Where I grew up Roger Wilco was a small chain of liquor stores. The Roger in their ads was a WWI flying ace type (no, not Snoopy) with a big handlebar mustache and a devil-may-care look. Probably not a relative of this Roger.
Roger Wilco wondered why everybody just assumed he would do work for them. A talented radio operator, he figured it was just The Curse of the Competent. Eventually his name worked its way into the radio communications lexicon. Too bad he didn’t think to copyright it.
The military used a phonetic alphabet in WW II, where the letter “R” was pronounced “Roger” (today, it is “Romeo”, for international purposes). To avoid saying “Received” it was shortened to “R”, which had to be pronounced “Roger” (after all, this was the military), which meant "message received.“Over” means “I have finished my transmission, awaiting reply” “Out” means “I have finished my transmission and am not awaiting a reply”. “Over and out” means nothing.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 8 years ago
I guess he grew up to own supermarkets.
pulpitpoundingpoliticalpundit over 8 years ago
And his best friend Ben Dover. And Ben’s sister, Eileen.
deepstblu over 8 years ago
Where I grew up Roger Wilco was a small chain of liquor stores. The Roger in their ads was a WWI flying ace type (no, not Snoopy) with a big handlebar mustache and a devil-may-care look. Probably not a relative of this Roger.
emptc12 over 8 years ago
Roger Wilco wondered why everybody just assumed he would do work for them. A talented radio operator, he figured it was just The Curse of the Competent. Eventually his name worked its way into the radio communications lexicon. Too bad he didn’t think to copyright it.
pumaman over 8 years ago
Not to be confused with Rodger Dodger.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 8 years ago
A classic Kliban.
Vet Premium Member over 8 years ago
A personal friend of Kilroy back in WWII.
linsonl over 8 years ago
The military used a phonetic alphabet in WW II, where the letter “R” was pronounced “Roger” (today, it is “Romeo”, for international purposes). To avoid saying “Received” it was shortened to “R”, which had to be pronounced “Roger” (after all, this was the military), which meant "message received.“Over” means “I have finished my transmission, awaiting reply” “Out” means “I have finished my transmission and am not awaiting a reply”. “Over and out” means nothing.
danshen over 8 years ago
He does look like he might be brother to Rob Wilco from “Get Fuzzy”.
emptc12 over 8 years ago
He looks like my late Uncle Mike, a life-long ham radio hobbyist. Kliban Studios, once again I’ve caught you spying on my life. Cut it out! (-