I Spy Names

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

Everybody still alive ;-) ?

Let's collect some names Scotty and Kelly call each other. Here it is "Captain Midnight" and "Herman".




I collected some names, and I'm sure there are much more. Please tell me and I will add them to the post. If someone knows a bit about the background of a name, please tell us. (Erm... It took me watching the episodes at least two times until I recognized them doing Stan and Ollie *g*)

Homer
Otis
Stanley
Jack
Duke
Horace
Barry
Miles
Gonzo
Hoby
Thelma
Ollie
Phil
Melvin
Sir
My man
Fat lady
Holmes
Fred C. Dobbs
Fred C.
Dobbsy
Captain America
Captain Marvel
Watson

Comments

[dorinda.livejournal.com]

I've never done a comprehensive accounting, but two more that leap to mind:

Holmes

Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart's character in the movie "Treasure of the Sierra Madre"). This is sometimes abbreviated to "Fred C.," or, as Kelly calls Scotty once, "Dobbsy".

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks Dorinda - now you wrote it I remember "Fred C.", but didn't understand it back then. What a nice way to broaden my education in movies ;-)

[sarahenany.livejournal.com]

And, Watson. And, was there a 'Captain Marvel', or was that fanfic?

[dorinda.livejournal.com]

Whoah, now that you mention it, I think I misremembered the line from "Lisa"! I do believe that he actually calls Kelly "Captain Marvel" in that scene, not Captain America. You are so right.

Now, I'm wondering if "Captain America" shows up someplace else, or if my mind just did a substitution. I think I can hear it in my head, uncontextualized, but memories can be funny things. Hmmmm.

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

The honorable Mr. Marvel was added ;-)

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

"Watson" is added ;-)

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

This is just a guess, but Miles may refer to Miles Davis, a famous American Jazz trumpet player.

[dorinda.livejournal.com]

I think your guess is spot-on. Miles Davis had a distinctive and famous hoarse/rasping voice, and in "Vendetta," when Scotty is there to rescue Kelly, he's whispering very hoarsely, which prompts Kelly to start whispering hoarsely himself (while laughing) and say "It's a little difficult to explain, Miles...".

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

Ah, Vendetta, I remember the scene - with Kelly touching Scotty's knee *g*. I didn't know Miles Davis' voice, but it makes sense *nods*

[dorinda.livejournal.com]

Oh! I just remembered that in "Lisa," when captured-Scotty has been tossed into the room with captured-Kelly, and then is rolling around on Kelly to get him to wake up and pull his morale up out of the dark pit, Scotty calls Kelly "Captain America."

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

Thanks - it's added ;-)

[leviathan0999.livejournal.com]

And of course, when Scotty calls Kelly "Hoby," he's Bill Cosby teasing Robert Culp by calling him the name of his previous character, "Hoby Gilman," from the TV Series "Trackdown."

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the details - I had a vague memory about a western series, but didn't know where to look it up in The Book.

[heron-pose.livejournal.com]

Sorry I'm late -- I haven't got much to add, just now, to the 'names' discussion.

However, that screencap? The pink and the blue and the light and the shadow and the green of the steering wheel and of the earphone ... it's gorgeous!!! Thank you!

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like the screencap. I chose it because of the shadow/light effect, I like that very much. I did notice pink and blue too, but I'm surprised about the green of the steering wheel and the earphones - I never saw that ;-). It' always good looking at a pic with four eyes instead of two...

I hava another rather similar screencap, it's even a bit darker, but Kelly looks a bit ... erm, so I rather add it as a small pic in my comment instead of posting it bigger.

(http://pics.livejournal.com/potztausend/pic/000kb87f/)

[sarahenany.livejournal.com]

SO. ADORABLE.

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

Always!