South African Comedy

Jeremy Taylor – Lift girls lament

Jeremy used to write and sing a lot of fun songs. I remember one song about taking his horse to town, and the policeman stuck a parking ticket on the horses bum.

Al Debbo – Sonbrilletjies

I wanted to get his song about all the dogs in Turfontein, but couldn’t find it, so I have here his song about sunglasses. There was a hit song by Sandy Posey about sunglasses, and this is a spoof on that song in the Afrikaans language.

South African Comedy – Zebra

There is a guy in South Africa that made a lot of comedy movies. His name is Leon Schuster. Here is one clip.

Getting meat in Zimbabwe

My family say this was done by photoshop. When I grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the whole northern section was teeming with wildlife. I have heard many times on the news that some of the people are now starving.

UNTAG comes in

There is a whole movie about the United Nations group called UNTAG, but I haven’t seen it.

Americans in Africa

I have laughed so much over this stupid clip, but language communication is a very big problem in Africa. I sang once at a mission station in Rhodesia, and the missionary told me how he told the people in his sermon that the gospel is free, and the interpreter told the people the the gospel was cheap. So he stopped the interpreter, and explained that it cost Jesus His life. Later on, terrorists attacked that mission station and killed all the missionaries.

Pictures of Africa

This is not comedy, but it is pictures of different places in Africa. I have only been in eight countries in Southern Africa, but many people in North America think that Africa is all mud huts and jungles. Most of Africa is mud huts, but there are also big cities teeming with millions of people. One time in South Africa I was riding with an American missionary in his cadillac, and I spoke to him about this. He said that when he goes back to the States he only shows pictures of his mission work in order to build up funds.

Stuck in the fence

This is a comedy clip of a person trying to get through the fence from Zimbabwe to South Africa. It is a very real problem in Africa. When there is trouble in one country, the people flee to another one.

The gods must be crazy trailer

This movie gives a glimpse of life in Southern Africa. I think it is the most well know South African comedy movie.

The gods must be crazy 2 trailer

I enjoyed the second South African comedy movie more than the first. It is one of my favorite movies.

Lady and the baboon

To me this is real good South African comedy. I enjoyed the scene there the American lady tries to get water from the windmill, and her interaction with the baboon.

When I was a kid in Rhodesia, Wrex Tarr was a big hit. I have just found some of the things I remember.

Little Red Riding Hood

Listen to it, it is funny.

Cricket

How to make rain, British style.

Zacka nacka tablets

Funny commercial, African style.

I also have a Gospel web site. If you want to check it out, go to:  http://countrygospelandbible.com/

Posted in South African Comedy | Leave a comment

Comedy

Snackman

I am putting this in the comedy section because I found this man so funny. This guy is a hero who helped break up a fight on the subway, and when he is asked by the lady on the TV show about girls wanting to date him, he says it is school girls and somebody’s grandmother.

The Pail – Carol Burnett

Jan. 2. 2012. I just finished reading a book by Carol where she mentioned this show, so I found it on the net. I laughed so much. So I want to share it with you. Many people have problems that stem from things that have happened in their childhood. I have a lot of problems that stem from my adult life too. I think it is good therapy to watch a show like this.

Went with the wind part 1 – Carol Burnett

I used to watch her on TV in Canada back in the eighties, and always found her very funny and talented.

Went with the wind part 2 – Carol Burnett

Here is the conclusion. Hope you enjoy it.

Woody Allen – The Moose

I heard this story some years back, but forgot to put in on my site. Last night I saw Woody’s face on TV so here it is. He says you are not allowed to carry a ‘live’ moose on your car fender in New York State on a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. When I told my children the story, they told me that there are some weird laws in the States, so I checked one which said that in Arizona, you are not allowed to let your donkey sleep in the bath!

Comedy of Nutty Walt

Back in the 60′s a boss at work in Bulawayo, told me of a story he heard on the radio about Sir Walter Raleigh trying to explain about smoking to the people in England. Then a few years ago I heard a little bit of it on the radio. Fortunately I have found it on the internet now, and would like to share it with you. I don’t know if this man is the original performer or not, but it is very interesting.

Men’s and women’s brains

I heard this story a year or two ago on the radio (am740.ca). The guy explains how men’s brains are made up of boxes, and how women’s brains differ. It is very funny.

