Only Bill Bixby in the TV show was David Banner. I actually have no idea why. Maybe Aaron Spelling (or Glen A Larson or whoever) thought Bruce was more a villainous name or something.
I was wondering that too. Maybe it's one of those bits of history that somehow gets distorted? I don't know. I've read a fair amount about FDR. Never heard of him "maybe" having polio.
Please accept Yakusa. It's just as good a transliteration from the Japanese. As a Brit (and therefore frugal in my use of zeds, or zees as I believe they are called in some more ignorant offshoots of the empire) I couldn't figure out why Yakusa wasn't accepted
Is the Hulk called Bruce Banner in the new Avengers movies?
I don't think I've ever heard the name before. I was surprised 75% of people knew it. I don't know much pop culture, but know of Dr Octopus, Alfred Pennyworth, Charles Xavier, etc. - Banner doesn't even ring a bell. Maybe The Hulk didn't have much mainstream success.
Not the same imaginary (or is it?) creature. Bigfoot and Sasquatch both refer to a forest living, brown haired one, whereas Yeti/Abominable Snowman lives in snowy mountains and is white haired.
Aesop's origins are fairly contested. Per wikipedia, the earliest sources suggest he was thracian, which could include modern bulgaria, but other classical sources suggest he was a phrygian or lydian slave, both of which would mean he was from modern Turkey. There is also a very prominent tradition claiming he was an ethiopian slave. The prominence of African animals in the story leads many to believe that he had at least some acquaintance with Egypt or Egyptians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt%27s_paralytic_illness
I don't think I've ever heard the name before. I was surprised 75% of people knew it. I don't know much pop culture, but know of Dr Octopus, Alfred Pennyworth, Charles Xavier, etc. - Banner doesn't even ring a bell. Maybe The Hulk didn't have much mainstream success.