Remember Tom Swifties, those puns where the adverb matches the quote? How about this one: “I love reading Moby-Dick,” Tom said superficially. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “More Tom Swifties”
Grant, I come to you as a supplicant.
I’m apologizing in advance.
Please forgive me, but you know those Tom Swifties, the silly sentences where you use an adverb to create a little humor, you know, like, I manufacture tabletops, said Tom counterproductively.
Oh, good, he laughed.
No, I do like those.
That’s the bare edge of the acceptable pun range.
Pushing the envelope.
Well, here’s my latest that I really love that I came across.
I love reading Moby Dick, Tom said superficially.
I know it’s not a fish, but I like it.
We’ll take it.
Well, you liked it.
You really liked it.
Yes, I do.
And you need to do another Cannonball Run movie.
I’d like to thank the Academy.
Oh, no, those were Smoking the Bandit movies.
Whatever.
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