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* ParodyDisplacement: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit'', will travel", which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/TheAvengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.

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* ParodyDisplacement: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, expression "Have ''suit'', will travel", which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/TheAvengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.
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* ParodyDisplacement: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit'', will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/TheAvengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.

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* ParodyDisplacement: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit'', will travel," travel", which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/TheAvengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.
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* ParodyDisplacement: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit,'' will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/TheAvengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.

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* ParodyDisplacement: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit,'' ''suit'', will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/TheAvengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.
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* ParodyDisplacement: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit,'' will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/TheAvengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.



* WeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit,'' will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/TheAvengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.
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* WeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit,'' will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/The Avengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.

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* WeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit,'' will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/The Avengers1960s ''[[Series/TheAvengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.
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* WeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit,'' will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression.

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* WeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit,'' will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression. The ''[[Series/The Avengers1960s Avengers]]'' episode titles "Have Guns — Will Haggle" plays on the "gun" part, meanwhile.

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** Part of that is due to [[Creator/GeneRoddenberry who]] [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries wrote it]].
* WeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it.
** The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit,'' will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression.

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** Part of that is due to [[Creator/GeneRoddenberry who]] [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries wrote it]].
* WeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it.
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it. The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit,'' will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression.
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** The title is actually a play on the old expression, "Have ''suit,'' will travel," which people used to put on their resumés, meaning that they owned a suit of their own and were willing to travel for a job. The Creator/RobertHeinlein novel ''Literature/HaveSpacesuitWillTravel'' is a play on the same expression.
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* ColbertBump: The scene in ''Film/StandByMe'' where the kids discuss the show and sing its theme song likely saved it from obscurity.
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* TheWeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it.

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* TheWeirdAlEffect: WeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it.
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* ColbertBump: The scene in ''Film/StandByMe'' where the kids discuss the show and sing it's theme song likely saved it from obscurity.

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* ColbertBump: The scene in ''Film/StandByMe'' where the kids discuss the show and sing it's its theme song likely saved it from obscurity.
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* ColbertBump: The scene in ''Film/StandByMe'' where the kids discuss the show and sing it's theme song likely saved it from obscurity.

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* ValuesDissonance: A show from the fifties taking place in the 1870s is bound to have some. However, while its treatment of women and foreigners doesn't always hold up to modern standards of political correctness, it was rather FairForItsDay.
** Part of that is due to [[GeneRoddenberry who]] [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries wrote it]].
* TheWeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it.

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* ValuesDissonance: A show from the fifties TheFifties taking place in the 1870s is bound to have some. However, while its treatment of women and foreigners doesn't always hold up to modern standards of political correctness, it was rather FairForItsDay.
** Part of that is due to [[GeneRoddenberry [[Creator/GeneRoddenberry who]] [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries wrote it]].
* TheWeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it.it.
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** Part of that is due to [[GeneRoddenberry who]] [[StarTrek wrote it]].

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** Part of that is due to [[GeneRoddenberry who]] [[StarTrek [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries wrote it]].
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** Part of that is due to [[GeneRoddenberry who]] [[StarTrek wrote it]].

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** Part of that is due to [[GeneRoddenberry who]] [[StarTrek wrote it]].it]].
* TheWeirdAlEffect: There are many more people who know of the mad libs title format "Have X, Will Travel" than know of the show that started it.

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