Just Eat It

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

• VH1: Behind the Music
• Weird Al Yankovic
• freaky
• parody

• kick in the pants
• pulls off
• spoof

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

VH1: Behind the Music has featured many different musicians. One of the most interesting songwriters on show was Weird Al Yankovic. Listen to this conversation and learn more about this freaky guy.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Joe

Nedra

Joe:  Last night I was watching “VH1: Behind the Music” and they did a whole “Behind the Music” section on Weird Al Yankovic.

Nedra:  Oh yeah? What did they have to say about him?

Joe:  They were talking about how he has become very famous by doing parodies of famous musicians and their real famous songs.

Nedra:  Uh huh. Oh like, uh, Michael Jackson?

Joe:  Right. Yeah like Michael Jackson. In fact, they showed the video that he did called ‘Eat It’ where he did a parody, um, of Michael Jackson’s song ‘Beat It’.

Nedra:  Oh yeah. I remember watching that when I was a little kid. It was pretty funny. And it reminded me of the one, um, he did called, um, “I’m Fat,” but it was really the “I’m Bad” one by Michael Jackson.

Joe:  Right! (Laughs) At first I got those confused.

Nedra:  They’re pretty similar because uh he’s always eating in both of them.

Joe:  Right. Right. Yeah that Weird Al Yankovic he’s a real… he’s a real kick in the pants.

Nedra:  Yeah. He he pulls off some pretty good uh spoofs there with the music.

 

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