Thanks to recommendations from readers, I’ve now turned this post into a “The Best…” list
A lesson I’m developing (which I’ll ultimately post here) needs a few short funny video clips showing bad teachers in action. I’ve previously posted The Best Places To Learn About (And View Video Clips Of) Teachers In The Movies, but that list is primarily about good teaching.
There are plenty of serious clips of bad teachers, but I need funny ones — that are also not that disrespectful of students (like this famous Senfeld as history teacher one).
Here are my choices for The Best Funny Clips Of Bad Teachers:
There’s this one of Ben Stein in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
MrWrubleski recommended this from a funny Canadian show:
Neil recommended these two:
Jennfer Martin suggested these from a show called “Good Luck Charlie”:
This next one has a good clip right at the beginning, but the rest of it might have some other ones — I just haven’t gotten a chance to look at the whole thing:
More suggestions are welcome!


August 9, 2012 at 8:25 am
Hoping this is a spoof! If not, it’s sad.
August 9, 2012 at 3:48 pm
It might be “cheating,” but here’s a clip of a bad teacher from the movie, Bad Teacher. Keep in mind Cameron Diaz’s character is hungover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke7td3Ll3-8
Also, he got better, but Arnold in “Kindergarten Cop” started out sort of rough: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRWhxgJ0gF4
August 9, 2012 at 8:08 pm
Some other ideas:
http://www.fandango.com/moviephotos/the10worstmovieteachers_richardvernoninthebreakfastclub_302_6
August 11, 2012 at 9:56 am
These are funny and cathartic. It’s not so funny, but maybe you could use the scene in The Visitor, early in the film, when a student goes to his professor’s office hours to turn in a late paper.
December 31, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Here’s another hungover teacher scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbF4qz_-PCM
There should tons of good clips from the Simpsons too.
February 2, 2013 at 12:07 am
Father Guido Sarducci’s Five Minute University
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO8x8eoU3L4
May 8, 2013 at 3:54 am
Probably one of the funniest I have seen. a good example of how not to teach EFL,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iINyyfDf_xE
but the teacher did get them in the end!