Unofficial Thread of Newbridge Family Trees

[Mr. Spacely]

Thanks for the stuff, Phillaminion.  I'll update the first post.

Doesn't Tom have a Godfather, too?  Who was the guy that was in a "TV betting league" with Roger Scharpling back in the early 80s?  I remember Tom's Dad lost a lot of money on MASH or something.

Another thing I'm gonna add is Power Pop Pop-Pop.

In that call, we learn that Quad P's Dad was Newbridge detective/TV consultant "Reginald Fleer," which means PPPP's last name is also Fleer, although we've never learned his first name. 

[spacepope]

I've seen an unofficial Best Show wiki on wikia.com, but I can't find it right now. It's a little difficult to get around that site.

[Wes]

I don't know if Timmy Von Trimble's parents have names, but his brother is named Toffy. Toffy was the winner of a Newbridge-based reality weirdo show when he ate a thousand pencil erasers.

Newbridge's Most Weirdest Stuff! Timmy and Toffy's creator is Adolph Von Trimble. Their name of the Lady Scientist who co-created them has not been referenced, to date.

[spacepope]

Another Von Trimble was mentioned by the Bruce Springsteen biographer Steven Jennings. Rolf Von Trimble was the founder of Foot Locker Jive Turkey.

[Mr. Spacely]

Re: Springsteen "biographer"

Is that canon, though?  Because the Springsteen caller turns out to be a fake.

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On the Cousin Willy call from Spring '10, we learn that Trent L. Strauss's Dad is "L. Trent L. Strauss."

[Martin]

Dylan Strauss is Trent's brother. He used to be a director of high school plays, but then he murdered a couple of Siamese twins, so he's probably locked up now.

Another Kern! I knew we forgot someone: Vaughn Kern, the old silent movie actor.

[spacepope]

Here is a link to the unofficial Best Show wiki at wikia:

bestshow.wikia.com

[Mr. Spacely]

Ugh, that unofficial Wiki is so hard to navigate (not that my first post on this thread is some paragon of readability, either).

Does anyone remember the name of Tom's Godfather? 

[ben]

The Monroes
Reggie
Phil
Phil's Son (drunk driver)
Norm

Reggie's brothers
Claude (Half A Minor league baseball star/steamboat thief/cocaine enthusiast)
Sean and Mike (busted for selling pot to uniformed police officers at the Olympics)

[Sam]

The Hutchins-es
(Hippie) Johnny
(Tornado) Todd

If I'm hearing the name right, I believe the Performafog salesman was one Rich Hutchins.  I don't think any relationship is explicitly noted though.  Nor whether P.fog is all natural and post-natural.  Nor whether there's a purple, legal version available, "Faux Fog".

[Mr. Spacely]

I just re-listened to the "To Catch a Pervert Call," in which we meet Phil Monroe (although he's not named as Phil Monroe until his son calls in as the drunk driver), and in that, Phil claims that Maurice Kern is his uncle.

I assume that since they don't share last names, either Maurice married the Monroe Brothers' Father's Sister, or Maurice's sister married the Monroe Brother's Father.

[Jason from Huntsville, AL]

Has anyone mentioned Tom's personal villain, Brushman (aka The Brusher) yet? He said, if I recall correctly, that he, his little brother, his father and his grandfather are all named Rex, Sr.

[Mr. Spacely]

No, no one's mentioned The Brusher.  I've actually never heard those calls.  I'll listen tonight.

One thing I find funny about Newbridge is how the gender breakdown is something like 8:2 male/female.  Reading these family trees is like reading the Old Testament. 

[Martin]

According to Todd Palin, Bishop Pablo Fontana and Rodriguo the corrupt drum pin salesman are both stepuncles of Robert Tru-ji-llo of Metallica fame.

[jml]

carl the board repairman is philly boy roy's stepcousin.

there are a few other members of pbr's family that have been mentioned, like philly man stan, manayunk mel, and his wealthy first wife. his grandfather was north philly guy ty (the pretend "cheesesteak maniac").