On Tue, 17 Feb 1998, John Hunt wrote:
> At 19:05 16/02/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >I have only been watching the show for a short while in reruns, and
> >iwas wondering where in the US Spike is supposed to come from. Also
> >what is his real name?
> >
> >Thanks.
>
> Hello. I started watching the last series first and then watched my cousin's
> videos of the series. Her video collection is not complete and it is in a
> wierd order so I didn't see the whole thing in the order you are supposed
> to. Slowly I picked up pieces of information that you find out in the
> begining (no that was not meant as a reference to "Picking Up The Pieces").
> Spike's real name is James Thompson (who scarily enough is a boy in my
> boilogy and Australian studies class). His name was mentioned in the first
> episode, "Page One" and in a few others after that including 'Love And War".
> In "Interface" he mentions that he was born in New York.The dilogue went as
> follows
>
> LYNDA: I want to talk, Spike.
> SPIKE: You want to talk Spike? Well I was born in New York, two parents, one
> of each. You know how it goes.
If you look on his wall during Interface, there's a pennant from New
Rochelle High School (or something to that effect). New Rochelle is a
city in Westchester County, just north of NYC (30 minutes by train, so it
appeals to commuters) along the Long Island Sound. Westchester is one of
the poshest areas of the US, but New Rochelle is one of the less deriable
areas to live in the county (run down, high crime rate, etc.) although
there are some nicer areas.
As someone who lives two towns over I found this both appropriate and
rather amusing.
Hilary L. Hertzoff Nothing cures homesickness
Mamaroneck Public Library quicker than an unexplored
Mamaroneck, NY tower. - Nancy Willard
hhertzof@wlsmail.wls.lib.ny.us
h.hertzoff@genie.geis.com
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