without googling his name, do you know who Joseph Merrick is/was?

[murphy55d]

I am just wondering how popular he..or his... phenomenon... is....or..was.

EDIT: IF YOU DO KNOW WHO HE IS, PLEASE DO NOT REVEAL FOR THOSE WHO DON'T... kthanks.

 

[Ikonomi]

I don't think a lot of people know his real name.

 

[FoBoT]

no

sounds kinda vaugely familiar, but no idea

 

[Bootprint]

"I am not an animal."

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: Ikonomi
I don't think a lot of people know his real name.

I wasn't sure. I think everyone probably knows his 'other name'... but I wanted to know if anyone knew his real name.

Don't ask me what brought this on, I was bored and did some googling.

 

[nageov3t]

yes

 

[Bulk Beef]

I thought his first name was John.

 

[Vincent]

Originally posted by: sward666
I thought his first name was John.

Me too.

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: sward666
I thought his first name was John.

I think its interchangable, like dick and richard.

 

[randomlinh]

i did not know.

 

[Bootprint]

Does MJ still have his bones?

 

[SaltBoy]

FOBOT - EDIT YOUR ENTRY!
<-- Thinking of that Bare Naked Ladies' song "If I had a Million Dollars"

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: Bootprint

Originally posted by: sward666
I thought his first name was John.

I think its interchangable, like dick and richard.

Everything I've ever seen about him, referred to him as Joseph. :shrug:

 

[Bulk Beef]

Originally posted by: Bootprint

Originally posted by: sward666
I thought his first name was John.

I think its interchangable, like dick and richard.

I did a little poking around, and it looks like Joseph was his real first name, but John is most accepted, even though one person said there was no evidence that he was ever actually called John during his lifetime.

EDIT: Not that it matters.

 

[FoBoT]

duh, i must be a rocket scientist or something

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: Bootprint

Originally posted by: sward666
I thought his first name was John.

I think its interchangable, like dick and richard.

oh i didn't know that.

anyway's ya i know, i won't give the answer though. he's a character in the one movie, and he was..deformed .

was he a real life person as well?
EDIT: ha, someone spoiled the answer

 

[TwiceOver]

no idea

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
you spoiled the soup! :Q

Oh well.

 

[Bulk Beef]

Okay, I'm intrigued, so I did more poking around and found this on a movie trivia site:

The ********'s name was Joseph, not John, Merrick. When Frederick Treves wrote his memoir, he referred to him as John. His handwritten manuscript reveals that Treves knew that Merrick's name was Joseph, and deliberately crossed out "Joseph" and replaced it with "John." Merrick's surviving correspondence shows he signed his name as Joseph, and contemporary newspaper articles about his case refer to him by his correct name. Why Treves changed his name to John is unclear.

Again, not that it matters.

 

[murphy55d]

Well now that someone had to ruin it... :roll:

Yes, he was a real person. The movie was ABOUT him.

 

[SaltBoy]

Hey FOBOT, EDIT YOUR ENTRY!

 

[psiu]

I knew it.

 

[faenix]

no

 

[faenix]

calm the fvck down.

 

[murphy55d]

WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE DONT SAY WHO IT IS... JEEBUS.

faenix please edit your post..