Reggie Watts - TEACH: LITERATURE

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

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  • @reggiewatts
    @reggiewatts  11 лет назад +127

    • @denasewell
      @denasewell 11 лет назад +5

      That's some funny shit !LLAFL !
      lAUGHINGLIKEAFATLADY !

    • @Izamen
      @Izamen 11 лет назад

      Where is the next video? it says its private!

    • @FIGURESKEIGHTZ
      @FIGURESKEIGHTZ 11 лет назад +1

      Dude I fucking loved this so much. Hilarious.

    • @mykmcgrane
      @mykmcgrane 11 лет назад +6

      2:58 all day son.

    • @dogchaser520
      @dogchaser520 10 лет назад +13

      Goddamn hilarious. Those who enjoy TEACH will probably also like British comedian Peter Serafinowicz's LOOK AROUND YOU, a retro-style nonsense educational series.

  • @Mr0BC
    @Mr0BC 10 лет назад +15

    Don't be dead. Reconsider. Some real wisdom there

  • @U.F.O_0908
    @U.F.O_0908 3 года назад +2

    Why does this not have billions of views!!??

  • @Alberturkey54
    @Alberturkey54 11 лет назад +83

    Just imagine if ur teacher was reggie watts. Just imagine.

  • @SuperAnonymousAlias
    @SuperAnonymousAlias 10 лет назад +19

    Did anyone else notice he wasn't even hold holding "Of Mice and Men" but "A Street Car Named Desire" lmao

  • @1blackone
    @1blackone 11 лет назад +28

    5:15 this is pretty much how every upper-level college course approaches any kind of source material
    "just take a quote from something that supports your thesis, and cite your sources!".
    Reggie is right even when he's trying to be wrong.
    #ZenMaster

  • @convergencechannel
    @convergencechannel 11 лет назад +2

    What Reggie says at the end was pretty much said to me in graduate school. :)

  • @MsAfroAssassin
    @MsAfroAssassin 10 лет назад +4

    5:32 I love how they didnt use the actual "Of Mice and Men" book cover.

  • @breadmanbrad
    @breadmanbrad 11 лет назад +76

    i can't help but feel like there is some legit advice hidden somewhere deep inside this video...but i can't find it

    • @JashNetwork
      @JashNetwork 11 лет назад +14

      keep looking, it's there

    • @OmikronGT
      @OmikronGT 9 лет назад +10

      +Bradley T don't die

    • @AiluJay1234567890
      @AiluJay1234567890 9 лет назад +1

      +OmikronGT The last part has to have sarcasm. 'judging a book by it's cover'

    • @chainlightning58
      @chainlightning58 8 лет назад +7

      There's life...and there's a little bit of death...there's life again...but then, just when you think things are alive...there's death again.

    • @jonttu617
      @jonttu617 6 лет назад

      It all connects

  • @colorsred2771
    @colorsred2771 11 лет назад +1

    Shit, "this book is about learning that other people are on your side in hatred" that's actually what a huge part of the book is about

  • @redrockinrobin700
    @redrockinrobin700 11 лет назад +1

    That dude's ruler suspenders are pretty rad.

  • @Mineav
    @Mineav 11 лет назад +2

    Someone give this guy a "Teacher of the Year" award. Truly inspiring.

  • @joedepczynski1734
    @joedepczynski1734 11 лет назад +1

    As an actual English teacher I can say that Reggie Watts is 100% correct. What's even better is that you don't even have to tell the kids to read the books because they don't read them anyway!

  • @rappadapp
    @rappadapp 9 лет назад +8

    I'd so watch this sitcom

  • @ontariobuds
    @ontariobuds 11 лет назад +1

    Reggie Watts is the shit.
    COME TO TORONTO PLEASE!

  • @TheDreamSpeakers
    @TheDreamSpeakers 11 лет назад +2

    WOW! Thank you Reggie. I have decided how I want to TEACH this world. You have created an avenue. Thank you.

  • @pofict
    @pofict 11 лет назад +29

    I wish Mr. Watts would be my Teach.

  • @metalvocalistwanted
    @metalvocalistwanted 11 лет назад +18

    history teaches the important lessons "dont be dead" xD

  • @JazzyJonas
    @JazzyJonas 11 лет назад +1

    "Don't be dead, reconsider." ~RW

  • @UncleHooston
    @UncleHooston 10 лет назад +4

    Omfg the tape part at the end. XD
    "Damnit.." You could even hear someone trying not to laugh. XD

  • @LobotomyMeat
    @LobotomyMeat 3 года назад +1

    “But then, just when you think things are alive…”

  • @BrickTamlandOfficial
    @BrickTamlandOfficial 11 лет назад +46

    i always thought to kill a mockingbird was about racial prejudice in 1930's alabama

    • @BrickTamlandOfficial
      @BrickTamlandOfficial 11 лет назад +18

      ***** I ate fiberglass insulation. It wasn't cotton candy like the guy said... my tummy itches.

    • @Vojife
      @Vojife 7 лет назад +10

      Not really. Many people think so, but it's actually about not being alone in hatred of birds that mock everyone no matter what and about life, death and a little bit of death. Racial prejudice in 1930's Alabama is just where the story is set, but you need to look behind the story and see the real message written on the back of the book or on some random pages.

