​LINKS TO SOME OF THE
VIDEOS SHOWN IN CLASS

COMMERCIALS

• Bluetooth in super market
• Root beer -drunk with chimp
• Dymo Dentures
• iPad versus using paper
• Japanese tv station ad
• Mitsubishi  car
• Pepsi - Italian girl
• Pepsi Kung-Fu 
• Sapporo beer
• Small cell phone

LANGUAGE RELATED

• BBC in Iraq
• I Love Lucy tv on correct English
• "You know" as an expression
• Silent "e" song
• In France:  speak English?

POKING FUN AT OURSELVES

• Americans are not stupid interviews - Part 1
• Americans are not stupid interviews - Part 2
• Americans are not stupid interviews - Part 3
• Lost keys song

ETHNIC HUMOR

• Indian "boyfriend"
• Japanese baby born
• Moses & 10 Commandments (Mel Brooks)
• National Brotherhood Week (Tom Lehrer song)
• What is a Jew?  (a serious description)

POLITICAL

• Primaries vs. Caucuses explained
• How Supreme Court Justices are chosen
• What are "superdelegates"?
• Explanation of the State of the Union Address every January​
• Debt ceiling explained video​
• ​Visa Waiver Program
• Gerrymandering video
  • Gerrymandering transcript

SATIRE

• Arrowhead fake beer commercial
• Charlie Chaplin  in movie: Modern Times
• Chia Head fake commercial
• Ellen DeGeneres fake commercial about "women's pen".
• Facebook CIA connection - fake news report.
• "It's the Gays" music video
• Korea (north) fake parade
• Bluetooth in a restaurant - Larry David
• In an elevator - Larry David
• In a "handicapped" bathroom - Larry David
• Pollution song by Tom Lehrer
• "The Love Toilet" fake commercial
• Mark Twain as acted by Hal Holbrook - on lying
• Mark Twain as acted by Hal Holbrook - on  slavery
• How music was first invented with Sid Caesar
• A waiter (Mel Brooks) at "The Last Supper"
• "The Merry Minuet" song sung by the Kingston Trio
• Minus IQ fake advertisement 
• Octuplets fake news report
• Sponsor an Executive fake announcement
• The Perfect Husband - answers a cell phone
• United breaks guitars song
• Sir Walter Raleigh calling from America (Bob Newhart)
• Will Rogers as acted by actor James Whitmore
• Medical ethics interview by Ali G (actor Sasha Baron Cohen)
• Ali G interviews Andy Runey (former commentator on news program

POLITICAL SATIRE

• Barack Obama "superman"
• Equal marriage announcement
• Health Insurance companies
• "If I was a terrorist"
• I'm voting Republican
• American workers outsourcing their jobs
• Obama - A modern U.S. President
• Terrorist immigration at border
• Debt Limit titled
• The Middle East conflict on the John Stuart Show

GAGS

• Fake child (doll) in a backpack
• Lifeguard in pool

MISCELLANEOUS

• Wedding entrance
• Divorce entrance
• Animated computer posture
• Squirrel "Mission Impossible"
• Mrs. Hughes "stand up" comic
• Victor Borge on English  punctuation
• Secret History of Macaroni & Cheese  (Mac & Cheese)
• History (video) of "OK"

SLAPSTICK  (Silly)

• The Clock with Sid Caesar and others
• Laurel & Hardy
• Mr. Bean at the beach
• The French Chef (spoof of Julia Child)
• "Who's on First"  -  Abbot & Costello​
• Mr. Bean at  the swimming pool
• Swan Lake Bolshoi Ballet (REAL VERSION)
• Swan Lake - Trokaderos (Male dancers - funny)
• The "dying swan" - Trokaderos (funny version)