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* George Carlin's strategy for taking out the terrorists after 9/11 was to deploy huge football fans in all the caves in Afghanistan after months of eating beans, cheese, cabbage, and beer. He called it the '''F'''latulent '''A'''irborne '''R'''ecovery '''T'''eam.
* George Carlin's strategy for taking out the terrorists after 9/11 was to deploy huge football fans in all the caves in Afghanistan after months of eating beans, cheese, cabbage, and beer. He called it the '''F'''latulent '''A'''irborne '''R'''ecovery '''T'''eam.
* Richard Herring regularly turns the titles of his shows into acronyms and insists on calling them by that name, often involving the crowd in a [[Call And Response]]. For instance, ''As It Occurs To me'' becomes 'AIOTM!', ''That Was Then, This Is Now'' becomes 'TWTTIN!', and ''This Morning With Richard Not Judy'' becomes 'TMWRNJ!'
* Richard Herring regularly turns the titles of his shows into acronyms and insists on calling them by that name, often involving the crowd in a [[Call And Response]]. For instance, ''As It Occurs To me'' becomes 'AIOTM!', ''That Was Then, This Is Now'' becomes 'TWTTIN!', and ''This Morning With Richard Not Judy'' becomes 'TMWRNJ!'


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Examples of Fun with Acronyms in Recorded and Stand Up Comedy include:

  • George Carlin's strategy for taking out the terrorists after 9/11 was to deploy huge football fans in all the caves in Afghanistan after months of eating beans, cheese, cabbage, and beer. He called it the Flatulent Airborne Recovery Team.
  • Richard Herring regularly turns the titles of his shows into acronyms and insists on calling them by that name, often involving the crowd in a Call And Response. For instance, As It Occurs To me becomes 'AIOTM!', That Was Then, This Is Now becomes 'TWTTIN!', and This Morning With Richard Not Judy becomes 'TMWRNJ!'
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