Posted on the December 5th, 2011 under Events by Mum-z
As you should know by now, Mumz The Word runs regular comedy evenings at Zula Bar every Monday called “Comedy on Long” (as in the BEST comedy on Long Street). Below you will see all the line-ups for December:
The poster above should say 19th December and not the 17th.
For the best comedy in Cape Town and on Long Street, make sure you go through to Zula Bar, every Monday for “Comedy on Long”. Comedy start at 9pm sharp, bookings can be made through: jen@zulabar.co.za. Zula Bar (98 Long Street, Cape Town)
Mumz The Word has another give away for all you comedy loving, supporters of South African comedy. We will be giving away double tickets to Nik Rabinowitz new one man show “STAND and DELIVER” for the night of the 14th December 2011. Nik Rabinowitz is definitely one of the top comedians in South Africa (in my opinion he is definitely in the top 5 SA comedians at the momemt). I have had the pleasure of having him perform at Comedy on Long a few weeks back. Comedy on Long is regular Monday night comedy every week at Zula Bar. The comedy starts at 9pm and entrance if R50 (R25 for students).
TO WIN TICKETS, all you have to do is answer the question at the bottom of this post. Below is the info for Nik Rabinowitz’ show:
STAND and DELIVER; Starring Nik Rabinowitz; Special guest appearance by Tats Nkonzo; Directed by Brent Palmer; 6th Dec 2011 – 7th Jan 2012 Baxter Concert Hall
Nik Rabinowitz emerges from politically infested waters to bring Cape Town’s Baxter theatre his brave new solo show, Stand and Deliver, directed by Brent Palmer.
One of only two Jewish boys to have been born in a stable, Nik Rabinowitz always wanted to be an accountant. It was a breakthrough performance reciting a speech at Shmuli Wiseglass’s barmitzvah that really cemented Nik’s future. This was enough to put his dreams of accountancy aside and pursue a life in stand--up comedy. Luckily for us, he chose the road less travelled. Luckily for him, his wife is a doctor.
In Stand and Deliver, Nik, a Xhosa-speaking Jew, explores the reasons that have led coloured people to believe that he is Coloured, why Afrikaners have settled in Israel, and how a grown man can end up saying things like, ‘daddy make hot for sossy’.
While the poster might make it seem that the show is about Nik surfing in his underpants, we assure you it really isn’t. In fact, it has nothing to do with surfing and Nik almost never goes out in just his underpants.
Warming up for Nik is a hot new talent, Tats Nkonzo. Tats sings really funny songs, with his guitar, in a beautiful voice. This will confuse you. You’ll cry, you’ll laugh, you’ll love every minute.
Stand and Deliver runs at the Baxter Concert Hall from 6 December until 7th January 2012. The previews from 6 to 9 and on 13 December start at 8:15pm and at 8:45pm on 10 December. Thereafter shows run Tuesdays to Fridays at 8:15pm and on Saturdays at 8:45pm (except 24 December) and there is a special New Year’s Eve performance at 10:00pm. Tickets cost from R100-R140 and R190 for New Year’s Eve with discounts available, all via Computicket or 08619158000. Please note the age restriction is PG 14.
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To win tickets to this fantastic show, please answer the following question; “On what day every week and venue is Comedy on Long hosted at?” Write your answer as a comment below. The competition closes on the 10th December 2011, so get as many of your friends to enter. A winner will be srawn on the 10th December 2011 and informed that day.
Johannesburg, 1 December 2011; One of the most eagerly awaited theatrical releases of 2012, Leon Schuster’s Mad Buddies, has completed filming across Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal. Mad Buddies is the latest comedy caper from the legendary South African filmmaker and fans can now view the first hilarious trailer as well as see a teaser poster for the film on www.facebook.com/MadBuddiesMovie.
The film kicks off when sworn enemies, Boetie (Schuster) and Beast, played by Kenneth Nkosi (Jerusalema, Tsotsi, White Wedding), are forced to embark on a road trip as unwitting subjects of a new TV reality show, devised by a gorgeous TV Producer, Kelsey, played by Tanit Phoenix (Spud, Straight Outta Benoni). On camera, with the whole of South Africa in on the joke, the pair comes unstuck at every stage of this hilarious journey until they discover that they have been conned and join forces to exact revenge.
Says Schuster, who is responsible for 4 of the top 10 grossing films of all time in South Africa, ‘I am very excited to share this trailer with fans! I can’t wait to hear how people will start reacting to Mad Buddies, a film that offers something different from what I have done in the past.’
Mad Buddies also stars long-time Schuster collaborator Alfred Ntombela as Mr Mda, the Minister of Tourism, is Directed by Gray Hofmeyr and Produced by Helena Spring. Released nationwide on 22 June 2012, distribution rights for the film have been acquired by The Walt Disney Company South Africa – although the film will not be distributed under the Disney banner.
