Origin of Zeph Marshack

[citizenlewis]

Hi Tom-
My grandfather's name was Zeph (short for Zephran) Marsh.  It is a pretty rare name so when I heard Zeph Marshack call in it blew my mind.  This has been driving me nuts for a few years now, where did you guys come up with that name?
Thanks

[Sarah]

Zeph is the uncle of the Poster Child Rose Marshack.  I don't recall the origin of his first name ever being discussed.

[Omar]

Zeph is the uncle of the Poster Child Rose Marshack.  I don't recall the origin of his first name ever being discussed.

From the 2/14/06 show:

"Zeph returns to get things going (starts at 1:12) because he's got a 'nother bone to pick with Tom. Tom erroneously thinks his foist name is spelled Z-E-F, which Z-E-P-H finds hilariously rich. The name is based on his father's fondness for Zephyrs, which was also Zeph's foist toy. Zeph provides his last name as well: Marshack. He's Rose's uncle, and he wants Tom to apologize for what he's been saying about his neice. He calls Tom (who he believes deserves the Radio Zero rippage) and the entire Best Show crew smart alecks and claims that Mike the Courageous Call Screener called him an unrepeatable name beginning with the letter "f" and ending with "hole". This understandably hurt Zeph's feelings. (If true, filth move, Mike.)"

[Sarah]

Yup.  Relistening to that ep., I discovered that my memory had yet again done me wrong.

[buffcoat]

3 total Zeph appearances.  I bet you can find when they were somewhere online.

[Sarah]

Yes, there's a wonderful resource out there.  What's the name of that again?