[1738] in Humor
David Sedaris explains it all
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (LMCCOOPER@aol.com)
Wed Dec 4 14:45:32 1996
From: <LMCCOOPER@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 14:24:53 -0500
To: humor@MIT.EDU
From David Sedaris: (www.slate.com)
I talked to Amy, who reminded me of
the old show-business formula for finding
your stage name. You take your middle
name and follow with the name of the first
street you lived on. My stage name is
Raymond Wayne. Amy is Louise Bournthill,
and Hugh is Alexander Cannon. I thought
this was a foolproof method for coming up
with a sophisticated-sounding name, until
later in the afternoon when I talked to my
friend Marge, whose unfortunate stage name
would be Ruth West 34th Street.
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To find your drag name, you take the
name of your first pet and follow it with
your mother's maiden name. I am Dutchess
Leonard. Hugh is Winnie Neurath. Some
people were just born with good names.
Our friend Jolean Alright has Kerwin
Fairlawn as a stage name, and Winky
Dykeman as her drag alternative. Winky
Dykeman--it just doesn't get any better than
that.
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