Difficulty: Beginner
USA
The band They Might Be Giants had a contest for the best video of their song "Am I Awake." This video is from the winner, Alex Italics, and consists of 1950s style news reports. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
New Zealand
New Zealand-based comedy duo Flight of the Conchords performs a hilarious song about a man and a woman's random meeting at a park. This song is part of their special for an HBO stand-up comedy series. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This short is from the last released Laurel and Hardy movie. It was actually originally filmed in 1928-1929 as a short, and later reworked into the 1939 feature film Block-Heads. Enjoy this classic slapstick from two of its masters!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Here's another classic sketch from Monty Python and company. This time they're lampooning corporate bankers. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
United Kingdom
Here are the brilliant wits of Monty Python's Flying Circus showing a deep understanding of corporate greed from way before the recent crash... 1969 in fact! Just shows that some things never change, including good comedy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
You're an anarchist and you don't want to get a job in the capitalist system, but if you don't, your girlfriend will throw you out. What would Noam Chomsky do? Find out (or maybe not) in this funny video clip!
Difficulty: Beginner
USA
Enjoy this episode from The Three Stooges, a long-running American slap-stick comedy act that appeared on vaudeville, television and the silver screen. Along with baseball and apple pie, it's a small slice of Americana!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
Founded by writer Dave Eggers, the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company is a sister project of the San Francisco Pirate Supply Company, both of them storefront covers for their real work, the 826 educational assistance program. See how creative minds have banded together to make learning fun and at the same time creatively fund educational assistance!
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Johnny English Reborn (released in some countries as Johnny English Returns) is a 2011 English spy comedy film parodying the James Bond secret agent genre. The film is the sequel to Johnny English (2003), and stars Rowan Atkinson reprising his role as the title character and directed by Oliver Parker.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Monty Python announces its decision to launch its YouTube channel by making a new sketch in a mockumentary format, including spoof interviews with all of the surviving Monty Python cast members. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
USA
This hilarious sketch making fun of the art world (Jeff Koons'"Balloon Dog" sculpture as an actual balloon dog) is unfortunately all too accurate. Written and created by Chelsea gallerist and comedian Jim Kempner, it is part of the web series The Madness of Art. Enjoy!
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
The Monty Python lads strike again in a brilliant sketch lampooning job interviews and bartering. The next time you are asked what you expect for wages at a job interview, keep this sketch in mind!
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Get behind the scenes on the shoot of Jessie J's video for her song "Price Tag" along with her special guest, rapper B.o.B.
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
Which dare will Jessie J have to face this time in Manchester? This time, the dare was issued during a live radio show, but for once it has nothing to do with singing!
Difficulty: Intermediate
United Kingdom
For sure-fire bets that you can use to impress your friends, incredible illusions that’ll blow your mind, and interactive experiments to bamboozle your brain, check out this trailer for Richard Wiseman’s Quirkology Channel. Music by the Electric Unicycle Crew.
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