My Mother Was Nuts
Why did Penny's father change his name as noted in the memoir, My Mother Was Nuts?
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Tony Marshall's real last name was Masciarelli, but he decided to change it to Marshall, so that his ethnicity would not present any obstacles to his hopes for a career in advertising.
My Mother Was Nuts