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CaptainCrunch posted:My personal favorite fake name is from the “Prey” novels. Dean Koontz once wrote a detective-turned-priest named Thomas Vanadium and for some reason that dogshit name has stuck with me Thomas Vanadium!
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My wife found a book lying around once that was about a girl who loses her love, John Jacob Beretta, and then falls in love with his identical twin, Jacob John Beretta.
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Speaking of Toast of London I highly recommend anyone who hasn't yet buy the audiobook version of his book "Toast on Toast" which is Matt Berry reading his fictional autobiography. Highlights include Toast reading old reviews and commenting on them as well as a completely hilarious part where he accidentally stumbles upon a conspiracy whereupon anyone who questions the importance of Shakespeare are horribly murdered but Toast doesn't really care.
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Baron von Eevl posted:My wife found a book lying around once that was about a girl who loses her love, John Jacob Beretta, and then falls in love with his identical twin, Jacob John Beretta. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt und Wesson
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The main subject of a really good mystery novel I read has a great name - the book is called "The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" EVELYN. HARDCASTLE. Such a fun name to say. It's a really bizarre book. The whole idea is the main character has 7 bodies at a party. Each body is someone he gets to possess in order to solve the murder of the titular Evelyn, although saving her is not part of the game. New rules are clarified as the book goes on, if a body is used until midnight or dies it can never be used again, if they fall asleep or go unconscious then he is kicked to the next one. They loop in sequence until either all are dead or past midnight, or the murder is solved and the character wins. That's just the basic premise. BioEnchanted has a new favorite as of 07:46 on Nov 17, 2019 |
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I think we're all forgetting the prince of stupidly fantastic names here: Duncan Idaho. (But Toast of London does indeed have some absolute corners)
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Memento posted:Shawshank Redemption. When Hadley is arrested the detective reads off his notebook as he says the Miranda stuff. I read somewhere that cops read it off a card in irl life to make sure they get it exactly right
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It’s an extremely simple one but one of my favourite ever fictional names is Cougar Town’s Bobby Cobb.
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Phy posted:John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt und Wesson His aim is my aim, too. This mini-thread reminds me of the Victorian farce Cox and Box, in which two men, John James Cox and James John Box, are being rented the same room by a greedy landlady. One works all day and the other works all night, so they never meet except on the stairs and each think the other lives in the attic. Diverse comedies ensue.
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Jedit posted:His aim is my aim, too. I'm reminded of Sgt Fred Colon from Discworld, who has this relationship with his wife. They have grandchildren, possibly as a result of particularly persuasive handwriting.
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Nov 17, 2019 10:51
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I'm surprised I haven't seen Dr. Strangelove mentioned yet. Merkin Muffley and Buck Turgidson are brilliant.
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I’m astonished that we’ve been on magnificent fake names for multiple pages now and no one has mentioned Professor Catface Meowmers.
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Jedit posted:His aim is my aim, too. His name is my name, too.  DA DA DA DA DA DA DA
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citybeatnik posted:I've always had a weird amount of respect for good performers who do lovely movies just to make money. Not sure whether Raul Julia or Jeremy "i just bought a castle" Irons is my favorite example. Steve “I Saw A Painting I Liked So I Need To Do A Movie For A Million Dollars So I Can Buy It” Martin
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Michael Caine and the lovely foyer that jaws 3 built.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Michael Caine and the lovely foyer that jaws
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Hirayuki posted:Jaws foyer? https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/sir-michael-caine-admits-he-has-never-seen-the-muchderided-jaws-4-34366505.html
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Len posted:https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/sir-michael-caine-admits-he-has-never-seen-the-muchderided-jaws-4-34366505.html  , but thanks for the story behind it.
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Let's just say it moved me... TO A BIGGER HOUSE!
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Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr Dr Alfred Necessiter Anne Uumellmahaye Classics!
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Maura Lee Karupt from Doom Patrol is a great name.
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A great name on its own, but as a drag queen name specifically it's fantastic.
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My Lovely Horse posted:A great name on its own, but as a drag queen name specifically it's fantastic. Speaking of drag names, I always enjoyed Courtney Act, especially since you have to say it in her Australian accent for it to make sense. Also she's gorgeous 
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Amphigory posted:
This is the one that got me and I don't even know why. I think I laughed harder at David Warner introducing himself than anything else in what is still an amazing movie.
