To keep with the "theme" from last week where I listed some wacky baby names, now lets talk about the "parents" (not necessarily "the" parents of the baby's listed in last weeks WW post).
Celebrity's Stage Names vs Real Names:
John Denver = Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. *Can you imagine his real name on a record label? They would run out of room*
Bo Derek = Mary Cathleen Collins *Her real name sounds a bit like a nuns name and just can't see that name in the lights especially knowing some of the movies she has been in*
Kirk Douglas = Issur Danielovitch *Huh?*
Elvis Costello = Declan Patrick McManus *I like Declan but Elvis Costello fits him much better*
Whoopie Goldberg = Caryn Johnson *Not so sure I would have chosen Whoopie but I guess it does fit her*
Hulk Hogan = Terry Gene Bollea *Definetly does not look like a Terry*
Engelbert Humperdinck = Arnold George Dorsey *I think maybe I would have liked Arnold Dorsey better*
Elton John = Reginald Dwight
Jenny Jones = Janina Stranski *Remember her? Where is she now?*
Liberace = Wladziu Lee Valentino *Both equally puzzleing to me*
Courtney Love = Michelle Harrison
Meat Loaf = Marvin Lee Aday *Like his music, but his name, not so much*
Rip Torn = Elmore Rual Torn Jr. *I'm a bit "torn" on this one. No pun intended*
Chaka Khan = Carole Yvette Marie Stevens *I'm sorry but when you say her stage name, sounds like you are sneezing*
Dusty Springfield = Mary Isobel Catherine O'Brien
Fatboy Slim = Quentin Cook (aka Norman Cook)
Pat Benatar = Patricia Andrejewski *I love her! But Andrejewski?*
I guess you can't pick your names but at least you can change them?!?!
