'Head Hunters'

Whenever I hear or hear of Herbie Hancock, I always think about the Chris Farley film, "Tommy Boy."

Near the beginning when Farley's character is at college and he's taking the history exam. One of the questions is fill-in-the-blank. Obviously, the answer is "John Hancock." Instead, the silly Farley scribbles in "Herbie Hancock."

The really odd thing about this isn't that Farley's character is so dumb, or that a university finals history exam would have a fill-in-the-black question that is probably the easiest question in the world.

Nor is it necessarily thought provoking that Farley's character doesn't know the answer.

I'd like to know how the character knew of Herbie Hancock. I wouldn't consider Hancock a household name. Especially as a jazz artist. Not like he's playing The Tonight Show or anything.

So the character had no clue as to who John Hancock was, but it was fairly obvious to him that the guy who signed the Declaration of Independence was Herbie.