Four Old Ladies beat man in Texas

Some years back I heard this story on the radio (am740.ca) about a guy who was late for work, and called in to the office to explain. His message was picked up on the answering machine. Then he saw a car accident right in front of him and he tells of what transpires while he sees it. The people loved the story so much that they kept calling the radio station to hear the story over and over again. It is very funny.

Phone call from God

We heard this record on the radio when we first visited America back in 1976, and we bought the record by Jerry Jordan. It is amazing sometimes how a person can bring across messages through comedy. In fact, we bought some ventriloquist dolls and puppets in Akron Ohio, and we used comedy all over southern Africa to bring across gospel messages.

I also have a Gospel web site. If you want to check it out, go to:  http://countrygospelandbible.com/

Posted in Comedy | Leave a comment

Old Hymns

Choruses and old hymns were a part of my early childhood as my mother took us to church every week. Here are a few favorites.

When we all get to heaven

I have specially put this old hymn in here because I want to mention a book I have just read. It is called: ‘Revealing Heaven’ by Kat Kerr. It is one of the most fantastic books on heaven and hell that I have ever read. I have read many books on the subject, but it is so easy to read, you could probably do it in about two hours. I want to urge everyone to get it and read it. It is available from Amazon. The Lord has taken this lady to heaven many times, and it is such a fun place, you will want to go right away. Her description of hell will want you never to go there. She says how many people don’t think a loving God can send anyone to hell, but she says people send themselves there by rejecting Christ. So she says we must receive Jesus Christ as our Savior, and repent of our sins to get in there. Please read the book. It is one of the most important books in the whole world.

When the roll is called up yonder by Craig Anderson

This was my favourite old hymn when I was little. I have chosen this version of the song because it has the story behind the song. Just click on the appropriate arrow, and you can read it for yourself. This gentleman’s version of the song is slightly different from what I grew up with, but it is a blessing. The words are printed on the screen, and some of them are again different from what I knew, but the main thing is that we must be ready when the roll is called. I have written a couple of songs on that subject myself.

O Happy Day by Edwin Hawkins and Singers

My mother told me that they sang this old hymn when she got baptized in the fish pond by a gas station in Salisbury, Rhodesia. So it has a special meaning to me. The words of the hymn are very good words too. I had Elvis singing here but somebody took him off, so I have replaced him with Edwin Hawkins and Singers.

Higher Ground by Claire Holley

When I was a kid I used to associate this song with Table Mountain in Cape Town. “I long to scale the utmost heights, though rough the way, and hard the fight.” We used British hymn books, and sometimes the words are different from the American hymn books.

Power in the Blood by The Hee Haw Gospel Quartet

Some years back, someone gave me a video of Ron Wyatt where he explains how the Lord showed him that the Ark of the Covenant was in Jeremiah’s grotto in Jerusalem. He explains how he found it in a stone box, and drilled a hole in the side and used a medical thing to look inside. The same thing they put in people’s stomachs to see inside. He said the top of the box was cracked and black stuff had dripped down onto the mercy seat. The full story is that when Jesus died, there was an earthquake, and the rocks under the cross split. The Roman soldier pierced his side, and the blood tricked down the crack onto the mercy seat located below. This fulfilled the Old Testament story of the high priest sprinkling blood on the mercy seat once a year to cover the sins of the people. Christ as our high priest, has done it once and for all. There is power in the blood of Jesus to forgive all our sins forever. Click on this story of Ron Wyatt and the testing of the blood sample of Jesus. Ron Wyatt and the testing of Jesus’ blood sample

An old hymn: Face to face

It is a very sobering thought that we will all one day be face to face with Jesus, for better or for worse. He will be the judge one day, and will determine whether we are saved or lost.

Just as I am by Emily Gray

This is one of the very holy old hymns that Billy Graham used in his meetings when he invited people to receive Jesus Christ as their Savior. If you have never received Jesus Christ as your Savior, John his disciple wrote: “That as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God.” John 1,12 (King James Version). Just say a prayer, and receive Jesus Christ, God’s son as your savior, and ask him to wash away all your sins. Amen.

What a friend we have in Jesus

This is an oldie but a goodie. We all need a friend that we can turn to. My daughter says it sounds like ‘The Isaacs.’ On the internet it just says ‘Southern Gospel.’

