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English for Beginners

SCTV
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

An English teacher discovers that getting her guest to repeat a phrase is much easier than getting her to understand it.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Lucille Hitzger welcomes Perini Scleroso to a televised English lesson. Instructions to enter and take a seat become the first obstacles, and the student then imitates every correction along with the practice phrases. As a simple request for directions becomes an exhausting struggle, Perini suddenly reveals a very practical grasp of the conversation.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 2

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

No, you don't have to say that.

Can you direct me to the hotel?

You just go down two blocks. You can't miss it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

This version rerecords a sketch from SCTV’s first season, with the same dialogue on a new set.

The rabbit hole continues

One more couldn’t hurt.

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