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Throwback Thursday
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Search For Yebo Gogo’ Viral Video
24 Nov 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Say the words “yebo gogo” and South Africans will give you a knowing nod. Yes, of course, those Vodacom commercials from days of old featuring leopard print speedos and a wise man with an instantly recognisable laugh.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Guy Goma’ Viral Video
10 Nov 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’ve ever been woefully underprepared for a job interview, you will understand what Guy Goma is going through.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Camps Bay King Of The Jack’ Viral Video
03 Nov 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The mockumentary tells the tale of two young men, Ron “The Swan” Morton and Tim “Twinkle Toes” McKenzie.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Winnebago Man’ Viral Video
13 Oct 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Today, we are focusing on a most unlikely cult hero named Jack Rebney – or, as he has come to be known around the world, ‘Winnebago Man’.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Met Eish, Ja’ Viral Video
15 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When the brandy comes out at the jol, you can always count on somebody to say ‘met eish, ja’.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Don’t Touch Me On My Studio’ Viral Video
11 Aug 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Let me take you on a journey back in time. The year was 2010, and South Africa was gearing up to host the FIFA World Cup. Enter Mr. Visagie.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘How Was Burning Man’ Viral Video
04 Aug 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Returning from Burning Man or AfrikaBurn to a society that doesn’t understand the transformation you’ve just undergone can be taxing.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Lekker Honda Ballade Special’ Viral Gumtree Ad
21 Jul 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Usually, our Throwbacks feature classic videos from years gone by. Today we’re doing something a little different.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The “George W. Bush Best Bushisms” Viral Video
19 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It once seemed impossible that America would ever be governed by somebody with a greater capacity to put their foot in their mouth than George W. Bush.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Coolest Winner’ Viral Video
12 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ looks easy from the couch, but under the glare of the lights many people crack up. Not John Carpenter.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Clifton Pooper’ Viral Video
21 Apr 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For today’s Throwback Thursday, we revisit one of history’s greatest unsolved mysteries – who was the Clifton Pooper?
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Bitter Ex Chewbacca Competition’ Viral Video
14 Apr 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For today’s throwback, we’re travelling to July 2020 and Cairns, North Queensland, where a bitter ex tried to use the dark side of the Force to get revenge.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife’ Viral Video
10 Mar 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Way back when in 2010, Antoine Dodson shot to internet fame following his interview with a local TV station.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘February Sucks’ Viral Video
17 Feb 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pretty much every February, reporter Kevin Killeen’s 2016 ode to the month goes viral again.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Ben Affleck Kids TV Presenter’ Viral Video
03 Feb 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Long before ‘Good Will Hunting’ or ‘Armageddon’, Ben was the host of a 1980s children’s TV show.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Grape Lady Falls’ Viral Video
27 Jan 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You won’t recognise the name, Melissa Sander. You will recognise her cries of pain after an infamous grape-stomping fall that remains one of YouTube’s most famous early viral videos.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Wedwo Fish Paste’ Viral Video
20 Jan 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pecks Anchovette and Redro are disappearing from South African shelves, which brings to mind an iconic South African advert.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Bob Saget Dad’s Dirty Jokes’ Viral Video
13 Jan 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Bob Saget’s stand-up comedy was anything but wholesome and he was known on the comedy circuit for his filthy, raunchy routines.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Miss Teen South Carolina’ Viral Video
02 Dec 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It seems fitting this week, given the ridiculous twCXeet from Texas governor Greg Abbott about South Africans illegally crossing the US border, to revisit Miss Teen South Carolina’s infamous blunder.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Colorado High-Speed Car Chase’ Viral Video
18 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Today, we’re casting our minds back to 2014 and a truly bonkers high-speed car chase through Denver, Colorado.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Michael McIntyre People Without Children’ Viral Video
11 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Thursday Throwback time, and this week we thought we might take pity on those of you who are parents. Yes, there’s all the joy that comes with raising a child, but it’s not all peachy.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Rowan Atkinson Fake Mr Bean’ Viral Video
21 Oct 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you want to design a character that the entire world can enjoy, Mr. Bean provides a good blueprint.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘How To Write An Alt-J Song’ Viral Video
30 Sep 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The English indie rock band’s sound has been accused of being a little samey, which is where this truly superb parody video comes in.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Obama Anger Translator’ Viral Videos
23 Sep 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I was doing some digging down a YouTube wormhole this week and I came across a sketch featuring Luther, perhaps best known as Obama’s anger translator.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘SNL Great Day’ Viral Video
16 Sep 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For today’s look back in time, we’re headed to May 15, 2010, and the ‘Saturday Night Live’ classic ‘Great Day’.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Avicii Inside Story’ Viral Video
09 Sep 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Superstar DJ Avicii would have turned 32 yesterday, and his struggles with his mental health are perhaps best documented in ‘Avicii: True Stories’.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Best Of Sean Lock’ Viral Videos
26 Aug 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s a decent chance you don’t know who Sean Lock is. That’s a real pity, as is the fact that the comedian passed away last week from cancer at the age of 58.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Larry David Steve Martin Tribute Speech’ Viral Video
19 Aug 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Today is a Thursday, and Larry David is a comedy genius. Those are both facts.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘A To Z Of South African Memes’ Viral Video
12 Aug 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of the joys of a four-day week is that before you know it, you look up and the weekend is within sight. Today, we celebrate with memes.
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2OV Throwback Thursday – The ‘Josia Thugwane Gold Medal’ Viral Video
29 Jul 2021 by Kiernan / No Comments
Thugwane was actually shot five months before the Olympics, and overcame incredible obstacles just to turn up at the starting line on August 4, 1996.
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