Who is Holden McGroin?
Joey looks for a new stage name. Over the episode he tries many of them on. By the end he appears on a stage and introduces himself with a name that gets lots of laughter from the audience.
Joey: Holden McGroin.
Who is Holden McGroin? And why is Joey taking that name is funny?
At first I thought Holden McGroin is some all America-famous guy. But I googled and googled and nothing.
But than I realized Holden McGroin is a play of sounds. If you say really quickly 'Holden McGroin' native speaker would hear not a name but three words 'holding my growing'. It is your first step in understanding the joke.
The next step is that you got to know that 'growing' in slang means 'testicles'.
The rest is pretty about putting two parts together. A man holding on to one's testicles in public is considered weird and therefore funny.
I love this joke, not just because most of the traffic to this blog comes through googling 'Holden McGroin'. But also because it makes me learn some slang and also it helps me try and hear the words the native speakers might hear them. And when it comes to real life communication the skill is priceless.
What I will leave you with the list of similar fun names, you now can try and figure out.
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Joe wants to take a pseudonym. Chandler offers him to use "Iosiph Stalin". Here is a play on words: Iosiph Stalin in English will be Joseph Stalin, and at the same time, the full name sounds like Joe Joseph. In the same episode at the end of Joe invents a new alias Holden McGroin, which is consonant - «holding my groin» (loosely translated "hold on to the eggs.")
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DeleteHolden mcground means "Holding my groin"
DeleteHolden McGroin means "Holding my groin" which means holding my male sex organ...And i think this name was suggested by Chandlar
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And while I was looking for an answer, I found this list of possible names smart ass Chandler could offer to Joe later. I don't get like most of them, and if you can help to explain them, that would be just great!
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Well, i think i got few and i'm pretty sure you already got these too :)
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Etta Burger - Eat a Burger
Doris Closed - Door is closed
Alma Gedon - Armageddon
Ray Beeze - Rabies
Barbara Blacksheep - Ba Ba Black sheep
Warner Brothers - ha !
Petey Cue - pedicure
Benny Fitt - Benefit
Bette R. Haff - Better Half
Justin Thyme - Just in time
Matt Tress - Mattress
Jill E. Bean - Jelly Bean
Stan Dupp - Stand up
Golda Fish - Gold fish
Beverly Hills, Cooke Crumbles - :)
Al Lergy - Allergy
Horace Collar - Horse collar
May K. Fist - Make a Fist
Ali Cator - Alligator
Taylor Maid - Tailor made
Willy Maiket - will he make it?
Sam Pellcase - Sample case
Will U. Shudup - will u shut up?
Eric Shun - Ericsson
Marsha Mellow - marshmallow
Maida Pass - maid a pass
Ty Tannic - Titanic
Mort R. Board - mortar boat
Bud Erdbuns - buttered buns
Bo Linball - bowling ball
Kenny Maikett - can he make it?
Nick O. Teen - nicotine
Lawrence Nightengail, Gay Barr, Ima Dork, Ben Dover,Jack Hoff, Lotta Krap, Harry P. Ness, Hugh G. Rection, Hugh Suck, Dan Druff - nothing to explain here :D
....And you can go on and on :)
Some are seem to be very familiar but i don't get them since my mother tongue is not English :)
...and... N.M.E Agent :)
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ReplyDeleteOriginal Source "1964 Kaleidoscope" a 1974 National Lampoon parody of a High School yearbook
T. Bagg, sounds like Tea Bag ! :) The others might have some meanings too :)
DeleteМожет, созвучно с "holding my groin"?
ReplyDeletecan anybody explain the joke Lillian C. D'Ivy cos I just don't get it. Thanks
ReplyDeleteIt's an old, kinda goofy song.
Delete"Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, Wouldn't you?"
Which doesn't make sense, but: there's a clue in the bridge of the song.
If the words sound queer
and funny to your ear,
a little bit jumbled and jivey,
sing 'Mares eat oats,
and does eat oats,
and little lambs eat ivy.'
Where a ('doe' is a female deer.)
I am pretty sure that 'lillian c. d'ivy', pronounced quickly, sounds like "little lambs eat ivy"
I can remember in the gag reel (blooper) Joe actually touches his balls after saying this line :D
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ReplyDeletehttps://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Holden%20McGroin <- I get the joke about "holding my groin'", i can totally believe they used it to have 2 jokes in there, but...according to this, he's an actor that acted in "Days of our lives", just like joey, so...its a cameo too? Can someone confirm? Dx...
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ReplyDeleteThis is a joke refencing the animated series, The Simpsons. Often, Bart calls Moe's Tavern asking to speak with someone whose first and last names spoken together out loud make up a funny saying, such as Ivanna Tinkle, Anita Bath, Mike Rotch, etc.
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