Pun Intensive: Recent Episodes
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You may recognize our guest, Abby Hagan, from one of many pun competitions throughout the country. She's the one with the camera.
Her documentary about the punning community is almost done, and now she's fundraising for the next big push in the process. You can support the documentary at Abby's Indiegogo page:
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It's official! Pun-Off 2020 is a go. It'll be virtual, but they're putting a cool twist on it.
If you want to be in the 2020 Punniest of Show competition, throw your name into the hat at this link.
DEADLINE IS MONDAY OCTOBER 5TH! So do it now. Even if you're on the fence, you may as well sign up for the lottery. If you get picked but decide not to do it after all, you can just let them know.
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This is a "rebroadcast" of a March 2019 interview episode featuring writer Cynthia MacGregor, who passed away this July.
Cynthia has hundreds of titles over her name, having published over a hundred books, not to mention newsletters, podcasts, and O. Henry Pun-Off contests (she didn't publish those, but her name's been under them).
You can find out more about her at her website, cynthiamacgregor.com
You can hear her podcast archives at:
- Younger Every Day
- In the Spotlight
As always, special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
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This episode is in Memory of Brian Agler.
If you want to donate to his family, you can do so here: https://www.babylist.com/baby-claire-and-brian
And courtesy of Andy Balinsky, some more about Brian.
- Here is a brief bio of him from a website of a political writing collective that he is a member of.
- He is the co-author of a 141-issue weekly Humorous Writing newsletter.
- He has written humor columns for the New Yorker, Esquire, and McSweeny's
- He has been a co-host of a series called the "Evening of Humorous Readings"
- Here is the video of him in the semifinals in 2015 going against eventual champion Ben Ziek on Coverings & Coatings
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No explicit tags, but FYI, there's a dirty word at the end of the podcast that you can barely hear, and it's me mis-hearing the word "sitting."
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Two of our favorites are back! Dav & Buster . . . er . . . Dav & Francis!
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Today we talk about:
- Nothing worthy of an "Explicit" tag, but there are a couple of jokes that may be considered ribald, so use discretion around the kids (as Ira Glass might say, we acknowledge the existence of sex shops)
- We Start a Business
- Comedy and Zoom
- And a lost comrade in the pun community (see more below)
Links relevant to this episode:
- Austin's Hideout Theater's Maestro (and their Twitch link)
- The Limeliters staying six feet apart
- SNL & RBG
- Last Week Tonight
- Marlon Bundo
- Comedy Sports Austin
- Francis McGrath's Music
And on a somber note, in this podcast we talk about the illness of a fellow punner, Brian Agler. Since the day this episode was recorded, Brian Passed away. Per Julia and Andy Balinsky, Brian was in the winner’s circle both years he competed at the O. Henry Pun-Off.
- Here is a brief bio of him from a website of a political writing collective that he is a member of.
- He is the co-author of a 141-issue weekly Humorous Writing newsletter
- He has written humor columns for the New Yorker, Esquire, and McSweeny's
- He has been a co-host of a series called the "Evening of Humorous Readings"
- Here is the video of him in the semifinals in 2015 going against eventual champion Ben Ziek on Coverings & Coatings:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvf_Hs35yOM&t=819s
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Part Two of our first ever live audience recording! Part One was published on February 24th.
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A New Old-Timer's episode!
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- The usual from-Texas gang of idiots (Aaron & Gary) are here, a repeat from-Texas guest (Jack), and a newbie from Texas (Lee)
- We talk soup
- We Pun-Off reminisce
- And of course, there's a punslingers competition that, speaking of going Bach in time, we do it PDQ
- Here's a Link to Gary's son's cornetti.
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This week's panelists are:
- Lee Jackson (and his new album!)
- Jack Chambers (radio personality and Baylor Bear)
- Aaron Fasel (Check out his other business venture, Fantastic Magic Camp)
- Gary Hallock (now money curd)
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The Old-Timer's episode!
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- The usual from-Texas gang of idiots (Aaron & Gary) are here, plus we have two from-Texas guests. Those two are "reunited" after 23 years.
