Bennifer, the sequel

[Laurence Horn]

At 9:34 AM -0400 6/17/05, David Bowie wrote:
>Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
>I may have simply missed this one being discussed, but along with a
>writeup on the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie movie "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", a
>photo caption refers to them as "Brangelina".
>
>Gobs and tones of Google hits, including an AdFreak article titled "Are
>we really calling them Brangelina?" at
>http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2005/06/are_we_really_c.html that
>discusses it as a relatively new phenomenon, mentioning the
>non-existence of Humphauren (Humphrey Bogart/Lauren Bacall) and
>Richabeth (Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor).
>
>This leads to the question: Was Bennifer the first of these pop culture
>show biz first name combinations? I doubt it, but i can't think of any
>earlier ones offhand.
>
>--

Not exactly showbiz, but wasn't "Billary" used for the Clintons early
on in his (or their) first term?

L