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Woody Allen - The Bomb Shelter
In the 1960s Woody Allen did stand-up comedy and recorded 3 comedy albums (available on Amazon). Here he talks about his misadventures living in a bomb shelter with his wife. Woody Allen performed this sketch on the American edition of "That Was the Week that Was" in 1964-1965.
Level: intermediate
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Petula Clark - Downtown
Petula Clark�s hit song from the 1960s. The focus is on the adjectives and the nouns that they modify.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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Woody Allen - The Lost Generation
In the 1960s Woody Allen did stand-up comedy and recorded 3 comedy albums (available on iTunes and Amazon). Here he talks about his crazy adventures with the Lost Generation of the 1920s, including Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Picasso. He incorporated some of this sketch into his film "Midnight in Paris." [Please note that the font Zeal is needed for...
Level: elementary
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Victor Borge - Phonetic Pronunciation
Comedian and pianist Victor Borge claims that spoken English should be punctuated like written language. Here is a transcription that I made of his famous routine, which is available in audio and DVD formats from the iTunes store and Amazon.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Victor Borge - Inflationary Language
Comedian and pianist Victor Borge explains how inflation can affect English, where "before" becomes "befive." Here you can give the students either the original or the "inflated" version to "convert" before listening. This is a transcription that I made of his famous routine, which is available in audio and DVD formats from the iTunes store and Ama...
Level: advanced
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 1
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Occupations
Students match jobs with humorous definitions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 15-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 8
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Occupational Misfit
With these puns, students work in pairs to match a man�s jobs with explanations of why he failed at them. There is a worksheet for each pair, plus a set of cut-up slips of papers with the explanations.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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No Arms or Legs
Here is an updated (more pictures for vocabulary) collection of puns where students match questions and answers. Black humor, followed by questions for discussion. Questions 17 & 18 best for students 18 and older. I used Alleycat ITC Bold for the title. The answers are on page 2. One of the pictures has a black background here, but it prints out no...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 5
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Elephant Jokes
Students have to match the questions and answers to these corny jokes about elephants. I used the free font Critters (what else?) for the titles.
Level: intermediate
Age: 10-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 16
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Vaughn Meador - The Economy Lunch
"The First Family" parodied President Kennedy and was a great sensation when it was released in the early 1960s. Trying to save money, Pres. Kennedy shocks world leaders by offering them sandwiches for lunch. Students have to complete the seating chart and then write down what each world leader orders for lunch. The audio track is available on CD.
Level: advanced
Age: 16-100
Type: worksheet
Downloads: 2
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