Category Archives: funny names in tv

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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Lorne Greene

Posted on November 17, 2015 by

Last month we talked about Red Smith, which led me to Red Green, which led me to Lorne Greene. Which is a green of a different spelling. Last week, Mark B. talked about Gump Worsley who’s real first name is … Continue reading →

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