611. Top 10 Jokes from Edinburgh Fringe 2019

[From the archives of LEP] Listen to 10 jokes from Edinburgh Festival Fringe comedy shows. Understand the jokes and listen to Luke break them down to help you learn more English.
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00:00 Hello
00:56 Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog
01:33 A challenge for you
01:52 The Culture of Joke Telling in English
03:58 Why was 6 afraid of 7?
04:17 Standard responses to jokes
07:55 5 Joke Types
08:24 Puns
09:51 Pull Back and Reveal
11:26 Observational humour
12:00 Similies
12:38 Common Phrases, Reinterpreted
14:22 The Funniest 10 Jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019
15:02 I keep shouting out broccoli and cauliflower
17:30 What makes a good joke?
21:37 Someone stole my antidepressants
24:20 What's driving Brexit?
28:33 A cowboy asked me to help him round up 18 cows
30:11 A thesaurus is great
32:20 Sleep is my favourite thing in the world
33:17 I accidentally booked myself onto an escapology course
35:35 After 8 hours of basic semaphore
36:52 To be or not to be a horse rider
38:20 I've got an Eton themed advent calendar
41:28 Did you get the jokes?
41:44 Vocabulary Review
41:57 Wanker!