6.- Your first oral presentation video

Hi everybody!

Okay, in this Oral Presentation I’m going to talk about a famous sitcom you’ve surely seen one time in your life minimum... The Simpsons! I’m going to talk about this sitcom because I’ve been watching them on TV all my life, and I’ve laughed a lot, so I think it’s related with the topic of humour.

HISTORY:

Well, first of all I’m going to talk about its history. The Simpsons, which were created by Matt Groening, began being emitted as a part of The Tracy Ullman Show, but the emission of the family shorts became so popular that Fox TV Channel developed in a half-hour prime time show, which supposed the first Fox Series to land in the TOP 30 of most watched emissions in USA.

The Simpsons is a satirical parody of the middle class American lifestyle.

Since the sitcom began 20 seasons have been emitted and 1 film has been realised.

MAIN CHARACTERS:

-Homer: He’s the father of the family, but the most irresponsible member. He’s very stupid, an alcoholic, lazy… but although it seems it can’t be true he works as the Safety Inspector of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. It’s so stupid that he’s the only person who suffers the Syndrome of Homer.

-Marge: She’s homer’s wife, but also the opposite of her husband. She’s clever, responsible and it’s shown as the Stereotypical American Housewife.

-Bart: He’s 10 years old and a great troublemaker, he’s always in problems. It’s like his father, so he’s an irresponsible.

-Lisa: She’s 8 years old and the opposite of Bart. She’s very intelligent and an activist: she’s always defending the nature.

-Maggie: She’s 1 year old. Apart from the film she has only said one word in all the 20 seasons: “Daddy”. And she loves guns.

SECONDARY GUNS:

As there’re approximately 200 secondary characters I’m only going to talk about my favourite ones.

-Abraham Simpson: He’s Homer’s farther, and he’s always explaining ridiculous stories from the Second World War.

-Barney Gamble: He’s Homer’s best friend and also an alcoholic. He’s always belching.

-Lenny & Carl: They’re Homer job colleagues. Homer never knows who the black is and who the “white” is. To me they’re in love each one of each other but they don’t admit.

-Moe: He’s the owner of Moe’s Tavern, which is the bar where Homer goes to drink, and also the victim of Bart & Lisa telephone jokes.

SPRINGFIELD:

Springfield is the town where the great part of the episodes takes place. Matt Groening chose this name because is the one which is most repeated between the different towns in USA. There’s a Springfield minimum in every state of USA. But recently Matt Groening told that’s inspired in his natal city: Portland, Oregon.

CURIOSITIES:

-The major part of the characters are yellow, and all the characters, it doesn’t matter if they’re yellow, black…, have only four fingers in each hand.

-The major part of the characters have an own sentence:

-Homer: “Dough!”

-Bart: “Ay caramba”

-Lisa: “If someone needs me will find me in my bedroom”

-Mr. Burns: “Excellent”

-Nelson Muntz: “Ha, haaa!”

-Apu: “Thank you for your purchase, come back another time”

-etcetera

-Every season begins with a Halloween Special Episode, which are formed by three short stories each one, which try to be frightening but they finally are very funny.

-The Simpsons are known as “The Most Famous Family of America”.

HOMER FUNNIEST MOMENTS:

And finally I’m going to show you a video I found it where appear some of the best moments of Homer who is my favourite character. You’ll see that is really stupid.

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Oral Presentations Evaluation:

NAME	TOPIC	3 FACTS I HAVE LEARNT	DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?	GENERAL IMPRESSION
Chanez + Fiona	Sitcoms	-Sitcoms beginnings were Radio programmes. -Sitcoms are very popular today. -Their favourite sitcom is The Prince of Bal Air.		Great pronunciation, they’re fantastic.
Marina Sarquella	Main themes from Pride & Prejudice	Three themes: -Love -Reputation -Social Classes		Very good pronunciation
Adrià Carmona	Types of humour	-There’re a lot of types of humour	-Which is your favourite type of humour?	Very interesting, really funny, and very good pronunciation.
Carles & Claudia Rosillo	Weddings around the world	-Indian wedding begins on the night. -Arabian’s one is very different of our one.	-Are you going to marry? -Do you want to marry me Claudia?	Although at the beginning were very nervous the result was fantastic.
Alejandro	Andreu Buenafuente	-Buenafuente has worked in TV3, A3 an La 6.		Very funny.
Neus Pagès & Marina Julià	Different kinds of love	Three kinds of love: -Platonic -Passion -Arranged marriage		Very good and original
Oriol Oliva	Humour in Spanish TVs	-TV3 is the most humorous channel -He prefers Plats Bruts more than another sitcom. -He doesn’t talk about Antena 3		Very calm, and good pronunciation
Elisenda Lladó & Laia Salo	Relationship between Darcy and Elisabeth	-Although the two characters didn’t want they’re in love since they met.		Very good!
Ariadna Comes	Life in 18th and 19th centuries	-Illustration was a great movement. -Rousseau is one of the most important persons of the time		Very good an interesting!
Bernat Santos & Baldiri Gironella & Iñaki Fernandez	19th Century	-A lot of poor people. -Few rich people.		A little bit boring, but they speak fluently.
Anna Genís & Miriam Falgàs	How to be a gentleman	-Give facilities to the girls. -Say always: sorry, excuse me, you first…	-Anna, do you want to go with me to a dinner this night?	Great pronunciation and very funny!