You Must Be Joking!
Jan 01 1986
•2h 36m
•Comedy
In a series of short skits, Leon Schuster uses candid camera and several disguises to stitch up the general public of South Africa. Such sketches include: The watermelon pulse test, where Leon shows that a watermelon is only ripe when it does not have a heartbeat, much to the confusion of the seller. Cooking on the bonnet of a car, while upsetting the traffic police. Supposedly killing a cow in a butcher's shop.
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Leon Schuster
Himself
Kallie Knoetze
Himself
Mike Schutte
Himself
Janine Pretorius
Jealous wife in pub
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