Well, not really. But according to this message board, National Review actually suggested it as a joke for George Clooney's next project! I don't get National Review (and I can't see many of the posters here getting it either :-)except maybe Rickshaw) so I can't confirm if our favorite masticater of metal did indeed get a mention in the nation's foremost conservative magazine. Can anyone confirm?

link to message that mentioned the article


And I still swear to this day I heard Dennis Miller mention Matter-Eater Lad in one of his monologues when he had his own network tv talk show.