Frank and Ernest by Thaves for December 27, 2016
December 26, 2016
December 28, 2016
Transcript:
Ernie: My parrot's name is "Theodore". Frank: Oh, I get it...he does "Ted Talks".
Toonerific about 8 years ago
Ted is short for Theodore. Ted Talks are educational or motivational or just people talking because they like the sound of their voices… When (Theodore)Ted talks, then he is ted talking.
cubswin2016 about 8 years ago
As long as Ted Baxter isn’t the one talking.
Qiset about 8 years ago
ted talks are a series of talks that you can find on the internet. if you have a streaming device such as a roku you can get a channel of them.
Jeff0811 about 8 years ago
TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged,
Kaputnik about 8 years ago
I actually learned what Ted talks were by googling after they were mentioned on some other comic on this site a while ago. The comics are so educational. I have yet to watch an actual Ted talk, though.
e.groves almost 8 years ago
TED talks are on npr.
rowf39 almost 8 years ago
Wouldn’t it be great if we could just stick to English??
hippogriff almost 8 years ago
Toonerific
An old show biz aphorism is “If you have to explain the joke, it isn’t funny.” It is even harder to make a bilingual pun. The only one I have found was “l’Homme, un mot generique que aussi embrasse la femme.” But even that was from a French Canadian newspaper.
Richard S Russell Premium Member almost 8 years ago
I’ve heard it said that explaining a joke is like vivisection. After either one, you understand what was going on, but the patient is dead all the same.
neverenoughgold almost 8 years ago
Maybe TED should keep its mouth shut!