Tons of people are coming to newley.com looking for the “Do the Chickens Have Large Talons?” audio clip (mp3 file) from the recent National Spelling Bee.
Here’s some more info: the guy who uttered the phrase, which is one of the many great quotes from the exceptionally funny high-school-loser flick “Napoleon Dynamite,” is the unbelievably-named Dominic Ranz Ebarle Errazo. The kid, I’m proud to say, hails from my home state of South Carolina. (Check out his bio: “He has competed in Lego robotics events and in the South Carolina Geographic Bee.” Lego robotics events?!??!) Not only was Dom’s rendition of the phrase spot-on, but he did it on live national television, a propos of nothing, just before spelling “chinook.”
Here’s a video of the incident (in .mpg format). Watch it. It’s great. And if you haven’t seen “Napoleon Dynamite,” do yourself a favor and check it out.
3 replies on ““Do the Chickens Have Large Talons?”—Update”
My favorite part was when one of the judges (I guess that’s who it was) said something like, “is that some sort of secret code?”
Ranz you look stoned in that photo.
the funniest part of that is the announcer’s response. even if you don’t know the quote, you gotta recognize the voice!!!