- We talk Headlines
- We discuss winning the Pun-Off in the 90s
- And of course, there's a gunslingers competition of epic (and worldwide) proportions.
- Here's a Link to the Texas Monthly magazine article about the Pun-Off.
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This week's panelists are:
- Steve Brooks (musician and Limeliter with a brand new song out)
- Jack Chambers (radio personality and Baylor Bear)
- Aaron Fasel (Check out his other business venture, Fantastic Magic Camp)
- Gary Hallock (moniker TBD)
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Seattle Repre-seeeent!
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- In addition to the usual gang of idiots (Aaron & Gary) coming out of Austin, we have two guests from Seattle. They neither know each other nor work together, with the occasional exception of one being a character in the others documentary. So they totally know each other.
- We talk classic movies
- We discuss the "pun community"
- And we get into the aforementioned documentary
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This week's panelists are:
- Adam "Atom" Engel (who has tons of credits, but there's a damn baseball player with his name so googling him's a pain)
- Abigail Hagan (director of the film "Punderneath it All" which you can follow on Facebook)
- Aaron Fasel (Check out his other business venture, Fantastic Magic Camp)
- Gary Hallock (parenthetical_description_about_gary_dont_forget_to_delete_this)
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Our First Full Panel Zoom Episode!
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- Relationships
- Howard Carter (the King Tut Guy)
- And more relationships.
- Plus we only mention CoVid-19 a couple of times. So consider it a nice little break from reality, not including the times we bring it up.
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel (Check out his other business venture, Fantastic Magic Camp)
- Gary Hallock (for some reason he asks in the episode for this link to be here)
- Annica Eagle (she's a big part of Punderground in Spokane)
- Erika Ettin (her latest podcast episode is about dating during a pandemic!)
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It's the Easter/Passover Episode!
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- Get egged on by Aaron, David, Gary, & Francis.
- More on homophonic homographs
- The last episode (for a while) not recorded online. (Maybe that will improve the sound quality) :-/
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel (Check out his other business venture, Fantastic Magic Camp)
- Gary Hallock (here's where you can join the PUNY group he mentions in this episode)
- David Gugenheim
- Francis McGrath (Here's a link to his latest album on iTunes, and here's where you can find out even more about his music)
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Whelp, look what we did! If you can tolerate the Zoominess of the audio, take a listen!
This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel (Check out his other business venture, Fantastic Magic Camp)
- Erika Ettin
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It's the St. Patrick's Day Episode!
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- Rush into this episode with four Aaron, David, Gary, & Francis.
- As if puns weren't hard enough, we have a heck of a challenge for you
- Don't be fooled by our levity. We've learned to stay home for future tapings.
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel (Check out his other business venture, Fantastic Magic Camp)
- Gary Hallock (here's where you can join the PUNY group he mentions in this episode)
- David Gugenheim
- Francis McGrath (Here's a link to his latest album on iTunes, and here's where you can find out even more about his music)
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It's the St. Patrick's Day Episode!
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- This lucky episode has four panelists including Aaron, Dav, Gary, & Francis.
- Riddles and/or puns?
- It's not easy punning green!
A quick show note: In editing the episode, something that never occurred to the panelists became clear. Our first game included songs that ARE puns, i.e., a song that sounds like another song but is not the same song. Pretty nifty!
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel (Check out his other business venture, Fantastic Magic Camp)
- Gary Hallock (here's where you can join the PUNY group he mentions in this episode)
- Dav Wallace (If you like comedy and love or hate or are indifferent to sports, see him in North Austin at Comedy Sportz every Saturday at 7:30 PM)
- Francis McGrath (Here's a link to his latest album on iTunes, and here's where you can find out even more about his music)
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Our first ever live audience recording! The original recording was over two hours, so we cobbled together the first 30 or so minutes of usable recording and here it is! As you may surmise, the fact that this is "Part 1" means that you can expect a "Part 2" sometime in the future.
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It's Valentine's-Day-Week!
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- This episode of romance has four panelists including Aaron, Dav, & Gary, plus a very special new panelist, Francis McGrath!
- The discussion segment BLUE up! We talk about talking dirty. Or is that offensive?
