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= July 8 =

Popopopoulos
I remember a comedy movie where a Greek or Greek-American character's last name was either Popopopoulos or it had a lot of pointless "-po-" syllables added before the end to make fun of Greek last names like Papandopoulos. I'm not sure when the movie was made, I'm thinking it must've been either 80s or a 60s movie with someone like Peter Sellers, it seems like this sort of joke has become forbidden in this century. Can't really remember anything else about the movie. Duckduckgo only brings up Jerry Mandy, who died in '45 and I've never seen a movie that old. 93.136.75.118 (talk) 20:02, 8 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Probably not what you after (being a cartoon) but how about Rastapopoulos? 41.165.67.114 (talk) 06:18, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah maybe it was a Tintin cartoon or comic. Could've heard/seen it there. I could've sworn there were more "po"-s tho. 93.136.97.46 (talk) 19:20, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


 * The name had issues even then: "The name "Rastapopoulos" had been invented by one of Hergé's friends; Hergé thought it was hilarious and decided to use it.[3] He devised Rastapopoulos as an Italian-American with a Greek surname, but the character fitted anti-Semitic stereotypes of Jews; Hergé was adamant that the character was not Jewish." 41.165.67.114 (talk) 06:23, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Webster (TV series) In this show his adoptive father's surname was Papadopolis. 86.172.130.137 (talk) 09:59, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


 * I Googled "Popopopoulos" and it led me to One Night in Lisbon, though that was a 1941 film.--Shantavira|feed me 10:56, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah I found that too initially but that's not it, it's much too old. 93.136.97.46 (talk) 19:20, 9 July 2020 (UTC)


 * this should be it ,trials of apollo,lester papadopoulos — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2406:E003:1660:C101:FD5B:C010:2647:893A (talk) 08:38, 15 July 2020 (UTC)