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- From: litterst@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Stephen Litterst)
- Newsgroups: alt.tv.muppets
- Subject: Re: What's his name?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.162902.6446@udel.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 16:29:02 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.144423.21430@cs.cornell.edu> rbrown@cs.cornell.edu (Russell Brown) writes:
- >In article <1jofpfINNeaq@golem.wcc.govt.nz> robinson_m@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
- >>>What's the name of the clown on the Muppet Show (throws fish, blows things up,
- >>>etc.)?
- >>
- >>You're thinking of two characters - Crazy Harry (the one with the detonator),
- >>and Lou Zealand. Question for more knowledgeable readers - is this a
- >>deliberate pun on New Zealand?
- >>
- > Yes, this is a deliberate pun on New Zealand.
- >Esp. since his name is properly spelled Lew Zealand.
- >
- > Russell Brown
-
- What, you thought that the name might have been a coincidence? Actually,
- it's a deliberate pun on the Federal Republic of Germany but most people
- don't realize this... :)
-
- Steve L
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