If you listen closely, when it comes to the show you can hear them pronounce it two different ways; as -stein in the opening segment, and then as -stain on the

If you listen closely, when it comes to the show you can hear them pronounce it two different ways; as -stein in the opening segment, and then as -stain on the network bump before commercial. As a kid I'd probably have paid more attention to the one in the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS9lB57IQco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS9lB57IQco At the least we have indication that some adults wanted to say it as "-stein" around the time of the TV show's creation. (Stan and Jan pronounced their name '-stain', so that is correct, but it just doesn't roll off the tongue, does it?)