Comments on: God Only Knows http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 08:45:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Dave in Boston http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32784 Dave in Boston Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:46:22 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32784 "Cheatham", folks. Sarah Caudwell used "Styngham and Grynne". “Cheatham”, folks.

Sarah Caudwell used “Styngham and Grynne”.

]]> By: ty http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32749 ty Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:23:11 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32749 NoAlias - we had a bar here about 15 years ago by the name of Dewey Chetham. I always wondered why they didn't go all the way and add "and Howe." Maybe the principals really were named Dewey and Chetham? NoAlias - we had a bar here about 15 years ago by the name of Dewey Chetham. I always wondered why they didn’t go all the way and add “and Howe.” Maybe the principals really were named Dewey and Chetham?

]]> By: Molly J http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32726 Molly J Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:53:21 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32726 Dan, I have a vague memory of Groucho Marx using Dewey Cheatem and Howe or something similar as well. As you say, probably Vaudeville connections. Dan, I have a vague memory of Groucho Marx using Dewey Cheatem and Howe or something similar as well. As you say, probably Vaudeville connections.

]]> By: NoAlias http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32722 NoAlias Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:04:54 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32722 I would think these these three guys would run a bar, not a law firm... but then they probably wouldn't have a receptionist. I would think these these three guys would run a bar, not a law firm… but then they probably wouldn’t have a receptionist.

]]> By: Scott http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32718 Scott Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:33:36 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32718 Joshua, since Irving Berlin wrote White Christmas, we don't mind if it goes the other way once in a while. Joshua, since Irving Berlin wrote White Christmas, we don’t mind if it goes the other way once in a while.

]]> By: mkilby http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32712 mkilby Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:18:12 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32712 There's a similar joke in the names of the lawyers handling the auction of Bilbo's house at the end of "The Hobbit": if memory serves, they were called something like "Grubb, Grubb, and Burrows". There’s a similar joke in the names of the lawyers handling the auction of Bilbo’s house at the end of “The Hobbit”: if memory serves, they were called something like “Grubb, Grubb, and Burrows”.

]]> By: Dan http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32709 Dan Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:31:14 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32709 Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe is an old Three Stooges bit.. they probably swiped it from vaudville, too. Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe is an old Three Stooges bit.. they probably swiped it from vaudville, too.

]]> By: Molly J http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32702 Molly J Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:17:49 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32702 Law firm names are ripe pickings for minor haha's. There is, for example, the Car Talk guys representative firm of "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe." Here in my small town we have a firm called "Black, Black & Brown" which is at least mildly amusing. Law firm names are ripe pickings for minor haha’s. There is, for example, the Car Talk guys representative firm of “Dewey, Cheatem & Howe.” Here in my small town we have a firm called “Black, Black & Brown” which is at least mildly amusing.

]]> By: Kamino Neko http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32682 Kamino Neko Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:09:20 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32682 It apparently comes from Jewett (or Juwet)'s Son, Jewett/Juwet being a variant of Julian. It apparently comes from Jewett (or Juwet)’s Son, Jewett/Juwet being a variant of Julian.

]]> By: Frank the curmudgeon http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32681 Frank the curmudgeon Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:37:15 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/02/03/god-only-knows/#comment-32681 To the religious right, it is probably the World Council of Churches. OK, my curiosity is piqued. What is the origin of the name "Jewison"? Some variant of Hugh's son or some name that got Anglicized by a barely literate immigration clerk at Ellis Island ? To the religious right, it is probably the World Council of Churches. OK, my curiosity is piqued. What is the origin of the name “Jewison”? Some variant of Hugh’s son or some name that got Anglicized by a barely literate immigration clerk at Ellis Island ?

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