Maybe Jethro?

[Dave Monroe]

One may well ask the reverse ...

Pynchon, Thomas.  "Low-lands."  New World Writing 16.
   Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960.  85-108

"Low-Lands" features the first appearance of Pig
Bodine, whom the story was originally supposed to be
about. Pynchon describes how Pig's character was
actually based upon an infamous member of the Navy at
the same time as Pynchon himself. In fact, Bodine's
abduction of Flange during the latter's wedding
reception was a true story the author heard from one
of his senior patrol members. Pynchon finally states
that it is because of these occurrences, among other
factors, that Pig Bodine has managed to show up again
in later novels....

http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/slowlearner/lowlands.html

--- Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:

> I always thought of this as a possibility.
> 
> On 9/20/06, ruudsaurins at aol.com
> <ruudsaurins at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > If _V._ was published in 1963 and the Beverly
> > Hillbillies premiered in 1962, does anybody
> > think that the character of Jethro Bodine and
> > his behavior could have inspired the naming of
> > Pynchon's omnipresent sailor? ...

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