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December 12, 2015

Video Recommendation: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

While I’m on a Shakespeare kick, if any of you haven’t seen The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), it is well worth watching if you enjoy Vaudevillian humor. The three men of the Reduced Shakespeare Company perform all the works of Shakespeare in a single performance. That calls for some witty re-writes that are enjoyable for the less-knowledgable and have...
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August 29, 2015

Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors by the Flying Karamazov Brothers: Talk about Juggling Lines!

I have always enjoyed William Shakespeare’s plays, but I also don’t believe in taking things too seriously. This rendition of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors definitely does not have that problem! It’s silly, it’s raunchy, and it’s ridiculous. It’s a Vaudevillian juggling troupe – what do you expect? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwYyrbX9LUY

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August 10, 2015

Have Fun with Puns!

Wordplay often involves picking specific words or word combinations to create double meaning. It’s usually used to add humor, and a lot of it involves puns. Puns take homophones (words that sound alike but aren’t) and put the wrong one into the circumstances. If the sentence is talking about steak, for instance, the writer might use “stake” instead. These are also...
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