I just found these on YouTube. Hilarious. Just watch.
The amazing thing is that there are apparently over 30 of them! The camera work and pedagogy don’t get any better over time.
The full description of the first one led me to believe that the whole thing is just mocking a well-meaning old Chinese man, but then why would it go on for over 30 lessons? Plus more and more effort is clearly going into the on-screen presentation with the later clips.
I don’t get it.
沙发! 楼主,我可以用中文留言吗(我的英文比较的臭)
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:45 amLearn English with the same dude.
Inexplicable.
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:59 amDangerous competence for your ChinesePod, he he he he
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:35 amSome things shouldn’t be shared with the rest of the world, John. I saw that **** (self-edited) before now but wasn’t willing to share it with anyone else. It’s too… special.
August 3rd, 2007 at 12:12 pmHe sounds like the Japanese Stephen Hawking. Or maybe he is Korean. Maybe it is me, but he doesn’t sound like a native Chinese speaker. Plus, he wrote 和 backwards in the ‘Esy English’ lesson, which makes me suspect that he isn’t a “real Chinaman” after all.
In any case, he’s awesome.
August 3rd, 2007 at 1:13 pmFinally, a real Chinaman! They are so rare I thought I’d never see one.
August 3rd, 2007 at 2:31 pmReal Chinaman doesn’t speak English at all, coljac! lol
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:29 pmhis writting 衣, obviously wrong. i know it’s hard to use mouse to draw, why not buy himself a pc board if he wants to continue the lessons? I swear to stay away from Youtube, it makes me look abnormal.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:39 pmThe lessons are hilarious! I like how you can see a progression from the too-thin paintbrush to lined-up squares and pre-written characters and words in thicker brushes!
August 4th, 2007 at 1:11 amThat is so *&%$ing awesome!
He’s using traditional characters though, as he uses a 繁体字 “ma” in lesson 23.
That’s it for this lesson! so awesome…
August 4th, 2007 at 7:39 amI only looked at the first and last clip on your site, but I don’t see what the confusion is from everyone. It’s just an old guy (who has been overseas a long time) and maybe a young friend of his trying to use the computer to teach some Chinese characters? Am I missing something?
August 4th, 2007 at 8:49 amLantian：It’s funny, because it’s a Chinese guy making a bad video!
August 4th, 2007 at 3:22 pmSounds very much like and Indian accent to me.
August 7th, 2007 at 2:00 pmfunny!
presumably he will continue ’til he gets through all 3,500 characters promulgated by the Chinese Ministry of Education
August 8th, 2007 at 12:48 pmthank you all. i am real chinaman. you are watching real chinese lessons. your comments are really kind. all can help by spreading chinese to people who wants to learn. this is real cool.
September 5th, 2007 at 3:38 pmSeeing the quality of the screen, movies must have been shot in some internet cafes… I guess we must head to the nearest eye clinic after viewing the 30 lessons…
September 7th, 2007 at 6:28 pm