How Sports Got Their Names
How Sports Got Their Names
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This sketch was originally made for the 2022 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference- big thanks to Daryl Morey!
They definitely should call American football “Shoulderball.”
@Badger this is what I’m saying
@WimbrlX Seeming as pretty much the rest of the world who plays the sport calls it football, and only americans play american football, it would make more sense to call european football, football.
Hand Egg
@Andrew Spears FYI, this would’ve been better if you didn’t explain it.
its more fitting
The absolute subversion of expectations with “rugwasp” got me. Especially with that long pause to make sure everyone expects the obvious punchline and then his emphatic delivery “…WASP!” 😂
Ryan sucks since he won’t post more GAH!!!!!! JP I know the writing, editing, and dressing must be a nightmare. His closet must be huge haha. Does he even wear pants?! Like fuck it I need to change six times.
He did miss a oh there is a Hawk 🔑 joke!
He is a legend.
And having the bug guy be the one to correct him was great.
dud even his commersals are fun!
How about Dennis’ reaction to the Google search?!
Jokes like that are why Ryan is a comedic genius.
So relieved to finally know where this sport’s dumb name came from
@Fabio Guggeri I’ve just been trying to style this mistake out for years.
Yes and it also table dennis…
Your name has a typo, Squidge Rugwasp
lmao
Fancy seeing you here 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sometimes I want to found a giant company of something just so I can sponsor Ryan and get featured by the Adstronaut.
Go for it dude! It’ll be fun!!
I said this last year!
Same
That’s why I founded Facial Hair Headquarters.
Why wait until it’s giant? You can start now, as an entrepreneur with a small company of one. And the exposure will help that small company _grow_ to a giant one, one day, maybe.
These are getting increasingly smarter and smarter lol. I can’t stress how much I appreciate this enough.
Can’t believe Ryan got an actual British guy that looks just like him for this sketch.
@• Caitfish • As a British person myself, I can say Ryan’s impression was actually not bad. In fact, it was rather good for a comedic one, most people act like we just speak in a slurred shouting drunkard voice all the time, and I really don’t know where that stereotype came from. Ryan’s British accent in this video didn’t sound like my accent, but there are certain regions of Britain where it would be plausible for somebody to sound like that. So I wouldn’t say ‘Thats not what actual british people sound like’ is an entirely true statement.
Wicked innit.
@• Caitfish • It’s 100% an authentic British accent from Cornwall, Isle of Skye, Durham and Bognor Regis. All have this exact accent!
At least this comment acknowledges that there’s multiple accents in England by saying “a British accent” rather than “the British accent”.
wickeeed
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😂
I wanna see “How instruments got their names”.
This one should be like the vegetable video where the names are unintended puns, I think Ryan could come up with some very good ideas for that.
Boss: Okay, what about this stick instrument here?
Bana- fan: Bana!
Team leader: Aren’t you that guy from the fruit naming department who got tranfered because he tried to name things after actors he likes?
Bana- fan: I… maybe. Who knows…
Team leader: So yeah, we are not naming things after actors here!
Bana- fan: That’s fine, that’s fine… I was actually gonna name it Banana.
Team leader: That’s the name of a fruit! We also don’t name it after a fruit.
Boss: We name it a flute? Yes sure.
There’s one already for hammers etc
@JestelYT Or like
Boss: okay this what did you guys come up for this
Ryan 1: Oh we assigned that to Joe where’s he at?
Ryan 2: we fired him
Ryan 3: what? Why?
Ryan 2: he was being perverted in the bathrooms
Ryan 1: Oh…My god.
Boss: Guys can we keep on the topic? Who had this instrument again?
Ryan 3: It was Joe
Boss: well wheres Joe
Ryan 2: we’ll you see, we had to ban Joe
Boss: Banjo, yep that works
There should be one like:
Boss: Okay this one
Ryan 1: Pao
Ryan 2: Excuse me?
Ryan 1: Pao, it’s a good name
Ryan 3: not trying to be mean, but that’s the worst name ever
Ryan 1: okay then just, do something with P & O
Boss: Piano, Okay then
@han090 I think it should be like
Boss: Okay guys what should we call this?
Ryan 1: The Bow scraper
Ryan 2: Ouch
Ryan 1: What?
Ryan 2: It’s eerie it sounds so violent
Boss: guys whats going on?
Ryan 2: This guy wants to associate the names with violence
Boss: Violins, weird name but it works
I’m glad Ryan was so inclusive that for his British accent he managed to combine not only every regional accent within the UK but also every accent in the commonwealth.
“I don’t understand how these get airborne!” LOL!!!
Well you see you get a trampoline
lol I was laughing from that as well.
That’s why they call it the wonder bra.