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Robin "Bob" Burns (August 2, 1890 – February 2, 1956) was an American musical comedian, who appeared on radio and in movies from 1930 to 1947. Burns played a novelty musical instrument of his own invention, which he called a "bazooka". During World War II, the US Army's handheld anti-tank rocket launcher was nicknamed the "bazooka". ==Early years== He was born Robin Burn in Greenwood, Arkansas. When he was three years old, his family moved to Van Buren, Arkansas. As a boy, Burns played trombone and cornet in the town's "Queen City Silver Cornet Band". At 13, he formed his own string band. 〔(Bob Burns hometown tribute )〕 Practicing in the back of Hayman's Plumbing Shop one night, he picked up a length of gas pipe and blew into it, creating an unusual sound. With modifications, this became a musical instrument he named a "bazooka" (after "bazoo", meaning a windy fellow, from the Dutch ''bazuin'' for "trumpet").〔(Weiner, Richard. "Word Play", Live Design, January 1, 1999. )〕 A photograph shows him playing his invention in the Silver Cornet Band.〔 Functioning like a crude trombone, the musical bazooka had a narrow range, but this was intentional. Burns also studied civil engineering and worked as a peanut farmer, but by 1911 was primarily an entertainer.〔 During World War I Burns enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He sailed to France with the Marine 11th Regiment. As a sergeant, he became the leader of the Marine Corps's jazz band in Europe.〔(''American Speech'', vol. 69, no. 3, Autumn, 1994. )〕 Burns made another "bazooka" from stove pipes and a whiskey funnel, which he sometimes played with the Corps band.〔(''Waukesha Freeman'', January 17, 1918 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Burns (comedian)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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