Sueleen appears at a local club's open mike night in a provocative outfit, and despite her lack of singing ability, club manager Trout ( Merle Kilgore ) recommends her to Triplette for the fundraiser based on her appearance.

* Merle Kilgore as Trout, the owner of a club that has an open-mic talent night that gives Sueleen Gay what she believes is her big break as a singer.

The locale appears in many of Vonnegut's works, such as in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater as the hometown of Kilgore Trout.

Vonnegut includes the recurring character Kilgore Trout in many of his novels.

Perhaps the most unusual example of this was the fictitious author Kilgore Trout, who appears in the works of Kurt Vonnegut.

In the world of those stories, Kilgore Trout has written a novel called Venus on the Half-Shell.

In 1975 real-world author Philip José Farmer wrote a science-fiction novel called Venus on the Half-Shell, which he published under the name Kilgore Trout.

Renowned author Kurt Vonnegut created a fictional character, the writer Kilgore Trout, who was said to have been a resident of Cohoes.

; Kilgore Trout: A failed science fiction writer who makes money by managing newspaper delivery boys and has received only one fan letter ( from Eliot Rosewater ; see below ).

; Montana Wildhack: A model who stars in a film shown in a pornographic bookstore when Billy stops by to check out the Kilgore Trout novels sitting in the window.

; Eliot Rosewater: A friend whom Billy meets in the veteran's hospital and who introduces him to the science fiction novels of Kilgore Trout ( see above ).

The two feel that the Kilgore Trout novels they read help them to deal with the trauma of World War II.

Kilgore Trout, whom Billy Pilgrim meets operating a newspaper delivery business, can be seen as Vonnegut's alter ego, though the two differ in some respects.

Kilgore Trout serves again as the main character, who the author declares as having died in 2001, at Xanadu retreat in Rhode Island.

Kilgore Trout is the only one not affected by the apathy, and thus helps revive others by telling them, " You were sick, but now you're well, and there's work to do.

Though the author is never specified, the media in which it is published suggests that it may be Kilgore Trout.

While in the afterlife Vonnegut interviews a range of people including Adolf Hitler, William Shakespeare, Isaac Asimov, and the ever-present Kilgore Trout ( a fictional character created by Vonnegut in his earlier works ).

Kilgore Trout is a fictional character created by author Kurt Vonnegut.

The name was a transparent reference to the older writer ( substituting " Kilgore " for " Theodore " and " Trout " for " Sturgeon "), but since the characterization was less than flattering ( both Sturgeon and Trout were financially unsuccessful and seemingly slipping into obscurity ), Vonnegut did not publicly state the connection, nor did Sturgeon encourage the comparison.

I was delighted that it said in the middle of it that he was the inspiration for the Kurt Vonnegut character of Kilgore Trout.

In early novels, Kilgore Trout lives in Ilium, New York, a fictional town based on Troy, New York ( Vonnegut lived and worked in nearby Schenectady for some time ).

However, he does have at least three fans: Eliot Rosewater and Billy Pilgrim — both Vonnegut characters — have a near-complete collection of Trout's work or have read most of his work ; in Galápagos, Leon Trotsky Trout goes on leave in Thailand and meets an unnamed Swedish doctor who is a fan of Kilgore Trout.

Gary Kilgore North ( born February 1942 ) is an economic historian and publisher who prolifically writes on topics including economics, history, and Christian theology.

Wilbur H. " Will " Jennings ( born June 27, 1944, Kilgore, Texas, United States ) is an American songwriter, who is popularly known for writing the lyrics for " My Heart Will Go On ", the theme for the film Titanic.

Kilgore and Collier Funeral Home on Panola Street, is the oldest business in Boyd County, with over 130 years of continual operation in the same location.

Kilgore is a village in Cherry County, Nebraska, United States.

Kilgore is located at ( 42. 938539 ,-100. 956037 ).

Toone is home to the Kilgore Flare Company.

As Logan and Kitty give the delegation a tour, Kade Kilgore shows up and tells Logan that he is the one who caused the Schism and he will destroy all that Logan has worked to build up.

It represents the ratio of convective to diffusive mass transport, and is named in honor of Thomas Kilgore Sherwood.

The Air Force 1 ( or AF1 ) athletic shoe is a product of Nike, Inc. created by designer Bruce Kilgore.

In Jailbird ( 1979 ), Kilgore Trout is revealed to be the only lifer in the Federal Minimum Security Adult Correctional Facility near Finletter Air Force Base, Georgia.

Kilgore Trout is the pseudonym for Dr. Robert Fender.

Galápagos is narrated by Leon Trotsky Trout ( 1946 – 1986 ), the son and only child of Kilgore Trout.

Trout's appearance in Galápagos is somewhat problematic for Vonnegut's continuity because the novel explicitly states that Kilgore dies before 1986, when the events of the novel take place.

At least one actual published work is attributed to a Kilgore Trout: the novel Venus on the Half-Shell, written by Philip José Farmer but published under the name " Kilgore Trout.

Trout is referred to in Salman Rushdie's magical realism novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet -- " Books by famous American writers ... science fiction by Kilgore Trout ,..."

In the novel Fallen Angels by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn, the folksinging fan Jenny Trout ( a character based on real-life folksinger Leslie Fish ) is said to be the daughter of Kilgore Trout.

Ed Kilgore ( WGRZ-TV sports director, generally portraying an optimist ) and Art Wander ( then a sports talk host for WGR, portraying the antagonist or pessimist view ) were the primary combatants, with former The Buffalo News columnist Larry Felser also on the panel.

Jailbird also features a brief appearance of Kilgore Trout, a recurring Vonnegut character who writes science fiction novels and stories.

* Teddybear Kilgore ( also written as " Kilgour " elsewhere in the text ), the fictional President of the Bishop Strachan School for Girls in the John Irving novel A Prayer for Owen Meany

Kilgore College is also known for their athletic programs.

Kramer took time off in 1944 to work for the Democratic National Committee and in 1946 to assist the reelection campaign of California Democratic representative Ellis Patterson, and he also worked for the United States Senate Subcommittee on War Mobilization ( the Kilgore Committee ) and the Senate Subcommittee on Wartime Health and Education during the war ; and the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee after the war.

A revival of Bowling for Dollars aired between January and February 2008 on WGRZ, also hosted by Kilgore.

Faculty members also pray for the students in their classes, Kilgore said.

A prolific performer, Johnson was also heard as Mr. District Attorney in 1939, Roger Kilgore, Public Defender, Calling All Cars, and starred in radio adaptations of the comic strips Don Winslow of the Navy and Mandrake the Magician.