Tue, July 31, 2007
Story Elias Elfman Who says celebrities can't name babies? (Seriously – could we get, like, an amendment?)
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Tue, July 31, 2007
Story Elias Elfman Who says celebrities can't name babies? (Seriously – could we get, like, an amendment?)
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Brandon — Tue, 7/31/07 7:55pm
As long as we exempt comedians, who seem to be keeping it pretty normal (courtesy of some IMDB bios):
Steve Carell (Elisabeth, John)
Stephen Cobert (Madeline, Peter, John)
Jon Stewart (Nathan, Maggie)
Paul Rudd (Jack)
Will Ferrell (Mattias, Magnus - unusual, but names with solid ethnic origin, and his wife is Swedish)
Adam McKay (Pearl)
Tina Fey (Alice)
David Letterman (Harry)
Conan O'Brien (Neve, Beckett - again, unusual, but both Irish names, of course)
Okay, that's enough searching.
Hmm... perhaps baby-naming is a good sign of comedy intellect, knowing when something is simply ridiculous? I'd test this out with Jay Leno, but he has no kids.
Bee Boy — Wed, 8/1/07 12:19pm
Apatow's kids are Iris and Maude. He's about 120 years late on those. In fact, it sounds like he and McKay are trying to cast a big-screen Golden Girls adaptation for 2050 starring their own children.
Sorry about your theory!
Brandon — Wed, 8/1/07 12:32pm
Iris and Maude may be outdated, but they certainly aren't ridiculous. Theory stands!
Joe Mulder — Wed, 8/1/07 1:23pm
I'll defend "Iris" to a certain degree. That's also the same degree to which I'd have a problem with "Maude."
All in all, I'm ready to declare Stephen Colbert the runaway champion of celebrity baby-naming.
(and, as painful as it is, Britney Spears was in the running for a while there. My brain couldn't handle that. Luckily, she named her second kid "Jayden," which is completely inexcusable under any circumstances. She could have eight more kids and give them fantastic names and it wouldn't cancel out "Jayden")
Brandon — Wed, 8/1/07 2:00pm
But come on, guys, let's be clear – there's a world of difference between Maude (a few generations old, but still a well-established and perfectly acceptable name) and freakin' Story. Or Pilot Inspektor. Or Apple. Or Kyd (David Duchovny and Teo Leoni). Or Reignbeau and Freedom (Ving Rhames). Or Banjo (Rachel Griffiths). Or Jaz (Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf). Or Diezel and Denim (Toni Braxton). Or Jermajesty (Jermaine Jackson).
(All of these courtesy of this MSN piece.)
Bee Boy — Wed, 8/1/07 2:56pm
Let's not forget Dweezil, Ahmet, and Moon Unit. They really started it off.
Also, I refuse to allow you (or anyone) to dictate the criteria by which I reject a baby name. I'd take Jett (Travolta) or Scout (Willis) over Maude.
Brandon — Wed, 8/1/07 4:16pm
No no no. I'll tell you where the money is – Li'l Golden Girls. Whether it's a movie, TV series or both, I'm going to go cash my million dollar check right now.
Joe Mulder — Wed, 8/1/07 4:50pm
They already made that. It was called "Sex and the City."
Bee Boy — Wed, 8/1/07 6:57pm
Ha ha ha HA! You're my hero. "Yay, puns!"