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===Titles=== Anagrams used for titles afford scope for some types of wit. Examples: * [[Homer Hickam]]'s book ''[[Rocket Boys]]'' was adapted into the 1999 film ''[[October Sky]]''.<ref name="CB">{{cite web|url=http://criminalbrief.com/?p=9217|title=Anagrams|last=Lundin|first=Leigh|date=2009-11-29|work=Word Play|publisher=Criminal Brief}}</ref> * The tapes for the revival of the [[BBC]] show ''[[Doctor Who]]'' were labeled with the anagram ''Torchwood'', which later went on to be used as the name for a [[Torchwood|spin-off show]]. In multi-episode shows, the program occasionally substitutes the anagram of an actor's name for the actual name to prevent revealing the true identity of the role (for instance, The Master) being played by the actor. * The New Wave band [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]]' best-selling album was called ''[[Spring Session M]]''. * Hip-hop artist [[MF Doom]] recorded a 2004 album called ''[[Mm..Food]]''. * [[Brian Eno]]'s album ''Before and After Science'' includes a song entitled "King's Lead Hat", an anagram of "[[Talking Heads]]", a band Eno has worked with. * [[Juan Maria Solare]]'s piano ballad "Jura ser anomalía" (literally "he/she swears to be an anomaly") is an anagram of the composer's full name. His composition for [[English horn]] titled "A Dot in Time" is an anagram of "Meditation", which describes the piece. The title of his piano piece that is a homage to Claude Debussy is "Seduce Us Badly". * [[Bill Evans]]'s [[overdubbed]] piano elegy for fellow jazz pianist [[Sonny Clark]] is titled "N.Y.C.'s No Lark", and another composition, "Re: Person I Knew" is a tribute to his producer, [[Orrin Keepnews]]. * The title of [[Imogen Heap]]'s album ''[[iMegaphone]]'' is an anagram of her name. * Progressive rock group [[Rush (band)|Rush]] published a song on their 1989 album ''[[Presto (album)|Presto]]'' titled "Anagram (for Mongo)" that makes use of anagrams in every line of the song. * The title of the fifth album by American rock band [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]], ''[[El Pintor (Interpol album)|El Pintor]]'', is an anagram of the band's name and also Spanish for "the painter". * Many of the song titles on Aphex Twin's ''[[...I Care Because You Do]]'' are anagrams of either "Aphex Twin", "The Aphex Twin", or "Richard D. James". * In [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] 1964 film ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'', [[Dick Van Dyke]] played Mr. Dawes Sr. as the anagram of his name, Navckid Keyd. In the credits, the words unscrambled themselves to reveal his name. * The title of [[King Crimson]]'s 1982 song ''[[Thela Hun Ginjeet]]'' is an anagram of "heat in the jungle". * Two albums released in 2022 by Australian rock band ''[[King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard]]'' titled "Made in Timeland" and "Laminated Denim".
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