I also have a Gospel web site. If you want to check it out, go to:  http://countrygospelandbible.com/

Posted in Old Hymns | Leave a comment

Favourite Love Songs by Ricky Nelson

Here are some of my favourite love songs by Ricky Nelson. He had a lot of good recordings, he had good looks, and a really good voice. I mentioned one of his songs under the title of Rock and Roll, but have decided to dedicate a page just to him. In the beginning, my plan was just to list the songs I used to sing, but it has developed into covering all the songs I like. Many of the songs I like, cannot be found on the internet, but I am just doing the best I can.

1. Mary-Lou

This was one of my favourite love songs when I was young. The music is so good. He is so good looking, but, like many of the singers, he doesn’t have the stage personality of Elvis Presley. If he did, it would really be so much better. This is part of a TV series with his parents TV show. Here he had the advantage of having parents in the business. I never saw the shows when I was young, as my parents didn’t have TV and I don’t know if it even aired in Rhodesia. I really love his music and
singing.

2. Teenage Idol

I have heard this song on the radio in Canada, and I really feel with this song. When I was in my mid twenties I visited South Africa and traveled from town to town singing, and was so lonely. It is a terrible thing to be lonely. After a couple of years I got married, and have not been lonely since.

3. There’ll never be anyone else but you for me – My favourite love song by Ricky Nelson

This will always be one of my favourite love songs. It is very sad that he died in that plane crash. My sympathies go out to his wife and children. I remember being in Toronto when he was singing there, and I wish now that I had gone to his show. He was on the comeback trail, and I bought one of his records at that time. He had changed his name to Rick Nelson, but I prefer the name Ricky Nelson, because that was the name I grew up hearing.

4. Stood Up

This is Rick when he is older, on his comeback trail.

5. It’s Late

This song seemed so exciting to me when we were kids. The thought of being out too late, and getting in trouble for it. To have to face a girls dad and try to explain your actions is pretty scary. To me it is still a really good song.

6. Travelin’ Man

This song is very popular with the radio people, because I hear it so often. However, it is not good to lead on a whole lot of girls around the world. Maybe it is a sailor song.

7. Poor Little Fool

This song is very real for young people who want to play around with people’s hearts. It happened to me when I was young.

It is so sad that he died in a plane crash. I hope he made it through the pearly gates. I also have a Gospel web site. If you want to check it out, go to:  http://countrygospelandbible.com/

Posted in Ricky Nelson | Leave a comment

Today’s Singers

My favorites of ‘Today’s Singers’ include: Susan Boyle, Taylor Swift and Michael Buble.

Susan Boyle – First Audition

I still get chills every time I watch this video. When you click on it, wait for it to load, or it will take you somewhere else. To me, this audition is stunning. The judges’ reaction, and the people’s response are amazing. She is one of the most popular of today’s singers and I think she will be popular for some time to come. There is an old saying that you can’t judge a book by it’s cover. In the Bible, God told the prophet Samuel that man looks on the outside, but God looks on the heart. That was when he was sent to anoint David as king. 1 Samuel 16,7. So many times in my life I have seen people judging and criticizing other people by their appearances, and it is so wrong.

Michael Buble – Haven’t met you yet

This video is based on a dream where he meets this beautiful girl in a supermarket. I love the ending where he is at the till, and is still caught up in the dream. Apparently she is from Argentina, and is currently his new girl friend. I heard one rumour that they were now married, but I am not sure. So like Taylor Swift, this video is also based on a dream. Susan Boyle sang about a dream. It seems like all these songs seem to tie in together. I often listen to a radio station (am740) out of Toronto (Canada), and they claim that they were the first station to start playing Michael Buble. They say you can hear them on the web at: zoomerradio.ca

The Chain of Love

I had the song on here by Clay Walker, but it got taken off the net, so I have replaced it with Charley Pride. I heard this song a few years ago, but I had never heard the name Clay Walker before, but apparently he is one of the most popular of today’s singers in the country music world. I just found this song now on the internet, so I want to share it with you. To me this is one of the most beautiful songs of love and caring. This morning I was telling my wife how I was looking for this song, and described the story. As I did, I got all choked up and started almost to cry. The story means so much to me. Many years ago I worked at a motel in Niagara Falls, and coming home in the early hours of the morning I often found people in trouble, and would stop and help them.

