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A gag name is a false name used to elicit humor through its simultaneous resemblance to a real name on the one hand, and to a term or phrase that is funny, strange, or vulgar on the other hand. The source of the humor is the pun and double entendre; frequently, the humor arises when an unknowing victim is induced to use the name without realizing the joke. Urban legend holds that such a prank is often played on substitute teachers or others who must read a roll, for whom pranksters will switch the roll with one containing such names. For other uses, see Pun (disambiguation). ... A double entendre is a figure of speech similar to the pun, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. ... For other uses, see Urban legend (disambiguation). ... A substitute teacher is a person who teaches a school class when the regular teacher is unavailable because of illness or other reason. ... For other senses of this term, see roll call (disambiguation). ...

Some names that would be considered gag names have been adopted as stage names by performers, often in the adult entertainment industry as with Lou Bitgood, Pat McGroin, Phil McCracken, Seymore Butts, Mike Hawk, Heywood Jablome, Hugh Jacoc, Hugh Jass, Hugh G. Rection, Dick Hertz, Harry Wang, Dick Vanpatten, Hugh Janus, Connie Lingus, Kraven Moorehed, Jack Mehoff, Shi Ton Mi, Saul Good, Harry Weener, Dixie Normus, Dixie Rect, Howie Feltersnatch, Jack Offalot, Moe Lester, Halotta Fagina, Patty O'Furniture, Harry P. Nass, Wee Tard, Eric Shon, Phil Uranus, Stu Pidasso, Gabe Uttseks, Ben Dover, Eric Hunt, Yorick Hunt and Mike Hunt. Gag names can also be applied to businesses, such as Howard Stern's use of the fictitious Sofa King: in a hoax ad, the store was described as being "Sofa King great" (i.e., "so fucking great"). A January 18, 2000, FCC complaint for using the phrase was dismissed. A similar sketch was performed on Saturday Night Live in early 2007 [1], portraying Sofa King as a new store opening after the success of Mattress King. For the Okkervil River album, see The Stage Names. ... Seymore Butts (born Adam Glasser March 18, 1964 in The Bronx, New York) is an American adult film director, producer and occasional star who has produced hundreds of films in the gonzo genre of pornographic films (faux reality-based adult material), and is considered one of the foremost in the... William (Bill) DeMott (born November 10, 1964 in Titusville, Florida) is a semi-retired American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling as Hugh Morrus and most previously, Crash The Terminator in ECW. // DeMott was trained by Johnny Rodz in his New York wrestling school beginning... Ben Dover (born Simon Lindsay Honey, also known as Steve Perry) is an English pornographic actor and director/producer of pornographic movies. ... This article is a biography of Howard Stern as an individual; for information regarding his radio show see The Howard Stern Show. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... FCC redirects here. ... SNL redirects here. ...

Examples in fiction

An early example of a contrived name being put to comedic effect is the Abbott and Costello bit "Who's on First?", describing a baseball team with players such as "Who" playing first base, "What" playing second, and "I Don't Know" on third. In the routine, Abbott identifies the players, but Costello is unable to discern that he is actually being told the names. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For the Blackford Oakes novel, see Whos on First (novel) Whos on First? is a comedy routine made famous by Abbott and Costello. ... William Alexander “Bud” Abbott (October 2, 1895 – April 24, 1974) was an American actor, producer and comedian born in Asbury Park, New Jersey. ... Lou Costello (born Louis Francis Cristillo; March 6, 1906 - March 3, 1959), was an American actor and comedian best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott. ...

The majority of the characters in the Stanley Kubrick film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb have gag names, many of them of a sexual nature, like the titular character, Merkin Muffley, Jack D. Ripper, Colonel "Bat" Guano and Buck Turgidson. Kubrick redirects here. ... For the hit 1987 single by Depeche Mode, see the album Music for the Masses Film poster for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 satirical film directed by Stanley Kubrick. ...

