Friday, December 19, 2014

Do You Know "The Annoying Orange"?

What Is The Annoying Orange?

I'm not sure whether you guys already know about it or not, but I would like to let you know about this awesome comedy video series.  The Annoying Orange is a video series posted on YouTube by Dane Boe.  The main character Orange annoys everybody around him by telling jokes and getting into childish mischief.  You can find all episodes in Annoying Orange's channel.
I hope you guys are familiar with "a talking fruit with eyes and a mouth on its peel." If not, you may find it creepy as hell.  But anyway you should check it out!  Here is the first episode of The Annoying Orange.


Get Used to "Puns"!

Orange makes a bunch of puns in the videos, which is one of the reasons why Orange is "annoying."  So if you once get used to how puns work, you will be able to understand what is going on in the videos.
The following is a fragment of a conversation between Orange and Cabbage in Excess Cabbage.
Cabbage (after getting annoyed by Orange): OK, that's enough Orange.  You can stop!
Orange: I would, but you won't "lettuce."
Orange used the word "lettuce," which is the name of vegetable somewhat looks like a cabbage, and the word sounds almost identical to the phrase "let us."  So what Orange actually means is "I would, but you won't let us."  This is the good example to understand what puns are all about:  a same sound but different meanings.
Now that you understand how puns work, let's look at another example.  In TOE-MAY-TOE, Orange annoys the newcomer Tomato as usual, and Tomato is mixed in a blender, turning into ketchup.  Then Orange make a pun like this:
Hey Tomato, good to see ya.  I was hoping we could catch up.
Got it?

My Favorite Episodes

During my summer vacation, I saw a lot of episodes of The Annoying Orange on YouTube.  I found some of them are funny, while the others are slightly difficult for me to understand.  So, here is the list of my favorite episodes of The Annoying Orange.  Enjoy!

More Annoying Orange

Orange is annoyed by the more annoying orange.  Orange is apparently happy when the another orange is knifed.


Teenage Mutant Ninja Apples

The title is parody of the American comic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I don't know anything about the comic so I didn't get any references.  But I cannot resist laughing when the BGM stops and Orange becomes quiet but gradually opens his mouth and starts beatboxing.

Million Clones

Orange get cloned and delivered to a million subscribers.  I want one of them for my Christmas present!


Annoying Pear

Orange get sick, so Orange's best friend Pear "take over" his job to annoy everybody.


Pacmania

Orange jumps into the world of Pac-Man and annoys ghosts.


Rap-berry

A newcommer Raspberry tries to prove himself so that he is not going to be knifed.


Orange After Dentist

This is a parody of the famous YouTube video David After Dentist.



Written by Takayuki Uzawa (ID: 201411500).

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