Calvin and Hobbes: Hobbes likes to say " smock ".The Far Side creator Gary Larson said so. "Zamboni" probably counts as well, given the many hockey-related strips that ended with one as the punchline.Schulz has also claimed he personally likes the music of Brahms better than that of Beethoven, but made the latter Schroeder's idol because "Beethoven" is a funnier word.Schulz, Snoopy is a beagle because it's a funny word. "Beagle" - according to creator Charles M.Also, Garfield likes take-out Chinese food (like egg-foo-young and moo-goo-gai-pan) because "it's as much fun to say as it is to eat".Lettuce? Not funny." This line has also been said in a strip and in an episode of Garfield and Friends. Jim Davis has also said he's a sucker for anything with a "k" sound. Abu Dhabi, hence its abuse in the comics.Political songster/satirist Mark Russell had to do a song about Michael Dukakis on short notice, knowing absolutely nothing about him he finally settled on pointing out that Dukakis was, of the 1988 lineup of Presidential candidates, "the only one whose name is fun to say":.Atkinson has a particularly impressive ability to make just about any word into one of these, solely by his use of inflection, starting in Blackadder with " Bob", as he over-enunciated each B due to his stutter.Rowan Atkinson's bit "No One Called Jones" relies on a combination of this, Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?, and Hypocritical Humor at the end.And I could never eat kumquats!" note "I don't even buy 'em anymore I just sit there laughing, and they to waste." George Carlin once did a routine where he talks about foods he can't eat because they have funny names.Eddie Izzard: Zingelbert Bembledack, Yingybert Dambleban, Zangelbert Bingledack, Wingelbert Humptyback, Slup ben Walla, Kringelbert Fishtybuns, Steviebuns Bottrittrundle, Tringelbert Wangledack, Klingybun Fistelvase, Dindlebert Zindledack, Engelbert Humptyback, Zengelbert Bingledack, Vingelbert Wingledanck.By some Insane Troll Logic (involving traffic lights) it gets turned into Yellow Peril first, and subsequently this trope: "Chinese leader Dennnnng (spoken very energically) Xiao Piiiiing (spoken very Instant Soprano)." An obscure German Kabarett sketch "The Red-Green Peril".Grunties." And even ruder: "Wankel Rotary Engine." Carl Gruber goes through words on which he gauges embarrassment levels: "Shoe. On Monty Python's Previous Record, Dr.
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