COMEDY CENTRAL TO AIR CONTROVERSIAL IZIKHOKHO SHOW

Comedy Central has acquired exclusive TV rights to South African satirical animation series Izikhokho Show. The first animated short premiered on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122) on 18 June 2012, with new episodes premiering weekly every Monday evening.

Now if you were on the site a weeks back, you might remember that we wrote about the controversial "Jesus Is Shangaan" video that went viral. Izikhokho is the production team behind the episode. But of course, they have many more episodes to show the whole of Africa. Izikhokho Show is South Africa’s answer to Comedy Central’s legendary South Park, and is set in a surreal and nightmarish universe where South Africa is under siege from the Swazis and Sothos and the only people standing in their way are ‘Zulu Boy’ and his friend ‘Rudolph’ – who just happens to be an alien.

Among the bizarre and hilarious characters making an appearance in the hand-drawn cartoon series are: ‘Jesus of the ANC’ (who visits Zulu Boy in his sleep and tells him that the lord wants him to transfer money on the computer); an unidentifiable creature named ‘Bob’ who deals with the Mafia and gets intimate with Noleen from 3Talk; not to mention ‘Bonang the Camel Toe’ and ‘Madala’ from the Manhood School.

Hmmm.... this is gonna be one interesting series to watch. New episodes of Izikhokho Show will premiere every Monday after South Park at 20:55 CAT on Comedy Central (DStv Channel 122).

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