Chorus Niagara Flash Mob

On November 13. 2010, a group called Chorus Niagara sang at our local mall, and surprised the people eating at the food court. Over 33 million people have already watched it. Wow. They are having concerts all around our area. In the mall there is a sign saving it is the most famous food court in the world!

Today’s singers – Justin Bieber

The other day on the radio, I heard Justin on a comedy slot, and it was very interesting. The girls scream for him when he says: “Stir it baby.” It reminded me of the old Beatle days. Here he is singing for the President.

Charlotte and Jonathan – Britain’s got talent

A friend posted this on facebook, and it is very encouraging for singers. If you have ever been mocked and put down, watch this.

Emmanuel – Australia’s got talent

I got this too from a friend’s facebook page. This guy is an orphan from Iraq, with no arms. If you think you have had a hard life, watch this.

I also have a Gospel web site. If you want to check it out, go to:  http://countrygospelandbible.com/

Posted in Today’s Singers | Leave a comment

Easy Listening Love Songs

Sailor

Sometimes I am in the mood for some easy listening favorite love songs like ‘Sailor.’ This was a hit song for Petula Clark when I was young, and it came back to me recently. We went on a sea trip once in Durban, but the wind whipped up and it got very cold. I understood then about sea sickness, as the boat was rocking around on the waves. I guess many of you folks out there have had wonderful experiences on the sea.

Sitting on the dock of the bay

The song I had loaded here was taken away, so I have replaced it with this version by Rick Devin. It is done very well. I heard people talking on the radio of how the original artist: Otis Redding died in a plane crash, then his song became a big hit. Lots of things in life just don’t seem fair. Some of the words in the song I find very interesting. He says “I can’t do what ten people tell me to do.” So often people keep telling you what to do and how to run your life, but they are not in your shoes. You have to do what you feel is best for you. I feel like going back to San Francisco again, and sitting on the dock of the bay, taking it easy and singing some easy listening love songs!

Uh-oh I’m falling in love again

I liked this Jimmy Rogers song when I was young, but I couldn’t sing it because I wasn’t married. But it is a good song. When I sang, I felt I had to songs that were real for me. Now the song is real for me because I am married and have children. I decided to put this song in the easy listening love song section, but for a lot of songs, it is hard to know what category to put them in.

I’m a believer

When I first heard this song by the Monkees, I was in the Matopos mountains near Bulawayo doing survey work. It felt like we were far away from civilization, yet the boss’ radio kept us in touch with the rest of the world. I wished one day I could make a hit record, and have my own band. I was going to put this song in the rock and roll section, but it ended up here in the easy listening love song section.

Diana

This song by Paul Anka was a hit when I was little, and at our school there was a girl called Diana. I admired her greatly. She seemed like such a nice girl. Then my parents had a daughter and called her Valerie, but needed a second name for her, so I suggested Diana. Later my parents changed her names around to make them Diana Valerie.

Easy Listening love song about Little Arrows

Back in the 60′s this song was on top of the hit parade for about six weeks. I was at college in Salisbury at the time. It is strange how some people like Leapy Lee have a hit song, and you never hear of them again. Other people have one hit song after another.

I also have a Gospel web site. If you want to check it out, go to:  http://countrygospelandbible.com/

Posted in Easy Listening Love Songs | Leave a comment

International

Growing up in Rhodesia, Southern Africa, I heard a few international songs on the radio. We only had one English radio station where we lived, all the rest were in African languages.

The French Song

This was a hit song when I was a teenager, and it is sill one of my favorite love songs. Although I don’t understand the French words, I enjoy the English words in the song. The other morning, I woke up singing this song, so I decided I must put it on my site. I read somewhere that Lucille Starr was the first female Canadian singer to have a million seller, which was this song. Someday I would like to find all the English words.

Lili Marleen

When I was young, my brother Gilbert raved about Marlene Dietrich’s singing, and I can’t remember which song it was I heard, but I like this one. Many years ago I sang with an old timers band in Africa, and this is one of the songs they sang, but they did it in English.

