Talk:Eric Murphy

Maybe we should mention...

Who he is based on, if even loosely? Arthurian Legend 00:05, 28 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I could be wrong, but I believe that there's a real guy that goes by "E." I'm not sure if it stands for Eric though. The real Johnny Drama & Ari go by those respective names. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.150.38.49 (talk) 17:50, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

he not loosely based ON ANYONE. the pilot episode is based on mark wahlberg every episode after s1e1 is written just for the show. In real life the vegas baby vegas episode in season 3 part 1 was closer to how mark and his entourage acted. But still they were more violent and got into fights. As per an interview with walhberg. Since its asked to him many times. He said his enoturage used to carry weapons and there was nightclub incidents that involved a few of them even attackin them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.11.200.66 (talk) 13:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually it has been determined that he is based two people. Eric Weinstein (executive assistant to Mark Walhberg) and Wahlberg's manager Stephen Levinson. As told in the entourage book. Tj21 (talk) 18:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC) Tj21 (talk) 18:04, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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– Pageview statistics from the past five years indicate that the fictional character (who is actually better known as "E" on the show anyway) receives fewer than two-thirds of total views for the name "Eric Murphy", with the remainder distributed among real individuals, including Eric E. Murphy, a sitting judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. It should be difficult for fictional characters to be considered the primary topic over real individuals, particularly when one such subject holds a prominent and ongoing public role. BD2412 T 16:04, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed on principle, someone needs to state the long-term significance argument for the fictional character for this to persist. If we extend the historical graph further like this it seems the heyday is long past. Would any reader be surprised that they have to choose the character from a short list? Seems doubtful. (Support) --Joy (talk) 07:56, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support - no primary topic for the name "Eric Murphy" wizzito | say hello! 19:29, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]