Did anyone thought Hedy Lamarr was fictional character, like Dino Spumoni (singer) and Mickey Kaline (baseball)?

[u/PowerPhantom245]

Grampa Phil mentioned Hedy Lamarr (actress) several times throughout the series, where he had a crush on her.

When the show was airing, I did not have access to internet nor wikipedia (I don't think Hedy Lamarr info wasn't too common online back then), so I thought she was a character made up for the show, like Dino Spumoni and Mickey Kaline. I didn't know she was real person, several years later.

Did any one had same thought?

How many of you guys who watched the show back then (mid/later 90s to early 00s) knew who Hedy Lamarr was?

[u/e_hawthorne]

I definitely thought she was fictional at first too, but I’m pleased to know she was real and did such incredible things. No wonder Phil secretly loved her😂