Suzuki not Samurai

[deguspice]

This week's issue of the Economist magazine has an article about the car industry in India. The article is pretty straightforward, but the photo accompanying the article is not.

I was reading the article and thought the guy in white looked familiar, then I realized I knew the names of everyone in the photo.

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http://www.economist.com/news/business/21571197-maruti-suzuki-defies-predictions-its-demise-four-wheeled-survivor

Indian carmakers
The four-wheeled survivor

Maruti Suzuki defies predictions of its demise

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From the left: Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Laraine Newman, and Garrett Morris.

I have to wonder, did an editor at The Economist magazine intentionally use a photo from an SNL skit? The editors frequently will use puns in the titles of the articles, so they're not above inserting some humor into their magazine.

Comments

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

I got John Belushi immediately without reading the text at all. And then, of course, Dan Akroyd. The other names I didn't know.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

They're half of the original cast:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SNL_Original_Cast.jpg

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

Lorraine Newman (unsure of the spelling since I'm not looking it up) and Garret Morris. I suspect that I'm dating myself but there you go.

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I knew they were original cast members, I just didn't recall their names...

I suspect that I'm dating myself

At least you shall have good company...

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Very cool!