Dominique

Here is another international hit song that I heard when I was young. I don’t understand the words, which are in Belgium, but it was a world wide hit. Some guys on the radio played this song recently and told the behind the scenes story, which I found very interesting. I am telling what I remember, but I cannot verify it. Apparently their government sent them a massive bill for back taxes, but they say they gave all the money to the church. The bill was something like $63,000US. The two nuns committed suicide, and the next day the royalty cheque came in for hundreds of thousands, which could have paid the bill with plenty to spare. If only they had waited another day, or if only the royalty people had moved a bit faster in sending the cheque, it could have been different.

The White cliffs of Dover

When I was young, some friends had an LP record called: ‘The International Jim Reeves.’ That is what gave me the idea for this page. He sings songs from around the world. You can hear him sing in Afrikaans on my Afrikaans page. This is a song of hope during the second world war, and when we visited England many years ago, my parents took us to the White Cliffs of Dover, and Stonehenge.

The lion sleeps tonight

Back when I was doing this page, I wanted to put a Zulu group on, to make it more international, but the pictures did not meet the morality standard of SBI, so I didn’t do it. In hindsight, I feel like putting this song on because it is an Africa type song. It reminds me of when I was singing in Tsumeb, we had a day off and visited the Etosha Pan Game Reserve (in Namibia). We stayed too long, and had to sleep the night in a tent. Someone was playing a tape of a lion roaring, and later that night we heard lions outside the fence. Maybe they played a mating call? We were so scared. There was a ten foot fence around us, but I had heard when I was young that lions can jump a ten foot fence. So I didn’t feel safe. Later on I heard a story of Chinese people visiting the Krugersdorp Lion Park, and one of the guys got out of the car to take pictures, and the lions ate him in front of his friends. You never can tell what a wild animal will do.

Cherokee People

Here’s a song I have heard on the radio, that I find very interesting.

Zulu – Song of the Warriors

This is part of a movie. The Africans sing with such beautiful harmony, and don’t need any music.

Connie Francis sings Hebrew

We were at an End time Handmaidens Convention once, when they were doing a Jewish song, so we joined with them holding hands and dancing in a circle. It was a lot of fun.

Julio Iglesias

I heard Willie Nelson sing with Julio, and I know he sings lots of languages, so I thought I should add him in here.

Min Shaw sings Afrikaans

Jy is my Liefling. You are my Darling.

Posted in International | Leave a comment

Old Time Love Songs

I left my heart in San Francisco
Here is Tony Bennett singing. The first time we visited America, Ed Rill took us to San Francisco. It was a fantastic trip. We crossed the Golden Gate Bridge I had heard of while in Africa, and he showed us the Redwood Forest. Some of the trees were 3,000 years old. It was incredible. I remember riding on the cable cars. That was when I ‘let loose.’ The built up tension of the trip, the plane journey, a new country and everything, must have built up a lot of tension inside of me. On the little cable car, I started laughing and shouting, and it felt like all the tension went away. It was like a release in my spirit. So San Francisco means a lot to me. I remember seeing a postcard of Alcatraz Island, and it said: “Wish you were here.” Then I found out that it used to be a prison!

We’ll meet again

I started listening to Vera Lynn’s version of this old time song, then I found Julie Andrews, and I liked her one. Years ago I sang with an old-timers band in Africa, and this one of the songs they used to sing. During war time, you never know if you will ever see your friends or family again, so this song has a lot of meaning. Just before this I was doing a page on The Shadows, and I forgot to put this story on that page, but the captain of our rugby team used to play guitar like Hank Marvin. Years later I heard from his brother Roger that he got killed in Rhodesia. His name was Brian Furber. So sometimes, we don’t meet again.

As time goes by

This is one of the old time songs I remember my mother singing when I was little. To me it felt like a Second World War song because of the words: “A case of do or die.” I think it is Frank Sinatra singing.

When it’s springtime in the Rockies

Here is another old time song I heard my mother sing. I used to sing this song in Africa, and dream of going to the Rockies one day. Lots of my dreams have come true. Here is Slim Whitman singing.

Perry Como and an old time song

I have heard this song when I was young, and heard it again recently on an old time radio station. “Don’t let the stars get in your eyes, don’t let the moon break your heart.”

