Dr. Clayton Forester?

[Chris Pierson]

In article <5pqm8c$t...@news0-alterdial.uu.net>,
Ray Ricks <rri...@jax-inter.net> wrote:
>As I was watching Sci-fi's War of the Worlds I noticed the one of the
>prime characters was named Dr. Clayton Forester.
>
>Coincidence?

Nope.
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[Ray Ricks]

As I was watching Sci-fi's War of the Worlds I noticed the one of the
prime characters was named Dr. Clayton Forester.

Coincidence?

What do you think, sirs?

Ray
rri...@jax-inter.net

[Ken Frauwirth (BioKen)]

In article <erhardt-0807...@ip158.tampa2.fl.pub-ip.psi.net>,
Brian Henry <erh...@earthlink.net> wrote:

>In article <5pqm8c$t...@news0-alterdial.uu.net>, rri...@jax-inter.net wrote:
>
>> As I was watching Sci-fi's War of the Worlds I noticed the one of the
>> prime characters was named Dr. Clayton Forester.
>>
>> Coincidence?
>>
>> What do you think, sirs?
>

>No, it's no coincidence. Trace's character was named after the one in
>WOTW, just as Joel took the last name "Robinson" as a reference to "Lost
>In Space."

And in the original cast of MST3K, Josh Weinstein played a character named
Dr. Larry Erdhart, also from War of the Worlds.

BioKen

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[Brian Henry]

In article <5q0num$7...@agate.berkeley.edu>, frau...@mendel.Berkeley.EDU
(Ken Frauwirth (BioKen)) wrote:

> In article <erhardt-0807...@ip158.tampa2.fl.pub-ip.psi.net>,
> Brian Henry <erh...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >In article <5pqm8c$t...@news0-alterdial.uu.net>, rri...@jax-inter.net wrote:
> >
> >> As I was watching Sci-fi's War of the Worlds I noticed the one of the
> >> prime characters was named Dr. Clayton Forester.
> >>
> >> Coincidence?
> >>
> >> What do you think, sirs?
> >
> >No, it's no coincidence. Trace's character was named after the one in
> >WOTW, just as Joel took the last name "Robinson" as a reference to "Lost
> >In Space."
>
> And in the original cast of MST3K, Josh Weinstein played a character named
> Dr. Larry Erdhart, also from War of the Worlds.

Nope, that's incorrect. You need to get an updated copy of the FAQ. :-)

The name "Lawrence Erhardt" was Josh's own invention. He named his
character after Werner Erhardt, the founder of EST. He thought that the
name sounded evil. And he gave Dr. Erhardt the first name "Lawrence"
because he thought that it sounded pretentious.

Many people wrote to us saying that they never heard the name "Dr.
Lawrence (or Larry) Erhardt" mentioned while watching "War of the Worlds,"
so we went to the source and got the straight dope from Mr. Weinstein
himself. Imagine my surprise, after having used the name "Erhardt" online
for five years, when I found out that the origin of it as given in the FAQ
was wrong!

*Brian Henry*
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