Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

Looking for a video where "stand up comedian" changes a letter in a word to say

Options
  • 24-06-2019 06:50PM
    #1
    TimeUp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭


    something funny.

    I watched it like a year ago and totally forgot his name. It was hilarious. The guy was some sort of celebrity like a poet or a writer or something like that. Unfortunately I don't remember any of the puns, but it was basically about changing just a sound or a letter of a series of idioms to make them sound outrageous.

    I think he was American.

    Does anybody know what I'm talking about?

    Thanks in advance!

    PS: I seem to remember that the theme of the monologue was something to do with teaching, but I am unsure, I might be making this up in my memory.


Comments

  • Options
    #2
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,295 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    TimeUp wrote: »
    something funny.

    I watched it like a year ago and totally forgot his name. It was hilarious. The guy was some sort of celebrity like a poet or a writer or something like that. Unfortunately I don't remember any of the puns, but it was basically about changing just a sound or a letter of a series of idioms to make them sound outrageous.

    I think he was American.

    Does anybody know what I'm talking about?

    Thanks in advance!

    Brendan grace

    There’s no F in duck


  • Options
    #3
    TimeUp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭TimeUp


    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Brendan grace

    There’s no F in duck

    Good one. But it's not this one :(

    The monologue is basically this guy going on and on switching letters all the time, he doesn't say a single sentence without a pun.


  • Options
    #4
    Woke Hogan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,627 ✭✭✭Woke Hogan


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI4AC50n6cU


  • Options
    #5
    TimeUp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭TimeUp


    Woke Hogan wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI4AC50n6cU

    Thanks for answering but it's not this one either. I keep looking


  • Options
    #6
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Sounds like maybe Tim Vine?
    He's the king of puns and one liners.
    Couldnt find it though.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #7
    foxy farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,194 ✭✭✭foxy farmer


    Stewart Francis is Canadian. Lots of puns and one liners


  • Options
    #8
    PsychoPete
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,175 ✭✭✭✭PsychoPete


    Stewart Francis maybe?


  • Options
    #9
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,611 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    He was the first one popped into my head when I read every sentence was a pun.


  • Options
    #10
    TimeUp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭TimeUp


    Neither Stewart Francis nor Tim Vine.

    The guy is actually some kind of poet/writer rather than a stand up comedian, I think he's only done stand up comedy the odd time.

    I remember I even managed to find the text of the monologue on google at the time, if only I remembered a word of it.


  • Options
    #11
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,641 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Milton Jones is the king of one liners.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #12
    TimeUp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭TimeUp


    I remember his face he did a lot of face contorting while speaking, if it helps...


  • Options
    #13
    debok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 814 ✭✭✭debok


    Sounds like something George Carlin might have done.


  • Options
    #14
    TimeUp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭TimeUp


    I found it!

    "The The Impontence of Proofreading" by Taylor Mali.

    It is so satisfying after having been looking for it for so long...


  • Options
    #15
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    That's great :)


  • Options
    #16
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    TimeUp wrote: »
    I found it!

    "The The Impontence of Proofreading" by Taylor Mali.

    It is so satisfying after having been looking for it for so long...
    Yeah I like it! I am a bit of a grammar nerd so I love things like anagrams, palindromes, spoonerisms etc.. and I am always making portmanteaus in my head.




  • Options
    #17
    Sabre0001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Sabre0001


    Very good. And thanks OP for coming back and sharing the right sketch!

    🤪



  • Options
    #18
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    Sabre0001 wrote: »
    Very good. And thanks OP for coming back and sharing the right sketch!

    Are you not going to thank me for uploading it to the thread? :(

    5jBwJBLuELP6lGLKk9OzHZIcMl0=.gif


  • Options
    #19
    Sabre0001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Sabre0001


    Two now for you :D

    🤪



  • Options
    #20
    Autecher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭Autecher


    Sabre0001 wrote: »
    Two now for you :D
    Ah thanks Sabre! You're true blue so you are :D


Advertisement
Advertisement