Thunderface
Senior Member
There was a post on one of the other guitar forums I frequent asking for helping naming a band. I had a couple of ideas before hitting upon -- Tralfaz
Tralfaz is the name given to the The Jetsons' dog Astro by his presumed 'real' owner in the animated TV series. In that particular episode of the show which aired on Jan. 6, 1963, Astro was originally owned by the fabulously wealthy J.P. Gottrockets, who called him Tralfaz. Astro found the name so distasteful he spends the entire episode repeating it -- Tralfaz? Yeccchh!. The plot sees a Jury-Vac award the dog to Gottrockets, who finally decides to return him to his adopted family.
I looked it up to make sure I was spelling it right and also found out its a disparaging nickname for Elvis Presley. Ick! Not 'Love Me Tender' again! What is this, the 'All-Tralfaz' Channel?
If not a good band name, I think it would have made a good forum name ... and avatar.
Tralfaz is the name given to the The Jetsons' dog Astro by his presumed 'real' owner in the animated TV series. In that particular episode of the show which aired on Jan. 6, 1963, Astro was originally owned by the fabulously wealthy J.P. Gottrockets, who called him Tralfaz. Astro found the name so distasteful he spends the entire episode repeating it -- Tralfaz? Yeccchh!. The plot sees a Jury-Vac award the dog to Gottrockets, who finally decides to return him to his adopted family.
I looked it up to make sure I was spelling it right and also found out its a disparaging nickname for Elvis Presley. Ick! Not 'Love Me Tender' again! What is this, the 'All-Tralfaz' Channel?
If not a good band name, I think it would have made a good forum name ... and avatar.