence's death. I didn't know he'd ever been alive. I'd not heard of him before. I had heard of INXS, but not anything that made me want to listen to them, or learn who they were, let alone dive into their personal lives.<BR/><BR/>Ah the Internet. I learn something new every day. Michael Hutchence, I hardly knew ye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41891907580798187442008-07-17T17:15:00.000-07:002008-07-17T17:15:00.000-07:00What on earth is wrong with the name Zachery?What on earth is wrong with the name Zachery?Tim W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16860726607106078491noreply@blogger.com