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  • - I WAS LOOKING FOR A GIFT FOR MY NIECES,

  • SOMETHING COOL AND UNIQUE AND LESS THAN 20 BUCKS.

  • AND SO I WAS ON EBAY,

  • AND I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING FOR THEM,

  • BUT I FOUND SOME OTHER REALLY, REALLY STRANGE TOYS.

  • AND SO THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM.

  • THEY ARE 100% REAL.

  • AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.

  • YOU'LL SEE WHY IN A MINUTE.

  • THEY'RE STRANGE,

  • AND THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO SUPERHEROES.

  • THESE ARE THE TOYS THAT-- AND THEY'RE REAL.

  • THIS IS WHAT I FOUND.

  • HERE IS WONDER WOMAN SCISSORS RIGHT HERE.

  • [laughter]

  • AND--

  • [laughter and applause]

  • NOW, CLEARLY THEY'RE NOT ADULT SCISSORS.

  • THEY'RE MEANT FOR CHILDREN, BUT...

  • THERE YOU GO.

  • [laughter and applause]

  • I PAID $15, BUT WHO CAN REALLY PUT A PRICE

  • ON A PAIR OF INAPPROPRIATE CHILDREN'S SCISSORS?

  • HERE'S HOW YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG

  • WITH YOUR SCISSORS:

  • WHEN YOU CAN USE THEM TO ACT OUT

  • THE ENTIRE SECOND HALF OF "50 SHADES OF GREY."

  • [laughter and applause]

  • [cheers and applause]

  • ONE THING I LEARNED IS,

  • THERE'S A LOT OF KNOCK-OFF TOYS OUT THERE,

  • AND THEY LOOK LIKE THE ORIGINAL,

  • BUT THEN THERE'S SOMETHING A LITTLE OFF.

  • THIS TOY IS SOMETHING I BOUGHT IN A STORE FROM GREECE.

  • AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE SUPERMAN RIGHT HERE, RIGHT?

  • BUT IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, IT'S SPECIALMAN.

  • [laughter]

  • SPECIALMAN.

  • NOW, HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY POWERS.

  • HE CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THIS PACKAGING.

  • [laughter]

  • SO THIS NEXT TOY COMBINES BATMAN AND A SQUIRT GUN,

  • SO HOW BAD CAN THAT BE?

  • IT'S BATMAN AND A SQUIRT GUN.

  • [laughter]

  • [laughter and applause]

  • HOLY PISTOL PLACEMENT, BATMAN.

  • AND I CAN'T REALLY DECIDE WHICH IS WORSE,

  • IS HOW YOU SQUIRT IT OR HOW YOU REFILL IT.

  • [laughter and applause]

  • WHAT'S WRONG WITH PEOPLE?

  • NOW, THIS NEXT ONE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MYSTERY,

  • AND I WANT YOU TO SEE IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT

  • WHAT IT IS.

  • IS IT A BOOMERANG? IS IT, LIKE, A FUN BOOMERANG?

  • IS IT A SPIDEY SNACK HOLDER?

  • NOPE, IT'S A KNIFE.

  • [audience exclaims]

  • "SORRY, SUSIE, THEY WERE OUT OF 'FROZEN' TOYS,

  • BUT HERE'S YOUR KNIFE."

  • ALL RIGHT, SO THAT SEEMS PRETTY BAD, RIGHT?

  • HERE'S SOMETHING EVEN BADDER.

  • THIS IS THE HOLDER FOR THE SPIDERMAN FURY BLADE.

  • [laughter and applause]

  • [cheers and applause]

  • ARE WE STILL ON THE AIR?

  • [laughter]

  • MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE.

  • AND NOW LET'S TRY TO UNSEE THAT.

  • LET'S ALL DANCE.

- I WAS LOOKING FOR A GIFT FOR MY NIECES,

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These Toys Are Really Weird

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    Matthew Hung posted on 2016/03/10
Video vocabulary

Keywords

pretty

US /ˈprɪti/

UK /'prɪtɪ/

  • adjecitve
  • Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
  • adverb
  • Very; to a great degree
applause

US /əˈplɔz/

UK /ə'plɔ:z/

  • noun
  • The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
strange

US /strendʒ/

UK /streɪndʒ/

  • adjecitve
  • Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
inappropriate

US /ˌɪnəˈpropriɪt/

UK /ˌɪnəˈprəʊpriət/

  • adjecitve
  • Not appropriate or suitable for a situation
laughter

US /ˈlæftɚ, ˈlɑf-/

UK /ˈlɑ:ftə(r)/

  • noun
  • Action or sound of laughing
bad

US /bæd/

UK /bæd/

  • adjecitve
  • Not good; wrong
  • Lacking in good morals; evil
  • No longer fresh; spoiled
knife

US /naɪf/

UK /naɪf/

  • noun
  • Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
  • verb
  • To attack someone with a sharp long blade
  • To move through something easily and quickly
fury

US /ˈfjʊri/

UK /'fjʊərɪ/

  • noun
  • Rage; violent anger
Christmas

US

UK

  • noun
  • Christian holiday celebrated on December 24-26
gun

US /ɡʌn/

UK /ɡʌn/

  • verb
  • To suddenly make an engine run faster
  • noun
  • Weapon which fires bullets down a tube

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