Jerry Lewis' (or Ed McMahon's or Del Moore's) announcer test

I didn’t want to hijack this thread, even though it’s a zombie. It reminded me of this thing that we used to do back in the 50s/60s:

One hen.

One hen; two ducks.

One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese.

One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters.

One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises.

One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alverso’s tweezers.

One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alverso’s tweezers; 7,000 Macedonians in full battle array.

One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alverso’s tweezers; 7,000 Macedonians in full battle array; eight brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt.

One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alverso’s tweezers; 7,000 Macedonians in full battle array; eight brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt; nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates, with a marked propensity toward procrastination and
sloth.

One hen; two ducks; three squawking geese; four Limerick oysters; five corpulent porpoises; six pairs of Don Alverso’s tweezers; 7,000 Macedonians in full battle array; eight brass monkeys from the ancient sacred crypts of Egypt; nine apathetic, sympathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates, with a marked propensity toward procrastination and sloth; 10 lyrical, spherical, diabolical denizens of the deep, who hall and stall around the corner of the quo, the quay and the quivery, all at the very same time.

Cite.

Neat. I’m taking voice-over classes; this’ll come in handy.

Fun.

[enunciating very clear]I’m going to move this thread to Cafe Society.[/evc]

twickster, MPSIMS moderator