“Hall & Oates Meet Frankenstein” reminds me that the auto parts and repair chain is officially “The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack”; the three men’s names have been part of the registered name of the company since 1923, even after Jack left the firm in 1927 and his caricature in the logo was replaced with that of Moe’s brother “Izzy” that same year.
In other news of companies that aren’t called what you think they’re called, International House of Pancakes has officially just been IHOP since 1973, and you’d be hard pressed to find any official literature this century that mentions the original name.
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“Hall & Oates Meet Frankenstein” reminds me that the auto parts and repair chain is officially “The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack”; the three men’s names have been part of the registered name of the company since 1923, even after Jack left the firm in 1927 and his caricature in the logo was replaced with that of Moe’s brother “Izzy” that same year.
In other news of companies that aren’t called what you think they’re called, International House of Pancakes has officially just been IHOP since 1973, and you’d be hard pressed to find any official literature this century that mentions the original name.