Comedy for ELT - RG At the airport
1,968 views · Published 4 November 2012 · 3:47 · Indexed 4 October 2026
Channel: Nick Michelioudakis · 2012 · Comedy
[To download a free worksheet (+ KEY + Script) just click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByC3QwWZuGXddUw3aGdjdEJtVjA/view?usp=sharing ] This one has been voted by my students as by far the best stand up comedy clip ever! Rhod Gilbert decides to visit Australia for some time. He flies there but he is dismayed to discover that he will have to manage without his luggage... Naturally, he is furious and he decides to report this to the 'Lost Luggage Department'! The girl there tells him they will have to fill in a form... (it's not that she is unhelpful but if one were to describe her, the word 'brilliant' would not be the first one that came to mind...) Another fantastic rant by RG the great! Level: B2 -- C1 Topic: Transport / Travel [NB: I do not own the copyright to this video clip. I have uploaded it here for educational purposes]. SCRIPT: Hello! Hello! Hello! Thank you! Eer... stop clapping, calm down; everybody calm down because...eeer... I'm not particularly happy to be here, I have to say -- I'm going to come across for the next few minutes I'm going to come across as a bit of a whingeing Pom -- I would love not to, but I can't help it. * I can't get the hang of your Australian sense of humour.. eer... it's freaking me out a little bit because.... you must understand I was looking forward to this trip... I was excited! I was coming over from Wales, I bought new clothes, a new outfit, new shorts, T-shirt, sunglasses -- I had to go to bloody France for those! * I was excited; I bought myself a suitcase -- a nice, new, a posh suitcase with wheels -- I'd always had a backpack; this was the first time for me and then...then I flew to Australia... * yes... * This is what arrived... * Exactly! I knew you'd laugh! This is not...funny! * Oh -- you're hilarious... oh, look some hilarious Australian baggage-handlers put a sticker on there: 'Bend your knees -- heavy!' * Very funny! 22 kilos of stuff I lost apparently according to that sticker... Listen, it's not... Listen, I'll admit -- I'll admit -- if I'm completely honest, the first three times this went around the baggage carousel I laughed as well... * The first three times I laughed, but everybody was laughing, the whole airport, fair enough, everybody were... and they everybody else they went home! * It was just me and this! * I thought -- 'I know what to do'; I thought 'I'll sort this out! I'll sort this out! * I'll take this over to the desk!' I thought. There's an Australian -- typical Australian girl over there, she says 'What seems to be the problem?' * I said 'Mainly, it's about my luggage!' * She said 'Is that not it?' * I said 'This is some of it!' * 'I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled to get this back * the thing is I'm here for two months! * I'm pretty sure I packed more than this!' * This is what you'll like - you find this kind of thing -- and then she starts asking me those questions; you get these questions everywhere -- I know... There was no need for it... No need -- she said 'Could anybody have interfered with it?' * I said 'We probably shouldn't rule that out!' * She said 'Well, have you left it unattended at any point?' I said 'I suppose I must have! * I'm not the most observant person in the world, but if this had happened while I was wheeling it through the airport I think I'd have noticed! * Surely, it would have got very light, very quickly'! * She said 'Did you pack it yourself?' I said 'Well, what are you suggesting?? ** Somebody else packed it for me and thought this is all I'd need??' ** ....??....I know what you're doing! * She said 'We must do a report' I thought 'Good, good, let's do a bloody report... Let's do it, good!' I thought... It was all going quite well until question three... She said 'Does your luggage have any distinguishing features Mr Gilbert?' * I said 'It's got a long, black handle if that's any use...' * She wrote that down!! Listen -- I love you already. Thank you very much! Goodnight!
