Ohhhhhhhhhhhh Doctor! You can hang a star on that baby! Welcome to Funny Names in the New(s) Year’s special Monday edition. What’s so special about it? The fact that I was busy and neglected to write this on Friday, therefore it’s the first Monday FNITN EVERRRRRRRRRRR! (No, not you, Ever… but you’re still my favorite hardcore toddler!).
Rest in Peace, Colonel!
The first item of our maiden Monday voyage into funny-namedness, is that Gerald Francis “Jerry” Coleman passed away yesterday at age 89. His name may not have been the funniest, but his accolades were astounding. A former Yankees’ (Hi, Mark!) Rookie of the Year, All Star, and world series MVP, “The Colonel” was the only baseball player ever to serve in two wars (WWII and Korea), and then traveled to San Diego for stints as Padres manager (briefly) and broadcaster (for decades). His catchphrases Ohhhhh Doctor! and You can hang a star on that baby! are two of the many reasons sporting faithful will remember him fondly.
Rest in peace, Colonel, and keep hanging stars on babies in the afterlife!
Moving on to our esteemed technology coverage, Cooler Inventions Than You Can Shake A Stick At correspondent Dave brings the inspiring news that a team of researchers including Charudatta Galande has invented a SPRAY ON BATTERY! WHAT?!?
That concludes our esteemed technology coverage.
In entertainment news, Splendid, Sparkling, Bouncy and So Bubbly You’d Think She Was Carbonated correspondent (who has been hassling me about not giving her better correspondent names) Amb brings us…. nothing! Perhaps she was too busy eating chocolate cake for breakfast, or it’s possible that the holidays got in the way, but we’re hoping for more Ambean (not ambien) contributions soon. Happy belated birthday, dear Amber!
Bandersnatch Cummerbund, looking dreamy and stuff.
With amb on vacation, somebody had to pick up the slack, so Bashfully Admitting He’s Never Seen Anything With Any of These Three Guys in It correspondent Dave stepped in to shine a light on some great showbiz occurrences. First, Vulture tells us that Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston had a funny-named dance-off a fortnight ago.
Not only that, but Amb’s favorite Lutheran, Idrissa Akuna “Idris” Elba has been in the news saying stuff, and it’s actually pretty cool stuff about race relations and James Bond. Now I understand his appeal!
In human interest news, Names That Look Like Purgatory for Discarded Scrabble Racks correspondent Marvelous Mark Sackler chips in with a snippet from our 50th state.
The irrepressible Janice Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele, our 2013 Horsey Award Winner for funniest name in the news, performed a brief encore in the national media on the penultimate day of 2013, as it was reported that the Hawaii department of motor vehicles finally provided her with a license that did not truncate her Brobdingnagian last name. (Do I get a Horsey for using Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele and Brobdingnagian in the same report?) – Mark
I really hope this is what a Horsey award looks like!
Well Mark, considering that you invented the Horsey Awards, and were basically the sole voice on the voting panel, I’d wager you have a good shot at winning a Horsey.
Lastly, but not leastly (and certainly not beastly), our venerable Pussy (Riot! Riot! I said Pussy Riot!) Expert Dave brings us more news from Russia’s erstwhile masked marauders turned social icons. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich of the band Pussy Riot, only weeks after being freed from jail, have already begun to make their impact. First, following through with my hope that they’d continue to make courageous, socially-relevant strides, they unveiled plans for a new human rights organization.
Furthermore, the film Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer is leading the pack for this year’s best documentary Academy award. If they win the Oscar, and stay relevant in the news, they could become the first people ever to win the vaunted “Oscar and Horsey in the same year” distinction in 2014.
That’s it for a peculiar Funny Names in the News this week. Until next time, even if you are a big Alabama football fan, consult Urban Dictionary before naming your kid Krimson Tyde!
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Best ever MFNitN ever!!!
By far!
Why did you reply to that statement? It was clearly addressed toward Ever!! 🙂
No, cause then I would have had to say, “Best Ever MFNitN ever, Ever!”
Haha, I stand corrected! 🙂
I like to think it wasn’t “hassling” so much as it was “challenging you to stretch your writing muscles”. You thrive on those challenge things, right? And girls who issue them are more attractive to you, right? 😉
You betcha! Look at the description I gave you. That’s a shining endorsement if there ever was one.
Speaking of Canadians (we weren’t speaking about Canadians at all, so pardon the ham-handed transition), did you know that Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of PR is a naturalized CANADIAN?!? I just found it out yesterday. How cool is that???
(But you’re still my favorite Canadian lady. Don’t tell Mailman or Feist or Kathleen Edwards or Raymi or Nadezhda or Jill Hennessy, but do feel free to tell Celine, Avril and all the Canadian women I don’t like :):))
Janice Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele – does this blow spell check’s mind when you type her name in?
Don’t even try to spell check it, it will blow up your computer.
Itj diDn”tt blOW Up MinEbut I twas neVeR the SaamE.
I so wish I could like a comment, this one would get “the love.”
As for Jerry Coleman, he was one of a kind as an announcer. But he was not one of a kind as a baseball player serving in both WWII and Korea. Ted Williams, for one, also did that.
I like the fact that you know enough, you can prove MLB Nation wrong. They said he was the only one: http://www.themlbnation.com/news/2014/01/05/yankees-legend-jerry-coleman-dies-at-89/
But as a Yanks fan, I’m sure you’re okay with the idea of overlooking the splendid splinter in favor of a pinstriped bronx bomber, right?
liking the post and liking the comments–been a wacky Monday here (my kids are off school because it is TOO COLD. In Minnesota!!!!) so why not throw FNitN in there? Thanks for your dedication and commitment, Dave. You spin some crazy webs.
RIP Colonel. Hell of a man!