AFTERMATH OF WAR: The International Front : Gulf Radio

Thousands of miles from home, Gulf troops are getting a LITTLE LOCAL HUMOR. Los Angeles-based radio satirist Stan Freberg’s syndicated program--heard locally on KNX radio--is also broadcast internationally via Armed Forces Radio in the Persian Gulf. When the humorist learned that his show was being heard in the Gulf, he says, he began to tailor more of his material to the troops. Among his lines: Returning troops should avoid SAND in any form: no SAND-ra Dee movies, no SANDwiches. Or, from an upcoming sketch about Saddam Hussein’s answering machine: “Hello this is Saddam, I am not in my bunker right now, so just leave a message at the BANG!”