Chicken George

Chicken George may refer to:

  • An ancestor of Alex Haley, popularized both in the book and TV miniseries Roots and played by Ben Vereen
  • Chicken George (politics), the name for a man costume who shadowed George H. W. Bush through a portion of the 1992 U.S. presidential election
  • "Chicken" George Boswell, a contestant in the 1st and 7th seasons of the U.S. version of the TV series Big Brother
  • Nickname of George Lawrence (footballer), who played for Southampton in the 1980s
  • Nickname of former Zimbabwe Test cricketer Eddo Brandes

Famous quotes containing the words chicken and/or george:

    The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant. We cannot train children along chicken wire to make them grow in the right direction. Tying them to stakes is frowned upon, even in Massachusetts.
    Ellen Goodman (b. 1941)

    I can’t hide it any longer. I love you. It’s the old story, boy meets girl—Romeo and Juliet—Minneapolis and St. Paul!
    Robert Pirosh, U.S. screenwriter, George Seaton, George Oppenheimer, and Sam Wood. Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx)