Perhaps you are not familiar with the concept of acting. Actors try to play their roles as the character would. In the movie Muppet Treasure Island, Kermit is acting in the role of Captain Smollet, therefore Kermit has to do and say things that Captain Smollet would do and say.
Muppet Treasure Island is based on the classic book Treasure Island, written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Although obviously many jokes haves been thrown in, and Ben Gunn changed to Benjamina to allow a role for Miss Piggy, most of the main characters still behave in a way which is true to the way they were written in the original book. It is a great book -- you really should read it sometime!
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mttomb
20 years ago
Which is why Long John has that particular moniker. It's in the original book. Unfortunately, you'd have to ask Robert Louis Stevenson why he gave him that name, and the opportunity to do so has long since expired.
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agentclaudia
19 years ago
Long John is based largely off of Henry Every, whose nickname was "Long Ben."
So now we need to ask Henry Every where he got that name. Both halves of it, as last time I checked "Ben" was short for "Benjamin" rather than "Henry".
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mttomb
19 years ago
last time I checked "Ben" was short for "Benjamin" rather than "Henry".
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