The McClughan Memorial Most Viable Punster Award (mmMVP) is given by contestants in each year’s O. Henry Pun-Off to the “most viable punster” in the contest.
For the 2010 Pun-Off, Gary Hallock said:
… Read the rest...By a vote of his peers, P.O.S. silver medalist, Jacob Dodson also won the coveted mmMVP trophy. We can’t say he walked away with it because he laughed early due to a case of premature jocularity. The award was accepted in his stayed by event producer, Gary
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The Punslingers portion of the 2010 O. Henry Pun-Off consisted of 32 contestants competing head-to-head. Contestants take the stage in pairs, and are given a topic selected randomly from a list of traditional topics. In turn, each player has five seconds to deliver, or begin delivering solid puns. This goes back and forth until one of the two either exceeds the given five seconds or accumulates three non-qualifying attempts.
The loser is eliminated, and the winner proceeds to the next … Read the rest...
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Steve Brooks performs his tribute to Molly Ivins at the start of the 2010 O. Henry Pun-Off.
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An Aggie went in to see his advisor, who said, “I want you to take history, math, and logic.” “What’s logic?” asked the Aggie. “Well,” said the professor, “I’ll give you an example. Do you own a Weed-eater?” “Why, yes, I do,” replied the Aggie. “OK,” continued the professor, “logic tells me that you have a yard!” “Amazing,” gushed the young rube. “And,” continued the professor, “since you have a yard, logic tells me that you have a house.” “I … Read the rest...
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Andy Balinsky’s entry in the O. Henry Pun-Off for 2010.
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Steve Brooks warms up the crowd at the 2010 O. Henry Pun-Off with his song, “I Don’t Brake for BMW’s.”
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Mother-daughter team Judy Dean and June Morris were rained out last year, but they returned with the same routine this year and took third place. Here is their entry.
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Jacob Dodson took second place in the Punniest of Show portion of today’s O. Henry Pun-Off. Here is his entry.
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Today’s O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships lead off with the Punniest of Show competition, where contestants had ninety seconds to present prepared punnish material. At 90 seconds, a whistle was blown, and if the contestant was still going when the bell was run at 120 seconds, he or she was disqualified.
Each contestant was given scores from one to ten by the six judges. The highest and the lowest scores were thrown out, and the remaining were summed for a … Read the rest...
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