I am sharing this video with you because it made me laugh out loud. I can’t remember how I ran across it . . . maybe it was Facebook, Twitter, a blog, or perhaps my mom, but it is worthy of passing on to you.
I have been mired in the words of my novel for the hundredth time (I exaggerate to make my point) over the past two days and the hundreds of words in this YouTube video gave me comfort.
The comedian, John Branyan, takes the tale of the Three Little Pigs and retranslates it into Shakespearean-ese. I’ve been changing “happy” to “glad” and weeding out unnecessary words and tightening sentences in my book. Mr. Branyan takes editing and rewording to a new level.
If you love The Three Little Pigs or our friend Bill Shakespeare, you have to watch this. It is worthy of 8 ½ minutes of your time, but be sure to watch at 2:48 when the line “not by the hair of my chinny chin chin” becomes “not by wit or whiskered jowl.”
John Branyan is brilliant. And, the bonus – the video is really funny. I need to find out if Mr. Branyan has a gig in my area.
John Branyan – The Three Little Pigs
I’ll have to watch it later. The other half is encouraging me to “Hurry up. Let’s go!”
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Love this, Robin! I recently encountered John Branyan on a Tim Hawkins video (he is also brilliant, by the way, and worth looking up) so it’s nice to see him bantering about with my beloved Will. This one will be shared for sure with my h.s.’ers who will soon be forging through King Lear. Perhaps Branyan can soften the blow a bit. 😉
I couldn’t find a Tim Hawkins/John Branyan video but did watch Tim Hawkins doing U-2’s “With or Without You.” Hysterical.
So, do you teach high school or are the high schoolers you are referring to your kids?
I actually teach high school English.
Tim Hawkins has his own station on Youtube, I think. Hopefully you’ll see some more from him. 🙂
Ah, you are surrounded by teenagers!
Thnx for posting this. I loved it & couldn’t hit the share button quick enough…
The man cracks me up. You should check out his other clips on YouTube.
Too funny! What a find!
(Quick – let me grab my laptop and channel a sonnet, then write some rhyming posts upon it!)
🙂
When you do, I’d love to hear it!
You can check out other videos of John Branyan on YouTube. All of them are priceless. He doesn’t do just take-offs on Shakespeare. The one on texting and driving had me rolling…