Halala Tamabrown will send you roaring with laughter

Staff Writer | Tuesday April 27, 2010 00:00

They are village bums who openly admit to have failed to make it in town and are happy to be in the village. They confess that they have no problems in the village and life is easier than in town as they can hunt.

Tamabrown is the 'cleverer' one who claims to know everything while Tamajasana is 'not so bright' and is always misled by the 'clever' Tamabrown. The DVD kicks-off with the two old men smoking marijuana in the bush as they chat about their lives, with Tamabrown claiming that he is preparing himself to kill a lion. A policeman who threatens to take them to the Kgotla to be flogged for smoking marijuana startles them. After pleading, with Tamajasana claiming that they picked the marijuana in the bush and didn't know what it was, the policeman lets them go. When the two vanish into the thicket, the policeman smokes the marijuana himself thanking the duo for being there when he really needed the puff. The duo later meet a lion, and instead of Tamabrown killing it, the meeting of the two men and the lion ends in a hilarious way.

After having their pension money stolen by thieves every month end on his way home, Tamajasana narrates how out of desperation, he went to a witchdoctor to get him the powers to frighten everything that comes his way. The witch-doctor then gave him a portion to help the desperate man out of his woes.

Maybe a small mistake occurred when prescribing the portion because when Tamajasana gets home disaster strikes. His wife runs away from him in fear. Everything that he comes into contact with, including chairs, run away from him. 

He then decides to return to the witchdoctor to reverse the powers. The witch doctor also runs away from him in fear. He tells Tamabrown that he hid this story from him, as that is how he lost his wife. The DVD ends with Tamabrown being in awe of Tamajasana because of this story.

Though the DVD is in Ikalanga, it has English subtitles for those who do not understand the language to enjoy it. However, it is even much funnier if you understand Ikalanga, more especially that there are some catchy Kalanga proverbs. This is a great buy to add to your collection of locally produced comedies.