Talk:Doodles Weaver

Beetle Bomb
I always thought that was the name of the horse in the famous sketch. Some internet browsing confirms that, but we need a primary source. Though whoever put in ‘Feitlebaum’ did not.

The first name makes more sense, as ‘beetle’ was old, Damon Runyon type slang for a slow horse, and ‘bomb’ meant generally terrible. 2600:1010:B008:C755:E04F:EA0F:6308:5439 (talk) 16:35, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

This from the Spike Jones article:

Rossini's William Tell Overture was rendered on kitchen implements using a horse race as a backdrop, with one of the "horses" in the "race" likely to have inspired the nickname of the lone chrome yellow-painted SNJ aircraft flown by the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels aerobatic team's shows in the late 1940s, "Beetle Bomb". 12.201.7.2 (talk) 02:39, 8 October 2018 (UTC)

A Day with Doodles
Hmmmm.....I wasn't aware that Doodles is Sigourney's uncle. But there's no mention of those weird TV skits that I used to see in between late afternoon Little Rascals episodes and Popeye cartoons. Does anybody know what I'm talking about? Do you remember how funny these stupid skits were?

Sincerely, DJCOJO@aol.com User:152.163.252.70 05:44, 21 November 2003 (UTC)

Fat hair

 * Beefart says: I think the first quotation offered may be a misquote. I have never heard of it. I have heard another version, which goes something like this: "Doodles, your hair is getting thin". "Well, who wants fat hair"? Captainbeefart 11:16, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * On the standard recording of Spike Jones' William Tell Overture, as they come down the stretch, Doodles is yelling "they're tearing hair out... there's hair all over the place... I don't know whose hair it is... (gasp)... it's mine! ... and there goes the winner... FEITLEBAUM!" Maybe the the joke about "fat hair" was in some alternate recordings, like from the radio show or whatever. Wahkeenah 11:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Beefart deems the following uncited quote to be spurious: "The race is so exciting I'm tearing out my hair! My hair is getting thin! Well, who wants fat hair?". There is no evidence that Weaver ever said that verbatim, although he did say something similar. Beefart believes that the erroneous quote appeared in the article as the result of a confusion between two real quotes. The correct verbatim quote, with citation, has been added.

Date of Death
Sources disagree about the date of his death.

12 January –

13 January –, and many others

15 January –

17 January –, , and many others.

The main contenders seem to be 13 January and 17 January, roughly half-and-half on Google. Does anyone have the facts? -- JackofOz (talk) 23:44, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

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Fake middle names
I have some doubts about whether "Glendenning" and "Dixon" ever formed part of Doodles' name. His New York Times obituary and several reference works give his full name as Winstead Sheffield Weaver, and this was also the name Wikipedia used until added the two extra names in 2012. Many online sources now use the extended name, but I've been unable to find any from before 2012, which suggests that they're all copying this same article. Until a reliable source can be adduced, I'm going to remove the names in question. Zacwill (talk) 12:04, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Wynette Weaver
I have (for the second time) removed "Wynette Weaver" from the "Children" parameter in the infobox. Two factors apply here: Eddie Blick (talk) 00:26, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
 * That name is not in the text of the article. The infobox exists "... to summarize (and not supplant) key facts that appear in the article ..." MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE
 * Even if her name were in the text of the article, it should not be be in the infobox because she is not notable. Template:Infobox person


 * What has "notable" have to do with it? Are anyone's parents necessarily "notable" and yet they are included in articles. I happen to personally KNOW Wynette Weaver, who was Doodle's first child. Please re-enter the information I provided. TY. 65.144.193.78 (talk) 14:39, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Notability applies to being listed in the infobox. Please read the relevant entry in Template:Infobox person, which I linked in my first comment. "Notable" typically means that the person has his or her own article on Wikipedia.
 * You are correct that many people's parents are named in articles. The important thing there is not notability but a citation to a reliable, published source.
 * Your personal knowledge alone is not sufficient for including Wynette Weaver in the text of the article. Please see No original research. You need a citation to a reliable, published source to accompany her name if it is added to the article's text. Eddie Blick (talk) 00:29, 19 September 2023 (UTC)