Talk:Kilgore Trout

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[edit] Another appearance

He is also quoted as one of the authors read by Ormus Cama, in The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.225.66.98 (talk • contribs) 15:35, 14 August, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cause of death

The following makes no sense. Why would someone in 2004 need a psychic to inform him of George Bush's 2000 (s)election?: "Trout "died" at midnight on October 15, 2004 in Cohoes, New York, following his consultation with a psychic, who informed him that George W. Bush would win the U. S. Presidential election by a vote of 5-to-4 in the Supreme Court." MJFiorello 04:57, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Clarified. Zsero 21:44, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kilgore Trout: The Eveningwear?

There appears to be a clothing store in Cleveland, OH named Kilgore Trout. I found a copy of Kilgore Trout Forum, which does not contain any pictures of wide open beavers, but rather looks to be a J. Peterman knock off.

The clothing store also shows up on google maps. —Superluser (talk • contribs) 22:07, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

I think the picture should be Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of Kilgore Trout (about to become a vagabond) and not the cover of a novel with no actual connection to the Vonnegutiverse. Thoughts? Max22 04:52, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Further Trivia

A friend of mine about 15 years ago now (early 90's) was in a band called "The Kilgore Trout Combustion." They went on to get a record contract and record an album called "Pure Bunk." Their record company, due to a perceived copywrite problem, asked them to swap their name and the name of the album. Thus they became "Pure Bunk" with an album called "The Kilgore Trout Combustion."

In case you are interested, I doubt you will find anything about them anywhere, but their style could be described as "heavy industrial music" which was a developing thing at the time, and they came from Brisbane, Australia.

203.5.155.234 05:38, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Trout's Age At Death

In Timequake, Vonnegut mentions that Trout is 84 years old at death. Vonnegut himself was aged 84 when he met with his end. Is this worthy of mention on either the Kilgore Trout or Kurt Vonnegut pages? Jimmy 04:54, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:33, 12 February 2008 (UTC)