On Thursdays we study a video.
Here is a list of videos we have studied so far:
Telephone Conversation – A scene from Dr Strangelove by skippyXG #558
Five Little Monkeys – Song by Super Simple Songs #565
my name is lisa – Short film by Shelton Films #572
My Ex Wife – Animated vlog by Some Grey Bloke #579
Cribs – Animated TV show parody by Ascent Media #586
Queen’s Christmas Message – By The British Monarchy #593
Crush On Obama – Song by Barley Political #607
Corey Delaney, Party Liaison – TV news item by A Current Affair #614
Tom Cruise Scientology – Promo video by Church of Scientoloogy #621
Barack Obama: Stand for Change in Las Vegas – Campaign speech #628
Faen! – Educational film by Lasse Gjertsen #635
On S’Embrasse? – Short film by Pierre Oliver #642
Google Maps – Comedy by The Vacationeers #649
Instant Kiwi ad – By Saatchi & Saatchi NZ #656
Jon Stewart Oscar monologue – From 80th Annual Academy Awards #663
Simon’s Cat ‘Let Me In!’ – Animation by Simon Tofield #670
Late Show Top Ten List: Eliot Spitzer – From the Late Show with David Letterman #677
Queen Will Leave Behind Long Legacy Of Waving – By The Onion #684
China/Tibet – By fp00n #698
Family Violence It’s Not OK – Anti violence TV campaign by Te Punanga Haumaru #712
Opening a jar with one hand – Instructional video by Captain Danger #726
How to spin a pencil – Instructional video by PDave6 #733
Social Injustice – By Tokyo Comedy #740
Gay er Blind – TV blooper from KOAT #747
Elevator Comments – By Runaway Box #754
How To Learn To Speak GOOD Japanese FAST – Advice from Hikosaemon #761
Kindergarten memories – Vlog by Michael Buckley #768
Teaching English in China – Talk by Peter Hessler #775
Queen of Jordan – Speaking at Zeitgeist08 #782
Invading New Zealand – Ads by The Gruen Transfer #789
School of Life – Short film by Jake Polonsky #796
Counting in Māori – Educational song by Māori Language.net #803
Wrong side of the bed – Short film by Daniel Lucchesi #815
Life Lessons with Jon Lajoie #822
Blood and Chips – Short film by Ryan Phillips #829
What Is Comedy? – By Francesco Marciuliano and Sara Benincasa #836
Masturbation Lesson – Clip from TV show Weeds #843
GAS CRISIS: Interviews – By mom4education #850
I’m Sorry – ESL classroom song by Sunil Mahtani #857
South Pacific Scene – By
MyMyMichael #864
Falling Slowly wins Best Original Song – Oscar speech #871
Obama wins, McCain loses – Post election speeches 2008 #878
Comment on gay marriage – Clip from TV show Countdown with Keith Olbermann #885
Crackers – By abu1abu2abu3abu4abu5 (video no longer available) #899
Jack And The B Stalk – Clip from TV show Sesame Street #906
Declaration of Human Rights – Animation by Human Rights Action Center #913
Afraid of Black Guys? – By Maurice Rucker #920
51 things in my room – By Tonyo Times #931
Marry Me – Short film by Michelle Lehman #938
The Birth (video no longer available) – By Lazydork #945
Abilities – Documentary video by Arturo Perez Jr. #952
Death and Taxes – Ad by H&R Block #959
Free Doritos – Ad by Doritos #966
Rhys Darby Stand Up – Clip from performance in 2000 #973
Dustin Lance Wins Original Screenplay – Oscar speech #980
Homophones – ESL video by Rachel’s English #987
Forrest Gump in One Minute, in One Take – By University of York Filmmaking Society #994
Realizations, Movie Debate – By Jake & Amir #1001
Hardly Working: Punctuation Recession – By College Humor #1008
In, On, Under – ESL song by Busy Beavers #1015
Storm – Poem by Tim Minchin #1022
Susan Boyle Audition – Clip from TV show Britain’s Got Talent #1029
We Didn’t Start the Flame War – Song by College Humor #1036
Hurricane – Music video by Alex Valentine #1043
Potato Pals At The Park – Song/book for children by Patrick Jackson #1050
Larry King – Interview for TIME Magazine #1057
Ellen DeGeneres at Tulane’s 2006 Commencement #1064
Grammar Police – By Smosh #1071
What is a Browser? – Street interviews by Ji Lee #1078
Philosophical Bouncer – By College Humor #1085
Authors@Google: Michael Lewis #1092
2degrees ad with Rhys Darby #1099
Always Blow On The Pie – Clip from TV show Police Ten 7 #1104
Live chat with Adam and Tim – Actors from TV show Shortland Street #1111
Sony Releases Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work – By The Onion #1114
Two Cars, One Night – Short film by Taika Waititi #1121
The Chanukah Story: Why Jews Celebrate Miracles – By G-dcast #1128
Haiti Earthquake Update – By American Red Cross #1144
The Fresh Prince of the Dark Side Pranks Christian TV #1151
Charlie Brooker’s How to Report the News – By the BBC #1158
Parisian Love – Google Search promo by Google #1165
The Happiness Challenge Week One – By Gretchen Rubin #1172
Bud Light Commercial “Rock Paper Scissors” #1179
NZ Cricket ad #1186
NZ Marmite Ad #1193
Interview with Radar – By NZ On Screen #1200
Biden F-Bomb – CNN news clip #1207
Robin Williams on Letterman #1214
Mark Paston Interview – By YUSS #1221
Q&A: Joshua Littman interviews mother – By StoryCorps #1228
Authors@Google: Travis Millard #1236
New Apple Friend Bar Gives Customers Someone To Talk At About Mac Products – By The Onion #1243
The Man Your Man Could Smell Like – Ad by Old Spice #1250
How Maui slowed the Sun – By Peter Gossage #1257
Hardly Working: Jinx – By College Humor #1264
Jake and Amir: Record Breaker – By College Humor #1271
Tales Of Mere Existence: Project – By AgentXPQ #1278
First Day Of School Tips – By Michael Buckley #1285
Voice Talkers – By POYKPAC Comedy #1292
Build-A-Word: Shoe – By Word World PBS #1299
Colin Mathura-Jeffree: Write Your List – By Rattle Ya Dags #1306
Ngahi Bidois: Be who you want to be – By Rattle Ya Dags #1313
Flight Of The Conchords – Clip from TV show The Simpsons #1320
Grover Stars in “Smell Like A Monster” – By Sesame Street #1327
Paul Henry: Is Governor-General a NZer? – Clip from TV show Breakfast #1334
Bedtime Story – Short film by Bryan Amburgey #1341
Lightning Versus Lightening – By Grammar Girl #1348
Want to see Bon Jovi live in concert 2013 – Animation by slipgal2 #1355
Invisible Mindy Kaling – Ad by Nationwide #1396
Crafting a Joke with Isy Suttie – By the Open University #1403
Do you have any suggestions for videos to study? Please leave a comment under a video or contact us.
Thank you to everyone who has recommended videos so far.