- Either way, we're four middle aged white guys trying to be woke, so if for no other reason, that will make it a funny listen.
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel (Check out his other business venture, Fantastic Magic Camp)
- Gary Hallock (If you like the idea of O. Henry meets Gilbert & Sullivan, come to Austin on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 2 PM – 4:30 PM)
- Dav Wallace (If you like comedy and love or hate or are indifferent to sports, see him in North Austin at Comedy Sportz every Saturday at 7:30 PM)
- Francis McGrath (Here's a link to his latest album on iTunes, and here's where you can find out even more about his music)
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Just a reminder that we'll be moving to a twice-monthly schedule for the foreseeable future, but hopefully we'll be back to a weekly schedule later in 2020.
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- This episode was done with some of the regulars, plus special guest Bart Brehob
- We discuss how to win the O. Henry Pun-Off in Austin, including the impact of the use of props and politics!
- We'd love to hear from you if you have some advice or questions about the Pun-Off
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This week's panelists are:
- David Gugenheim
- Aaron Fasel
- Gary Hallock
- Arun Debry
- Bart Brehob
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Just a reminder that we'll be moving to a twice-monthly schedule for the foreseeable future, but hopefully we'll be back to a weekly schedule later in 2020.
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- This episode was, as was the previous one, recorded the day after the 2019 Pun-Off. So we took advantage of the opportunity and grabbed some out of town guests.
- We'd love to hear from you if you have some advice or questions about the Pun-Off
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This week's panelists are:
- David Gugenheim
- Aaron Fasel
- Gary Hallock
- Arun Debry
- Bart Brehob
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Alex had to leave mid-taping, and her exit was, in her trademark style, well . . . awkward.
In fact, that's (sort of) what she named her book!
This bonus episode is just a couple of minutes long and we're confident you'l laugh out loud.
Here's a link to her column and here's link to her famous Twitter feed.
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Our Season 2 Premier!
This was an unexpectedly long hiatus due to Aaron's surgery (motioned in Episode 18) but we're back. We'll be moving to a twice-monthly schedule for the foreseeable future, but hopefully we'll be back to a weekly schedule later in 2020.
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- This episode was, as was the previous one, recorded the day after the 2019 Pun-Off. So we took advantage of the opportunity and grabbed some out of town guests.
- We'd love to hear from you if you have some advice or questions about the Pun-Off
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This week's panelists are:
- Alexandra Petri (you can order her book here)
- Aaron Fasel
- Erik Ettin
- Gary Hallock
- Annika Eagle
- Ben Ziek
- Adam Engel
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- What's the correct pronunciation of "gnu?"
- Is the topic of Lorena Bobbitt honestly that funny?
- Do you have any good "driving" puns to share with us?
Mentioned in the podcast:
- Here's a link to Gracie's Pun-Off entry in 2011 (not twelve, like she originally misremembered)
- Here's Arun's entry the first time it was performed in public
- Andy's entry in 2009 is not on YouTube (that we could find) but here's the one he did the following year
- And here's Aaron's first Pun-Off entry, an Irish ditty
By the way . . .
- Not only is floccinaucinihilipilification an actual word (according to some), but here's the Pun-Off entry mentioned
- Also, Gracie gave a very high score, as a judge, to this entry just last year
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Gracie Haak
- Arun Debrey
- Andy Balinsky
And don't forget to remember that the next International O. Henry Pun-Off is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
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- Do you know all the ruminant animals off the top of your head?
- What school supplies do we need to get?
- Tell us your favorite music puns (seriously!)
Mentioned in the podcast:
- Lez Zepplin is really a thing! Who knew?
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Dav Wallace
- Arun Debry
- Brian Oakley
- Peter Hinrichs
And don't forget to remember that the next International O. Henry Pun-Off is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to have in our podcast.
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- This one was recorded the day after the 2019 Pun-Off. So we took advantage of the opportunity and grabbed some out of town guests.
- We'd love to hear from you if you have some advice or questions about the Pun-Off
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Gary Hallock
- Annika Eagle
- Ben Ziek
- Adam Engel
We want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
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- Another interview, and this one's a bona fide celebrity!
