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Another literary trivia

#1 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:19 pm

What fictional character got their name from the name of the company that published the author’s favorite childhood magazine?
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#2 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:39 pm

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Simon the chipmunk (for Simon & Schuster)?
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#3 Post by gsabc » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:55 pm

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
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Simon the chipmunk (for Simon & Schuster)?
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IIRC, the chipmunks were named for three executives at Ross Bagdasarian's record company.
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#4 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:02 pm

I never said that I knew the answer. I just threw a guess out there in order to inflate my post count and get us closer to Mr. Gus. :P
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#5 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:44 pm

Yes they were so named and are not the answer.
Named after the executives of their original record label, Liberty Records: Alvin Bennett (the president), Simon Waronker (the founder and owner), and Theodore Keep (the chief engineer).
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#6 Post by macrae1234 » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:57 pm

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The name "Perry Mason" dates to creator Gardner's childhood. As a child, Gardner was a reader of the magazine Youth's Companion. The magazine, best known for producing the original Pledge of Allegiance in 1891, was published in Boston, Massachusetts by the Perry Mason Company (later renamed "Perry Mason & Co." after the founder died). When Gardner created his fictional attorney, he borrowed the name of the company that published his favorite childhood magazine
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