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The Dollop (a funny history podcast) is a great source of silly names, both real and fake. I recently listened to an older episode about Maurice Flitcroft, a terrible golfer, and it had some great fake names that he used to try and get into a golf tournament. My favorite was Gene Pachecki (pronounced "pay-check-ee"), but his son/caddy was Troy Atlantis, and that's pretty good, too.
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In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, I don't believe it's ever made clear if Chief was committed or voluntary. It's made clear that certain patients can leave whenever they want. I like the movie better if I imagine that Chief was free to leave anytime he wanted but simply chose to hulk out, sink-crash that wall and haul rear end.
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I want everyone talking about fake names to know that I started watching Toast of London last night entirely because of it. And WOW that show is good.
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Cleretic posted:I want everyone talking about fake names to know that I started watching Toast of London last night entirely because of it. Well Well Well
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BiggerBoat posted:In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, I don't believe it's ever made clear if Chief was committed or voluntary. It's made clear that certain patients can leave whenever they want. It's been ages since I've read it but I remember the book going into a lot more detail on this since it's from Chief's POV. I know in the book he's actively hallucinating and has paranoid delusions, but I think it was also implied that he was a functional guy who was railroaded into a mental hospital by government folks who were after his (family? tribe's?) land. I'm probably misremembering this but I think the idea was that he was insane in large part because of his treatment. ClothHat has a new favorite as of 09:33 on Nov 19, 2019 |
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ClothHat posted:It's been ages since I've read it but I remember the book going into a lot more detail on this since it's from Chief's POV. I know in the book he's actively hallucinating and has paranoid delusions, but I think it was also implied that he was a functional guy who was railroaded into a mental hospital by government folks who were after his (family? tribe's?) land. I'm probably misremembering this but I think the idea was that he was insane in large part because of his treatment. Either way that's all so very depressingly plausible and has ample real life precedent.
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tgacon posted:I’m astonished that we’ve been on magnificent fake names for multiple pages now and no one has mentioned Professor Catface Meowmers. The closing line of that is one of my favorite of anything ever. "Harry thinks that he will come back next year, and, when he does, Hagar will be there waiting, as long as God doesn't gently caress anything up. "
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Flint_Paper posted:Ray bloody Purchase Ed's various lady friends also had funny names. The only one I remember off-hand was Penvelope. Oddly, the show really does make me want to visit London again. Been a few years since I've been. muscles like this! posted:Speaking of Toast of London I highly recommend anyone who hasn't yet buy the audiobook version of his book "Toast on Toast" which is Matt Berry reading his fictional autobiography. Highlights include Toast reading old reviews and commenting on them as well as a completely hilarious part where he accidentally stumbles upon a conspiracy whereupon anyone who questions the importance of Shakespeare are horribly murdered but Toast doesn't really care. Holy poo poo I now have to find this. you broke my grill posted:I read somewhere that cops read it off a card in irl life to make sure they get it exactly right Early on in Trailer Park Boys' run, the show had a cop read the Canadian version off of a card once or twice, but later on, the cops just started reading the American version off by heart. It's an unfortunately subtle thing they later dropped, and I don't know why. Having said that, I remember reading that US cops don't have to actually read it to you while you're being arrested, but do have to remind you of your rights before any interrogation. I don't know if that's true, but it would make sense if a suspect is otherwise incapacitated, intoxicated, or otherwise or in an unfit state of mind at the time.
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mojo1701a posted:Ed's various lady friends also had funny names. The only one I remember off-hand was Penvelope. If they don’t read it, it’s also not a get out of jail free card like a lot of people think, it means anything you said gets thrown out but if they have security camera footage and physical evidence, it’s not like your conviction will be thrown out. It’s obviously best practice to read it for everyone but it’s not exactly like it’s treated in a lot of TV dramas.
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mojo1701a posted:Ed's various lady friends also had funny names. The only one I remember off-hand was Penvelope. The Australian version at least is something cops will repeat at the start of interviews and interrogations to the point of redundancy.
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In Frozen 2 I like that when Anna knocks on Elsa's door at the beginning it recreates the moment from the start of Do you want to build a snowman? from the original movie- it's the same rhythm of the knock but this time Elsa lets Anna in.
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Forrest Gump: he's playing ping pong in the gymnasium, someone comes up to him with a letter for him (and later, his discharge papers), and yells his name. He immediately puts down his paddle and ball and stands at attention. The other person then says "as you were", and he picks up his paddle and ball and is very much ready to start playing again until he's given whatever the person was delivering to him. So initially, to him, someone showed up, just to call his name and then nothing else? I love both moments in the film.
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