James Bond films often use double-entendre gags in the names of Bond girls, such as Bibi Dahl from For Your Eyes Only, Xenia Onatopp from Goldeneye, Chu Mei (chew me) from The Man With The Golden Gun, Plenty O'Toole from Diamonds Are Forever and most famously, Pussy Galore from Goldfinger. This is parodied in the Austin Powers series of spoofs on the spy genre; Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery features a villain named Alotta Fagina, who must repeat her name several times because Austin misunderstands it. This was followed up in the sequels Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me with the characters Ivana Humpalott and Felicity Shagwell, and in Austin Powers in Goldmember with the Japanese twins Fook Yu and Fook Mi, as well as the character of Dixie Normous in the film-within-a-film, Austinpussy. This article is about the spy series. ... A Bond Girl is a character or actress portraying a love interest or sex object of James Bond in a film, novel or video game. ... Bibi Dahl is a fictional character in the James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Xenia Sergeyevna Onatopp (Russian: Ксения Сергеевна Онатопп) is a fictional character in the James Bond film GoldenEye, played by actress Famke Janssen. ... For other uses, see Goldeneye (disambiguation). ... 2004 Penguin Books paperback edition The Man with the Golden Gun is the thirteenth and final James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming and published posthumously in the United Kingdom and the United States by Glidrose Productions, in 1965. ... A 2002 Penguin Books paperback edition Diamonds Are Forever, published in 1956, is the fourth James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. ... This article is about the James Bond villainess. ... Goldfinger is the third film in the James Bond series, and the third to star Sean Connery as the MI6 agent. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, directed by Jay Roach, is the first film of the Austin Powers series. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me is the second film in the Austin Powers series started with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued in Austin Powers in Goldmember. ... Austin Powers in Goldmember is the third film of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. ...

The British radio program The Goon Show had a character called "Captain Hugh Jampton", which was a play on "Huge Hampton", Cockney rhyming slang (via "Hampton Wick") for "prick", i.e., "penis". BBC censors initially failed to understand the joke but later banned the character. In the animated show The Simpsons, Bart Simpson frequently calls Moe's Tavern asking for nonexistent patrons with gag names such as "Amanda Huggenkiss" (prompting Moe to call out to the patrons that he needs "a man to hug and kiss"), "Mike Rotch", "Hugh Jass" (which backfired, as there actually was a man named Hugh Jass in the bar at the time), or "Homer Sexual". (The Simpsons gags were based on a real series of prank calls made to a bar in New Jersey). The Goon Show was a popular and influential British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1951 to 1960 on the BBC Home Service. ... Cockney rhyming slang is a form of English slang which originated in the East End of London. ... Hampton Wick is a Thames-side area, formerly a village, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in London, England. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... For the comic book series of the same name, see Bart Simpson comics. ... Moes Tavern (also known simply as Moes) is a fictional bar seen on the animated series The Simpsons. ... The Tube Bar prank calls are arguably the most famous series of prank calls ever recorded. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

Saturday Night Live sketches sometimes make use of gag names. One starring Robert De Niro had De Niro playing a staffer at a press conference, supposedly reading "tips" called in to a national security hotline. All of the names on the list of terrorists to watch for were in fact gag names along the lines of "M'balz es-Hari", "Haid D'Salaami", "Mustaf Herod Apyur Poupr", "Usuqa M'diq", "Hous bin Phartin", and "I'zheet m'drawrz", a terrorist who fled town so fast he "left skid marks". The sketch "Colonel Angus" stars Christopher Walken as an American Civil War colonel whose name sounds like "cunnilingus" when spoken in a Southern accent. SNL redirects here. ... Robert Mario De Niro, Jr. ... Christopher Walken (born March 31, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actor. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Watercolour painting depicting cunnilingus by Achille Devéria Cunnilingus is the act of using the mouth, lips, and tongue to stimulate the female genitals. ... Southern American English is a group of dialects of the English language spoken throughout the Southern region of the United States, from Southern and Eastern Maryland, West Virginia and Kentucky to the Gulf Coast, and from the Atlantic coast to throughout most of Texas. ...

