Zoe Bee | Puns are Good, Actually @zoe_bee | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
"Puns are the lowest form of humor." This is something we've all heard...but is it true? Today, we're going to talk about the humble pun - funny puns, even the BEST puns - and why they have a lot more depth, history, and importance than meets the eye.
00:00 - Intro
06:14 - What is a pun?
10:12 - Why do people hate puns?
15:14 - What makes things funny?
20:42 - Puns are fun
24:22 - Puns are good for our brains
31:53 - Puns fight censorship
41:44 - Puns are playful
46:14 - Conclusion
47:54 - Credits & Poem
50:58 - Bloopers
* Sources: *
---Books
------A Dictionary of Shakespeare’s Sexual Puns and Their Significance, by Franken Rubenstein
------Ars Punica (The Art of Punning), by Tom Punsibi (Jonathan Swift)
------The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, by Oliver Wendell Holmes
------The Pun Also Rises, by John Pollack
---Articles
------“Responding to Verbal Ambiguity: The Case of Puns” by Meltzer and Meltzer
-----FCC Regulations: fcc.gov/consumers/guides/fcc-and-freedom-speech
* Art and Music: *
Mr. Pun Art by Aud McName (Twitter: @audmcname ; Portfolio: http://audmcname.com)
Voiceover by Armchair Egyptologist (Twitter: @Armchair_Egypt ; YouTube: Armchair Egyptology [youtube.com/c/ArmchairEgyptology])
Editing by Charlie Flowers (Twitter: @xXinrealtimeXx ; YouTube: In Real Time [youtube.com/channel/UCLUr-O3CSRF_p-iewUxipqw] ; linktree: https://linktr.ee/xXinrealtimeXx )
---Grass mud horse: youtube.com/watch?v=MFlxfuEZu5Y
---Laurel video: youtube.com/watch?v=7X_WvGAhMlQ
---Bonk souls: youtube.com/watch?v=7VO64Fe9SsU
---Deadpool: youtube.com/watch?v=PuaFfjf598I&t=12s
---Smoke stock video: pexels.com/video/water-texture-abstract-fog-4112431/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels
---Flower stock video: pexels.com/video/low-angle-shot-of-a-tree-8093995/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels
* Poem Text: *
Linguist’s Pride (for Sethzard)
Did you know there are over a million words in the English language?
Which sounds like a lot
until you remember
only 17% of those million are in use
and a single person only knows about 15% of that 17%
and then we’re at only 2½% and suddenly we feel
very small.
In an infinitely expanding universe
how could we even imagine finding a word
- not even a word, just a sound -
for All the Things and the colors we’ll never see
and the plants that will be born
ten thousand years after the last great-granddaughter
of the last Earth-bound human dies.
And even knowing how insufficient our words are,
knowing how short we come to speaking the names of All the Things,
knowing how the Universe sees the hubris of linguists
as the ambitions of a child who hasn’t yet seen the stars,
Somehow there are still people
who hate the word
Moist.
* To Support Me: *
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---Join the Patreon! ➤ patreon.com/zoe_bee
---Make a one-time donation! ➤ ko-fi.com/zoebee
---Join the Discord! ➤ discord.gg/8GBmS9Qug9
---Check out my second channel! ➤ youtube.com/@zoecee
---Watch my D&D game! ➤ youtube.com/@thejaycorn
---Watch my Blades in the Dark game! ➤ twitch.tv/itucrew
"Puns are the lowest form of humor." This is something we've all heard...but is it true? Today, we're going to talk about the humble pun - funny puns, even the BEST puns - and why they have a lot more depth, history, and importance than meets the eye.
00:00 - Intro
06:14 - What is a pun?
10:12 - Why do people hate puns?
15:14 - What makes things funny?
20:42 - Puns are fun
24:22 - Puns are good for our brains
31:53 - Puns fight censorship
41:44 - Puns are playful
46:14 - Conclusion
47:54 - Credits & Poem
50:58 - Bloopers
* Sources: *
---Books
------A Dictionary of Shakespeare’s Sexual Puns and Their Significance, by Franken Rubenstein
------Ars Punica (The Art of Punning), by Tom Punsibi (Jonathan Swift)
------The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, by Oliver Wendell Holmes
------The Pun Also Rises, by John Pollack
---Articles
------“Responding to Verbal Ambiguity: The Case of Puns” by Meltzer and Meltzer
-----FCC Regulations: fcc.gov/consumers/guides/fcc-and-freedom-speech
* Art and Music: *
Mr. Pun Art by Aud McName (Twitter: @audmcname ; Portfolio: http://audmcname.com)
Voiceover by Armchair Egyptologist (Twitter: @Armchair_Egypt ; YouTube: Armchair Egyptology [youtube.com/c/ArmchairEgyptology])
Editing by Charlie Flowers (Twitter: @xXinrealtimeXx ; YouTube: In Real Time [youtube.com/channel/UCLUr-O3CSRF_p-iewUxipqw] ; linktree: https://linktr.ee/xXinrealtimeXx )
---Grass mud horse: youtube.com/watch?v=MFlxfuEZu5Y
---Laurel video: youtube.com/watch?v=7X_WvGAhMlQ
---Bonk souls: youtube.com/watch?v=7VO64Fe9SsU
---Deadpool: youtube.com/watch?v=PuaFfjf598I&t=12s
---Smoke stock video: pexels.com/video/water-texture-abstract-fog-4112431/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels
---Flower stock video: pexels.com/video/low-angle-shot-of-a-tree-8093995/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels
* Poem Text: *
Linguist’s Pride (for Sethzard)
Did you know there are over a million words in the English language?
Which sounds like a lot
until you remember
only 17% of those million are in use
and a single person only knows about 15% of that 17%
and then we’re at only 2½% and suddenly we feel
very small.
In an infinitely expanding universe
how could we even imagine finding a word
- not even a word, just a sound -
for All the Things and the colors we’ll never see
and the plants that will be born
ten thousand years after the last great-granddaughter
of the last Earth-bound human dies.
And even knowing how insufficient our words are,
knowing how short we come to speaking the names of All the Things,
knowing how the Universe sees the hubris of linguists
as the ambitions of a child who hasn’t yet seen the stars,
Somehow there are still people
who hate the word
Moist.
* To Support Me: *
---Become a channel Member! ➤ youtube.com/channel/UCecF2icZlEIJ__9XS6woPGw/join
---Join the Patreon! ➤ patreon.com/zoe_bee
---Make a one-time donation! ➤ ko-fi.com/zoebee
---Join the Discord! ➤ discord.gg/8GBmS9Qug9
---Check out my second channel! ➤ youtube.com/@zoecee
---Watch my D&D game! ➤ youtube.com/@thejaycorn
---Watch my Blades in the Dark game! ➤ twitch.tv/itucrew