- THE PUN-OFF IS THIS SATURDAY!!!!
- The Friday night before, we will be celebrating the work of this episode's guest, Scott Hilburn, author of comic strip "The Argyle Sweater."
- Scott is the POTY (punster of the year) winner and all are welcome to join us at the same location as the Pun-Off starting at about 6pm Friday the 10th.
Here are some links to see Scott's work:
- His Homepage is theargylesweater.com
- Here's a link to his latest book, The Itty-Bitty Knitty Committee
- Here's where you can find his daily calendar
- This link will get you to the Ernestine Sclafani book Scott illustrated, but only AFTER it is published.
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Gary Hallock
- David Gugenheim
We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
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- Today we talk about EVEN MORE strategies to win the O. Henry Pun-Off (this year's competition is coming up in under two weeks).
- We'd love to hear from you if you have some advice or questions about competing
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Gary Hallock
- David Gugenheim
- Steve Brooks
- Brian Oakley
And don't forget to remember that the International O. Henry Pun-Off is almost upon us. It will be in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
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- Today we talk about strategies to win the O. Henry Pun-Off
- We'd love to hear from you if you have some advice about competing
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- Social media where we reside:
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Gary Hallock
- David Gugenheim
- Steve Brooks
- Brian Oakley
And don't forget to remember that the next International O. Henry Pun-Off is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
We'll see you next week!
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Today we have another special interview episode featuring stationery expert Angelica Hanley.
Angelica was the 2018 POTY honoree, has been a Pun-Off judge, and has a unique business that's all about puns.
Here's a great video telling more about her.
And don't forget to remember that the next International O. Henry Pun-Off is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
We'll see you next week!
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- What is your "cringe moment" of telling a pun at an inappropriate time?
- Have you ever suffered Pun-stipation?
- If you were a Pun Slingers judge, would you accept "hand of bananas?"
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Gary Hallock
- David Gugenheim
- Andy Balinsky
- Geraldine or something
And don't forget to remember that the next International O. Henry Pun-Off is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
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Heads up: There's a touch of ribald humor in this episode. We try to be family friendly, but the occasional double on taun-taun slips in. We like to think that if your kids get them, that's on you, not us.
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- What was that woman's name, anyway?
- Do you like the new name of our panel, "The Punnel?"
- Can you come up with any movie titles we should have used in Schmovie? Like one for a movie about "a sloppy granny?"
Mentioned in the podcast:
- If you thought the game Schmovie was fun in the podcast, you should play it in a party!
- On March 30th, the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX will be having a shindig that will include some of the punnelists!
- Graupel is a thing, oddly enough.
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Gary Hallock
- David Gugenheim
- Andy Balinsky
- Geraldine or something
And don't forget to remember that the next International O. Henry Pun-Off is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
We'll see you next week!
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Today we have another special interview episode featuring writer Cynthia MacGregor.
Cynthia has hundreds of titles over her name, as she's published over a hundred books, not to mention newsletters, podcasts, and O. Henry Pun-Off contests (she didn't publish those, but her name's been under them).
You can find out more about her at her website, cynthiamacgregor.com
Cynthia would love to hear from you at cynthia@cynthiamacgregor.com
She also hosts two podcasts:
- Younger Every Day
- In the Spotlight
And don't forget to remember that the next International O. Henry Pun-Off is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
We'll see you next week!
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- What's the correct pronunciation of "gnu?"
- Is the topic of Lorena Bobbitt honestly that funny?
- Do you have any good "driving" puns to share with us?
Mentioned in the podcast:
- Here's a link to Gracie's Pun-Off entry in 2011 (not twelve, like she originally misremembered)
- Here's Arun's entry the first time it was performed in public
- Andy's entry in 2009 is not on YouTube (that we could find) but here's the one he did the following year
- And here's Aaron's first Pun-Off entry, an Irish ditty
By the way . . .
