Studying ESL with stand-up comedy.

1. STUDYING WITH COMEDY

2. WARM-UP
 What is your favorite type of comedy?
 Is comedy capable to make us think or is it simply
entertainment?
 Name at least three English-speaking stand-up comedians.

3. COMEDY GENRE: ANECDOTAL COMEDY
 What it is: personal stories that may be true, or partly true but exaggerated in
some way.
 Examples:
Hannibal Buress
John Mulaney
John Mulaney Gabriel Iglesias

4. COMEDY GENRE: CHARACTER COMEDY
 What it is: comedic stories or jokes told from a perspective of a character
 Examples:
 Sacha Baron Cohen GreggTurkington Andrew Dice Clay

5. COMEDY GENRE: AGGRESSIVE
HUMOUR
 What it is: insensitive jokes about sensitive subjects such as racism, sexism,
homophobia, etc.
 Examples:
 George Carlin Bill Hicks Dave Chappelle

6. QUOTES FROM STAND-UP
PERFORMANCES
 No one cares about movies anymore. No one goes to
cinema, no one really watches network TV. Everyone is
watching Netflix. This show should just be me coming out,
going, “Well done Netflix. You win everything. Good night.”
But no, we got to drag it out for three hours. You could
binge-watch the entire first season of Afterlife instead of
watching this show. That’s a show about a man who wants
to kill himself ’cause his wife dies of cancer and it’s still
more fun than this. Spoiler alert, season two is on the way
so in the end he obviously didn’t kill himself. Just like
Jeffrey Epstein. Shut up. I know he’s your friend but I don’t
care.

7. QUOTES FROM STAND-UP
PERFORMANCES
I love women, but I feel like you can’t trust some of
them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was
in the park and I met this girl, she was cute, and she
had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking.
She told me her dog’s name. Then I said, ‘Does he
bite?’ She said, ‘No.’ And I said, ‘Oh yeah? Then
how does he eat?’ Liar.
– Demetri Martin

8. QUOTES FROM STAND-UP
PERFORMANCES
 Suicide is another thing that's so frowned upon in this
society, but honestly, life isn't for everybody. It really isn't.
It's sad when kids kill themselves 'cause they didn't really
give it a chance, but life is like a movie: if you've sat
through more than half of it and it sucked every second so
far, it probably isn't gonna get great right at the very end
for you and make it all worthwhile. No one should blame
you for walking out early. Dont get any ideas...
 – Doug Stanhope

9. QUOTES FROM COMEDY SHOWS
 Ever wonder why ice cubes taste so boring? It's because you're make 'em out of
stupid water, you bimbo. Put some fruit juice in there, and freeze it into ice cubes,
and put that in your milk!
 I know it's prom times coming up, and if you're a senior in high school you're
thinking "What the heck am I gonna do for a date?" Take your sister, dum-dum,
she's a girl.
 Do you ever get cold in the winter? Just burn your house down ya dingus.
 Dumpsters keep seafood fresh.
 The second tip is to go to bed early, you doofus! Cause when you are sleeping,
there is no lonely times. It's just dreams. Sleep it off.
 In 1971 Bill Gates invented Michaelsoft
 - Dr. Steve Brule.

10. CONCLUSIONS
 Understanding comedy will help you better understand the
culture of the country whose language you’re studying.
 Comedy helps people start conversations and discuss
various social and political issues.
 Knowing a couple of jokes will always come in handy when
you need to break the ice in a company of people you don’t
know too well.
 You can find like-minded people through your favorite
comedians!