In Monty Python's Life of Brian, the title character claims to have been fathered by a Roman named Naughtius Maximus; neither Brian nor Pontius Pilate realize what is obvious to the Roman guards, that this is a gag name. This is explained to Pilate by the guards, who analogize to names such as Sillius Soddus or Biggus Dickus. Pilate responds that he has a "vewy good fwiend in Wome named Biggus Dickus", and has the guards who laugh at the name or that of Dickus' wife - Incontinentia Buttocks - thrown to the lions. Monty Pythons Life of Brian is a 1979 comedy written and performed by the Monty Python comedy team. ... Pilate redirects here. ... Biggus Dickus is a fictional Roman nobleman and officer in the Monty Python film Life of Brian. ...

On the radio show Car Talk, the end credits begin with the real technical personnel of the show, but are extended to three or four times their natural length by the addition of multiple gag names. Perennial staffers include "Paul Murkey of Murkey Research" and his statistician "Marge Innovera" and Russian driver "Pikov Andropov" ("pick-up and drop-off); and lawyers "Dewey, Cheatham and Howe". New names are featured almost every week. Car Talk is a radio talk show broadcast weekly on National Public Radio stations throughout the United States and elsewhere. ... The top portion of this graphic depicts probability densities (for a binomial distribution) that show the relative likelihood that the true percentage is in a particular area given a reported percentage of 50%. The bottom portion of this graphic shows the margin of error, the corresponding zone of 95% confidence. ... The DC&H corporate offices above the corner of Brattle and JFK Streets, in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ...

National Lampoon's High School Yearbook Parody from the early 1970s took this concept to an extreme, with "class pictures" of hundreds of students, all of which were assigned fake names (such as A. Pancho, A. Cisco). A TV ad for GEICO, which chided the abuse of person-to-person collect calls to deliver messages without paying for them, featured a man calling his parents and claiming to be "Bob Wehadababyitzaboy".^{[citation needed]} The film The Master of Disguise (2002) featured a character named Pistachio Disguisey; this prompted film critic Roger Ebert to make a general evaluation of gag names, "the First Law of Funny Names, which is that funny names in movies are rarely funny."[2] January 1973 cover of National Lampoon National Lampoon was an American humor magazine that began in 1970 as an offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. ... The Cisco Kid was a popular radio, television and film series based on the fictional Western character created by author O. Henry in his short story The Caballeros Way, published in 1907 in the short story collection Heart of the West. ... The Government Employees Insurance Company, usually known by the acronym GEICO, is an American auto insurance company. ... The Master of Disguise is a film released in 2002 starring Dana Carvey, James Brolin and Brent Spiner. ... Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. ... Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...

The original Brøderbund-produced Carmen Sandiego computer games extensively used gag names on V.I.L.E. agents, often giving them names which suggested a criminal record such as "Robin Banks", "Ivana Steele" or "Luke N. Ferloot". Later on, ACME agents were too given such names. However, the newer games created under The Learning Company seem to have abandoned this convention. Brøderbund Software was a maker of computer games, educational software and the Print Shop productivity tools. ... A former logo of the Carmen Sandiego series used in the 1990s. ... The ACME Detective Agency (ACME Crimenet) and V.I.L.E. are two fictional organizations central to the premise of the Carmen Sandiego series. ... The Learning Company (TLC) is an American educational software company, founded in 1980. ...

Big Johnson produced counterculture T-shirts based on the exploits of E. Normus Johnson starting in the 1980s using double entendre references to the phallic slang meaning of the term Johnson.^{[citation needed]} For the Roy Harper album Counter Culture, see Counter Culture. ... T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ... A double entendre is a figure of speech similar to the pun, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. ... The phallus usually refers to the male penis, or sex organ. ...

In Rowan Atkinson's 'headmaster sketch' first featured in the Secret Policeman's Ball, he refers to a Russian exchange student 'Suckmeov.' Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, actor and writer, famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder and Mr. ... The Secret Policemans Ball is the collective name for a series of fund raising performances featuring big-name comedians and musicians and other celebrities, held at various London venues, and once at a Nottingham television studio, to raise money for (and awareness of) Amnesty International. ...

