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Spelling Bee contestant does a Napoleon Dynamite impression
Did anyone else see this? One of the funniest moments of the National Spelling Bee yesterday (it was on ESPN) was when contestant Dominic Ranz Ebarle Errazo, before spelling his word, blurted out in his best Napoleon Dynamite voice: "Do the chickens have large talons?" The knowing kids in the audience laughed, but the adults were puzzled. The TV commentator said something like, "I wonder if he's giving some kind of code." (Here's the audio.)
June 3, 2005 | Permalink
Comments
I haven't heard anything about it, but I'd sure love to see the tape.
Posted by: Bryan | Jun 3, 2005 12:39:02 PM
Why is it funny? The movie sure wasn't.
Posted by: | Jun 3, 2005 1:25:42 PM
That's Great! You gotta have a sense of humor not to mention watch the move a lot of times! I'd like to see the tape also.
Posted by: Pedro has your protection | Jun 3, 2005 1:42:06 PM
If I were about to appear on a major cable channel and only had a few seconds, I sure as heck would do something like this. Go Dominic!
Posted by: | Jun 3, 2005 1:42:59 PM
Not funny?! You're not funny!
Tina you fat lard, eat your dinner!
Posted by: robm | Jun 3, 2005 1:46:45 PM
I saw it on fark yesterday, complete with a link to a Quicktime snippet of that bit of the show.
Poor kid. He's stuck in nerd-kingdom now.
Posted by: Grace | Jun 3, 2005 1:53:42 PM
It's too bad the word didn't have anything to do with chickens or talons... Still, I like the quote.
Posted by: Jaycatt | Jun 3, 2005 4:24:35 PM
When we were debate dorks in high school the losers (you know you're sad when other debate dorks think you're a loser) would quote Monty Python until you wanted to beat them to death with their own briefcases. It's good to see that a new generation of celibacy bait has found a way to identify itself.
Posted by: | Jun 5, 2005 11:22:54 AM
Firstly, I'd like to say thank you to all of you with a sense of humor. If you're wondering, I did that on my own; no dares, no challenges, just something I decided on myself. The humor helps to ease the tension.
And I swear, this IS Dominic Ranz Ebarle Errazo, #222 in the Bee. That was me who said the quote on TV. I just got back from DC and only now have free (sort of) internet access. Thanks again!
Posted by: Ranz | Jun 5, 2005 4:05:03 PM
Ranz you rule!
Posted by: | Jun 6, 2005 7:34:30 AM
Go Ranz!
Posted by: | Jun 6, 2005 9:08:42 AM
Good for you, Ranz! Congratulations on the Bee, and on making it a little more fun to watch :-)
Posted by: noareyou | Jun 6, 2005 9:29:15 AM
I can't wait to see the video! Unfortunately, the update link no longer works. Does anyone have the address to a copy of the video (like the Fark link), please? Thanks!
Posted by: napoleon fan | Jun 6, 2005 11:28:27 AM
Ranz, can I ask you something? When you got such easy words those first few rounds, were you confused? concerned? delighted?
Posted by: Adam | Jun 6, 2005 11:55:32 AM
anybody know where i can see this again?
Posted by: nikki | Jun 6, 2005 12:12:05 PM
Hmmm... Naturally, I was relieved. When you're up there, you're very nervous; any break you can get to ease your nerves, you'll take. At least, for me. That's where the wisecracking came in.
Posted by: Ranz | Jun 6, 2005 2:13:23 PM
Posted by: | Jun 6, 2005 3:29:53 PM
Nice. That audio made me spit my cereal. Thanks, my laptop needed that. :)
Posted by: Matthew Oliphant | Jun 6, 2005 5:41:43 PM
Link to video.
http://demand1.stream.aol.com/ramgen/aol/us/aolentertainment/tv/2005/tvstop5/tvstop5_060205_clip7_bb8.rm?embed
Posted by: Danimal | Jun 6, 2005 7:07:18 PM
I lost IQ points watching this movie the first time... but the next 20 times or so I just crack up laughing! This is in the spirit of Monty Python...an entire movie of one liners to repeat over and over again to annoy your parents, co-workers and friends.
"Your Mom goes to college"
Posted by: Suzy | Jun 6, 2005 8:09:17 PM
Mainly because I am from there. But you would think people running a spelling bee would know how to pronounce Oregon.
Posted by: Geno | Jun 7, 2005 1:30:33 PM
Well, I'm rather glad I could provide comedy to the masses. My main purpose for saying that was to entertain.
Posted by: Ranz | Jun 8, 2005 8:14:34 AM
I don't understand a word you just said! LOL Brilliant!
Posted by: JIx3d | Jun 8, 2005 9:10:12 AM
You suck, ass muncher
Posted by: Satan | Jun 8, 2005 9:17:22 PM
Hey Dominic - Fox Searchlight just gave you a shout out on their blog...
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/blog
Posted by: aviator | Jun 9, 2005 8:24:07 AM
