Category Archives: funny names in tv

Rosey Grier, More than a Football Career

Posted on May 2, 2017 by

Greetings funny names fans. We are on a football roll here at the BoFN with our funny names in the 2017 NFL draft. Vote for your favorite name here. Polls close at noon E.D.T. today. In keeping with the football … Continue reading →

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Sean Bean

Posted on May 31, 2016 by

Welcome back from your long weekend everyone, I hope you enjoyed yourselves. If you didn’t see yesterday’s FNiTN, it’s worth taking a look. I’ll wait . . . . We started this month with my whispering rant for the Arthur … Continue reading →

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Volodymyr Palahniuk

Posted on April 5, 2016 by

Strange roads lead to today’s post. My better half viewed old clips of Milton Friedman, a Nobel laureate in Economics, on YouTube. Which made me think, why not Milton Friedman for the BoFN. Then I noticed when Friedman died. November … Continue reading →

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The B’s Have It for Beulah Bondi

Posted on January 12, 2016 by

Beulah Bondi—an actress with the alliteration we love—grew up in Valparaiso, Indiana. A town chock full of funny name goodness, take Orville Redenbacher for instance. Arto covered him cleverly here. The stars aligned in Valparaiso with famous actors and popcorn … Continue reading →

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Redd Foxx

Posted on December 15, 2015 by

For the last few months we’ve been building up to the holiday season—and I did not realize my penchant for red and green. What with Red Smith, Red Green, Lorne Greene and now at the suggestion of Bumba, wonderfully named … Continue reading →

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