Does Captain Trips refer to anything/anyone else

[lokiju]

Just reading through the extended edition of The Stand by Stephen King and got to wondering if the name they gave to the virus "Captain Trips" was in reference to anything whatsoever or just made up for this novel.

Anyone know?

:beer:

 

[fitzov]

Something to with GreatfulDead(TM)? I've got nothing.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: fitzov
Something to with GreatfulDead(TM)? I've got nothing.

Hum...

Might be right.

Says here that Jerry Garcia had the alias of Captain Trips.

That must be the reference, especially considering the book was originally written in 1978.

 

[Shadowknight]

Grateful dead reference; for the record, in the Wildcards series, there was a drug-addled Ace, Mark Meadows, who was a big hippie and Grateful Dead fan. He went by the Alias of Captain Trips.

 

[nakedfrog]

Google knows

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Google knows

Smite!

 

[Skel]

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
Grateful dead reference; for the record, in the Wildcards series, there was a drug-addled Ace, Mark Meadows, who was a big hippie and Grateful Dead fan. He went by the Alias of Captain Trips.

He's who I thought of when I saw the post.

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Google knows

Smite!

Don't you get banned for that here?
:shifty: