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Comedy On Air Comedy On Air aims to produce world class TV comedy content by strengthening the relationship between stand up comedy and television in South Africa.

Comedy On Air is as much a platform to connect comedy creatives as a production company. Looking to strengthen the relationship between stand up comedy and television/film production. Our goal is to contribute to an ethos of solidarity and collaboration amongst the many players in the industry. The founders are LNN writer and comic Christopher Steenkamp and film maker Mike Bardsley.

28/01/2023
09/12/2022

Introducing Jan Poggenpoel-Commander in Chief of the Neighbourhood Watch
Self-styled Dragon Slayer, also known as ‘That doos in the kak uniform’
Former cub scout, token white, and Sunday school bouncer, his self-imposed mandate of enforcing The Code cause constant clashes and confrontations with his surroundings.
He sees the bigger picture, unfortunately for the residents of Lower Main, it isn’t very big.

11/08/2020

Kroonstad 1988

The barman sauntered back in, zipped up his fly, hid his copy of Scope behind the bar, washed his hands in the ice bucket and shuffled over.
“Ja, wat wil jy kry?” he demanded.
Realising that I might never get another dop, I went for bust.
“Two Castles, a Lion, and a Hansa. Quadruple Klippies and Coke….”
“I’m only allowed to serve doubles,” he replied.
“No problem, give me two doubles and a pint glass and Four Russian Bear vodkas and Fanta Orange,” I ordered.
“What?”
“It’s a cocktail, trust me. And a double Coco Rico, crushed ice and milk.”
“Full cream or low fat?” he enquired.
“It’s 1988,” I reminded him."
“Sorry, my mistake."
“And two packets of your finest Chesterfield ci******es, please.”

Five minutes later as I relaxed in the afterglow of alcoholic bliss, the swing doors were flung open and a groot meneer of a groot meneer strode in. He was sporting the latest Kroonstad fashion, ordered from Boere Weekly. An enchanting ensemble of polyester, khaki cotton and sweat. His ######XL shorts, barely containing his ever-expanding legs were stretched to breaking point, every stitch screaming in agony.
His classically tailored two-tone shirt made a valiant effort to stay intact as muscles and fat jostled for position. His beard made Paul Kruger look like a model for Veet and in an amazing feat of nature, his facial and chest hair were firmly entangled.
He must have been at least fifteen years old.

26/06/2020

The adventures of Tiny Tim and Smackhead Steve.

09/10/2019

Soutie and The Big Crocodile

Now out in glossy paperback.

345 pages of drama, comedy, action and army recipes.
81 031 nice words.
372 naughty words.
Some amateur photography and a nice picture on the front, done by somebody who I had to pay.
All yours for only 220 Rond. Including postage costs.

Great present for Christmas, birthdays and amicable divorces.

Send me a message and I'll send you my Swiss bank account details. Or if you are overseas go to : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SRGVN1L

( I've just bought a second-hand pen so if you want a 'Howzit' and my scrawled name on it just let me know)

Hou my vas Korporaal

26/07/2019
Soutie and The Big Crocodile

Soutie and The Big Crocodile

I tiptoed over to the long queue that had already formed outside the medics room.
By the time it was my turn, half the camp was behind me, their blisters squelching in the heat.

The Tampax Tiffie/medic hurriedly waved me into the procedure room and sat me down. He looked flustered. Faced with over half of Bossies demanding his skills and a diminishing supply of mercurochrome, he was in a blind panic. He confided in me that he had a date with a hot local poppie and needed to go “now-now” because he was already ten minutes late. I expressed my sympathy, but didn’t give a s**t, my poor feet needed the Devil’s blood and quick.

He asked me to help him execute a cunning plan to rapidly shorten the queue of hopping soldiers outside.

“All you have to do is let out an almighty scream when I put in the Devil’s Blood,” he said.

