IVIV20: An interesting resemblance, 356

[Michael Bailey]

 Paul Nightingale wrote:

> Doc's insistence on the original name invokes the soul that has been lost
> (and on 309 he tells Shasta he "always wanted to be" Burke). It reminds us
> of: "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, whom Doc had admired since he was Lew Alcindor"
> (113). Or even: "Tuesday or Cheap Pizza Nite" (11). In each case the
> formally accepted/legally recognised term is in conflict with an informal
> alternative.
>

like those cartoons, Rocky and Bullwinkle, where at the end of each
episode we're invited to tune in for the next one, and my sister and I
used to always choose one of the alternate titles: "Boris copes with a
horrid horoscope, or, Twinkle Twinkle Bullwinkle" (or some such) -
"Oh, I choose Twinkle Twinkle Bullwinkle!"