Best man speeches

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So who's done a best mans speech before? I'm off to Vegas in a few days where my best mate is getting married.

It will be a relatively small do with about 15 or so people going, they will then have a large function a month or so later back in this country so that the rest of the family and friends may celebrate, this will be in the region of 100 people or so.

As such I will need to make two speeches, one for Vegas and one for the UK. I'm going to try and keep the Vegas version short but sweet as it's mainly very close friends going.

I'm already bricking it :o

Any tips for planning said speeches?
 
I was best man in September and I had a blast doing the speech.

Speak to people who the Best man used to work with and get some stories. Speak to as many people as possible really. DON'T use the stuff you find on the net it's so unoriginal. If you look on YouTube at some example speeches you will see the same lines used over and over again.....very poor

Just speak from the heart.
 
AfterEffect said:
"If I'm the best man, then why is [brides name] marrying [grooms name]?"
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Good one but id only say it if the bride is hot lol:p...funnily enough i got a best mans speech at my youngest bro wedding in 2 weeks time...second time round for him...his first didnt work out. So god knows what im gonna say in my speech tbh.

But i digress i wouldnt say such a thing to his wife to be as shes a right munter...shame really as my bro is a good looking fella and he can do so much better than the munter hes got at the moment...oh well love is blind and all that rubbish.
 
Not really advice for your speech, but something quite fun that I saw at the last wedding I was at was a sweepstake on how long the best man's speech would go on for. Everyone who wanted to take part threw in a quid and picked a time, then the winner got the cash.
 
The best way, if you're close to the groom, is to have a short story about how you met, how he met his bride, and something strange that might have happened between them that you were a part of. If that isn't an option:

[Bride], [Groom]: Here's to you... (hold up glass) [insert snappy Andrew Dice Clay line here].
 
When i was best man in '96, i got one of the ushers, who is an illustrator/graphic designer to do a bunch of A2 sized charicatures of the groom. And with car aerial (made a joke to the brides father that he could have it back later) in hand used as a pointer i told the groom's life story with pictures. It went down a treat and i had people i didn't particularly know, come up to shake my hand and said it was the best 'Best Man's speech' they ever seen, which was very flattering.

Its certainly worth going the extra mile and making it a speech to remember. :D
 
Some bits from last one I did


"I was a bit nervous about today, especially with having to talk to such a large audience. So this morning I sat down and prepared a few lines... after taking them I feel great."

It is a great honour to be asked to be Best Man, but with the role came the difficult job of writing a speech. As usual I left it to the last minute and so last night, I sat myself down and began searching the Internet for ideas and inspiration. Two hours quickly passed and I have to say I found some really great stuff. Unfortunately, this didn’t leave me a lot of time to look for tips on Best Man’s speeches!



Custom says that I should read a couple of cards and notes from those who had the foresight not to be here today:

********Real cards*******

Dear ***, thanks for those balmy evenings lazing around the pool. I do hope that you have made the right decision. All my love, Michael Barrymore.



I spoke to both ***** and ***** before the wedding and I asked "groom's name" what he was looking for in marriage - He said "love, happiness and a family."
When I asked "bride's name" the same question, she said “ A coffee percolator. “
Well, she actually said a "perky copulator " but I knew what she meant...

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17739403&highlight=speech+username_rotty
 
I remember when I first met *his new wife* I was with the groom, and I definitely shotgunned her first. So I feel a bit robbed. Especially after what *the groom* told me about how kinky she is in the sack!
 
I've just been asked to be best man.

My best mate is marrying my cousin after I set them up for a giggle about seven years ago in a club > turns out I pwnt myself :p

Anyway, I'm an aspiring stand-up comic and will be starting on the london circuit shortly, so people are expecting me to be great at it. However ^ read who is getting married again.

That means my entire family and friends group will be there to watch it. I have to be gussett-wettingly funny without offending anyone in the room. Grand :p
 
Do the three envelopes.

Basically you say that it's tradition to tell an embarassing story from the Groom's past, but in order to make it fair you'll leave the choice up to him, kinda. Tell him you've got three envelopes each with a different story and give them names so that he knows exactly what they will refer to and then tell him to select one of the envelopes numbered one to three.

The thing is, that when you select the stories you've got to make sure that two of them can never ever be told at a wedding and one of them can. An make sure that all three envelopes contain the same story which is the relatively tame but embarrasing one you can tell.

Those at the wedding who know the other stories will laugh, those that don't will ask those that know, and those that don't want to know will not try and find out.

Works a charm.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;13784876 said:
Do the three envelopes.

Basically you say that it's tradition to tell an embarassing story from the Groom's past, but in order to make it fair you'll leave the choice up to him, kinda. Tell him you've got three envelopes each with a different story and give them names so that he knows exactly what they will refer to and then tell him to select one of the envelopes numbered one to three.

The thing is, that when you select the stories you've got to make sure that two of them can never ever be told at a wedding and one of them can. An make sure that all three envelopes contain the same story which is the relatively tame but embarrasing one you can tell.

Those at the wedding who know the other stories will laugh, those that don't will ask those that know, and those that don't want to know will not try and find out.

Works a charm.
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Make it so that when you pull the paper from the envelope, it's really long and folded up, and cascades onto the floor as you read from the top.
 
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