How did the Bazooka get its name?

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It originated from its inventor Bob Burns. Bob Burns was a popular American radio personality of the 1930s and 40s. He read comic monologues and peppered them with blasts from his bazooka, an instrument that was similar to a trombone and constructed from two gas pipes and a whiskey funnel. The OED thinks that he got the name from bazoo, a form of kazoo that first turns up in writing in 1877. By 1943 soldiers had taken to using Mr. Burns' word for their anti-tank rocket throwers. Now most people don't remember the instrument but immediately think of the weapon. Mar 23 04, 1:28 PM