He was hoping that most of the terrified troeps would p**s off and allow him to go and woo young Petronella. I agreed to play along. My first taste of acting since playing a tree in the nativity play at Mount Pleasant Infant School (the reviews had been mixed).
I couldn't wait. If Suggsy was impressed he might recommend me to his dad and I'd soon be treading the theatre floorboards and starring in movies. As I warmed up my vocal chords to channel De Niro, the medic gently raised my swollen, blistered foot and with a swift motion, plunged the needle straight through the blister and half an inch into my flesh, discharging enough mercurochrome to cure a regiment.
Within a millisecond my Oscar speech was forgotten and I realised why we’d had to write a will. The blood-curdling scream, when it finally came out, was a fitting monument to the strength of that innocent-looking red liquid. As I howled, a co**se in the Kroonstad mortuary rose from the dead and went home to a surprised family, the great Serengeti migration started two months early, and most of my childhood memories were wiped out as the neurons in my head smashed into each other as they attempted to escape the loudest scream since The Beatles played Shea Stadium.

When I finally regained consciousness, I woke to find the doors banging in the wind, tumbleweed rolled down the main drag and an eerie silence hung over the deserted HQ. The queue had miraculously disappeared. So had the medic.
For a week afterwards, sappers staggered around on badly blistered feet, making the cross whenever they saw me. I never did get that casting call but I found out later that the sadist medic had gotten the clap, so it wasn’t a complete disaster.

From the book 'Soutie and the Big Crocodile' by Sapper Soutpiel

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07SRGVN1L
or buy direct (R220 incl post): [email protected]
20% of profits to SA Legion

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27/02/2018
BBC Comedy

BBC Comedy

"Experts say that 'post-truth' is just a term for w*nkers talking sh*t." The Daily Mash

09/02/2018
CollegeHumor

CollegeHumor

Everyone should have guns. That's right. EVERYONE.

01/06/2017
All 4

All 4

Some of the best swearing you'll ever hear...

20/05/2017
Comedy Central Africa

Comedy Central Africa

In today's - we get relationship advice from Dusty Rich 😂😅😂. Don't laugh guys - it's good advice!

28/03/2017

What the hell is a loom and why's it got fruit?

The branding is up! Say HELLO to the Fruit of the Loom ObviouZly Armchair theatre! For updates on comedy show line ups follow Armchair Sundays, Gino Fernandez, Dylan Skews and Kurt Gerrard Langeveld

28/03/2017
Lower Main

Lower Main : In Africa there's a saying that a child is brought up by the whole village.
Let's hope there's plenty of condoms in Lower Main.

28/03/2017

Comedy On Air's cover photo

02/03/2016

You can make jokes about race without any race being the butt of the joke. Racism itself can be the butt, for example. When dealing with a so-called taboo subject, the angst and discomfort of the audience is what’s under the microscope. Our own preconceptions and prejudices are often what are being challenged. I don’t like racist jokes. Not because they are offensive. I don’t like them because they’re not funny. And they’re not funny because they’re not true. They are almost always based on a falsehood somewhere along the way, which ruins the gag for me. Comedy is an intellectual pursuit. Not a platform.
Ricky Gervais

26/05/2015

Q107 Toronto

I can't stop laughing at this.

13/05/2015
Ricky Gervais

Fun and Educational....!

Writing and Directing two movies this year means I won't be doing a new stand up tour. So here's some more old s**t for free.

03/03/2015
Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais

Writing and Directing two movies this year means I won't be doing a new stand up tour. So here's some more old s**t for free.

23/02/2015
Safferland

Safferland

Wise words from Martin Luther King Jr, and Brett the retired bouncer.

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Introducing Jan Poggenpoel-Commander in Chief of the Neighbourhood Watch Self-styled Dragon Slayer, also known as ‘That doos in the kak uniform’ Former cub scout, token white, and Sunday school bouncer, his self-imposed mandate of enforcing The Code cause constant clashes and confrontations with his surroundings. He sees the bigger picture, unfortunately for the residents of Lower Main, it isn’t very big.

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