{"id":249,"date":"2005-02-07T08:54:23","date_gmt":"2005-02-07T15:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.org\/blog\/2005\/02\/07\/who-are-hastings-clayton-tucker-3\/"},"modified":"2005-02-07T08:54:23","modified_gmt":"2005-02-07T15:54:23","slug":"who-are-hastings-clayton-tucker-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.patrickconnors.com\/blog\/2005\/02\/07\/who-are-hastings-clayton-tucker-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are Hastings, Clayton & Tucker?"},"content":{"rendered":"

During a recent flight, I learned this Important Legal Fact from the inflight magazine:<\/p>\n

Barry Manilow is a registered trademark of Hastings, Clayton & Tucker, Inc.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well. Does this mean that the man – the genius – behind I Write the Songs and Copacabana is a legal fiction? Did he never exist? And if that’s the case, who’s playing the Vegas Hilton<\/a>?<\/p>\n

My guess: The man inside c-3PO: Anthony Daniels<\/a>. Note the eerie resemblance. And you never, never see Barry Manilow and Anthony Daniels together. Or even Barry Manilow and C-3PO.
\nAnd the Vegas Hilton does have a well-known connection to science fiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So what’s the real story? We may never know. The shadowy firm of Hastings, Clayton & Tucker, Inc. does not seem to have its own Web site. More details as we get them…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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