[Groop]Trivia Question for M.E.

[Mark Evanier]

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:41:16 -0400, "sac@foolarchy.com"
<sac@foolarchy.com> wrote:

>Hi M.E., I'm not even sure you're going to answer this since it's one day
>out from the Con start, but there was a question posted at Nates message
>board. It is a tough question.
>
>In the old Hulk TV series, why was the Hulk called "David Banner" instead
>of "Bruce Banner"?
>
>I figure if anyone knows this obscurity, you will! :)

ME: I do.  At the time, the name Bruce was turning up in a lot of gay
jokes.  This has changed since Bruce Willis, Bruce Springsteen and a
few others have come to prominence.  But when they did the show, the
producers thought "Bruce Banner" sounded like a joke name.
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