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. That is the one TV program on over Christmas that I really want to see.
Before I read the rest of your post I thought you were saying that the video I posted was made in the 70s and 80s. Darn prescient they were.Birma wrote:The Two Ronnies (starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbert) was a very popular TV show in the 70s and 80s in the UK. Their humour involved a lot of clever word play.
Thanks for posting one of their older classic bits.Birma wrote:My favourite sketch must be the "Four Candles" one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2-ukrd2VQ.
These days so much comedy is harder and more profane. Too bad.Birma wrote: Sadly Ronnie Barker died some years ago. This 'Christmas Special' of the One Ronnie features the surviving Ronnie performing with the succeeding generations' comics who probably, like me, grew up listening to the Two Ronnies on a Saturday night.
Oh my, you should of seen her face as it turned red and the Australians all burst out laughing at her. Actually, Jim Carrey is a Canadian.Greg Beetham wrote:Well I don't think American humour is so bad, there's been some really good stuff over the years, how about this guy http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ace_ven ... /10906570/
The first time I lived in Japan 1990-93 I would often watch his TV program because even without understanding the words I could get a lot of the comedy. Oops didn't know that, I always thought he was an American.bakubo wrote:
Actually, Jim Carrey is a Canadian.
Yeah I thought that was quite cleverly done, myself I can only take Mr. Bean in very small doses.bakubo wrote: I only agreed with her as the set up to my mentioning Mr. Bean and Benny Hill. Nothing against either one of them, by the way. There are all sorts of comedy and they are of one type, you know the type that she said didn't exist in England comedy.
That was clever, he sure was making sure that the hot chicks were ok ha ha.bakubo wrote: This is Shimura Ken, a famous comedian in Japan. He does sort of low-brow physical comedy. Sort of a Japanese Benny Hill.
Here he is a security agent at the airport (don't worry, you don't need to understand Japanese for this comedy skit):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejq--eIJkgE
I didn't get it right away, he was acutally teaching 'them' how to speak Ingrishbakubo wrote: And here he is an English teacher:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic53hhFllPM
In Japan everyone studies English for 6 years from grade 7 to grade 12 when they are in school. Unfortunately, the English teachers are Japanese who usually don't speak English well at all. That is why most Japanese can't speak English much either, although their reading and writing is often much better. Since the teachers don't speak English well they tend to emphasize studying grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing. This skit is very funny to Japanese because they know that their English teachers can't speak English. Part of the joke was that this was a class of high school students (note the uniforms), but they are actually all foreigners who speak English well, but the teacher (Shimura Ken) doesn't recognize the proper pronunciation and is helping them to pronounce the words "properly."Greg Beetham wrote:I didn't get it right away, he was acutally teaching 'them' how to speak Ingrishbakubo wrote:And here he is an English teacher:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic53hhFllPM
My daughter is reasonably fluent in French, and has been complemented about her grammar and vocabulary on several occasions by native speakers of French. However, on a couple of occasions there have also been comments that she has "an unusual accent". My daughter's reply is "that is what happens when you study French for 4 years with a teacher from Texas."bakubo wrote:I have two Japanese old friends I met back in the 1980s and they are English teachers in Japanese schools. They regularly went to the U.S. and their English was better than most English teachers in Japanese schools. Even so, their English is not what one would expect for an English teacher.
Thank youGreg Beetham wrote:... Anyone who can speak French good enough to receive complements from native speakers has my respect.
Oh boy, don't let a Canadian hear you say that! Canadians are very sensitive and thin-skinned about this sort of thing. I spent several years there and know.Greg Beetham wrote:Oops didn't know that, I always thought he was an American.bakubo wrote:
Actually, Jim Carrey is a Canadian.
Michael J. Fox, Neil Young, Pamela Anderson, and some others are Canadian. When I lived in Canada I noticed that Canadians would for some reason usually somehow work that info into unrelated conversations. Happen once you don't think about it, but it happened countless times so I noticed.Greg Beetham wrote:Maybe none of the Canucks present noticed? I might have gotten away with it....phew
Lots of very talented Canadians....or in the case of Pamela Anderson surgically sculpted.Yes, most of the famous Canadians you know achieved their fame and fortune in the U.S., but I think they go back to Canada for visits sometimes. Actually, for many of them I wouldn't be aware that they were Canadian either if I hadn't spent time in Canada and been informed.Greg Beetham wrote: ps. Anyway, if you go on the amount of movies he did and WHERE he shot them, it'd be an easy mistake to make....for an Australian that is.