Post #131646 by BarkerBird on Fri, Dec 17, 2004 4:38 PM

A slight technical clarification....

The character is known as "Big Boy." Not Bob.

Bob is the name of the owner/founder, Bob Wian. The "Big Boy" is not a depiction of the owner, but rather a chubby little child who visited his restaurant in Glendale. Bob called the kid "Big Boy," and named his trademark double-decker hamburger after him.

http://www.bigboy.com/history1.asp

Just as nobody would call the world's most famous Mouse "Mr. Disney", we shouldn't rename "Big Boy" after his creator either!

http://www.strangecult.com/pisser/covers/bigboy.jpg

And in different regions, the restaurants are known by different names. Kip's Big Boy, Shoney's Big Boy, Marc's Big Boy, perhaps more.

Big Boy trivia fans will of course recall that his girlfriend's name is Dolly, and his dog's name is Nugget!

http://www.cufon.org/comics/1960/AdventuresOfTheBigBoy73Back.htm

[ Edited by: BarkerBird on 2004-12-17 16:48 ]