OVALTINE-- The chocolaty drink is called Ovomaltine in some other countries and would have been called that here is not for a clerical error when the manufacturer registered the name.
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER-- His name was to have been Rollo as envisioned by Copywriter Robert May of the Montgomery Wards Company who wrote the original poem. Ward's executives didn't like it and also didn't like second choice, Reginald.
May's 4-year-old daughter came up with the name Rudolph.
MICKEY MOUSE-- Walt Disney's Mouse has always had the initials M.M., but back when the Mouse was first introduced, the first M. stood for Mortimer. Disney's wife didn't like that name and said, "Mortimer is a horrible name."
And the rest, as they say, was history.
When Mortimer Met Rollo and Drank Some Ovomaltine. --Cooter
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