- Not only is floccinaucinihilipilification an actual word (according to some), but here's the Pun-Off entry mentioned
- Also, Gracie gave a very high score, as a judge, to this entry just last year
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Gracie Haak
- Arun Debrey
- Andy Balinsky
And don't forget to remember that the next International O. Henry Pun-Off is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
We'll see you next week!
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This week we have a special interview episode with Producer Aaron Fasel and Cope Reducer Gary Hallock.
Our guest today is Erika Ettin, of A Little Nudge. She's a veteran performer/contestant at:
- Pun DMV (Washington, DC) five-time champ
- Punderdome (NYC) semi-finalist
- O. Henry one-time competitor in Punniest of Show (and killed it!)
- Facebook #MondayPunday creator and lead punster.
You can also find her on the podcast So We Met Online.
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- Did we get the best pizza headlines?
- Is Your Body a Wonderland?
- What parenting advice do you have for us?
Mentioned in the podcast:
- Edible Book Festival
- Irish Music Jam at BD Riley's
- Here's the calendar
- And their corned beef, Man!
- Our web site is punintensive.com
- Play games at faceboook.com/punypage
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This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Gracie Haak
- Arun Debry
- Andy Balinsky
And don't forget to remember that the next International O. Henry Pun-Off is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to use in our podcast.
We'll see you next week!
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- Do you know all the ruminant animals off the top of your head?
- What school supplies do we need to get?
- Tell us your favorite music puns (seriously!)
Mentioned in the podcast:
- Lez Zepplin is really a thing! Who knew?
- Play games at faceboook.com/punypage
- And find out more about us at facebook.com/punintensive
This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Dav Wallace
- Arun Debry
- Brian Oakley
- Peter Hinrichs
And don't forget to remember that the next International O. Henry Pun-Off is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we have come to love to have in our podcast.
We'll see you next week!
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- How many "buildings" cues can you think of?
- How long can you think of measurement puns?
- Should the Pun-Off take Pun Slinger topics so seriously?
Mentioned in the podcast:
- Trading Places is a classic, and this is what Mortimer contributed.
- Play games at faceboook.com/punypage
- And find out more about us at facebook.com/punintensive
This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Dav Wallace
- Arun Debry
- Brian Oakley
- Peter Hinrichs
And don't forget to remember that the next O. Henry Pun-Off World Championship is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we use for interstitials.
We'll see you next week!
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- Do you have good advice about cooking?
- Do you've any good bilingual puns?
- Can you avoid using animals as verbs?
Mentioned in the podcast:
- Bob Woodward (including "All the President's Men" and "Fear"
- Gary's list of verbed animals can be found at jbonneau.com
- Play games at faceboook.com/punypage
- And find out more about us at facebook.com/punintensive
This week's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Bill Crider
- David Gugenheim
- David Wyde
- Gary Hallock
A really cool part of today's show was our very special guest, David Wyde, who puns at open mics, with friends, and to people at parties who unwitty-ingly make eye contact. He has competed at Seattle's Pundamonium and Austin's O. Henry Pun-Off.He once rendered a bar full of comedy seekers completely silent, in a head-to-head pun-off on hospitals: "My voice keeps going up and down; I think I have an inflection." David sprinkled puns throughout his talk on web cookies at the DefCon hacker conference, but they're too crumby to include here. As a software engineer and an official chess master, he tries to avoid The Mate-Tricks.
And don't forget to remember that the next O. Henry Pun-Off World Championship is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we use for interstitials and for Gary's wind chimes, which provided background music.
We'll see you in a week!
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- Do you have good advice about St. Patrick's Day?
- Do you've any good camera puns?
- Can you make a list of puns on one word that exceeds 25?
Today's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Bill Crider
- David Gugenheim
- David Wyde
- Gary Hallock
A really cool part of today's show was our very special guest, David Wyde, who puns at open mics, with friends, and to people at parties who unwitty-ingly make eye contact. He has competed at Seattle's Pundamonium and Austin's O. Henry Pun-Off.He once rendered a bar full of comedy seekers completely silent, in a head-to-head pun-off on hospitals: "My voice keeps going up and down; I think I have an inflection." David sprinkled puns throughout his talk on web cookies at the DefCon hacker conference, but they're too crumby to include here. As a software engineer and an official chess master, he tries to avoid The Mate-Tricks.
