I suspect he bears a very strong resemblance to Victor Frisbee, frequently quoted in the old Los Angeles Herald-Examiner around New Years Day/ Rose Bowl Parade story time.
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The funny thing is that the old Los Angeles Herald-Examiner used to quote me too. At first they would just publish my letters to them about once per week (I have a scrapbook full of them). Then they used to call me up for my opinions on different events such as a Reagan State Of The Union address. Finally they began publshing articles I sent them about twice a month. At that point I started syndicating out my own humor stories (and became a regular in the Houston Chronicle Texas Magazine section among other places). So I can't flame Greg Packer too much since I sort of did the same thing at one time. But at least I wrote polished articles in addition to supplying pithy quotes.