Jerzy gwiazdowski biography of william

He said he grew up in a creative household where, with his artist mother, he and his father and two brothers regularly told bad jokes at home. Seven years ago, Gwiazdowski, 36, started punning competitively. On Saturday, at the 42nd annual O. Henry Museum Pun-Off World Championships, he got onstage at the Hilton in downtown Austin to perform a minute-and-a-half monologue pleading for the love of his doctor, inserting 54 puns with surgical precision.

He then moved to New York, changed his name to O. Henry, and went on to become a popular American writer.

Strep yourself in while I call up the relevant inflammation. The oration left the room in stitches, won him the adoration of the crowd and a perfect score of 40 by the judges — enough to win first prize in the "punniest of show" competition among 31 other contestants. He beat out his two brothers, who also competed. But when you come to a contest, they will cheer for you and give you a trophy, which is nice.

Sam Corbin, 27, and Erika Ettin, 37, took home second and third place in the contest, respectively. Their performances elicited roaring laughter from the packed hotel ballroom of at least 1, people Saturday. Ettin got a standing ovation twice, including when she had to pun-off in a tiebreaker for third place. I used to Billy Idolize her.

A microwave. The O. Henry Pun-Off, a pun-arama of jokes and linguistic acrobatics, draws contestants and attendees from all over the country who take pleasure in the silly sleights of words known as puns.