Is there a particular reason behind how Woody Allen (Allen Konigsberg) got his Woody nickname?

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To raise money he began writing gags for the agent David O. Alber, who sold them to newspaper columnists. According to Allen, his first published joke read: "Woody Allen says he ate at a restaurant that had O.P.S. prices—over people's salaries."[8] He began to call himself Woody Allen. He was a highly gifted young comedian and would later joke that when he was young he was sent to inter-faith summer camp, where he was "sadistically beaten by boys of all races and creeds."[7] At the age of 17, he legally changed his name to Heywood Allen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_allen Jan 17 10, 7:56 PM

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Well I'd never come across that before, very good! But now as often happens I wonder if there was a special reason for choosing Heywood? Maybe only he can answer that, but you cracked the Woody anyhow! Jan 17 10, 8:45 PM