What Makes a Bad Lip Reading So Funny?

Happy Super Bowl Sunday everyone! If you're like me that you're about to start prepping for your Super Bowl party. While I was thinking about all things football related today, I happened to remember the new version of NFL Bad Lip Readings that came out recently. I love these video's, they so such a good job "intepreting" what these NFL players must be saying. I crack up every time I see them.

But what makes this video so good? Is it just that they make it seem like the players are speaking nonsense? No, it is the non-verbal communication that the players are using that emphasize the new words. Alone, the words they add would just be nonsense.

 First off, at :10 in, the player looks like he is creating illustrators with his body to emphasize something. He also seems pumped up. This add's so much more enthusiasm when he says "we gotta eat the breakfast".

At 1:04 in, the reporter and the coach are using regulators to control the conversation, we see the reporter move the microphone over to the coach to signal that it is his turn to speak and answer her question. He says "well friends of mine know that I don't like you" and he walks away. This regulator makes it seem as if he is walking away to end the conversation and again, emphasizes the words that he just spoke.

The words that are added, while funny, are only hilarious when we take into account the non-verbal language the players are using. It really show's how much of a part non-verbal communication adds to our messages.