Title: Randall
General Information about Item:
- Verbal Lore, Joke
- Language: English
- Origin: Dartmouth College Athletics
- Informant: Clay Han
- Date Collected: 10-24-18
Informant Data:
- Clayton Han was born in Cincinnati, OH on February 23, 1995. His father’s family is originally from Indonesia and immigrated to the United States in 1974. His mother is from Barbourville, KY, a small town in the southeastern portion of the state. Clayton grew up in Cincinnati, until he graduated from high school and moved to Lexington, MA in order to play hockey. In addition, Clayton and his family are members of the Methodist Church. Currently, Clayton is a Junior at Dartmouth College, where he is also a member of the Men’s Varsity Ice Hockey team
Contextual Data:
- Cultural Context: When Brendan Less, Clay’s teammate, joined the team during Clay’s sophomore year, his teammates saw similarities in both face and personality between Brendan and Randall Bogs from the animated film “Monsters Inc.”
- Social Context: The joke is shared amongst the men’s hockey team, and is reoccurring through conversation.
Item:
- This is a men’s hockey team joke, in the form of a nickname
Informant’s Comments:
- This was a joke that was created to include the freshman Brendan Less. It is in good spirit and not meant to be mean, but rather a way to bond.
Collector’s Comments:
- The joke here is a good way for teammate’s to bond over past experiences and create a social dynamic together. There is a parallel between expecting a hockey player to be a lot different than a Pixar character.
Collector’s Name: Sydney Hill
Tags/Keywords:
- Verbal Lore
- Joke
- Hockey
- Randall
- Monsters Inc
- Nickname
- Team