 Gerber and friend Martin Pasko were having dinner in the Westwood area one night during the time Gerber was developing the series.Gerber commented to Pasko that he had not yet decided upon a name for the wookiee-like character the network insisted be added to the series, over Gerber's objections.As the two walked past the gate to the UCLA campus, Pasko quipped, "Why not call him Oo-clah?"