Home-Pun Humor

O. Henry Pun-Off champ John Pollack has his way with words

"...Punning might seem like just a goof, but it gave..."

May 20, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Puns Very Intended at the O. Henry Pun-Off

The annual world championship encourages groans

"...Master punster Gary Hallock makes it quickly clear that he is..."

May 8, 2019 Events Post by Gracie Awalt

Luv Doc Recommends: The 27th Annual O.Henry Pun-Off World Championships

, Saturday, May 15, 2004

"...Many have argued (with reasonable cause) that the O.Henry Pun-Off World Championships offer conclusive proof of the existence of..."

May 14, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

Pun de Deux

Kathy Dunn Hamrick gives the lowest form of humor a lift in The BarreTenders

"...the literati as the lowest form of humor, the pun. The BarreTenders: Where Every Pun Is Intended, opening this..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Snapshot: O. Henry Pun-Off

The air was thick with groans at last weekend’s celebration of wordplay

"...Once upun a time – actually, just a puny few days..."

May 18, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Registration O-pun for O. Henry Pun-Off

Contest set for May 18

"...to admit. It's a lot of pressure writing about puns, after all! But here's the best I can do..."

April 16, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Kudos to the Hilton for Saving the Pun-Off

"...to the occasion and saved the 32nd O. Henry Pun-Off from being canceled by last Saturday's noontime deluge. The..."

May 19, 2009 Postmarks

O.Henry Pun-Off Results

"...Top-ranking contestants in the 25th Annual O.Henry Pun-Off World Championships, which took place on May 4, 2002:PUNNIEST..."

June 7, 2002 Books Feature

No Pun Intended

"...you simply lay out the facts. Tuma's choice (no pun intended) of phrase either bespeaks an insecurity that the..."

Oct. 26, 2017 Postmarks

Pun-Off Winners

"...Punniest of Show: 1. Tiffany Wimberly, Fayetteville, Arkansas..."

May 12, 2000 Books Feature

Puns of Steel

There's a science to interpreting puns; just ask audience members at the 23rd Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships.

"...ladies and noble gentlemen," she began innocently enough. "I, RaPUNzel, have a hair-raising tale to SHEAR with you written..."

May 12, 2000 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Wordsmith Smackdown

A new documentary about the funny, punny world of Austin's annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships.

"...The moment when Pun-Smoke: The Search for the Worst shifts from a cozy,..."

May 2, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Sherlock Gnomes

Gnomeo and Juliet sequel heads to London. For reasons.

"...The original was all predicated on a terrible pun (it’s Romeo and Juliet, but with gnomes. Garden gnomes...."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Monster Trucks

Boy meets monster, adventure ensues

"...movie’s raison d’être appears to rest entirely on that pun...."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Doctor Strange

The Doctor is out, far out

"...effects team who have brought Marvel’s genuinely strangest (no pun intended) hero to cinematic life. Defiantly not your everyday..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ratchet & Clank

This animated video-game spin-off fails on every level

"...& Clank fails on virtually every level (pardon the pun). Coming on strong with the attitude of "Yes, we..."

May 6, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Green Inferno

Eli Roth's long-delayed cannibal movie has passed its shelf life

"...Like its protagonists, the film’s mix of gutsy – pun intended – enthusiasm and scripted naivete feels just slightly..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sunshine Superman

BASE-jumping trailblazer Carl Boenish is the subject of this doc tribute

"...courtship, and eloquently describes the ups and downs (no pun, I swear) of a relationship with a man driven..."

June 12, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

We're the Millers

This Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis comedy shows some sweetly crude family values.

"...comedy gets a little harder with We’re the Millers, pun intended. Among other things, it features an 18-year-old’s swollen,..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D

The family-friendly spy franchise is revived once again, this time with a "fourth dimension" of scratch and sniff.

"...likable young leads and some of the series' wittiest, pun-filled writing. The Time Keeper's minion, Tick Tock, in particular,..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

The special effects in this prequel may be infinitely more elaborate, but they hold little of the charm and "humanity" of the original.

"...Planet of the Apes lacks the basic humanity (no pun intended) of the first film. The special effects may..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

Martin Lawrence revisits his FBI undercover alter-ego, Big Momma.

"...free fall, tackles the (dual) role(s) so broadly (no pun intended) that it's just plain annoying – doubly so..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Terribly Happy

This Danish import is a wonderfully unhinged and a painstakingly constructed meditation on a place where good and evil meet, mate, and make sour times sublime.

"...outside of Copenhagen, Terribly Happy – both a wicked pun and an apt description of nearly every character in..."

March 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Saw VI

Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood. Promises, promises.

"...course. For fans, however, Saw VI is, pardon the pun, a cut above the rest but not, sadly, by..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sorority Row

Things go badly when these sorority sisters try to cover up a prank gone wrong and a serial killer enters the fray.

"...date-rape age, Sorority Row's got the gory chops – pun intended – but brings absolutely nothing new to the..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gomorrah

The viral progression of organized crime in Naples, Italy, is starkly portrayed in this violent and deglamorizing gangster movie.

"...the Italian crime machine known as the Camorra, Gomorrah (pun intended) is riveting from its first frame to its..."

March 27, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Step Brothers

Will Ferrell's newest is a lot like Will Ferrell's oldest, which is to say it feels like an amped-up Saturday Night Live skit.

"...is to say it feels like an old-school (no pun intended) Saturday Night Live skit amped up on a..."

July 25, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr.'s sly take on Marvel Comics' cold warrior elevates everything about this film.

"...with a drinking problem, and the result is, no pun intended, riveting. As a comic-book character, Iron Man never..."

May 2, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Reaping

Pardon the pun, but audiences will reap little from this satanic backwoods juju thriller.

"...Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb and Stephen Rea. Pardon the pun, but audiences will reap little from this satanic backwoods..."

April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

In this prequel to the original Chainsaw, we learn how Leatherface grew up to become a monster.

"...teens are slaughtered (big deal) but the real hook, pun intended, revolves around series boogeyman Leatherface (Bryniarski), so named..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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