Comments on: Once a pun a time http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/ Eric D. Snider's blog. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:54:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: OMAllen http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51973 OMAllen Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:06:31 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51973 On the note of masculating feminine words, the male barrista is a barristo. On the note of masculating feminine words, the male barrista is a barristo.

]]> By: ClobberGirl http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51183 ClobberGirl Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:14:06 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51183 We also forgot, "She's the Man" with Amanda Bynes. I haven't seen it but I feel fairly confident in saying it belongs on the bad list. We also forgot, “She’s the Man” with Amanda Bynes. I haven’t seen it but I feel fairly confident in saying it belongs on the bad list.

]]> By: David Manning http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51101 David Manning Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:44:23 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51101 It should be pointed out that when Edward Albee wrote the playwrite for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", he *actually* chose his title based on a message he saw scrawled on a bathroom mirror when he was at a Greenwich Village bar. It read, of course, "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?" ...Haha! Are you amazed by my vast knowledge of completely useless trivia yet?! (Source: Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader, page 64) It should be pointed out that when Edward Albee wrote the playwrite for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”, he *actually* chose his title based on a message he saw scrawled on a bathroom mirror when he was at a Greenwich Village bar. It read, of course, “Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

…Haha! Are you amazed by my vast knowledge of completely useless trivia yet?!

(Source: Uncle John’s Ultimate Bathroom Reader, page 64)

]]> By: Savvy Veteran http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51090 Savvy Veteran Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:00:08 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51090 I think if Seinfeld has taught us anything, Eric, it is that a male bimbo should be referred to as a "mimbo". I think if Seinfeld has taught us anything, Eric, it is that a male bimbo should be referred to as a “mimbo”.

]]> By: Ben C. http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51040 Ben C. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:19:16 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51040 What about "Transamerica"? Would that fit in? What about “Transamerica”? Would that fit in?

]]> By: peptidefarmer http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51020 peptidefarmer Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:36:31 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51020 Don't forget "Shanghai Knights" - a play, naturally, on "Shanghai Nights", itself a play on "Shanghai Noon" which is, as was pointed out, a play on "High Noon". Writing that sentence made my brain uncomfortable. Don’t forget “Shanghai Knights” - a play, naturally, on “Shanghai Nights”, itself a play on “Shanghai Noon” which is, as was pointed out, a play on “High Noon”.

Writing that sentence made my brain uncomfortable.

]]> By: Bret http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51008 Bret Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:05:56 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-51008 I'd forgotten that Warner Bros. used pun in their titles. The Simpsons have the pun titles I think of such as "Stark Raving Dad," "Burns, Baby Burns" and my favorite, "The Last Temptation of Krust." I’d forgotten that Warner Bros. used pun in their titles. The Simpsons have the pun titles I think of such as “Stark Raving Dad,” “Burns, Baby Burns” and my favorite, “The Last Temptation of Krust.”

]]> By: El Jefe http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-50975 El Jefe Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:14:12 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-50975 How about the move "The Family Stone"? How about the move “The Family Stone”?

]]> By: card http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-50966 card Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:25:00 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-50966 I didn't even know the porn industry did that. As a joke, my friends and I used to stick the word "porn" or things like that into titles of movies to refer to them ("The Porn Identity" was one of them!). I never knew that maybe, just maybe there were actual porn flicks with those titles. I didn’t even know the porn industry did that. As a joke, my friends and I used to stick the word “porn” or things like that into titles of movies to refer to them (”The Porn Identity” was one of them!). I never knew that maybe, just maybe there were actual porn flicks with those titles.

]]> By: Paul Norman http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-50923 Paul Norman Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:25:34 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2007/08/07/once-a-pun-a-time/#comment-50923 Having been a pun lover (and inflicter, I admit) for more years than Eric has been alive, I was brought up short by the very last sentence: "The fact that the porn industry indulges in the practice of punning should probably be reason enough for everyone else to avoid it." However, I rallied my spirit by remembering that the porn industry makes big use of the internet, and I am certainly not going to stop using the net--I would have to give up Snide Remarks after all. Having been a pun lover (and inflicter, I admit) for more years than Eric has been alive, I was brought up short by the very last sentence: “The fact that the porn industry indulges in the practice of punning should probably be reason enough for everyone else to avoid it.” However, I rallied my spirit by remembering that the porn industry makes big use of the internet, and I am certainly not going to stop using the net–I would have to give up Snide Remarks after all.

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