Something happened for the first time in history on the last shoot that I was on. One of the leads in the film (a seven year old girl named Ariel), named her character's teddy bear after the sound guy. Yep, it's the first time in the history of filmmaking that a prop as been named in honor of the sound recordist. Look it up. I took it seriously as the tremendous honor that it was.
When Ariel declared to the crew and cast in the room that her bear was to be called Ryan, I responded by thanking and complementing her on the choice of such a strong name for the teddy bear. And then the crew laughed. Why? Ariel, accepted the compliment and went on to explain that her bear's name was Ryan and that that was a strong name whenever she talked about it. Obviously she got something that the rest of the crew missed. They continued to laugh at it being a strong name.
Alas, Ariel wasn't wrong. While surfing the web today I inevitably stumbled upon the front page of yahoo.com where there was a link to the top baby names of the decade. Having a fairly common name, I decided to see where mine stood. Where was Ryan, you ask? Top 10 folks. Here's the proof:
Of course she'd be closer to the nominal zeitgeist of this decade, her being born in 2002 and all. Little egg on your face, doubters?
Number 9 on the Most Popular Baby Names of the Decade the Sound Guy
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