Where I grew up Roger Wilco was a small chain of liquor stores. The Roger in their ads was a WWI flying ace type (no, not Snoopy) with a big handlebar mustache and a devil-may-care look. Probably not a relative of this Roger.
Roger Wilco wondered why everybody just assumed he would do work for them. A talented radio operator, he figured it was just The Curse of the Competent. Eventually his name worked its way into the radio communications lexicon. Too bad he didn’t think to copyright it.
The military used a phonetic alphabet in WW II, where the letter “R” was pronounced “Roger” (today, it is “Romeo”, for international purposes). To avoid saying “Received” it was shortened to “R”, which had to be pronounced “Roger” (after all, this was the military), which meant "message received.“Over” means “I have finished my transmission, awaiting reply” “Out” means “I have finished my transmission and am not awaiting a reply”. “Over and out” means nothing.
SusanSunshine Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I guess he grew up to own supermarkets.
pulpitpoundingpoliticalpundit almost 8 years ago
And his best friend Ben Dover. And Ben’s sister, Eileen.
deepstblu almost 8 years ago
Where I grew up Roger Wilco was a small chain of liquor stores. The Roger in their ads was a WWI flying ace type (no, not Snoopy) with a big handlebar mustache and a devil-may-care look. Probably not a relative of this Roger.
emptc12 almost 8 years ago
Roger Wilco wondered why everybody just assumed he would do work for them. A talented radio operator, he figured it was just The Curse of the Competent. Eventually his name worked its way into the radio communications lexicon. Too bad he didn’t think to copyright it.
pumaman almost 8 years ago
Not to be confused with Rodger Dodger.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member almost 8 years ago
A classic Kliban.
Vet Premium Member almost 8 years ago
A personal friend of Kilroy back in WWII.
linsonl almost 8 years ago
The military used a phonetic alphabet in WW II, where the letter “R” was pronounced “Roger” (today, it is “Romeo”, for international purposes). To avoid saying “Received” it was shortened to “R”, which had to be pronounced “Roger” (after all, this was the military), which meant "message received.“Over” means “I have finished my transmission, awaiting reply” “Out” means “I have finished my transmission and am not awaiting a reply”. “Over and out” means nothing.
danshen almost 8 years ago
He does look like he might be brother to Rob Wilco from “Get Fuzzy”.
emptc12 almost 8 years ago
He looks like my late Uncle Mike, a life-long ham radio hobbyist. Kliban Studios, once again I’ve caught you spying on my life. Cut it out! (-