    • @Bennycanofbeans
      @Bennycanofbeans Месяц назад

      ​@@VojifeI read your comment in time with the video.

  • @branzombie
    @branzombie 8 месяцев назад +1

    "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" -Couchman

  • @krissbaye
    @krissbaye 11 лет назад +1

    Anyone just love the theme? Especially that last part. 70's-80's.

  • @MotorGoblin
    @MotorGoblin 11 лет назад +1

    Teach is the greatest. This should be a full-on TV series.

  • @fionaazreal
    @fionaazreal 11 лет назад +5

    Yay, another episode!
    You're awesome Reggie :D

  • @spicy110
    @spicy110 10 лет назад

    I drew to the same conclusion with Lenny!

  • @DROGunitar
    @DROGunitar 11 лет назад +12

    An award winning lesson.

  • @Bohimen
    @Bohimen 11 лет назад +15

    5 minute class? Yes please!

    • @Notecrusher
      @Notecrusher 10 лет назад +4

      More time to get baked.

    • @Brendan-Black
      @Brendan-Black 3 года назад

      @@Notecrusher Aspire to be more, pothead.

  • @MinniSota4
    @MinniSota4 8 лет назад +2

    "...but then, just when you think things are alive....they're dead." Story of my life.

  • @Watchlist_king
    @Watchlist_king 10 лет назад +2

    holy fuck the part about lenny got me laughing so hard it almost actually killed me

  • @MetalBacon64
    @MetalBacon64 6 лет назад +1

    OK, for real, the intro song is catchy as ever.

  • @MephistosMelancholia
    @MephistosMelancholia 11 лет назад +1

    I freakin' lost it when he started analyzing Lenny. Well done, Mr. Watts!

  • @AvielMannBallo
    @AvielMannBallo 11 лет назад +2

    Such a great series. Please do a million.

  • @adammattox894
    @adammattox894 11 лет назад +1

    Don't be dead, kay? Reconsider.
    That's my new mantra.

  • @SoapManpv
    @SoapManpv 11 лет назад

    so many important life lessons...
    how come none of my high school teachers ever went that in depth to of mice and men? it gives it a whole new meaning

  • @dill__pickles
    @dill__pickles 11 лет назад

    Def my fav series on youtube right now

  • @AlexisGarcia
    @AlexisGarcia 11 лет назад +26

    With literature anything is right as long as you can back it up lol

    • @CaptainMorganThe3rd
      @CaptainMorganThe3rd 10 лет назад +6

      With science, anything is right as long as you can back it up

    • @caseydegenaar9934
      @caseydegenaar9934 10 лет назад +2

      Surely you both mean "with anything," for you couldn't very well be deemed "right"-in any context-without first having proper evidence to back said self-imposed "rightness" up.

    • @jjames1977
      @jjames1977 5 лет назад +1

      The Mockingbird is a figure of nature, its song is natural. The thesis of To Kill a Mockingbird is to compare that naturalness with the perceived naturalization of the black man in racism, while contrasting it with the perceived role of the white man as the creator of culture in opposition to nature. This contrast can be compared with theology in which the divine is found in language, and this figure of language is contrasted with the diabolical in music. The divine speaks, the devil is silent (or musical). When Tom is put on trial, he requires the white man to speak for him in his defense, while the black man's speech in his own defense is reduced to a kind of music.
      To Kill a Mockingbird, as a title uses the gerundive form "to kill," compare "Kill a Mockingbird" a command, or "He kills a mockingbird," the present tense. The command form would constitute an injunction that could be disobeyed as a matter of personal prerogative, while the present tense referring to someone in the third person would connote again a prerogative that is being taken on by an individual. This captures the degree to which racism is perceived as a higher calling or inevitability externallized onto culture, among those who are racist, and *not* a personal prerogative or vendetta.

  • @ShelbyWatson
    @ShelbyWatson 8 лет назад +1

    I couldn't take my eyes off of his lav mic. THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR DOING SOUND FOR A LIVING

  • @malcolmX213
    @malcolmX213 11 лет назад +3

    What an mazing and inspiring man.

