Has the AP been the same individual since the inception of the Suggestion Book program? Or have there been a series of APs who have somehow maintained a seamless continuity of wit and erudition through the years? Perhaps the AP is like the Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride — an role to be occupied with robust vigor and elan (and anonymity) for a time, and then be handed over to an eager apprentice who will subsequently be responsible for grooming the next successor. The AP would live forever, outlasting us all!
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: I tip my hat … you seem to have answered your own question to your own satisfaction. AP is both a single individual and a little bit of a lot of people. In fact, there’s a little bit of Answer Person in all of us — you just need to nurture it a bit.