[knarf]

I watched a video the other day of some

of someone

Saying a few words

saying a few words

And the crowd followed verbatim

and the crowd followed verbatim

right up to the end

right up to the end

Where the speaker said

where the speaker said

thank you

thank you

I spit my coffee and fell out of my chair.

[Nea Wood]

As part of his comedy routine, Steve Martin used to get his audience all pumped up, yelling out bold, fine-sounding phrases and having the audience repeat everything he said. Then finally he’d yell out, “I will not repeat what other people say!” The audience would automatically start to repeat it, then their words would dwindle off as they realized what they were saying.