Wally

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Wally, a nickname for Walter or Wallace, can refer to:

People:

• Wally Hayward, South African ultra distance running legend.
• Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league footballer.
• Wally Parks, A founder of the National Hot Rod Association.
• Wally Phillips, was an American radio personality best known for hosting WGN's morning radio show from Chicago for 21 years
• Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league footballer.
• Wally Szczerbiak, NBA player for the Cleveland Cavaliers

Entertainment:

• La Wally, an opera by Alfredo Catalani.
• Wall-E, a 2008 film about a robot of the same name by Pixar Animation Studios.
• Wally (game), a game commonly played in schools in the north of England.

Fictional characters:

• Wally (Dilbert character), an incredibly lazy engineer from the Dilbert comic strip.
• Wally (Pokémon), a character from the Pokémon video game series.
• Wally Cleaver, the older brother played by Tony Dow] on Leave it to Beaver.
• Wally B. Feed, a pirate sidekick in the Monkey Island computer game series.
• Wallace "Wally" Fitzgerald McGillicutty, the polar bear from the webcomic Wally and Osborne, formerly known as On the Rocks.
• Wally Squad, undercover policemen in Judge Dredd.
• Wally West, the alter ego of the third super-speedster hero to take up the mantle of The Flash in the DC Comics Universe.
• Wally the Weiner Dog, a dog in the comic Drabble.
• A character in the 1980s Australian water conservation campaign called Don't be a Wally with Water.
• Where's Wally?, a character from a popular series of books of the same name (known as Waldo in the United States).
• The mascot of Wally World in National Lampoon's Vacation.
• Wally Sparks, the titular talk show host in Meet Wally Sparks.
• Wally Week, the main character of Mikro-Gen]'s 8-bit computer game series Automania, Pyjamarama, Everyone's A Wally, Herbert's Dummy Run, and Three Weeks in Paradise.

Slang:

• a British colloquial term for the gherkin. Originally it was London slang corruption of the word "Olive" but when Eastern European immigrants arrived in the late 19th Century they brought a liking for pickled cucumbers which, like olives, were sold from wooden barrels and also began to be referred to as a wallies (mostly in the east-end of London).
• A British colloquial term meaning a silly or inept person.

Transportation

• WALLY, a proposed commuter rail service in southeast Michigan.

Trademarks

• Wally, Reg Trademark #78595887, Mar 14, 2005, Trasport Systemes, Inc.
• Wally, Reg Trademark #78484260, Dec 11, 2007, H&B Co. Corp.
• Wally, Reg Trademark #78348586, Jan 7, 2004, Raizit Prod., Ltd.
• Wally, Reg Trademark #77454432, Apr 22, 2008, Wild Impact Marketing, Inc.
• Drywally, Reg Trademark # 77225795, Jul 10, 2007
• Wally Bags, Reg Trademark # 76131555, Sept 20, 2000
• Wally, Reg Trademark #75983524, May 4, 1999
• Wally, Reg Trademark #75733214, Mar 28, 2000
• Wally, Reg Trademark #75666558, Mar 24, 1999, Cordele Crisp CoC, Inc.
• The Wally, Reg Trademark #75396904, Dec 11, 2002
• Wally, Reg Trademark #75088122, Apr 15, 1996, Winsoe Entertainment
• Wally Diver, Reg Trademark #73759167,Jul 4, 1989, Plastics R&D
• Wally, Reg Trademark #73752451, Sep 18, 1988
• Wally, Reg Trademark #73331156, Aug 2, 1983, International Telephone and Telegraph Corp.
• Wally, Reg Trademark #72427370, Aug 6, 1974, Wally Enterprises Corp.
• Wally, Reg Trademark #72356535, Jul 13, 1971, S.C. Hohnson & Son, Inc.
• Wall*E, Reg Trademark #77171805, Oct 23, 2007, Disney Enterprises, Inc.
• Wally, Reg Trademark #76424352, Mar 22, 2002, Austrilian Rugby Union ltd.
• Wally, Reg Trademark #75088122, Apr 15, 1996, Winsor Ent. Corp.
• Wally, Reg Trademark #72427370, Aug 6, 1974, Wally Enterprises

Other:

• Wally Class, sailboat classification. The IMA (International Maxi Association, ex ICAYA) officially accepted the Wally Class as one of the four maxi divisions of the association, and precisely the Wally Division. This important result achieved after only two years of racing activity, means that the Wally Class is now recognized by the ISAF, the International Sailing Federation, and can organize an official World Championship electing the World Champion of the Wallys. See: http://www.hublot.com/hublot_prod/site/hublot/data/events/pdf/hublot_wally_class_en.pdf
• Wallyboard(tm), body board [like a surfboard] designed by CJ "Wally" Walworth.
• Wally Division, sailboat racing classifiaction. See IMA entry. See also: http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/archived_Detail.asp?key=1875
• Wally Findlay, Art gallery specializing in sailing and maritime art. Since 1870. See: http://www.wallyfindlay.com/SailNY.html
• Wally the Green Monster, mascot for the Boston Red Sox.
• Wally Schirra, a U.S. Navy ship, was chosen in honor of Capt. Walter "Wally" Schirra, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and Navy pilot who served in World War II and Korean War. Schirra was one of the original seven Mercury astronauts. See http://www.marinelink.com/Story/TwoNewAuxiliaryDryCargoShipsNamed-211108.html
• Wally World Sportfishing Great New Jersey boating ... and fishing, too!
• Wally Yachts, a maritime design and manufacture company.
• Water Wally, Singapore water works mascott. More than 30 Water Wally inflatables, each 3 m tall, were suspended above reservoirs and canals around Singapore, to celebrate his birthday. See: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34283

[edit] See also

• Wal-Mart, a multinational retail corporation, is referred to as "Wally World".