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Enter TODAY if You Want to Compete in the O. Henry Pun-OffHello, pun intensive fans. This isn't really an episode of pun intensive, so much as an announcement of something. Pretty cool.[00:00:16] This podcast, pun intensive has teamed up with Austin's O. Henry Museum and Brush Square Museums Foundation, as well as the City of Austin's Parks and Rec Department and Fantastic Magic Camp to produce part two of the O. Henry Pun-Off 2020 Special Edition edition.[00:00:36] Now I want to be clear: Once life gets back to relative normal, everyone fully expects the festival atmosphere of the Mother's Day Weekend event everyone has come to know and love as the O Henry Pun-Off to resume in its original format live and in Austin. But for now, the city has asked us to produce a virtual, but live Punslingers contest. And it's been split up into two distinct events based on the two contests regularly seen at The O Henry Pun-Off.[00:01:04] The Punniest of Show event has come and gone, but you can still watch it at punoff2020.com. [00:01:10] Congrats, by the way, to all of the contestants in the Pun-Off 2020's Punniest of Show competitions, including the top three placing winners. Jonah Spear, Gabriela Pedroza, and Sarah Bennett.[00:01:23] But . . . On November 21st . . . Less than three weeks from today . . . The O. Henry Pun-Off will be putting on a punslingers event entitled . . . and take a deep breath here . . . [00:01:35] "The O Henry Museum Pun-Off World Championships Punslingers Competition: Online Edition."[00:01:42] So head on over to punintensive.com to get all the info you need to attend the live event. But for you guys I also want you to go to punintensive.com so that you can enter the contest. [00:01:56] We already know that there be more people who want to enter than there will be space for, so as has been the case for several years, with the exception of some past years' winners who've already officially qualified to enter the 2020 competition, contestants will be selected by lottery. So get your name into that lottery by going to punintensive.com and clicking the "how to enter " link. Hopefully your name will be drawn.[00:02:23] We will see you soon with another full length episode and probably one or two reminders. Before then, but we definitely hope to see you on November 21st.[00:02:34]

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.

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.comYou can hear her podcast archives at:Younger Every DayIn the SpotlightAs always, 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 in two weeks!

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-brianAnd 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'sHe 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

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!Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode32@punintensive.comToday 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 BusinessComedy and ZoomAnd 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 apartSNL & RBGLast Week TonightMarlon BundoComedy Sports AustinFrancis McGrath's MusicAnd 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 newsletterHe has written humor columns for the New Yorker, Esquire, and McSweeny'sHe 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 Help us out and donate to our patron campaign!Want more?Our web site is punintensive.comPlay games at faceboook.com/punypageSocial media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensiveinstagram.com/punintensivepinterest.com/punintensivetwitter.com/punintesiveyoutube.comWe 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 in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)

Part Two of our first ever live audience recording! Part One was published on February 24th.Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode31@punintensive.comHelp us out and donate to our patron campaign!Want more?Our web site is punintensive.comPlay games at faceboook.com/punypageSocial media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensiveinstagram.com/punintensivepinterest.com/punintensivetwitter.com/punintesiveyoutube.comWe 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 in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)

Part Two of our first ever live audience recording! Part One was published on February 24th. Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode31@punintensive.com Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)

A New Old-Timer's episode!Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode30@punintensive.comThe 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 reminisceAnd of course, there's a punslingers competition that, speaking of going Bach in time, we do it PDQHere's a Link to Gary's son's cornetti. Help us out and donate to our patron campaign!Want more?Our web site is punintensive.comPlay games at faceboook.com/punypageSocial media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensiveinstagram.com/punintensivepinterest.com/punintensivetwitter.com/punintesiveyoutube.comThis 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)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.We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)

A New Old-Timer's episode! Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode30@punintensive.com 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.  Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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) 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)   

The Old-Timer's episode! Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode29@punintensive.com 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.  Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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) 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)      

Seattle Repre-seeeent! Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode28@punintensive.com 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 Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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) 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)    

Our First Full Panel Zoom Episode! Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode27@punintensive.com 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. Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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!) 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)  

It's the Easter/Passover Episode!  Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode26@punintensive.com 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) :-/ Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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) 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)  

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 Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com We always like 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. (Please rate us on iTunes!)

It's the St. Patrick's Day Episode!  Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode25@punintensive.com 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. Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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) 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)  

It's the St. Patrick's Day Episode!  Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode24@punintensive.com 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! Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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) 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)  

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. Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode23@punintensive.com Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)

It's Valentine's-Day-Week!  Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode22@punintensive.com 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. Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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) 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)  

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. Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode21@punintensive.com  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 Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com This week's panelists are: David Gugenheim Aaron Fasel Gary Hallock Arun Debry Bart Brehob 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)

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. Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode20@punintensive.com  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 Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com This week's panelists are: David Gugenheim Aaron Fasel Gary Hallock Arun Debry Bart Brehob 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)

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.

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. Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode19@punintensive.com  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 Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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 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. We'll see you in two weeks! (and please rate us on iTunes!)

Please donate to our patron campaign. You'll get something out of it, and so will we! Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode13@punintensive.com  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   Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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!

Please contribute to our patron campaign. This show has such amazing potential and we need your help to get to the top! Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode11@punintensive.com  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!

Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode18@punintensive.com  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 Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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. We'll see you next week! (and please rate us on iTunes!)

Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to aaron@punintensive.com  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. Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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. We'll see you next week!

Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode17@punintensive.com  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 Help us out and donate to our patron campaign! Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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. We'll see you next week!

Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode16@punintensive.com  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 Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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!

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!

Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode15@punintensive.com  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?" Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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!

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.  Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode14@punintensive.com  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. Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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!

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!

Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode13@punintensive.com  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   Want more? Our web site is punintensive.com Play games at faceboook.com/punypage Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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!

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.  

Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode12@punintensive.com  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 Social media where we reside:facebook.com/punintensive instagram.com/punintensive pinterest.com/punintensive twitter.com/punintesive youtube.com 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!

Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode11@punintensive.com  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!

You may send an email to episode10@punintensive.com and talk to us about this episode 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!

If you want to join in on the punnery, send an email to episode9@punintensive.com and talk to us. 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!

If you want to join us in the punnery, send an email to episode8@punintensive.com and talk to us. 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!

If you want to join us in the punnery, send an email to episode7@punintensive.com and talk to us. 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!

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!

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!