Posted on the December 1st, 2011 under Videos by Mum-z
For those of you who have never come through to the comedy nights at Zula Bar every Monday, here’s a video clip of Mum-z, KG, Nik Rabinowit and Martin Evans. “Comedy on Long” is every Monday at Zula Bar (98 Long Street, cape Town), 9pm. It is the collaboration between Mumz The Word and Zula Bar and hosts a line-up of SA’s best comedians. Check out the clip below from Long Street Life:
Posted on the December 1st, 2011 under Videos by Mum-z
So, recently comedian and friend Peter Sserwanga started a comedy series called “Chilling With…” It is a series where he chills with comedians. Check out this one where he interviewed Brendan Murray:
Posted on the December 1st, 2011 under Events by Mum-z
Here is the line-ups for December Line-ups at Zula Bar “Comedy on Long”:
5th Dec: Martin Davis (Host), Marcel Oudejans (Headliner), Small Paul (Guest Act)
12th Dec: Barry Varkel (open mic), Anne Hirsch (Headliner), Mum-z (Host), Dalin Oliver (Open mic)
17th Dec: Martin Davis (Host), Gary Cool (Open mic), Chris Steenkamp (Support), Piet Potgieter (Headliner)
South Africa is riddled with confused individuals. We are all so confused because we are still trying to find our own identity within this corrupt-government, multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-sexual country of ours. Take me for example. I was born of two Sotho parents in Soweto. When I first attended Redhill Pre-Primary School I could not speak English. Over the years, being surrounded by white friends and being exposed to the “Sandton Lifestyle” and culture (yes… believe it or not Sandton does have its own unique culture), I become what most people commonly refer to as the token black guy. By the time I was in high school I had graduated from Token Black Guy into a Coconut (Cum laude). You may be reading this and thinking that it is a bit strange that a black guy is admitting that he is a Coconut, but I think we all just need to overcome the labels that have been thrown at us, so that we can better see who we are.
Most people think that the word Coconut is a derogatory term, but in my mind I’m thinking, “if being a Coconut means I can openly sleep with white women and still get a BEE grant… that’s the shit”. I am not scared to admit that I am a Coconut in fact my underlying motive is to convince all other Coconuts out there to stand up and be counted. The way I see it, if homosexuals can come out the closet, I think it’s time that Coconuts came out the fridge.
Coconuts actually play a very important role in the process of cultural diversity. Some of the world’s most beautiful people are products of Coconuts. For example; Jerome Jesse Berry was an American Coconut who married Judith Ann (Caucasian). They gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named HALLE BERRY! Boom! And for you ladies out there, if Roxie Rocker and Sy Kravitz never bumped ugliest, young girls all over the world would not be able to swoon over the likes of LENNY KRAVITZ. Double boom!!
I think the term Coconut should encompass more than just black people who have embraced whiteness, but rather, it should relate to anyone who has embraced a different culture than the one they were born of. I mean let’s be realistic. Although I was born SeSotho, I have been speaking English 90% of my life, 90% of my friends growing up were my white school mates and since I’m being so honest I may as well admit that about 70% of the women that I have slept with are white. It does not mean that I have forgotten where I come from, but I have been conditioned into certain habits over the years, that my comfort zone may be different now than when I was 5 years old.
I call the process Coconutization (and yep, I’m making up words now). Coconutization or the process of being Coconutized means “the adaptation of an individual from one culture to another”. The more colloquial term (in fact the slang term for it) is the “Michael Jackson syndrome” or “MJS”. We all know Michael Jackson was born physically black and died physically white. His transformation serves as a great metaphor for Coconutization but people must realize that one does not need to go through those kind of extreme changes just to get some Caucasian nookie.
Let’s all accept the fact that we are confused. I’ve seen Indians who speak Zula, Nigerians who speak Afrikaans, black people who can swim, whites who dance better than some of my black friends, Jews who eat pork, alcoholic Muslims … times are very confusing. If we are to move forward as people, we need to overcome the boxes that people have put us in by altering the meaning and implications of those boxes. If someone calls you a snob, Coconut, Wigger, Nigger, koolie, Towelhead or whatever, just alter the meaning in your mind into something more palatable so that you take power over the labels instead of the labels taking power over you. The word “fuck” used to be so offensive because it was not used frequently, but these days the word “fuck” is less potent because it is used more frequently. It doesn’t have the power it used to have. I am not saying that I want to live in a world where worlds like fag, kraut, redneck, bitch, fuck, kaffir, nigger, cracker, chink, kyke and towelhead become part of daily conversations, but we do need to take steps in making sure that the derogatory terms lose all power. It starts with you. I am proud to be a Coconut… my own version of what I think a Coconut represents (and not the version that was portrayed on the TV series)
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Welcome to Mumz The Word (and no, this is not a real Facebook page). Let this site be your comedy playground. I will post articles of interest to the comedy industry and articles that are just generally funny. I would also like to encourage you guys to send through jokes that tickled you or made you hurl with unadulterated laughter.
