Enjoying the links provided by infinitedetox. Had previously been thinking about whether Otis P. Lord's last name was significant in relation to Hal's T.V. essay, since it was Jack Lord who was the star of the traditional "hero of action" show referenced (Hawaii 5-0). So a google search on the name "Otis P." gave me two interesting hits: One is Otis P. Driftwood, played by Groucho Marx in "A Night at the Opera," described as to busy trying to fleece Mrs. Claypool to spend time running an Opera Company. The other is an ACTUAL significant Otis P. Lord in Massachussetts history, who was a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachussetts 1875-1882 (died 1884) -- apparantly there is recent speculation he was a (wannabe?) lover of Emily Dickenson (see
http://www.slate.com/id/2201944/ ). So we could have either an intentional combination of names from famous past entertainments for wacky effect, or a purposeful link to a historical figure. Anyone know more about the judge or anything else to suggest this is other than random?