Having just seen the name again after many years, does anyone know the origin of the weird (in my opinion) name of Teddy Ruxpin (just the Ruxpin bit, of course!) It doesn't even sound like any language I've heard, more like something a computer generated?

my_baby_love

History on TEDDY RUXPIN* Many thanks to Robert S. Anselmo for clarification! In 1963. Robert S. Anselmo suggested to Ken Forsse that he would like to create a children's story. He was aware of the drawing talent of Ken Forsee and of his previous attempt at creating a puppet show. Ken brought in a writer by the name of Bud Bankson who is the person that created a story called "The Adventures of Simian Greep." One of the minor characters in this original story is a "spungid" named Teddy Ruxpin. Bud Bankson's interest in the story was purchased by Ken and Robert in 1965. By 1978, they had formed a company called 'Brown Squirrel Productions'. Named because a brown squirrel had run across the backyard of where they were meeting in Granada Hills, California and the topic at the moment was the name the venture. Ken had suggested that the title be renamed from 'The Adventures of Simian Greep' to 'The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin' since the word 'Greep' was too similar to the word 'Geek'. http://www.mindspring.com/~mathue/faq4.html Dec 07 05, 2:53 PM

satguru

Thanks a lot- so it seems rather than a real teddy he's more of an alien- half Rux and half something else, hence the alien type name. Amazing how much history can be behind a simple query! Dec 07 05, 3:45 PM

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