Sunny Jim

"Sunny Jim" may refer to:

Advertising mascots

• a cartoon character created to promote Force cereal
• Sunny Jim (peanut butter)

Nickname

From shortly after the time of its use in advertising, the term gained general currency for cheerful man,^[1] and was particularly applied as a nickname to individuals named James, such as UK Prime Minister James Callaghan.^[2] Often with the spelling Sonny Jim, it was used as familiar term of address in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.^[3]

• Jim Bottomley (1900–1959), American baseball player.
• James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979
• Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons (1874–1966), thoroughbred horse trainer
• James Mackay (1880–1953), Australian cricketer
• James Rolph (1869–1934), American politician.
• James S. Sherman (1855 – 1912), Vice-President of the United States
• James Young of Celtic FC (1882–1922)
• General Alexander A. Vandegrift, 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps, a nickname given to him by his mentor Smedley J. Butler^[4]

Other uses

• Sunny Jim's Sea Cave in La Jolla, California
• A character in the David Lynch film The Elephant Man
• A character in the 2017 David Lynch television series Twin Peaks
• In the 1968 film Coogan's Bluff, Walt (Played by Clint Eastwood) observes a picture of James Ringerman, the fugitive he is pursuing. The picture is signed "With Love, from Sunny Jim".
• A character in Lobo web series.
• Sonny Crockett of Miami Vice has a legal first name of James, and is frequently and even officially referred to as "Sonny James Crockett".

See also

• Force (cereal)
• List of breakfast cereal advertising characters

References

1. Oxford English Dictionary online (subscription required), Entry 58275687
2. "'Sunny Jim' Callaghan has died". Evening Standard. London. 29 March 2005. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
3. Oxford English Dictionary online (subscription required), Entry 64995712
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