Pilot Inspektor and family at NBC event

Actor Jason Lee (My Name is Earl) and his longtime fiancee Beth Riesgraf brought their son Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf-Lee to an NBC event recently. Pilot is 2 1/2 and will turn three on September 28th.

Source: BrunoPress

Comments

Cute kid; feel bad about his name though.

- landroverdisco on June 9th, 2006

PLEASE tell me that little boy’s name is not Pilot Inspektor?

I’m just going to keep my mouth shut.

- NicoleMarie aka Cole on June 9th, 2006

Yes, Cole, Pilot Inspektor is his real name =P

I don’t mind Pilot so much but Inspektor? Surely they could have given him a different name that that… like Jason or something =\

- Erin on June 9th, 2006

Actually I think his name is Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf-Lee, which is quite the mouthfull in and of itself.

I have no idea how he’s going to manage in whatever type of school he attends in the future. (And I thought my name was unusual when I was in school, especially since most of the other girls were named ‘Shannon’, ‘Jennifer’, ‘Jessica’, or ‘Laura/Laurie/Lori’.)

- Autumn on June 9th, 2006

He probably just goes by Pilot which isn’t nearly as bad as Apple, Blanket, etc.

- Lorus on June 9th, 2006

I just feel some people don’t put much thought into their kids names. They’re not the one’s that have to go to school in the future!

That child doesn’t look almost 3! He looks like a baby!

- joy on June 9th, 2006

Yeah he’s a tiny little guy! too cute!

- Stacey on June 9th, 2006

Yeah, I agree, the name Pilot Inspektor is pretty bad. Pilot by itself probably wouldn’t be that bad, it kinda reminds me of John Travolta’s son, Jett. But I agree with the above comments, when he starts school he will no doubt be teased.

- gargoylegurl on June 9th, 2006

Oh god. When I first read a while ago that Pilot Inspektor was his name, I thought that there was some kind of mistake in the magazine. But sure enough, it was a fact. I think I laughed for like an hour. Then I told my fiance and he thought I was lying. Poor poor boy. Why on earth would someone do that to their child? That’s pretty harsh.

- Mommyx1 on June 9th, 2006

Autumn-really? there were alot of Shannon’s when you were at school? where do you live and how old are you? cause i am 17 and i have only ever met one other Shannon who is a male. I love my name because i think it’s original – not one other person at my school, work, etc called that.

- Shannon on June 10th, 2006

I just want to say first that I hope my post doesn’t sound too rude or offensive. I’m just stating my opinion.

I think Pilot Inspektor, along with Shannon Sossamon’s son Audio Science are the two worst celebrity baby names I’ve ever heard. I can even take Bob Geldof’s kids’ names better than these two boys. I agree with some people, Pilot is not as bad on its own, but put the two names together and it reminds me of some kind of officer that inspeKts pilots!

For those who don’t know, Bob Geldof’s daughters are named Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, and Pixie Frou-Frou. At least their first names could actually be names. What confuses me about them is that they have normal middle names; at least Peached does. So why would she still go by Peaches?

- fumar on June 10th, 2006

For some reason Pilot doesn’t bother me. I think it’s cute. There are so many weird names that I don’t think he will really stand out. And I like it a lot better than Audio Science.

- Lola on June 10th, 2006

i never understand the ‘kids are going to make fun of them’ argument. my name is stephanie, no middle name, therefore no back up names. there were always at least three stephanies in my year and i hate that. yes, kids are cruel. they are also creative. my initial is SGP. GP = jeep. they also decided that it stands for ‘smushed’ in Indonesian. you can name the kid anything you want, if they don’t like him/her, they’ll find a way. this Simpsons quote best describes it:

Marge: Homer, I’ve been thinking, if the baby’s a boy, what do you think of the name Larry?
Homer: Marge, we can’t do that! All the kids will call him `Larry Fairy’.
Marge: Well, how about Louie?
Homer: They’ll call him `Screwy Louie’.
Marge: Bob?
Homer: `Flob’. [?]
Marge: Luke?
Homer: `Puke’.
Marge: Marcus?
Homer: `Mucus’.
Marge: What about Bart?
Homer: Let’s see… Bart, Cart, Dart, Ee-art… Nope, can’t see any problem with that!

fumar, tabloids reported that Peaches felt sorry for Apple Martin, but in her newspaper column she said she loves her unique name and would never change it.

Pilot was named after the song “He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot” by the band Grandaddy.

I read somewhere that Audio’s nickname is Dio, which I think it’s cute.

- stephanie on June 10th, 2006

I think stephanie raises a valid point, in that kids will find just about anything to make fun of. But I still feel that with a name like Pilot Inspektor, they wont have to search as hard.

I’m glad to hear that Bob Geldof’s daughter Peaches likes her name. For some reason, I have never thought that his daughters name’s were that strange. I think they are acutally kinda pretty. Very girly sounding.

Shannon, I have also known several Shannon’s in my life (I’m 35). I have lived in the UK and the US about equally. I knew one Shannon in England and the others were here in the US. One of my best friends in high shcool was named Shannon. I think it’s a pretty name. I’ve only ever heard it for girls though. 8)

- gargoylegurl on June 10th, 2006

I think the name is just plain awful. The “Inspektor” part is horrible and while “Pilot” doesn’t sound quite as bad,

let’s face it, everyone at school etc. will call him “Pile” or “Piles”. Like, “hey, wanna inspect my piles”? I’m sure he’ll grow to hate his name.

Sweet kid, though!

- pink.lioness on June 10th, 2006

I don’t think Peaches likes her name at all – when Apple Maritn was born she wrote a column for a paper expressing her disgust at Gwenyth and Chris naming their daughter that. She said that she is constantly teased and ridiculed for her name with stupid and immature comments.

Personally i think there has to be a happy medium, not too unusual yet not an insanely popular name. Personally, i would prefer my name to be Apple than be named Emma (no offence to anyone) and have to go by my last name – there are 11 Emma’s in my grade and not one is called Emma for the simple reason that there is waayyyy too much confusion.

Thanks gargoylegurl – im just always so surprised to hear people named Shannon, or that people know alot seeing i know one.

- Shannon on June 10th, 2006

I’m an Emma! There were too many Emmas in my class at school, but even with my reasonable normal name, I still got called all sorts, Dilemma, Flemmer, Ronald (dont ask!!) lol

No matter what your name, other children will make fun, its just what kids do. Personally I’m not a fan of Pilot Inspektor but at least he has a famous dad to look out for him!

- blue_butterfly on June 11th, 2006

I think the kid is ugly. He looks so bloody ill.

- Catu on July 21st, 2008