Apparently Comedy Central has been added to South Africa’s DSTV bouquet. Well, as long as I have an internet connection, I can just YouTube my way through all the material that’s tickling the ribs of the pop culture elite.
I was sitting and watching this video, occasionally sniggering to myself, generally doing a good job of avoiding that awkward “why did she just randomly laugh out loud like that?” situation people often find themselves in in libraries or, in my case, computer labs. And I was doing fine.
Until someone came in, saw me chewing my tonsils, and said “it’s okay to laugh…”. I thought “really?”, but to save face (of course) I said “mmm, ja- I been laughing- I’m just, like, finished– he’s that funny”. Partially true.
He really is that funny! I would’ve been doing some serious ROTFLMAO if I weren’t so obsessed with appearing normal.
He talks about children being evil quasi-humans for most of their developing years, about who can and can’t say the infamous “N-word” (will the world ever get tired of that topic?), about dating, about growing up surrounded by lots of kids who got him into all sorts of trouble- and how his mother handled that. It’s generally a very well-spent 40 minutes.
Nkhensani Manabe 