Alfred Newman
Alfred "Pappy" Newman was a noted film composer.
He was responsible for the scores of literally hundreds of movies,
including Airport, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and The Hunchback
of Notre Dame. He won nine Oscars in the process.
He also composed the 20th Century-Fox theme. His brother Lionel Newman
also won an Oscar for his Dr. Doolittle score, and nephew Randy Newman
continued in the family tradition, writing award-winning music for
such films as Toy Story. (Randy Newman also played the singing bush in
Three Amigos.)
When writers were putting together "The Henry Morgan Radio Show," they
named one of the characters Alfred Newman after the composer.
A few years later some cartoonists were looking for a name for their
mascot, a character borrowed from a turn-of-the-century dental
advertisement. Mad magazine first dubbed the toothless, grinning
redhead Malvin Koznowski, but then decided instead to steal a name
from "The Henry Morgan Radio Show."
The "What, Me Worry" kid became known as Alfred E. Newman.
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