Re: "You call him Doctor Jones, doll!"

Posted by nobody from h0050040e3135.ne.mediaone.net on June 18, 2001 at 08:30:08:

In Reply to: "You call him Doctor Jones, doll!" posted by graml on June 18, 2001 at 07:19:59:

It was decided that Indiana Smith sounded too close to "Nevada Smith", the title character of a Steve McQueen western from the 60s.

: I suppose that all of us have heard the old rumor that George Lucas kicked around the name "Indiana Smith" before settling on a "less common" name. Anybody know why he chose "Jones"? I hate to break this to George Lucas, but Jones is a very common name. I know at least fifteen non-related Joneses. Was Jones chosen in honor of someone? Of course, now that we're all totally used to the name Jones, I can't imagine him using any other name. Indiana Stankowicz? Indiana McClellan? Indiana Diliberto?
: -graml
: PS Jones is apparently the second most common name in Scotland (Henry Sr's homeland). Numbers one and three are Smith and Brown, respectively. Indiana Brown?

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