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OK, OK, so "Iron Eyes Cody" wasn't his real name, so what? I always liked the practical attitude of B-movie critic Joe Bob Briggs with regard to names:
Q: Is Joe Bob Briggs your real name?
A: I wasn't born with it, but when I try to use any other name, I don't make as much money.
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I had a brush with fame when he walked by me in the Atlanta airport many years ago. Maybe the money he earned helped to offset the tears.
Posted by: Woody | 03/21/2007 at 08:17 AM
Conway Twitty (real name Harold Lloyd Jenkins) had a similar attitude. I heard him tell a caller to a radio show he'd been Conway Twitty longer than she'd had her name.
Posted by: triticale | 03/23/2007 at 10:04 PM