Pun Intensive
Brought to you by the producers of the famous O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships in Austin, TX. A wordplay game show from the people responsible for the granddaddy of all pun competitions.
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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."
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...
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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...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 m...
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 communi...
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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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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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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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 l...
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 ...
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'...
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 yo...
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 t...
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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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