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I had no idea some of the names like Larry Smiley and Bob Fences were plays on real people. Still I think that as the show progressed the names became more unbelievable. I mean... Sweet Tart?! :rolleyes:
That's the worst I can remember. I missed the first season names even with the two Tonis...
Granny Weatherwax: 'You've got to think headology, see? Not muck about with all this beauty and wealth business. That's not important.'
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Dr. Faraday and Dr. Leit from the Eyes Have It - Michael Faraday was a famous scientist (Faraday Effect) with 2 units of electricity named after him, the farad and the faraday. Leit, sounds like light. Well, there is a Dr. Light in the comics. More than one, if I remember correctly. I can't help but wonder if Dr. Gretchen Kell(e?)y is named after a famous character in Goethe's Faust.
The only known quantity that moves faster than
light is the office grapevine. (from Nan's fabulous Home series)
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Wasn't Clark's middle name of Jerome supposed to be a throwback to some creator?
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The original creators of the Superman character were Jerry Siegel, and Joe Shuster. (Yes, of "Shuster's Field" fame.) Perhaps the writers chose "Jerome" because it begins with the same letter as the first names of Siegel and Shuster?
Joy,
Lynn
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Top Banana
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Jerry is the nickname for Jerome. Jerome "Jerry" Siegel.
On the show, both Perry and Clark's middle names are Jerome, and Perry's son is Jerry.
Edited to add: My father's name is Jerome, and everyone calls him Jerry.
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Actually, yeah Vicki - I totally forgot that both Clark and Perry share a middle name. I've always found that very humerous indeed. 
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It wouldn't be quite so funny if they both had a common middle name, like John or something, but Jerome?
"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution" - Daniel Webster
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Originally posted by LNCroxmysox:
Multiple references to the name Carlin (Carlini's in The Pilot; Ariana Carlin in Madame Ex, and a few others circa season 1) were a nod to Mike Carlin. There a Carlin building in an episode or two. I always thought it was one of Lex Luthor's in honor of Ari Carlin.
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"clearly there is a lack of understanding between those two... he speaks Lunkheadanian and she Stubbornanian" -- chelo.
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This one might be a stretch, but it occurred to me recently in one of those forehead slapping moments, so I figured I'd share. In the New Krypton episodes, one of the bad guys is Jen Mai. I never thought it was anything other than a made up name until I was telling someone about one of my favorite green teas -- Gen Mai Cha (sometimes spelled Genmaicha) which is a combination of green sencha and roasted brown rice. Here I am, years later, and the name suddenly sounded so familiar to my ears ... and then it hit me.  No idea if it's a coincidence, but I now have this image of Brad Buckner and Eugenie Ross-Leming desperately searching for a name of their newest villain, only to suddenly grin as they make their fourth pot of tea.  Kathy
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LOL Kathy. I remember Steranko's name being mentioned also. Since my brothers are friends with him the name stuck out. I don't know what ep but it was in reference to a street, at the corner of Steranko and one of those other famous names up there. Jim Steranko is a famous comic book artist among other things.
Clark: “If we can be born in an instant, and die in an instant, why can’t we fall in love in an instant?”
Caroline's "Stardust"
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Myrtle Beech and Voyle Grumman - Beech and Grumman are both aircraft companies and there was a Beech-Grumman aircraft as well.
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