Side by side

This song came to my mind the other day. I remember seeing it on TV when I was little. It was a guy and a girl dancing and singing. I can’t find them, so here is Laurel and hardy, and it is sung by Kay Starr.

I also have a Gospel web site. If you want to check it out, go to:  http://countrygospelandbible.com/

Posted in Old Time Love Songs | Leave a comment

The Shadows

Zambezi by The Silver Shadows

The song I had by The Shadows got deleted, so I have put this one in instead. This song title runs close to home. The Zambezi River ran through the middle of our country, before it got all split up. When we were at the Bulawayo trade fair, I remember seeing movies of the Zambezi River when the waters were rising, and the people were catching all the wild animals, and taking them to safety. With the building of Lake Kariba, the waters rose, and all the wild animals would have drowned. The movies were called: ‘Operation Noah.’ When I was a teenager we had a church camp on the edge of Lake Kariba, on the Northern Rhodesia side, and I remember sitting in the moonlight next to the water. Many years later, in Canada, it dawned on me that there were crocodiles in those waters, and I could have been eaten.

Victoria Falls – Zambesi

The song got deleted earlier, but it is up again, this time with pictures of Victoria Falls. Victoria Falls is twice as high as Niagara Falls and a mile wide. One time when were were there, there was an English tourist with his camera and massive zoom lenses, when a warthog and her three babies ran across the path in front of us. He was under so much shock that he didn’t even take any pictures, but turned to his wife and said: “Theeeey aaarrree wiiiiild animals!” It was so funny. What did he expect in Africa?

Sunset – Zambezi

Here is the original one I put on my site last year, and it is back again, so I have included it. For our honeymoon my Mother booked us on a trip to the Falls, and the “Sunset Cruise” on the river above the Falls. It was so beautiful, and the hippos would pop their heads out of the water around the cruise ship.

Shadoogie

The song I had here last year got deleted, but I have found another version of them playing, dated 1989. I think this song was on the record I mentioned earlier. I love their music.

Shazam (cover)

This song by The Shadows got deleted from my site, so I have put on Tom Jet and MTG’s instead. They play good too.

 Savage

Here is a video of them ‘live’ back in 1961. I don’t know the location.

Foot Tapper

Here is another one of their foot tapping songs. I hope you like these selections.

Peace Pipe

The Shadows have so many nice songs, but all good things must come to an end, so I have finished this page with ‘Peace Pipe.’ I have put this one on because it has beautiful pictures. It looks like British Columbia, or somewhere in the Rockies, and we pray for peace in our time.

I also have a Gospel web site. If you want to check it out, go to:  http://countrygospelandbible.com/

Posted in Shadows | Leave a comment

Favourite Love Songs by Olivia Newton-John

1. Let me be there – My favourite love song by Olivia Newton-John

I have a few favourite love songs sung by Olivia Newton-John. Here is one of those perfection performances. I remember seeing her on TV in South Africa a long time ago. It seemed like she came out of nowhere to take over the music world, winning all the adoration and trophies the world had to offer.

2. Please Mr Please

We all go through heartaches, and this is one of those songs. Some cowboy keeps playing her song on the jukebox that reminds her of her ex-boyfriend. To me, every song holds a special meaning and a certain feeling, so I can relate to the feelings of this song.

3. Banks of the Ohio

I remember having this song on a tape while in Africa, and it feels very real to me because of something that happened recently. I gave a young girl a ride in the taxi, and she said she was pregnant, but her boyfriend doesn’t want anything to do with the baby. She said her mother was standing by her. In the song Olivia sings that her boyfriend didn’t want to marry her, so she killed him. He cried: “My love, don’t you murder me, I’m not prepared for eternity.” Some guys are not prepared to be fathers, and maybe a lot of people are not prepared for eternity. I believe that to have eternal life, we must receive Jesus Christ as our own personal Savior.

4. I honestly love you

Some years back I bought a tape of Olivia Newton-John, but when I listened to it, I found I didn’t like it. She had changed. It was acid rock or something. Years ago we took some friends to see the Movie ‘Grease’ when it came out, and we were shocked when she changed in that movie. Maybe she changed for real too, I don’t know, but I like the young Olivia, who was the sweet country girl.

I also have a Gospel web site. If you want to check it out, go to:  http://countrygospelandbible.com/

Posted in Olivia Newton-John | Leave a comment