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Episode 37: In-Spector

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]

Enter TODAY if You Want to Compete in the O. Henry Pun-Off

Episode 36: Fright-Fall

Episode 35: Want 'em to Poll Us

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.

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Fan Favorite - Episode 10: Burrito Chorale - Rebroadcast

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!

Special Tribute Episode: Cynthia MacGregor

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

Special Tribute Episode: Brian Agler

Episode 34: Philippino Chorale

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."

Episode 33: Sigh, Then Bother Dave

Two of our favorites are back! Dav & Buster . . . er . . . Dav & Francis! Talk to us about this episode by sending an email to episode32@punintensive.com Today 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 Business Comedy and Zoom And a lost comrade in the pun community (see below) Links relevant to this episode: Austin's Hideout Theater's Maestro (and their Twitch link) The Limeliters staying six feet apart SNL & RBG Last Week Tonight Marlon Bundo Comedy Sports Austin Francis McGrath's Music   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!)

Episode 32: The Word is Off the Cuff

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!)

Episode 31: Pun-Off Dinner 2019 Part 2

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!)   

Episode 30: Two Sparrows, Clever Guys

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!)      

Episode 29: Olden Guy

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!)    

Episode 28: My Friends' New Thrill

Brought to you by the producers of the famous O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships in Austin, TX. A wordplay game show from the people responsible for the granddaddy of all pun competitions.

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