  • @isabelleapoldd4487
    @isabelleapoldd4487 11 лет назад +1

    i wish you were my teacher for 6 minutes everyday Reggie!!!!! i love you!

  • @samblu97
    @samblu97 11 лет назад +1

    Keep doing these, they are hilarious

  • @GingieMalmsteen
    @GingieMalmsteen 11 лет назад +1

    Much better than the last, loving these.

  • @johnleddy8850
    @johnleddy8850 11 лет назад

    I'll have to rethink how I teach both of those books. Thanks for the insights.

  • @Zeropainter420
    @Zeropainter420 7 лет назад +1

    I wish I had teachers like Reggie .

  • @georgiabrouwer1338
    @georgiabrouwer1338 10 лет назад

    He's holding up a copy of A Streetcar Named Desire at the end. That's brilliant.

  • @DissOrderMedia
    @DissOrderMedia 11 лет назад +18

    Life teaches us these important lessons: Don't be dead. Reconsider.
    Fucking genius xD

  • @MonstaOPM
    @MonstaOPM 10 лет назад +1

    The kids acting is spot on

  • @hamad4269
    @hamad4269 11 лет назад +6

    I can easily sleep to this.

  • @theEarlofChip
    @theEarlofChip 11 лет назад +19

    Of mice and men and to kill a mockingbird were literally the only two literature books we read at my high school, but the teacher was nowhere nearly as good as Reggie.

    • @j.b.flores726
      @j.b.flores726 6 лет назад +1

      If I was a substitute teacher I would do the tape gag. Lol

  • @ktinsley4579
    @ktinsley4579 3 года назад +1

    Where can I get the life/death cow for my classroom?

  • @AmB39
    @AmB39 11 лет назад +11

    "what cant he not kill?" !!!! lolllll

  • @lucasskywalker
    @lucasskywalker 11 лет назад +2

    If only the intro never ever ever ever ever ever stopped.

  • @dunnenrb
    @dunnenrb 11 лет назад

    I learned so much about those books!! Good thing I never read them, I don't have to now!!

  • @modmartha
    @modmartha 10 лет назад +1

    When he said "most importantly, learning who published it!" I fell out of my chair laughing.

  • @TheZackw419
    @TheZackw419 11 лет назад +1

    Reggie Watts we wanna see you do more acting like this!
    great work!

  • @mattlevinson1607
    @mattlevinson1607 7 лет назад +1

    This is the funniest thing I have ever seen.

  • @JazzyJonas
    @JazzyJonas 11 лет назад

    I love how in the opening credits there are two scenes of a basketball goal that have nothing to do with anything.

  • @fuzzylumpkin49
    @fuzzylumpkin49 11 лет назад +2

    Brilliant! Can't wait for the next one. ^_^

  • @AK6ay
    @AK6ay 11 лет назад

    Reggie is an awesome musician, but he is a freaking genius when it comes to comedy, this was hilarious and it is going to gain the channel more subscribers than most of its other videos.

  • @T8HI1
    @T8HI1 11 лет назад +1

    Those ruler suspenders though.

  • @nicholasmartino6499
    @nicholasmartino6499 11 лет назад

    Kkkkkkkkkkkk. Really funny, AWESOME content! Great material, man...

  • @olibyte
    @olibyte 11 лет назад

    I'm so excited for the music teacher episode! =D

  • @SurfinMonky240
    @SurfinMonky240 3 года назад

    REGGIE!!! Would love to see you in AP Bio like this, that would be amazing!! You, Glenn howerton, Patton Oswalt..yes please

  • @fabrizzio2313
    @fabrizzio2313 8 лет назад +1

    WTF, only 235k views? This is phenomenal!

  • @ShibuyaSnow
    @ShibuyaSnow 11 лет назад +2

    I hope he does a Physical Education eppie

  • @JackSquat1
    @JackSquat1 11 лет назад +11

    Maaan, I could watch a million of these

  • @MakaveliMarcel
    @MakaveliMarcel 11 лет назад +4

    "You can always judge a book by its cover"

  • @richardrobinson4688
    @richardrobinson4688 10 лет назад

    Funny stuff, Reggie. Enjoy your day.

  • @BassRacerx
    @BassRacerx 11 лет назад

    he diddint leave leave in this episode! keep these coming! i was dying laughing!

  • @wallywam1
    @wallywam1 5 лет назад +1

    I want Mr. Watts to listen to my feelings too.

  • @davidkeehn4341
    @davidkeehn4341 Год назад

    Watching it “Teach” clips got me thinking how awesome it would be to sub.

