17 Famous Things That Started With Completely Different Names
1. Originally the film ‘The Breakfast Club’ was supposed to be called ‘The Lunch Bunch’. Although it makes more sense, since, well they actually eat lunch together, it does sound a lot more lame.
2. Back in 1893, you could only crack open an ice cold Brad’s Drink. Who the fuck is Brad, you ask? Creator Caleb Bradham named it that after his surname, but changed it to Pepsi in 1902.
3. When Rowan Atkinson was creating the iconic Mr. Bean character, he also considered naming him Mr. Cauliflower.
4. Just before Hefner could publish his new magazine Stag Party, the company received a letter from Stag magazine which said that the name was an infringement on their title. Without anything else left to do Hugh Hefner made a last minute change to Playboy.
5. Before renaming Jim Parsons’ character to Sheldon, his name was Kenny and the series was going to be called ‘Lenny, Penny and Kenny’. Luckily, they changed it to ‘The Big Bang Theory’.
6. In Pretty Woman, $3,000 is the amount that Edward Lewis pays to spend a week with Vivian Ward.
7. Snapchat was originally named Pictaboo until they received a letter from a photography book company with the same name telling them to change it.
8, Head of Universal Pictures, Sid Sheinberg, insisted that ‘Back to the Future’ be named ‘Spaceman from Pluto’ because “no successful movie ever had the word ‘future’ in it.” Writer and producer Bob Gale said “Every single person at Universal loved the title Back To The Future except for Sid.” So, Steven wrote back saying, “Dear Sid, thanks so much for your most humorous memo. We all really got a big laugh out of it.” Steven knew that Sid was too proud to admit he’d meant it seriously, and that was the end of ‘Spaceman From Pluto.’
9. Believe it or not, people were “Backrubbing” instead of “Googling” until the name was changed to Google in 1997.
10. The comedy series ‘New Girl’ starring Zooey Deschannel was supposed to be named ‘Chicks and D*cks’, but Fox asked the writers to change the name because it was too risqué.
11. Coldplay was originally known as Starfish. After the drummer Will Champion joined their group,
they renamed themselves Coldplay and released their debut EP ‘Safety’.
12. Think about how much more hated Candy Corn would be if it had stuck with the name Chicken Feed.
13. If you just tried to sing Reginald the red nose reindeer in your head, you’re not the only one.
Luckily, writer Robert May realized later that Rudolph was a better fit.
14. Back in 1965, the creator of Subway, Fred DeLuca, borrowed $1000 dollars from his good ol’ friend Pete to start a fast food restaurant called ‘Pete’s Super Submarines’. Then, three years later, the name was changed to Subway. Pete sounds like a hell of a guy, but the shorter name is definitely better.
15. According to the book “America Toons In: A History of Television Animation” The Powerpuff Girls were initially named the Whoopass Girls. Badass. Unfortunately, the name was changed in order to avoid offending the intended audience, which is kids and their parents.
16. When frozen waffles were invented in 1953 they were actually called Froffles. But eventually, people started referring to them as Eggo’s due to their egg flavor, which is exactly what they changed the name to in 1955.
17. In 2012, Vanity Fair released an issue with all the things that could’ve been in the show ‘Friends’,
the most shocking of which was the name ‘Six Of One’.
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This was a very cool post. I learned a bunch of facts I never knew. Plus I needed to test out the new comment system.