And don't forget to remember that the next O. Henry Pun-Off World Championship is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we use for interstitials.
We'll see you in a week!
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- Do you have good advice about Spring Break?
- Questions about Pundamonium?
- Do you pun in chunks?
Today's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Bill Crider
- David Gugenheim
- David Wyde
- Gary Hallock
Also, you should check out
- Daniel Pink ("Drive" is terrific)
- Malcom Gladwell (His podcast is sublime, but a good first book to read is "Outliers")
- Annika Eagle
- Pundamonium
- Punderdome in NYC
- PUNY Page on Facebook
- And of course, check out the Le Corbusier Grand Confort LC2. Because everyone knows about that!
A really cool part of today's show was our very special guest, David Wyde, who puns at open mics, with friends, and to people at parties who unwitty-ingly make eye contact. He has competed at Seattle's Pundamonium and Austin's O. Henry Pun-Off.He once rendered a bar full of comedy seekers completely silent, in a head-to-head pun-off on hospitals: "My voice keeps going up and down; I think I have an inflection." David sprinkled puns throughout his talk on web cookies at the DefCon hacker conference, but they're too crumby to include here. As a software engineer and an official chess master, he tries to avoid The Mate-Tricks.
And don't forget to remember that the next O. Henry Pun-Off World Championship is in Austin on May 11th, 2019. We also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we use for interstitials.
We'll see you next week with more!
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If you want to join us in the punnery, send an email to episode5@punintensive.com and talk to us.
- Do you have good advice about charities?
- Have you found a shoe in your soup?
- Do you have questions about "What is a pun?"
Today's panelists are:
- Aaron Fasel
- Bill Crider
- Dav Wallace
- David Gugenheim
- Gary Hallock
Bonus question: Do you know why we've named these episodes the way we have?
Remember that the next O. Henry Punoff is in Austin on May 11th, 2019, and we also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we use for interstitials.
We'll see you next week with more!
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Welcome back from the Winter Break! This week you'll laugh, you'll cry, & you'll even groan.
This week's episode features:
- Aaron Fasel
- Bill Crider
- Dav Wallace
- David Gugenheim
- Gary Hallock
Remember that the next O. Henry Punoff is in Austin on May 11th, 2019, and we also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we use for interstitials.
We'll see you next week with more!
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Happy New Year!
We will be coming back from our holiday break next Monday, but in the meantime we have a fun interview with comedian Paul Silverman to tide you over.
Here's his bio:
- Semi professional comedian.
- Hashtag games aficionado.
- Winner of best male lead in a short film in the 2016 Finnish short film festival.
- Creator of Pun Intended, a game show designed to put puns in the spotlight and reward not only the contestants but also include and stimulate audience participation.
- Producer of comedy shows designed to showcase local talent with the ulterior motive of making sure comedians get paid actual money as opposed to the BS of the promise of "exposure."
- Staunch defender of puns/ wordplay as a legitimate form of entertainment.
- Stubborn as a mule. But not a drug mule. Those people seem pretty desperate.
We also encourage you to check out some of the people mentioned in the podcast, including:
- Tim Minchin
- Demetri Martin
- The Pun Guys
- Liza Koshy
Not to mention the classics:
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Steven Wright
Remember that the Punoff is in Austin on May 11th, 2019, and we also want to give special thanks to the band Dark Meat, whose music ("When the Killers Came") we use for interstitials.
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I swear to God we will figure out the sound issues sooner than later. Thanks for bearing with us. In the meantime, enjoy the hilarity!
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This will come as a shock, but one of the microphones didn't work again. Fortunately our crack team of producers have started to include an ambient mic for just such a situation. But Gary sounds weird again. Also it was his mic that didn't work.
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Apologies to David, whose microphone pretty much never worked, but our crack team of producers never noticed. We boosted the audio so you can still hear him. Just sounds weird.
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Apologies to Gary, whose microphone stopped working about ten minutes in, long before our crack team of producers noticed. We boosted the audio so you can still hear him. Just sounds weird.
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