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YouTube - Red Eye Destroys Keith Olbermann and his Special Comment! - 6 views

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shared by Lisa Stewart on 10 May 11 - No Cached
  • Lisa Stewart on 10 May 11
     
    Fox TV news comedy that has a similar format to The Daily Show. It's interesting to see which of the two shows you find more funny, and what that says about your enthymemes, especially your suppressed premises. (Thanks to Michael Sylvester for identifying this.)
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How a Portuguese-to-English Phrasebook Became a Cult Comedy Sensation - Atlas Obscura - 0 views

www.atlasobscura.com/...became-a-cult-comedy-sensation Portuguese English comedy translation
shared by Lara Cowell on 24 Jan 23 - No Cached
  • Lara Cowell on 24 Jan 23
     
    English as She Is Spoke is a charming 19th century (1884) phrasebook created by a Portuguese gentleman, Pedro Carolino, who only wanted to help teach the English language to his peers, but instead created a literary disaster that became a linguistic phenomenon. Check out the digital scan of the book here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/english-as-she-is-spoke-1884
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YouTube - A Bit of Fry and Laurie...Tricky Linguistics - 1 views

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shared by Lisa Stewart on 14 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Lisa Stewart on 14 Sep 10
     
    parody of linguists
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Stand Up Comedy Robin Williams - 1 views

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shared by Nicholas Luna on 02 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Nicholas Luna on 02 Dec 10
     
    Some paraprosdokian humor, so listen and see if you can't hear it!
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Love Bigly: If the President wrote Valentines - 1 views

www.cnn.com/...valentine-generator Trump Valentine language words love comedy
shared by Lara Cowell on 14 Feb 18 - No Cached
  • Lara Cowell on 14 Feb 18
     
    This interactive generator creates Trump-style Valentines. A sample: -Let's #MAGA: Make Amore Great Again. -All your other suitors? Total lightweights. We're classy, classy people. -It's a fact: There's no alternative to you.
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