Will the Real George Papadopoulos Please Stand Up
As I was reading a New Yorker piece on Italian journalist Oriana Falacci, I came across a familiar name: George Papadopoulos. When I heard the name, I immediately flashed back to my childhood, to a time when undersized black adolescent boys ruled the airwaves. Those were the days of Different Strokes and of course, Webster, starring the diminutive Emanuel Lewis and ex-footballer Alex Karras, who played the newly orphaned Webster’s guardian George Papadopoulos.
Well, I never knew there was another George Papadopoulos out there (boy, that name just rolls off the tongue, don’t it?) until the profile of Ms. Falaccii revealed to me that George Papadopoulos was also a famous historical figure-the leader of the military junta that ruled Greece in the late 60s and 70s. Apparently, Ms. Falacci’s love interest, Alexandros Panagoulis, served time for attempting to assassinate Mr. Papadopoulos (no, not Webster’’s adopted father.) I wonder if the producers of Webster had some political agenda when they chose the name of one of the show’s leading characters.
yea, sup with that
my landlord’s name is that, too, no foolin’