Lisa Catera from Chicago Hope
Mar 18, 2022 07:51:21 #
I never watched the show, but there was a character named Lisa Catera on the show. Do you know where they got that character's name?
Mar 18, 2022 13:56:39 #
alx
Loc: NJ
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember a Cadilac commercial "lease a Catera" ending with "Just who is Lisa Catera?" Might be the source of inspiration.
Mar 18, 2022 18:42:10 #
Google confirms the back of UHH user alx's mind 
"In 1997, John Tinker, a producer of television medical drama Chicago Hope, was inspired by an inadvertent pun in a Catera commercial, saying "Who is Lisa Catera?" — in response to the Catera tagline "Lease a Catera." He introduced a character named Dr. Lisa Catera, played by Stacy Edwards."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Catera
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"In 1997, John Tinker, a producer of television medical drama Chicago Hope, was inspired by an inadvertent pun in a Catera commercial, saying "Who is Lisa Catera?" — in response to the Catera tagline "Lease a Catera." He introduced a character named Dr. Lisa Catera, played by Stacy Edwards."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Catera
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Mar 19, 2022 06:22:39 #
That just reminded me of a local story. One of the local news anchors name is Lisa Thomas-Laury. 20 or 30 years ago they were in London and filmed a bus with an ad on the side saying 'Lease a Thomas Lorry' Lorry being the British word for what we in the States call trucks. I may not have the story exactly correct as in it may not have been a bus ad but the important details are correct.
Mar 19, 2022 09:08:36 #
alx wrote:
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember a Cadilac commercial "lease a Catera" ending with "Just who is Lisa Catera?" Might be the source of inspiration.
I wonder if Cadillac sponsored that show.
Mar 19, 2022 09:27:37 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
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Mar 19, 2022 11:16:30 #
Mar 19, 2022 11:17:51 #
alx wrote:
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember a Cadilac commercial "lease a Catera" ending with "Just who is Lisa Catera?" Might be the source of inspiration.
Yup. When they said it it always sounded like a woman’s name. I think they added the “…who is…” when they realized their mistake.
Mar 19, 2022 11:47:16 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I wonder if Cadillac sponsored that show.
I wonder if Cadillac sponsored that show.
They did! I caught that name one time while watching the show. I thought it was very clever.
Mar 19, 2022 11:51:02 #
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Mar 20, 2022 11:05:39 #
Erkibler wrote:
They did! I caught that name one time while watching the show. I thought it was very clever.
I wonder if Cadillac suggested they use that name for a character.
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