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     shoshannah Citizen Username: Shoshannah Post Number: 656 Registered: 7-2002 |
There's an ob/gyn practicing in Manhattan named Dr. Cherry. | ||
| jeffl Supporter Username: Jeffl Post Number: 909 Registered: 8-2001 |
There's an attending pediatrician at Overlook, Dr. Frank Sinatra, Jr. I remember passing a sign for a dentist, can't remember his first name but his last name was Fang. Went to school with Gary Christmas and Clyde Hospital...I kid you not. There's another Overlook Hospital attending physician, Dr. Shreck. And in reference to Dick Hyman in an earlier post, he is a famous jazz composer/pianist and his son lives in Maplewood. Awesome talent. I have a book of jazz standards by him. | ||
| ML Supporter Username: Ml1 Post Number: 2138 Registered: 5-2002  |
I used to work with a guy named Jesse Jackson. He was a fifty-something white guy. He told me once that he was always amused at what happened after he checked into hotels. He of course checked in under his real name, and inevitably within about 15 minutes of settling into his room, the knocks would come on the door. Extra towels, ice, whatever the housekeepers could think of, they'd use as an excuse to knock on the door and meet "Jesse Jackson." He used to love the looks on their faces when he answered the door and told them that he was Mr. Jackson. He had a weird sense of humor, and he seemed to think their disappointment at meeting him was really funny. OTOH, I guess if you're a fifty-something white guy going through life as Jesse Jackson, you need a sense of humor. | ||
| ML Supporter Username: Ml1 Post Number: 2139 Registered: 5-2002 |
Regarding being given a name that becomes famous after your parents named you, I love this bit from the move "Office Space." One of the characters is named Michael Bolton, and he has this to say about being saddled with that moniker:
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| monster Citizen Username: Monster Post Number: 470 Registered: 7-2002  |
Tom, every word of it true. | ||
| Ignatius J Citizen Username: Ignatius_j Post Number: 348 Registered: 8-2003  |
Regarding being given a name that becomes famous after your parents named you I always thought about that singer David Massengill...Poor guy | ||
| Ignatius J Citizen Username: Ignatius_j Post Number: 349 Registered: 8-2003 |
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| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 4982 Registered: 1-2003  |
Wow, monster. I'm impressed. | ||
| Debby Citizen Username: Debby Post Number: 1472 Registered: 5-2001 |
Barbara - my friend used to go to Dr. Clapp - I didn't think anyone would believe me. And I grew up with a Candy Kane in Queens. There used to be an optometrist on Springfield Ave named Seymour Bien (pretty funny in Spanglish). jeffl - didn't know about his son in Maplewood. How cool! I once performed with him and the JC Handy Orchestra, and the emcee choked on the name (no pun intended). I think I'd have stuck with Richard. | ||
| sbenois Citizen Username: Sbenois Post Number: 12847 Registered: 10-2001  |
Science graduates may have heard of the briliantly named 1978 grad : George George. Obviously, every time he walked by we would yell watch out for that tree!! | ||
| crossroads Citizen Username: Crossroads Post Number: 37 Registered: 12-2001  |
Barbara- Are you in Kennebunkport? | ||
| LibraryLady(ncjanow) Supporter Username: Librarylady Post Number: 2086 Registered: 5-2001  |
Debby, I knew Cany Kane in Queens to..could there have been two? I know a couple named James Joyce and his wife Joyce. Can't fault her parents, afterall she got her name by marriage, but I wonder if his parents were literary wannabees. | ||
| Debby Citizen Username: Debby Post Number: 1473 Registered: 5-2001 |
Nancy - Rochdale Village (Jamaica) 60s-70s? | ||
| Ukealalio Citizen Username: Ukealalio Post Number: 1592 Registered: 6-2003 |
These are real: Orol Nurse Sing Sai Schwartz | ||
| Barbara Citizen Username: Blh Post Number: 403 Registered: 5-2001 |
Crossroads - I lived in Kennebunkport -- but, alas, am not there now. ML - I used to work with Jesse Jackson too -- but he's African American. (Lots of Rutgers grads would know Dr. Jackson from the Student Aid office.) Funny thing - hadn't seen him in 10+ years and ran into him at a party in Maplewood this past summer. He loves to tell stories about his name! | ||
| Ukealalio Citizen Username: Ukealalio Post Number: 1593 Registered: 6-2003 |
Forgot about my 2nd grade teacher: Mrs. Horr One of the kids in school got detention because when a lunch-aide asked him who is teacher was, he said, "Whore". Can't make this stuff up. | ||
| suzanneng Citizen Username: Suzanneng Post Number: 209 Registered: 3-2002 |
I have a student named Ben Stein and another student whose father is Michael Jackson. | ||
| crossroads Citizen Username: Crossroads Post Number: 38 Registered: 12-2001 |
Barbara - I live in Dayton, my brother is down to the 'port. When I lived in Maplewood Ronald Reagan lived next to us and before we moved to Mplwd Johnny Carson lived across the street from us. I remember Davie Crockett lived on Prospect St. | ||
| Barbara Citizen Username: Blh Post Number: 404 Registered: 5-2001 |
Crossroads -- I lived in Lower Village (t'aint town) across from Jackson's Farm. Worked at Colonial Pharmacy and Allisons. Visited this past summer - glad to see old friends. (And there I actually knew Jeb Bush and Ned Muskie -- not folks with their names -- though they were just summer folk!) | ||
| crossroads Citizen Username: Crossroads Post Number: 39 Registered: 12-2001 |
Barbara - I was just in Allison’s last weekend. Still awesome! I see in the news Sen. Muskies' widow passed this past week. How long have you been in Maplewood? Me - it was 17 years. |