In the Murphy Brown tv series, the bartender at Phil's, a hangout for the crew of FYI, once answered the phone and told the others someone called and asked to speak to Harry Balz(hairy balls).

The Ace Attorney series of games (featuring Phoenix Wright) features many characters with full or partial gag names, in both the Japanese and English language versions. In the English version, full gag names include (but are not limited to) the police detective "Dick Gumshoe" (both parts of his name being slang for "detective"), the prosecutor "Winston Payne" (who has difficulty getting his point across), and a talkative octogenarian witness named "Wendy Oldbag". Partial gag names include "Frank Sahwit" (a witness in Phoenix's very first case, who apparently "saw it" happen), a clan of spirit mediums all named "Fey", as well as others. The logo for the first Ace Attorney games English release The logo for the fourth Ace Attorney games English release Phoenix Wright redirects here. ... Phoenix Wright, referred to as Ryuichi Naruhodo ) in original Japanese language versions, is a defense attorney in Capcoms Ace Attorney video game series. ...

Much of The Twelfth Man's earlier recordings were based around joke names. For other uses, see The Twelfth Man (disambiguation). ...

In the British show "IT crowd" Jen dates a man for one episode called Peter File.

The short-run Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public features Senator A. Harry Hardast.

In the movie Black Sheep, Chris Farley pretends he's a police officer named Jack Mehoff. This article is about the 1996 comedy film. ... Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American comedian and actor. ...

Examples in reality

In the mid-1970s two young men by the names of Jim Davidson and John Elmo frequently called the Tube Bar, a tavern owned by Louis "Red" Deutsch, asking for names; like Hugh Jass and Al Coholic. This is parodied in The Simpsons when Bart repeatedly calls Moe's Tavern as one of the show's running gags. The Tube Bar prank calls were arguably the most famous series of prank calls ever made. ... Louis Red Deutsch (1890-1983) was a heavyweight boxer and later the owner of the Tube Bar, a tavern in Jersey City, New Jersey that he started in 1933 after the repeal of Prohibition. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... For the comic book series of the same name, see Bart Simpson comics. ... Moes Tavern (also known simply as Moes) is a fictional bar seen on the animated series The Simpsons. ... An anthropomorphized running gag from the webcomic 1/0. ...

On September 3, 2004, Bill O'Reilly was the butt of a prank during his show on the Fox News Channel: is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Bill OReilly political beliefs and points of view be merged into this article or section. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Fox News redirects here. ...

Jack Mehoffer, Springfield, Massachusetts, says: O'Reilly, I see the new Fox definition of fair and balanced means interviewing DNC chief Terry McAuliffe at both conventions.[3]

"Jack Mehoffer" is a pun for "jack me off-er", slang for male masturbation. O'Reilly, evidently unaware of the prank, may have spoiled the joke by pronouncing the last name as MAY-hoffer. Springfield is the fictional city in which the animated American sitcom The Simpsons is set. ... Sexual slang is any slang term which makes reference to sex, the sexual organs, or matters closely related to them. ...

The name "Anita" is often employed in such jokes for its similarity to the phrase "I need a...", such as "Anita Bath" in the Simpsons episode "The PTA Disbands". This phrase has also been adopted in porn star names, such as Anita Blond and Anita Dark. Anita is a common given name for women. ... Another Simpsons Clip Show is an episode from the sixth season of The Simpsons. ... Anita Blond (born May 27, 1976, in Budapest, Hungary) is a former pornographic actress. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

On April 13, 2003, James Scott of the Charleston, South Carolina, paper The Post and Courier reported that a "Heywood Jablome" (a pun for "Hey, would you blow me?", "blow" being slang for fellatio) was escorted from the premises while counterprotesting Martha Burk's protest at The Masters Tournament.[4] He subsequently admitted to his being "duped" by the protester, who was in reality a morning disc jockey for a regional FM radio station.[5] is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat (She cares for her temples, customs, and rights) Location of Charleston in South Carolina. ... Charlestons The Post and Courier is oldest daily newspaper in the South and the eighth oldest newspaper still in publication in the United States. ... Fellatio is oral sex performed upon the male human penis. ... Martha Burk (b October 18, 1941 in Tyler, Texas) is a political psychologist, feminist, and head of the National Council of Womens Organizations who led a protest at the 2003 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia to bring attention to the male-only membership rules of the Augusta National Golf... This article is about the golf tournament. ...

