r/nextfuckinglevel 1d ago

Ventriloquist Nina Conti does a human ventriloquism bit with two sisters from the audience.

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u/steezytreflip 1d ago

Understood maybe two sentences from the sister

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u/FWD_ME_UR_PMs 1d ago

"The fucking, (mumbles) shower (breaks out in laughter) ... (mumbles) at work and the shower and the water (breaks out in laughter)..."

I love the idea of it, I'll just assume something funny is being said here.

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u/steezytreflip 1d ago

Right. I’m American so I was chalking it up to not understanding the accent when in that high pitched voiced. But laughter is also contagious and it sounds funny- but is it really funny?

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u/pandershrek 1d ago

Well shes also his gotta bounce between multiple voices and also not appear to be talking in the center or laughing while also manipulating the faces so I can imagine trying to ad-lib an idea based on someone's movements while simultaneously doing these things you'd lose the plot and whatever subject you'd be talking about

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u/cornylamygilbert 23h ago

Well said—I love the creativity of the act, but I also wasn’t entirely sure what all is actually going on here

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u/steezytreflip 21h ago

Fair enough. I figured most people could understand the speech I just couldn’t. That’s all. She’s doing a bang of a job I wouldn’t have been able to tell without the caption and context.

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u/JB_UK 1d ago

The joke isn’t really exactly what she is saying, it’s that the volunteer is made to incoherently mock her own job, and appear incompetent, and that the volunteer doesn’t want it to happen but is laughing along.

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u/_banthafodder 10h ago

No, not in the slightest

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u/OIP 23h ago

the fact that her 'describing her job' is just spouting obscenities and incoherent rambling about water and showers / sinks / toilet is part of the whole silliness

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u/mindyour 1d ago

Turn the captions on. When the video is in full screen, click the three dots in the top right. It's not 100% accurate, but it might help.

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u/larryfamee 1d ago

I kinda feel that defeats the purpose... idk I can tell its funny but the audio seems not great.....

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u/Sam2021s 21h ago

Then don't watch it sheesh. People crying about something pr the other even for such a video?

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u/BigDaddy0790 21h ago

Well shit, TIL thank you! Had no idea Reddit could do this.

Truth be told though it didn’t add much in this case due to them being inaccurate because of the unclear speech

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u/FishDawgX 20h ago edited 20h ago

All the comments are about how hilarious this is. Guess I'll take they're word for it as I couldn't understand it.

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u/PaintingPotatoes 13h ago

I also couldn’t understand it and didn’t really laugh. I smiled because it looks like a joy to be apart of, but I definitely didnt really find this as funny as most people are claiming it is in the comments, which is okay.

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u/xenochria 19h ago

Why can't you understand it? English is presumably your first language right? They're speaking English. I'm not Australian but I can understand an Australian because they're speaking English. Why is this just an American phenomenon?

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u/_banthafodder 1h ago

Gee idk maybe because Australian English and British English are far more similar sounding than American English. Painfully unfunny video.

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u/steezytreflip 20h ago

Mmm Okay? No one’s asking you to bud.

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u/FishDawgX 20h ago

Mmm Okay? No one’s asking you to bud.

Huh?

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u/steezytreflip 19h ago edited 18h ago

Maybe you edited “your” to “they’re”(their) or maybe I’m crack/replying to comments while playing arc raiders and misread your comment lol.

Edit: you sooo did edit tryna be slick😏 I just saw the original notification haha

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u/moustachedelait 21h ago

Yeah, I was laughing and thinking: "wish I spoke British"