The Language of Comedy - for iPod/iPhone
By The Open University
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Description
How do we use language in comedy? What is the social importance of comedy? What are the techniques used with language to create different types of humour? This series looks at how entertainers manipulate language to generate humour, and what this reveals about the nature of comedy and its function in society. Featuring Henning Wehn, on cross cultural humour, Isy Suttie, on crafting a joke and Graham Fellows on creating his character John Shuttleworth.
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| 1 | VideoCreating a character with Graham Fellows | In what ways do comedians exploit regional variety in the creation of comedy? | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Creating a character with Graham Fellows | Transcript -- In what ways do comedians exploit regional variety in the creation of comedy? | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoSocial Class with Charlie Higson | How is social class used as a topic for comedy, and what part do social dialects play in the generation of humour? | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Social Class with Charlie Higson | Transcript -- How is social class used as a topic for comedy, and what part do social dialects play in the generation of humour? | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 5 | VideoInnuendo with David McGilivray | How comedians exploit the ambiguities of language in the production of innuendo and similar forms of language play. | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Innuendo with David McGilivray | Transcript -- How comedians exploit the ambiguities of language in the production of innuendo and similar forms of language play. | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 7 | VideoCross Cultural Humour with Henning Wehn | How comedians play with cultural stereotypes as a source of humour, | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 8 | VideoCatchphrases with Charlie Higson | Charlie Higson discusses Steve Martin's catchphrases and introduces clip from Fast Show's Downton Abbey spoof | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Cross Cultural Humour with Henning Wehn | Transcript -- How comedians play with cultural stereotypes as a source of humour, | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Catchphrases with Charlie Higson | Transcript -- Charlie Higson discusses Steve Martin's catchphrases and introduces clip from Fast Show's Downton Abbey spoof | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 11 | VideoCrafting A Joke with Isy Suttie | This video focuses on the structure of one-liners, and the properties of language that comedians play with in the creation of jokes. | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Crafting A Joke with Isy Suttie | Transcript -- This video focuses on the structure of one-liners, and the properties of language that comedians play with in the creation of jokes. | 11 8 2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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