Talk:Victor Aloysius Meyers

A fact from Victor Aloysius Meyers appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 August 2008, and was viewed approximately 1,204 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Washington State politician Vic Meyers once showed up for a candidates' forum dressed as Mahatma Gandhi and leading a goat?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/August.

Wikipedia

This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Biography: Musicians / Politics and Government

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by WikiProject Musicians.
	This article is supported by the politics and government work group (assessed as Low-importance).
	An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.

Minnesota Low‑importance

	Minnesota portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Minnesota, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Minnesota on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MinnesotaWikipedia:WikiProject MinnesotaTemplate:WikiProject MinnesotaMinnesota articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Oregon Low‑importance

	Oregon portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Oregon, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of Oregon on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.OregonWikipedia:WikiProject OregonTemplate:WikiProject OregonOregon articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
The current collaborations of the month are Women's History Month: Create or improve articles for women listed at Oregon Women of Achievement (modern) or Women of the West, Oregon chapter (historical).

United States: Washington / Seattle Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Washington.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Washington - Seattle.
	This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool because one or more other projects use this class. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the `\|auto=` parameter.

1934 mayoral election

Besides the three unsuccessful runs for Seattle Mayor I mentioned in the article, I believe he also ran in 1934. The Argus for February 3, 1934 stated that he had "filed for the nomination for mayor". It also contains a paragraph I like enough that I'm quoting it in full here:

Vic Meyers is one of the Times' jokes that sort of backfired. That paper is responsible for placing the political bee in his bonnet. And now we have the remote possibility—but a possibility, nevertheless—of this night club musician becoming mayor of Seattle. At any rate it looks as though Vic will be cluttering up the ballots for some years to come.

- Jmabel | Talk 05:10, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Basis for "Thanks a Million"

According to IMDb (.com) Trivia entries for the 1935 20th Century Fox musical Thanks a Million:

Victor Meyers, then-Lt. Governor of the state of Washington and the reputed basis for this fictional account of politicking, ... Meyers, who had been a jazz-band leader in Seattle, sued the producers for $250,000 in 1937 for the comment Fred Allen makes about anybody being able to get elected if a jazz-band leader in Washington can get elected.

and:

He claimed it reflected on his qualifications and deprived him of the "confidence, respect and good will of the people".

Trivial, perhaps, but if someone can provide a reference it might be worth adding to this article. (P.S.: The lawsuit was dismissed.) BMJ-pdx (talk) 21:22, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]