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​LINKS TO SOME OF THE
VIDEOS SHOWN IN CLASS

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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)
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