Another kind of political lip-syncing

April 30, 2020 @ 7:59 am · Filed by under Humor, Variation

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I've previously featured comedy turns from Kylie Scott ("Drunk in the club after Covid") and Sarah Cooper ("How to medical"), lip-syncing recorded passages from Donald Trump's press events. Here's another approach, from @JaneyGodley, substituting her own voice for that of the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon:


Another one:

For those who want more practice in Glaswegian, check out Godley's YouTube videos. One of my favorites:

April 30, 2020 @ 7:59 am · Filed by under Humor, Variation


7 Comments

  1. Gregory Kusnick said,

    April 30, 2020 @ 9:33 am

    "no Christmas hasn't been cancelled"

    I assume this is a case of mispunctuation rather than some sort of misnegation.

  2. Viseguy said,

    April 30, 2020 @ 6:09 pm

    Thank Godley. I watched, I laughed, I forwarded.

  3. Bloix said,

    April 30, 2020 @ 7:27 pm

    This is just Bad Lip Reading in the UK.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOyHF_OUuNE

    [(myl) Sort of but not really — the Bad Lip Reading scripts are funny because they're nonsensical, while Godley's are funny because they're salty, vernacular, and honest. Here's Nicola Sturgeon's take:

    ]

  4. Killer said,

    May 3, 2020 @ 10:23 pm

    @Bloix @myl
    I would add that Bad Lip Reading is funny because he so accurately matches his script to the lip movement. These don’t attempt that; they’re funny because they stick to one topic throughout.

  5. Philip Taylor said,

    May 4, 2020 @ 3:29 am

    I confess that I don't understand British Sign Language, so could anyone who does please clarify — is the signer signing the First Minister's words, or those of Janey Godley ?

  6. Judy Delin said,

    May 5, 2020 @ 8:03 am

    Scotland here. I don't understand BSL either, I have to say, but I know after following Janey Godley's voiceovers for years that it's Nicola Sturgeon's words and not Janey Godley's.

  7. Judy Delin said,

    May 5, 2020 @ 8:09 am

    Here's one for you:

    https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=251311786029500

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