<Dl> <Dd> Not at all likely . The saying is older than either source in the first place, but also the two were released barely two months apart . Due to the production cycle of both, neither would have been aware of eachother's content at the time of recording / filming.--- D--- (talk) 00: 06, 13 June 2010 (UTC) </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Not at all likely . The saying is older than either source in the first place, but also the two were released barely two months apart . Due to the production cycle of both, neither would have been aware of eachother's content at the time of recording / filming.--- D--- (talk) 00: 06, 13 June 2010 (UTC) </Dd> <P> My name is mudd . this phrase is in reference to Samuel Mudd who aided Booth in the Lincoln assassination . If he helped or not was unclear in studies a long time ago . "my name is mudd" is refering that whether he commited this act of helping booth was UNCLEAR, as in mudd .--Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.209. 224.110 (talk) 19: 28, 10 May 2009 (UTC) </P> <Dl> <Dd> No, the saying is "My name is mud", with one D . The Samuel Mudd one is a mistake . Here - http://www.thewatchdogonline.com/idioms-my-name-is-mud-282 - shows that the phrase was in a slang dictionary 43 years before Mudd became famous . 188.29. 164.84 (talk) 14: 32, 29 August 2015 (UTC) </Dd> </Dl>

Where did the term your name is mud come from