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

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 30, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-or-ed-mcmahons-or-del-moores-announcer-test/555553 "2010-09-30T02:44:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-or-ed-mcmahons-or-del-moores-announcer-test/555553/1 "2010-09-30T02:44:30Z")

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I didn’t want to hijack [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=166942), 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.

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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-or-ed-mcmahons-or-del-moores-announcer-test/555553/2 "2010-09-30T06:27:37Z")

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[Cite](http://www.evalu8.org/staticpage?page=review&siteid=8906).

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

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lewis-or-ed-mcmahons-or-del-moores-announcer-test/555553/3 "2010-09-30T12:11:07Z")

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Fun.

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

**twickster** , MPSIMS moderator