Occasionally, real persons with a name that could also be read as a funny or vulgar phrase are the subject of mockery or parody because of their name. For example, Chinese Premier Hu Jintao, whose surname is pronounced like "who", has occasionally been the topic of "Who's on First"–type discussions. Other examples of real people with gag-sounding names are American NASCAR driver Dick Trickle, New Hampshire politician Dick Swett, former Texas representative Dick Armey, former Green Bay Packers linebacker Mike Hunt, Canadian critic Dick Pound, Texas philanthropist Ima Hogg, professional golfer Mike Weir ("my queer"), British politician Ed Balls, former UNC-Charlotte women's basketball player Ivana Mandic, British racing car driver Richard Seaman [6], Kansas City Royal's first baseman Mike Sweeney and Ivana Trump. Also, in an episode of Bam's Unholy Union, Bam Margera meets a man in a bar named Dusan Mandic (Which is a Serbian name, (pronounced "Doo-sahn Mahn-dich). Mandic even showed Bam a label, or a piece of paper [an I.D], with the name Dusan Mandic on it, providing evidence that this name was probably real. Fox News journalist, Eric Shawn ("erection") is the regular butt of jokes as well. This is a Chinese name; the family name is Hu Hu Jintao (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; born December 21, 1942) is currently the Paramount Leader of the Peoples Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the... Jeff Burton (99), Elliott Sadler (38), Ricky Rudd (21), Dale Jarrett (88), Sterling Marlin (40), Jimmie Johnson (48), and Casey Mears (41) practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... Dick Trickle (born October 27, 1941 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin) is an auto racer. ... For other uses, see New Hampshire (disambiguation). ... Richard (Dick) Swett (born May 1, 1957) is an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... Type Bicameral Speaker of the House of Representatives House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Steny Hoyer, (D) since January 4, 2007 House Minority Leader John Boehner, (R) since January 4, 2007 Members 435 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party... Richard Keith Dick Armey (born July 7, 1940 in Cando, North Dakota) is a former U.S. Representative from Texas 26th Congressional District (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003). ... Packers redirects here. ... Richard W. Pound, OC, OQ (born March 22, 1942) is a partner of leading Canadian law firm Stikeman Elliott and the chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) based in Montreal. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... Ima Hogg (July 10, 1882-August 19, 1975 was one of the most respected Texas women of the 20th century. ... Personal Information Birth May 12, 1970 ) Brights Grove, Ontario Height 5 ft 9 in (1. ... For other uses, see Queer (disambiguation). ... Edward Michael Balls (born 25 February 1967) is a British politician, and Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for the West Yorkshire constituency of Normanton. ... Richard John Beattie Dick Seaman (born February 3, 1913 in Chichester, Sussex, England - died June 25, 1939 Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium), was the greatest pre-war Grand Prix driver from Britain and famously drove for the Mercedes Benz team from 1937-1939 in the W125 car having been personally selected by... Ivana Trump (born Ivana Marie Zelníčková IPA: on February 20, 1949) is a former Olympic athlete and fashion model also noted for her celebrity brand and marriage to mogul Donald J. Trump. ... Bams Unholy Union is a TV series that aired on MTV and MTV Canada. ... Brandon Cole Bam Margera (born September 28, 1979 in West Chester, Pennsylvania) is a professional skateboarder, creator of the CKY skate/prank/stunt videos, and radio personality. ... Eric Shawn is a news reporter and anchor for Fox News Channel based in New York. ... The erection of the penis, clitoris or a nipple is its enlarged and firm state. ...

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