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Pun-Off started in 1977
it's probably one of the oldest events
in the city of Austin, it started in the backyard
of the O. Henry museum known as brush square, it was a
parks and recreation department event at the time the time, some parks and recreation
department employees were trying to think about a unique event for
this museum and it was just probably 25 people in the backyard shooting around some puns
and then it grew to what we know it today
it's known all over the world and people come from
Canada, Germany and England we've had some
people from New Zealand even
*laughing* fake laughter, there we go!
it is it is not hard to justify O. Henry as a poster because if you read
any O. Henry story a lot of times the title will have a pun in it
he was a master of words and wordplay
and this is why we have the Pun-Off at the O. Henry museum
well you know these improvised puns are heard because you really can't plan it beforehand
Pun-Off is actually two separate contests
we have the pun-i-est of show
which is where we invite people to come up with original material
prepared material that's done in a time limit the
other contest is pun-slingers because it is actually slinging puns
back and forth they have to spit out a pun within five seconds or at least start
talking within five seconds if the other guy
delivering his pun and it goes back and forth until somebody
either puns too much on a word thats been used
making a comment that is not actually a pun
or if you go for more than five seconds without saying anything you're
automatically gone with the wind the Iraq war was bad but
well
it's gonna be tough to catch up
can be assault and battery here I cried 3 mustard tears
i've gotta pepper up for this one
you're a spice invader
I'm gonna call my cardamom
the audience comes year after year
I like to think because they remember the contestants from the previous
year and we have defending champions
and they come back in like to reclaim that crown
when they first said arcade games I thought it's said archaic games and I thought well that's
gonna be
we can have archaic and eat it too
the naughties always get their man but sometimes they get their woman because we're
all in this together
it's three words hidden inside of one word if it'd make a good pun out of it