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magicgeorge Inner circle Belfast 4299 Posts 
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I know a lot of you love your cheesy puns so I'm recommending a DVD:
Tim Vine-Live This guy can actually make puns funny. Which is no mean feat. You'll recognise some of his jokes as they where nicked then credited to Tommy Cooper. It's a refreshingly different act. George |
Memo New user Germany (northrhine-westfalia) 77 Posts
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May you tell us a little bit for of the content of the DVD?
"There have been many claims by magicans and mentalists to the invention of mnemonics; some of the claimants have been world-famous performers - and none of them have a right to their claims!" - Corinda
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14063 Posts
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Yeah! Don't tease us like holding a steak in front of a dogs nose. Let's hear some of them puppies!
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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Comedy and then the magic New user Los Angeles, CA 65 Posts
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Let's not and say we did and let's just buy the DVD so we can hear the jokes being done the proper timing and justice. How does that sound magicgeorge?
"Always Make It Magic Plus Laughs" - R.I.P. Mark Hendrickson
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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14063 Posts
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I feel many of us have a great sense of natural timing, and could take these and do them justice. I'd really like to hear some of them.
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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bnadworn Regular user Western New York 131 Posts
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Just in time for Pun at Work day.
"They say the hand is quicker than the eye but I won't believe it until I see it."
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Comedy and then the magic New user Los Angeles, CA 65 Posts
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Hahaha, I really don't think many people have a "natural" sense of timing... somebody should start doing some stand up comedy research..
"Always Make It Magic Plus Laughs" - R.I.P. Mark Hendrickson
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NJJ Inner circle 6439 Posts
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Puns are the lowest form of wit.
They are 'clever' without actually being particularly funny. They require a comic of great talent to make them work. Too many magicians fall back on strings of puns these days. |
evanthx Regular user Seattle, WA 197 Posts
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I disagree with puns not being particularly funny. The problem is that most folks don't tell good puns, or they tell a ten minute story with a so-so pun at the end and it just isn't worth it. But a good pun is as funny as any other joke. I make people laugh with them every time I do a show, and I get pretty good laughs. But I also picked them very carefully.
Posted: Feb 15, 2005 7:26am ------------------------------------------------- I just did a search and can't seem to find the DVD to read more about it...anyone have a link? |
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bnadworn Regular user Western New York 131 Posts
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Puns are the highest form of humor (when I tell them).
Timing is important. Try telling puns around 2:00 in the morning to a bunch of drunk college students. Great audience. Timing is everything. The lowest form of humor is sarcasm. Or any type of chasm in a joke. Just gets me down.
"They say the hand is quicker than the eye but I won't believe it until I see it."
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Wards Back New user Baker's Acres, Ca 83 Posts
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"Use a pun, go to prison!"
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
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bnadworn Regular user Western New York 131 Posts
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Puns don't kill people. It's my act that kills people. Sometimes my act just dies.
"They say the hand is quicker than the eye but I won't believe it until I see it."
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CamelotFX Special user Minnesota 596 Posts
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A pun is much like a scalpel: In the hand of a surgeon it's a useful tool. In the hand of a child it's a bloody mess.
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The Donster Inner circle 4817 Posts
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My puns get to be so bad that I was once wanted by the law for assault with a deadly punchline.
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Comedy and then the magic New user Los Angeles, CA 65 Posts
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Your mom was wanted by the law...... hehehe
"Always Make It Magic Plus Laughs" - R.I.P. Mark Hendrickson
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The Donster Inner circle 4817 Posts
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LOL She's been dead for 25 years. What was so bad that she did?
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