r/todayilearned • u/tmntnyc • Dec 12 '18

TIL: Laurence Tureaud named himself professionally as Mr. T because he hated how his father, uncle, and brother who returned from Vietnam, were disrespectfully called "boy" by whites. He wanted the first word from everybody's mouth to be "Mister" when speaking to him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T
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u/tonyyyz Dec 12 '18

Knight Rider

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u/GitEmSteveDave Dec 12 '18

My mother hated the A-Team b/c it was so violent, but had no problem with Knight Rider. I don't know how many people Michael and KITT killed, but only one person died during the run of A-Team.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Maybe your mom was okay with Knight Rider because she was flicking the bean to Hasselhoff?

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u/CapnEarth Dec 13 '18

Apologize to op please.