  • @jaysamuelwright
    @jaysamuelwright 9 лет назад +4

    Saved me sooooo much time on my coursework! Def gonna get a A* maybes even a B- lel

  • @PharaohFluidity
    @PharaohFluidity 11 лет назад

    I was waiting for the drop the whole time

  • @Stinky95030
    @Stinky95030 11 лет назад

    I had teachers like this in the 80s. My science teacher had a trippy psychedelic poster of Easy Rider on the wall and jokingly made references to joints when referring to soldering. He wore a huge Black Sabbath looking celtic kind of cross too. Always wore turtlenecks. He was serious about science but totally wasn't uptight about anything.

  • @captaincokecan
    @captaincokecan 11 лет назад +1

    Oh captain, my captain!

  • @Nyce2Everyone
    @Nyce2Everyone 11 лет назад

    There needs to be more of this

  • @Brimikonizzle
    @Brimikonizzle 11 лет назад

    His argument for Lenny at 4:30 sounds like the Bene Gesserit lol. It makes me fuckin love this guy that much more. And when I say fuckin love I mean I would fuck and love him.

  • @RandomerThanAverage
    @RandomerThanAverage 9 лет назад +4

    All you really need to do is look at the thumbnail and read the description. It's not about watching videos.

  • @FlyingOverTr0ut
    @FlyingOverTr0ut 11 лет назад

    Hi Professor Watts, thank you for this lesson. I hope this question doesn't sound stupid, but in reference to your question of why the first character in To Kill A Mockingbird hates mockingbirds, wasn't Harper Lee forced to grow up and raise mockingbirds as a kid, so the character is a reaction to her upbringing? Sorry if that's a dumb question but I hope you can clear this up.

  • @jerrodhesby1128
    @jerrodhesby1128 10 лет назад +1

    1:06 is that lorde?

  • @genibabe7
    @genibabe7 10 лет назад +1

    Where can I purchase one of these fine living/dying toy dogs?

  • @kaarerugsted4803
    @kaarerugsted4803 11 лет назад

    can anyone tell me if having red on only the pinkey have some sort of meaning? or is it just fore fun? you can see it on reggie 2:46 penn form penn and teller also just to have red on his pinkey.

  • @MarkArandjus
    @MarkArandjus 11 лет назад +3

    The Mic and Men sci-fi thing xD

  • @MXP250
    @MXP250 10 лет назад +1

    Why can't this be a series?

  • @zanewebb1770
    @zanewebb1770 7 лет назад

    3:15 theres laughter in the background from someone on the set??

  • @noel6347
    @noel6347 11 лет назад

    Dr. Reginald, I enjoyed your very informative class. My copy of Of Mice & Men was the same as yours, but in my copy of To Kill a Mockingbird the first chapter showed that the first mockingbird to be killed was an accident and that at that point there was no animosity. This unintentional killing caused mockingbird outrage and retaliation and that is what started the Mockingbird Wars. Could I have a bootleg copy? Is there any other reason for this discrepancy? Sincerely, A. Studentessa

  • @elihicks6143
    @elihicks6143 11 лет назад

    Im loving it keep it up reggie

  • @PKPJayhawk04
    @PKPJayhawk04 11 лет назад

    Reggie is such a legend

  • @GregPoblete
    @GregPoblete 11 лет назад

    Looking forward to the music teacher episode.

  • @brainsofitall8
    @brainsofitall8 11 лет назад

    Reggie carrying on the spirit of Look Around You.

  • @anuskaka13
    @anuskaka13 11 лет назад

    these are amazing!

  • @liamfaresich8637
    @liamfaresich8637 11 лет назад

    This school is nuts.... I mean since when do they have 6 minute classes!!! That's insane!!

  • @tys2313
    @tys2313 11 лет назад

    Excellent. Hahaha

  • @ThatStudioGirl
    @ThatStudioGirl 11 лет назад

    gotta get these out faster. also that intro is awesome!

    • @JashNetwork
      @JashNetwork 11 лет назад

      two more on the way!

    • @ThatStudioGirl
      @ThatStudioGirl 11 лет назад +1

      SHWOOOP! cant wait =]. This is my type of comedy, rare!

  • @PHILLYHEAT215
    @PHILLYHEAT215 11 лет назад

    2:46 I don't know what that thing is, but I want one.

  • @aaronalmedina6586
    @aaronalmedina6586 11 лет назад

    i wish all my classes were that short...

  • @HToddJMoore
    @HToddJMoore 10 лет назад

    What the first thing on the chalkboard was Styx, with their signature S, gets my vote.

  • @has4422
    @has4422 11 лет назад +3

    To Kill a Mockingbird is about two people who are obsessed with killing mockingbirds.
    To Kill a Mockingjay is about two people who are obsessed with killing katniss everdeen.

  • @THE______TRUTH
    @THE______TRUTH 10 лет назад

    this is beautiful...