An NPR article I saw today describes a new game--a kind of word deflation or downsizing of familiar titles or the names of famous people in amusing ways--for example, transforming
The Grapes of Wrath into
The Currants of Perturbation--the brainchild of
NPR writer Scott Simon and Austin Tichenor of the
Reduced Shakespeare Company, which specializes in doing drastically abridged versions of the works of Shakespeare.
I immediately thought of a few downsized variations on the names of some famous actors and actresses:
Cary Loan
Katharine Hepsmolder
Sean Nib
Richard Cog
Dustin Hoffboy
Robert Duvmost
Rodney Dangerplot
Ben Still
Billy Cutglass
Marlon Generico
Mary Tyler Less
Sharon Pebble
Gwyneth Paltry
Whoopi Silverberg
Kate Eastriver
Orson Springs
Claude Drizzles
Ernest Borgeight
The possibilities are endless....