Name: How Auctioneers Develop Their Chant
Uploaded: 2021-06-23T17:46:03.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'How Auctioneers Develop Their Chant' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-06-23. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'How Auctioneers Develop Their Chant' from Theo Von Clips on Comedy Buff. Published 2021-06-23. Transcript available.

Yeah, 1,000, 11, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, now $2,000, you're out,
Theo.
Yeah, 2,000, Sean's out, 21, now 1, Sean, you're out, now 2, 2, 2, 2, back up,
I got
to 23, yeah, 4, back up, I got to 24, Theo, 5, back up, I got to $2,500, now 5,
5, 5, back up,
I got all in.
Now done, I have sold 2,400 to buy our number, Sean.
Too late, sir, you're out.
And so is the sound that you're making, Spanky, is that the ring guy, is that
the guy in the
ring?
Yes.
Okay.
Yes.
So he's just telling them another bid has come in.
Yes.
Okay.
Yeah, so we just go up every time I hear him yell.
Wow.
I don't even have to see him.
And it's exciting for the crowd, you know, you got some guy down here yelling,
what the
hell is he doing?
Yeah.
Totally.
I want to hear him yell again.
Yeah.
Bid.
Yeah.
Working the ring is a lot of fun.
If I bid, he's going to yell again.
Yeah.
You know, like, is there, is some of that actual words, is it?
It started off, it started off as real words, or actual words, you know, you
start off
with a basic chant, and then it kind of translates into something much faster,
and you kind of
shorten it, and you just kind of make it your sound.
Okay.
Your chant, so my chant started at, would he give?
Okay.
Would he give?
Would he give?
Would he give?
Would he give?
Two grand, been on 21, one, one, two, and a two, but he bid, and a two, and a
three, and
a three, and a four, and a five, and a five.
Now, five, and another man, but he bid, now five, and another man, now six, and
another
man, now seven, another man, but he bid, now seven, seven, seven, would he give?
Would he give?
Would he give?
But it just, it speeds up.
Over time and practice.
Interesting.
Mine started off as, bid him and get him and get him and bid him.
Wow.
Which was heavy out the gate, huh?
Which was my father's chant.
Oh, really?
My father's chant was, bid him and get him and get him and bid him and bid him
and get him.
How do you know when to differentiate between a bid you're seeing on the floor
and a bid that you are getting sent up to you from the ring?
I mean, you're both seeing the same thing.
So you're both on the same wavelength.
And if the bid, let's say the bid starts at $10,000
and there's eight people down there just bidding, bidding, bidding.
You'll go from $10,000, $1,000, $2,000, $2,500, $5,000.
You'll jump it up to $2,500, $5,000, $7,500, $11,000, $2,500, $5,000, $7,500, $12,000.
I mean, you read the crowd like that, just like you do.
It gets exciting, huh?
It's very exciting.
It's fast-paced, yeah.
I think people like just hearing people count.
Remember they had that, you know, especially where I'm from, dude,
if somebody could count high, you would thought they were doing damn magic, you
know?
I mean, half my day probably couldn't count.
You know what I'm saying?
We had people, you told them about 11, they fucking didn't know what you were
talking about.
You know what I'm saying?
Like after 10, they thought it had something to do with Satan, you know?
It was real, just kind of novice numerical types, you know?
Oh, yeah.
Hope you enjoyed that video, and you can watch another.
And you can watch this one, you can watch this one.
Different options, different choices.
Some guy just brings you one option, not this guy.
Two options.
Watch one.
This one or this one.