I get that she felt that her birth name of Karyn was too "vanilla" or wouldn't distinguish her, so she wanted to be known as "Whoopi." That's clever, funny, and unique. But why "Goldberg" for a last name? Why not Whoopi Johnson?
shareI don't think 'Whoopi Johnson' has the same ring to it.
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"
Why did you choose punkgirly? Why not rockgirl, metalchick or emowoman?
shareBecause I am not a metal chick, nor an emo chick. But the difference is that "punkgirly" is just a silly screen name for imdb and I can change it at any time.
Plus, no one knows who I am and the imdb screen name doesn't define me. However, giving yourself a stage name for movies that everyone knows you by is a big decision.
Fine, I guess I'll never know....oh well. :)
Many celebrities go by a different stage name. Maybe it sounded better? It's really a trivial question.
shareNot sure if that will help with your curiosity :). But it comes from Whoppi directly
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/06/how-i-got-the-name-whoopi_n_4914382.html
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Thanks! So she used a family name as Goldberg. I already knew about the "whoopie" cushion part. Ok, I think I am satisfied. Thanks!
shareI always thought it was just the inherent comedy in the existence of a black jew.
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