David Cooper

0315 - Dave Rosenfield

Added 2024-03-18 09:00:01 +0000 UTC

The last of the fully named characters in this episode is visible only behind frosted glass, so I've had to take some artistic liberty in drawing him here. At least his one shot makes his name nice and clear.

He's never seen in the show again after firing Homer, but I discovered he was named after a real baseball manager, a detail added by writer Ken Levine. This episode is even mentioned in real-Dave's wikipedia article.

This got me on a little research trip to see if any of the other named characters from this episode have real-life counterparts.

Flash Baylor - not as far as I can tell.

Bill McCloskey - yes, he was named after a baseball player from 1875. He looks good for his age.

Dan Horde - yes! He was a minor league announcer at the time of this episode. (And I misspelled his name.)

Antoine Tex O'Hara - Sort of! The real guy, a manager of the Syracuse Mets, was named Anthony "Tex" Simone, but it was an intentional reference (scroll down to "in popular culture").

Tony Bennett - Well, uh, yeah. He's Tony Bennett.

Dave Glass - So this is odd. Dave Glass was not an announcer, but did own the Kansas City Royals - but not until 1993, three years after this episode aired. This character was actually named after a different man - a radio announcer from the 1980s and former partner of Levine's, who gets a mention in this list.

Caribbean Men - inconclusive.

All that's left to say about Rosenfield is that he's the third Dave we've found in our journey, the most popular name by far, and YES I will be keeping track of this.

This post is part of my "Every Simpsons Character Ever" series. For a list of my rules in this project, click here.