I found an old piece of paper with some silly character names from a comedy writing class I took a while back. These were just quick brainstorms, perhaps you can share your own:
PORN STAR
Cherry Clubhouse
Lolana Lasso
Divinity Puffs
Farrah Fantastic
TURNIP FARMER
Hans Blucherschwitz
SCIENTIST
Arthur Isotope
Dr. Janet Zagarillion
FEMALE PRISON WARDEN
Dame Henrietta Eglenton
Baruka Badgeplate
NEW AGE MUSIC COMPOSER
Smello
Crystal Chardonnay
Chakra Khan
(That last one is my favorite.)
... Smello... Classic.
Why are all turnip farmers always German!?!?! This is racist. I went to Germany and I didn't see one turnip.
I feel like a Turnip farmer's name should look foreign, but not be readily identifiable as one nationality or another, like:
Gabe Domble
Org Unglebo
Halb Afflegorn
Sob Bimblebick
OR
Wordowabble
For some reason, I think silly lawyer characters (barristers, if we want to sound fancy about it) should have flowery English-sounding names, like...
Sir Arthur Hoffittopshire
Stephen Leprot-on-Bankston
Winston Grimpole
Paul Stocksannely
Eudora Trilsbane
Marjorie Olmsworton
Okay, well, most of those are just made up right now, so they aren't actually all that funny. But you get the picture.
I especially like Stephen Leprot-on-Bankston
George Hacker - community college computer instructor
D. Root - Unix Sys Admin
(leaving out first name for privacy) Beaver - stripper's legal name
When I was working as Acting Educational Director and Writer for the Atlanta Humane Society, the Executive Director came out of his office and laughingly said, "Look at this name I found in the phone book." There it was, for everybody to see-STRAITON HARD!
I've never been able to figure out why some parents give their children the names they do!
