I always assumed that the name was changed from Bruce to David because the
name "Bruce" had gay connotations acsribed to in US pop culture in the late
seventies.
Bill Bixby was kind of a sad guy, on TV anyway. First Eddie's father then
the beleagured Hulk. He should have been given a turn as a TV private
detective like everyone else was. But then he might have ended up being an
introspective sullen, Beckett-esque anti-detective.
"<sigh>But what would be the point of finding your husband, ma'am? The truth
will only lead to dissappointment....."
Alex, rambling
>From: "Sol Nte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: HulkChat (no fluxus content)
>Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:07:27 -0000
>
> >wasn't his name Bruce Banner in the comic, but David Banner in the
>series?<
>
>yes, but oddly enough in the TV Series of Spiderman they kept the name
>Peter
>Parker.
>
>Alliterative naming is crucial in these things ( wasn't Dr.Strange called
>Steve ?)
>
>cue music.....walking along at the side of the road, bag over one
>shoulder.....one of TV's saddest weekly moments in the seventies.
>
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