You Must Be Joking! (1986)
The "skelm" camera at its' funniest
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.
- Date of release
- 1986-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Elmo De Witt
Casting
- Leon Schuster — Himself
- Kallie Knoetze — Himself
- Mike Schutte — Himself
- Janine Pretorius — Jealous wife in pub
- David Blood — Self
- Tony Sanderson — Self
- Golda Raff — Shoe store assistant
- Martino — Self
- Rina Hugo — Self
- Carike Keuzenkamp — Self
- Lucas Maree — Self
- Fanus Rautenbach — Self
Interesting facts
You Must Be Joking! is a 1986 South African candid camera comedy film, directed by Elmo De Witt who also produced it with Hermann Visser in collaboration with Johan Scholtz. It stars Leon Schuster in his first feature role, Mike Schutte, Kallie Knoetze, Golda Raff, Martino and Janine Pretorius. It became popular with South African audiences and gave rise to the sequel, You Must be Joking! Too.
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